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It’s to stop riders racing in front of no one watching. And then a 1000 people online. That’s the idea behind it.

Suggest all ignore The Messiah clearly unhinged !!! But then with the weight of the world on his shoulders he would be. Surprised instead of suggesting wheelchairs he did not divinely cure the afflicted. Seriously ignore every post he makes , thats what I will do.

Clearly some people feel they will be unable to go to the EOES now and that is sad. People would not be saying they could not go unless they meant it. There are many reasons why someone needs a Blue Badge and of the 3 I know their reasons are significantly different, so people should not make assumptions on what those people can or cannot cope with. The passion in these posts is clear and they lose a hobby and Panthers lose fans and therefore revenue. A lose, lose situation.

I guess that it's not anything to do with disability awareness? More like can I have fries with that

Indeed and that's where TheMessiahOfTheBSF (Jed's brother ) looks a bigger ignorant loon than normal although that's his intention to get a reaction so job done I suppose.

As we've real no real idea who really runs the ship or makes such decisions then it isn't really a surprise. Clearly what is a surprise is that they didn't try, that we know of, to deal with the points that you raised, and indeed they have identified themselves, before taking the nuclear option and alienating a section of their fan base, and wider society, that they seem happy to lose, as well as any associated revenue and knock on.

Many people are saying that but what level of achievement would you define as “good enough”? Keleher’s problem is his age. The “give him time” argument doesn’t apply to someone his age (27 on Saturday) - he needs to hit the ground running. Let’s face it, for all the whinging that comes out of Australia, there’s not really been a great outpouring of talent in recent years. Take Fricke and Lidsey out of the equation, and who else has shown potential to follow the Aussie greats of the past?l Ryan Douglas is another who hits 27 this year, so again, not up and coming. Maybe we’ve been spoilt in recent years with Sullivan, Boyce, Adams, Crump, C Holder, Ward and Doyle, but the wealth of talent of the past seems to have dried up.

I think that's a little, erm, can't think of the word... but it's not accurate. Oh, ignorant was the word i was looking for. Just because someone can't walk distance, doesn't mean they can't walk and ergo need a wheelchair. It sounds like you perhaps haven't seen a relative or partner get to the stage of needing a blue badge. My mum, (late 70's who has never been to speedway btw but just providing an example), is a blue badge holder due to several operations on hips etc, can potter about short distances slowly, but would have no need or wish for a wheelchair, unless maybe at an airport where it is provided for her. Why on earth should they have to buy an additional mobility aid on the pension just because the speedway want to change something for a problem that barely exists ? Whilst citing a completely unrelated death as a reason, and also continuing to allow endless numbers of freeloaders in via the pits anyway ? Stinks to high heaven. apologies for the edit - what are the other suggestions to get round this, you didn't mention them in the last post.

Pish poor side. Berwick and Newcastle have competition for the wooden spoon.

Is that not what's been happening recently anyways?

Any body got any team news

Get a job, find out yourself.

Having seen Archie and Jamie last year... At this moment Jamie is a better rider on the 500s than Archie, maybe not round Brough though, that's not taking anything away from Archie as he's only just moved up and hasn't had much experience yet and I would expect him to surpass Jamie next year, but people shouldn't underestimate the abilities of Jamie if he gets an extended run of solid racing where he can remain uninjured... Very nice style he has, quiet and polite lad too... And his weight doesn't matter, look at Joe Screen, Gary O'Hare...

For day to day life, however a mobility scooter is usually stationed at home, I was a family carer for ten years, unfortunately as I got older ,I could no longer face dismantling the scooter and carrying it into the car, reassembly ,and packing again. We also had a portable wheelchair, but I can assure you , pushing it even with a light person on board was no easy task, across the uneven terrain at the showground I would think it impossible for me. I noticed for the music festival, they have provided a phone number for the disabled to use, if they get into difficulties getting from the allocated spaces outside. Perhaps one of our promoters could provide their number for the same reason, I am sure we could provide a wheelchair for their use.

I’m delighted any big name is back in British Speedway and it will add to any gate that much is a fact. However sadly I think it will need several more coming back to save crowds dwindling gradually. I really hope the likes of Nicki coming back does encourage some stay always to come back however I think it’s a limited amount of people that will show an interest tho sadly. i really hope crowds are up to prove to the promoters that we need the bigger boys back to help bring more fans back to watching live.

I don't get why there's a 50 mile exclusion zone, surely if it's £10 on tv or £17 approx to watch it live you`d watch it live. It may have a slight effect on attendances but not that much I'd have thought

Congratulations Zac, we look forward to welcoming you to the Somerset Rebels.

Was chatting to Rusty Harrison on Facebook messenger earlier. Part of that super Comets side of 2004..Stoney Steady Kauko Aidan Wrighty Woody. Moved back to Oz 5 years ago with partner and kids. Was sad that they closed great memories. Friendly, volatile guy that always gave 100% for many clubs.

You have to admire Adam Roynon loads of guts and from what I know a totally nice bloke. Should retire gracefully , injuries prevented him achieving his potential. Thankfully he is still in one piece

Yes he did, but article in Swindon Advertiser with Terry Russell implies Toruń don’t want him to ride in Uk and they are paying him a lot of money to get them back into top league. So I guess he has accepted their terms.

Someone on Twitter seems to think that the current arrangements are the new arrangements so even if they do use social media then they're hard of thinking. The first meeting at 2pm Sunday should give a false impression as you suggest (usually always the best attended unless the club has success later in the season) but then they get to the bread and butter when their fanbase probably takes a consistent hit. As Mick bratley said in his final blog "People 'in the know' within the entertainment industry suggest that all Speedway clubs will lose 8% of their core support every year, through a variety of differing reasons." (And he won the EL) so we've consciously chosen to increase that percentage from the off by alienating our disabled fans and their associates..

The difference between the BBC and Peterborough Speedway:The BBC has suspended the closure of its Red Button text service after protests, a day before it was due to have started being phased out.The news comes days after a petition, organised by the National Federation of the Blind of the UK (NFBUK), was handed in to the BBC and Downing Street.The service was due to have been closed over the next few weeks.BBC director general Tony Hall said he would examine the concerns and make "a fresh decision" in the spring.The NFBUK called the news "fantastic" and said it was looking forward to working with Mr Collins, the BBC and the British Deaf Association "for a better resolution".Its petition expressed concerns that the removal of the service would "leave many people, who are already vulnerable, further isolated and marginalised from society". In a letter to Damian Collins MP, Lord Hall said the BBC had heard from organisations, MPs and members of the public about its decision to phase out the service."People have expressed their concern that the closure of Red Button text service could negatively affect elderly people and people with disabilities," the letter read."These are issues which I feels [sic] deserve to be explored in more depth... so we have decided to suspend its closure pending further work in that area."Lord Hall said the service would continue "as close as possible to its current state for the time being".His pledge was echoed by Matthew Postgate, the BBC's chief technology and product officer, who said the corporation would "listen carefully and with an open mind to the views which have been expressed".

Ah bliss, but will it work when he changes to TheDwadandDosseroftheBSF?

If both lads are keen then the world is there oyster. Both come highly recomended. But i wouldnt expect them to hit the ground running, it will take them a while to adapt to league racing in this country., and our track.

Zane Keleher and Ben Cook confirmed

I would have loved to see a couple of young brits in our team but alas no

Zetterstrom was one of the consistently nasty riders i've seen. back in the 80s it was Preben Eriksen

Dont get Pooles obsession with Johnny foreigner tbh, plenty of brits equal and better standard then the names being bounded around..

It`s been announced that N Sport and the PZM have decided on the fixed start time for the televised Nice Polska league matches- the Saturday matches will start at 3.30pm UK time and Sunday`s 1.15pm UK time

Dunno, maybe refunds will be given, different can of worms.

Bandits 2019 season review in this week's Speedway Star. Out tomorrow (Thursday 30th).

What a nauseating prospect. Thanks for keeping it going though, the promotion must love you.

How about two paper rounds?

A paper round doesn't count

Full Gems fixtures here: http://www.newcastlediamonds.co/news/article.asp?id=101080 When the Diamonds are at home too, meetings will start at 5pm (Diamonds on first).

http://berwickrangers.com/fans-pack-out-jb-lounge-for-open-meeting/?fbclid=IwAR21CwWy7cKd5AGCvCi-8XDJhwhh9uMDe7QWFjA5rdLmAcLEy_0_nw8RvUk Good write up from the very professional first BRFC open forum under the new board. The Bandits will have a seat at the table on the board for the proposed "Berwick Sports Foundation" which I believe will operate Shielfield Park rather than current leaseholders BRFC SC in order to be eligible for government funding, if all goes to plan.

They will have to save up for Somerset,Cardiff and Leicester.!!!

indeed except that Screeny had everything namely talent, flair and determination. The only way Halder will get anywhere close to super joe is by buying a set of his old boots.

Dont worry about it. Go back to 1988. We had our team signed and sealed. Yet two unknown Aussies came over to try out for Poole. One was Mick Powell. Never signed for us but had an excellent career at Glasgow, etc. The other was Craig Boyce. Went on to become the clubs top points scorer in our history. Just because we may not have heard of them as such, doesnt mean they are automatically going to be poor. You just never know. Remain optimistic.

Adam was mechanicing for a Ipswich rider last season at the Abbey and he looked fit.He said he was waiting for the all clear and he wanted to ride again a real nice bloke good luck to him whatever he does.

Exactly -goodnight

treat people with respect, or lose the fanbase and go under. simple as that

As a bit of a free for all then I'd say that they should have a rough idea but that would only be if anyone did a count on the gate. The logical thing should have been to tighten up the system, get those details, set clear guidelines and consequences. The first notice backed them into a corner and today they've fenced themselves in as well. If it is now sadly too difficult to attend then the only option is not to attend and spread the message wide about why and who's responsible.

Yes I think he did. Pickering did some funny moves and was too fast at times. When he joined Reading he suddenly shot up the table to be one of the highest average riders in our League. In the race in 1999 Wilson, who later took the track record a few years later, missed the gate and was left trailing by the usual fast start Robert in heat 1. Derroll Keats followed him down the back straight and Wilson turned it on, passed Derroll on the back straight and by the time he got to the third bend he was going too fast to properly turn, and just went straight on and hit Robert midships. Robert flew off the bike, landing on his shoulder when he came down. Broken collarbone for Robert and an exclusion for Sean. It was one of the plainest example of a rider just going for the rider and not only should he have been excluded, he should have gone from the rest of the meeting. Unfortunately the ref chickened out and it meant we had to use Dave McAllan for Robert's replacement for the rest of the meeting, but Sean was allowed to stay in the meeting and contributed to our loss on the night. I think I took Robert to the airport home are we had been to the hospital. Being retired I was the one that got those jobs, with both George and Peter working. The worst dirty riding I have seen was the deliberate fencing of Christian Henry on the 4th bend by Magnus Zetterstrom in the early 00's. Christian hurled into fence probably not knowing what had hit him. This time, the ref Stuart Wilson, applied the not often used rule to exclude Magnus, who was not concerned what he had done, from the rest of the meeting. Poor Christian wasn't up to riding after that, having lost a big chunk out of his bum flesh hitting the fence. Horrible smash, only followed by Rene's big smash many years later at the exact same spot.

Cast your minds back to 2018 & the uproar it caused when Scunthorpe struggled with rider availability for injured riders & requested teams move to their original race nights! Now this happens, about Poole, before the season has started & when a few fixtures could have been better arranged to suit the original draw made on the 27th November. When did the fixture planning start? A VERY POOR EXCUSE & posters wonder why Poole were hated in the EL/Premiership!

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In my opinion it’ll be Chris holder, he’s had trouble with the authorities in the last couple of years regarding visas and they all just want to have that visa absolutely guaranteed before they release the news he’s our 7th and final team rider, if this comes to fruition I’ll be happy with the team and think we’ll be right in there amongst them

Tom Brennan is in a different league to Stoneman and Rowe imo..... Neither Stoneman or Rowe will make it in to the main body of the team, but Brennan is definitely a future International imo..... However, I do enjoy watching Nathan race, he's a real competitor, in the mould of Hume and I do like Rowe's style and control and hope he goes on to better things!

As long as they put Speedway on and plenty of it i will be happy Any thing rather than having Football shoved down your throat 24/7

I agree, really nice lad and had more than his fair share of bad injuries.