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Berwick promoters are Gary Flint, Steven Dews and Jamie Courtney. Scott and Jamie are the company directors. Source (Berwick speedway programme).

Well… the good news already with our 3 signings made sure it was a sell out! The place was packed. Leon scooped up all the awards for the senior team other than Bonus Point King which went to Kyle… “Bartosz” Blair scooping up the Bullets glory (and rightly so ) Aaron retiring from speedway but will be carrying on with road racing, motor crossing and will still be there on Saturday nights in the pits… NBJ showed up and pretty much said his mental health had taken an absolute battering.. he was falling behind with his business in Denmark, the renovation of his house with his girlfriend and not scoring over here as he knew he can… it sounded like a goodbye speech but was great to see him there and looking so much happier… Jye was at the Belle Vue End of Season Bash… Jamie confirming things are moving forward positively for 2022… he knows what is happening and will continue to do things as he does! Quite an emotional speech from Flinty when it came to talking about the Bullets and how close they came to winning the title … grass roots speedway truly means so much up here to them.. you can understand why our junior system is so well thought of when you see and listen to the youngsters speak! Ben Rathbone is now our asset! More to come very soon I imagine but a very very positive happy night was had…..

It’s really not complicated. Scott Courtney runs Berwick Jamie Courtney will run Oxford harris has signed for Berwick and has agreed to ride for Oxford when they were planning to run in the premiership Oxford will be championship so Harris will no longer be in the team as he already signed for Berwick

Heard Douglas to Scunthorpe

You would like to think so.But with Speedway you never know

Why not are they at 7 yet.

The silhouettes are Henry Atkins and Alfie bowtell. So don’t be fooled

All correct, but, Jamie Courtney runs Berwick not Scott, Scott took a step back, but is still a co-promoter, as far as I’m aware Jamie is going to be the promoter at Oxford, but will not be putting any money into it, and just representing someone else, for the need to have a BSPA licensed promoter

Les Collins? John Titman?

Those of us who support teams in the second tier have known for ages that it’s the superior league. Adding Oxford will only strengthen that and I am very much looking forward to seeing them at Armadale and also hopefully paying a visit when Edinburgh race there.

No place for Adam Ellis? That's a mistake. Also looks like we've got three reserves in there, which is another mistake.

Well, while my earlier statement of expectation was correct at the time of posting, since then the Premiership - despite crying out for more tracks - have seemingly closed ranks to refuse Oxford admittance to "the club". Thus, despite a wish to come back as a PL circuit, the new Cheetahs will therefore indeed now be welcomed to the "better league". I turn out to be wrong in my earlier post, and apologise. Glad to have a new, vibrant, organisation joing to CL tho.....

And never will whilst their operating model allows any rider to ride for any team at any given time... Unsurprisingly. Zero credibility brings Zero interest from major sponsors... When even winning a title means so little, it will always be a hand to mouth, constantly changing, year on year existence...

I'm assuming this means the Thomson twins Morris and howarth are all staying?

keep it simple - no need for change - 3, 2, 1, 0 is best

The sad thing is that the sport does not excite enough people to turn out and watch it. Why anyone would bother with the hassle of running a club only to look out on race night at a few hundred hardy souls standing watching, is anyone’s guess. On the other side if you want a decent return on the time invested in running a track then you only have to look at bangers and stock cars. A prime example would be the meeting at Kings Lynn on the 31st October. How speedway would like a crowd like that at a meeting. Tinkering around at the edges is not going to work. The sport requires extensive surgery and a long period to build back up. Poland is only going to make life more difficult and with riders able to earn a reasonable living and commute by road to a nearby country for extra club meetings, why bother flying in and out of the U.K. with all the hassle. So whilst training new British talent is essential that in itself does not solve the fundamental problem that the sport simply has little appeal and no serious sponsors at domestic level and is incapable of attracting decent crowds on a weekly basis to watch a league meeting in which you have a pool of riders thrown together under the banner of a club name who the following night are riding for another track/club.

Absolutely !! I mean just watching the video yesterday and hearing Blazeaway, the tingle down the spine at that anyway Was no great fan of Dave Lanning, at least as a speedway tv commentator, and looking back at some of his old speedway star columns, they were a bit painful to read. But I think he was in his element as the stadium announcer. Both the Lanning's added something very much lacking at Plough Lane in the previous years. But the drop down in 1985 I think was a memorable period for me. The local rivalries and the riders we ended up having. Ferreira, Jamie, Stingray, Todd and of course Roger, plus many decent supporting riders I loved it, whilst trying to block out the feel it was all coming to an end, with the closing off of a large part of the stadium. Think looking back with a pooor memory, wasn't there one at least scare that we were closing a season or two before we did ?

All will be revealed in time need to keep the winter interesting no point in releasing the 7 in one go & then its a long boring winter . Starting with early next week Plus it’s always good to read some of the rumours that come out right & wrong ones

Or the second RS rider,,, with no average. All part of the 5 year plan you know.

oh i'll stop now, thought they was more blue

think one could be Ben Barker

How many more red herrings are you throwing out?

Plymouth releasing the other two heat leaders tomoz at 6pm. silhouettes on the Gladiators Facebook page. If anybody can hazard a guess.

Rawicz. Polish 2 Liga. Same team as Masters & Pickering. Some poster said riding on Saturdays.

Absolutely but as a neutral I can't remember anything better than this years Premiership final, the racing in both legs but particularly the BV leg was incredible. They are the two best racetracks in the country IMO, the only thing that leage lacks is variety. It needs eight teams minimum.

Shame, Len gave Kent's air fence to Iwade.

Hope so

The riders introducing themselves from the same meeting

Polish third division I believe

Harris would be the first name on my team sheet from the current Panthers line up..

Dickson confirmed were in the championship next season with JCB giving us a two year sponsorship deal. I could easily see master's coming. Sounds ambitious but masters has said a few years back he loves the track but his wages were abit high for Dave Helmsley.

Esp if want Hume and Cook bro's too! I didn't really follow Championship speedway when Poole were in the Premiership, so any interesting former Leicester riders that could be back for them?

Mountain would have been the my first rider to keep at Newcastle.

Think stewart will pull a few surprises. That team is decent but not strong enough for a title challenge but that's just my opinion.

Certainly not Danny King, he's converted to Piratehism!

Is SGP4 the answer? "The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) and Discovery Sports Events have revealed their vision for the future of Speedway over the next decade. By bringing international Speedway together under one global promoter for the first time, the new vision will build a stronger and more connected international pyramid for the sport – from the grassroots all the way to the pinnacle of Speedway. Important part of this pyramid will be a new international entry-level category SGP4. The new SGP4 category will be introduced in 2023 and is planned to be cost effective with 4-stroke easy to handle engine that will be universal and equal everywhere. The Ambassador Tony Rickardsson is on the mission to develop the SGP4 category." You'd at least hope that the promoters are arranging to meet with Tony Rickardsson. It's not clear what the level of SGP4 "grassroots" is. You'd naturally feel that it's lower than SGP3 which wouldn't be a suitable product for the paying public but if you interpret it as being standard 500cc machinery then it's probably about a National League standard. A stepping stone from youth classes into the professional leagues. A sustainable pyramid is what is required.

Surprised Douglas isn't coming bet he's got a good offer somewhere. Think we need stronger reserves for next season. Would love mountain at the club and he's a title winner with us already.

Riss on a 5.26 average is pretty attractive in fairness.

The only merit in the options is rewarding a finisher over a retirement or exclusion Both those that put 2 points between 1st and 2nd just make heat winners most important so would mean top heavy unbalanced teams being favoured On a balance if any change is worthwhile it would be to 4 3 2 1

Not actually true. I spent 5 years driving a would-be speedway rider around. We had to go half way across the country to get a few rides - there was no or very little coaching - which was very annoying when there was a speedway track only two miles down the road! Too many tracks are in greyhound stadiums which allow speedway only once a week.

It's a very big subject and there is no single thing that can be done to fix everything but to do nothing is not an option. Every owner of a club must be applauded for getting through this season as nobody could realistically have seen Covid coming and nobody knew what the crowd numbers would be like coming out of lockdowns... BUT, I still think much could be done to actually promote the sport which just doesn't seem to be happening at the moment. I can only speak for Leicester, but I live local to the track and you would not know anything was going on in the city as regards to Speedway other than an advert I see on the side of a bus. There's a shopping centre within a few hundred feet of the arena with a massive foot fall, yet I have never seen anything promoting Leicester Speedway in there. Why isn't there a rider and machine displaying there on match day giving away discounted tickets? It's really simple things like this that just aren't being done. Also when were you last attracted to a match to see "rider x"? Since all of the "stars" have left British Speedway I can't recall ever thinking to myself "I must go to the Speedway tonight to see..." whoever, probably the last time I thought that was Darcy Ward in 2015. And now it seems that any star that is produced works their way to the top and then out of the sport in this country. If you're not going to have star riders to attract crowds then all you have are teams and at the moment they just aren't credible. I would be more than happy to watch even weaker teams than we have at the moment as long as they are credible, if that means watering down the league then so be it. The fans should have a voice somewhere, especially regarding the race night experience, if the first you know about fans not being happy is them not attending then it's too late. I could go on... but it's all bee said before.

Hi John Hyam, glad you have resumed posting and hope you are doing well- you are part of speedway history yourself. Keep healthy mate.

Yep, iris123 and have often said on here how they breathed new life into us. What a great spell that was...

How about? 2021 team building rules! Sheffield Jack Holder 8.68 Brady Kurtz 7.35 Josh Pickering.7.06 Kyle Howarth 6.03 Danyon Hume 3.26 Stefan Nielsen 3.11 Dan Thompson 4* Total 35.49

It’s hard to believe anything will change given what has been said over the last few years.Everything seems Rosie in the BSPA.

Lions team news next week (to be drip fed over several weeks no doubt). Reading between the lines, I would imagine that Howard will be retained as he was Dickson’s rider of the season. Whatever the points limit is to be for team building, I can see 2 of the top 4 not returning. Someone on here will know a lot more and no doubt inform us!

Unfortunately it was a fake account masquerading as the main account. Fell for it myself!

He has been loyal to you since 2016. The lad deserves the break and to progress his career as far as possible. Imagine you were working in an organisation who's business plan was running that organisation to the point of bankruptcy while paying you less than you could earn elsewhere and also restricting your development because you weren't working with the best in the industry. If the opportunity came up for you to move somewhere that were forward thinking, paying better wages while also offering more development would you stay under some misguided sense of loyalty? I wish Dan all the best hopefully he'll be back one day but that is really down to the BSPL to sort the mess out.

Not going to happen. 90% of fans want regular meaningful ‘ league ‘ matches not made up consolation matches. Peter Craven shield being a prime example, lasted one year ! Your simply making up competitions to fill dates in and the fans won’t go for it in big enough numbers .

Thought on the "rising star" situation. Why not just create a list of riders considered to be rising stars (Josh bates need not apply) and say that every team has to consist of at least 2 of them but based on their CMA and new riders come in on a 2.00 from NL? Means for example Berwick can keep flint and bickley, Leicester the Thompson twins, Edinburgh kemp and Edwards, Glasgow Bailey and Brennan but without drastically weakening the league. And will allow same riders more spots in the top league, if there is one