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there will be a lot more riders than that attending, will be a good night as always

For me, especially with our track, if prefer to have Kildemand over Thompson. Such an entertaining rider when hes on it

Having worked in advertising for a number of years in the bygone era of magazines and then the digital age - it is all about numbers. If a magazine - it was the circulation or in the case of the website  - page impressions or click throughs.  If impressions or circulation faltered then it was about the quality of the audience (good for business to business magazines or websites }, demographic segmentation etc  Speedway is an ageing demographic , the viewing numbers aren't high and the exposure is limited - thus any ad agency or brand manager is not going to spend amy budget on speedway.  With no TV deal and no significant audience numbers , the sport will struggle to generate bluechip or new advertisers. The way forward would be to saturate the social media market - tik tok, iG and increase eyes ... publicise crashes , incidents like Wright vs Allen punch up to generate viewing figures. Sell your soul to influencers and let them film around meetings. Even get them om a speedway bike to generate views and build.  A start would be to create an app like the Polish League with updates, live scores, interviews, video content and Fantasy League. Currently sport documentaries are massive - think All or Nothing , Hard Knocks,  F1 and Netflix / Amazon with docs on NHL. NBA NFL, Football etc etc - Speedway is an exciting, adrenalin fuelled sport powered by pure alcohol - there is a story to tell - even to the uneducated. The process will be a slow burner but a speedway heat is 1 minute - it is the perfect timespan for social media - Just needs to be processed and promoted in the right way.      For example - In a recent interview Jordan Pickford spoke about his love for MotoX - Immediately I would be thinking lets get him to a speedway meeting he loves motorbikes = Opportunity !!  Unfortunately like a speedway AGM - rinse and repeat 

Bspa fees including ref , paramedics, rent for stadium, insurance , that’s a good chunk of that £5000 left over 

How about? Danny King - 8.59 Scott Nicholls - 7.88 Ben Barker - 6.12 Joe Thompson - 5.87 Alfie Bowtell - 4.65 Dan Gilkes - 4.59 Darryl Ritchings - 2.29 Total - 39.99

Three of those teams could run development league racing, but choose not to. Redcar had big gaps in the fixtures despite being in all the competitions, seems they either couldn't or wouldn't get opposition teams to come on their blank Fridays.  Poole actually ride 17 home fixtures, 2h & 2a is only 16 home fixtures, adding KOC and/or play-offs potentially gives a few extra fixtures, but not much more than Poole currently get. 2h & 2a is feasible if clubs work together, are willing to race of off-rave nights (i.e 4 Friday tracks) and have riders who don't miss matches to race abroad (which can cause blank race dates).