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Mildenhall Speedway Press Release 22/26 dated 080926 Double delight at Mildenhall's 'Magic Weekend' There’s a double dose of Speedway on the weekend of 19th. & 20th. September for Mildenhall fans – with the Fen Tigers team in NORA League action on the Saturday, followed by an individual meeting the following afternoon. The match opponents on Saturday 19th. are Thurrock Hammers – the formerly Arena Essex-based club are heavily involved in a campaign to bring the sport back to Suffolk’s neighbouring county and are giving great strength to that by bringing a side featuring no fewer than five Essex born-and-bred racers. The headline acts are twice NDL Riders’ Champion, Ben Morley and a favourite of the West Row faithful, Alfie Bowtell. They are joined two other former Fen Tigers in Jack Kingston and Alex Spooner and Chelmsford-based Harrison Rogers. The sextet is completed by promising teenager Harry Fletcher, who finished in third place in this season’s British Under-19 semi-final. The hosts welcome back from injury Sam Woods and Kenzie Cossey who line up alongside 2026 regular and new crowd favourite, the twice & reigning New Zealand national champion, Ben Whalley; and making his Fen Tigers’ debut, European Grasstrack Finalist, Mickie Simpson. The final two slots in the Mildenhall side will be announced later. A supporting event on the Saturday will see the vintage bikes of yesteryear (classic names like Weslake, Godden, GM and JAP) out on track ridden by the ‘Blast From The Past’ riding troupe of veteran riders and bike enthusiasts. The bespoke race jackets for this unique event will then be raffled off with proceeds going to Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust. The individual to bring the curtain down on the following day (Sunday 20th.) is the HG Aerospace Speedway Academy-sponsored ‘Fenland Flyer’ – with 12 riders going for glory with in a High Noon shoot-out, 12pm start time. Leading the way in the 12 rider field are two riders who provided huge thrills in the last meeting at West Row: Simon Lambert and Vinnie Foord. They are joined by Fen Tigers Woods, Cossey and the vastly experienced Scott Campos, who made his return to Mildenhall colours riding in the away win at the Isle of Wight last month. Ashton Vale is a rider on the up and up and sure to be looking to challenge for the Fenland Flyer title; and they’ll be opportunities for youngsters to test themselves in the individual racing format including Archie Strong and Dylan Huthwaite. The full field will be announced later. Club Chairman Kieran Phillips is excited that the fans who have supported the club with such dedication since the revival under NORA are rewarded with two more meetings, “We are so grateful to all our supporters, especially those who’ve become Trust members, and all the riders too who’ve stuck by us and our dedicated team of very hard-working volunteers. And the support given to us by the HG Aerospace Academy all year and most particularly for this ‘double-header’ weekend has been absolutely invaluable - we can’t thank them enough. “Saturday night racing has proven to be a success in terms of the quality of meetings we’ve put on with some excellent racing. We do know though that some supporters have indicated that evenings are more difficult for them to get along to and have been asking for a Sunday afternoon meeting – we’re happy that we’ve been able to oblige and hope these fans who, for whatever reason, can’t always make Saturdays come along on the Sunday.” Phillips continues, “For those coming to both meetings there will be a reduced admission on the Sunday (gates open at 10.30am for a midday start time) – showing the programme and entrance ticket for the Saturday evening meeting will allow spectators to get in for £10, a £5 reduction on the standard admission.” The meetings are at Mildenhall Stadium, Hayland Drove, West Row, Suffolk IP28 8QU with admission (by cash or card) £15; accompanied children aged 15-and-under go free. Gates open at 6pm for a 7.30pm start time on Saturday and the start time on Sunday is 12pm (midday) (gates open at 10.30am).

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Get the feeling a 15 Point Max is incoming as well.

Cooper is fine talent but his gating has too improve a lot if he wants to get real improvement.He will find the older riders much harder to pass.

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Isn't that what most promoters do, off set speedway loses against a company, as very few Speedway clubs make money, apart from maybe Poole

Who's available on that average?

Good fishing Jan,got a few going with that one

12+1 last time we were there. Nothing wrong with that.

What winding up people who know how to look up information on websites.

Yes!

The reason home and away twice may be on the cards is to give double the meetings that Sweden or Denmark do, so can entice riders.. Also, some landlords may want a certain minimum amount of income.. I would suggest regular fortnightly meetings should be the aim, with the same team not visiting the second time soon after the first visit..

There’s only you thinking they do ! Whilst I accept Glasgow are well known to pay above the norm in the championship, possibly to compensate their location , the rest pay what they can afford that’s why they are still running. Premiership is a small fish and that’s why Poole , Glasgow etc prefer championship as they keep their preferred race night and get double the fixtures.

Are you actually for rea? The dates were added to the Edinburgh website 7 days ago. I think you're on the wind up

It's delusion to think riders will choose CHAMP over PREM in 2027 tbh. If CHAMP clubs were happy to pay PREM wages then they'd race in the PREM.

Away from any UK team to be fair.

That would be the way I would go but ideally not on a Monday I just don't think the appetite is there for speedway in its current form once home and away, home meetings run fortnightly, season May - Aug when weather is best if nothing else the losses should be lower as fewer meetings and more people might turn out if they only got to see the visiting team once bar play offs.

It's on the Poole Speedway website

In your head perhaps. Those riders who currently ride for Friday tracks appear very happy to do so , possibly because they know these tracks pay their riders on time. Look what Charles Wright did this season ( injury aside ) he chose Championship and Poland and turned down a place in the Premiership.

The level of doubling up over here causes so many problems. The championship product can only continue in its current guise with the same level of doubling up. The championship clubs couldn’t afford to run at their current level without the riders earning another income via the premiership. If the premiership fails then the standard of the championship drops overnight costs rise & that’s the beginning of the end. For the sport to survive like it or not it’s needs a successful premiership & a two tier set up. An 8 team premiership properly ran with very little or no doubling up is a must. The gap between the tiers also needs to be widened. A mixture of needing to curb doubling up & the polish rules will see a different set up next season.

Is this confirmed?

Is this confirmed?

Also BSN would have had some input.

On a positive note. Well done and thank you to the bandits supporters club for the hard work organising travel and accommodation for the KOC final leg. Not only do we get the opportunity to see Berwick complete at the sharp end for silverware. We can see PK in his last Championship appearance. Well done BBSC

The reason being, the dates are agreed by both promotions for their mutual benefit. Waiting an extra week allows people with a bit to travel time to make arrangements in good time.