Fortythirtyeight

It will be whatever the BSPL tell Redcar to charge.

I have, he is hugely out of pocket but, like most promoters , in it for the long haul. I wish him all the best as he has produced a wonderful facility and can now get some of his investment back.

The Northern Junior League will once again run in 2023 ( 14 continuous years ? ) and the good news is that both Workington and Glasgow will be re-entering make it a six team league once again. Teams competing ; Glasgow Armadale West Lothian ( based at Edinburgh ) Workington Berwick Redcar There will be no ‘ Teesside ‘ team this year due to lack of 125cc riders. The NJL AGM has decided that due to a lack of new riders being available riders from the NDL with an average of 5 or below will be allowed to compete in the NJL as long as their 500 partner is not an NDL declared rider , or a rider with an average of 3 or below in the NDL can be used with a non NDL rider. This is aimed at giving current NDL riders extra track time . Squads will be named before the season commences.

Despite the initial publicity by the powers that be of their idea to stage a Ladies Championship ( we all know who did it first ) there has been virtually no publicity since and the first two rounds are this weekend , at Edinburgh and Workington. When you see the entry list you can perhaps understand why. Just FOUR ladies entered at Edinburgh. We haven’t been told if the same four are at Workington. Katie Gordon, reigning champion who rides regularly in the Northern Junior League. Morgan Leonard who has just started riding a 500 cc machine . Wendy MacAllen, a lady who has attended speedway practices and has a motorcycle background. Celina Liebmann, a German who ride’s professionally in the Polish league and has ridden in the Grand Prix 2 series. So why so few when double that amount entered at the I.O.W. ? Im guessing Liebmann was invited to ride by the S.C.B ? Why ? She is clearly a very talented rider and way and above more experienced then the other three competitors and it seems a little unbalanced a field for a GP rider to compete in. Good luck to all the ladies but come on SCB , give the girls some publicity and make it an even playing field.

Why would any businessman want to do that with the sport in its current state ? it would take years of good crowds to even come near getting your investment back , assuming you could actually find anywhere suitable to build such a facility in or even near Poole.

you could have listened to both team managers about gate positions being the most important part of the night before typing such a comment , so try reading the gate positions and working out who had 1 & 3 in those heats and why Bears got the vital 1-5 in heat 14.

Whilst he’s back riding bikes he’s had to have a number of operations on his injuries and it sadly seems his UK speedway days are over .

Some of the clubs do promote , they have their own Facebook groups/page but please remember the team managers have a lot on their plates trying to run the teams , perhaps the ‘ league co-ordinator’ could do more ? but promote what ? Those involved seem to know what’s going on and it’s never going to attract a crowd on its own two feet, it’s a junior league followed by family, friends and the die hards who stop back to watch the extra races. It’s a great league with a long history, but like the rest of the sport, it is really struggling this year.

Of course it does, it’s their business that’s at stake , we have known that for donkeys years.

Why’s it ironic? The following posts clearly stated what can and can’t be done at Redcar if you care to read them.

Interesting to see that Josh Embleton was in the Redcar programme ( last weeks as they used an insert for last night ) to ride in the 2nd half. Thought he was out for the season ?

Well at least they got enough to fill a race at the Isle of Wight Nora version, but less than last years effort. Well done to the winner, Katie Gordon, by far the best lady racer we currently have in the UK.

You’re just fishing for another argument. You clearly have ‘ issues’, patience being one of them.

The rules on tyres are there to prevent cheating, they used to cheat so they brought a rule in to stop it. Now it doesn’t suit you because you can’t wait ten minutes so you want it changed, the sport is in decline , for lots and lots of reasons, moaning about having to wait whilst everyone gets a fare crack at winning a meeting is probably one of them.

You really don’t know how it works do you….each rider…all 16 of them , should have a spare wheel and a brand new £45 tyre ( unauthorised ) on it….just in case ? A tyre that if they don’t qualify they can’t use at any other meeting ! Think they know what they are dealing with and you just need to be a bit more patient.

Not sure about Ross but Barker was a temp signing to replace who ? hang on, it will come to me….. Oh yeah!….Riss !

The tyre has to be authorised by the ref, then issued, then fitted preferably without nipping the tube, then inflated, then balanced, then fitted to the bike and chain aligned before final adjustment, in the pit bay with everyone waiting….clearly you have never fitted a speedway tyre.

You think they would all have spare rear wheels with new tyres fitted just in case, wouldn’t you ! Get real.

They have a very good relationship with Redcar council since having renewed the lease in 2018 when a lot of constraints on the club were removed.

Like they did with Barker ?

With question marks over a few championship tracks, Edinburgh ( stadium issues ) Plymouth ( lack of a crowd ) Birmingham ( lack of a crowd and massive financial losses allegedly) and possibly one or two who haven’t gone public with their concerns, then the options are limited. Only Oxford making noises about moving ‘up’ but to what ?

So you know him personally ? You know exactly what happened ? and haven’t based your opinion on hearsay and tittle tattle ? I have my opinion on that.

Like making assumptions based on other peoples tittle tattle….

Workington Meteors 14 Redcar Cubs 22 H.McGurk did take 2 rides for Meteors in this match but his points do not count due to his NDL average being too high at the start of the season.

Meteors C.Foy did not ride -injured L.Richardson 2,2,2,……..6 E.Betty 2,0,0…….2 C.Kluczniak 1*,3,2….6&1. Harry McGurk took two rides, winning both but his points did not count as his NDL average was too high at the start of the season Cubs A.Goldsbrough 3,3,3….9 max D.McTeer…1,1,1….3 O.Bovingdon 3,2,3….8 O.Binns EF,1*,1….2&1.