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In case of Kasper its the guaranteed income from Berwick who are staging regular meetings v the uncertainty at Kent who have cancelled next 2 home matches which like other Clubs may indicate struggling to make Racing with reduced Crowds pay. Seems like Kent like a few others are praying for unrestricted crowds from 19th July. Josh had a massive off, may not be back for weeks and concussion is the hardest one to call and the most dangerous one to risk, so he's wise to wait until he feels able to commit.

Jakub Miskowiak was in the semi-final of the extraliga riders championship last weekend. Seems to be making good progress.

Still a better contribution than GAH and Diamondboy

If the water bowser was full of drink and John ran along after it,,, the track would still be dry.

The period in which Jonathan Chapman was around was also excellent. The club has never recovered from him moving on & with each passing year there's a noticeable decline. Unfortunately for King's Lynn, there's nothing that can be done. It's just not a financially viable project for anyone unless you have £m's to burn. It's simply now put up with it or find something else to do for fans

Obviously Leon will have to give up his National League duties with the Berwick Bullets but this is a great opportunity for him. Big step up but this should make him a better rider and be a positive step towards his career.

In the original days the national league I think most of the riders had jobs outside of speedway, most of the teams were almost all British, Arena Essex in 1990 had Martin Goodwin, Rob Tilbury, Troy Pratt, Wayne Garrett rip, Kevin Brice, Simon Wolstenholme and Adrian Stevens, no one doubling up or down, none of those riders rode for anyone else anywhere bar a rare guest appearance. those days are long gone and the current practice of doubling up is not sustainable. should be one biggish league next season, time to start giving the youth a better chance to ride more frequently and on a greater variety of tracks.

Agree. Good luck to the lad that he has made to progress in the sport. He has now turned his back on a level where he was averaging nearly 11.4(scoring 13-15 points per meeting) earning maybe £350-£400 as heat leader to move to a level where he might score 2-3 points earning £150. It just shows, for some riders, it is not about the pay day but a willingness to progress to another level.

I have to say that Ty's comment to the extent that he was trying to do a full time job and ride for two clubs, a bit surprising. I know it depends a lot on the full time job, but just riding for two clubs alone must get hectic at times. I have rated Ty in the past but his all round performance for Leicester this season has been very disappointing. I left Brough Park on Sunday very angry indeed and was 99% certain then that we'd seen Ty's last race for Leicester (for now at least). I wish him the very best. He can be good enough to make a very positive contribution to any club. But right now, Leicester need a second string that can score a solid 5 or 6, especially when running RR for Josh Bates. The twins have really stepped up of late, especially Dan. But we have to remember they are still only 17 with limited experience. It's not fair to rely on them to compensate for two low scoring second strings. If the team sort out those 2 and 4 positions, they'll be a match for any team, home or away.

Ulrich was carrying an arm injury so clearly didn’t want to go in heat 15 as he doesn’t normally turn down rides. I spoke to him before and after the meeting and he stated it was painful, so fair play to him. Again excellent team managing by Rob Lyon, really impressed with his style of doing things and a lot of what he does isn’t seen by most of the supporters.

He would have if he'd been riding for us..;-)

Good signing and great to see him racing in the top league, not sure there was too much more he could learn in the NL really.

Yes quite simple if you think about it. F1 and Moto GP are awash with money and can afford to run the events without spectators or limited fans and have a full programme to fit in, whereas Speedway GP is not awash with money nor are the tracks putting the GP`s on and therefore need 100% crowd level to be able to stage them. Plus with double events over a weekend 11 GP`s can be fitted in in a few months if necessary.

and welcome back Peter Karlsson - :-)

It is with great sadness that I share with you Jack Geran’s peaceful passing. The family were with him Father’s Day and yesterday his daughter Sarah and granddaughter (me) were with him all day. Just as in speedway he was a favourite and much loved part of Ivydene residential home. Under the circumstances we have decided not to have a service for Dad. Instead we will hold a memorial in the future. Which we will keep you informed. Jack would want you all to enjoy the sunshine today and a cold beer. Thank you for all you support over these past few years. From the Geran family. SOURCE: World Speedway Riders Assoc....Facebook.

Walker Heathen.

Anyway looks like the job is knackered with England winning tonight as their next match.is Tuesday at 17.00 hours... That will be a big test of crowd loyalty down there I would say... Regards THJ

& That's not me by the way I prefer brown ale on my cereal

Yes... you'll have to be up bright and early for nursery in the morning, wont you?

Getting back to the rational. Can anyone tell my what is the reason for Wolves fielding so many foreign riders. I'm interested to know what the die hard fans think of this while they sit with their feet up on a Monday evening.

Sorry- missed that.

To be honest I would have liked someone like Max Clegg to have replaced him. Would have benefitted him riding a bigger track in the NDL and technical track in the CL to further his progress

All

So sorry to hear that. My condolences to you and all the family.

Certainly all does not seem well at KL. I have to say and have said for a long time that despite the dramatic cosmetic changes to the Stadium the whole experience on race days was IMO a whole lot better in the days of Cyril Crane and the Littlechilds.

Harris at reserve would be ridiculous. It would be unfair on the other teams.

If he is scoring double figures in meetings & getting extra rides from reserve then he is already facing tougher opposition.

Smederna have confirmed RR for Gleb.

Not anymore.

He's stood down from Kings Lynn as well.

If the rising star scheme is to be anything like the principle of what it is meant to be then this is who it's for - Leon and the like

I like the effort Palin is putting in and he has speed..but I can't help thinking B.Vue are going to reap the rewards of him spending a season at reserve for us..which kind of makes a mockery of the rising star thing...if he is not going to stay at the club. It's like doing an apprenticeship and then leaving the company once your qualified..the company gains nothing in that case.

Lukes like it

Must admit, a was very surprised that it took for ages for him to get a team place like.

Lack of communication with fans is another sin of Swedish promoters. Why on earth they always have to keep secret of using RR?

Season pass holder and streamed Glasgow twice., I'll be there

Well done to Panthers, very pleased for Big Ulle riding with a nasty arm injury sustained at Scunny yesterday - man of steel that lad!

Almost as inevitable as a Bates fall Not a case of luck

Good news from Poland - Wroclaw are allowed a full crowd on Sunday against Lublin.

Do you have any idea how to promote? If it wasn’t for these owners there would be no speedway at Newcastle. Maybe it’s about time people stop slagging them off and getting behind them for a change.

On official website Gobby , sorry Blobby. Even predictive text knows your Gobby.

An excellent reply at one time many teams operated Friday, Saturday and Sunday making it possible to have another income outside speedway. Having foreign riders has stopped that as they ride in Europe of a weekend. So supporters have to watch their side midweek and British riders cant ride as they need another income to make speedway viable. There is something wrong with speedway and it is making it entertaining in a place that is welcoming at time that's suitable and a cost that's reasonable.

No match report or score update on Twitter this week? Twitter admin gone on his holidays or only posts when they win.

Where do Kent go ,now that Andersen has signed for Berwick? How many points have they got to play with? With meetings coming up at Redcar and Poole...they need someone!!!

Don't know how you keep track of all that information. Who checks anyway ? With the vast majority of adults now having had injections, I do not see why we cannot get back to more or less normal life. So many businesses, including Speedway, are suffering needlessly IMO.

You've hit the nail on the head there Pieman72. Take Leicester for example, current league champions (2019), I followed them home and away over a complete season and most fans still haven't seen the league trophy that they paid for to watch them win. If the promotion can't even be bothered to make a big deal about winning the league why would the fans? Look at the homepage of the website... would you know Leicester were league champions... for the first time ever! Last Saturday at home to Redcar... rider parade, all riders come round wearing their helmets, a hard earned home victory with an outstanding match winning performance from Dan Thompson... no victory parade! None of this costs anything to do and is free promotion... and yet it's not done

The forecast was for us to miss the rain but it changed and we received it. Meeting was called off at 11am. 4 hours before the meeting started. Struggling to see what else the club could have done. i've seen Danno was already there which seems incredibly early to arrive for a meeting. When i used to work the back gate signing riders in we didn't let anyone in until gone 12pm for a 3pm start with many riders never turning up until around 2 hours before a meeting earliest normally.

The comments I actually made Phil , Was about coverage the week before at Wolverhampton and the Peterborough coverage was a lot better. I just wish Steve would sort out with his OB provider Cloudbass what is going on with the start line camera as it looks like it’s coming from a 90s mobile phone so blurred and out of focus

I must admit that the TV production didn’t seem as good this week, with on screen graphic errors and some strange camera work and vision mixing showing close up of race leader while a pass is happening behind and lots of crowd shots which made it harder for Nigel and Kelvin to justify the gaps I just wonder if Steve Saint who usually directs British and GP Speedway was away doing WRC this week and that is why production was not as per normal

How good would it be if there was a fully functional speedway track available with a promoter willing to put on regular meetings for the NL riders, rising stars etc to practice against each other & improve their skills. Sure the BSPL would be massively in favour of that seeing as there are so few meetings in the NL.