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Forums are for debate Rob. So as fans we should fight because the people we would be fighting for seemingly couldn’t run a piss up in a brewery? It isn’t the job of the fans to save the sport, it is the job of the people running the sport to save the sport. For. The. Fans. No fans, no sport. It amuses me that anyone who doesn’t agree with your opinion is apparently trying to “be clever” and trying to put people off the sport. How about some reasoned debate as opposed to toy throwing.

Do you deny that people are dying or are going to die early because they did not get their cancer diagnosis / treatment because the hospitals effectively shut due to lockdown? We all know that early diagnosis and treatment is essential in tackling this disease. Yet because of this lockdown which you think has been so great, 2.5 million patients are now in the logjam caused by this delay. This was known at the lockdown, you don't have to be a medical expert to realise what would happen and now countless thousands will die prematurely over the next few years, dwarfing the Covid numbers. A percentage of these will be young people as well. And that's not counting other serious illnesses and conditions that also had their treatments stopped. The only thing missing from Johnson's lockdown speech was the black cap that he should have been wearing as he knowingly passed a sentence of death on thousands of innocent people. And again to re-iterate Bwitcher's valid point, unless someone can credibly explain how the lockdown made the Covid numbers plummet yet did nothing to another virus transmitted in exactly the same way, then the lockdown's "success"' story is totally blown out of the water.

Again, you're making things up and trying to present them as fact when they aren't. It's already been explained to you multiple times that deaths involving flu, which spreads in EXACTLY the same way haven't been falling for the past few months. So it's clear, that lockdown, masks, distancing etc has not effected the transmission of a virus. Sweden, which has a very different policy to our own has seen the exact same pattern occur with Covid-19 deaths. In fact their deaths have reduced significantly more than ours now. If you 'for one' feel that 1 death is too many then you are advocating a lockdown for life.

Well done to Andrew Dalby https://newcastle-speedway.co.uk/diamonds-recognise-andrew-dalbys-outstanding-contribution-to-the-club/?fbclid=IwAR2WsYLN2jHeZ3r7A_T9dXA9O_2yAPFv82sqCCxCojQgQoDH3udhakGr71o

Anyone who quits the BSF over a difference of opinion, must have very thin skin. I've had plenty of digs aimed at me over the years, and i couldn't give a monkeys. The forum's purpose is to debate, not to agree with everything someone might say, wether that be positive or negative.

What a wonderfull sunday for Falubaz

Once again, I found your RESPONSE amusing. You're utterly obsessed with Covid and the 'facts' you continually post. Many of these 'facts' are purely your opinion. But you tell us we're not allowed to have an opinion...unless it matches yours of course.

Best Dudek has ridden this season so far still this team still carrying MJJ and Lindback

Go on Dudek. Sublime performance.

Not sure that’s the reason for the all 4 but Laguta should of gone otherwise

Laguta very lucky that Dudek jumped the start.

Yeah something got lost in translation as it was mentioned in the initial reports that he had full movement and sensibility in arms and legs.

Driving through a country is fine. Stopping to refuel and pay by card at the pump is fine. As long you don't stop and socialise.

Oh dear.......yet again, can't discuss, gets the message totally wrong, goes ott and starts to abuse

He had made it onto the centre green at Cowley and announced that he wanted to meet me personally...a surreal moment!

Always reminds me years ago when "Webbo" (whatever happened to him?) and me used to have some right 'ding dongs' on the old Oxford Speedway Forum and when we eventually met up in person we got on like a house on fire! A great bloke.

Certainly! As a matter of interest, how many open meetings did Poole have in their "non League" season? A poster mentions Middlesbrough on the "lost" list but Redcar is in all but name Middlesbrough speedway. I believe the Redcar name is used because the track is situated in Redcar just outside the Middlesbrough boundary and is a nod to the Redcar authorities who allowed the speedway facility there to be built. Certainly another track in Middlesbrough wouldn't be built in opposition to Redcar! Is Iwade speedway still open for practice sessions? My own personal viewpoint on the future of speedway in this Country is that eventually with land prices and poor crowds the sport will continue to decline until the professional League(s) will be down to about 10 teams at the most. Then any other tracks still about will all ride in an amateur, grassroots, low cost League and thats where seeds of growth can appear. Their is an urban myth among many that top level racing is the be all and end all but that isn't the case. Quite often lower level racing can provide more interest than the top level where riders make less mistakes and are too fast to overtake. Speedway in East Anglia is a prime example cause Mildenhall speedway in the 3rd Division more often than not provides better value for money than its two top neighbouring tracks King's Lynn and Ipswich. Indeed Lynn and Ipswich who have long traditions of staging top flight racing have had resurgences after dropping down into 2nd Division racing. Hopefully one day sports venues will have more protection from the government if those in power will ever recognise the importance of having outlets for the population. Venues like Exeter, Cradley, Coventry, Arena Essex to name but a few should have had preservation orders on them ensuring their survival as sports venues.

To see if what he posts on here he'd say to my face? Nothing schoolboy about it at all, just common decency... I've been called a cretin, an idiot & stupid by this bully and the sick comments about the death of my father... But if you want to stick up for the bully and join in with the name calling that's your choice. Just take a look back through his posts to see what an aggressive bully he is to a lot of people

Trouble is there is a lot of repetition on the forum...which I guess many of us are guilty but it can get tedious sometimes especially when some posts come across as patronising and personal in content.

A notoriously negative poster, who hasn't attended a meeting in donkey's years........

A lot of things there you just don't see anymore, Middlesbrough for one, touring foreign teams, riders sharing a fag in the pits and most missed of all, by me, a rider wearing a neckerchief!

You can always dream ov getting to my shape & I can assist if you van handle RUFFLY 70 large 1's a week THJ's paying tho

You've missed the point. I'm assuming the rules will be similar. In which case Vissing doesn't get a Visa because he hasn't reached the Danish Championship Final. Smetana is currently fourth in the 'erzatsz' Czech Championship, and that might be enough. Skorja will be in top 3 of Slovenian Champ (unless something very odd happens) so ought to qualify for a Visa.

Madsen in 14 & 15 with Doyle and then Lindgren. Has to be.

I've said it a lot on here but Miskowiak has a future. He's better on these faster tracks than the tighter ones but he's only young.

I'm suprised Belle Vue isn't behind closed doors, especially with Greater Manchester hovering around the amber mark, regarding bug activity.

In extreme situations such as care homes, yes I agree. However, the number of cases and death toll would have been (and could still be) much, much higher if lockdown wasn't introduced. That is a FACT which you will no doubt try to counter argue once again. As I keep saying, lockdown is a world wide thing so please keep posting that the whole world has got it wrong.

Then there is nothing to discuss. If cases don't lead to hospital admissions/deaths, then there is no crisis.

I didn't do it. Hope it comes in for you though.

Quite decent prospect Kvech mind you I said that about Milik when he was that age

Rain stopped. Think they are hoping to push this through quickly now

Sounds like you and "Webbo" had the balls to meet up

Little chance of that. The days when sports venues were used and appreciated by a large proportion of the population are long gone. With demand for land so high, and houses needed desperately, sport will be one of the last things on any government's mind.

The old boys playing jazz on Charles bridge is my favourite place in the world.

There is no argument... you only have to look at his posts to see the guy is just a bully, he's posted some pretty vile things in reply to me, especially regarding the death of my father. I don't want him replying to or even reading my posts. I've offered to meet him face to face... of course he didn't reply to that!

Correct on both , Tony swales always prepped a very good track - wonder wheel followed by some sort of wire fencing to scatter the shale material evenly . I don't think many tracks were as good.

Cleveland Park was located almost partly under the flyover on the south side of the water . I remember as a child seeing on a few occasions car's pulling up on the exit of the flyover to have a quick watch of a heat or two before the Copper's turned up to move them on lol. If you look for it now it's five-a-side football pitches ( the cage type).

Agree so this meeting keeps the interest to those who are still interested. Can’t believe that someone can be negative about any meeting this year. And I do think it’s a great idea giving the 250 boys a go as part of the teams. Youngest is 12 oldest 13 got to be a positive

Artem yes, Grigory absolutely not. One of the most exciting riders in the league.

Over the last two decades I would venture (without doing too much research) that we’ve lost a lot more tracks than we’ve gained. Due to a variety of reasons, opening a track now is a lot harder than it was in the past. Noise concerns, lack of interest from fans, Speedway being a black hole for money being just three. Opening a new Speedway track ultimately is more trouble than it is worth. That isn’t cynicism, I wish it was. But it’s realism. Blind positivity helps nobody in the same way that criticising for criticism’s sake helps nobody. What is becoming ever more apparent on this forum recently to my mind is that more and more fans are growing disillusioned with the way the sport is run here. But change seems to be a long way away, or non-existent. Supporters are customers. They don’t owe the promoters a thing. It is the promoter’s job (and business) to get numbers through the turnstiles. If those numbers are dropping off then they aren’t doing their job properly. If a promoter can’t promote then why do they deserve for supporters to support them?

Age has no bearing on when a rider reaches their peak. Holder seems a different rider this year so far but whether he can keep it up remains to be seen. I think Lambert is the better rider now and has the higher ceiling potentially but he needs to get his starts sorted out to mix it on the GP stage. I half expect us to be on the cusp of a Zmarzlik era however, and for any other rider to get much change out of him could be tricky.

Am sure The Toxic Takeaway used to be the Hong Kong Chineese Carry Out on Deleval Road in Forest Hall... never been for years but it wasnt bad back in the day... and I still don't know how it become to be called the toxic takeaway... if its the same spot... Regards THJ

That was flippin' awesome. Loved every second and well done Lublin.

He peaked in 1988 and then joined Cradley!!!

Probably in response to Shovler.IMO

I've never liked the GP's, but this is probably an age thing. I miss the excitement and drama of a one off world final. Lady luck sometimes played a massive part on the outcome. GP's can never replicate that.

Ivan is IMO the greatest rider of all time with Hans a close second both would have dominated the series at the respective times of their career's .I still think that Ivan set the bar for all those that have come after him his influence was nothing but positive in attitude ,machinery ,personal well being and team player (when it suited ) .

But they still interact with people who come and go from the prison. So your point of an extreme lockdown is nonsense because it is no such thing.

Got to make sense to run in Poland this year and have it at nss next year with tickets being valid

Top 5- he will be be top 3 - no problems