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Its also cheap and very easy to put signs up for each home meeting that shows exactly where BB holders are to park there vehicles and how to get there, it sounds like the BB parking in the past hasn't been very well organised, For every BB holder that now stops going there could easily be at least 5 others that dont attend also which will affect the attendance further Think Carl Johnson needs to be educated more about the struggles a disabled person faces to continue to get some enjoyment out of life.

I have skimmed through the last few pages. Have Peterborough provided any official word on this? I feel the frustration of any BB holder but I can’t help but think the gun is being somewhat jumped here? How do we know Peterborough speedway won’t be providing a shuttle service? Have I missed something?

Sounds like Gordon Kennett may have a spin at Arlington on a Weslake upright engine with the old GK red and black colours, bike sorted by Gordon and Steve Weatherly. Great to see the master have a few laps again if it can be sorted..

Looking forward to the Gems matches. Some really talented youngsters to see before they (hopefully) become massive stars. I think it's probably the future sustainable level for the Diamonds tbh. Interesting move by the new promotion. However, hopefully the double headers won't be marathons. The danger being that those not inclined to hang about for a half hour of track grading between matches or for 4 hours plus to see 30 mins of action will have had to pay £3 more for nothing extra. Regardless of any centre green displays or ability to buy fresh meat produce, it could end up being a massive turn off for some. Intend to get both matches done in a maximum 2 and a half hours please.

It’s like the film GroundhogDay - here we are 12 months later and the Promotion are acting exactly the same just different problem this time!

Neither of those should be without a team place because of foreign riders in the first place

No you do still have Somerset v Glasgow, check the fixtures. Eastbourne v Poole is the 2nd round. It exactly the same as the original draw except Newcastle and Poole swapping places.

Not a good experience for the user IMO. All things Newcastle, be it Diamonds, Gems or Sapphires, should all be on the same website with different Tabs or contained in a Drop-down. Add to that the potential extra cost of two or three websites, to the site hosts, is silly.

Bloody ridiculous attitude to take, because all the person on the gate taking the money has to do, is check the photo on the Blue Badge to confirm that person is in the car. But forgetting all that, I thought this decision had been taken due to Health & Safety reasons, so the promotion want to get their stories right before Mr Johnson makes comments like those above. I wonder how any of them would feel if they had serious health issues or general disabilities.

Had there been such an intention they could well have nipped the whole thing in the bud by announcing at the time.

The fact that the KOC draw has been tampered with at all just shows the amateurish mess we are in at times.

No, I don’t agree that youngsters should have a two year cushion at reserve, because it gives a big advantage to those teams lucky enough to have the best youngsters. I would though be happy for new averages for youngsters (new 2 pointers under 23) not to take effect until half way through the season. And no foreigner should be allowed an average below 5. If that were the case both Nathan Greaves and Danyon Hume would have CL jobs.

I think it should go back to what it once was a 6.00 point average then you would not be getting average imports taking places off of our lads.Will Macdonald,Zeleher,( if he gets a place) Cook,Thompson ( etc) be averaging six this year.Do you not agree that lads like Palin should have a two year cushion at reserve help them to develope and progress at there own pace.

There is a saying which I am unable to recall to the effect that evil will happen if the majority stay silent. Could not be more true of the Blue Badge situation at Panthers. It has run its course and people getting tired and no longer interested exactly what the bosses were counting on. I urge you all to bombard the club with E Mails . I see Mr Rising from Speedway Star whist content to constantly give his views on Brexit is less forthcoming on blue Badge holders being screwed

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You can see from the last 10 pages or so the level of sensitivity around this matter. This is not something that Peterborough speedway can ignore. It's too big. In this instance I feel the need to use my common sense and hope that a solution is being worked upon. Something nobody on these pages has yet done. Just because no announcement has been forthcoming, does not automatically mean that isn't being or won't be addressed. Indeed I get the feeling many people here are potentially using this to create a lot of noise and bluster. If at the seasons beginning this hasn't been seen to then I'll equally hold the Peterborough promotion with the same disdain. Until then, I'm quite happy to wait and see and hope common sense will prevail. Perhaps others should do the same.

This should be done from the off as it has been made many seasons before. The first part was no parking on the grass (should apply to all cars), no driving over the grass (should apply to all cars), Blue badges on display. The second problem is location: the Arena car park isn't ideal (but very welcome so let's not start that argument again) which is why many seemed to park on the access road approaching the stand or other areas closer to the stand. Was that ever picked up, monitored or announced anywhere as a problem? Not that I'm aware of. I have some sympathy with Johnson's gripe because I saw it with my own eyes but I didn't see any action to deal with it. That's where the problem is. It's not the girl on the gate's job to admininster this. The website should say that disabled access is pre agreed and all she needs is a list of name/vehicle registrations/Badge number (or similar) if there is one, allowed disabled access with zero tolerance to anyone who is not on the list. The security bloke can deal with those people. If anyone doesn't do as instructed then they can be warned with a three strikes and we take the ruler or Tipp-ex to your details on the list.

Let the BB in where the riders enter with a Marshall guiding vans to the pits and BB to a designated parking area. No public can walk through this point. Is it really so difficult?

Probably at Foxhall

Maybe it is. It was said on more than one occasion last season that certain elements of the website couldn't be updated due to technical problems. Let's face it it's long overdue for a major overhaul. For example, the "blog" is 18 month old, riders BSPA averages are last season's starting averages. And the "badge links" to other teams in the league are years out of date. Plymouth are still there (as is Workington) and they dropped down years ago .

Wow,,,, he would be awful..

Can't understand all the negative comments regarding Chris Holder. Good rider, really down to earth bloke if you approach him after a meeting. If Panthers had anyone but Chapman the clown in charge, I would love him in a Panthers race jacket.

With the greatest of respect why should rye house think they have the Devine right to come back into the championship my team were turned down so why should they think it’s a shoe in they will get accepted into the second tier.

Sorry if it's old news, but I just read that TJ was back on a bike last Sunday at Scunthorpe. He said that he went out on track around 10 times, and put in loads of laps, and felt surprisingly good out there with no pain from his shoulder. Can't be a bad thing.

You were being far too kind then

Belle Vue, Leicester and Kent don't seem to feel the need to split their websites. Surely both teams can benefit from the the joint focus on a single website?

I am not worried about the team side of it but bringing that rule in would help us produce riders for our national team.It seems to work for Poland they put there riders first and they see the bigger picture.

In years gone by (not happened under Johnson's watch) the instructions on where to park (even to the extent of giving out a paper sheet of instructions) have been made very clear and the consequences of not doing so was clear in that in future you'd be denied the access that you abuse. So rather than try to instruct, organise and explain consequences for a problem that Johnson is probably correct about but is also able to take less draconian action to correct, management take their ball away!!

Agreed, And If some meetings are going to be guaranteed "loss makers" then they could just play 'rock, papers and scissors' instead to decide who goes through.. The positives are no loss making meetings. And the Cup could be done and dusted well before the cold nights of October.. Obviously it would be better to play 'rock, paper, scissors' in person rather than over the phone, to maintain the sports high reputation for integrity and credibility, (and make it more exciting) which will incur some travelling costs for the relevant team managers, but overall it would be a positive move forward for me.. Maybe even dip their toe in technology and use Skype and stream the 'matches' around the country to the thousands awaiting the results with baited breath? NB Best of Three home and away on the 'rock, paper scissors'.. No Tac Sub for double points if behind.. No guest 'rocks, papers, or scissors' allowed.

That then is an admission that it comes from Speedway not the show ground as previously claimed. What Carl says re parking contains an element of truth but not I think to the extent he suggests.

I know. There is an announcement regarding Josh Embleton if you can avoid the missing page error. But nothing reference the other 5. Still this is a new promotion and they are getting up to speed I guess. And good luck to them. Bringing two sides to market from nowhere is no mean feat. I'm just glad to see that another famous club has not been lost possibly forever.

I remember Steve Gresham wiping Louis Carr out on the pits bend at the late great Hyde Road, and witnessing the resulting punch up. Was well out of order.

There's no speedway in Perth these days (if ever?). Edinburgh ad Glasgow are close. If Scotland vote to leave the UK, I guess they'll be ringing Armando to get their own GP. I'll get my coat

One would presume it would have been announced at the same time they announce BB holders have been banned from parking inside Showground. This will impact attendances, and one has to wonder what goes on in the minds of people that makes these decisions...

It seems to me that if there was an intention to provide the shuttle service that is so sorely needed to replace the close parking it would have been mentioned in the same Press Release. Its absence suggests either it’s not been considered or it’s been ruled out sadly.

I read a longer version , but did check back to see how it was described in that excellent book One vital mistake on the last lap of the last race from Max was enough to hand Tom the victory, but it was said if the finishing line was a few yards further on then it would have been a dead heat as Max had the speed coming out of the last bend !!!

I for one am disappointed that we haven't brought in a young brit over the closed season there were lots out there

You two should get a room or at least a different thread!!!! Meanwhile the Aussie u21 takes place today. Could be relevant to Poole's final 2 riders?!

I was referring to Ipswich Town’s promotion ‘push’

I was reading the report on the Farndon v Grosskreutz 1934 clash for the British Individual Championship, which was said to be the best ever up to that point, with nothing between the two

Radio silence from the promotion which is normal. You would have thought they would nip this in the bud instead of negative PR.

Yes, I saw that question and was going to reply much along the same lines as you. Case excepted, I would say there wasn't much in it between them.

Coming into this late, but if a tweet mentions getting affairs in order, that fits Holder's situation down to a t as i'm sure you know.. whether he gets clearance or not i wouldn't be too sure. Would be nice seeing him and Nicki clash again tho.

Or you could join the Continental Speedway Facebook page, where all televised meetings from Poland will be streamed live on safe, malware-free links. We have a bank of extremely reliable providers and it will cost you nothing. You can also check back and watch every televised match from Poland, Sweden, and the UK from last season - all matches are easily searchable.

Legally probably not, however you wouldn`t need a motorised dish. I suggest you google Polish Television providers in your area, and they i`m sure would fit a dish with decoder, viewing cards etc to watch N Sport and Eleven Sport. I last season took out a 6 month subscripition with Goldvod(around £28) which enabled me to watch all the Polish meetings on my laptop, and apart from a couple of small hiccups i found it reliable and well worth the money. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dSOf-x_x-Q

Doyle moaning? Get away

How about the poor rabbit that they chase!

From Rob Grants Facebook page Well folks im going to do this a bit different to how it should be done, but after all i am the gaffer ha. The 2020 Newcastle Gems 1. Max Clegg 2. Joe Alcock 3. Jamie Halder 4. Josh Embleton 5. Leon Flint 6. Ryan Mcdonald 7. Archie Freeman I am very proud, that my first season in charge I will be doing something for the British youth and helping them through the ranks of British Speedway. Good luck for this season lads.

What is it now with January and Peterborough Speedway, should be known now as the lets pi$$ off the paying customers month

I agree on that thou I don't think Greyhound racing is cruel to start with .Sure there bad stories about how they are treated and what happens to them after they stop racing but your going to have bad eggs in any group .