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The current attendance issues are due to fans not liking guest fests and doubling up. Both of these rider problems dilute the sports integrity for so many fans. Lots have abandoned ship because they have seen too many teams use three, or more in some cases, guests. I often talked with Workington rugby directors, who were anti-speedway, and referred to the sport as having a strong likeness to that comical one called WWE (or is it WWF?)...anyway they said guests undermined the sport big style - and yes they were/are correct. Personally I just think the one division would bring more variety to a quite stagnant round of fixtures. And so what if Poland claim the best, every race has a winner, and loser. We used to have wobblers yes fifty years ago but shouted encouragement to one and all....let's do it via one league again !!!!!!

Gorzow in big trouble. Bank will grant the required loan but only with the city's guarantee (which they have previously said they won't do again). The club is once again having to write to the city's councillors and asking for help. List of liabilities (in Zlotys): Commercial 4.5 million Riders 2.8 million Bank loans 3.8 million Employees 1.1 million Leasing 0.7 million Receivables 3.9 million

My heart skipped a beat when I saw the announcement, I have great memories of that place and missed it dearly. As soon as I saw they were coming back I got in touch to see if I could help them in any way - to which they accepted! I know the name isn't everyone's cup of tea but I'm the guy who designed their new bull logo (see below) I can't wait til tapes up now - I'll be there!

I sense that the management's main grievance is the enormous guarantees paid out in return for modest performances. That would suggest to me that if the current structure remains a Championship team is more likely.

Fair point. Over 100 of those listed regularly raced in the top two leagues, though, with people expected to pay £20+ already. Although that could also explain the current attendance issues! 😃

It would be a challenge to get enough people to lay out circa £25 to watch some of those riders... No disrespect to them, but the admission fee would need to be around £15 to watch them ride and that wouldn't cover the "best riders" fees... My lad plays semi pro football as an amateur, (£10 to watch), and it would be like the league was set up to allow him to play against Mo Salah.... That tenner to get in wouldn't pay Mo's wages....

5-1 & 3-3=8points to 4 4-2 & 4-2=8points to 4 as all points were equal over the two legs they went to heat advantages. 2advantages to 1advantage. Simples 🤷‍♂️

I'm not sure the rider shortage is as bad as everybody makes out. Yes it's not 200+, but I still make it 150 riders who competed (or were declared in a line-up at the start of the year) in 2025. Yes, some are very junior/inexperienced, but everybody has to start somewhere, and there were definite mismatches in the 1970s. 1. Nathan Ablitt 2. Jake Allen 3. Ben Barker 4. Troy Batchelor 5. Luke Becker 6. Dan Bewley 7. Ollie Binns 8. Norick Blodorn 9. Owen Booth 10. Bastian Borke 11. Ashton Boughen 12. Fraser Bowes 13. Alfie Bowtell 14. Tom Brennan 15. Max Broadhurst 16. Billy Budd 17. Arran Butcher 18. William Cairns 19. Paco Castagna 20. Jacob Clouting 21. Connor Coles 22. Ben Cook 23. Craig Cook 24. Zach Cook 25. Kenzie Cossey 26. Mitchell Cluff 27. Luke Craig 28. Jack Crewe 29. Joe Crewe 30. Harley Driscoll-Freeman 31. Kieran Douglas 32. Ryan Douglas 33. Jason Doyle 34. Jason Edwards 35. Adam Ellis 36. Joe Etheridge 37. Jamie Etherington 38. Harry Fletcher 39. Leon Flint 40. Vinnie Foord 41. Jack Franklin 42. Lasse Fredriksen 43. Max Fricke 44. Dan Gilkes 45. Jonatan Grahn 46. Liam Greens 47. Francis Gusts 48. Sam Hagon 49. Jamie Halder 50. Nathan Hargrave 51. Chris Harris 52. Luke Harris 53. Luke Harrison 54. Cameron Heeps 55. Freddy Hodder 56. Chris Holder 57. Jack Holder 58. Jacob Hook 59. Kyle Howarth 60. Danyon Hume 61. Ryan Ingram 62. Niels-Kristian Iversen 63. Max James 64. Maciej Janowski 65. Jordan Jenkins 66. Jonas Jeppesen 67. Michael Jepsen Jensen 68. Elliot Kelly 69. Drew Kemp 70. Declan Kennedy 71. Zaine Kennedy 72. Lewis Kerr 73. Peter Kildemand 74. Luke Killeen 75. Danny King 76. Jack Kingston 77. Daniel Klima 78. Nicoli Klindt 79. Jonas Knudsen 80. Brady Kurtz 81. Jan Kvetch 82. Simon Lambert 83. Richard Lawson 84. Jaimon Linsey 85. Jordy Loftus 86. Kryan Lyden 87. Matt Marson 88. Caydin Martin 89. Sam Masters 90. Mitch McDiarmid 91. Harry McGurk 92. Sam McGurk 93. Eli Meadows 94. Calum Mitchell 95. Nick Morris 96. Ben Morley 97. Connor Mountain 98. Luke Muff 99. Jake Mulford 100. Tobiasz Musielak 101. Villads Nagel 102. Scott Nicholls 103. Michael Palm Toft 104. Victor Palovaara 105. Mark Parker 106. Max Perry 107. Danny Phillips 108. Josh Pickering 109. Ace Pijper 110. Stene Pijper 111. Oskar Polis 112. Ben Rathbone 113. Keynan Rew 114. Laylen Richardson 115. Darryl Ritchings 116. Harrison Rogers 117. Anders Rowe 118. Adam Roynon 119. Erik Riss 120. Cooper Rushen 121. Emil Sayfutdinov 122. Jody Scott 123. Justin Sedgmen 124. Jack Shimelt 125. Mickie Simpson 126. Charlie Southwick 127. Tom Spencer 128. Sonny Springer 129. Jack Smith 130. Paul Starke 131. Senna Summers 132. Dan Thompson 133. Joe Thompson 134. Tobias Thomsen 135. Kye Thomson 136. Ben Trigger 137. Rohan Tungate 138. Ashton Vale 139. Antti Vuolas 140. Kai Ward 141. Mason Watson 142. Morgan Williams 143. Chad Wirtzfeld 144. Charlie Wood 145. Dayle Wood 146. Sam Woods 147. Steve Worrall 148. Charles Wright 149. Matej Zagar 150. Tate Zischke

Most of the disused industrial sites are owned by the same company that owns monmore Green.

3-3 is a draw for the second time so null points

A completely different time, sadly... Most of those riders had jobs, and rode for excitement, and the "good money" they could earn for two or three meetings a week.... Lads in mundane jobs by day could be "heroes" in the evening, and go home with more than a weeks worth of money from their usual job for just one meeting.. And admission costs made a massively lower dent in the fans' disposable income than happens today... Plus, many ran Friday and Saturdays rather than Mondays and Thursdays... Now it is "two top bikes" minimum, sign written vans, hotel costs, flight costs, tuner costs, and a travel schedule that Jet2 would go dizzy with... 100's rocked up to the many training schools across the country, some sharing bikes they purchased together,(old several owners kit so didn't cost the earth), some riding old bikes fhe tracks had, hence there was a conveyer belt of potential talent, and, most riders only had one team so they didn't block progression like the majority do now by having two teams each, which erodes places for others... The Poles have "dozens" of riders who organically travel through a development structure as they know that to keep their sponsors, fans and TV happy, it is important to have "new talent" coming through regularly... They don't want to end up like the UK with guestfests and doubling up and down rife, as that will end the same way for them that is has for the UK... One league unfortunately looks unachievable if you look at the numbers of riders, unless another 20 or so want to ride over here, and given Poland ride Friday, Saturday and Sunday, (with the odd Thursday thrown in for good measure), getting another 20 would be very difficult indeed, unless like some tracks have done, you sign riders who you know will miss quite a few matches, and just accept guestfests as being the only way the sport can be ran over here... If you don't get more riders to come over, and run with ine league, then many riders at six and seven (if they stay with seven per team), would be well out of their depth I would think... I personally think having a "Super League" with six, six rider teams, could maybe work, using only riders of say 4.5 points and above averages, and then they also run a 2nd tier team alongside all other teams, with three or so of their top tier riders, plus second tier level lads making up the rest of the tier two team... It will keep the DU'ing for many riders that they say they need, and still have a top tier at a significantly higher level to sell the sport to TV and its viewers...

He has sold his equipment so could well be…

Absolutely 💯

And if its a roaring success it will be because of Mr Rogers?

Looking forward to Saturday, even if Jake was fit, mentally & physically, is he allowed to guest again Poole? Guest rules have become a bit confusing lately with 8 day rule & different competitions. Might not be what everyone wants to be thinking of at the moment but I’m sure the management are already on the case 👍

Apologies if I’ve missed it elsewhere but is Boughen lost to the sport now? Seems like there’s definitely something that could/should be done to help keep young riders heads straight. Anyone with above average potential seems to be treated as a commodity before a person, in their teenage years that’s always going to either inflate the ego or crush it, sometimes both. A lot of young careers have probably suffered for it. Something needs to be done to help the British youngsters stay on track, literally and metaphorically.

Love watching him ride, I just hope the leg off the footrest style doesn't hold him back. Bridger used to have a similar style. I'm not saying that's what stopped him becoming world class, but I don't think it helps a rider at times.

The Tigers fans will be hoping Bomber is the best he can be in both legs because Rich Lawson definitely will be. It is hard to call but after watching Poole dismantle Redcar twice at the ECCO Arena over the last 10days it is going to be a tough ask for the Tigers. I hope they do it, nice to share the trophies around and the club and fans deserve it.

Joel Andersson stays at Smederna.

Very impressive at worky on Saturday only 15 agree he is hopefully going places, can pass and seems to be having fun on the bike. Hope he keeps grounded, and not another Ashton boughen. Will be lots of clubs after him for 2026, but I've heard it's all sorted, gonna be at a south coast club.🤔

Because 3-3 is not a heat advantage 🤔

The two 4-2s are both heat advantages. A 5-1 and a 3-3 is a heat advantage and a drawn heat. The rule is most heat advantages. Not difficult to comprehend really.

Because a 3-3 is not a heat advantage. This situation I'm told has never happened quite this way before, ever. The rule was there for the day it did. It will probably never happen again.

Scott "Well ahead of his time" Nicholls had the answer... Rock, Paper, Scissors... Sorted.....

Perry and Hodder