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Thats something you are all but guaranteed at Scunny and something that could be argued is the biggest success of all

Switch it to the Arlington raceway Eastbourne. Be lovely to see the Poles have a complete and utter meltdown..

Is that relevant when the post you are replying to is comparing Cardiff to the NSS?

Brilliant coverage, but OMG ! The commentary was absolutely horrendous Well done Redcar for putting this on, can’t be easy with so many heats

AT least 40,000 people think you are wrong.

Judging by the reaction of the owner/promoter to the questions posed by the speedway star reporter I'd say there's every right to be very concerned indeed

I doubt if they would have a meltdown, they've come a long way since the fence scraping antics of the young touring teams of the 70s and 80s

Are any teams running if No crowds are allowed in.!!!!!!

Kenny 5 laps fearon remember the night a certain scotish referee came out the box in front of a full grandstand to have a go at him as he had left a marker on the track then banned him from rest of meeting, respect for kenny for not knocking him flat on his back.RIP an unsong " comets" hero.

Just want to say a big thumbs up to Laurence for keeping this going. It may only be 3 teams but it keeps the league alive when it looked like it was dead. It will be 10 years in June since the MDL (MSDL) launched.

BIRMINGHAM 2ND HALVES 2021 JUNE Weds 2 Bulls challenge … Butcher’s Bulls v Davies’s Dragons CHALL Weds 9 Birmingham v Wolverhampton MSDL A FIXTURE Weds 16 BULLS GP ROUND 1 Weds 30 BULLS GP ROUND 2 JULY Weds 7 BULLS v Redcar NJL Shield Fri 9 Redcar v BULLS NJL Shield Weds 14 BULLS GP ROUND 3 Weds 21 Birmingham v Wolverhampton MSDL B FIXTURE Weds 28 Birmingham v Eastbourne MSDL A FIXTURE AUGUST Mon 2 Wolverhampton v Birmingham MSDL A FIXTURE Weds 4 RESERVED Sat 7 Eastbourne v Birmingham MSDL B FIXTURE Weds 11 BULLS GP FINAL Weds 18 BULLS v Berwick NJL Shield Weds 25 RESERVED Mon 30 Wolverhampton v Birmingham MSDL B FIXTURE SEPT Weds 1 Birmingham v Eastbourne MSDL B FIXTURE

Here is a link to a TV report about the recently crowned New Zealand solo speedway champion BEN WHALLEY https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/motorsport/record-breaking-christchurch-teen-looking-revive-regions-proud-motorsport-history

2021 MSDL The 2021 MIDLANDS + SOUTHERN DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE will consist of three clubs meeting each other home and away twice. Coming to the tapes are the reigning champions Birmingham , who won the title in 2019. Joining them in 2021 will be Eastbourne and Wolverhampton. Each track will also be staging their own second halves as well with Wolverhampton also having a side in the new Premiership Junior League. They are organizing their MSDL side in conjunction with Birmingham . League co-ordinator Laurence Rogers is pleased that the league will be back in a shortened 2021 campaign, “ I was determined that the league would continue . It is a vital part of British Speedway along with the Northern Junior League giving young riders their first taste of league racing and being in a team as a stepping -stone like so many before them into the higher leagues.” “We have unfortunately lost the nomadic teams under new rules which is a great pity but once the pandemic is over and those clubs can continue their search for land for their tracks we can then hopefully welcome them back.” “ A big thank you to Ian Jordan at Eastbourne and Chris Van Straaten at Wolverhampton for ensuring this league can continue by agreeing to enter sides. With an excess of riders wanting to ride for Birmingham we are assisting our West Midlands neighbours with their team building.” “At Birmingham we plan to run a 2nd half every meeting and in addition to the MSDL we have agreed a three club experimental NJL Shield with Redcar and Berwick involving all three cc classes (125, 250 and 500) . We are also involving the Birmingham and Wolverhampton squad members split into 3 groups of 4 riders who will contest 2 Grand Prix type rounds each with the top 8 contesting a Final. We will also have demo races involving 125 and 250cc youngsters“ “Eastbourne also plan other events as do Wolverhampton so there should be plenty of track action for the up and coming riders.” JUNE Weds 9 Birmingham v Wolverhampton A FIXTURE Sat 19 Eastbourne v Birmingham A FIXTURE Mon 21 Wolverhampton v Eastbourne A FIXTURE JULY Sun 4 Eastbourne v Wolverhampton A FIXTURE Weds 21 Birmingham v Wolverhampton B FIXTURE Weds 28 Birmingham v Eastbourne A FIXTURE AUGUST Mon 2 Wolverhampton v Birmingham A FIXTURE Sat 7 Eastbourne v Birmingham B FIXTURE Mon 9 Wolverhampton v Eastbourne B FIXTURE Mon 30 Wolverhampton v Birmingham B FIXTURE SEPT Weds 1 Birmingham v Eastbourne B FIXTURE Sat 4 Eastbourne v Wolverhampton B FIXTURE Dependent on fixture dates Birmingham will stage a MSDL Riders' Final with 8 riders over 8 heats with top 2 averaged riders from the 3 clubs and 2 wild cards.

I thought there were a few positives and a few negatives, but for a first attempt it wasn't too bad overall. The camera work was good, just a few hic-cups early doors, although a second camera showing the start and finish line side on would be nice, rather than just a head-on camera angle. There appeared to be a few glitches with the on screen graphics, the graphics themselves were good, just bits of information missing (points scored under the name of the rider during heat line-ups), which shouldn't be to difficult to sort out. Roy & Paul doing the commentary seamed to get carried away with themselves at times, and overlooked the one thing commentators are meant to do, keep the viewer at home up to date with the match details. It wasn't a normal individual meeting that we are all familiar with, 16 riders, 20 heats. It was 2 groups of 14 riders (A & B groups), with the top 4 from each group going into a semi final made up of 2 from group A and 2 from group B, which wasn't explained during the qualifying heats, so the viewer at home needed the help of the commentators to make sense of the race details. At first I thought they didn't have a screen to see what the viewers at home were seeing, forth coming Heat details, Heat results, Leaderboard, and occasional scrolling list of club sponsors (nice touch) etc, as they just seamed to be ignoring what was on screen and having there own conversation, It wasn't until just before the semi-finals that Roy & Paul finally used the details being presented on screen as a reference point to the conversation to inform the viewer. From what I could see, the Redcar promotion team seam to have gone to a lot of time and effort to get the various elements of a live broadcast right, the camera work, on screen presentation (graphics) and a commentary team , once they get these elements working together as one unit, they will have a very good product. It's a learning curve for all involved, and it was a very good effort for a first attempt.

They definitley might be.

Granted that Belle Vue is a great race-track, but:- How many Pubs/Clubs/Restaurants are within walking distance of Belle Vue? How many Hotels are within walking distance of Belle Vue? How many fast food outlets are within walking distance of Belle Vue? How many Shopping Malls are within walking distance of Belle Vue? How many vast pedestrian areas are within walking distance of Belle Vue? How many Castles and other tourist attractions are within walking distance of Belle Vue? How much cheap University accommodation is available within walking distance of Belle Vue? They all add up to a great weekend's experience.

Two weeks tonight!

Looks likely to me Hopefully an announcement will be forthcoming shortly as the Somerset fans deserve that at the very least

I was in the area on Thursday and went to have a nosey. I drove past and saw the land around the arena was being ripped up. The arena is still there but if speedway was to continue i don't know where the parking would be. Also sign's for the clubhouse have been taken down. I think this is the end for Somerset speedway and the reason of the uncertainty of covid was just a cover. Saying that if you were in the Hancocks shoes and offered big bucks for the land what would you do?

That is true. But unfortunately I personally cannot support "ghost teams". The BSPA finally ran out of patience with them and when Cradley closed shop it finally gave them the excuse to remove that thorn from their side. Ghost Teams are run by enthusiasts that can't be denied. BUT there is a distinct difference between those that genuinely are seeking to bring back speedway to towns and those that are using a name from the past to play fantasy speedway without any intent of putting their money where their mouths are. Without naming names a very successful "club" in the early years of the MDL gave it large how they wanted to bring back speedway to the area. I told them how the owner of a certain greyhound circuit within a racecource was a motorsports fan and they should approach him. Said fantasy club were not interested. Enough said.

Maybe bill can make alot more money selling the land instead of losing money running speedway. Having known the family for a long time, I say good luck to them which ever way they go.

Indeed, it is the flipside of £10 flights, which are another feature of dynamic pricing.

And it is only 3 because of some air brained reason that clubs like reading,Weymouth,Milton Keynes, and others are not allowed to join because they don't have a track of their own.

That's true but it doesn't matter any way as there will not be anyone willing to take a big gamble on running speedway there, this year or in the future IMO.

Unless I have missed it this meeting is not on the fixtures list, so the answer is presumably no.

Give it to Barry Bishop on the Island on a weekend in August. That would be a show. Now a COMPLETELY neutral venue and a fantastic place for fans to visit for a weekend or longer.

I think there is a good chance they will avoid wooden spoon. Newcastle look worse, unsure about Redcar's replacements. Also Plymouth have a look of uncertainty about them. Don't know too much about the bottom four, and unlikely that the top two will score their starting averages. I will settle for some good racing.

Maciej Janowski, Bartosz Zmarzlik and Krzysztof Kasprzak are sure to start in the final, and they were seeded as participants of the Grand Prix series. Łódź - April 22, 2021 1. Norbert Kościuch KŻ Orzeł Łódź 2. Oskar Polis TS RAILWAYER OPOLE 3. Piotr Pióro KŻ Orzeł Łódź 4. Lars Skupień PSŻ Poznań 5. Oskar Fajfer GTM START Gniezno 6. Adrian Cyfer TŻ OSTROVIA SA 7. Krzysztof Buczkowski Speedway Lublin SA 8. Sebastian Szostak TŻ OSTROVIA SA 9. Pawel Przedpełski KS Toruń SA 10. Krystian Pieszczek GKŻ Wybrzeże Gdańsk 11. Adrian Miedziński KS Toruń SA 12. Mateusz Świdnicki Włókniarz Czestochowa SA 13. Wiktor Jasiński Stal Gorzów SA 14. Piotr Pawlicki Unia Leszno SSA 15. Rafał Karczmarz Stal Gorzów SA 16. R1. Kacper Łobodziński GKM Grudziądz SA R2. Alan Szczotka GKŻ Wybrzeże Gdańsk PROMOTION TO THE SEMI-FINAL 8 + 1 RESERVE PLAYER Bydgoszcz - April 22, 2021 1. Grzegorz Zengota ŻKS Polonia Bydgoszcz SA 2. Tomasz Orwat TS RAILWAYER OPOLE 3. Adrian Gała ŻKS Polonia Bydgoszcz SA 4. Kamil Brzozowski TS RAILWAYER OPOLE 5. Piotr Protasiewicz ZKŻ SSA Zielona Góra 6. Gleb Chugunov WTS SA Wrocław 7. Barłomiej Kowalski Włókniarz Częstochowa SA 8. Damian Pawliczak ZKŻ SSA Zielona Góra 9. Tomasz Gapiński TŻ OSTROVIA SA 10. Szymon Woźniak Stal Gorzów SA 11. Jakub Krawczyk TŻ OSTROVIA SA 12. Piotr Gryszpiński GKŻ Wybrzeże Gdańsk 13. Mateusz Bartkowiak GKM Grudziądz SA 14. Jarosław Hampel Speedway Lublin SA 15. Norbert Krakowiak GKM Grudziądz SA 16. Robert Chmiel PSŻ Poznań R1. Jakub Poczta TŻ OSTROVIA SA R2. Denis Zieliński GKM Grudziądz SA PROMOTION TO THE SEMI-FINAL 8 + 1 RESERVE PLAYER Rawicz - April 22, 2021 1. Damian Baliński Unia Leszno SSA 2. Szymon Szlauderbach Unia Leszno SSA 3. Michał Gruchalski GKŻ Wybrzeże Gdańsk 4. Damian Dróżdż Unia Leszno SSA 5. Patryk Dudek ZKŻ SSA Zielona Góra 6. Jakub Miśkowiak Włókniarz Częstochowa SA 7. Fabian Ragus ZKŻ SSA Zielona Góra 8. Marcin Nowak KŻ Orzeł Łódź 9. Bartosz Smektała Włókniarz Częstochowa SA 10. Daniel Kaczmarek TŻ OSTROVIA SA 11. Tobiasz Musielak KS Toruń SA 12. Grzegorz Walasek TŻ OSTROVIA SA 13. Kacper Gomólski KS ROW Rybnik SA 14. Mirosław Jabłoński GTM START Gniezno 15. Przemysław Pawlicki GKM Grudziądz SA 16. Kevin Fajfer GTM START Gniezno R1. Jakub Osyczka ZKŻ SSA Zielona Góra R2. Kacper Grzelak TŻ OSTROVIA SA Promotion to the semi-finals 8 + 1 reserve player Rzeszów - May 13, 2021 1. Patryk Rolnicki RzTŻ Rzeszów 2. Janusz Kołodziej Union Leszno SSA 3. Dawid Stachyra RzTŻ Rzeszów 4. Hubert Łęgowik RzTŻ Rzeszów 5. Viktor Trofymov KS ROW Rybnik SA 6. Mateusz Cierniak Speedway Lublin SA 7. Kacper Woryna Włókniarz Czestochowa SA 8. Wiktor Lampart Speedway Lublin SA 9. Daniel Jeleniewski Wilki Krosno SA 10. Jakub Jamróg GKŻ Wybrzeże Gdańsk 11. Patryk Wojdyło Wilki Krosno SA 12. Mateusz Szczepaniak Wilki Krosno SA 13. Ernest Koza Unia Tarnów ŻSSA 14. Mateusz Tonder ZKŻ SSA Zielona Góra 15. Oskar Bober Unia Tarnów ŻSSA 16. Artur Mroczka Unia Tarnów ŻSSA R1. Przemysław Konieczny Unia Tarnów ŻSSA R2. Dawid Rempała Unia Tarnów ŻSSA PROMOTION TO THE SEMI-FINAL 8 + 1 RESERVE

Neither is Cardiff or Warsaw etc at the end of the day money talks if bsi wants something

Scunthorpe thread

As they don’t have a promoter or hold a track licence , how do you think this will happen ?

Would be a great venue though.

BIRMINGHAM 2ND HALVES 2021 JUNE Weds 2 Bulls challenge … Butcher’s Bulls v Davies’s Dragons CHALL Weds 9 Birmingham v Wolverhampton MSDL A FIXTURE Weds 16 BULLS GP ROUND 1 Weds 30 BULLS GP ROUND 2 JULY Weds 7 BULLS v Redcar NJL Shield Fri 9 Redcar v BULLS NJL Shield Weds 14 BULLS GP ROUND 3 Weds 21 Birmingham v Wolverhampton MSDL B FIXTURE Weds 28 Birmingham v Eastbourne MSDL A FIXTURE AUGUST Mon 2 Wolverhampton v Birmingham MSDL A FIXTURE Weds 4 RESERVED Sat 7 Eastbourne v Birmingham MSDL B FIXTURE Weds 11 BULLS GP FINAL Weds 18 BULLS v Berwick NJL Shield Weds 25 RESERVED Mon 30 Wolverhampton v Birmingham MSDL B FIXTURE SEPT Weds 1 Birmingham v Eastbourne MSDL B FIXTURE

I agree, I'd understand if the choice is Bjarne Petersen vs James Sarjeant, but if it's Kasper Andersen vs Connor Mountain, why pay for flights for a rider who is maybe 0.2 stronger than a Brit!

It's there and waiting...

So why not Bradford?

Doesn't always happen as we know, but all referees should be strong enough to move the meeting along at a sensible pace, do think the CL matches should run smoother with less re runs etc with the level being a bit higher (hopefully anyway). Len certainly stoked the fire, but Connor Dugard was certainly not averse to throwing fuel on it, especially for a 'new' team manager. Those years in the NL at the higher level at that time were pretty exciting though one way or another, curfew shenanigans or not.

Bet David Bellamy and the bsi lads are gutted

This is looking more and more like a Polish series as we had last year the longer time goes on

What about a Bradford gp ?

The Poles have already done that.

Not only was the tweet/FB post very insensitive to Kenny Carter's wife's family but it damages Speedway's reputation and I think gives insight into why the sport is in such a bad way: Insular, amateurish, hostile to change and resistant to modern culture/values. I remember taking some friends to the open night of the London Lions because I thought they might like Speedway. There was nowhere to stand and so we stood on the grass banking that Hackney fans had stood on for years. The police were called to have us removed from the stadium. We asked for a refund at the office. The office staff called Colin Pratt over who told us to f*ck off. My friends didn't attend speedway again. Another occasion on which Speedway has embarrassed me. The post from Speedway GB was shocking and hopefully none of the family saw it

A tad sentimental here. A potentially good race has just been reinstalled, but it doesn't have SCB let alone FIM approval. The spectator facilities at Odsal are also sadly a decaying wreck (crumbling terracing) if my last visit a couple of years ago for rugby league is anything to go by. Odsal needs massive investment to bring it back into the modern age. One of the reasons for the return of the stock cars is that neither the city council, the RFL or Bradford Bulls are willing to fund that investment.

Superb opportunity for Odsal Speedway resumption this year now Cardiff has been cancelled, bring it on.