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But to convince one to come over here for half a season ain't easy. If they don't have everything set up in the uk, they need to get 2 more bikes, engines to suit, van, mechanic, somewhere to stay etc. A complete new set up. which they can't use anywhere else during the season. Riding the the UK is a big commitment ££ for the first time for the rider. But a Dane, Czech, or German lad can easily pick up extra meetings in Europe using the same kit they have at the moment. That's the biggest issue before you even start getting into Visas etc

Right up north?! Manchester isn’t right up north… Newcastle northwards is right up north! you say holding it at a neutral venue wouldn’t attract many locals… there was never a problem with crowds when Peterborough have held 4TT’s at their track… Poole will have mainly locals filling up their stadium but it’s still a poor choice when you consider the fans from the real north… Edinburgh, Berwick, Glasgow, Redcar etc… teams that have fans that normally come out in good amounts for the tournaments!

You’ve got a national speedway stadium which is slap bang in the middle of the country. Bosh!!!!!!!!! Job done , all supporters don’t have as far to travel and invest the gate monies or profits back into British speedway. not rocket science is it

If Glasgow didn't host it their wouldn't be one!!! It's put on by the promotion at their cost. The plrc is supposed to be a "shared event" put on with aim supporters of all clubs being able to attend and bspl takes up the slack and the costs. Surely even you can see the difference!!! And in what world is Scunthorpe northern?!?!

Geography not yer strong point . From Glasgow or Edinburgh to Poole check out what is slap bang in the middle. Main motorway travel and decent rail links. You need to get out more

It needs a lot of co-operation between promoters in the BSPL but it doesn’t generally happen does it which is why we still have big problems. We need the three leagues to work together for the good of U.K. speedway but the facts shows that doesn’t happen, they cannot even have the same rules on how they operate or run competitions, until they start to work together Poland will be allowed to dictate things. For British riders to benefit from ACU allocations, ride for the GB team, ride in the British Championships, SON, SEC etc they should be required to ride in the U.K. and hold British Licences. I have absolutely no problem with British riders riding in Poland, Sweden or Elsewhere but they do need to ride in the U.K. if they want the benefits above.

I think both Leagues would collapse if Bomber got injured.

People can't afford to travel. You won't attract travelling fans who are not already aware of the sport (only die hards will travel a distance to, e.g. Poole, Belle Vue or Glasgow) so a stream is an additional source of publicity, as well as potential income. As mentioned elsewhere, it can be limited in terms of geography - thus the hosting track can focus on more localised marketing.

He is certainly giving the impression of late that his best years are behind him. Still, you can’t fault his record and it may be many years before we have another 3-time world champion.

Only been to 4 aways this year and everytime the journey home turned into a nightmare, with petrol prices etc it certainly makes you wonder if it's worth it. Monmore Green is only up the road for me, don't think I'd travel great distances for home meetings

Welcome to speedway.

When I used to go to White City on a Wednesday/Tuesday night travelling from Oxford was always a pleasure driving back along the M40 after the meeting. Visits to Wolves/Cradley was never an issue and trips to Eastbourne meant an evening walking along the prom after the meeting. Wouldn't wish to take those sort of journeys now with the increase in traffic however!

Hasn't someone clever with too much time on their hands worked out the the geographical centre of Great Britain (England, Scotland & Wales) is Blackburn. Which, incidentally apparently has the same number of holes as the Poole track Money is money right. It doesn't matter where it comes from. What would you prefer to receive, £20,000 from 1,000 spectators paying £20 at the gate or £30,000 from 3,000 people paying £10 for the live stream? The answer is both because we're all greedy capitalists. The truth is spectators are costly. From a promoter perspective you'd save quite a bit of money by excluding any attendees and only making the event available via subscription, however dystopian that might sound. Luckily there's a couple of factors stopping that from happening, the impact on the local economy from attendees, in particular travelling supporters and event atmosphere. An easy conclusion from watching pandemic events behind closed doors is that spectators should actually be paid to attend as they clearly enhance the TV product, until someone develops a digital crowd experience to rival it. That's the profit driven glimpse of the future. Virtual Reality viewing where everyone stays at home but experience being in the crowd with other viewers you can interact with. You'll get constant pop up reminders to place a bet or order junk food via deliveroo, unless you've paid a premium subscription to avoid adverts. There'd only need to be one track and maybe only 14 riders with both digitally altered to represent different stadiums and competitors. Hell why not just do the whole event digitally generated by computer programme, with 14 Chris Harris' guesting. Grim.

To be fair, Sweden and Denmark have a different business model base on much fewer fixtures, so require fewer dates. when all is said and done, the Poles haven't said you can only ride in Poland, and therefore the UK is competing against Denmark and Sweden, not Poland. The UK needs to be an attractive place to ride speedway if you want the best riders. If you ask the current riders what the UK has going for it, you'll find the responses are normally: plus points: Lots of meetings No Squads Variation of tracks UK income Minus points: Less money extra costs, equipment, bikes, mechanics etc Poor tracks (quality of preparation) More paperwork If you want to attract the better riders, work on the Minus points, but not all riders want extra meetings and travel. Of the three GP riders over here now, they all have their reasons for choosing the UK over essentially Sweden. Many Danes have to ride Denmark to satisfy sponsors. What they don't seem to understand is we are not competing with Poland. If we want better riders we are competing with Sweden, or Denmark

Okay for Glasgow to hold the GB test match though! No thought for Oxford, Poole, Plymouth fans there that might want to go. Seems a bit hypocritical to me for Glasgow fans to moan about it. Although if it had to go up north at a Championship club then I would say Scunthorpe or Redcar.

Just don't understand why we have a National Speedway Stadium if we don't use it for National Speedway Events. What's the point? It's like playing the FA Cup final at different club grounds every year just for hoots

Tbh with team kevlars it feels a bit like that anyway lol Yes some riders' styles you can pick out but not all, especially away riders!

I am keeping very well thank you but my 4 wheels these days is a mobility scooter as I no longer have a car. Even if I did I dont think I would bother though. Sad but I couldn't cope with all the hanging around these days.

Not a dig i promise but why hold it at Poole surely limits the numbers that can attend as its so far away from the majority of other clubs

This thread is dedicated to the memory of Brandonbee 48 It looks as if this season should be a bumper year of televised Speedway from around the world. I will update this as they get scheduled details mainly on the International section Saturday 18th July Polish junior team final MMPPK Krosno start time 6pm UK time TV TBC Saturday 18th July SEC final 1st round Zielona Gora start time 5pm UK time TVP Sport and PPV( English comms) Sunday 19th July Poznan v Bydgoszcz R 10 start time 6pm UK time Canal + Sport 5 Tuesday 21st July Swedish league match R 10 Indianerna v Dackarna start time 6pm UK time Premier Sports 2 Wednesday 22nd July Swedish league match R 11 Vastervik v Lejonen start time 6pm UK time Premier Sports 2 Saturday 25th July Polish U 21 Championship final MIMP Bydgoszcz start time TBC TV TBC Saturday 25th July FIM Challenge Terenzano start time 7pm UK time PPV FIM-MOTO TV Sunday 26th July test match Poland v Australia Rybnik start time 6.30pm UK time. TVP Sport Tuesday 28th July Swedish league match TBA start time 6pm UK time Premier Sports 1 Friday 31st July R 12 Ostrow v Rzeszow start time 6pm UK time Canal + Sport 5 Saturday 1st August Lodz GP qualifying start time 1pm UK time HBO Max Saturday 1st August R 12 Bydgoszcz v Pila start time 3.30pm UK time Canal + Sport 5 Saturday 1st August Lodz GP R 7 start time 6pm UK time TNT Sports ? Sunday 2nd August R 12 Poznan v Rybnik start time 12pm Canal + Sport 5 Sunday 2nd August R 12 Krosno v Lodz start time 2.15pm UK time Canal +!Sport 5 Sunday 2nd August R 12 Zielona Gora v Torun start time 4pm UK time Canal + Sport Sunday 2nd August R 12 Leszno v Grudziadz start time 6.30pm UK time Canal + Sport .

Just follow the Polish example.

European Under 23 Team Speedway Championship - Semifinal 2 Pos Number Rider Nationality Federation Points Total points 1 13 Gustav GRAHN SWE SVEMO 15 42 14 Jonatan GRAHN SWE SVEMO 8 15 Max BELSING SWE SVEMO 6 16 Anton KARLSSON SWE SVEMO 13 2 9 Olegs MIHAILOVS LAT LaMSF 5 29 10 Ernests MATJUSONOKS LAT LaMSF 3 11 Daniils KOLODINSKIS LAT LaMSF 10 12 Francis GUSTS LAT LaMSF 11 3 1 Marius HILLEBRAND GER DMSB 1 23 2 Norick BLÖDORN GER DMSB 9 3 Ben ERNST GER DMSB 1 4 Erik BACHHUBER GER DMSB 8 17 Lukas BAUMANN GER DMSB 4 4 5 Espen SOLA NOR NMF 10 22 6 Iver SVEEN NOR NMF 0 7 Mathias POLLESTAD NOR NMF 7 8 Truls KAMHAUG NOR NMF 5

Split......or rather Squire Waterman got his nickname when he bent over and split his leathers all the way down......he was originally nicknamed Split Arse but Split remained until the end!

Never mind all the rules and regulations. What we need is some word from the Stars management, about who is going to replace Niels and Jack.

TVP Poland have the Polish TV contract. Onesport are working hard to ensure that UK and other areas will have coverage with English comms(Dave Rowe and Sam Ermolenko present at the tracks probably)'

No, welcome to British Speedway you mean!!

Instantly knocked out Miedzinski horror landing on his head hopefully nothing too serious

I think the grandstand would have to be demolished completely now if Speedway was ever to return. I thought it was dated before the speedway closed but it would need massive investment to refurb the existing structure and in all honesty would it be worth it? The pits, the back straight terraces and some of the out building look ok still and could easily be salvaged.

No app needed , just use the silk browser on the firestick and use the links given here. eg kergel.ucoz.lv

There is a big difference betweenNDL and Championship level.Most NDL Teams have experienced No1 the rest are either up and coming or been there before and never made it.

And sometimes on the side of their bikes too...!

Isn't the number on the front/back of their kevlars/jackets a bit of a clue?!

Away fans are always more likely to travel for 'team speedway' be it 4's or League or Cup rather than domestic individual meetings

You need to persuade the Championship promoters that they need to promote weaker teams, they are sitting pretty!

To be fair, the Exstraliga barely interfere at all. We only have Doyle & Holder from that league. We're now fighting with eWinner 1 Liga which is still a better standard than the Premiership.

Restricting their earning potential They give the top boys the chance to earn the same per point as they would per meeting in the UK All they are saying is that to qualify to be part of this you have to be fresh and available pretty much on demand (including for practice sessions) Rider choice , not unreasonable employer demands

Bomber must be gutted to not have been born until 1982, as he would have been a shoe in for one of those slots.....

Back in the "good old days" Leicester once rode a home match with 6 guests.

Speedway just isnt the same on a stream/tv though!!!

He just missed out on his max in Heat 13 but was that not the most effortless 14 points you’ve seen from Kyle Bickley. He really was on it last night… Being against Jason Edwards in 3 of his races and beating him twice considering the form he is currently in! I sincerely hope that he does well whilst at Newcastle.. not for Newcastle of course but just for himself!

Really enjoyable meeting Mildenhall deserved their point some good young riders coming through

ah, work permits - the Brexit bonus

Most weeks it's like that . Last night was a good meeting and it's a always better when a the opposition have strong heat leaders

Think the kid and his family are a bit more dignified than that as has George Congreve been... and fair play to them as well... the problem is much more complex and won't be resolved by swapping out a couple of reserves... Regards THJ

A cold October/ November midweek night in front of 2 men and their dug no doubt

think your on a banana skin there lewy,youve almost certainly infringed copyright law, your "banana skin" post is most definitely exclusively registered to steve shovlar for use on pirate previews only !!!

Ar e you Rob Grant ?

The (tens) of thousands who make up the "silent majority" and have walked away... Cardiff will have approx 100% more British Speedway fans in attendance than will colllectively attend all UK meetings on any week.. Passionate fans of the sport who, in many cases, have "given up" watching Mickey Mouse nonsense like Bomber riding for heaven knows how many teams, with those who run the sport allowing it and thinking "that's ok that, makes perfect sense".. (At the current rate of guesting, Bomber is going to get "Rider of the Season" at several clubs' end of season awards nights).. Not enough riders of a certain level? Then have less clubs at that level, or less team places per team, thus creating a surplus of riders to replace injured riders or poor performance.. Make the supply exceed the demand by making changes to your infrastructure.. In other words. "Basic business practice"... Run the sport "properly", thus making the competitions actually worth winning, and who knows, maybe many of the thousands of fans who have walked away, but still love watching the sport either via TV, or in person at "proper events", will come back to domestic Speedway? And who knows also, if the competitions became worth winning, the league's themselves may attract headline sponsors happy to be associated with them..? Something that would be a "hard sell" under the current way of running things I would imagine..

Health and Safety rules nowadays,the riders know the meeting will be re-run ,so don’t really care. Track covers been tried.IMO to labour intensive ,track still has to be prepared to a degree once removed if just bends covered ( riders not happy with dry onto wet).Major factor if raining at start time meeting will not go ahead anyway.No easy way out of the situation.Early call off probably best bet,but with riders competing all over the place finding dates to hold abandoned fixture is a headache. Thats my thoughts.

FIM SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS DRAW SEMI-FINAL 1 (WEDNESDAY, JULY 27) A: Germany B: Poland C: USA D: Latvia E: Finland F: Australia G: Ukraine SEMI-FINAL 2 (THURSDAY, JULY 28) A: Czech Republic B: Great Britain C: France D: Sweden E: Italy F: Slovakia G: Slovenia SON2 (FRIDAY, JULY 29) A: Australia B: Latvia C: Poland D: Great Britain E: Denmark F: Czech Republic G: Sweden