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Good idea. Kurtz vs Brady at both tracks would be awesome!

But why would you sign someone that constantly gives you a headache? There is a reason teams like Workington moved on from him and they’ve been totally justified in that. The fact you don’t know if he's turning up at all to any meeting should be reason enough to avoid him and as for having all these bouts of sickness well maybe the less said the better. On track he’s been bang average imo, he’s nowhere near the rider he was years ago that would mean I could understand the excuses that were made for him. There always is plenty of people willing to defend him and personally I don’t understand it but each to their own.

Yes 198M and the meeting starts at 10am UK time

Do your mum and dad know you're on the forum unsupervised?

Round 14 timings Thursday 7th August Tarnow v Leszno start time 4pm UK time Canal + Sport 5 Saturday 9th August Krosno v Ostrow start time 3.30pm Canal + Sport 5 Sunday 10th August Poznan v Rzeszow start time 12pm UK time Canal + Sport 5 Bydgoszcz v Lodz start time 2.15pm UK time Canal + Sport 5

Round 14 timings Friday 8th August Lublin V Zielona Gora start time 5pm UK time Eleven Sports 1 Gorzow v Rybnik start time 7.30pm UK time Eleven Sports 1 Sunday 10th August Grudziadz v Czestochowa start time 4pm UK time Canal + Sport Wroclaw v Torun start time 6.30pm UK time Canal + Sport

Agree,while he has given the Promotion a bit of a headache off track ,his performance on track have been Ok.Like I said there will always be a good guest option if he keeps going AWOL.

You suggest the Cook signing has been a disaster but when he's actually ridden he's done a good job. It seems like he's been ill a lot but per BSPL stats he's only missed 2 meetings. When he's missing you should have a good choice of guests, given his average and there's only ever one other meeting. Basically any rider except the majority of other clubs number ones. Glasgow or Edinburgh riders the obvious choice if at home on a Friday night.

Here's what I found out thanks to chatGPT: In the modern world technology has become central to our life and computers are now ubiquitous. Are we approaching the point where a machine can pass the ‘Turing test’? [Alan Turing’s formulation of a challenge that a machine could be designed to exhibit intelligent behaviour indistinguishable from a human.] The latest development in artificial intelligence – ChatGPT – is edging us closer to the time when AI output becomes indistinguishable from human responses. ChatGPT runs on a language model created by an AI research company to mimic ordinary conversation, called the Generative Pre-trained Transformer based on literally billions of pieces of information from books and the web. Could ChatGPT put columnists (like me) out of business, writing their articles for them? Let’s find out. Spoiler alert: it looks like my job is safe. I started by asking it a couple of open ended discursive questions, and it performed quite well. First it suggested the USA and Australia as target markets for future speedway GP’s and then it gave a remarkably coherent analysis of British speedway’s current problems (riders wages, ageing fan base, under investment in stadiums). I then asked ChatGPT to tell me who is the oldest rider currently active in British speedway. It replied with Scott Nicholls, born 20 June 1978, informing me correctly that he has ridden for several teams including Ipswich, Coventry and Belle Vue. That answer was correct at the time of asking (apart from the birth date which should be 16 May 1978), although Nicki Pedersen’s return to Peterborough now makes him the oldest. My next question: ‘Which speedway teams did Todd Wiltshire ride for?’ should have elicited the answer - Oxford, Reading and Wimbledon. ChatGPT failed miserably, listing ten teams including none of the correct answers! Having failed so badly at what should be a straight-forward ‘look-up the answer’ question, I tried, with some trepidation to ask it a more challenging question. ‘Are there any speedway riders who have ridden for Oxford, Reading and Swindon?’ ‘Yes, there is one … his name is Phil Morris .. rode for Reading Racers from 1987 to 1990, Swindon Robins from 1991 to 1995 and Oxford Cheetahs from 1996 to 2000.’ So a correct answer, apart from the fact that Phil was twelve in 1987 and never rode for Oxford or Swindon! Oh, and the omission of the half a dozen or so correct answers (John Davis, Malcolm Holloway, Travis McGowan, Charlie Gjedde, Glenn Cunningham, Andy Smith, Joonas Davidsson) But I couldn’t resist one last question: ‘Why were Reading Bulldogs robbed of the 2006 British speedway Elite League Championship?’ ‘The Reading Bulldogs were not robbed … in fact they won the title that year, beating Coventry Bees in the final. … according to official records and news sources, the Reading Bulldogs were the legitimate champions of the 2006 Elite League.” Well, I’m taking that as proof Reading were 2006 champions, after all it was on the internet – it must be true, mustn’t it? Article first appeared in Oxford programme 12.04.23

Her achievement has been recognised online by the Witches, so a parade with her trophy would be a great way to celebrate 🙂

Defo

always get a good crowd at Gustrow

behind the scenes of zielonagora. how speedway meetings should be run,😎

That’s better than r/r for Hume.

The SEC has never had a huge following BUT will always attract the second and third tier riders trying to get into the SGP as long as 1st place gives you an SGP spot.

Good Luck to Scott Nicholls at Plymouth. I only read last week that he has his first spin at Poole after Oxford was called off and he doubted he could be fitted in anywhere at this late stage due to his average. Wish him well and the Coliseum will certainly test his "wing" out. Hope fully stays fit for remainder of the season and then can have a potential Farewell Tour next season {should he choose to do so}

Agree with your post.I was mainly referring to the Championship regarding overpaid mediocre riders.Something will have to give IMO.Wouldn’t hold my breath though.🤔

Superb race that. Belle Vue have featured it on their social media. Kurtz had it wound on around the boards . Cook given it a go on the kerb and Fricke riding as well as he could to stay in front of both Aces - Top stuff.

Should be a comfortable home win, don’t see us causing much of a problem.

You should win fairly comfortably. 38-52

All Pirates home meetings are streamed by Pirates TV, unless covered by BSN, and have been for 2 seasons.

In fairness... The promoters put demands on them to have the best kit... Which costs several thousands for two bikes minimum... To help them win something they shockingly then devalue by using such a ludicrous operating model.. An incredible business plan.. Personally, I think they should keep the top riders and reduce the "middle order" and the "RS"... As, the top riders must bring a few more in than would ordinarily go... As everyone knows, a struggling business needs to either increase turnover or reduce costs... Now, given increasing turnover seems to be a challenge, then cost reduction has to be the way forwards.. And the easiest and quickest way to do that is by reducing head count.. However, a business with seven employees wouldn't lose its top two people, as that would close the thing down... Instead it would make savings further down the line, and hope the top two would drive enough turnover... For me, five man teams, no make weights, all over 4.5 point average... That would release seven 3rd HLs/SS's immediately to potentially cover either as official "squad riders" or short tern replacements... With a six team top league, not a bad starting point to bring some desperately needed credibility..

You have to realise that 99% of the general public have no interest in speedway, they think it's very boring. I'm afraid that UK speedway is done, it's just a matter of time...

Industry leaders Poole any closer to streaming their matches? Perennial question.

We got to be looking at winning here