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Well done the Save Coventry Stadium committee! Their long-term fight and tactics and planning nous has been brilliant!

GB Speedway is just a travelling circus of the same riders racing each other on various nights of the Week for different Teams.That’s the Bottom line for me.

My husband attended this meeting and was very emotional when he passed the news to me. I then became 3 times as emotional as him. Whatever the outcome well done to all those involved in a possible return. I'm cock-a-hoop for a positive result and will transition from an armchair supporter of speedway at to my local club.

Problem is the Premiership should be stronger, but Premiership clubs can't attract stronger riders. So if you want a distinction between the leagues, the only alternative is to weaken the Championship.

Wish that was live on you tube as well

And why hasnt someone else been given the chance to run the sport in the brand new facility that still needs to be built to comply with the building permission for the houses.. ?

Tony Gillias round of applause for this man, full of facts and obviously emotion

Not many speedway rules would stand up in court imo tbf.

Agree years ago it was champ riders at reserve in prem or there abouts not heatleaders in both, there was a clear difference between the leagues back then

IMO that is the problem.1 League slightly weaker to start with would be my solution,but that’s just me.Opinions greatly vary on the subject.The people running the sport are not for change mainly because they don’t want the share any income generated by TV and Media IMO.

Your 10 years behind with your comment on British riders.Plus NOBODYis going to pay £20 to watch NDL level speedway it’s £10 at present at most tracks and crowd levels are small. Ps Its the Premiership that is that weak that it needs Championship level riders to even run.

Holding over the completion of a competition to the following season is not without precedent. But completing a competition with only two out of the three finalists, with the two remaining teams operating in separate leagues looks like a bit of a nonsense. If Leicester and Poole, jointly, want to run an interleague challenge, with Poole running a guest or Leicester having somebody stepping down for the night, well fine. But please, let's give up on a competition that "died" some time ago.

Hopefully not. NKI has had his best days.

So I have heard. If this upsets Poole fans I am all for it.

Richard lawson

And Toby Lawrence

No thanks.

Do they think people are stupid... Where i come from it's called a crock of sh$t.

Fingers crossed for this evening.

Quite blurred ianb?……totally blurred I would say. Agree with your point but they shouldn’t be trying to unblur it by weakening the Championship League and denying us the top riders we’re used to seeing.

Certainly they do; you have to with wire wheels.

His teams regularly got me to attend when they were at Belle Vue... Not many other promoters' teams did the same...

Tofty

Barry Duke , I think he started out in 1967 or 1968. He sounds like a most interesting guy-wish I could have a chat with him, some great comments of his view on speedway. He would be a good candidate for Lee Ashby's interviews . BTW I am sorry Martin Ashby is having some health problems and to learn that Hitchy is 80- my mind boggles. God bless 'em all.

I’m afraid lowering points limit will have negative effect for the sport IMO.Admission prices will certainly not come down,I for one is starting to lose interest given the shambles the sport is in.Don’t know the answers but certainly seems to take the fans for mugs at times.When you can’t organise a fixture list for a league of approx 10 teams there has to be something fundamentally wrong,easy to blame the weather though.Starter for me would be to tell the riders their priorities if the want ride in GB ( not the other way round).Then work with what’s left.

I am utterly dismayed that they honestly believe they can bring some credibilty to this competition by staging it with guests next year. Bury the problem now and don't drag the self humiliation into 2023. The fact that the decision makers are never accountable for their hapless decisions makes it easy for them to blame the weather, stadium owners, rider availability, (delete as appropriate). As a board of directors they don't even measure up to the village fete committee, I assume they all sit on the board the monkey effed the cat on not a limited company!

Rambo is 100% committed to whoever he rides for, & is brilliant for team spirit. Would much rather have him in my team, rather than an overrated foreigner who will cost more with flights etc, & score less points.

Please please pretty please,,,

Looks like whoever set up the new Scorpions Instagram account has already revealed the 7 riders by following them all…

That is a disgusting insult please apologise immediately.

This is starting to look good

Yes it's in the International section, on facebook and in the local Poole paper.

Maybe you should be taking this up with Damien Bates! Tbh Poole only lost by 6 and 2 at Leicester so realistically we prob would have done just enough over two legs.

The adverse camber on the pits bend was a challenge back in the seventies but Dag Lovaas was one that mastered it!

The issue next season will be finding atleast one decent improver,, Doyles average is likely to drop a bit,,, Riss also Batch should stay the same ish,,, so where is the improvement,,,, we really do need an improver or 2 to stand any chance of being competitive,,,unless a serious back up rider for Doyle is found.. All I see happening is Doyle and 4 second strings and 2 reserves. We always had issues building a team without a genuine number 1,,,now we will have issues with building a team with one Just look at Lynn,,, getting a 6.5 to 7 point rider on less than 5 I think it is. Belle Vue have Brennan and Blodorn,,, both will get better,,, Wolves will have Becker,, who gets better every year.

You need to get out more and move on! Illegal my ar$e?!! There you go I've bitten.

If Premiership clubs can't attract stronger riders, what is the point of Polish Speedway relaxing their rider rules? Prem clubs should increase their team building average up to say 46 points to attract some 'stronger riders' if they can be afforded and leave the Championship well alone at around 40-41 points!

Tuesday next week.

He doesnt like the gardening at tapes, or constant returning to pits after stoppages. Said Oxford track is better now they've altered it, was always difficult to pass there.

It doesn't really matter whether there's an independent body or not, if the organisation/administration isn't in place we end up with a totally chaotic season like we've just had. Danny Ford is right there are some good people involved in the sport they're just not being led properly with poor admin

if anyone knows you do so we can take it as a done deal then

If there were possible delays and the “i’s and t’s” weren’t crossed then don’t tell people news would be released on a certain date. I’d imagine Panthers fans were looking forward to today and are now disappointed and frustrated. If nothing is finalised, don’t say anything until it is!

This is the issue and its not fans fault Championship level fans are used to seeing a few bigger names in their sides, if they are removed you alienate that type of fan

In the Speedway Star it states that Poole will be allowed to strengthen up as it is an "inter league" match now... It also quotes Danny Ford referencing the end of season issues and he says "I know a lot of people dont believe it, but there are a lot of smart promoters in the sport. We just need to get our heads together to really resolve this". I dont really think that the promoters have to be "too smart" to be honest given most of their issues are "bloody obvious mistakes", which even the most intellectually challenged promoter could surely spot the very moment they get suggested.. However, the likes of Ford, Louis, and Lemon, (and maybe some others?), do seem to have a fair idea on what the fans want, do appear to be "smart", and can see the negative impact such end of season nonsense has on the sports potential growth. Growth which they can see is certainly possible if the right decisions are made... You can only hope these promoters can influence the future rather than have what always seems to be a less capable "majority" always making the final decisions through sheer weight of numbers... NB. Another very good Speedway Star issue again by the way..

sam jensens first time at berwick couldn’t even get round it the first time he went but got around 9 i think the following year good riders will learn how to ride different tracks would have no problem if marcin came back entertainer around glasgow

He scored 6 at Poole. 3 second places and 2 lasts. Yes I still have the programme He was actually second joint top scorer for Glasgow that night with Tom.

Adults go free if accompanied by a fully paying dog

pretty sure the deal was worth around £500k over 5 seasons

Swindon. Ironically when Nick Morris lost control on a wet track going into the 3rd bend.