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Is Diane Abbot doing the scores.

My two-penneth for what’s it worth. The FIM officials have to go by the rules, so a race-off or fastest time are not in the rule book so cannot be used. What however is in the rule book ? If two riders are level on points and wins, 2nds etc can’t split them then the head - to - head decides- simple !! Then it goes on to say if the tie involves MORE than 2 riders, it is checked to see whether there is a possibility to determine a Proper precedence. It then goes on to use as an example 3 riders A, B and C and how they can be split. It then says that if the above cannot split the riders then GP rankings will be used. My opinion mirrors yours and that the MORE THAN TWO doesn’t mean 3 MAX ( or they would have said so !)and that the head to head between the 4 riders should have been used. We know Lambert and Janowski won 2 and lost 1, so they should have been through and with Bewley and Vaculik winning 1 then the head to head between the two should have seen Bewley through.

Ipswich have done the track for their team and why not make it so the away riders are scared of it.

Wasn't expecting the Tigers to win this especially when they were missing Dan and running RR for Woffy

Have they got a 3 year old doing the graphics tonight?

When I agree @racers and royals and @WembleyLion then it suggests to me that a consensus has emerged, and it is that the FIM failed to follow their own rules and got in wrong

15 metres? He just got excluded Kelvin for falling... And Allen doesn't know the rules either..

Just like Sheffield last season

Thanks to the responders who helped with our travel plans. This was our first time at Cardiff. What an incredible experience! Us adults really enjoyed - my 8 year old loved the immersiveness. He was sure the louder he shouted, the faster bewley, lambert & brennan were going. There were many empty seats but that didn't stop the crowd. Fantastic atmosphere. We are the described "new fans" - my Dad took us to watch in Glasgow when he could lay his hand on free tickets (there was 4 of us kids, so I'll give him a pass 😆). We, all 20's and 30's now, have a rekindled love for the sport, with my 8 year old. It's a shame to see so much negativity- there are new supporters coming into the sport: most younger folk are simply unaware that is in existence. Word of mouth is incredible - I've not known anyone I've recommended to attend - even at that much lower championship level - to not enjoy it and have a fantastic night and either want to or actively go back. The amount of "gatekeeping" by older fans is laughable - not all, of course, but those "diehards", my best example being that I still can't comment on our local teams fan page! - these need to be verified and have waited for 1+ year! Please, be more accommodating of us newbies! I certainly hope Cardiff goes again next year. I'll be one of the first in line for tickets and will be recommending to many others - may even put on a bus (we also had no response to the glasgow one, despite it being broadcasted of availability on here..). Very open to all of your knowledge and experience. Welcoming of suggestions for tracks to visit, and other GPs for us to plan around our holidays next year!

Congratulations to Rachel Hellowell on becoming the new British Champion , I understand she won comfortably in wet conditions from last years champ, Katie Gordon , according to reports on Facebook ( haven’t seen anything official from the SCB ). Well done on the I.O.W. for staging it but, with only 5 entrants, what happened to the massive drive to bring more females into the sport? The FIM training school at Belle Vue that attracted all the hype had around 20-25 female riders yet the European Championship attracted around 10 and this championship only 5! Yet again, a lot of talk but little action from the powers that be.

One thing is for certain we would have won this with Doyle and Emil and Ellis but those are the breaks

there is no pick its 1st v 4th and 2nd v 3rd !!

No, it's eleventy thousand Priti Patel.

Ollie Allen talking complete pony as per usual

Scott... Why do the Promoters think they can charge over twenty quid for this? Why is a Belle Vue rider helping another team to qualify for the play offs? Why don't the commentaters know the rules or be able to add up? When is the Kabbadi back on TV?

Well.. It is vitally important isn't it? A HUGE prize on the line...

Sheffield boys cant ride Ipswich period no matter what the track conditions are like.

The whole production is comedy of errors.

Olly Allen is so poor at commentary

#PrayForRohan #RohanStrong

BSN are not showing the BSN semis and final - apparently!! They don't like showing Poole too often!😍 ps. looks as though Craig Cook is back for Leicester this evening so barring any injury (or feeding/changing duties) he should be at Wimborne Road on Wednesday!

I do wish Bewley would get himself a proper manager/mentor, a Pete Adams type or even Adams himself. The rest of the SGP field must be absolutely crapping themselves at just how good Dan Bewley can be. For me he's by some distance the most talented rider in the field, generally is always right up there or fastest in qualifying, gets through to a final and generally wins it, pressure doesn't seem to effect him, must have ice running through his veins... but inexplicably just goes missing from time to time, maybe he just needs somebody to focus his mind, I don't know.

Not bad from the 'throttle jockey' Bewley who people say can only do it in Poland and NSS Belle Vue. Twice won on the small track at Cardiff.

Thank you Brum especially Pawlicki for making me look an idiot, I can do that myself thank you without any help from you guys 😁. I feel so sorry for Nigel Tolley the Birmingham fans and loyal band of helpers they deserve so much better than what they have been served up this season. It is pretty obvious to everyone now if it wasn't before that Birmingham have had there pants pulled down by Pawlicki, I would get rid of him instantly (nothing to lose) and replace him with anyone that is available and wants to ride, back to the result and firstly well done Kings Lynn you wanted it more than Birmingham who sadly are simply unable to get seven riders to get it together on the same night, I will say in my opinion the track does not help their cause and that needs to be looked at if they are to be back next season in fact I would put it at the top of the list of things to do for 2025.

Was never going to be anything else tonight despite what the Sheffield fans were predicting. It’ll be the same on Thursday. Only track conditions early on meant it wasnt an even bigger victory.

Sheffield have won kelvin

Agent Bewley doing the business for Belle Vue tonight.

Holders cant ride Foxhall.....

You cant sink any lower than that result tonight against a depleted KL side. You've just got to applaud Tolley for throwing money down the drain on a consistent basis now.

People also go to watch their team win and they prepared to give them the best chance.

Of course they are, and that's the saddest part - they react so rapidly to different surfaces, which makes them much more difficult to turn and control on the bends. The Holders will be fine now that it's drying out. Sheffield should go on to win ...

Bikes are a lot different now

In Hindsight bit over generous.

Whose fault is that. You have so many blank dates on a Thursday because the sport has capitulated to Poland and riders who seem to be dictating far more than is healthy for a minor sport.

Watching on Eurosport and the picture is breaking up sums up the rubbishe state of the sport, no wonder it is not taken seriously and even having a 1/2 in the GP in Cardiff the media is not interested. Sums up the position of the sport and who in there right mind would want to get involved in this mickey mouse presentation or put serious money into speedway. You faff about having to follow it on Discovery+ and most discerning follows simply cannot be bothered to hunt down the televised coverage. BSPL seemingly do not have a brain when it comes to the most sensible media exposure.

Two pints???.

To be fair you won there in 2023 when he out gated both Jason and Emil to win heat 15 wee sod was out the traps like a rabbit with a lurcher after it!

long may it continue 🤣♣️

Tatum thinks Harrison could go off 15m after being excluded for a fall!

He was corrected by someone there and he did admit on air that he was wrong and he did correct himself during the broadcast. I never said loads were leaving, I said there wasn’t a “mass exodus”. But there were definitely people leaving and not just one or two either, I saw them.

Scott said he was riding this coming Thursday when asked at Cardiff. Don't know who for tho.

Yes I agree about Adam, but Emil's irreplaceable tbh. Just have to hope that now he is home, the Polish medics can work a miracle. Hopefully the Holder x 2 that normally turn up, appear tonight 🤞

Tungate out of tonight’s meeting as he crashed in Poland yesterday. Must have been a horrendous crash as he managed 4 further rides.

I suspect the one you will watch is the one Eurosport decide to cover. The outcome of your preferred match will mean diddly squat when it comes to the play offs. As for gate and go, the Leicester track is fair and welcomes opposition riders to make good starts should they wish to do so. The best riders attack this track and don’t make excuses, or read about all the negativity on social media.Have to admit though it’s no Belle Vue, where every meeting is orgasmic and a fast bike takes usually takes care of a rider’s technical shortfalls.

I don't think the lack of home appearances from the national team helps. To expect the mainstream press to report on a national team that only makes an appearance on these shores once every few years is unrealistic and there's no way on this earth they're going to report on the appearances in the back of beyond on the continent.

Comes across as 'half-built' on TV.

Yep. All makes sense. I went pretty much every year until about four years ago. It’s a great place to spend the weekend, brilliant stadium and great atmosphere around town. I’m just one of those that has drifted away. It’s very very difficult to imagine it getting back to 40k crowds. Multiple reasons for that, but the biggest for me is that British Speedway’s continued shrinkage, tracks closing and new audiences not being attracted to replace the ‘old farts’. The harsh reality is that a fair chunk of those 40k that used to go are now either dead or too elderly to manage a full day visit like that anymore. A feature of the day was meeting and chatting to loads of fans who followed the sport closely in the 60s and 70s…the reality is they are passing on. And there just isn’t enough younger people interested enough to fill their shoes. I used to go with my folks and one is too grumpy to go now (yes, father) and the other not too mobile (mother). We have said we might go again for ‘one last time’ next year. Honestly though, i don’t know anyone else my own age or younger that would have any interest at all in going.

I love the people on here saying they are glad they didn’t go. Yet all the people who did go seemed to enjoy themselves. Perhaps it’s just not quite the same on TV huh?

Well that was a fantastic evening at Cardiff, great atmosphere, great racing and tension with a Brit 1-2 and no holder or Zmarlik in the final. Added to being on a great city we really enjoyed it. Getting our tickets for 2025 very soon.

Novelties worn off....? And the main customer base it picks from ie UK fans in the main, has dwindled massively in the past 15 years..