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Agree and probably should have had another win and an LCQ place on Saturday.

What a load of twaddle! Doyle is one of the most loyal non-Brits to British Speedway. It's not his fault the fixture has been rearranged and it coincides with a commitment he's contracted to elsewhere. It's a rock-and-a-hard-place for the Witches, who have managed to find guests for both missing riders.

Ipswich have done the right thing by agreeing to a re-staging to give the best chance of the league fixtures being completed. Last week people were complaining that the play-offs could be decided on an incomplete table. Which is the best scenario? PS: Sayfutdinov is the Witches #1 ...

About twenty years ago we investigated the possibility of a Speedway return to Sunderland on behalf of Tony Mole. At the time, if I remember correctly, Newcastle was a National League Track. Tony was proposing to open up as a Conference League Track. Whilst we had about two meetings at the Stadium, they would not entertain a Team at Sunderland racing in a lower League than Newcastle. They were however receptive to, and listened to us and heard us out. We informed Tony Mole of their position and left it with him. No further action was taken. I suppose that being as we got our Meetings that it was NOT a definite NO from the Stadium, they never said that. Perhaps now that Newcastle has gone, it may be worth another try. Some Promoter can only ask. We would definitely need the support of Newcastle Supporters too, in order to make it a viable concern. Given the response to Sunderland in the 1970's, I would like to think things have changed, and that we could all get together to support a Sunderland Team in the North East for the benefit of BOTH Cities. Many things will have changed in the ensuing twenty years. Maybe Steve is right and that there is NO chance - but - if you don't ask, you don't get.

To be clear. Doyle doesn’t have a choice where he rides as he is contracted to a Swedish team who have race night priority.

Ah ok. That makes sense. 2nd leg Oct then 🙈

Also are we back to NO Tac Subs in the play offs?

Only guessing but it is SGP2 on Friday night, 12th September, so assuming Jake Mulford & Dan Thompson will be missing, hence racing on Sunday 🤷‍♂️

If that happens I’ll give you the money meself.

Correct. Ipswich need a point, so even a draw and a superheat defeat at Foxhall Thursday would see us top.

If you were bothered whether you wanted to win or not you wouldn't agree to re-stage a meeting without your number 1!

I'm not sure that the Hundred is a drastic shake up in comparison to Twenty 20, other than having much more money thrown at it, being marketed to a different audience and getting much more TV exposure- all of which could have happened with the existing Twenty 20 format. And, as I say, it is rumoured that once more franchises are taken over by IPL owners it will become a Twenty 20 tournament. So it isn't the format necessarily. However, speedway needs to think about how cricket attracted all fry eoukd be happy to that and carried out the marketing. Strangely enough, a lot of what you propose, and I agree with, already happens at most IOW meetings. If only BSPL would have a discussion with Barry and Martin about what works and what doesn't I'm sure they would be happy to help

So I make points difference Ipswich +180, Sheffield +181. So Sheffield can still finish top with 2 wins against Ipswich?

https://ipswichwitches.co/raceday-guide-sheffield-a-3/ Harris guests for Doyle, Howarth for Ellis

Is that confirmed?

Harris and Howarth

Hardly a case of not being “bothered” is it? It’s a rearranged fixture and the semi finals start next Monday so the fixture had to be squeezed in this week. They’ll have known riders had existing commitments Wednesday, but had little choice but to accept the fixture date.

Thank you, much appreciated

They would be away to the losing team out of Leszno or Bydgoszcz- it`s not called play-down at that stage it`s called Barrage

If correct, they cannot be bothered with a suitable replacement this sums up why the average punter cannot be bothered to regularly attend meetings. Sad to say that riders pick which paymaster calls the tune and ultimately not the club owners. The riders no longer consider the punters who wish to see a winning team unless it is Polish club and many of these throttle jockeys fail to represent the UK that they ride for and as to representing the town, no chance. It is no longer in a riders DNA to be honest with the fans/supporters. It use to be a tribal type of following given the number of tracks representing on many occasions rural or non cosmopolitan populations and this was evidenced by the number of travelling supporters back in the day. You use to have local riders who were migrating from grass track and other disciplines to speedway, now nothing can be further from reality. You cannot solely blame the riders but a lot of anger should be directed at the sports masters who treat the punter with such disrespect. The riders want to make a living at all costs and the powers that be have no balls to stand up to other market forces so GB followers can go to hell and put up with what is on offer.

It’s just farcical

I know it's not likely, but I kind of want the following to happen to show the flaw in the scoring system to the organisers (so they fix it). What if Zmarzlik & Kurtz meet in LCQ1. Kurtz is 2nd which means 11 or 12 points, Zmarzlik is 3rd (9 or 10 points) or 4th (7 or 8 points). The world title would then be decided in LCQ2, the finishing order of 4 riders who cannot become world champion, would determine wether Zmarzlik or Kurtz wins the title! I challenge anyone to explain why this scenario is the best way to score the GPs.

The new lad Ben Cook is filling his boots tonight, three wins on the trot...😄

Try this King's Lynn Vs Sheffield (Premiership) 01/09/2025 7.30pm | Speedway Updates 35-25King's Lynn Stars = 35 (78) 1. Jan Kvech - 1', 3, 3 2. Niels-Kristian Iversen - 2, 0, 3, 2' = 7+1 3. Chris Harris - 0, 3, 3 4. Richard Lawson - 2, 2', 1 5. Nicolai Klindt - 2, 1 6. Ben Cook - 3, 3 7. Luke Harrison - 0, 1', 0 Sheffield Tigers = 25 (72) 1. Jack Holder - 3, 1 2. Leon Flint - 0, R, 2 3. Chris Holder - 3, 0, 0 4. Nick Morris - 1, 1, 1 5. Josh Pickering - 3, 1', 2 6. Anders Rowe - 1', 2, 0 7. Jye Etheridge - 2, R, 1'

At Poole seems the other way. Volunteers are ok on Wednesday but struggle to make Fridays or Saturdays