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I can't remember a dull match last season, some of the racing was top notch, Our biggest issue was getting enough moisture in the track pre meeting. Once Cookie who is a consistently top trapper like Batch let us down again then we were up against it . We don't rip up the starts by choice, does it make any difference? it's still about 4 riders dropping the clutch and getting to the first bend in front we were maybe second best at this on too many occasions at Northside. Apart from Berwick and Poole I thought we were a decent team to watch away last season even with the problems and injuries. We achieved 40 points more often than not which for a travelling supporter can make the journey worthwhile, there is nowt worse than to travel a long way to watch your team get thumped.

Don’t think a GP rider is within our budget.

Wouldn’t surprise me if the ‘Through the keyhole’ schedule was; Mon - Dan Thompson Weds - Kyle Howarth Fri - Luke Harrison

People and glass houses come to mind

Haven't heard Jonas is back at Worky which would be disappointing if not because he produced some cracking rides last season. If he is riding in the UK as there were rumours last season he was retiring which I took with a large pinch of salt at 28 then the Monarchs look odds on favourites to announce him.

Kim would be a very good signing around that track, was always very good at Arena and that was in the top flight which was harder at the time.

I agree with most of what you say, except... It doesn't really matter if I like team speedway or not. The point is, clearly the public are rejecting the product. There's a need for new product, whatever that may be and I think a big problem is that anyone wishing to officially run a track has to run the same basic product. There's no space for promoters to be creative. Want to open a speedway track in a tourist destination and run a product aimed at holiday makers... can't do it? It's not a professional sport, or rather there is no amateur sport creating a foundation for the amateur sport. I mentioned that team speedway can and probably should play a part in the product mix, but there's not enough money to support it as a professional sport. As a racer, you are either in a team and expecting to get paid, or there is nothing. It's not sustainable. Speedway is run by amateurs because it should be an amateur sport. If it was possible to make money, professionals would get involved, but it's still just a dated concept that's trotted out to an aging audience. Speedway has to reinvent itself and it needs a product designed for TV and social media consumption. What we see now will never be that!

You just cannot take the UK version of team Speedway can you... They constantly tie themselves up in knots...

He’s got a very well paid job back in Denmark, and, I’m sure I heard, pays way more than championship racing. Sure he was to have said he would be happy riding Denmark Wednesday and Poland on the weekend.

It has happened before. If Pickering races in the Champ his 2027 Champ ave will be his most recent, not his 2026 Prem average. I agree it's a daft rule. But they don't think things things through when they make rules, do they? Most recent example would be Drew Kemp, he signed for Workington on his 2026 Prem ave converted, not his 2025 Champ ave for Berwick. He didn't have to miss a whole season to use a converted average.

Bloody hell

Monarchs could still fit in an 8.50 newcomer at 1. Rumoured on the Ipswich thread that Kim Nilsson could be coming in as a 6.00 in the Premiership, in which case he would be an 8.50 in the Championship (category 3 rider under SCB regulations)

Yep, definitely Dan, goatee different to his brother’s 😀

Probably all true... And definitely all laughable..

I'm not saying whether it is right or wrong to discount dead-rubber meetings from riders averages. I'm just saying that's the way it has been done in previous seasons, and so by discounting the after-date meetingfrom averages this year, at least they are applying consistency. Of course the riders get paid. But a rider may decide that losing several hundred pounds from his paypacket for the last meeting of 2026 is worth it to get himself a better opportunity for 2027. It's been done before. Alternatively a promoter wanting to use that rider on a lower average next year may be willing to pay him the difference to not score points. That's been done before too.

Didnt think air fences are that expensive. makes you wonder how much it cost for them to go round big tracks as plymouth is one of the smallests. how much are the panels.

You could say that about lot of meetings before the playoffs aswell, did the riders not get paid either?

What's the chances of Jonas coming back, it was said somewhere that he was done with UK speedway, was a good rider most of the times, but possible polish commitments may not help

Can't be bothered, or the actions of a sport who needs as many clubs as it can and are happy to overlook a little 0.5 points here and there to ensure it happens? We've already seen the U-Turn on ACU licence holders this winter, the rules have zero integrity.

Usual rubbish sprouting from yourself that speedway isn’t a team sport because you think it should be an individual sport and you don’t like the team side of the sport. Make it individual only and you would be lucky to have 4 tracks open after one year. If you want to get a bike you can and tracks do have practice days. It will never work the same as track days for normal motorbikes as it is much more specialised. The Grand Prix series can’t even sell out in a 6k stadium over here now and Cardiff was lost because it couldn’t draw a crowd so people aren’t buying into the GP’s atm. The biggest problem over here has been it’s a professional sport being run by amateurs for too long and has helped its demise. Poland has shown how to do it professionally. They have had problems but I can’t think of any sport that hasn’t atm.

Esben Hjerrild rides for Grindsted in 2027

Edinburgh kevlars top left? Dan, surely.

Sounds more plausible.

Definitely Dan

Well that would be a surprise! Wasn’t in the team I’d heard but I’d be delighted for him if that’s the case. Made good strides this year.