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Belle Vue and Ipswich confirmed for next week.

you know your right

I remember when I first starting reading programmes as a kid, and when looking at the fixture list "RESERVED" pretty much filled up October except for the BLRC. . Didn't understand the reasons .. Obviously as you got older, you could see the reasons given the end of October was cut off... 18 teams in the league, plus a full Belle Vue Colts season, up to five KO Cup matches at home a Northern Trophy featuring Sheffield,Halifax and Hull, an annual John Player individual, and the BLRC .. And all done without fixed race nights to help ensure all riders were there, with some riding in the National League as well as the British League for different teams. (Many teams had at least one rider).... Oxford this season have ran 29 home matches... Maybe the last two weeks of September should be play off time, with "RESERVED" being put in for the first two weeks worth of Monday and Thursdays...?

Sheffield still got at least 2 prem meetings to complete, at this rate mid October before they stage Steelers v Leicester.

Wow disappointing and weird that he is wrong about this sort of thing

That definitely needs to be looked at. Yes it’s unfortunate to have rain offs right at the death, but it is now September and there’s always the chance the weather takes a turn for the worst. They need to leave a two week gap in future, between the final set of fixtures, and the start of the playoffs offs to allow clubs time to rearrange postponed fixtures.

Mustn’t need the time to commercially promote the play off’s this season 😜

Did Doyle want to race or not?

Sheffield will do anything to avoid the Aces in the playoffs 🤣. Joking aside, why are the playoffs starting so early. There should have been 1 weeks grace between the last week of the league season and the start of the playoffs.

Deleted as wrong thread🤣.

Noah says it wouldn't have been on anyway.

Not really as if Ipswich win then there 100% top. Yes it wont change anything as the cut off date will be before the Sheffield restating, but its still better for top to be determined on the track.

Halifax ?, Eastbourne ?, Stoke ?.

One can only guess that they don’t want to run the second leg after a 30 point trouncing at Wimborne Road. Surely they could find a gust to replace King who would have been riding for Ippo at Sheffield (postponed), a Premiership team racing on a protected CL race night ?

Hope your disappointment soon wears off. You could always go watch United or Wednesday instead. They’re both doing well aren’t they ?

You’re right it is, unless Sheffield manage to run this at the weekend. Let’s hope Sheffield don’t turn us over at Foxhall tomorrow (providing that goes ahead as well) because if they do, we could have the farcical situation again of the wrong teams facing each other in the semi finals when the Sheffield fixture gets run after the play offs and the final table ends up different to what it currently is..

No prize fund for the Comp in 2025. There was in 2024. So he is basically talking rubbish.

Nonsense to say a 'small minority' ran on Saturday! Off hand, l can think of Belle Vue, Cradley, Berwick, Coventry, Swindon, Canterbury, King's Lynn, Edinburgh/Coatbridge... and l think l've probably missed a couple more.

Anders Frojd, manager of Lejonen in the swedish league talked about his team the upcoming week and whether Bastian Pedersen would be included and said: "Bastian can't ride next week because of the u24 final, price for the winner is a million Zloty. I don't think Torun are that interested in realeasing him ." 1 000 000 Zloty is £200k, truly remarkable the resources and money in the polish system.

Lots of failing businesses bring in a troubleshooter to assess their business model, opening model, and customer service plan... If such a person were asked to come in I am sure they would suggest the following.... * Open your doors when your customers want you to open, not when your employees tell you they can work... * Stop opening your doors knowing you havent enough staff, meaning you end up borrowing employees from your competition, which isn't a good look... * Set a payroll budget and stick to it, and ensure your marketing budget is sufficient to generate the required interest and population reach. Don't overpay employees to the detriment of the marketing budget... * Collectively market the business nationally and target families with young kids with all season round offers, given you are in the entertainment business... * Take every opportunity when on TV to make your premises look full, and make it somewhere those watching at home would want to visit... * Ensure what you are delivering to your customers has credibility, integrity, and is done at a competitive price point that accurately reflects the quality of what you provide, not what you think you actually provide... * Have a customer focused refund system should you not he able to provide the required service on any given night, especially to those who have travelled from further afield to attend your establishment... * Have clear, unambiguous Quality Control measures in place that all must follow to ensure the brand is never damaged. As you are only as strong as your weakest link... * And. As you are only as strong as your weakest link, ensure all work for the overall good of the business, and never in isolation.. I am sure there are plenty of other suggestions too...

Ask Redcar

You'd have thought that, with the air fence having a shelf life, a certain ex world champion could re-purpose old air fences as track covers and sell them back to clubs... just a thought.

At least I don't have to travel the three miles to the track. I have a ticket from last week's fiasco, can I still get a refund? I am so fed up up with speedway at the moment, I doubt if I will go again.

I note Poole are not racing tonight Wednesday 3rd September. Reasons ? What is the matter with UK speedway, with all this posturing for running 1st or 2nd legs in a P.Off meeting ? In a year noted for drought conditions throughout the summer, once again there is a scramble to finish fixtures in the autumn on off race nights.

This postponement means tomorrow’s meeting at Ipswich is a waste it time, other than to work on the averages as deadline for league meeting points (and bonus point) will have been and gone by time this gets rearranged