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I am assuming going by past years the below dates will be correct if my prediction is correct: Table 1. Ipswich 2. Leicester 3. Sheffield 4. Belle Vue Semi final 1 Mon 8th Sept Belle Vue vs Ipswich Witches R1 Thurs 11th Sept Ipswich Witches vs Belle Vue R2 Semi final 2 Mon 15th Sept Sheffield vs Leicester R1 Thurs 18th Sept Leicester vs Sheffield R2 Final Mon 22nd Leicester vs Ipswich R1 Thurs 25th Ipswich vs Leicester R2

But it was due to there being a second half of decent racing from some youngsters. Main meeting lasted about 30 minutes longer than usual by my reckoning. Not bad considering there were a few incidents and a longer interval due to the SRBF collection.

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Official standings (scroll down a bit);: https://www.elitspeedway.com/slutspel-2025/ It seems teams are ranked like this; Team points Rider point quote (won divided by lost rider/heat points) Where the team finished in the regular series Smederna and Västervik have the same amount of team points (2) and won with the same score (46-44), Västervik are however ranked above Smederna since Västervik won the series and Smederna finished second.

Jan has averaged 5.09 in his two visits this season.

It's only your "best" rider forced to be at #1 because of the Rolling Averages. It's a made-for-TV-rule that needs to be relaxed, at the very least to enable the Team Manager to put the top average rider at #1 or #5.

Gerry Facenna in the Star this week talks about how the racing is paramount to the sports future success... As it brings the punters back... Preparing tracks just to win, and not to provide entertainment, is something he simply doesn't agree with... He must come on here looking at the ideas he has to improve his business.......

I don't think they have a choice now...

what for racing..

Excellent piece in the Speedway Star about the Brum closure... Nigel Tolley has put in two thirds of a million during his tenure... An incredible amount and he deserves great thanks from everyone who were able to keep attending... Crowds of 500 were the main issue and he said it costs £12-13k a match to run a home meeting... And then had the away costs in top! He said that having more UK based riders was vital for the sport, given the cost of flights, hotels, etc... Exactly what's been written in the letters pages of the Star for about three decades, and on here for 15 years or so...!!! If only promoters had realised that...! BZ wanted £7.5k a meeting so didn't get signed... A good interview with Brian Buck too, another who deserves great thanks for playing a huge part in the resurrection of the sport in Birmingham.. Another excellent publication this week from the Star team...

As Coventry was mentioned, I remember the Grand Prix at Brandon. The rider I loved to watch who rode for Coventry was Andreas Jonsson.

Another thing i always remember is travelling to away matches by coach, i can remember 6 coaches leaving the Belle Vue complex going down to Swindon covered in scarves pictures of the riders/team in the windows. What was great going down to Wembley when we got down to the Midlands we would be travelling along with coaches from Wolves, Cradley, Coventry all decked out had some great banter at the services.

I always look back on the 1978 World Final at Wembley with great fondness.. Heat 4... Ivan Mauger... did he fall or was he pushed... Ole Olsen... my favourite rider at the time winning... Gordon Kennett... the captain of my team, White City, finishing 2nd... and on his birthday! The GP's will never be as good as those one-offs...

And that was just the women.

He certainly has cost the Cheetahs a few wins due to not using inform reserves adequately

Cami has lost a lot of Weight, always knew those special Slim fast drinks you got down at Abduls cash & carry on Mayhill Road were potent. Only £1 for 200 sachets bargain, cant read the instructions of use though its in a language i don't recognize.

similar to the Golden Helmet in Pardubice

You obviously never went to a Wolves v Cradley match in the day.Was always a very highly charged and nasty atmosphere which lot of times ended up with fights on the terraces.

The Live Updates team is still looking for someone who can text tonight?! If you can, please let them know - thanks: https://speedwayupdates.proboards.com/thread/23552/ipswich-kings-lynn-premiership-2025

Ellis does score big at Foxhall on occasions,you make it sound he does it all the time.Was it a 6 and a 5 against Lynn this season.Shouldn’t Ipswich be able to cover that? He is 5th best at home this season,just where he is in the overall averages.

I thought it was Lucy,,,, Lucy in disguise with diamonds

The absence of Ellis will make a difference. Definitely need King to be on it, and hopefully Harris will be in a huff because the track isn't exactly how he wants it.

As mentioned kings Lynn have a 1-5 that ride Foxhall better than most other 1-5’s in the league irrelevant of how good these riders are … for example Kvech and Lawson ride Foxhall better than Kurtz and Bewley even though they aren’t as good riders Dan T has scored 2 in three of the last 4 home matches Ellis who scores big at Foxhall missing means this is open for Kings Lynn for sure

Let's not forget that (somehow) Schroek was manager of the year last season... the ultimate example of quantity over quality...

Cook ain't keen on your place. So we don't have a big scoring reserve for this one. 50-40