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Your having a laugh.what after last seasons bismal displays.

Taking away money what the youngsters need

The big issue that has crept into the sport is that being good enough is no longer the sole consideration for a team spot. Ultimately if a rider is more than good enough they will get a team spot but there are also a growing list of maybe riders that squeak in for other reasons like locality, sponsorship, recommendations from riders who have no actual interest etc. The grim reality is that very few riders are ready once they turn 15 be that physically, mentally, emotionally or whatever. There have been and will continue to be altercations between riders who are above and below the legal age and it won't always be able to be swept under the carpet. I would happily see the minimum age for NL returned to 16 and could even be higher.

It’s not the riders responsibility to put bums on seats. That the responsibility of the promoter who has two key tasks. 1. Build a competitive team. 2. Promote the team/fixtures. Clearly a winning team puts bums on seats - even more if well promoted. The riders have two key tasks. 1. Ensure they have competitive bikes. 2. Race to the best of their ability. Obviously it helps the promotion if the riders avail themselves to PR activities which most do willingly.

An away average of 7.53 with bps according to GBspeedway. Couldnt be arsed to turn up at Birmingham either. My eyes dont deceive me as good as he is at home.

Becker not available anyway as he has already signed to ride in three countries.

But how can a rider put 500 extra bums on seats? If Dan Bewley cant do it for BV, with the way he rides the NSS, theres not much hope for anyone else

and Sheffield will be Birmingham next year.

In a recent Speedway Star,, Mark Lemon said how he didn't want to be telling riders they had to take a pay cut as he understood their challenges.. He is looking at it the wrong way, (like so many ex riders who become promoters do, as they are far too close to the riders).. He should actually be telling them... "You increase the crowds by 500 and you will get more money"... As currently, their presence clearly doesn't engage enough fans to attend...

swindon supporters club posted the following........... No dates yet for either SBC or Wilts Council Planning Committee decisions on the Abbey Stadium and Studley Grange planning applications. Speedway fan feedback on the Abbey Stadium plans has been very light in numbers! As previously mentioned, it is VERY important that followers of the sport feedback on the plans, and express how important retaining a speedway facility is to them and the town - a lack of feedback suggests to the Council that people don't care! Don't lose speedway in Swindon for ever through apathy, make your voice heard today! Send an email to SDevelopmentControl@swindon.gov.uk stating you object to planning applications S/25/1177 and S/25/1182. Help with planning reasons for your objection can be found in the downloadable document at the foot of this link https://www.swindon-needs-speedway.com/abbey-stadium... ANY HOPE OF A SPEEDWAY FACILITY IN SWINDON IS VERY LIKELY TO BE LOST IF YOU CONTINUE TO DO NOTHING! PLEASE ACT TODAY! SHOW SBC WHY THEY MUST REJECT THESE PLANS!

He will be at Scunthorpe too.

Worst one for us last year was bike troubles and we could not sort it in the 15 20 min so owen missed all three races . Bike was fine before we left home to travel dowm but hey sometimes that happens

So Mr Vatcher now runs the NJL make some positive changes

Oh. Ipswich and Northampton to be this years Birmingham and Oxford then 🤦🏼‍♂️

Unfortunalety there is very few teams for the whole season so lots of time off apart from practise session what is not as good as racing . Second halfs are good and my lad has always been suported by all the clubs but 3 races in 15-20 mins is hard to make changes to set ups

You’d put a glass eye to sleep.

Just reading this thread . How is this laughable . My family are not a rich family myself partner and son all work and pay for his riding what cost a lot . At times it really hard to get time of work especially for rearnaged meetings when we have took leave for the first meeting thats been cancelled .i would guess this is the same for most parents or hopfull riders. If the sport was perfect then NDL and NJL would take place over a weekend of bank holidays to allow familys to earn and pay. As they say its ment to be a devepoment league

Pathetic isn’t it. Those giving it back are just as bad, ignore it and it’ll soon get bored. 99% of people come on here to talk speedway and have a debate. If it bothers them that much then dm instead of airing it all clogging feeds up.

Mayfield have already cut the GP prize money so much that 5th this year is worth less than 13th was last year....

In order what would be everyone's preference be when it comes to a No.1 between Kurtz, Lambert, Lindgren and Woffinden? Mine would be 1. Lindgren, 2. Lambert, 3. Woffinden and 4. Kurtz. Around Foxhall, I think Lindgren would be the most consistent and Kurtz would be the most inconsistent.

Lambert/Woffinden/Becker/Rew will not start the season in the UK.

Ooops yea I forgot that Oxford team!

its past your bedtime

This is why the NJL needs to keep going giving local riders the chance to race in a team

For Kings Lynn ndl league only yet