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I do feel some people are going a bit overboard on the cancelations, especially in the PL. The season does not finish until the end of October, so there's still around 6 weeks to run 4 matches. The alternative is to finish up by the end of August... and people would be complaining about that. I think it's more imperative that clubs invest in track covers more than ever, with riders not wanting to ride at the slightest site of a wet track these days, track covers would certainly allow many of the fixtures to take place when there's been the 4 o'clock shower that leaves a track saturated and the sun is out at start time. The CL on the other hand, that does seem to be a bit more shambolic with all of their competitions still having a long way to run.

Revised details can now be confirmed for the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership play-offs following the postponement of Monday’s semi-final at Leicester. With the Lions’ opponents Sheffield electing to retain their regular home race night this week, the Tigers will stage what has become the first leg on Thursday September 18. The second leg of the semi-final will be at Leicester on Monday September 22, whilst Thursday September 25 will be held as a reserved date. The Grand Final will not start on this date. There is then a break for the FIM Speedway of Nations, with the Grand Final to take place on Monday October 6 (at Sheffield or Leicester) and Thursday October 9 (at Ipswich).

Ipswich won’t run a Thursday night, they only run on Monday bank holidays so naturally Leicester will get the Monday at home and Ipswich will end up with Thursday before hand for the first leg. Absolute shambles once again from Speedway, they will put it down to the weather and take no responsibility about sorting out more fixtures in summer months. We’ve had hardly any rain offs this summer so it would have been perfect to get more done, but we wait until crap weather comes in September and also try to cram it between the Toruń SON which starts in September as well. Add on top of that the fact the league didn’t even finish on time shows how much of a joke it really is.

Leszno confirm that Ben Cook, Zengota and Kolodziej will all stay with the club in 2026. Pickering is leaving for pastures new.

Are we assuming the guest is still Nick Morris? Have Redcar said yet?

League winners decided by extra meetings on dreadful tracks affected by the weather when the season is over .Whats new? And people want speedway taking seriously 😒

You could argue that having top notch machinery is part of being an excellent Speedway rider and not unlucky at all. It's no coincidence that you often see the same riders with mechanical issues

You're right, my bad. I've just found it deep in an Ekstraliga article about it - August 29th 2026. Bank Holiday weekend too, sounds ideal. The wording also suggests maybe it's just the final in Warsaw: "I consider this our success, and in the meantime, I invite everyone to Warsaw on May 17 this year for the Grand Prix and on August 29, 2026, to the PGE Narodowy." If WBD went back to a SWC across 2/3 countries again I think I'd forgive them for everything.

I will press it for you, how’s that.

Yes and I do love Horlicks as you mentioned

Exactly and it’s not as if the points difference is vast for the non-finalists and the finalists. The more points scored in the 20 heats the better chance of scoring 12 rather than 11 in finishing 2nd in the LCQ’s and so on 10 to 9, and 8 to 7. I like it - easy to work out ( now WBD have stopped cocking up the scorechart for TV ).

If tomorrow is rained off will it be restaged the following Wednesday replacing the Blue Riband individual?

Is that the 'mean stare' variety?😄

August not May if i remember correct

ouch, no need for that

Good question. I don't know but it may depend on whether Sheffield make the final or not.

absoultely ridiculous that some clubs havent finished there regular scheduled league meetings, and now scrambling to get the play offs arranged too. some fines should be coming for those clubs in my opinion.

I don't think any of the changes were designed to stop BZ winning at all, you give him too much credit. They were designed to keep both fans and riders interested in the result to as late as possible, doesn't matter who those riders are.

Don't worry about it. You have finished earlier. 😉

Or unluckiest ? The old system meant that 1 mechanical failure in a heat virtually ruined a rider's chances of winning a GP. The 'qualifying' process means they can still make the final.

you wouldnt believe we had the best summer in years and no week break for Speedway of Nations, this was the year that we could and should have finished earlier

I'd be interested to know what you do find farcical, top 11 to qualify? top 12? top 15, so only 1 knocked out of the qualifying heats? We're trying to order the best riders, not the luckiest.

I don't understand why you think it is farcical. For those finishing in the top 10, the heats are simply a qualifying process for the LCQs and the Final. These races then define the finishing positions and the points awarded to each rider. It may not be correct in your eyes, or anyone else who thinks the pre-2020 system should still be used, but it isn't farcical. It's no different to the playoff process that decides league champions, where the season long matches are 'qualifiers' and the winners could be any of the top 4. BriSCA F1 stock cars used to award the National Points Championship (and the right to wear the coveted silver roof for a year) to the driver scoring the most points over the whole season. But now, the title is awarded to the winner of a 12 round shootout in the last couple of months of the season, contested by the top 16 drivers at the cut off point. NASCAR in America also use an end of season shootout which means any of the top 16 at the cut off can be declared champion. These changes have been made to increase entertainment levels and public interest. They may seem incorrect to some, but farcical is just an opinion.

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