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At least the trophy cabinet will float as its never had anything in it.

I’d recommend the Longsite Sports & Social club down the road. There’s a collectors fare on and Lynn & Co will ply you with cheap booze. Plenty of banter with our Polish friends as well plus lots of speedway memorabilia to idle the time away with (mostly Aces based).

We all like to see our favourite riders do well , in whatever league in whatever country I reckon

The ultimate issue was Poland becoming top dog simple as that ,, Hardly any guests are used now in the Top flight these days due to fixed race nights and but it has little effect of improving crowds . So going on about guests is a myth and always has been .

Followed by Middlo, but won’t ride further north than Northampton 😬

That’s fair comment. Can’t argue with that.

And 100% allowed to do so by British Speedway itself...

Followed by Dean Barker and David Norris

Sorry but I disagree with both of you. I’ve been watching Speedway for more years than I care to remember, as have many. I’d like to think I can spot a rider who’s trying hard, but struggling, and one that isn’t. It hasn’t been the lack of scoring from Bangs that has disappointed me so far, it’s been a distinct lack of real effort that to me looks as plain as day. If others want to disagree that’s fine, no problem with that. But nothing will change my mind. Something just hasn’t been right with him right from the get go. Perhaps he’ll return (I’m not convinced) and whatever issues he’s having will be resolved? We can only hope that’s the case

Lewis Bridger next for a comeback?

Would have loved to have been in my 20s in the 70s and known about speedway, all those tracks I could potentially visit, I would have loved to have been able to go to White City, Custom House, Rayleigh and Romford to name four off the top of my head. Lots of of teams, lots of riders, high in quality too, what’s not to love?

Any news about the line-up for the Derbyshire Open on Sunday? I am hoping to stop-by when returning from Manchester and I'd guess I wont be the only one.

What about me?

Rubbish prep

Hey ho hey ho it’s off to speedway we go. At lynn,not.

I would be amazed if he isn't... If one employer paid me ten times what the other did, I too would be exactly the same... Especially in such a dangerous profession, and even more so on the (as Craig Cook put it in last weeks Speedway Star), "always inconsistent" tracks of the UK...

It's either an individual sport or a team sport, can't be both, you can't have Haarland going off every other weekend to try and be Individual World Football Champion. Other sports like F1 for example pretend to be a team sport but the fans don't really care who the constructors champions are, they're only interested in the drivers. I can see Poland breaking away from the FIM and going it alone with Ekstraliga, there's too much money involved not to... Sorry, not really relevant to this thread, hey ho

Need them to stir it

No, but taking 3 laps to go from 1st to last at Owlerton last week was embarassing. It's laughable that Belle Vue fans are crowing about how well Kurtz is riding in Poland. All you are doing is proving that he is far more committed to them than he is to you.

If the Poles could get away it they definitely would... They are paying £500k plus to some riders therefore I can 100% see why they would want to ensure "their riders" only ride for them...

In this future world you predict, would the Polish paymasters ban them from riding in GPs as well ?

This miff about Mayfield and Paul Hurry is quite alarming, did Mayfield really save Speedway at Foxhall, i attended for the 1st time last Thursday and i'm not sure they have saved anything really. It took me back to the days at Foxhall before Covid, quite dull racing, not much personality about either team really, although Northampton do have Troy Batchelor, and i doubt even he can remember the last time he smiled, so Northampton can be excused on his behalf. Yes decent crowd, which was good to see, but how much longer will it last, especially with the saga of Kennett, is that all Paul Hurry can attract, i expect it is. Richard Lawson also from my opinion, doesnt know the meaning of Team or Team Spirit, and clearly has an issue of wearing Ipswich kit before a meeting in the pits, and don't get me started on what i saw with his equipment??? For me, not sure how i really felt, definitely haven't missed it, which is disappointing after 46 Years of supporting this great club. I will say on Bangs, yes give the lad a chance, but rumours are growing he isn't coming back, if that's the case, Mayfield and Hurry need to get a replacement in now, not on a 28 day contract. It seems Speedway in the UK for 2026 is in a very bad place and shows no signs of improving. On Lawson, it seems they want him out, but simply can't get anybody over the line, is that the saviour of Speedway at Foxhall the Mayfield gang, or is it down to rider's not wanting to ride for Hurry, i'd say the latter if i'm honest, but i'm always wrong. Let's see what the next few days bring after the Manchester GP's, there maybe a little movement on riders when that is over, let's hope so, not just for Ipswich, but Speedway in general in the UK.

He's not coming back at all from what I and others have been told. If it's mental health then we've got a Swedish Craig Cook situation on our hands which doesn't benefit anyone in the long run. No Club wanted Jake Mulford as a Rising Star let alone No.6 so I don't see how that's a good move to bring him in as a Guest tbh.

Incredible effort and generosity from the good folk at Workington

Doesn't change the fact that this situation is a mess, Like some others I've also heard he's not coming back at all. Mayfield and Paul Hurry have only backtracked on Kennett because he didn't show up for practice / training. With all due respect, How can you say give the lad a chance when Mayfield and Paul Hurry have already put out a prior statement saying Hellstrom-Bangs would basically get sacked if Kennett does half decent in a 28 Day period?