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Yes totally played into Glasgow's hands. After all the Glasgow riders only had to travel to Glasgow with their private jets, ride on Friday night and then be chauffeur driven down to Eastbourne, have nap and massage before having to ride on Saturday evening whilst watching the grand prix on their mobile devices as there mechanics sorted the bikes.

Hugely entertaining meeting tonight one of the best I’ve seen at Newcastle for a long time. Some great passing by Jorgensen & Richie W. Is Lasse fully fit? He struggled all night and he looked so slow. Not sure how long we can keep going with Lambert he just doesn’t look comfortable at home I’d imagine the next set of averages will see him and Clegg swap? I can’t even see Lambert scoring much at reserve. Leicester look quality, i’d be amazed if they didn’t win anything come the end of the season. All in all a great advert for speedway!

Looked comfortable and that he belongs in GP company and will only get better Im sure He also had the pleasure of meeting the Massif mini tour at the airport and mustve been upgraded as ended up next one of us

We've said it before, but the top riders from a particular era would have been top riders in ANY era. That approach to sport/life would apply to virtually every true great in any sport. The key to it is not wanting to be better than everybody else, but to be the best that you can be. It doesn't matter if you are already the best - you can be better... Of course, not everybody can/does become THE best (you can't control how good others become), but the important thing is that the desire is there. Particularly these days, too many individuals (in all sports) are cocky and complacent, and think they are "it", and think they don't have to apply themselves. If you don't want to put in the effort, that's fine, but don't whine when somebody comes along and knocks you off your pedestal... Steve

and as a viewer i enjoy the semi finals and final. it adds tension and excitement. no issue from my side with gp winner potentially being the 8th highest scorer, ultimately that's not important, the main aim for riders getting the most points towards the title. i think current point system is perfect, would be very disapointed if they tinkered with it.

It's scary how much the crowds have dropped off from last season. In spite of a very successful run of results at the end of last season and beginning of this. I hate to think what the crowds would be if the team was losing.

I agree with @screm and with @highside - I did think Simon Lambert would turn it round but unfortunately it appears I was wrong. For whatever reason I doubt there will be a change at reserve. It has been a disappointing season so far and perhaps a signing would help keep the interest of some of the crowd. I'd love to see Kyle Newman back but that might mean more major surgery to the team, so maybe not. I enjoyed the meeting tonight and like the rest of the hard core we'll keep on showing up but a couple of wins are needed now to retain the support of ome of those who haven't invested in season tickets. On.an entirely different note I thought @Arthur Cross did a cracking job on the PA tonight - a very different style from Roy; I'd forgotten how good a presenter Dalbers is.

THERE is, of course, the TV element. TV companies want a final race to determine the winner of each SGP rather than have the meeting lose steam at the end.

2nd

Another reason he’s safe is because he’s a Berwick asset, so no loan fee to pay.

So it appears there will no longer be a NT final! Simply the group winner will be Trophy champion. So the rules have changed mid-season and then it’s poorly communicated to the fans. Speedway shambles again!

Yes that top five Addio was outstandingI i really believe Bjorn gets forgotten he scared all of those other greats to death.Bjorn retired prematurely Ronnie for me was a 1950s man who after his gap from British racing comeback great Ron was a real star.Olsen is a rider i have always admired he won three title's the same as Nicki but for me was in a different league that era was tough.1973/78 Mauger, Olsen,Collins, Michanek, Lee, Jansson( his time was coming), Crump( on the Streety conversion were the top riders.In that respect the GP series now is the same six /eight who are the best with others on there day capable of having there day.The top five you mentioned have to be one of the best generation's we have had Craven aged 29 .killed approaching his peak Moore had six years off Knutsson retired in a way Speedway was robbed a real shame as all five were legend's.

it can`t have held it up that much,i was home with my feet up by 9pm

I believe the trip to the tigers on Friday night was more the reason for points being dropped and amount of falls. The long journey Friday and racing then having to travel back for home meeting last night would of been very tiring.

A very good night's Speedway... Woffy got his crap meeting out of the way early, better to do it now than later.. Madsen did what he has done for the past few years in Poland, ie proved himself truly world class.. Doyle showed exactly what true warriors these lads are.. And Lambert and Smektala showed that they are truly emerging talent at world level.. There's not going to be a stand out rider I would suggest this year, with everyone capable of beating each other at any given moment so this could be the closest and best season ever.. What a magnificent sport this definitely is when done 'properly'... Should be a great season of GP racing..

Any pass at Berwick is no mean feat.

Our Polish friend will disappear if no one takes the bait. Ignore and he'll get bored.

He's won more World Championships than every Polish rider ever combined.. .. Woffy 3 Poland 2..

They will have to put the ticket on the first few hundred,, as won't be many there to purchase them. Maybe someone will buy the first hundred programs and win and still make a profit

Will watch on the bt sport app Not worth £18 on the off chance buster has actually put a ticket in a program to win £500, it will probably be found in the secret unsold batch

So, it would have been 2018 (where does the time go) when I mentioned I picked up a leaflet advertising Santa Pod Raceway (drag racing) in a Hull Asda store. Well the other day I picked up a leaflet plugging Cadwell Park (road racing), maybe these leaflets are delivered to nationally to all Asda stores; Santa Pod is 110ish miles from Hull, Cadwell Park around 50 miles. I wonder if speedway would benefit form such a leaflet campaign, I seem to recall leaflets being produced, but maybe not widley distributed, when the 1999 Elite League was on SKY Sports with all fixtures listed. I read once that leaflet advertising realises a 2 1/2 % - 5% take up rate, if one is lucky. Though I'm not sure what the costs would be, but paraphrasing a well-known movie tagline: "Tell them and they may come, don't tell them and they won't since they won't know."....

So once again British speedway changes rules mid season, and have scrapped the national trophy final, and another piece of credibility of the sport goes out the window. now certainly no sour grapes here as today's away win puts us in prime position to win. But how can you start a competition trying to get a top 2 spot, (so potentially aim for an away point rather then taking risks) and then change it is beyond me. And to just change the page on the BSPA site without making any press releases.... On the bspa website after fridays match, the bspa even quoted in the first line of the match report that Mildenhall have one foot in the final..... So what's changed since Saturday morning? I really love my sport, but really starting to see why people are leaving British speedway and doing monthly trips to Poland instead. Just means more meaningless fixtures kow when teams can no longer qualify, meaning lower crowds. So there is mo winner here.

3 rides at Eastbourne next Saturday then

With a very weakened team, you could promote a meeting however you want, but fans will not attend, which in turn would be a financial disaster. Just what a club, which looks like it is already struggling, needs. And if the person responsible was the promoter, would you like to see him resign? Then what?

We move on to next weekend- i`m in Scotland on holiday so will not be posting too much !!!- all UK times Friday May 24th Gorzow v Grudziadz Eleven Sport 1 programme starts 4.30pm 1st race 5pm Friday May 24th Czestochowa v Wroclaw Eleven Sport 1 programme starts 7.15pm 1st race 7.30pm On Saturday 25th there is a chance the SEC challenge final is being shown on the internet Sabmar TV ?(see separate SEC thread) Sunday May 26th Ostrow v Rybnik Polsat Sport start time 1.45pm Sunday May 26th lublin v Torun N Sport programme starts 3pm 1st race 3.30pm Sunday May 26th leszno v Zielona Gora N Sport programme starts 5.30pm 1st race 6pm

Did the Birmingham promotion help you come up with that one ?

Nope. Everyone but doyle

Good job the score wasnt 39 39 the away team manager wouldn't be a happy bunny

He showed the chequered flag a lap early I believe. Are they rerunning heat 14? This is nonsense as the home rider was half a lap behind!

They most certainly are.

Of course it was tongue in cheek though its clear there is a significant amount of people who are doing other things other than coming to the speedway each Saturday.

Things not going well for Kent. Gilkes out injured....Spooner out injured....Kemp missing meetings and guests not great!

If the sudden availability of Bickley was the issue surely they would have simply got rid of luke chessel who had been out for over a year with a shocking serious injury and kept lawlor who had scored reasonably well in 2018. It wasn't just vaping it was his subsequent reaction, the disturbance to hotel guests and the implications for the Tigers owners with the hotel, sponsors that resulted in his dismissal

So at the draw after qualifying a clever rider should have picked a draw number with outside gates in round 1(heats 1-4) and round 5 (17-20) and inside the other 3 rounds(5-8,9-12,13-16) easy

Eurovision? really? I hope that was tongue in cheek. Not much you can do about the length of time it takes to run a meeting like tonight, because of all the accidents. I was actually amazed that none of them required ambulance delays, especially the Kennedy and Etheridge (heat 3) crashes. i actually thought the racing was better tonight, more passes than usual, maybe the rain overnight actually helped the track? The crowd tonight was very poor. It was more like a typical Berwick Rangers crowd than a speedway crowd. Very concerning given the good start to the season the club have had. Imagine what it would be like if the team was getting beat like Berwick Rangers?

Another great evening in Warsaw. Atmosphere brilliant until the second semi final when it all went relatively quiet. What odds was Madsen?, should have invested a zloty or even two. Pleased to see Iversen up there after last year's injury, but we'll done Robert Lambert.

Some are smiling- others are saying " that was enjoyable while it lasted" We started with 33 and after 1 round it`s down to 22 Leaderboard after round 1 Warsaw GP Susans 1 £1800 - 1 spread stretcher used James Carter £1250 Teabody 279 £1000 Mark £1000 - 1 spread stretcher used Panthers 89 £900 Robbie B £800 proudtobeabrummie £800 June 01 £750 - 1 spread stretcher used Psycho 3a £750 Skippy £650 Phillipsr £600 Waiheke 1 £500 Terry £500 Pepsi £450 Iand £400 Mickthemuppet £375 Hilly £370 Matt K £350 Grand Central £200 Icescot £150 Col £100 Red Flag £100 - 1 spread stretcher used We Lose Shrewsbury Wolf Nil money Paddy the rebel Nil money come on the skipper - £50 Anzum - £70 Wiseguy - £100 CJ 69 - £150 Joe Beevers - £200 Racers and Royals - £200 False dawn - £300 Maverick 88 - £600 Gavan - £900 We move on to round 2 in Krsko Slovenia on Saturday June 1st 6pm UK time spread will be posted around spring bank holiday Monday May 27th

Just to add I have no problem with dogs myself but you wouldn't see this happen at any other professional sports events.

But Lindgren doesn't have to cheat that I am afraid will never be forgotten of Madsen even the danes don't like him.

Not content with being a racist, you're now using handicapped as a derogatory term. You really are a very very unpleasant person.

DO us all a favour and crawl back under the rock from which you recently departed

Dear oh lord she is a broken record. Worrall normally does ok at Lynn so he might be fine My opinion of the Poole team is that they need to replace Worrall and Covatti...........i may come to Kings Lynn so i can tell them to their face Poole can get something from this unless Lambert is on fire can see Pooles strength in depth pulling them through and getting something. Poole away form is better than their home form until their own riders let them down at Ipswich

I think it's fair to say, King's Lynn need a new track curator. Having read the Peterborough thread and how Buster has turn that track into a 1 line gathers paradise since he's took over, I think it's fair to conclude what the problem is. It isn't so much the "stockcar friendly shale" as mentioned before. Thankfully for Ipswich fans, Buster hasn't got his hands on your track, YET.

Well he isn't really doing his job is he?

I'd take that tbh.

2018 - Guests in NL proliferate. Widespread complaints by supporters throughout the league Last winter - NL changes the rules restricting guests for 'any reason' to under 18s. Supporters respond positively Last night - new rule applies, fans start whinging. This is a typical case of fans wanting fairer rules until they apply to their club.

Record it & watch both.

I can't get there every week now due to work and family commitments but try to get there as much as I can. Yes it is more expensive than it use to be but what isn't nowadays?? People say there aren't any fans favourites this season then they need to get along and add to that list of favourites by supporting the team trackside whenever they can. I reckon Henry and Valentin could easily fill that void this season though. How did Charles, Jake and BWD become the crowd favourites in the first place? Do you also think riders might use that 'fans favourite' tag to their advantage when negotiating deals knowing that they might get a better deal out of it. At the end of the day it is a business to them and they need to earn money like we all do so fair play to them if they can get a better deal out of it. I know it is Championship speedway this year but I personally don't care. I go to watch 7 Rebels do their best against the opposition on track whatever level of racing it is dressed up or down as. Presentation wise it must be difficult to create an atmosphere in what is effectively a field as the sound just disperses. I think they do an ok job with it but I am sure the team are always trying to improve and vary it each week. From the times I have spoken on the PA from the centre green to promote the annual Golf Day (which is my way of trying to help the club) it is a strange experience as you cannot see the crowd or really get much idea of feedback from them either. I attended both Swindon and Poole last year and whilst one I felt was better the other was far worse in terms of presentation. I hope it is better on Bank Holiday Monday at Wimborne Road. I actually bumped into the Blunsdon mic man at Cardiff a couple of days later and complimented his presentation which he said he appreciated. Not sure I can make it this week but I will certainly be back supporting the Rebels on the 29th with the wife and kids in tow. Hope to see some of you there!

My guess as to what'll happen...

it makes him a bloke who put his money where his mouth is .ran the Bees for 6 years and tried to keep the Bees name alive . what did you do ? Do you think Narcissus himself ever paid to get in ? of course he didn't .but it didn't stop him swanning about like he owned the place . where were all the big plans for volunteers and investment back in 2011 , If it wasn't for Horton stepping in the bees would have been history by 2012 , and trying to ridicule his attempts to keep the team going at leicester speaks volumes about you and a few others who tried to prevent it , there is a Clueless Clarence in all this .YOU