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No point in anyone moving up unless there's some form of rider control introduced. There aren't enough top riders around so you can replace Birmingham with Northampton but where are the heat leaders coming from. Oxford, Lynn and Birmingham unsurprisingly are once again the poor teams this year.

That’s the risk with R/R when it’s adopted as permanent rather than temporary cover for an absent rider. Becker is rumoured to be having a go back on a bike next month. Just getting back in the saddle though is not the same as being competitive for racing. To be fair, the rest of the team has generally stepped up to cover for Becker (Howarth has been great). As proved last night though, there is little room for an off night when your reserves don’t deliver, especially at home. Kemp has generally been on it, but struggled last night. Joe T is a concern though. I’ve defended him to the hilt so far but he remains way out of his depth at this level. The RS berth will continue to be a problem unless they can get Gilkes back. Anyone know about Gilkes injury progress?

Kemp had his worst meeting for a while but generally has been riding fairly well around BP, but we really are struggling at 7 with Joe Thompson.

Too right. The whole make up of the sport needs a complete overhaul.

Smederna vs Dackarna was very one sidled, not sure what was going with Dackarna. Smederna were really hot from the gate and Dackarna were usually beaten already the first few meters. In a few heats Dackarna had 5-1 from the the tapes but after 1 lap (or less) Smederna had taken to front. Not much racing tonight so the only overtaking that happened was when Smederna sligthly missed the gating and had to work a little to win. The most celebratory that happened is that Anton Jansson scored his first heat win in Elitserien/Bauhausligan. I had to do some research and now that I have checked it tonight's 3p in heat 2 were indeed Anton's first ever in 500cc league racing for Smederna. For those of you who doesnt know who Anton is here is a brief summary. Anton's father is Jimmy Jansson former rider and team manager for Smederna. Jimmy's father (Anton's grandfather / farfar) is Bo Jansson (former speedway rider). Bo's brother was Tommy Jansson (speedway rider, rode for Wimbledon and died in 1976). Tommy's and Bo's father was Joel Jansson (speedway rider). Anton is thereby the 4th generation speedway rider in the Jansson family. Very impressive if I may say so.

Probably not, said they would stream long distance meetings ie Oxford and pilots . Redcar meetings usually have a lot of bears fans coming over to Northside. Think the last bears meeting was streamed by comets TV but was a test streaming to make sure everything worked. Apparently 300 streams were sold for the pilots meeting

Luke Harrison at 3

Yes some great racing. Having watched it back, I must admit it came over very well on the stream and a great advert for British speedway, compared to some of the racing which has been televised lately. Wonder if the Redcar meeting will be streamed?

Not really. Anytime Starke gets 4+ it's been an ok meeting for him.

Lions can't carry on with a four man team like they did last night!

Something about it being slick, gate and go, tyres wearing out, losing the coin toss. All the excuses were coming out. https://www.poole-speedway.com/news/view/20250712-reaction-disastrous-start-left-the-pirates-trailing-the-comets Anyone who was there or streamed it saw exciting racing, what caught Poole out was not knowing what lines to ride. Vinnie, Tate, Fraser, Antti all made great overtakes that night and some in multiple races. On a side note it was mentioned that 300 purchases were made for the live stream that night. Seems to be a success so far.

As the senior reserve Starke should be outscoring Cairns plus he did not beat Zaine and Cairns did.

Yes they did but Cairns was more impressive as he is very young and the senior reserve should be outscoring him.

Said it was very slick, but to be honest there was plenty of over taking.

What was said?

I've streamed meetings from both teams and Workington definitely provide by far the better racing

How right you are. 1928 tracks with 2025 rocket ship bikes racing on them will not end well. There are more and more injuries these days. Is it any wonder?

Drew has opted to ride for Berwick on Friday and Saturday against Glasgow thankfully

After Poole's comments about the Worky track, who thinks the track will be deeeeeep and rough? Just hope it's not gate and go..

Like you did not do much talking about the worky meeting 😄

Come on comets fans, and all other fans of other clubs, let's swamp this thread with a load of nonsense, like pilots fans do with all the other threads 😝🤣🏁🏁 UTC

However with all the cost cutting & watering down of the product has done nothing to improve the sport. The fundamentals are broken & until the foundations on which the sport are changed nothing will work. In fairness some of the best racing I’ve seen at Foxhall was in the old NL days 80/90 With out the super stars of the day. There is so much wrong doubling up, guests, poorly prepared tracks, lack of investment, self interest, rocket ship equipment. All this detracts from the product & the credibility.

We're not talking about that

I'd be all for a RS system in both leagues. With Jake Mulford, Jason Edwards and Leon Flint being the standard for the Premiership and Ace Pijper, Max Perry and William Cairns being rhe standard for the Championship. It creates a clear next step on the ladder so to speak for riders progressing up the leagues. And the slightly stronger RS at 6 and slightly weaker RS rule being implemented in both leagues tbh. Prem example - 6. Connor Mountain 7. Joe Thompson Champ example - 6. Luke Killeen 7. Jody Scott If someone like Tate Zischke wants to ride in the Premiership or Jacob Hook in the championship they should be at number 2 or 4. Reserves should be protected for young(ish) British riders who can develop. Maybe it could be extended out to Aussies for the likes of Fraser Bowes and Jordy Loftus but that's another topic.