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Howarth proving you can pass at Leicester if you're willing to attack the track. -
By THE DEAN MACHINE · Posted
The Isle of Wight problems were the ferry company,nothing to do with the events they were putting on and they now have overcome those issues and are running 7 meetings from end of this month -
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By THE DEAN MACHINE · Posted
There are facilities for amatuer riders to compete all be it not at every track and they really struggle to get enough riders to do it, Leicester, scunny, Lydd, iwade and Isle of Wight all do amatuer meetings, kings Lynn used to do it but it died off, you only have to look at the midland development league, riders get paid and there still not enough riders to go round -
By truthsayer · Posted
I understand why people think that way and I don't have an easy solution. The problem with all of this is that the culture for decades has gotten us to where we are. There are no amateur riders because there are no facilities for amateur riders. But I would bet you anything that if there were at least two meaningful 'pay-to-play' Open meetings that accommodated them at EVERY UK track each year then you would get a core of riders who would participate and you would we able to run to such a model. But all of this is chicken and egg because there's only one game in town right now and that's team speedway and no real consideration for any other competitors. Tweaking points limits and depending on a paying audience will not save British speedway. The sport needs to make more opportunities for riders to ride, but only the top few percent can take a living wage out of it if there is any chance of survival.
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