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Regarding Jye, Berwick’s loss is most certainly Workingtons gain and he is a far better rider than his 4.98 average suggests. I’d fancy him to put at least a point on that and prove any doubters wrong. Those who “bagged” on Jye at Berwick were a vocal minority and I know that the large majority of Bandits faithful are disappointed he has left and will be sure to give him a rousing reception on his return to Sheilfield Park, I have no doubt he will “haunt” Berwick with a number of strong scores against not only us but every team in the league. He was a fantastic servant to the club and I can only wish him well for his season at Workington.

And why does this concern you what he gets. Or is it because it’s Glasgow that you have to make comment about something that is A. Nothing to do with you. B. Nothing to do with you. C. Still nothing to do with you. I just love that this annoys you .

I watched bewley for a season at Glasgow, probably at same stage boughen is now, and if told me he'd be a GP rider I'd have called you liar. There wasn't a bit fanfare about Dan, he had audition for a place at Edinburghs press and practice I seem to recall. Can only comment on boughen I saw easily beat bomber by about a straight at ashfield at end of season and that'll do for me on a 5

Honestly, I'm probably gonna eat my words in years to come, but I don't get all the hype behind Ashton. Yeah he's extremely talented on a bike for his age, but his attitude and the way he rides... I just can't see him developing into anything too crazy. Yeah he might eventually be a heatleader at Championship level, but I just honestly can't see past that. He reminds me a lot of Lewis Bridger. Bags of talent at a young age, but I just don't see him hitting full potential. I really like Glasgow and I hope it pays off for them, and it probably will, but he's not the next Bewley, Lambert, Woffinden in my eyes. I know it sounds stupid saying this already at his stage in his career, and I do hope I'm wrong... I just don't feel it with him, like I did when I first saw Robert Lambert and Dan Bewley ride, and I just can't explain why...

Genuinely not too fussed that AB isn’t returning. Didn’t like his attitude one bit, spent the second half of the season shutting off earlier and earlier, and if he didn’t gate he didn’t bother trying. Clearly a rider in there but happy for another team to find it.

How many have now? Rather a odd claim

I am a frequent visitor to our local Theatres, such as the Corn Exchange in Kings Lynn, to see live music. The shows are generally between £28 and £35 per person for 2 hours live entertainment. Some shows are even more. The killer for me is that I live just south of Norwich, so its a 100 mile round trip and the cost of fuel has to be factored in. Plus the cost of a programme, perhaps a drink and some chips and its a big expense now I'm a pensioner. I think the admission price is OK, but its the total cost that makes it difficult for some people.

http://www.birmingham-speedway.com/_mobile/news.php?extend.3589 An increase of £1 which will more than likely be standard across the board at a minimum, but the season ticket prices frozen so that makes them even better value than this year. It’s 12 league meetings plus, the first knockout cup fixture. That’s a saving of £52 if you plan on attending every meeting. Two free meetings, and £4 off a 3rd meeting. Fair play that’s more than decent. I also like the extras they’ve added also, one VIP experience and two complimentary tickets to be passed on to “non speedway fans”. Not sure how they’ll police that, but it all adds up to a very good deal 👏🏻

That's easy for you to say but let's be honest who would offer you any sort of signing on fee.

It's a shame contracts arnt worth the paper there wrote on

You couldn’t pay me enough to have to spend every Friday night with Cami Brown.

I cannot let this pass without a comment. Foord reckless , no mate just very green, but open to a lot of improvemnt. The more he rides the better he will get.

Watching the Rugby Union Test Matches in the Autumn International Series this November it hurts to see what we once also had in Speedway, but and sadly neglected and eventually lost. The sport is the poorer now without any full strength International test matches.

Would be great for April, not sure what we’d do for the rest of the year when he inevitably goes missing on track or doesn’t turn up at all or whatever other excuse in the book he comes up with. I could absolutely see him being the choice but he will never be my flavour of the month unfortunately.

Kenyan wasn’t offered a new contract as he wanted more than Louis was prepared to offer. As some have already said the boy had his head turned by offers from elsewhere let just hope they are concrete offers. A big shame really as another year at Ipswich in a settled environment alongside Emil & Jason would really have seen him kick on. If he is Birmingham bound I can’t see that being an upgrade on Ipswich. If Rew had stayed then one of Ellis or King would have gone & reading Kings interview I think it would have been him.

Didn't realise BSN paid that well!!?😇

100%... Part of its appeal to me was that it was four contracted riders from each team... Leaving another second string and at least one "decent" reserve to cover where needed should anyone be missing... I seem to remember hardly any "cry offs" too, with each team being at full strength... Plenty of "Heat 15's" on show...

Not surprised. Connor Bailey used to post videos of him winning races in the U24 Polish league and it looked more like a behind doors practice session- no one was there! Wonder if this contributed to Connor's decision to 'retire', hopefully just temporarily. Young lads could easily get themselves into debt and if they can't pay their bills when they don't get paid what they are owed, what can they do.

In Rob we trust.

I disagree... whenever I've seen GB/England ride it has always been very well attended SWC/SoN, test matches seem to have ceased since the inception of these competitions. As for individuals when they're run and promoted correctly (PCMT) it's almost a sell out at the NSS. As the BSPL have washed their hands of the national team it seems to be left to the company running Team GB Speedway to stage test matches which they apparently have no appetite for. So we have the situation where we are current World Champions and are not using that for the promotion and betterment of the sport at all.

Yep when the tai wolfman helped bewley out he changed his career in a few months ,a different bike/rider

I suppose Oxford is the nearest, as I seem to recall, Swindon versus Oxford was known as a local derby? And it has always been said, that Bristol got big crowds! I don't know why someone couldn't do something like 'a Workington' somewhere near Bristol, Swindon or South Wales. Maybe there isn't anyone with the money or the interest to start something up. However, there is a Swindon action group, how are they getting on?

Must be a fair few teams joining then if there's going to be enough for 2 divisions? There has to be at least 10 (from existing and new) for something like that to work surely

Not now he isn’t.

I’d jump ship for a nice juicy signing on fee as well.

Probably to pay for the Holders and Woffinden

It's to buy two rakes and pay two people to use them..

You could start to do away with it if there was enough meetings in the Championship to do that. But would need 2/3 meetings at least every single week.

A very typical Scunthorpe team of recent years I think, will be strong at home and weak away, looking to build big home leads to win bonus points and challenge for the playoffs. I see them as a team that will be challenging for the playoffs and will potentially make it based off of home form.

speedway never been that good at releasing details before the rumour mill been to work

£2 increase? Has that ever happened before? I know Leicester have increased their admission but that’s by the standard £1 which is the norm, can’t remember a £2 increase before? Leicester £23 btw so better value. £276 also for a season ticket that is only for the 12 league meetings. 12 league meeting at full £25 is £300, so you’re only saving £24. Not even enough for one full free meeting! That’s terrible value for money and poor from Sheffield. You do get a fiver off the first KOC round for balance, and same again IF they make it to the semi finals, but that’s still awful value for money.

Sedgmen and Pavolaara to Edinburgh.

You can have jye back

21 years ago... let it go 👸

Yes, totally agree. 4TTs also NEGATE the need for guests (or they should do)

It was "bust" after the Comets first trip to England/Scotland (do they even know which they are) this season and look how that turned out by the end of the season. There's always a risk with new riders, especially on their first visit to the unique uk tracks, but I'm sure most true fans will back the promotions team choices

With rumours of a larger NDL, you'd think he'd get a team spot there, after all many on here have commented where are all the extra riders going to come from? Makes me wonder, should any new work permits be issued when there are Brits (of a certain level) without team spots?

It would be interesting to know just how many people living in or around Cardiff actually attend the Grand Prix meetings. This would perhaps give a good pointer as to whether a Cardiff Club would be supported - IF of course, a suitable venue in the City could be found. I spent some time working in Cardiff during my working days, and the people there all said that the old Cardiff track at Penarth Road was a difficult place to get to in the days when not so many people had cars and had to rely on buses, and that they thought this was why it didn't last very long. The Penarth Road track is long gone now, but I did look for it in about 1964 and found what ws left of it which was just a couple of huts without roofs, and a concrete starting area. Pre war, there was a Cardiff track at a place called White City which has also disappeared now, and some of my Cardiff mates did suggest a place called The Maindy Stadium might be a possibility. Glyn Taylor once told me that he had a stadium in mind - but he wouldn't say where! I never managed to get to Carmarthen, which was a bit of a disaster, but I did go once to Neath and saw that the crowd was poor and the facilities non-existent! I'd really like to see tracks at Bristol and Cardiff though.

Words published, even direct from the horses mouth, are not always fact. Everything you hear, directly from the horses mouth, are not always fact. Every spoken word is told how they want it to be heard, even if it's a lie. Mainstream Media, Social Media, Websites, Face to Face, SMS to SMS, they all have one thing in common, they tell you what they want you to hear, self importance. And guess what, every single one of us suffer with it. Take everything you see & read with a pinch of 🧂

More so with minimal amount of meetings. 2 possibly 3 meetings a month is not enough. imo

Just to point out Kerry, Its Alfie Bowtell, in the Plymouth line up, not Botwell.

Matej is a class act. I hope he fires on all cylinders for Birmingham. They need a good side that will bring in the crowds regularly and in good volume Best of luck to Birmingham 2025

https://www.etsy.com/uk/market/speedway_fan_gift Have a look through here too. Similarly to Ebay though, be cautious & check out product details,the seller & delivery details. People have been ripped off from this site.

Not quite. I was there last time he rode & he obviously wasn’t interested. I was being heavily sarcastic!

Zagar was an absolute star at Reading- but it was a long time ago! I hope he can still be a star for Birmingham, they deserve some luck.

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Try retro Speedway

As is often the case there are two sides to everything and right & wrong on both sides as I expect is the case here. However what puzzles me is that the rider stayed in contact with the club during his injury lay off and never raised a grievance despite having multiple opportunities to do so which is very odd. He obviously no longer wanted to ride for King's Lynn and wanted to be elsewhere. There is a narrative that Lynn are a shambles but plenty of experienced, quality riders are happy to ride for the club and return after leaving so it's obviously not the case. Sometimes people just don't click with eachother and can be on different pages, I suspect that is what happened here.

If the fixture is late June he’ll probably be gone by then. Bad eyelash or something keeping from the UK 😂

That's absolute nonsense & not a rule.