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What the hell are you expecting? Rome to be built in a day? The Masons are English. Neither of their first names is "Sheikh" and they don't dabble with Russian Oil Company stocks and shares. The Brummies are in a better league, on a limited budget, in just the promoters' second season in business, with commitments to aquire assets as is required by the league, having had the original assets stripped away from the club without compensation. All that means a huge outlay of cash. Not that those people who moan about admission prices care about that. Money grows on trees in their little bubbles. Finishing the season will be a success. Entertaining racing will be a success. More people on the terraces in September than in March will be a success. All you fans from other teams, don't worry, the Brummies won't be troubling the league leaders this year. But considering where the Brummies were 3 or 4 years ago, it's already a success to be where they are now. Let's be grateful that a foundation is being built and that in future years, the rewards will come.

Quote from the Bears promoter... Whether you agree with the 38 points limit or not, it will do exactly what it was intended to do and that is to reset the balance between all 3 leagues and give the younger British riders a ladder on which to climb in the sport. Contrary to what some may tell you, my main motivation to support this limit at he AGM wasnt financial, but to develop new British talent. When all teams have been declared, take a look at the reserve berths in the Championship and you will see lots of young riders being given a shot as a direct result. British speedway will benefit in the long run from this new crop of riders getting their chance.Read more: http://bears-talk.proboards.com/thread/3403/2019?page=10#ixzz5ZlUfN5Og

Lewis Rose has said he will not be returning to the sport. Best wishes to him for the future and thanks for all your efforts whilst riding for the Diamonds. He has said this on his Facebook page: "So after a long time off from speedway this year after putting everything into it during last winter preparing I think was easy for people to see I wasn't enjoying riding at all . Was such a hard decision to stop at the time . But now after being away from speedway I've decided not to return to it .. I had a good crack at it during the 6 years met some great people and made some close friends. I had some great sponsors who I can't thank enough for what they did for me and for understanding my decision this year .. Work is going good I'm really keen and eager to get stuck into work making this new business a success and a good future for my family .. hopefully see yas about and keep.in touch with everyone.. but thanks again to everyone who helped me a long the way you all know who you are so thankyou Lewis rose 822"

was you at the AGM how do you know redcar pleaded poverty as you said? Worry about your own team!

Nothing for sure but staying positive A few whispers here and there though nothing to pin my hat on naming on here Im sure whatever happens some will like it and others not a lot but it will be what we've got and we then need to get behind them and enjoy it

it seems to me that both of those aims have been met and i think that's fine. There is now clear divide between the leagues and NL riders are moving up. Don't see the problem

Ryan Terry-Daley is the Warriors fifth signing for 2019. Joins on 5.22. Full details on Facebook and club website.

Nine teams now complete and the others almost. I assume we finish with Kennett, Lawson and Zach. Having never followed this League it is hard to tell just how strong the other teams are but they look on paper to be well matched. No outright favourites and I suspect that forecasting the top four is almost as hard as winning the lottery. Redcar seem to be well fancied and we do know some of them. I would think our heat leaders could match theirs so it is down to the bottom four. I don't know Stewart but have seen the other three and they hold no major fear over our four so we should be competitive. It will be interesting to see how the continental riders handle Arlington as very few if any of them have been here. I was also surprised how many English riders are 'strangers' to Arlington because they had not made the Elite League when we left but were past the NL when we joined. Our home record should keep us mid table with the most likely challenge coming from Leicester. Richie Worrell was brilliant as a guest with Poole scoring something like 18 points in the Elite League and Nicholls and Perks are ex eagles . Mountain and Thomas have a fair bit of experience on the track but they did have difficulty against Wood and Brennan last year. All in all a fascinating year ahead, I just hope all those fans who refused to watch NL appreciate what is coming and return to the fold.

Completely agree ……..with one issue. Young riders of their level shouldn't be frozen out so they can be accommodated. That, however, is more of a matter of the points limit. No-one in their right mind would say that having Jon Armstrong (now well into his 40's) in the NL is a bad thing. I don't recall you objecting to Mark Baseby and when Ellis joined Eastbourne he was way beyond NL level - evidenced by a final finishing tally of 10.98 and the fact that at one point he was topping Poole's averages.

I assume you mean ulterior. Either way it worked, this cunning devious plan.

I agree with UK Martin and GA! I’m just grateful to be watching championship speedway! Thank you David/Peter Mason . I salute you. You definitely deserve my hard earned money through the turnstiles next season!

Astonished is the only word I can think of, they were one of three clubs who pleaded poverty at the AGM and they put a team like that together!!

I think teams having the likes of Ayres and Halsey is an important part of development so long as teams arent packed with them - one each side is positive Why? The new/lower guys have to have something to beat in order to progress Yes perhaps the 2 Dans arent going to go to the top but unless/until the newbies can challenge the likes of those 2 and beat them then there is little chance of progress for those other either

Competition extended to 5 rounds in 2019 Australian Speedway Senior Solo ChampionshipRound 1 Thursday 3rd January Gillman SpeedwayRound 2 Saturday 5th January Olympic Park MilduraRound 3 Monday 7th January Undera SpeedwayRound 4 Wednesday 9th January AlburyRound 5 Saturday 12th January Kurri – Kurri This is from the Australian championship website- i loved the home page strap line- get your backside trackside in 2019 !!!!! In the lead up to the hotly anticipated 2019 Australian Speedway Championship, kicking off on 3rd January, Motorcycling Australia (MA) are thrilled to officially confirm that fans will have access to livestreaming for the final two rounds of the Championship! MA have partnered once again with NRGTV to produce the livestreaming for the penultimate and final round of the 2019 Championship, and unlike 2018, fans will have free access on both the Australian Speedway Championships website and Facebook page. Streaming will commence at 7:15PM (AEDT), with a pre-event panel show airing from 5PM (AEDT), at each of the two rounds I make the UK time 8.15am and 6am respectively 8 riders known who are taking part Fricke C Holder J holder Keleher B Kurtz lidsey Masters Tungate A qualifier is being held at Gillman on January 2nd and the top 8 will qualify for the final series - field here https://www.australianspeedwaychampionships.com.au/news/2019-australian-speedway-senior-solo-draw-announced/ Zane Keleher was 3rd in the Queensland championships but is no youngster at 25 years of age.

A Birmingham City fan? Goodness me SomersetBlue, I cannot believe you have admitted that......

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There is a lot more interest from fans this season than before, I would expect a spike in attendance to begin with and with a good team around Arlington I would think they can build on crowds..

A lower points limit makes it not such a big gulf between the the National league and Championship ,so yeah it is about promoting British riders

All this nonsense about wanting to promote young British talent as being their reason for a 38.00 points limit. Redcar wanted a 38.00 points limit because they thought it would be their best chance of success in the league by restricting Glasgow, Somerset, Sheffield etc.. nothing to do with young Brits or what is best for British Speedway.

Funny how he pipes up as soon as Eastie leave the league mate lol

Ya it worked and we got a good team and hopefully in for a good season!......

Hoping the promoters have got something up their sleeves Dave as af the moment we look to have missed the boat for the second season in a row? All obvious options have gone elsewhere and if we fill the team with the usual suspects we’ll be down near the bottom again! Most other teams have 3 established heatleaders (even Sunday teams) and we currently have one who isnt a lover of the smaller tracks. Martin said previously that riders had been in touch before last season was properly ended asking for places so I hope there are new faces in the offing. The press releases up to now suggested the riders were surprised to sign for Newcastle - hope it wasnt purely because they had nowhere else to go?

Not always to a tight or strict budget as said by Redcar. This is not a criticism, but it is a fact that the club has said it rightly so for the last few years.

Well he beat a number of them in his 7 meetings last season averaging 4.65 Even if you put his Scunny top score aside it was still around 3.5 from other 6 Of course his debut zero could be the one less typical in which case its around 5 Adding 2 - 3 is certainly within his grasp

Nobody has to have been at the AGM to know that both under Havvy and Kevin, all their teams were always quoted as being built to a strict budget,

I would hope so.

I would very much like Pawklicki, but not at the expense of Jacob.

In his interview on the Bears Facebook page Ben admitted to putting some false information out to keep people guessing.

Despite my 'robust' comments re the Danyon position I certainly do hope Birmingham is a success

Keep your hair on. A competitive team is usually a prerequisite of “more people on the terraces in September than in March”. Are they required to acquire assets? How many must they sign before they can take part in the league?

I hope you are right Bruv , i know Danyon has had his injury problems but i just presumed he was popular with the Brummie faithful.Danyon and Tom Bacon should of been the first two on the teamsheet anyway good luck to Tom at Redcar i see Tom at Swindon last year and he must be the most improved rider in the UK.

This side to me looks like one that is destined to fail and looking at the signing's at other club's how harshly has Danyon Hume been treated.A dreadful decision riders like Bowtell,Wood,Kingsley,Smith,Clegg, Chessell, (etc) get spots Danyon gets shafted.He showed at Ipswich he can be a champs rider and now the league looks even weaker so disappointed riders like Danyon should be fixed up first.

Doesn’t really compare to FOUR top division titles does it ?

No it don't look like we will....we love Ayres..."Mr Entertainment" and we need more of em

You look to have a very decent team. Redcar is only 30 minutes from us so hopefully we will get to some meetings in 2019.

Most speedway fans would know that isn't the full story, esp' on a debut.

Change is often difficult particularly when unexpected and with unfamiliar elements I think your feelings are only natural Keep the faith - Heres to Chris producing riders that can make your worries disappear

...and Me.

Confirmed team... Michael Palm-Toft 7.96Charles Wright 7.68Ben Barker 6.87Tom Bacon 4.50Jordan Stewart 4.09 Nathan Greaves 3.99Jack Smith 2.73

Investment in facilities is fine but don't think this is being done for the benefit of the speedway fans. How will this affect chances of staging the likes of the PLRC. ? Will the back straight be opened up ?

Thank you to all the Warriors family for allowing me to make history, and the been the first opposition supporter to announce another teams rider. Such an honour, another example of how the Warrior Way is so inclusive.

After romping the 2019 Championshipand showing profits of £100,000+ they will take a chance and move up to the Premiership.That should silence a few.

Local Wolves newspaper is reporting " ''SPOON MUSEUM TO BE BUILT IN WOLVERHAMPTON " Initial fears that a phone box was being converted into the Cradley Heath trophy cabinet have proven unfounded as thankfully the report says JD Wetherspoon are putting a National beer museum into the "Moon Under Water" Pub in Lichfield St, Wolverhampton.. Footnote: Wolves fan stalwart Stal asked me to remind fellow Wolves fans that:- 1) Cradley have never won a top league title when Wolves were in the league at the same time. 2) Hamill & Hancock did not win World Titles in Cradley colours! Have a Merry 'Flange Free' Crimble Lefty

So sad many memories of him lighting up Foxhall. I really hope that he recovers soon.

Be Interesting to see Barker and cook in same team

You can put as many laughing respones as you want Scott, but its the truth. Dont be blinded because youre in the pits every week.

It's difficult to read that without becoming teary-eyed. Tomasz went from zero to hero in my book from the Boycey incident to becoming World Champ and I wish him all good luck in his recovery.

You may only need 4 laps to make up your mind

As I recall it wasn’t his quote. Hope they are as ‘glad to be back in it’. The positive is Mildenhall are still running.

If that were the case for everyone, the stadiums would be empty. This forum's main occupation - often, most reasonably - is BSPA bashing. Given the ludicrous points limit that has almost certainly been forced on NL promotions against their will - Mark Phillips has made it clear that they wanted an increase in the limit, not a reduction - I suspect that many in charge of tracks at that level and their supporters will agree with some - if not most - of what Kevin Jolly said.