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Well done to Scunny they held their nerve and they all had a part to play when it mattered when the going got tough. some Tigers are too inconsistent on their home track IMO.

I think Sheffield are capable of being 2026 champs

Luck/manipulation average wise the point I'm making is out of all the available riders in the UK top league only one is on a par with Jack and that's max if he wasn't riding here this year they would be looking at one of the hot/cold brigade like Klindt or Lidsey which would make the final a shoe in for Belle Vue, now they have the one genuine world class option available they might be able to make a fight of it.

Congrats to the Scorpions on getting to the final & it’s great to see a different team in the final. Good for the hardcore who attend every week & hopefully it’s promoted well & puts a few more on the gate in the final.

Nearly right Mike what worked for 10 of those fifty years but hasn't worked for the last forty decline started when Penhall quit and Lee blew himself up.

I think one of the problems is a lot of the current promoters are semi wealthy business people who are fans their focus is mostly on their main business with speedway as somewhere to write off part of the profits from the main business against speedway losses. They generally view the process of just opening up on racenight and assume the die hards will come and are happy with the status quo of borrowing riders as and when needed up until the point where the losses start to get to big to covered by the profitable business. I seem to remember a promoter in the past possible the I.T fella who ran Oxford saying " I lose stacks of cash in speedway thankfully I can make money in my main business quicker than i can lose it in speedway" Louis and the Fords main focus was/is speedway as an income which is possibly why both clubs are semi-successful granted also both clubs have generally been well supported down the years also.

Only affects riders racing in the top two Polish divisions with quite a few riding in tier three and not subject to the embargo. Without checking I think only D Thompson, Rowe and McDiarmid are likely to miss out on doubling up next year

To be fair in the John Berry days Ipswich had some awesome sides.

Lets hope he gets support from the other promoters otherwise you can see him losing faith and exiting left in a couple of years as other people who have tried to push the sport forward in the past have done.

At a guess, that’s not a guess?

Very enjoyable and encouraging interview. It’s funny for whatever reason there’s a few posters on here that consistently snipe and hate on Coleman but for me a huge proportion of what he’s saying is what so many have been calling on here for years. Now we actually have someone coming into the sport at international and club level calling for change and trying the lead the sport to increased participation on and off the track for a prosperous future and people are being negative about him 🤷‍♂️ Its refreshing to have someone with some influence saying “it’s no good just talking about these things, we actually have to get on with making changes for the betterment of everyone” From an Ipswich perspective it’s great to hear this winter he plans on altering the shape, drainage and material at Foxhall with a view to improving the racing!

Don't forget Woryna, I wouldn't like to be in any race with him. Freddie was as bad a few years ago but calmed down a bit now, just a bit. Woryna was in the race, and the mix, when Holder got his bad arm injury. Doyle was the 3rd rider in the mix. Would love to see a video of that lap again just to see how Holder got on such a mess.

Perhaps Allied Vehicles could take over Polish speedway and bin any such proposed rule changes.

Hodder took harris's line to generate power. Thought Hodder rode well last night paticularly early on.

Could somebody please check on the welfare of Messrs Godfrey and “Speedway futures” please? They’ve just taken one massive whack in the nads there from Richard Coleman. LOL.

Yes the meeting was excellent entertainment. I thought Glasgow lost their momentum when Harris didn't beat MPT allowing Hodder to try then lost heat 8.

Sounds to me that Richard Coleman is exactly what speedway needs .I agree with just about everything he says

It feels like RC is the kind of character we've needed for many years. As has been said the difficult bit for him will be getting people to follow him but whatever he is proposing has to better than scraping by or losing money every season? There needs to be a longer term plan and a strategy for growth rather than cobbling together the same old format every year and you feel this fella might well be able to provide that. Every interview he does is impressive.

No Qualifying links as yet SGP Links: https://vksport.vkvideo.ru/live-53550004_456242890

Well the big day is here , I think The Bandits will win but it’s all about by how much , gonna need at least 15 points of a lead to take into the second leg. Good Luck guys lets do this 🏆

Well done Scunthorpe. Good luck in final i hope you stuff Poole! Heat 11 was really out of the top draw. Thought it was a really good meeting on a excellent race track considering the weather. Roll on next season - last night with the team felt rather deja-vu!

Do not be surprised if and when Gorican replaces it.

That's my feeling as well he is such a good gater and BZ can't give him a head start as has often happened this year ,of course Lambert may just sneak it while those two squabble ! As I have said before I want BZ to win but whoever takes the title they they will have deserved it .

I’d be surprised if it’s next year for Ipswich because I don’t think Foxhall will be ready but maybe things have changed in recent weeks. I was told 2028 was more realistic for Ipswich but again, maybe the situation has changed. By all accounts the full calendar will be known today so we’ll soon find out.

Would snap your hand off for either. ”I was in Wroclaw on Sunday having discussions within the rider market” There is undoubtedly going to be rider(s) shared across the two clubs I think that’s obvious. Riders putting pen to paper for Wroclaw will also be nudged in this direction. It’s going to be fascinating from an Ipswich perspective this winter, more than usual I think. On the track, it was great to hear the plans for that and his determination to improve the racing. Altering the shape slightly, uprooting the drains and completely changing the track surface. It sounds like he’s going to do the job Louis announced he would do but shelved due to costs when he realised the work involved would include uprooting the drains. We also know there will be new track curators here also. Fair play to him. He’s going to make a huge difference to this club, and hopefully British Speedway in general (if he’s allowed…).