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As soon as we have finalised our agreements with the BSPL, we will release Season Passes for next year. We are working on this as quickly as we can and hope it will be done by the end of November. Thanks! Ben Duffill (BSN)

Don't know and don't care

Until someone has to live off a pension and see how thinly that income has to be spread I don't feel they are qualified to add value to this topic. Deciding what stays and goes on a monthly basis isn't a comfortable feeling. In my opinion Speedway would be better off trying to keep the customers it has already got rather than risk alienating more. The sport hasn't been very good in the past at this, self interest and the blind desire to win has distorted every possible view of what was a sport. The limited company that has no financial or marketing leadership and is running the "show" needs to become a proper company instead of an agency for the village fete committee then we might see some accountability and unilateral direction. The decision to become a limited company in my opinion was purely a risk averse move. In simple terms; invest in a growing market, consolidate in a static market and defend in a receding market. It all costs money but in these times it may be wiser to try and lose less by defending what they already have.

Bickley is another one of those who as a junior was hyped up and mounted on top machinery against other riders who were on second hand bikes of a poorer standard. All well and good in the third tier but when you move up to the second and first tiers, most riders machinery is of a good standard and simply having elite equipment isn't enough. Absolutely nothing against the lad but hyping these riders up is foolish - he is arguably the same level now as he was when he first joined the Championship a few years ago. Drew Kemp is another one.

still think Danny will end up at Plymouth, wherever he ends up though he'll do well, good servant to the sport in the UK

Anyone would think you have some inside knowledge

I think it’s that fans want to see him do better as they think he could be at the next level if he really pushed himself. I’m a bit like that; I never get the impression he’s that bothered. He might be perfectly happy where he is which is the important thing but he has the talent to push on like Brennan and Flint IMO.

Team managers job as well as Captains surely?

I think at the end of the day 'toughness ' is an underestimated part of speedway in some ways. Brennen especially with a couple of early bad injuries came back stronger where Kemp who initially looked to have more talent on a bike doesn't seemed to have made the gains, maybe not as tough. Occasionally you get the combination of both and they go all the way like Dan Bewley, of the current crop Brennen is at the balance point, fingers crossed he can be the next Dan.

I would guess at Birmingham and no one else!!!

Yeah I think Steve Worrall has joined the club of 'whatever happens we will build the team around you.' Previous members include Darcy Ward and Brady Kurtz

Me

There's nothing there the odd decent meeting, nl heatleader at best nowadays

from what i hear there’s 4 of the 9 clubs are after him so can’t be that bad

I agree, but I also feel leading from the front is the best kind of leader, as in on the track. Ully was outstanding at it.

Makes sense. I think if rumours are true about where he ends up next that Edinburgh might just let him race and leave the captaincy and leadership stuff to Pickering which I think he’d relish tbh.

Complin was roumered to be heading elsewhere, let's hope that is true

Steve, is it not in the rules now after Terry Stone opened Newport Speedway on his own and things were left in a mess when died suddenly, to safe guard this happening again, there must now be at least one other promoter who holds a Promoters Iicence named as Joint Promoter. This ensures that if something happens to one of them, there is always a backup Promoter to carry on with general running of the club..

I'm sure Rob Grant lost a load of dosh in his attempt running Newcastle but he did step forward & give it a go, so you must give him some credit. Was he up to the job? probably not, did he get much or any help from the BSPL probably not. Should he have been given permission to run Newcastle speedway by the BSPL? Overall I think Rob Grant is the biggest loser in all this & it's now time to move on.

So you think that those that have reached pension age haven't had to pay these costs throughout their lives ? Back in the 70's, interest rates for mortgages were in the region of 11% to 15 %. We just got on with it. Commuting ? My dad used to walk 5 miles to work to start at 6:00 am because there were no buses. Growing up I lived in a house with an outside toilet and no central heating. Today's pensioners have gone through a lot more than cosseted people like you ever will. So shut up.

Did anyone see this on BBC1? Some lad wearing a shirt made up of pictures of an Arena Essex racejacket, Trackstar fork cover, and a Speedway Star logo. Think he said his name was Ole something? He said something about being a competitor in a "Roo Paul Drag Race" (??). (Looking at him I'm guessing this is something to do with people in women's drag rather than actually being drag racing). Whatever it is, it said it was coming on BBC iplayer soon.

Realistically one of the top 3 would have to go and I am glad it isn't me who has to make that decision!

How about? Edinburgh Josh Pickering 8.92 Craig Cook 8.24 Justin Sedgmen 7.04 Cameron Heeps 4.33 Connor Bailey 4.32 Lasse Fredriksen 4.00 Kyle Bickley 3.00 Total 39.85

Yeah he's certainly earned his average this season. But he's in the awkward position where you're not sure if he will up it or lower it. What he does need is stability and a track he loves and will be riding on it every week

Everyone would have to be happy with this. Nilsson, Kildemand or Lahti would be perfect for the last spot

Bordernapolis should be brought back used 2 be a half decent meeting

I reckon your right.

I thought Nikolai Busk Jacobsen had retired.

And Lewy! Who has said he is off to Redcar.

Surely Kenneth Bjerre will not be allowed to ride in the national league lol

If averages were taken from the last 10 of ALL fixtures, then I reckon the team building average for 2023 would not be 40 points!

Complin's scores away from home were far better than at Newcastle. So if he found a track he liked, could up his average.

Averages are currently only on last 10 league matches anyway so whether there is 16, 32 or any other number it wouldn’t make a huge difference as it’s last 10 anyway

Going by ITK/Heavily Rumoured line-up list all that is left over from 2022 season is Robert Lambert, Matej Zagar, Rohan Tungate, Reserves & Rising Stars Matej Zagar goes to Ipswich as they've got a Matej Zagar gap left imo. Rohan Tungate to Peterborough as I don't think he'll return to Ipswich seeing as he can't ride the track well and finally Robert Lambert goes back to Poland Does any ITK think I've gone wrong anywhere? BV - Bewley, Kurtz, Wright, Blodorn, Lidsey, Brennan + RS KL - Klindt, Kasprzak, Palm Toft, Jorgensen, Pickering, Jakobsen + RS SHEFF - J. Holder, Musielak, Ellis, Bellego, Howarth, Kerr + RS IPS (7.64 left for Matej Zagar?) - Doyle, King, Riss, Batchelor, Hume + RS LEI (2 options) (5.48 left for Scott Nicholls?) - Fricke, Lawson, Harris, N. Morris, Mountain + RS (5.81 left for Scott Nicholls?) - Fricke, Lawson, Harris, R. Worrall, Mountain + RS WOL (2 options) (6.31 left if it's Nicholls at No.6) - Masters, Becker, Douglas, S. Worrall, Nicholls + RS (6.52 left if it's Hans at No.6 which would leave a N. Morris gap) - Masters, Becker, N. Morris, Douglas, S. Worrall, H. Andersen + RS

I agree. They have to make this work after the disaster last time out. Thinking there going to build a strong home team and aim for the play offs is a minimum requirement

I don’t think that will be happening

I've got Coatbridge only using 9 riders as well. Wimbledon is more than 9? A number of guests alongside the main 7 of Moore, Hedge, Luckhurst, Tebby, Dugard, Maidment, Everett and main replacement Murray. Those were the days eh?

Good post .....

He entertaining,but has had his day,needs dirt and wet track especially at Shielfield.

Understand what you are saying but it is not necessary the case. A ‘No.1’ may have an average of 0.01 above the next rider in their team. Couple that scenario with the other team and the case for having your best rider at No.1 appears a little weak. Just keep the two lowest average riders at 6 & 7 and let team managers sort the remaining rider order out (as in the good old days). Current heat permutations are geared towards protecting riders which is just an unfortunate reflection of an ability gap in the sport. In my opinion you are there to compete. It’s tough, but if you are dedicated you will stick at it to see how far you will go. I know there is a shortage of riders and some will only become NDL veterans, but ‘protected’ races is it a bit like a football match where only younger players can be tackled by other young players. If you are in the 1 to 7 of a team in whatever league, you should have to deal with it.

There were 160 of us living in a shoebox in't middle ot road....

Do not think the food was that good and went twice and a multi pack can of coke for £2 and not to be sold separate.(Suprised nobody reported him to the trading standards) .People around me told me it was helping the club so support the van.

My memory not the best but didn't he fall out with Middlo? Also doesn't bother when it is raining either, literally waves other riders past btw. He is basically a Polish Troy Batchelor

To answer your question: - When my wife was alive (she died in January), we were sensible enough to budget in the old fashioned way, of putting so much away each month for all the different utilities that we paid on an annual basis, plus so much for family birthday/Christmas presents, which was minimal compared to the other things. Now because the bills in the main, haven't started rolling in yet, when means tested, I was told I had to much money in the bank. I explained why it was there, but to them it's my money, which of course it is, until I have to hand it over to various people like British Gas, Anglian Water, Council Tax etc; etc: I can see now why years ago, when a Post Office Savings Account was the main way of keeping your money safe, many people used to stuff their money under the mattress, to coin a phrase, my father-in-law being one of them. But then of course, the country wasn't in the mess it is today, and we weren't ripped off by all and sundry.

Install a Noria then

Key point from this mornings AGM statement

Would be a sensible signing.

Nailed on no1 surely

You need to start believing in Santa.You never know !!!

I do like the look of the Kent side. Only one total unknown (to me) and only one weak link who will improve