Steve0

They need to learn that the customer is king and not their current attitude of “use it or lose it”. Listen to your customers, work out how to get there and develop a plan to take the sport forward and look at the value for money. Currently with the promoters it is a bit like Nero fiddling while Rome burns and that is driving more and more people away from the sport - they really need to take what customers they have left seriously to keep them and encourage new supporters!

Given the likes of my post to yours I think it is you that needs to work it out!

Why would stadiums be empty on GP nights? I watch very few things “live” at transmission time and much prefer to record and watch on delay. This allows me to skip past Adverts , replays and endless studio chats. I’m sure a lot of people feel the same way

Which is why their valuations are ludicrous! Someone mentioned £500K for Poole - for what? The rights to promote speedway in that area? It only takes one rider to challenge the asset system for it to be deemed illegal (and therefore no value in club asset terms)

When were Workington in the Premiership?

Interesting that Swindon’s “traditional” race night is a Saturday but were forced to go to Thursdays about 15 years ago for the sake of the greyhounds.

Wouldn’t read too much into Morra going to Dubai - after all he was part of the Poole team in the finals. I would be surprised to see him back at Swindon next year (after having knocked 2points off his average) but a steal on that average and Wolves fans seem certain he is heading to Monmore Green next season.

Rider of the year - Robert Lambert Most impressive team - Somerset Team rider of the season - Troy Batchelor One to watch - Dan Bewley Bulldog award (Best British rider) - Robert Lambert Meeting of the season - BV vs Somerset on Sky Surprise of the season - Kings Lynn Underperformers (Team) - Swindon Unluckiest rider- Martin Vaculik Newcomer of the season - Krystian Pieszczek

Your post says a lot about you as an individual

That’s the point - it doesn’t expire. For example, you get a license to promote speedway at Poole Speedway - that stops anyone else doing the same - and devaluing your product. If anyone wants to promote in Coventry then Mick Horton currently has the license - unless someone buys it off him - following the BSPA rules.

Because promoters have a license to promote in the given area - to stop “pop-ups” and ensure that there is some value in holding a BSPA license

Great days when Swindon dropped down previously - lots of different teams and continuity of fixtures

Facts? Hearsay more like

It’s kind of worrying that you are trying to deflect from Poole’s wrong doing as a means of justifying what Poole did! What evidence do you have that the BSPA chairman backed Poole into a corner - the very same Poole promoter who doesn’t take any cr@p from anyone - until now - and you expect everyone to believe it? it doesn’t matter who’s idea it was the fact is that it was Poole who broke the rules and not KL! And the sad thing is I believe Poole would have won it with a legal team in the second leg but they chose to cheat rather than play by the rules!

KL fielded a legal team in both legs and broke no rules!