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Even if the stadium was still available at Perry Bar it surely was only a matter of time before Nigel Tolley got fed up with/ couldn't afford to keep s@unking hundreds of thousands of pounds propping up the Brummies? Newcastle closed because a very weak team was attracting poor crowds so the promotor Rob Grant Jnr pulled the plug. Grant was handicapped when he bought Newcastle speedway cause the previous promotion apparently left a large unpaid VAT Bill which he knew nothing of beforehand. This combined with Grants insistence on pushing people away who could have helped him to make the venture viable ended with poor end result of closure. - Without Newcastle operating this increases the possibility that a speedway team at Bolden, Sunderland could be viable but the same owners renders this very unlikely. Isn't there another greyhound track not that far away from the Sunderland area or has that now closed? The new owners of Sittingbournes Central Park promised previous owner Roger Cearns that they would accommodate speedway and not make it unviable for any speedway promotion to continue running. A huge rental hike broke all these promises and a very well appointed stadium in an area that supported speedway in good numbers was lost. Nottingham Greyhound stadium remains the most likely venue for a speedway revival in that part of the East Midlands other than a building a brand new stadium.

I think Dan knew riding at Foxhall as a home track would only regress his career... Like it has Jason Doyle's...

Very good performance by our Tate in the Phil Crump Comp finishing 4th behind Lidsey, Becker and Tungate. Some very good riding throughout and was involved in an unfortunate collision with Bowes, leading to Bowes exclusion.

Looked like his own fault

Think you missed his point 🤣🤣 think you need to get to bed and wake up again. Your having a right mare today

Just quoting what he said in the star he says there was nobody in any off the houses

I mean he didn't drive 5 hours to watch you. But if that makes you feel better about yourself. Then carry on

Fraser Bowes away to hospital, suspected broken collar bone, from live BSN Phil Crump classic meeting

Who are owned by the brothers unless they have sold it on..

But in such a cut-throat league as the one we could have in 2026, with 5 teams and the 37 points limit, there will be a premium on riders able to increase their CMA's, even by small amounts. Fricke could increase his average, but not by much. Kurtz on the other hand could put a point or more on his, a huge advantage to whichever team he's with. Likewise Doyle, if he changes his mind about doing UK league. Could Dougie push his average up? Hope im wrong but I doubt it. Dan Thompson definitely should, Masters maybe by half a point.

And a full stadium to race in front of, wages on time, lots of meetings, trophies and a feel good factor. The track comments are valid as it leaves a fair bit to be desired but everything else is really attractive for a rider to sign for them if approached.

This is the last one he sent us, as I said before I don’t know what counts as a view and I assume it’s over all platforms

OK I see your point.

Get him to screen shot it and then you can post it on here as confirmation 😁 great news if that is true as we all want the sport to go to as many people as possible but they are large numbers to quote with no backing, I’d love to stand corrected though!

True! You’ll have to finish higher in the league next time if you want to celebrate at home I guess 😉 Nice of Dan to drive 5 hours to celebrate with us though 👏🏻 top guy!

I’d say that’s more a dig at Sheffield & Leicester, given that was where we won the last two of our fourteen championship titles.

You can't see why anyone would open a track these days given the massive costs to open it and then run it, and the lack of public interest in Speedway.. Maybe a "Buxton" could work at NDL level with 300 or so fans per week, and it got ran very much as a development team, with rider costs reflecting that... Renting tracks is now very much fraught with the threat of closure, even if you are doing well, which also means those who own their own stadiums have an ever dwindling offering to their own spectators as these tracks close... A five team league anyone?... It will be great I am sure.....

He also robbed some old age pensioners at knife point. Twice.

Fair play sticking to your guns and being insistent that Bewley would say. He clearly didn’t mind having a dig at his own fans then for saying Ipswich celebrations are the best he has ever seen 😂

Dawid Rempala signs for Krakow.

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Who is a huge supporter of youth speedway in the UK.

If some of the new consortium members are Polish, how about tempting Kubera or Dudek here?

No. We know Leicester's team-building is done with strength-in-depth in mind. If they wanted a big-hitting No.1, they'd have kept Fricke. Who is available, who is better than Douglas, who could challenge Fricke, Kurtz, Bewley, Holder as a high-profile No.1? There's only Zmarzlik, and if they were willing to push the boat out for Zmarzlik, then keeping Fricke would have been a cheaper and easier No.1 option.

World no.2. 8.97 Bargain average compared with others both above and below that?