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Spot on.... Especially following a team that has had regular success over the last few years... It could get "boring" being so successful.... And another potential impact to crowds is having so many high profile non Aces meetings chosen to be held there due to the entertainment level the track provides.. Meaning their fans forking out for so many major international and domestic meetings to attend... Plus of course being one of the very few top tier teams to run a development team season after season... Much better maybe to run just one team, using talent that has been developed elsewhere, and regularly coming close but ultimately failing to win the top prize, but bleating (every single season it appears), about being unlucky with injuries...?

Fingers crossed Ben Cook isn't to badly injured. Regardless of opinion & form, nobody wants to see anyone out through injury 🙏🏻

C'mon Ipswich🫢😁

If someone already has a CMA (over 6 meetings) then their average changes from the 1st of every month. It takes into account last years meetings also, and is based on the last 20 meetings raced. All of Lynn’s riders fulfil that criteria, so the averages will be be changed on 1st May up to and including meetings to the 21st April.

How about we all turn the TV off after heat 20 and just keep our own scorecards? Whatever goes on after heat 20 is their own circus 🤔

Might have been fun but…. 02.2.1 Announcer / PresenterTo provide spectators in a strictly impartial manner with information, ncluding Referee's racing decisions, instructions or statements, required to understand and enjoy a Meeting. Under no circumstances should they make comment that incites any section of the crowd, or on any matter that is sub-udice or gives the impression a protest has been/is being made against a Referees decision .

Just a side note... the commentator on BSN last night stated that Bomber wouldn't have been able to be selected for a Super Heat if he'd taken 7 rides. It didn't sound right, I've checked the rules and the maximum 7 rides per rider applies to the 15 heats only.

https://www.savecoventryspeedway.com/news.php?extend.4309.1

Of course it is a major sporting championship that is worth winning... A fact clearly proven last night by an Ipswich rider being the second highest scorer for Oxford...

Excellent news that Tai is on the mend hopefully will fully recover to lead a long and healthy life ,with regards to speedway I think that a decision is some way down the road . Imo people either over- under estimate wealth ,speedway is in real terms expensive to participate in, even at the very top compared to the overall rewards .

Yes we have really stole talent developed elsewhere like Danny King and Adam Ellis and have had no part to play in Dan T developing …. Can’t seem to remember any Ipswich fans bleating about injuries any seasons apart from the last one where to any knowledgeable speedway fan Ipswich would have been champions but that’s speedway you get unlucky at times

Win for KL but at what cost? Leszno are fighting to get back to the top flight of Polish Speedway and they'll be furious tonight to a point where they could flex their muscles.

Ipswich v Sheffield final barring injuries Or if Belle Vue get 2 new reserves

I don’t know why Wright got so animated, but it created a good atmosphere for 10-15 minutes. Kevin Long was stoking it up and it gave the crowd the opportunity to boo a pantomime villain for a while. Good fun really.

Well you certainly fit in then.

This fantasy speedway who and where is this 8 point assessed rider ? The team is what it is for this season . There might be changes if injuries force the situation and who knows Robert Lambert might fancy the last month of the season once Poland and the GPs have finished - but for now I honestly can’t see any change in the team

some people moan about lack of characters and confrontation compared to the 70s though so maybe we should embrace a bit of needle and hoo haa a little bit of jostling and finger wagging all adds to the atmosphere maybe it should be encouraged and riders not hammered for getting a bit wound up its a highly charged sport after all

Sam's Grandad, Alf, rode for Leicester Hunters from 1957 until 1961. According to Alan Jones' book on the Leicester Hunters Era he was the anchorman between reserves and heat leaders. He rode for England five times during their winter tour of Australia in 1958/59.

Lynn are never going to rip up the template after four league matches, nor are they going to dispense with Kvech in April. And personally I would only replace Cook if he was going to drop to reserve, and even then only temporarily. All very well saying '8 point and 5 point assessed' riders but who is realistically going to come over when they've got their season planned out and Poland had started.

Good win for Lynn that was. 8 points down and home riders throwing points away whilst in good positions, they could have easily let their heads drop but they dug in and fought back well. Important result.

its like watching coronation st.🤣

so you can dish it out but cant take it.

Belle Vue is the track with the most home track advantage in the league …. Riders set their bikes up to go quick and that’s it doesn’t take much skill to be able to do that Kurtz and Bewley are top riders wherever they ride but because of their home track advantage they are almost unbeatable at home Lidsey can only ride well at home and same with Blodorn….. no other team in the league would take a chance on either of those because they can’t ride anywhere else really … you bang on about Lidsey but he isn’t fit to lace Tom Brennan’s boots when you look at the overall package… give me a rider who can score anywhere rather than just be good at home You do have a good track but it doesn’t need much skill to ride it and I prefer skillful riders rather than throttle jockeys Go watch Mark Loram v the Karlsson brothers on you tube and tell me that that isn’t class skilful speedway

Quite radically.... First against fourth and second against third this season... Controversial.... "There's nothing to see here, move along please".....

That was my initial thought too.... I hope Ben isnt on one of those contracts that will cost him money if he gets injured riding in another league.....

Someone needs to have a word with him.This is speedway and there is always going to be close or very close contact.Undoubtedly he can be fast,but he needs to be a couple of yards in front to get points.He spooked himself tonight when he nearly binned it (ht2) and basically stopped.Then when Lawson went by he was spooked again.I hope he can sort this side of him out because there is potential there for all to see.

These big wins by Belle Vue are not doing the sport any favours at all… I’m sure with more easy victories the fans will not go to watch and crowds will dwindle They didn’t even need their number one rider … they are not helping the league Belle Vue speedway is dying with results like this but when you can go out and spend money getting Kurtz Lidsey and Cook in over the years it’s just chequebook speedway

Good win for Lynn, can't help but think they'll be buggered when Bomber moves up from reserve, can't see many of the others banging in the kind of performances that Bomber does around Lynn.

Buster wouldn’t get away with his delay tactics on his tractor to get bomber more time in Poland and he shouldn’t be allowed to get away with it here, it’s the little things

They did and were on the pace in all of there heats. Im glad the poster didn’t follow us when we were dross nearly every season, don’t think he/she would’ve coped.

Seriously. Perry and Hodder are 2 pointers, didn't they get around that?

Ellis had the audacity to beat him after a bit of jostling at the tapes which Wright didn't like I expect.

Apparently so.... https://x.com/OxfordSpeedway/status/1910596484795359493

What baffles me is they have a pop at Jaimon for only being good at the NSS when the difference between his home and away average is less than Adam & Danny’s, using the 2024 stats. The same Adam & Danny produced (supposedly) by the great Ipswich conveyor belt. Jaimon -1.92 Danny -2.04 Adam -2.63 They then go on about Tom with information we already know as we took him from last pick RS to 6+ main team member. He rides five meetings as a witch and all of a sudden they try and claim the glory. It beggars belief. They must know all this so why post if it’s not trolling?

If the queues for the BV match are anything to go by I'd recommend buying in advance, I shall from now on.

Just a question I don’t have the answer to What 2 riders would you like to see who are better than Cook or Kvech?

So you generalize the whole fan base based on a couple of forum posts, could say the same about your "lot" given you are backing your own troll

The “Top Prize” which is utterly worthless and not worth winning according to you. Unless Belle Vue win it of course then you’re on here doing the Hokey Cokey 🙄 Your true colours showing backing your man with his trolling of one fan base. As I said before, you’re all cut from the same cloth. Horrible ‘kin lot.

Wow, looks like I’m not needed here. What an excellent anti trolling rebuttal. Bit harsh about all the high profile events we have as they will (probably) have their junior GP as mentioned in Elvin’s BSPL AGM summary.

Cook can't seem to catch a break in the UK at the moment (though maybe his wrist) Your boys were caught out by the track early on, not sure why it was prepared like that, if it was for Bomber, again I'm not sure why as he was riding it as good at the end of the meeting as he was at the start.

The result went the way many of us expected. Lynn might argue that the margin should have been greater, but that’s down to their rider’s errors, which is not bad luck. I still think that a decent (8 point plus) second heat leader is required for the Lions to make the play offs. Points from reserve continue to be a problem. We can’t read anything into Hagon’s 3 paid 6 return as all his points were from races where only three riders finished. Kemp will have better nights but what Hagon does to justify his chance at this level is beyond me. I would expect Dickson will be looking imminently for a replacement. Who’s better? Don’t know, but who’s worse and doesn’t deserve a chance?

Great effort from Dan paid 9. Main body of the side at such a difficult place to go and one of only two race winners from the away side. Good lad.

Looks like the track is prepared for 1 rider, great stuff from Bomber

Cant see him being back this season, Sheffield will go for a double change with Hume being the other one to go

Not forgetting the hospital team looking after him and the surgeons etc, really amazing how quickly tai has recovered so far.

cant believe the question marks on cook, whoever is at no1 in this team will struggle, thats the making of the team, once cook gets to a middle order he will be fine, then whoever moves to no1 will start to struggle. you are basing cooks performances from no1 against belle vue and sheffield, both of who are top heavy so even the teams with good no1s will struggle to score good points.

i disagree cookie needs left to settle in with no pressure

They can have the car too! - Interesting idea about the price - If I put it on the lawn - people wouldnt know what it is! I guess everybody uses vans now - even juniors. Before buying the rack - I used to put the bike INSIDE a Peugeot 205 - so this was a big improvment for me...

It seems not Ray - I have put it on gumtree also. It would suit other types of bike too. I would rather not take it to the tip. I may try Ebay... Steve

Proper speedway transport!