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Good crowd placement in relation to camera coverage?.. Something Speedway could do but never seem to do... Meaning the optics to anyone looking in are far from what the sport would like to portray...

Looked like the end of the ground was closed

So if the press release is correct, tickets will go on sale in the next few days.

Rugby is a game played by men with odd shaped balls.

I don’t think Mr/ Ms Forty (whoever that is) is really that interested in it succeeding. I suspect their aim is to deter rather than encourage

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I don’t think Mr/ Ms Forty (whoever that is) is really that interested in it succeeding. I suspect their aim is to deter rather than encourage

Not so! The two meetings held last year were just as close and exciting as any of the previous NL meetings held there. Like you, I was dubious about the quality I was going to see, but it was great, so don't let that put you off.

Yet again, you reply without quoting ...

Now at the business end of today’s meeting. live updates https://live.baansportfansite.nl/event/1197/fim-europe-individual-ice-speedway-championship-varkaus.html

Do you know what Rihimakii's injury is? Still 3 weeks to Inzell so must be fairly serious

They certainly get a huge amount of tv coverage & bring in the big name sponsors outside of the olympics so yes we need to looking at what they are doing.

But a few could have earned the nickname Tortoise.

That amount of guests is crazy. Sometimes it’s inevitable but if a team could limit it to say two a season. It would also be good if the same 1 to 7 was used instead of all the chopping and changing. Pipe dream I know but should a team manage it, they and their manager need to be applauded.

I am guessing that due to the distance from the pitch and the poor view, very few people stand on the corner/end terrace, so everyone is congregated in the grandstand or the terrace on the opposite side. Those areas would look full in any pictures, but there would be a lot of unused terracing on the Rooley Avenue end.

I've tried downloading the HBO Max app on my phone but it's saying not compatible on Google Pixel

Not sure what you were watching but I think you need a trip to the opticians. 😉 There is no 'speedway' track in place. The scumbags dug up all the shale and kicked out the stock car promoters, despite the fact that without stock cars they would still be playing 'home' games outside Bradford and in the league below.

One of the most depressing things I see last night was Bradford Bulls playing with a brilliant unused speedway track still in place around the pitch. Such a waste. I always enjoyed my trips to Bradford when the team was full of English riders with excellent racing on a well prepared track. Plus the world finals held there.

I'm already a TNT Sports subscriber That's why they e- mailed me

That doesn't include TNT Sports, its just the basic package of HBO max the same as it was with Discovery+, you will need to pay more for TNT Sports.

The sport is more of a hobby for too many to ever be taken seriously.... Winning at home (by a narrow margin) and getting hammered away is almost utopia for some... These promoters don't have any burning ambitions to win things or, if also in the second tier, move into the top league, and are quite content on funding their hobby through affordable losses, or other businesses contributions.. They run their team pretty much for themselves and the riders, who often need two jobs in the UK to justify their outlay on machinery... With the two jobs meaning two teams share the costs which then makes it cost effective for both clubs.. The clamour for "Team Six" isn't to make the top league look "relevant", (even 20 teams couldn't do that the way the sport is ran), it is simply to ensure another seven slots are available for riders, with four or five of those slots being so riders can double up.. Neither league has authenticity given the operating model (196 guests last season), therefore "Team Six" won't make a jot of difference to the way the sport is viewed by so many fans, and, (more importantly), literally thousands of "ex fans"... In short. Nothing changes because the majority of those running it have a lot of their boxes ticked due to the way they do run it, hence they are content with things... And as long as fans only slowly dwindle away, the losses won't become too big, too quickly, so the whole nonsense can continue on.... Until, of course, inevitably one day given its inexorable decline, it doesn't..

This is the only entry in the Speedway Riders Index 1929-2022: Peter TURLE Career record: (1984) Rye House. There is no mention in the index of any rider with the surname Terle or Turtle I believe the index only lists riders who have ridden in Official fixtures, not second halves or junior meetings.

Do you actually think they discuss ‘ what will the fans think ?’ at promoters meetings ? I very much doubt so. I was told by a former promoter that when ever disputes occurred between them at their get togethers the first thing that Chapmen and Godfrey used to say was that they would close their tracks as they made their money on stocks cars , and there the guys who run our sport ! Fans do not get considered in any aspect of the sport. This Northampton farce, which is going ahead , could be the biggest circus the sport has come up with.

The relay speed skating was great to watch, especially when the next leg of the race gets a big push off from their team mate. Imagine this in speedway with either Batch or Drew Kemp piddling round at the back and then getting an almighty shove from Cookie or Kyle Howarth. Now that would be quite a spectacle and sure to bring the fans in!

Have the bspl become so desperate and tunnel visioned in their quest to get Northampton running they have forgot what their actual job is ? They have practically isolated and ignored the fans and even the other 4 teams to a degree since November to the point now where even the most loyal fans are getting fed up and if like me thinking is it worth it anymore, this winter has been one of the most damaging to its credibility winters the sport has ever had