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Looks like two good teams on paper. Should be a good match especially with the recent improvement in racing at Redcar. New signing at number one? I presume Thomson will be a lot better than he was for Glasgow last week. Could be an away win imo.

with all due respect i couldnt give a toss about leszno that said i dont think ben will need to take too many risks to score well or for lynn to win

That’s my thoughts too.

Nothing from Shovvy or LBW very strange maybe they have gone on holiday together!

Good riddance to them then 👋, if you want to run a credible sport in this country

The problem with that approach is that most riders in that position would simply walk away from Britain deciding it isn't worth the hassle. I'm pretty sure Ben Cook, Tungate and Gusts to take the most obvious recent offenders would all take that approach.

And teams sign riders knowing full well that they cannot fulfill meetings on certain days of the week, as they are already contracted elsewhere on those nights, so go to tracks having to use guests... It's all a bit Mickey Mouse, so riders giving the UK a miss for their own reasons, or pressure from elsewhere, doesn't make much difference... The guest system is a major part of the reason riders miss these meetings.. No guest system, (and you either use RR or a 2 point unattached rider), and teams would simply not accept the situation, and the rider would have to be there.... As it stands, some clubs can arrange a meeting knowing that they have missing riders, but have already lined up "track ringers" to replace them, making their team better!!! Ludicrous in a so called professional sport... A 28 day ban, given so few meetings now take place per month, is also no deterrent... Maybe a season long ban (and next season too), would sharpen their focus?

It’s a gimmick made for TV which is what speedway became many years ago. It might add something for the neutral but what about those at the track? You see your team battle to a draw or salvage a point only to then walk away feeling like you lost.

Simon Lambert in for Barker.

And with Birmingham closing, an invaluable section of speedway racing will disappear: reducing the ability for new British riders to progress!

So far it seems that it was indeed Peterborough v Rayleigh on 12th June 1970 - the first ever meeting at the Showground. Gate 1 Geoff Maloney, Gate 2 Pete Seaton and Gate 4 Richard Greer. I'd love a scan of the programme to go with the photo if anyone can help! I'm curious why the stand is so empty given the large crowd at the opening meeting.

Being top of the table and never winning a meeting... The point gained for being within six, for the away team, was dropped, it was said, due to the home teams fans leaving the stadium feeling less than positive that "one point was dropped".... And home victories are, as we know, the main objective to keep a crowd level... Now they can leave feeling that they have lost, after they didn't!!! Typical UK Speedway though... Let's contrive something... Something that didn't need actually fixing too... Maybe spending more time in delivering a fit for purpose operating model, and a joined up, collective, national wide, and innovative, marketing plan would be more beneficial to UK Speedway?

It may well be a great race track. But is the business that owns it making a profit from running meetings on it? This is a genuine question that I don’t know the answer to. if it is making a profit then that shuts up R87. if not, then that brings into question if having “ the second best track in the UK” actually matters along with what is required to make such a venue viable.

Who cares ,they are all at these days GB meetings are just pocket money.

Ht13,what a race!,plus various others,but ht13 shows you dont need superstars to give you a cracking race.

SCB STATEMENT: FRANCIS GUSTS Wednesday August 13, 2025 The Speedway Control Bureau were made aware by the Oxford Management on Monday 11th August that Francis Gusts had informed them that due to illness he would be unavailable for the Oxford fixture at Poole on Wednesday 13th August. However, on Tuesday 12th August Mr Gusts represented his Polish League Club Wroclaw in the Under 24 League being undefeated by an opponent in his 5 heats. The report from the Polish media after the Polish fixture descried Mr Gusts performance as excellent On Wednesday morning Mr Gusts was made aware that having competed in the Polish League on the 12th August, he would be expected to ride for Oxford in their fixture at Poole on the 13th. Due to Mr Gusts failure to attend the Poole v Oxford fixture on Wednesday 13th August, Mr Gusts SCB Registration will be suspended for a period of 28 days as of the 13th August. Oxford will be entitled to a facility for the same period 28 days, where after Mr Gusts will need to return.

Stars and Birmingham have lot to live up to after Young Stars and Plymouth set a high bar last night.

Sunday’s matches line-ups Play- down semi 1st leg Tarnow v Poznan- start time 12pm UK time Tarnow 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Poznan 1 Nielsen 2 Szlauderbach 3 Gusts 4 Smektala 5 Douglas 6 Teska 7 TJ Musielak 8 Play-off Semi 1st leg Rzeszow v Leszno- start time 2.15pm UK time Rzeszow 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Leszno 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

KING’S LYNN: Jan Kvech, Niels-Kristian Iversen, Chris Harris, Richard Lawson, Nicolai Klindt, Ben Cook, Luke Harrison. BIRMINGHAM: Tobiasz Musielak, Jonas Jeppesen, Keynan Rew, Paco Castagna, Matej Zagar, Simon Lambert, Sam Hagon.

They don’t, but it’s Poole’s final league match next week. Not sure we have a date yet for the 2nd leg of the BSN semi final @ Oxford.

They don't.

He was probably surveying the big crowd and doing a bit of 'Garry May spotting' !!🤣

I didn't think KO matches counted towards averages?

So they should have but I can tell you they didn't.

Job done in emphatic fashion last night , to start off with three 5-1's was amazing . You can only beat what's in front of you , but that was the worst Ashfield performance from a Monarchs side in many a year . Great to watch how our young pair at reserve are progressing week by week . Bring on the Pirates