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For me get rid of riders who cannot commit full time to UK.Form 1 league with the riders left including NDL riders,start at the bottom and build speedway in GB up again.Basically do what happened in 1968 when the formed the 2nd Division,the entertainment will be just as good ,reduced admission on the basis that you are not giving silly money to riders that are mainly riding here for pocket money to supplement their foreign wages.All the fans that want too watch the Superstars can get cheap flight to Poland for the money they need to fork out nowadays to attend British Speedway( at least they will see a full match for their admission fee).The sport cannot survive the way it’s being run down just now.

That ladies and gents is how to race at the Colosseum! Fair play to Redcar who had their gating boots on last night and taught the patched up Gladiators a lesson on their own track. Unfortunately, things are unravelling a bit for Garry’s merry men which is a real shame given earlier in the season, I’m not sure too many people would’ve wanted us over two legs when we had six fit riders! Poole will be a tough ask. Lawson is dynamite around our track and the guest situation is going to be far from ideal looking at the current averages. Must say, last night due to working commitments, it was the first time I’d watched a meeting on BSN and I thoroughly enjoyed the coverage. It was also a very good meeting which I hope everyone enjoyed. Some very tough, hard racing at times and there was some great skill shown on the bikes. There was also some passing which is great to see. I get the sense the more people ride at Plymouth, the easier it becomes for them once they overcome the mental block of how small the place is. Best of luck to Redcar in the playoffs

After the dismal last match at Peterborough where we had to stand around for over an hour to watch tractors going round then crap racing to follow and then the shambles last night am I the only one who's lost the plot with British speedway...it's a joke. We have a ridiculous 6 team league thats seen the top 4 decided by July with essentially nothing to ride for until the play offs, I've seen teams tracking nearly full teams of guests, I've seen rules made up as they go along and then that ridiculous call made at the British Final...I could go on but the future is not looking good with Peterborough potentially dropping out next year and the same set of fools at the BSPA continuing to make a mockery of what has the potential to be a great sport (like in Poland)... Dont you think a huge shake up is required!?...I do because I am rapidly losing interest..it's not just a Peterborough thing either as I can't get excited for any of the TV matches anymore..they have nothing riding on them and it's just not interesting anymore. Oh and the guest situation needs looking at also with Pickering (as an example) pretty much riding for 2 teams now which is laughable and only in the UK do we have this stupid situation.

Well that was a great, if expected long night. Great crowd for Middlo who fully deserved a night to remember. Rickardson, Loram, Havelock, Doyle, Chris Holder were the world Champs at Wimborne Road. But Bomber Harris was the star of the show with an unbeaten 18 points. He showed last week in his last two rides what he can do when his bike is dialled in. Sublime stuff. Hope Hans Andersen recovers quickly from a very nasty tumble. South Today ran their sports section from the stadium it’s interviews with Middlo and Danny Ford. Big firework display to end the evening. Well done to every rider who gave their time.

Tom Brennan rides tonight in the British U21 final

This is the problem I have with their statement. It implies the track is somehow at fault. The tyres are the problem, it just so happens that Peterborough highlights the problem more than elsewhere. How long before they need 2 tyres at Scunny? They were using 2 last year.

They’ll be calling Bomber to guest soon if any more drop out

Spot on... And remember, even in the "halcyon days" when the tracks were often rammed with spectators, most tracks only had two or three fully professional riders... And that was only in the top league... One or two "superstars" and another "potential superstar/wunderkind" was what only the very top clubs mainly had... The rest of the riders making up the teams had "day jobs" and were very pleased to earn quite a bit more than a weeks pay from that job in just one night riding Speedway... Ride 20 times a month and you could have half a years salary every 30 days or so.. Do that from March to October and then work through the winter, or go on tour to Austalia if you were a full time pro, and a very, very good living could be had... Now we have "professionals" barely out of school, who cannot even hold down a place in the Championship, needing paying to fund their dreams... What a ridiculous system to have designed...

Also a big nod towards Tom Brennan. Obviously a very promising, talented young rider. I heard him interviewed after gueating for Berwick last year. Came across as a very level headed young man. Thanked the club for the opportunity etc. To keep progressing as he has, after all the things he has been through over the past couple of years, speaks volumes for his character. Now to crash on Monday, be told by the doctors to rest for a couple of weeks, then come back two night later. Says all you need to know about the toughness of a speedway rider. A different breed.

As they just said on commentary, despite a few of the original line up withdrawing, we have still seen some good racing from the youngsters which shows that its not just on eor two decent riders coming through either. Kids well down the points table still going out and really giving it their best shot in each heat too - good attitude.

I think Lisa meant an adequate guest!

Now it's the weather's fault, never had any problems at the 4TT, which was in the middle of the day, just admit that the cheap tyres are rubbish, riders now have so much equipment forced on them, all of which is a very nice little earner for someone. As the old saying goes, buy cheap, buy twice, or in this case buy cheap, buy 14 times.

That's a bit harsh, the medical cover at Birmingham was sorted months ago when the owners started paying for 2 ambulances to be present at each meeting.

The Regulations state clearly that if the British Final is abandoned and a restating is planned, then no result is declared. The BSPA had to nominate a Wild Card for the British GP. Their policy is to nominate the British Champion, who is Adam Ellis.

Promoters only paying riders for 10 races - spectators paying for 15 races. MUGGED off again.

If you reduce the size of the teams to fit the supposed number of riders, then you reduce opportunities which in turn means more potential riders simply won't bother with the sport. It simply becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy and the rider pool will just continue to shrink. 6-rider teams are just about viable for a league match with 14-15 heats. 5-rider teams would require riders to not only have too many programmed rides, but too closely spaced together as well. Almost certain that some riders would also have to have two programmed rides on the trot, which does nothing for timekeeping. Teams have been 7 riders for much of the sport's history (although there have been 8 and 6-rider teams at times) because it's an optimal number for various reasons, including the possibility to run rider replacement.

Plymouth will be alright in the play offs, I am sure Kennet will be back.

Personally, I think it’s a win-win for both clubs that it’s Poole v Plymouth in the playoffs. Both legs are guaranteed big crowds. Easy marketing opportunity

Yes that is what happens when you are successful!!

Lol!!

The Poole v Plymouth fixture is now in the official BSPL Fixture list for Sept 7th.

And it is attitude like that why British speedway is in a mess 'I'm all right, so I don't care..'

What was ridiculous was why run it so close to Cardiff GP ? If it had been run early July and weather was bad plenty of time to restage it before Cardiff

Just because it's been 7 man teams for as long as I can remember doesn't mean it always has to be that way. You alter the model to suit the circumstances, if there aren't enough riders to run a credible league you go to 6 or even 5 man teams... it ain't rocket science

If the sport is going to survive in the country other than at a fully amateur level at a hand full of tracks then something dramatic has got to happen. The equipment has got to change the rule book& the regulations have got to be torn up & started again. The tracks have got to be improved to help produce better racing. Costs reduced for all those involved. In short a route & branch rebuild from the bottom up. There will be resistance & those who say that it can't be done, the short answer is that its vital that it is done. There are several tracks with question marks over them already. however the expensive venues to run like Belle Vue, Birmingham, Wolverhampton,Glasgow & Ipswich possibly King's Lynn could they really keep running speedway on an ad-hoc basis while charging minimum admission to watch amateur racing? It's time to smell the espresso regular coffee is no longer strong enough!

You could supply 100 tyres to each team at the beginning of the match, it wouldn't make any difference if the tyres aren't lasting a race... unless the sport introduces pit stops!

With how crap he's been all season, Plymouth will probably hope they have a meeting.

And a supplementary to the supplementary now that they've acknowledged the failing: all customers ripped off on Monday will get a 30% reduction on admission for any of Panthers remaining matches including the restaging.

Don’t think Plymouth agreed to this ., barker hearing on the 8th .

I choose to forget about about all the politics, embrace it for what it is, support the team I love, watch the sport I love, and above all, think that this could be our year to win again. If not there’s always next year. I can’t think of anywhere I’d rather be on a Monday night. Who knows, one day all the top riders may return, maybe or maybe not, but we could be watching the future world champion without even realising.

It is ran as a hobby by promoters... Who build ambigous rules as all can then benefit from them whenever they may need them.. The main purpose of UK Speedway is to provide riders with rides so they can justify their outlay on kit, and hopefully, earn enough to work six months of the year and not have to work the other six... The secondary purpose is to give promoters a sense of achievement when their teams win competitions of minimal kudos, recognition and financial value. With the lack of recognition all directly down to the ludicrous operating model that they personally design and follow.. However, it is still a very good night out on certain tracks, with the right personnel on view... Just enjoy the racing and dont take it seriously in any way shape or form from a "team sport" perspective..

As I understand it both his parents are British, and he has a British passport. Also he rides on a British racing licence

Haha. I have no idea on conversion rates but have a look at Sept averages and see what you think? Leon Flint prob next best or do r/r?

Presumably most are missing because of illness or injury. There’s not much you can do about that.

Phillipsr I sympathise with Middlo… in the last 48 hrs he lost Douglas, Masters, S.Worrall and Howarth…. As well as losing Chris Holder the week before.. poor guy is cursed. get well soon guys, I know how disappointed you all are not to be there tomorrow.

It's already announced.

Poole v Plymouth on the 7th it is then

For me... As I say, for the promoters it is a hobby and fair play to them as without them there isn't any UK Speedway.. However, the reason there isnt any big money in the sport from sponsors or TV is all down to their own leadership of the sport through their own designed operating model... Ironically, by their actions, they both laudiblly keep the sport going, whilst at the same time, are gradually, slowly eroding it away... An excellent product to sell though, as is shown when this country hosts FIM events, with the large crowd numbers who attend these events showing that there is still a fair old market out there for Speedway when done "properly".. Sadly domestic Speedway is surrounded by a poor infrastructure which ultimately dissauades thousands of followers of the sport from attending it on a regular basis.. Who knows, should the promoters ever decide to run it "properly" it may entice the many thousands back who currently follow the sport closely via other media, but choose to stay away from paying money to watch it live domestically... The honest truth though is I fear we will never find that out..

Its heart breaking to see the mess the Sport has got itself in to, and the BSPL seem powerless or brainless to do anything about it, us as fans are indeed impotent to do anything about it but hope season after season the BSPL grasp the nettle but they seem as impotent as us fans , all I can say is the last one out turn the lights off.

I can see both sides of the argument. On the one hand there is no other rising star anywhere close to the level of Tom so any replacement would be a massive handicap. On the other hand BV could replace their rising star with Hans Andersen for the playoffs. I guess the whole idea of the rising star project is that they progress so it’s probably only fair that it goes on averages, it could happen to any other team next season, it could easily be Leon Flint. Let’s just hope this is a hypothetical discussion and Tom is able to take his well earned place back for the remainder of the season.

The Rising Star position should only be filled by a Rising Star whatever position in the 1-7 And he did have "special heats" whilst at No7 as heat 8 is protected which guaranteed him half his rides against weaker Rising Stars.....

Glad its not just me. The absolute lack of meetings this year and a lacklustre Grand Prix series have made the whole thing go flat. Four home meetings in the last nine weeks when the weather has been at its best is criminal.

Update from Tom Brennan : Hey Guys, Just a quick update on what’s going on after last night’s crash. After a trip to A&E, thankfully we can say things aren’t as bad as we initially thought. I have no broken bones in my lower back but do have muscular spinal damage as well as a broken rib. A bit stiff at the minute as the doctors said I would be and recommended two weeks out but we’ll see how I get on today and tomorrow as to whether tomorrow night is possible. Thanks everybody for all the messages, I really appreciate it. A massive thanks to all the paramedics at Wolverhampton too! Hopefully see you all trackside sooner rather than later. Tom #27

Foam-fences don't lift, nor do properly-secured air-fences.

Thanks found it If riding at #7 then the #8 must be used. If the #8 is unavailable a guest from the Rising Star list must be used. Where a guest from the Rising Star list is used their Rising Star rating AND MA must be lower or equivalent to the lowest Rising Star declared. The Rising Star guest must not be in a current Premiership 1-8 If riding in positions #1 - #5 the options are: #8, RR or G from the Rising Star list. If the G option is chosen, the replacement rider must have an MA lower or equivalent to the missing rider and can be in another Premiership 1-8. The 5% enhancement for home riders is not applicable in this situation.

No 8, r/r or another RS as a guest [12.4]

It's like Disneyland you have to be a certain height to get on the ride

Great to see, and hear, Dan on Border TV last night.....showed you him doing a few laps......Plus very good interviews with Dan and Andrew. The studio presenter certainly bigged up the sport, nice to hear such positive stuff.

Not important enough for BSPA site, disgraceful.