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Reminder meeting is tomorrow 2 pm UK time.

I agree there was a vast differences between the two leagues now the lines are so blurred , Bomber would have been a number one in old NL at his age no disrespect but Scott Nicholls would be no where near the old Gulf league at almost 50 yrs old .

And the majority of the riders rocked up in the pits with 1 bike or 2 if they were lucky strapped to the back of a car, and if they had bike problems they'd fall back on the track spare to use, not like now where they all expect sponsored sign written vans with 3 or 4 bikes in the back.

The difference when I started going in the early/mid 80's was vast Joe Owen was the king of the national league but really struggled even at reserve in the old british league. Jen's Rasmussen was a 5 point Oxford reserve he dropped down and was virtually unbeatable in the old second division. When Havelock & Silver moved up two very gifted young riders at the time it still took them 2-3 seasons to bed in to the top league before they started to kick on. Now days other than a handful of riders the bulk plying their trade in the UK can be seen in both divisions for different teams.

It was used as a development tool so riders could move up to see if they could compete, but with a safety net of being able to still ride in the 2nd tier if they were not of top tier level... Now it is the most important fundamental part of the operating model and business plan, even including which nights clubs have to race on... Incredible how it has been allowed to happen....

They wouldn’t have anything more to add to the Ipswich buy out than their last statement last week. We are now halfway though the latest 2 week window for the sale to be completed. The lease for Foxhall was a hold up but that is now resolved.

True but I don't remember there being doubling down then only up ,once a rider was past it in the old first division they dropped down to the old NL and had a couple years there before leaving the sport .

As it was in the halcyon days of the late 60's and 70's

Half the problem is riders trying to make a full time living out of the sport instead realising it's a paying hobby for the vast majority of them .

Won't get 14 riders as Nora uses 6 rider per team format. Think the make up is 2 heat leaders, 2 second string & 2 reserve standard riders but not sure if it officially done like that or just a gentlemans agreement as not seen any averages or team points limit announced. maybe someone else can confirm? The 2 matches last year had James Shanes, Connor Coles, Ben Morley, Paul Starke & Simon Lambert take part so good NL heatleaders.

Understood. Onwards & upwards. 🤞

We took no further interest in those places after we were told that and have moved onto other land available

To be honest I’m not really bothered, I went to the IOW twice last year and will be going twice again this year, I raced for them for 2 years and was one of my favourite tracks to get too, I thought the ferry crossing was part of the fun

In the main the football foundation & FA look to support amateur football clubs at national level local level. If your proposal was to use a football clubs ground/facility to incorporate a speedway track, then so long as you were not expecting the club to use funds via the FA/Football foundation to finance the new track or associated facilities then there is no immediate reason why the football club would not be entitled to either apply for new or continue with existing funded projects. I appreciate I am not aware of the full circumstances relative to your dealings with the two clubs and the devil maybe in the detail, but it might well be worth asking them what the specifics are as “ground sharing” by itself is not a restrictive issue to funding. Good luck.

Could someone who went to the STAARS meeting, tell us what was said? Thanks

Agreed... but don't they normally drip feed the actual fixtures out a month at a time rather than a whole seasons worth... ps. I love a conspiracy theory 😂

Getting very fed up with this cloak and dagger situation with Northampton. I actually don’t care now if they are they running or not. Five or six teams in the league, still crap. Regardless of where they are in preparation, at least make some sort of announcement to generate a degree of interest. I set up as a consultant a few years ago and never thought to keep it a secret and not tell anyone. Would love to hear the business strategy (if they have one?) of those in charge.

Yes they did and I would have thought still will, I buy both at the reduced price. I doubt they can even sort their own schedule out right now with ought knowing the make up of the prem, must be a nightmare for them, just like everyone else!

I predict the draw for the PL Cup will be made...

Surely they would not shaft one of the best broadcasters of Speedway since Sky. Having said that most of those that run the sport are unscrupulous individuals and frankly nothing is credible any longer and they would shaft anyone. Those in charge never learn and have not got an ounce of sense between them. Cannot even have the balls to publish a fixture list and in failing to do so screw every club who have declare the intention to run. Those in charge are a shower of sh….

Probably... but some aren't interested in PL, they've been sold separately in the past haven't they?

I think its more to do with the fact they can't announce the full package yet

Would be good to have another track on the mainland though !

Less than a month before the start of the season and still nothing from BSN, even though the fixtures are now out for the CL... I wonder if the media rights holders (SFL) are either trying to sell them down the river in favour of another broadcaster, trying to extort more money out of them... or there's nothing to see here 👀

Yea without subsidy it’s £160 return per van, slighty cheaper for smaller van but still extortionate for the couple of miles that it is but still going to work out a lot cheaper than getting Northampton off the ground