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Anyone who says they wouldn't swap out a perfectly pleasant, 26-year-old, reserve journeyman, for an 18-year-old, next-big-thing, exciting talent, is either lying or foolish.

Yeah - the BSPL chairman should have made Scunny ride..... oh, wait a minute.....

Maybe even his s/way career just feel he is at that stage where he may well be best calling it a day ,done it got the badge job done .

I'd be more worried by those numbers if it was his 2nd or 3rd season, but as it is it's his first visit to many of the away tracks

Any other Peterborough/Speedway fans from around the late 80s early 90s think looking at this picture of Tate Zischke , see Mick Poole's hair coupled with the face of either Nigel Sadler or perhaps Rod Colqhoun , uncanny or what !!! https://britishspeedway.co.uk/rowe-motor-oil-premiership/aces-move-for-zischke/

Again you have used common sense which goes against any sort of reality that the bspl work on. The argument in 2023 was that clubs that had NDL leagues couldn't get the track times required to run the additional meetings. 2024 excuse had something to do with lack of unicorn horns or pixie dust. What will be the excuse for 2025 be. Glasgow have invested in television advertising which I've spotted on sky sports a couple of times but what use is it when we have 2 home meetings in and 8 week period, it's absolute nonsense. For the teams that don't make the playoffs this year, there will a 7 month period of absolutely nothing.

One of the few tracks you dont fill your programme in by bend three, lap one..

'That landlord' is only the leaseholder. The Poole Stadium site is owned by the Council.

Confirmed Brady Kurtz is riding.

That’s good news because if the sport loses one of its flagship teams it could be the beginning of the end I hope the pirates have many more years to come.

How much do you need? Owner of the club makes no effort to try and save the club. Ritchie Hawkins has done more in the fight to save Peterborough than club owner Buster Chapman which basically tells you everything that you need to know.

Can we just stop talking about this meeting please and let it drop it's way down the forum into oblivion. I'm trying to forget about it!

Which is why I don't understand the hosts being seeded to the final. Losing out on a second big crowd. Even if the hosts don't make the final (not likely) there'd still be a good crowd.

Is that including the 1 month mid season shut down?

Very many good riders worked and raced in the 80s 90s and early 2000s.So wouldn't be too bad for the sides who sadly don't have the infrastructure to compete hence the reason averages are dropped every year to keep them competitive

Enjoyed the meeting last night (which is fairly rare). Thought Laguta had a lot of speed. Hopefully get Artem back in the Sgp asap.

Some can't be arsed to run 1!

When Buster went on the mic at Peterborough and told the fans NOT to protest or object to AEPG was for most fans seemed he sided with AEPG. So the question gets asked why? People will assume / come to there own conclusions whether correctly or not.

SPECIAL DEAL FOR OXFORD FANS TO ATTEND BIRMINGHAM V OXFORD ON MONDAY 8TH JULY ….. A special deal has been arranged for Oxford fans to support their side at Birmingham on Monday 8th July . A coach is being run from Oxford to the meeting with fans gaining from a sponsorship from CHALFONT COACHES , Birmingham have negotiated that sees them get the travel and adult admission for a bargain price of £30 ! The coach will leave the stadium , where cars can be parked , at 4.15 pm . Bookings can be made on line on Trybooking using the ref: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/DQNT There are 50 spaces on the coach so it is a case of first come first served to take advantage of this deal.

Gordon Pairman in last weeks SS did a very informative Q and A, and suggested all the legal threats were basically not worth the words... And bemoaned the fact that instead of allowing the IOW and others to possibly develop riders, the BSP did their utmost to try and stop them.. But, to be fair, he always seemed to come across as someone with common sense...

You have to turn left at all tracks and if your fully conversant with scunny it's shaped Like a D so on the back straight your wheel are never in line. To me it was a hard but fair race until rider looks at you as he comes under you and runs you up to the fence . Then starts throwing punches after and is fined by the ref . No hard feelings on our part but the big Baldy bloke and the Weasley mechanic need to look at themselves

Another foreigner pushing an english rider out wonder what UKVI may have to say about it ?, these visas were supposedly issued if you cannot fill a vacancy, is it any wonder that UK Speedway is in such a mess. I can understand using heat leaders as the UK does not have sufficient riders of that calibre but here we are using foreigners when their are english riders of similar calibre.

Covatti is riding for Plymouth on Tuesday.

When Buster went on the mic at Peterborough and told the fans NOT to protest or object to AEPG was for most fans seemed he sided with AEPG. So the question gets asked why? People will assume / come to there own conclusions whether correctly or not.

Because he’s been doing some meetings abroad or am I mistaken if I am I take it back if I’m not why’s he not riding for us

they need a reserve who can. score points at sheffield and ipswich. he’s never seen either track and can only wind it on round the outside

And play offs are won on aggregate... The Aces have had some close calls this year at home so a big win delivers a much greater chance of qualification... Riding against the opposition reserves several times a night will certainly help him...

The hold up was not on the consortium side, however in the long run it’s probably a good idea the lisence was not bought at the time of initial discussion

Not enough has been said about how rubbishe the track was. Yes it was a blistering day but for a track to be that overwatered in Ht1 and a race-line 2cms from the air fence after one heat needs to be questioned. Vaculik in the Instagram Live said the track is very different from an Ekstraliga meeting and no advantage being a "home rider". Hancock even with his Monster/FIM love in said that the track is better in Ekstraliga and reading between the lines even in his conservative state was critical of the track. Can imagine that the SoN at Manchester will be slicker than a strippers bikini line.

I believe Poole is sorted at the stadium for next season and that positive talks have been ongoing with the council & landlord for the long term future.

Give rate a chance I'm sure belle Vue will soon be enjoying his rides when he misses gate or gets shoved out Hes not turned down other offers because he's not good enough He looks to be heading fir the top

One of the main reasons has been to protect the Premiership and its TV deal by creating demarcation between the two leagues i.e. diluting the CL. This year there are more big name riders than for a long number of years but there was a time just before and after Covid that some of the PL teams were just Championship riders.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/WnXfjR5pbNnRp5a7/ Just watched the race on Facebook, didn't see too much wrong from anyone really, was a good hard race and a bit of passion shown by everybody after the heat doesn't do any harm either.

I just watched replay, Madsen had a white helmet colour on at the start and he was on gate 3. He was late getting his bike out of the pits box. Well behind the others, eating into his 2 minutes. Problem started there maybe? What though? Shame because he and his bike were “tuned in” at that stage of the meeting.

Guessing you live in a mud hut and have no access to tv? Any meeting I’ve watched at BV doesn’t matter if you’re first out the traps, you’re under attack until the chequered flag

Exactly. Tate is a much better rider than Connor, I mean that in the most respectable way. Tate is destined for the top and anyone with a speedway brain can see that.

He already has... twice! They seem to love it though, go figure

Aye right,and you would still pay £20+ to watch them no doubt.

Well done Freddie, get well soon Tai unfairly excluded in my opinion.

Did you watch quali? He was at his authoritative demanding best

See what a move to a British club does for you, well done to Fred absolute class and commitment (Maybe every rider needs a blonde Scandinavian woman stroking their back in the pits before a GP). Zmarzlik needs to get himself to Leicester before it's too late for his championship Can I just ask a question... how many of you that attend Speedway immediately start looking around at the crowd at the end of a race? No, me neither, so why do the TV cameras continue to do it? They miss so many after race incidents. Focusing in on people with flags! I hope DJ Woffy ain't too badly injured, suspected broken elbow, let's hope it's not his crossfader curve control arm and he can be fit for the British GP after party

Just seen some of those comments and they are laughable but typical of the Facebook crowd. I.e the type of people who’ve never heard of Tate or even Workington. Connor Mountain is a run of the mill 5 point Championship rider at 26 years old and they’ve just signed an 18 year old who’s already achieved a higher average than Connor ever has, who cares about nationality. Top level professional sport should be cut throat and I applaud the BV promotion for the change.

You mean "most" still moan... Too much in Poland... Crap tracks... No opposition for Zmarzlik... Crap racing... Phil Morris show... Crap camera work... We need World Finals back... Blah, blah, blah...

How good was that? GP Speedway... And some still moan....

Just seen the video of the heat in question, Luke riding like you’d expect a rider in front to ride. Defending his position from a rider behind fair and square. As for fredriksson well that was just plain dirty. The look over the shoulder knowing exactly what he was doing, I’m all for hard racing but come on.

Your not Max,why turn down chance to earn money.!

Might feel good saying that, but wouldn't help his career.

Aye and if my aunt had.......well you know the rest.

From official Leicester Speedway: "Congratulations to Lions Rising Star Sam Hagon who won the first event in the new National League Riders' Development Series at Poole tonight!" From BSPL site: "POOLE reserve Sam Hagon took victory in the club’s NDL Individual event at Wimborne Road after a run-off with Jake Mulford" note: "club's NDL individual event" So not the NDLRC then?

I think you are getting yourself in a twist here. Why does she have to be near the same standard as Championship middle order riders, when she was employed at reserve ? Aren't there a good few riders that have been in teams for years that aren't going to be middle order riders, or at least not in the first of second season ? Some struggle a bit at first. I don't even think Celina has struggled too much before she started picking up points.