Brummie Kev

Alot better than I thought it would be, we drew with them with pretty much nothing from reserve. If only Greenwood had managed to hold off Edwards in 1 of his first two rides, it could have been adifferent story. Brennan brilliant choice of guest, rode well, fair play to him for effort he showed. After last weeks horror show, tonight was much different and im proud of the lads. All the best to Cradley in the final.

I can only see a Cradley win regardless of whether Leon rides. They might be missing Kemp, Ayres and Bickley but my god what a team they are still able to track. They have 3 number 1s in Bowtell, Morley and Perks. A quality second string in Edwards and two reserves that arnt even reserves for their NL teams!!! Its a total miss match The best we can hope for is we put up a bit of a fight and at least make them work for it so 40-50, if we dont I can see more like 35-55 or more.

Birmingham?

Also what about the final if Cradley get there. They will have probably 2 guests for Kemp and Ayres not because of injury or riding in the championship but because they are riding for the opposition!!, how farcical. How do you explain that to a newcomer to this sport.

Credit to Plymouth, you totally deserved the win. Tonight from a Brummies point of view was a complete and utter joke. Needs to be an apology on the main site, it was appalling.

The Thomson Twins

I wish Layne all the very best, it takes guts especially for a man in a matcho environment such as speedway to open up about his mental health. Ive suffered from Anxiety for years until I got professional help. It must be so hard for him in a job where the focus is on him, where your being judged and sometimes criticised. That is only gonna make things worse so Im glad Layne is taking a break and hopefully he can come back and ride for us again.

I think its crazy to be honest, Im not a huge football fan anymore so 9 times out of 10 I will go Brummies. However IF we beat Sweden then this will be the biggest match in years, how can any speedway club go up against that. We dont have a meeting the week after Mildenhall on the 25th July so why cant just move it then. Im pretty sure the kids have broken up by then so wont have school the next day, so if they really promote it we could get a decent crowd if the weather is good aswell. What perfect way to celebrate our 90th Anniversary rather then next week with not a big crowd

Over £2000 raised at Birmingham tonight for Mitch, really shocked but then again many were at Perry Barr last week and we all saw how serious it was and Mitch is a top bloke. Lee Kilby has started his walk, I wish him all the best its a lovely gesture what hes doing. Hope the Robins fans give him a great reception tomorrow and raise loads of money as well.

Brummies twitter saying Mitch to be kept in intensive care overnight while they monitor his progress. Praying for Mitch and his family right now.

Mitchell Davey to be kept in intensive care overnight while they monitor his progress. Taken from Brummies twitter. Im praying for Mitch and his family right now.

My thoughts are with the injured riders tonight after two horrible crashes. Firstly to Mitchell Davey, it was horrible to witness that and to see riders pile into him when he was on the track is something you never want to see. I was a bit concerned when the track staff were asked to form a barrier around Mitchell when the paramedics were treating him on the track and Mitchells parents who had flown over were called out to the track. Thankfully they said he was conscious but I send all my best wishes to Mitch. Also Sam Bebee as well who himself was on the end of a serious crash a season or so back, he had to withdraw with a wrist injuries from the same crash, best wishes to him. Ive seen a few riders come off on bend 4 but Jordan Jenkins really hit the wooden fence hard. After some time down he got up and into the ambulance, so I hope he is okay. Its nights like tonight you realise what a superb job the paramedics do, I take my hat off to them. Once again I hope all the riders tonight make a full recovery.

I decided at the last minute to make the journey up after finishing work and I'm so glad I did, what a great result! Mitchell was unbeatable tonight as he was when I last saw him ride against Coventry, hes a rider who's very hard to beat at this level. Best I've seen Tom ride in a while and it wasn't from always from the tapes, he looked very quick. The real star for me was young Leon, what a find he is!. Pretty much 2 months to the day since he turned 15 and in his first competitive meeting he scores paid max and beats heatleaders like Shuttleworth and Atkin. You would never think he was so young when you see how mature and assured he is on the bike. Hope its the first of many big scores in Brummies colours. Arran gave it everything and even gated in the one heat, no complaints for all the efforts he showed tonight and I hope he is okay after his fall. Layne and Callum struggled for the most part but credit where its due with Callum with his last ride. Thank you Jordan for guesting and putting in a solid performance Nice touch to see the riders and Lawrence come out to applaud all of us that made the trip at the end.

Would have expected more there but didnt think it was terrible not when you consider individual meetings generally arnt well supported at Brum.

Just read the Birmingham press release and Im puzzled at the planning consent reason. We dont have to race on certain days, any day but from what I believe. Its just we are limited to just once a week. The person that would know for certain is Brian Buck. Some will blame the new promotion for this but decision to award meetings lies solely at the BSPA door, its their meeting. Why the hell with 9/10 days before the meeting are they doing this. Brummies fans like myself who were looking forward to it have been massively let down.

1. Mitchell Davey 8.61 2. Danyon Hume 7.33 3. Jordan Jenkins 7.18 4. Kyle Bickley 6.67 5. Jason Edwards 3.00 6. Drew Kemp 3.00 7. Alex Spooner 3.00 38.79

Absolutely Laurence, just take a few weeks when we had that snow. On the Tuesday they had an amber weather warning for Heavy snow it was like at 80/90 per cent at one point. In the end we had a dusting and it goes to show you cannot believe 100% what they say. Just yesterday they didnt have a clue how far north this rain band would go, it seems the southern counties and the South East have had it worse. Still could get showers but fingers crossed as looking forward to tonight! I would rather look at a weather radar than a forecast and this one is pretty good. https://www.netweather.tv/live-weather/radar

I really hope there is a change as it could help the Brummies with the housing that is being built over the road from the stadium, at where the Birmingham City University site is https://www.birminghampost.co.uk/business/commercial-property/university-campus-become-new-housing-12844322

I couldnt agree more, I was gobsmacked when i read that press release. JPB is hugely popular with Brummies fans so I doubt many would agree that he is better elsewhere. Hes a rider that has developed enormously in his time at PB, I think he could be one of the best riders at this level next year if he gets a club. Shame but hopefully David can pull a few rabbits out of the hat with the next riders announced.

Lee Kilby announced as new commercial manager, will be sad that Joe Mclaughlin is leaving but welcome to the Brummies Lee!

Me too, Swindon connection??

Oh my god the BSPA MC messing Birmingham Speedway around, who ever would have thought it. Theres me thinking we have always been treated fairly by them! Yeah meetings get cancelled but it says a new date will be found before the end of year!!. Are they taking the mickey or what!. National League teams are already planning for next year, how are we meant to if the BSPA wont grant our new owners licences. It could be mid december before they get them, when alot of the talent is already signed up.

Good to see so many Bees fans at Perry Barr tonight for what I thought was a good meeting. Its a disgrace whats happened at Brandon and I hope the situation can be resolved whether that be at Brandon or one day in a new stadium in the Coventry area.

A great meeting, best Ive seen at Perry Barr this year. Im so glad it was for Tony, the man is a legend for what he has for Birmingham Speedway and British Speedway. I wish him, Graham and Denise Drury all the very best in retirement and thank them for what they have done for Birmingham Speedway.

Gobsmacked! when it was announced and to some degree I still am. It didn't help that David Rowe and Ryan Guest wound us up by announcing at various stages that Sam Ermolenko, Nigel Pearson and Kelvin Tattum make their way to the pits . I had no idea it would be David Mason at all, they did well to keep it secret. He said the Brummies would remain in the National League for 2018 with a view to moving up in 2019. There were a few people around me that didn't seem all that happy with that. Personally I thought we should have moved up for the 2017 season especially after having two very successful years in the National League back-to-back with title wins, however, I support fully David and Peter's decision to run the club in the National League next year. This is a big gamble for them, they dont even promotors licences yet so they are never gonna take another additional gamble by moving the club up when they have alot to learn. The goal has got to be moving up to the championship but only when we are ready to. I wish them both well and they have my full support and hopefully the majority of Brummies fans. Fingers crossed we can have team challenging for the title next year!