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The inclusion of JD would have exceeded the cost budget for riders. Might not be what you want to read, but at least you have a promotion with long term sustainability in mind. A professional promotion not a hobbyist.

Needn't worry about that Santa never comes to our house.😃

Waiting for the lighting columns I believe.

Here’s the problem with your suggestion. Developing young riders (good) at low cost (bad) simply means that once they become good enough, the big Polish money will attract them there leaving the UK to be nothing more than a source of talent. The answer for UK speedway? A feeder system based on a semi professional league providing a route to a limited number of full time professional teams/promotions. Could it happen? Yes . Will it happen? Only if a certain profile of promoters smell the roses and step aside.

No not me but you have so many on here who share the views, Mike, Ian and many others who can offer so much more. I agree with all that you say and it needs to gather momentum to stop the sport falling off a cliff in the UK. I would rather watch seven riders trying their best than seven gate and go merchants. As I said standardised the machinery and if necessary grade it in formulas and the top riders can spend thousands chasing the crown while those emotionally involved in the sport ride to entertain and be competitive and gain experience whilst putting on a show for the punters. Short track riders do it and can put on a show. Perhaps ST should consider league racing. At least you would get regularly weekly meetings.

Create a league with mainly British lads, the younger the better to make a pipeline for the future. Maybe run on a weekend when families can attend and make it affordable for adults with kids free. That way we can finally push our sport forward without the need for the money grabbing big hitters in a league that everyone can get behind and see succeed. It cannot fail, and those that say it would only attract a few hundred need to realise where we are right now. You should be a promoter. https://britishspeedway.co.uk/25results/belle_vue_10.08.25_res2.pdf

As much kudos, for winning either...

It makes a mockery of nothing... There isnt any major prize for winning either league, therefore, getting decent crowds, (who go to see a winning team), through the season, means decent regular income for Poole.. Their operating model works for them, and they know their customer bases requirements... Ipswich had a successful season last year and their crowds were decent, would they have had better crowds if they had delivered fantastic racing but won nothing? Of course they wouldn't...

What about next Thursday. Nothing else happening and think of the savings with a curtailed league programme. Just pull two names out of the hat and get on with it. That will have as much credibility as seeing the campaign drag on for another four months with meetings interspersed by weather. It has become a fragmented programme with little to get excited about. A sad state of affairs. If only those in charge took on board some of the feedback from the punters but alas the contempt shown towards the supporters in this country will back fire on in the short term and more tracks will close as the finances will not stack up and they have no chance of getting the lapsed supporters to return. Heads up arses and fingers in ears best describes those who oversee this once great sport.

No TV schedule to work to so back to their old "we'll get there" ways... Bonfire Night is a Thursday so we could have a "Bonfire Bonanza Play Off".. Mind you, Xmas and New Year's Eve's are also on a Thursday...

31st of December?

Just caught up with last nights match. Had no idea of conditions as was up in Swindon and it was dry. Well done to the track staff for getting the meeting on. Only one team wanted that and it wasn’t Edinburgh, who were diabolical to be honest. Glad to see Pirates at full strength even though Bowes is finding it difficult at the moment. Feel he will click soon enough. Kyle untroubled at reserve. Pirates coast through to the final and the very long trip to Berwick.

When is the cut off? Last year playoffs had started that week. Ridiculous with so few teams

Looking forward to watching the stream

Apart from the supporters of many years including those lapsed followers It is doubtful that anyone else cares about the facts and now the sport at its highest level in the UK is of little interest and is unlikely to survive many more seasons in its current form. It needs to gamble on starting again with one league and riders who commit to the British league without fear or favour of overseas leagues. Poland pays top dollar and can dictate what the clubs riders do and that is understandable but in the UK that luxury does not exist so stop pretending and stop paying for the service of the European league riders who cannot/ will not commit 100% to UK speedway. That is fine and clubs in the UK just need to build teams without these guys. If the sport wants to have these riders grace tracks in the UK then hold an individual open tournament. For the domestic scene build from the ground up, use a different business model, appeal to a new generation of supporters and make it more accessible to prospective riders by standardising the equipment and embrace modern technology and new formats. Make a meeting more than just a league meet of x number of heats. Have scratch races, the fastest one lap competition, head to head for golden helmet and handicap races. It needs something different and it can be so good but it does not always need the worlds best riders to produce good racing or exciting racing. Can it happen, possibly, will it happen, unlikely given the management of the sport and the fickle supporters who believe the world revolves solely around league racing and then complain about the lack of a pipeline of new talent. Riders of all levels need track time and back in the day they got it with the second half of a meeting, now they are largely ignored by the mainstream clubs.

I find it hard to see the great destination people are making between the leagues. The Premiership can hardly be described as an elite league, in a very real sense it's the Championships with a sprinkling of elite riders.

The team who replaced him and won the league...?

If the two N'hampton meetings had gone ahead (tonights was to have been r2 in the original fixtures) we'd have had half of our home fixtures for the season.Two home meetings a month is workable until the weather hits or there is no other team free to come.

As one of Ryans sponsors, I can confirm he does have a school exam... like most 16 year olds these days do

And: No dust 👍

Steady on there..... 😉

Undoubtedly the correct decision, that was not in question, what is questionable is why Sheffield have only ridden at home 4 times this year... Leicester also 4 by the end of June! In a spring that has had 23% less rain than usual.

How does it backfire, we replaced a rider who got injured. Very silly comment.

Could bring a fair bit of publicity this....

Just throwing something together within the 37.00 limit to prove how easy it was for Mayfield to fit Doyley back in whilst protecting Tom Brennan who's clearly struggling @ No.1. 1. J. Doyle 7.86 2. Hellstrom-Bangs 4.50 3. T. Brennan 7.24 4. D. King 6.67 5. T. Musielak 6.44 6. 4.29 (Few options but Klima is the pick of the bunch) 7. J. Edwards (RS)