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Jesus Christ 10 heats into the season and the glory supporter wants a change already.

Can you give me the time of heat 6 please. I missed it.

Simply the greatest speedway rider I had the privilege to watch, and thankfully meet in person. He won the first race I ever watched in the First Division at Belle Vue in 1972. He looked unbeatable that night, and a huge contrast to the other riders, from the leathers through to his dominant armchair style. Ivan was a star and a lasting one, not just a few season wonder. Later I was to have the honour of commentating on his British farewell meeting at Hyde Road and very nearly was assigned to cover his home New Zealand leg of his farewell tour. Sadly that wasn't to be but at least I can say that I have attended a business meeting with him. He was equally a class ahead in that arena. i was lucky enough to meet many world champions in my time, but only one mattered, only one was I star struck by, Ivan Mauger O.B.E. The best in so many ways. Rest in peace, free of that appalling illness that also claimed my mother, the death before death.

And that comes from someone in the Ipswich area

Blame their team manager then, not the ref. And there was no need to destroy the tapes, pure petulance.

Don’t believe his spin. Shovy’s gutted. It was only a couple of weeks ago that he was telling BV fans he was looking forward to Poole stuffing them at the NSS! They couldn’t even beat a patched up BV!

Hi, I read you comments with interest as I do with as much as I can on here to gather feedback or to look at how we can improve our night of family fun. However, one sentence in your post set my alarm bell ringing.... "come October the fans feel that they have had their monies worth." Now, from my point of view not one fans has ever said to me "Barry, change the team line up - we have to win" or "Barry, I dont feel like I am entertained..." in fact, reality was quite the opposite. Fans we saying to me (because I do try and say goodbye and hello to as many as I can) thanks for another great night of racing we will win next week or "loved the racing, we were unlucky tonight"..... you see winning is great, but its not everything. Feeling entertained vice disappointed because your team lost are too different things... I was gutted (and always will be) everytime our team loses because I want to win... but more important to me is that everyone has a great time, are entertained, feel valued, love the Warrior Way, know that Martin and I along with all our volunteers do the very best for our club. So, I dont agree that come October fans will feel any more value for their ££ as they did last season. We put on a great family show from start to finish and this is the future of speedway. I hope that comes across how I meant it to be and if anyone doesnt feel they have value, write to me speedwayontheisland@yahoo.co.uk and tell me why.

Nobody rode wider than Richard Lawson so if 14 points is going backwards, bring it on. Adam Ellis hunted down Rory Schlein and eventually caught him on the line by riding the wide line, and I don't recall Danny King, anywhere near the inside getting his 12 points. I agree the Tac Sub is a waste of time but I would have it dropped altogether. The public don't pay to see riders of the calibre of Scott Nicholls and Danny King take a TR against reserves where they win easily, as happened the last two weeks.If we must have a TR it shouldn't be heatleaders replacing reserves, it should be in other heats where they have to make a race of it.

First time on the track for the Diamonds. Not a bad effort. Why people winge after one meeting baffles me. Give these lads a chance. My best years following the Diamonds was when we were the Federation Specials and they didn't win much.Just be glad we have speedway . Keep the faith.

In this age of technology, is it possible to open a book of condolence that can be linked to Ivan’s family? It would be great if they could see just how highly regarded Ivan was by so many people. I saw him many times at his peak and he was an object lesson in how to conduct himself on and off the track.

It is a measure of his standing that if any 'non speedway' person was to be asked (even now) to name a speedway rider then it would be Ivan more often than not. A true legend of the sport - RIP Ivan

Sad news to hear the passing of Ivan Mauger. A true gentleman who became a legend. I have always regarded him as the most complete rider I ever saw. He took professionalism to a different level. and showed lesser riders the way to win. His degree of detail was beyond limits. He more than any other paved the way for the sport as it is today. A truly tragic lost..... RIP Ivan...

This thread is dedicated to the memory of Brandonbee 48 It looks as if this season should be a bumper year of televised Speedway from around the world. I will update this as they get scheduled details mainly on the International section Sunday 10th May R 5 Pila v Bydgoszcz start time 12pm UK time Canal + Sport 5 Sunday 10th May R 5 Rybnik v Poznan start time /.15pm UK time Canal + Sport 5 Sunday 10th May R 5 Czestochowa v Gorzow start time 4pm UK time Canal + Sport Sunday 10th May R 5 Lublin v Wroclaw start time 6.30pm UK time Canal + Sport Tuesday 12th May Swedish League match TBC start time 6pm UK time Premier Sports 2 Friday 15th May Grudziadz v Czestochowa R 6 start time 5pm Uk time Canal + Sport Friday 15th May Gorzow v Zielona Gora R 6 start time 7.30pm UK time Canal + Sport Saturday 16th May Polish Championship final round 1 Torun start time 6pm UK time Canal + Sport 5 Sunday 17th May Rzeszow v Ostrow R 5 start time 12pm UK time Canal + Sport 5 Sunday 17th May Lodz v Krosno R 5 start time 2.15pm UK time Canal + Sport 5 Sunday 17th May Leszno v Lublin R 6 start time 4pm UK Time Canal + Sport Sunday 17th May Wroclaw v Torun R 6 start time 6. 30pm UK time Canal + Sport Tuesday 19th May Swedish league match TBC start time 6pm UK time Premier Sports 1 Thursday 21st May Bydgoszcz v Lodz R 6 start time 6pm UK time Canal + Sport 5 Friday 22nd May SON 2 Prague start time 4pm UK time TV TBC Saturday 23rd May Pila v Rzeszow R 6 start time 1 pm UK time Canal + Sport 5 Saturday 23rd May Prague GP qualifying start time 1pm UK time HBO Max Saturday 23rd May Prague GP start time 6pm UK time TV TBC Sunday 24th May Krosno v Poznan R 6 start time 2pm UK time Canal + Sport 5 Sunday 24th May Ostrow v Rybnik R 6 start time 4.15pm UK time Canal + Sport 5 Sunday 24th May Gorzow v Lublin R 4 start time 6.30pm UK time Canal + Sport .

RIP to a true sporting legend.

Pardon, check the score again.

Never knew Josh had dirty riding in him. Totally fence max in heat 15. Rode straight through him.

Well what on earth went wrong for Poole there? As predicted Belle Vue missed Worrall big time, Tungate isn’t in form and Gappmaier did nothing yet Poole couldn’t take advantage. Kurtz needs to step up away from home and be a real number one but it’s early days from him. Your number one can’t go missing away from home. Surprised Woryna hasn’t got going yet this season but again he has time. What a great result for Belle Vue just imagine what they could do with a fit 1-7. Cant understand why Hans and Newman were ever let go. Sundstrom is no world beater and you know exactly what you get with Hans. Still Poole rode Belle Vue at the right time I guess

How many 'Heat Leaders' do you want ??? you have 4 already...

10 point away win

Pathetic from us so far 17-7 against a team who are missing 3 regular riders.

Any truth in the rumour he didnt even have the head of the costume on ? Just a normal Berwick face

I feel guilty if that helps

Probably due to the bspa allowing Swindon to race on a Thursday rather than the two fixed nights

..and the most serious crashes seem to happen in Poland - Darcy Ward, Lee Richardson etc. So the Poles can't really take the moral high ground!

He has had to work hard to get where he is but he does have natural ability and to say Auty has more natural ability than Cook and Doyle put together is ridiculous.

I fail to see why it's any concern as to who is involved because it's Coventry's business - maybe the poster is just setting up a case to get people to have another go about something. The bees are on track and looking good - be nice if people were just satisfied to watch their progress and not pick all the time.

Seems a great idea. Can see the track going slick rather quickly though I think it should be open not only to home riders, but to the away riders as well, all except when Poole are visiting...

Makes it easier for the riders to communicate with fans. Edit: Apologies, gmuncie, couldn't resist!

With Ivan's sad passing I, and a great many others now call on Peter Collins and indeed the club to end their differences. It is a cliché, but as we all know life is too short.

Ivan Mauger. Surely one of the first, maybe really the first rider to take a professional approach to racing. He certainly raised the bar for the rest of the speedway world. Many others modelled themselves on him and achieved great things as a result. Ivan was not just a good rider. The record book proves that. He left those of us who saw him race in no doubt of his greatness. I did have the pleasure of meeting him at the Sheffield press and practice day about 15 years ago and I was struck by his quiet unassuming character. RIP Ivan. Thanks for the memories.

But he is not ineligible Proctor has his visa and cleared to ride in the other league, going by what is being said here there has been a hold up with other paperwork hardly Workington's fault.

Sad to hear of this awful news, although it has been expected, it's still a shock.I was at Brough Park to see his first home ride for Newcastle on 15 April 1963. This ended in an engine failure, an inauspicious start. A second and two wins, all on borrowed bikes completed his first match. He did improve!!!! RIP the ultimate professional.

RIP Ivan, the world's greatest ever rider. I was lucky enough to see him ride in the great Aces team from my first meeting back in 1971 when he rode to a flawless 12 pt maximum at home to Halifax. I was hooked on the sport from then on. A great ambassador for the sport, he will be sadly missed.

The rain actually forecast was worse than last week. It did have heavy rain between 2pm-5pm at one point. I'm quite sure once we get a meeting with no threat of rain more than enough will come to watch. The Cradley meeting will boost the attendance no doubt about that.

The lack of regular meetings is certainly not helping the team, but that's what the championship promotors wanted. Hopefully they will realise their error and go back to home and away twice next season.

I only live 7 miles from Lakeside, but the meeting on Friday sums up why I would rather drive 60 miles to go to Ipswich than watch at Lakeside where the dirt is still lacking. Riders trying to go wide just went backwards as there was nothing to give them any drive. Why they decided to water the outside of the track during the meeting baffles me as there was nothing to water, and this led to the two riders coming down in heat 8 as it was like an ice rink. Both riders should've been put back in. Congrats to Lakeside on the win, and to Connor on his impressive showing. The tactical substitute rule is a waste of time, better than the double points but you should be able to use it more than once.

Really sad news, an absolute colossus of our great sport. RIP

You would be wrong then..

I think we were the only two who thought hans should still be a pirate !!!

Cant comment on that as i dont know as i say was highlighting the double standards of the post.

Really? So how come riders are often turning around and riding back to the 4th bend and then back to the tapes? (Genuine question)

Weather looks decent so considering making the trip despite the fact we will get battered. Would love to buy MFF a pint if hes there??

Scaramanga if you would care to crawl out from under your stone then I will willingly talk to you. You cant hide beyond a screen name typing vitriolic comments then complain we cant be talked to. Why cant you put your efforts into offering to help us or doing something constructive for the speedway as others do?

Auty more natural ability than Doyle?! Lol!

In the PR timetable they were before the meeting. I think about 7 o'clock

I was lucky enough to take part in a training school held by Ivan at Newport years back - was a true professional and made sure all that were a part of it received equal and immense instruction. A true professional and a massive shame that he's passed. The one thing I remember him saying (and I'll never forget) was "give the rider next to you a kick heading into the first corner, it'll put them off and will give you an advantage". Old school to the end RIP Ivan. Massive loss to speedway.

Thought Edwin said the ref was Mick Bates

After his last 2 rides Scott is now the most in form rider in the league

The comparison with NSS opening night is an interesting one. From what I've read, and notwithstanding the issues with the track base construction, one of the factors was that track surface conditions changed within quite a short time frame, and this was associated with a drop in temperature attire allied with damp air. This being the case, and with similar atmospheric conditions applying at Swindon, those responsible for the management and control of the meeting should have taken a more pro_active approach but instead what is emerging, is a picture of anything but that. The consequences are two riders injured unnecessarily and further damage to the credibility of speedway in the UK. The Polish paymasters will of course be taking note, with possible consequences in terms of riders being allowed to race over here, and at a time when the league here desperately needs a main sponsor this is yet another good reason for a potential sponsor to have second thoughts.

I think the decision made on Wednesday has been justified by the VFM received by customers at the three Prem matches which did go ahead this week.