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The prospective promoters are having a meeting with the stadium owners tomorrow, not sure what’s to discuss at this late stage but anyhow they have decided on a team name, wonder how or even if they can bothered to tell us plebs their wonderful news ?

That approach would be kind of understandable if the first meeting were six months away, but it isn’t and it wasn’t when the news was first announced. If they truly know what they’re doing, then fair enough; time will tell. They may well have a five-year plan in place to go from strength to strength, but in the meantime, the silence isn't doing much to build momentum.

The ultimate for me would be to make it 1 team per rider across the continent and introduce continental competition. Would allow UK to return to preferred race nights and introduce more TV deal opportunities, increase the number of meetings against different teams (more variety) and chances to see the best riders across the world when they compete in continental competitions.

I was going to use the BSP one... And put an advert in the Speedway Star....

You must have had a Marketing plan ready.......🤣

You would think it's a common sense thing to do, considering all use the same riders... To be fair to Poland though, they do put fixtures out well in advance, and yet the UK will still plan in meetings knowing riders are missing as they can happily just bring a guest in.... Or even sign riders knowing 100% that their already planned in calendar will mean they will be missing... Meaning so many guests end up being used which are not for injury cover... The British Final being arranged on a night when three meetings are already planned in is a perfect example that whatever "common sense" agreements exist, there will always be something the UK can end up doing which rolls eyes...

Stop talking sense! The chat about how amateur the Northampton stuff has been is only compounded by a brand new promotion not being able to arrange their PnP when all their riders can be there. I don't blame TB he was signed before last season ended in Poland but surely dates were shared upon signing to make sure everyone was available for the official launch of their new business/team. Doesn't install a great deal of confidence.

Todays Star says "we understand that there is a wish that all relevant club information will be announced at the same time"

I would like to see a rule implemented where riders have to prioritise the own country as part of their licence requirements and that includes riding in British final and the governing body’s from each country work together for the good of world speedway to avoid clashes

Did Bomber not guest for him instead?

Season hasn't even started proper and riders are missing PnP for Polish sparing. If only there were some pre-arranged Press Day for the Premiership teams ay...

Big thanks to @Phil for sorting this out, we have a lot more forum users back on the site now.

No Tom today at Press and practice. he's contracted to be in Poland.

There's a brilliant local YouTuber getting all sorts of publicity lately by just highlighting things in and around the town: Jamie Benkert - YouTube

This forum only represents a very small percentage of the overall fanbase, but I’m certain we have people on here and in the stadiums with some terrific ideas. Imagine if the clubs actually reached out and asked their entire supporter base to put suggestions forward via a dedicated email address. There might just be some real nuggets in the postbag that could help the sport move forward. Whether it’s a fresh marketing angle, a community link, or a better way to handle the meeting experience, the fans are the ones seeing it from the outside. Beyond just ideas, many fans have professional contacts and networks that could be a huge asset to a club. You simply don't know what’s available to you unless you actually try things and open the door. It costs nothing to ask, and it might just uncover the exact help or innovation a club has been looking for.

Great stuff. 👍

Great stuff. 👍

Northampton's catchy slogan is more likely to be , "Can you tell what it is yet ?" and hope they are more popular than the last bloke who used that catch phrase ?

Buster is doing the track work....

Spot on. It’s something Belle Vue have engaged with recently and has seen a massive uplift in our social media output but it’s new and it’s baby steps. Below is one of the many tie ins with the various student groups around the area. https://www.ucfb.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1339901534-–-PG-on-campus-Prospectus-2024-25-Digital-Pages.pdf This was from the tie ins with the Hide Out youth zone. https://www.hideoutyouthzone.org/hideout-attends-belle-vue-speedway-race-event/

You shouldn't use capital letters then!

Another strange contradiction where Speedway is concerned... They're happy to ask for volunteers for menial things like track raking, stadium maintenance... etc... But when it comes to things that could actually have a positive influence on their business... advertising... marketing... promotions... they don't want to take advantage of the great wealth of knowledge that could be at their fingertips... Very odd...

I spoke to my sports mad brother in law yesterday to ask if he was likely to go to Northampton for the new speedway team and he had no idea what I was on about and he lives in Oakley, 17 miles away from the sports arena. He follows all different sports and tells me that he has seen nothing in or on any local media outlets. if this is the way Northampton intend to open a new business and make a go of it I wish them all the luck in the world as they are going to need it. They are not helping them selves at all, assuming that they do intend to run. I suspect that they have hit major issues and are not going to run this year. Does anyone know if work has started on the track/stadium?

I couldn’t agree more with this. In my professional life, we do exactly the same thing. In fact, we had a monthly meeting just yesterday where part of that is sharing "best practice" across different departments. We look at who is innovating, what’s working in one area, and then we roll those successful ideas out across the rest of the operation to ensure everyone benefits. It’s common sense in any other industry. If clubs like Glasgow and Poole have cracked it, why on earth isn't that being formalised into a national "Operating Model" for the sport? Work together. As you say, the on-track product is usually decent. The racing isn't the problem; it’s the lack of off-track leadership and professional marketing that’s holding everything back. There are individual clubs doing "good things", whether it’s social media, sponsorship packages, or community outreach. On that note, I genuinely can't understand why the British Speedway Podcast has been cancelled, along with the national media day. Surely the sport can manage to put on a media day somewhere. And as for the podcast what is the actual cost of production? It can't be that prohibitive. I stand corrected if it is. I listen to "That Cov Pod", run by three Coventry City fans. They put out an excellent show after every single game, and they’ve even managed to attract a couple of sponsors. I can’t imagine it costs them much more than their own time to record, edit, and post it. If three fans can produce a quality show for football, why can’t a national sport manage one? Who is taking these decisions to strip away the few pieces of media we have left? If one club finds a way to increase gates by 20% through a specific digital campaign, that blueprint should be shared immediately across the league. There is no excuse for the rest of the sport to be lagging behind when a few clubs have already demonstrated how to do it well.

What does Buster have to do with Northampton speedway? 😂