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Firstly thoughts with Jordan. Looked an absolute shocker. This was my first and probably last time at Birmingham tonight. Having moved to the city at the end of 2019 I was pretty excited to have a track on my doorstep again having not had a local track since Reading - plus Wolves and Leicester not too far away… but I won’t be back! An utter shambles with 5.5 hours to prepare the track, yet as 7.30 rolled around there was a lot of standing around and not a lot of track work…. Absolute contempt for the paying customers. Not sure what happened there but it’s unacceptable - before anyone accuses me of being a ‘keyboard warrior’ and praising the promotion… I’m a paying customer and I didn’t pay to stand around for over an hour listening to music that is older than me whilst being told we’ll be underway shortly again and again. Speedway in the UK just doesn’t get it. As a mid 30s fan of almost 24 years with disposable income I’m exactly the type of fan Speedway should be trying to attract and maintain. But there is very little thought for the fans and nothing to attract newbies to stay. I was planning on attending at least 2 meetings a week across Brum, Wolves and Leicester. But having endured Wolves opening abandonment, Birmingham tonight and a very slow delayed first Lion Cubs meeting I think I’m finally done… there are better things to waste my time and money on I’m afraid. The sport needs an absolute revolution in this country to drag it kicking and screaming into this century.

I think that questions need to be asked of the Birmingham promotion after this meeting. To say that they could only get to work on the track at 5 hours before the start time seems like a very feeble excuse for starting the meeting over an hour late. I did see the that they were also delayed the start as well to get supporters who were still queuing to get into the stadium as well, but Birmingham really do need to get their act together otherwise they could see fans walking away from the sport if they are not careful. And for me it is only fair that the result should stand.

And so they staged a crash after heat 10 had started - grow up and be sensible

What a joke Birmingham speedway are

Remember, Ian, Woffy wanted to train GB youngsters in GB but was told to go away. Well, he is doing that in Poland but on a one to one basis. He took Robert Lambert under his wing, taught him on machine prep, training the body, nutrients etc and look at Rob now where he is. And he doing the same with Dan. Lent Dan his bikes or engines tail end of last year, this years started off more then fine for Dan. If he has been sticking to fitness plan and nutrition plan that’s probably Dan looks a man on the machine rather then a boy.

He may be 42, but he has always seemed to have a high fitness level. So I wouldn't have thought so!

Colin over Craig every single day of the week...

Oh dear, that doesn't bode well for Newcastle. They have a similar arrangement, with the stadium owners, on a Sunday. Oh and Roynon as new track curator.

Having been to Belle Vue on Friday for a very well run Colts and BYC meeting I agree - not all tracks are bad! If I were a ‘good’ promoter with a well run track I’d be having a word with these ‘poor’ promoters as every farce has an impact on the image of the whole sport and visiting attendances… am I going to try and talk my partner into going to Plymouth now when we are down in Devon after a couple of shambles elsewhere… probably not as their perception is it’s gonna be crap and it’s too much of a risk to waste an evening of holiday. It’s a lose lose for the sport I’m afraid.

Feeling really sorry for all the Redcar fans whose long journey has been totally wasted. I'm sure that the Brummies will have a Just Giving web page set up to raise funds for the unexpected refunds... It seems to be the way that things get financed there these days. I took a walk to the stadium this evening, but my heart sank when I saw the farce outside the stadium. Given that the weather forecast was for rain showers, with one thing and another I just gave up and went back home again. It makes you wonder how many of those who persevered and paid to get in will ever want to go again. "Elite Sport" they call this??? What a joke.

I'll work on it Warmest day this year,what could possibly go wrong? Wish the fella Jordan Stewart all the best for a rapid recovery

Absolutely agree. I was following on speedway updates and commented that the delay was unacceptable and was told my comment was unnecessary and I should be grateful something was happening (at the time nothing was).

I gave up with it after watching Lee Richardson lose his life in 2012 but still try to take an interest,but it's sadly waning I'd like to ask those devoted supporters who attended this evening why should I attend again? Good to see you posting on here again Deano

55 races at Frittenden last Sunday for £15. Excellent value for money.

Although heat 10 wasn't completed the result should stand because of the Birmingham managements incompetent track prep. The meeting should never have started an hour late with a 10pm curfew in place. One bad accident and the meeting won't finish as was proved. Either start on time or 8pm at the latest or call it off. All the away fans should get a refund! British speedway is a joke. I don't think it's worth the effort and money to attend anymore. I give up!

Delays have been the curse of British speedway for years. As my mate once said to me. ' the problem with speedway is, far too many things can go wrong'. It's hard to argue with that.

I don't think Speedway should go down the 'adopt a trendy cause month'. Other sports feel compelled to display how virtuous they are, kneel for this, stand for that, wave for the other etc. Where does it end? Colour blind awareness month (No red, green lights) Left, Right, history month, where riders ride clockwise, then anticlockwise in alternate heats. Empathy for loosers month, where the rider finishing last gets four points? Enough of this wokery.

I notice there is a banger/stock car track, The Mendips Raceway, Somerset. Could the track ever be used for speedway? Sometimes a joint operation with bangers and speedway do not work, Skegness as an example.

The wolves kerbs are 50mm above the track as per the rule book states. So nothing out of spec.

I’m a Ipswich fan but took in the Peterborough meeting as a neutral. And pedersen was on the pace and giving his in every lap of every race. to be fair to him he is not a number one but is the highest average rider. it annoys me when people judge riders on the scores on updates when they haven’t seen the meeting. and normally the poster hasn’t been to a live meeting for years.

For me this season Bewley looks like a man on a bike where in the past he's looked like a boy on a bike. Whether that's natural growth, the result of a training programme or my imagination I don't know.

Unfortunately many fans may feel the same way and "leave it". Much better would have been for the promoters to charge an additional £4 (adult) which more than likely would have been more acceptable and thus create a higher attendance.

Think your right about Lawson was pencilled in for Riss before he changed his mind. I wonder if Lawson was then ready to replace Proctor after his poor start.But then the untimely departure of Cook left Lynn with no alternative but to replace Cook with Lawson. Now though Lynn have to go in search of a 7pt rider to replace Proctor before they start losing fans through the gate.

You'll need more than a couple of cooks to stir up the witches cauldron - wooden spoon beckons.

To put this in context. Pedersen scored 18 at Scunthorpe, 9+1 at Belle Vue, 0 at Peterborough and 11 at Plymouth. I do not know what went wrong at Peterborough but the rest of the scores are very good

Can`t help feeling the Kings let slip their ONE chance of an AWAY win this year! On the plus side...six Kings won a heat and young Gilkes is looking a real diamond. Sure lot of the crowd turned up to see Crump....but doubt he would have done as well as King? Looking forward to the Kings first home meeting (at last!!!!!)

Yet another example which dispels the saying 'if only the promoter had owned the track, they would still be running'!

So I attended Perry Barr tonight with 4 new supporters, oh dear, don't think any of us will be going again, absolutely shocking.

Because the Brummies are in the Minority of clubs that are currently ran badly. I’ve been up to Edinburgh, Redcar and Bell Vue this year and they have all been great meetings. At those clubs you can actively see the promoters trying to move with the times and put on a show that in my opinion is worth the money to watch the sport we all love. It’s really not all doom a gloom and I realise not everyone can travel to other tracks often but even it’s only now and again I’d urge anyone to take a trip to any club in the country bar the Brummies and Kings Lynn at the moment. Plenty of positive to shout about this year already it’s a shame it’s so easy for people to just focus on the negatives.

Thanks mate. I’ve bought tonight’s and the next two admission tickets in advance. I’ve missed my speedway. That and the fact we spent an age getting permission to run in 2007 are my only reasons for going at the moment. It would be great to see you at PB again.

doubt bears have got a big enough brown paper bag

Stop trying to be sensible!!!

So meeting has to be re-run because 10 races not completed, meeting abandoned at about 9:50pm. Grobauer has been excluded so 3 riders only in heat 10, had it been run best Brummies could have got (barring something unusual) was a 3-3 which would have left the Bears with an 8 point lead. Very harsh on the Bears to have to do it all again ( any idea when it could be fitted in?) through no fault of their own. I seem to remember Glasgow being awarded a 4 point away win at Redcar when the meeting was abandoned after Heat 9 in 2017.

it is if you watch bbc or itv

Is there a time limit on the parking at the OneStop these days?

That's us out then v Edinburgh on Friday & Sunday

Indeed. Wish I could be more helpful.

All details and match report here. https://plymouth-speedway.com/gladiators-draw-in-last-heat-decider/

Nss is a fair track,,, but you need to be on the fastest bit,,, you can make passes inside or outside as meeting goes on. I don't think we have enough riders that can read the track,,, which is why they kept getting passed on the same bit of track on Monday. I think we will get stuffed,, a good guest may help with the amount of bum cream they will need to use. If I'm wrong please feel free to tell me after the meeting

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Yes Berwick won the cup in 89 beating Poole in the Final. 1990 Poole got there revenge beating us in the cup with a 100-90 aggregate win. 1991 we met again in Division 1 with Berwick winning 50-40 at Berrington Lough and 47-43 at Wimborne Road.

2 matches , nine rides , no exclusions.....so far, better than some.

I'd just looked at the line-up's and thought exactly the same, he used to drive me banana's in his Coventry days.

And a competitive number seven.

I reckon Crump will be gutted to be missing this and the Witches will miss him too 20 point+ home win with a real risk of another mega mauling for the Witches unfortunately

Do you genuinely think Ipswich look worse than Lynn

I'd be very happy with both...

Thanks, I'm definitely going to support this initiative. I hope it proves profitable for the Tigers and continues after the lockdown. I don't get to see live speedway since the demise of Weymouth as I can't attend weekdays. My only live speedway in recent years apart from Cardiff was weekend breaks in Eastbourne, but now due to the popularity of staycations, availablity of accommodation is limited & expensive. I might even become a Tigers fan if I can watch them every week

Throw Berwick into that mix too. That said with enough non scorers in reserve race one of them has to take the win... Clouting needs a bit of confidence to get himself going but there are big gaps between meetings that may prevent that from happening.

Absolutely right! Having watched -- live or streamed -- several NDL matches already, I agree that the reduction in points limit hasn't harmed the product in the slightest. I have to submit that there has been a very big miscalculation made on that score by our offshore friends........