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  1. 1 hour ago, iainb said:

    Yes, I totally get what you're saying and to some extent agree but the likes of Bailey for example may have earn't more sat on his arse yesterday at Wroclaw than he would riding at Oxford... but he's only getting that opportunity because of his scoring in Britain. If he wants to commit to Poland, he should commit to Poland and go out there to sit on his arse every week.

    British Speedway needs to protect its asset base, if that means central contracts or something along those lines then so be it. You can't have the likes of Redcar accepting or being forced into riding a play off fixture with half their team missing when the whole point of the league system is to build to some kind of grand finale.

     

    The BSPL and Oxford knew Redcars predicament regarding lack of riders and still made them accept the date. You can’t blame riders, who are self employed, going where they get the best wage. The BSPL didn’t think of ‘protecting its asset base ‘ when it gave Poland the green light on prioritising race dates did it ?

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  2. 1 hour ago, iainb said:

    That's what I'm saying about these riders needing to make their mind up which side their bread is buttered... a guaranteed season in Britain with however many meetings that entails or the chance of a shot in Poland? At the moment the riders want to have their cake and eat it. Don't get me wrong I can totally understand why they do it as there are many clubs in the UK that show zero loyalty to riders, Leicester and then there are those that probably show too much, Edinburgh, Dayle Wood! So there is no "guarantee" of say 30 meetings a season in the UK and this is where it all falls down.

    If Bailey was offered a season contract at the start of the year guaranteeing him a team place for the whole year as long as he raced in ALL fixtures, no matter when they were arranged for, he may be more inclined to turn down the Polish carrot. And until that happens, we're always going to have incidents like this and the fans that have followed a club all year all of a sudden get sh@t on come pay off time

     

    But Bailey wasn’t….he was only signed after Shane’s declared he wasn’t going to be fit and he had already got a Polish contract before his deal with Redcar.

    The problem here is not the riders, it’s the BSPL’s handing of the hole play off situation , fixtures and the ill thought out rules

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  3. 8 minutes ago, DazS said:

    they are not protecting anyone. they want you to believe they are.speedway is a dangerous sport, the lads do it because they want to and you watch it because you want to. i am still looking for a drug related accident in speedway.

    Whilst that is rather a strange , and worrying ,thing to wait for, isn’t that why riders get tested ?…..to prevent such a thing from happening .

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  4. 11 hours ago, geoff100 said:

    Am sure 12 points or so at redcar would pay better than 2 in poland!

    You are going to be shocked then,,, UK average per point for a heat leader 80- 120…..if they aren’t in a guarantee….

    .Poland …set fees in the thousands for turning up!


  5. 13 hours ago, Wee Eck said:

    Actually, I think having the likes of Tarasenko in this country is the complete opposite of the sport being “on its arse”

    His arrival in the Championship has opened up the race for the play offs. And I doubt he’s more expensive than, say, Schlein so not much cash needed splashed. 

    Whilst it is a great signing for the championship there is the down side of what he is actuality being paid , and yes it’s a phenomenal sum for a ‘five pointer’ and the most any championship rider is currently being paid. It may only be for half a dozen matches but you can imagine what riders wage demands will be for next season.

    Trying to buy a trophy ? But then, if you’ve got it, flaunt it !

     

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  6. 10 hours ago, Bellers101 said:

    I'm sick of people like you! Why does GB bend over backwards to Poland, he is a British rider? It's because of people with your attitude the sport is on its knees in this country!!!!!!!!!!!

    Wasn't the Redcar v Glasgow fixture rescheduled over 4 weeks ago?

    Well , Bellend….the clue there is word ‘ rescheduled’…..meaning a rearranged fixture so no priority.

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  7. 8 hours ago, iainb said:

    Seen a picture of it... it's some kind of memorial trophy, which is a bit disrespectful to the person the trophy was originally for :unsure:

    No disrespect at all, the club had a trophy on hand for the photos and that was it. 


  8. 15 hours ago, SteelShoe said:

    Something needs done to help preserve what is left of the once high prestige that this meeting was held in. The winner used to get a brand new bike, does anyone know what the prize is these days ?

    A few quid but the BSPL didn’t even bring a trophy, they forgot , the club had to produce one from behind the bar.

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  9. 12 hours ago, iainb said:

    Heat 20 finishes at 19:29

    Let's see if they can beat the record of 20 minutes to change a tyre even though they currently know 5 of the 6 riders involved in the semis & final

    As no tyres were changed during the meeting you will have find something else to moan about.

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  10. 10 minutes ago, Cast1rn said:

    Is wimborne road used for anything else?

    I know they've said after 2024 they don't know where they'll be, surely with the Fords backing they could buy land and build their own stadium?

    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.

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  11. 17 hours ago, Robinh88 said:

    Take it Wright and King didn't fancy it in Heat 13 and 15 then? 

    Getting beaten 2/3 3/3 by Sedgman is woeful. 

    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.

     


  12. 8 minutes ago, MD said:

    Whatever happened to Jordan Stewart who was injured at Brum in 2021? Will he ever come back to speedway?

    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 .


  13. 19 hours ago, Binman said:

    Great little league with no or little promotion

    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.


  14. Just now, Fromafar said:

    It’s “ swings and roundabouts” the main problem is the riders are dictating the sport.IMO.It should be the other way round,but self interest is what really matters to Promotions.

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

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