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  4. Posted

    On 9/13/2021 at 7:50 AM, DutchGrasstrack said:

    These have been confirmed so far:

    12/13 february - Togliatti

    5/6 march - Berlin

    12/13 march - Inzell

    I see from the HORST DOM ICE STADIUM that due to technical problems the stadium will be closed until May 2022....is the event likely to be in another stadium 

  8. Posted

    The NL was (in my opinion) deliberately dismantled by 2 individuals who had their own agenda. It was the ONLY league which was 80% solvent...Len Silver warned his fellow promoters about this..backed up by Barry/Martyn and myself..Now look where we are

    There are many many riders out there who can "put on a show"..they have been discarded..and in my personal opinion time will show how much damage to the sport in this country has been caused by these misguided actions.

    It is not too late to totally refigure the League structures..almost too late ,,but it needs a brave far seeing group to seriously re-structure the leagues.  

    fans are not interested in speeds..how much is spent on engines,clutches,tyres to make the sport quicker..and more expensive and subsequently less entertaining..Equally they don't want a sport of "wobblers"..There is a medium....All riders should be contracted through the holding company...teams constructed like Denmark of graded riders.racing against riders of equal grading from stars/medium/juniors...and 3 races at the end of a meeting on a similar basis

    We have to start somewhere...sooner rather than later

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  9. Posted

    Phil was a great journalist. H was a man who didn't suffer self serving short sighted "johnny cum lately"..hence his contempt of the recent governership of British speedway. 

    We were friends for 40 odd years..always great company and he was actually very shy .#

    An evening in his company along with Frosty..Oaksie, Scoop, Scotty, Clarkie, Mike Patrick, Terry, Briggo, Ole, etc..magical..

    Rest well my Sarasota golfing mate...you were a class act

    Jimbo x

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  11. Posted

    1 hour ago, Mr. Clemens said:

     

     

    Speedway is in decline because most of the people in the country don't want to go to watch it.

     

     

     

     

    Added to that it simply isn't entertaining and not good value for money...In USA you get over 30 races..loads different ages..bikes..a great nights value and only $15..just over £10...the answer is reasonably sensible..but needs courage and intelligence

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  12. Posted

    We will NOt be taking the risks with Wroclaw. There remains some doubt on attendance restrictions...but with the delightful femme fatale in control in Berlin, there remain huge doubts about quarantine on arrival throughout Europe. Already similar restrictions exist in Sweden & Denmark. If..and it is a BIG IF..the new covid gets hold in mainland Europe you would imagine that more severe restrictions may well occur.....makes everyone glad that we have been so successful in our vaccine  programme. 

  13. Posted

    31 minutes ago, szkocjasid said:

    If the top 16 riders in the NL rode at IoW what could the promotors do to them? Ban them? Good luck finding a guests as all the top riders will be banned! Would the fans then turn up for a team of 5 or 6 3.00 riders?

    That would be a clear case of "Restriction of Trade"...totally illegal under UK law...for many years British Speedway has lived in fear of a rider or an outside interest testing the whole system in the courts.... every rider is self employed and cannot be restricted where he can sell his skills.

     

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  17. Posted

    On 11/3/2020 at 7:26 PM, Crumpet85 said:

    I would be very concerned about the sepsis, i really hope that is not the case. Fingers crossed for Tomasz.

    I have had a heart attack (20 years)..and Sepsis (3 years)...believe me the 2nd was loads worse than the former....I wish Tomek well

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  19. Posted

    17 hours ago, Conkers said:

    Further to my last post, I knew the Stadium had gone, but when I had a look on Google Maps, not only has the Stadium gone, they've already extended the hotel onto it by the look of things.

    https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.9833203,6.5431111,3a,75y,208.75h,88.11t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYT5V9jI3zcnXWEYqEDPIgw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

    That is very sad..an iconic place enjoyed by hundreds of us Brits over the years. Thanks for advising me

  21. Posted

    14 hours ago, Triple.H. said:

    James, you have hit the nail firmly on the head, IMO someone like yourself would be an ideal person to oversee the sport in this country and bring the promoters into line. Though when you did your presentation and mention your background in the sport

    Fan

    Sponsor

    Former Promoter and Team manager

    Successful businessman, and the amount of market research of supporters from all over the place that you have carried out over the years.

    I still think they would find some obscure reason to say you were unsuitable for the role

    Extremely kind of you....but to get anything radicle through..it needs a degree of understanding, patience and forward thinking within the congregation. 

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  22. Posted

    There was an old adage in Speedway years ago...you make your own stars within 2 months....Always listen to what your customer wants..imo people want 1. Entertainment. 2. Value for money 3. racers not riders..4. decent toilets and food. 5. team members who are yours and neither borrowed or racing for another uk team. 6. A Team..not made up of seven people whose name you can't even pronounce. 7. get rid of race times..it impresses nobody and puts nobody on the gate 8. Standardised equipment..Obviously riders wouldn't like it..but if it saves money they will quickly come round...9. Never let the tail wag the donkey..10. The NL concept is the road map.....entertainment again..

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