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The grahn pass was the hardest for him. The rest of the races he was just trying to slow down the riders to help the other rider pass. He was interviewed afterwards and his mechanic said he'd counted how many times he looked over his shoulder in one of the heats. On one lap alone, he looked over 5 times. Good team rider to have and you dont see that often

It was, if my info is correct.

Kvech replaces Bewley

Agreed didn't get your message

Very reactionary from you on the back of a few bad results. I, personally, wouldn't have changed much in comets team. Cook was the biggest gamble going and it failed. NHJ is struggling in his first season but id have him back next year on his current average. Batch has been our best rider of the last few season, started this season really well, and has been poor for past few. On his average last season, less than 7, I'd have kept him. Especially as a third heat leader. You just seem to be judging everything on hindsight, and that isnt realistic

The last few words of this post is the most relevant. Yes another good speedway meeting to watch, comets imo lucky to get a draw, but take away the 60/70 travelling monarchs and the crowd was very poor, no where near break even figures. More supporters need to attend on a regular bases, I know several old supporters lurk on this forum, so come down and support the comets, before it's too late. As for a potential team change, if you have no money you can't do much.

He's had a chance as a full-time GP rider though.

They're all stuffed then if the SEC winner isn't a rider qualified for the GP's. Bewley, Holder and Lindgren pick themselves as long as Freddie wants in.

I think, even if an offer was on the table to buy the stadium it will still be no

Poland v Australia is THE International Match of the Year - as it is the only one official speedway test match in 2026 worldwide! I am looking forward to it. A match with two full teams going head-to-head I like more than the upcoming 4-team SWC final in Warsaw. Wouldn't it be a good idea to revamp the World Cup with the top four teams contesting two semi-finals on the first day, followed by two finals (for bronze and gold) on the second day. Two days of racing, four 15-heat matches with full teams. I'd like to see that. This should be held in a three-year rotation. First year the SoN (pairs) with as many nations as possible, second year the 4-team World Cup (with ten nations, two semis of four tams each, plus the top two seeded to the final, as we have it this year), and in the third year an International "Test" team championship with only the top four nations battling it out in two semi-final matches and two finals (see above) on two consecutive days (Friday/Saturday) at one location. A bit like what they have in Cricket with the T20 World Cup open for all nations, then the ODI World Cup for only the better ones, and the Test Championship for the true elite. I'd love to see such in Speedway.

Another champ team enquired but again no.

Couldn’t agree more. He definitely sees an opportunity to strengthen the Premiership with both personnel,(quality riders), and number of clubs with the Poland plus 1 rule which will in turn enhance the chances of a new TV deal which he sees as vital to the future planning. Poole’s biggest issue was apparently Wednesday race nights but there’s no obvious reason they now couldn’t move back up and ride Wednesdays in the Premiership. Just fill your teams with riders who do Poland and UK and not those who do Sweden and Denmark. The only thing that seems unclear to me and a bit contradictory, is he says he’s concerned about the whole Speedway pyramid below Poland and Speedway as a whole, needs the rest of Europe thriving too. If any rider worth his salt chooses Poland and what he and us want, UK, then what does that do for Sweden and Denmark?

That's your fault; I have set up adblock, it's easy, and never see advertisments.

Max Perry also stated he aggravated a rotator cuff injury yesterday. I too would like to win home meetings and I’m sure the riders would too they must be frustrated as well, points make prizes . Hopefully next week we can beat the bold enemy Berwick .

Heard that another group offered a small fortune

Read the piece with Richard Coleman in the Speedway Star yesterday and on paper at least, he talks sense. The problem is that whenever 'new blood' comes in, they generally pick up these issues straight away because they're so obvious but they get met with promotors sticking their fingers in their ears as they're happy to continue as it is. We can only hope that he has more success than those in the past. I agree with his view that there needs to be a greater gap between the top two divisions and I get the impression that with the Poland + 1 league rule next year, he rightly sees that as an opening rather than a threat. If you have riders in Poland with Britain as their 2nd league then surely that reduces the need for fixed race nights so I don't see why Poole and Glasgow for example couldn't step up and keep their current nights. With a bit of co-operation and planning you could avoid the majority of fixture clashes. A TV deal would obviously be a necessity for that but the opportunity is maybe there with TNT again. From May next year they'll be without Champions League, Europa League and Conference League football so there is a gap in their schedule and presumably budget to spend. Go to them and ask if there's anything that could be done to encourage them back on board. BSN do a good job but they're preaching to the converted and having TNT (or whoever) involved as well should open more sponsorship doors.

He is something special around Workington. Still not sure i could trust him though he had a good season to Redcar.

A bit of both but he attacks the track and uses a line out by the fence and gets some great speed ,and is always willing to stop and have a chat with the fans,whatever it takes he should be a comet next season.

The KO home leg was a pretty horrid night for Pirate's fans as I remember it, no Lawson /Harris proving to be an uninspired guest, Bowes bowing out after two heats with his undiagnosed injury, newly promoted number 4 Rushen didn't have the best of nights finishing with a questionable exclusion in heat 14. Plus the Bandit's had Flint guesting who did well. All in all 47/43 seemed like a bit of a frustrating result at the time. The challenge facing the Bandits on Wednesday will be a Very different if the Pirates perform like last week, they rode well individually and there was also good team ridding too. I'm expecting a strong performance on Wednesday, 10+ home win.

Speedway rider syndrome, if you can walk, you can race..

Kvech has done 5 GP:s this year as a series reserve. Didn't do well in the first two but reached semi final on the last three.

Updates didn’t really paint the picture tbf. He made more passes than that and was made to work hard for his wins in a few of his races.

Looking at updates he passed Grahn in heat one, apart from that all from the gate.

As a matter of passing interest were Klindt's 6 wins all 'from the gate' or was there any passing involved? He scored 18 points for Redcar at Poole back in May!

Leader Przyjemski injured and misses 2nd round on Friday and probably final round as well. Konzack will replace him Kawczynski is the Wildcard for the Lodz 2nd round