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Pleased for Ipswich, it’s been a long wait, tough on Leicester but hopefully their time will come. Especially chuffed for Danny King who has now won league titles at all three levels of British Speedway, I wonder how many riders can say that? I was concerned at one point that the winners would win by a single point and eclipse the Panthers 2006 final win, thankfully that honour remains intact! As always, great presentation from the centre green by Kevin Long. 27 years, it’s been a long time, I hope everyone connected with Ipswich savours every minute of it. The crowd was mahoosive, we didn’t stay for the trophy lift as we wanted to get out of the car park before Friday evening. 🤪

The loss of Dan Gilkes to a season ending injury, so soon after being signed, proved to be a terrible blow to the Lions. Since the re-birth of the Lions in 2011, it is almost like the number 7 position has had a curse over it, regardless of the league being competed in. Like Leicester Tigers rugby team did with the dressing room they used to use for matches they played at Leicester City football stadium, maybe the Lions owners need to hire the services of a Shamen to lift the curse of No.7

The meeting only has two possible outcomes. Reject the applications or extend the time to satisfy the reserved matters.

Also, since joining Berwick in the Championship, Drew Kemp has added more than THREE POINTS to his starting average! Bandits fans will be gagging for his return.

Bastian Pedersen joins Grudziadz

Kemp finished at No1 at Berwick. Can’t be as bad as his critics think.Quite sure Berwick fans would have him back (if he wants to return).Everything’s depending on this marvellous restructuring we are dreaming of no doubt.

Well done to Ipswich. Deserved winners, despite what the table says they were the best team in the league. Credit to their management who come across as very professional and have built such a strong side over the last few years. Others could learn a lot from them on how to successfully run a club. Good effort from Leicester to effectively take it to the last heat, a few errors on the night cost them a better chance.

I thought Jamie Courtney picked the Berwick team

Don’t let the truth get in the way of a good trolling. 🤣

Yes a much bigger farce then Kvech or Kai…. Tai was so bad in 2024 he wasn’t offered a wild card for 2025…… he then has an horrific accident which thankfully he recovered from but doesn’t ride all season …. To now be deemed to be a better rider than he was in 2024 is farcical …. For what it’s worth I don’t believe Kvech or especially Kai should be back in the series in 2026 but I would have had both of them ahead of Woffinden …along with all the reserves and Michelsen Also for what it’s worth I agree with you on all the other points though lol

No streaming tonight - no PPV

Usually lifts all trophies in the south in the 2nd leg! North will make a pleasant change.

One question that I'd like to know the answer to: has anyone asked Bartosz to do any of this? It's a fair point that he might price himself out of individual meetings, but WBD have 'promoted' the GPs for the last 5 seasons. They are a multi-billion dollar, global organisation, I'm certain they had the resources to ferry Bartosz around the world. He's the best speedway rider of a generation (potentially the best ever), he's exciting, and he's in a country that has fanatical speedway support. It's not exactly a hard sell. Go and arrange a GP in Argentina, plaster him on every channel, have him do exhibition rides. I do partly agree with the concept that the World Champion should represent our sport, but equally, what can he do on his own? If he rides in individual meetings in UK/Czech, then probably 75% of the audience has seen him in a GP anyway. The lesser nations is where it needs representation but what use is rocking up in Argentina and riding in a random individual?

Kacper Pludra to Poznań. Szymon Woźniak, Kai Huckenbeck, Aleksandr Łoktajew and Krzysztof Buczkowski retained by Bydgoszcz

Agree regard Howarth, how can he say he never touched him, but stupid with TV cameras there as well.

Agree regard Howarth, how can he say he never touched him, but stupid with TV cameras there as well.

a big difference in one of these pictures is he wasnt a guest. Dont people want less guests?

I get that but he let you down badly in the final that’s all and your manager was obviously not impressed with his attitude … he took a point of Dan T late on when Dan’s bike packed up Also when a rider makes an error why do they not just hold their hands up From someone in the pits King went up to Masters and apologised …. Howarth was shouting off that he never touched Doyle …. Nothing against Howarth a good team man and wasn’t deliberate but he can’t actually think there was no contact lol

What, and ruin the unbridled joy of these hard-working guests?

Mathias Pollestad to Gorzów

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Only ventures north when he thinks they can win something. Glory Hunter!!

Now if you could take even half that crowd, the atmosphere, the passion and commitment, bottle it and replicate it at say 8-10 tracks for even half the meetings each year you would have quite a sporting spectacle on your hands.....

Not a bad watch, fair play for Leicester for keeping it interesting throughout the meeting despite losing at home. Think Lions can consider themselves a little unlucky in the early heats. Congratulations to the Witches on their first title since TRick, Gollob & Clouting!