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Hopefully the weather will be kind on Saturday and this match can go ahead to complete the Comets fixtures for 2026. The Comets need a win to lift them off the bottom of the League table. Looks like Jody Scott will be missing for Redcar as he is riding at Plymouth in the U19 final at Plymouth.

Proof that an audience is still around for British Speedway. TNT was just a hindrance to the Sport, It's a dead channel that changes it's name more times than Katie Price changes her appearance. Behind a pay wall as well and barely anyone who isn't already signed up to the channel would take out a subscription just to watch British Speedway once a week for 6 Months of the year.

Companies house says early this year -2021- 2006 is still 5 years in my maths and Matt was there the year before him. Was Matt not on there before you dropped down as well?

Everyone knows the riders don’t want dirt on the track due to modern machinery.The shape and size of tracks in Uk lead to processional racing in GB whereas in Poland track prep is different the tracks look slick but the size and shape produces decent racing.

Sure Danny left that a couple of years ago? @SteveLyric2 will know the exact timescale!

Has at least one of the owners not been on said management board for at least the last 5 years? By my count, at least 6 clubs gone in that time, yes Northampton have come in (at a huge, forced, financial gamble) but the quality, participation, engagement, crowds, riders have all disappeared due to being so disillusioned with the sport. So yeah, pull the ladder up jack, we're winning meetings on our tarmac track and getting some decent crowds. That's all well and good but they won't have many teams left to race soon enough.

I would assume what Coleman has to say will affect everyone? 🤷‍♀️ South Coast derby in the prem though, right? 😉👀

The 2 Kids Crew races seemed very well supported. Kids (and some adults) in amongst the terraces, clamouring for photos with Pirate Lee - all there watching another Pirates win as well. A 50/50 draw worth £230 (I think thats the most this season?) to the winner. Whats not to like!!!!

All this talk about Mr Coleman on the Poole 2027 topic?? WTF?? In the meantime who is up for an away trip to Eastbourne in 2027 in a proper South Coast derby?😉😉😇

ahh well all is well in the world of British speedway then....how on earth do you think last nights entertainment will attract or appeal to anybody watching/going for the first time?.....the average age at last nights meeting must of been over 50, so please don't come back with Poole are doing something right.

UK Speedway would benefit from a one hour round up, magazine type programme each week, with a couple of riders in attendance.. Making them personalities and identifiable... Mix in a few of the best heats from around the country, and a "what's on where?" over the next seven days...

The top tier of speedway has a lot more issues than the championship, they were determined to have a sixth team so they had to get Northampton on board which I believe has largely been successful but it took a lot of work to get the track and stadium fit for purpose.

Seems very encouraging and the reasons behind not showing the Premiership play offs makes sense but given that the final tends to draw in the crowds I would have hoped that an edited version could be shown on ITV as a round up to the season and whet the appetite for 2027. Also interesting to read Phil Lanning’s views on the subject. This also has some merit with a weekly round up rather than live meetings but the main thing has to be to get the sport in whatever format on a free to air channel to reach the biggest potential audience.

That's what happened on Sunday , tuned in to Canal Sports to watch him race and he only had two rides a last place and a second for 2 pts but prob earned more for that than he would getting a maximum for Redcar and some.

Quite possible that club's make more from their own streams than through BSN coverage. The club streams are generally pretty comparable to the BSN product, but presumably BSN has a bigger audience?

Whatever money / profit BSN earn has to be split 3 ways between BSN, BSPA or whatever they call themselves today, and the clubs, so 15 of them share the pot, so I can't see much profit for the clubs,

And he breaks it down in to more detail how he/they got those figures. Worth a read.

This. If people think riders will go through the motions because the result is immaterial to their CLUB then they live in cloud cuckoo land.

Because Poole are successful? It’s hardly the Ford family’s responsibility to save British speedway. That’s down to the management board so you should be asking what they’re doing about it. Leadership and development comes from the top but how much do we see?

Slick tracks and grippy tracks are part and parcel for the sport, BUT dust should never be accepted, maybe when its a day meeting and the temp is high 20's early 30's fair enough, but not evening meetings in September. All this dust people are breathing in, I bet that will do wonders for your health in years to come. This is not a post aimed at stopping Poole winning at home, or any track having a home advantage but there is no excuse, no excuse whatsoever why a track cant be prepared so that you do not have to wash your car and have a shower after a night out. The amount of proper tracks that have plenty of dirt are far and few between, we might as well race on tarmac because then you can have it dry as ducks back and there will not be any dust. People go on about it be great if speedway was on ITV, no it would not, it would kill the sports reputation once and for all. Peter Oakes said this about dust in a recent interview on 360 speedway, and here is a man that has forgotten more about speedway than most will ever know.

I think they like to buy the Poole streams so they can come on here and have a good dig at Poole and the track, this forum wouldn't be the same if they didn't

Is that not the exact reason the sport is on it's backside? Pull the ladder up jack, we're doing alright...

It is not Poole's fault speedway is on its arse. Speedway at Poole is a business, a business that makes money, there are not many clubs that can say that so they must be doing something right.There was passing last night but because Poole were doing all the passing some people are not happy.

it was a quote by morris on the front page of the speedway star

Why are Poole one of the best supported clubs in the Country then.Name the Clubs with so called better entertainment with bigger Crowds.Speedway in GB is dying mainly due to the riders demands.IMO.