Going off topic apologies but while we’re reminiscing, can anyone remember the ITV programme “Wheels” presented by Gerry Harrison? Think it was Thursday late evenings and Speedway used to feature heavily on that programme from National League to top flight and even individuals.    For some reason Henka cleaning up at Lynn in the Barham trophy on one occasion sticks in the old memory. 

Riss is back for Oxford so Kennett to Poole?

Didn't see this coming so late in the season ...  Riss Returns https://oxfordspeedway.club/2026/08/erik-riss-returns/

The NLRC at Coventry was my highlight of the year - something like the coach parade seems like it's from another world now!

Great occasions... 30+ teams meant a big catchment of fans who could attend... With the vast majority of teams, if not all, getting four figure attendances... Some of which were 5,000 plus... Now we have 15 teams, with a large percentage of them getting three figure attendances, and even the top attended clubs being much less than 2,000 regularly... Maybe moving it around the country would "freshen up" the event?... The main protagonists are Championship riders so taking it to a Championship track with a few top tier only riders providing some novelty value, may improve attendances?... Last night at the NSS, four of the finalists that rode, scored (excluding Ht2 when they all rode against each other), six points from a collective 13 rides... And another more experienced finalist got three points from four rides.. Sadly. Long gone are the days when this title had a good number of some of the best riders in the world in attendance, with 2nd tier No1's and decent top tier SS's making up the numbers hoping to do well against them... £27 to stand and watch too...  

Or Kennett now Riss back for Oxford.