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And you might see an Oxford victory 😚

Slightly different link from usual: http://kergel.ucoz.lv/index/0-2 Additionally : https://vk.com/video-53550004_456242148 https://vk.com/video-220089063_456246104 https://vk.com/video-81427162_45239695

Averaged more than the following in Poland last season: Pawlicki x2 Wozniak Kvech Przedpelski Lidsey Ras Jensen Woffinden Michelsen Doyle

The line up for the meeting is indicative of the current state of British speedway. in days gone by there were two semi finals feeding through to a top quality line up for the final. Now we have only one semi final made up of Premiership reserves & championship second strings which reflects poorly on the so called development of British talent. Sad to see!

The only sport I watch on telly is speedway, but I am not going to pay £31 per month for it. I thought I would watch the highlights on Dmax. Imagine my surprise when I see the SGP is allocated 30 minutes yes half an hour for 23 heats! Will it be worth watching, I wonder. At least the British matches are allocated an hour for 15 heats. Something doesn't add up with 23 heats crammed into half the time allowed for 15 heats. Thanks Discovery, you have ruined my enjoyment of Speedway, as I am not able to go to meetings anymore (Age, distance, finance etc.). I am sure this is is not what the people who gave Discovery a ten year(?) contract signed up for. Having enjoyed the coverage up until now, I can't wait to see the end of the contract and hope someone better will take over.

Not it wasnt watered ,simply because it had been watered from 6.30 am until 6.30 pm, if more had gone on after that it would of just sat on the top surface , making puddles which riders definitely do not want, they get filled in . In fact we were asked to try and dry it out abit with the grader at ht7. In Poland they have very different tracks, very different equipment, even the material. In my opinion watering a track is a very dark art, 1 bowser to many and you have materials that turn to slop, not quite enough then you have dust.

Still a weirdo

This post is so far off the mark on many points

Maybe it would, that's his problem. I just thought the other post was a bit of a needless dig. Not at all surprised, though. I enjoy going to Berwick regardless tbh - and will do even moreso now. The racing will never be great but it's rarely awful, and it's a big, fast track where you can spectate very closely. Not many left these days.

Going against the grain here but I’m disappointed with the club. Reply’s to comments on other media suggest it was done in the best interest of Borke while Borke indicates otherwise. I fear the 28 day recovery sabbatical is a soft way of saying we have canned a fan favourite, a rider who was severely injured in service to the club and a rider I believe deserves more than two meetings to prove their worth. Hodder got a full season of flipping his bike at the gate and finishing half a lap behind. I believe Borke deserves more from Berwick. As a fan, the Club, the promotion and Smith will get my full support but this definitely leaves a bitter after taste.

And that was just the Monarchs fans.!

Tonight's U21 Qualifier should be interesting for Poole fans, a chance to see how Will Cairnes competes with his U21 contemporaries.

I have suggested this for the past few years. It means more money for riders and reduced amount of guests and searching for riders

And in fairness we could use a T/S for one of Ashton's rides, I'm sure we'll be using one! 😵

talking rubbishe!! the track is amazing 99% of the time and always makes for a fair meeting… Oxford were just majorly slow

Doesn't he have a British license? Also has British parents I think.

That's exactly it, one rider is willing to travel because he wants to make a living as a speedway rider. The other is willing to put his career on hold & hope for a more Southern Champ club? That's how I see it. I'm not having a go at Ablitt, I wouldn't want to travel from the south coast to Berwick for home matches, but with not many clubs these days, it's a risk sitting out of the Champ & only doing NL/NT when you're a 5 point champ rider.

The glory days of British Speedway is just a memory and will never return.IMO.Tracks closing down and crowd levels hardly helping ,nobody in there right mind will invest there own money into the sport .Sad times. Just compare entertainment value and crowd levels at Top Level over the weekend in Poland Sparta vLublin to Kings Lynn v Oxford. Night and day. Don’t have solution though.

The zagar saga is definitely a visa issue and not money

I know nothing, I’ve told everyone enough times

IF I had the money I would try to revive the Diamonds. But it ain't that easy, even if I did have the cash to do so. Finding somewhere to race seems to be a no go anyway, so it probably won't happen. My opinion on the Berwick track is just that, an opinion. This is an open forum for discussion. As I've said in an earlier post, good on all the previous promotions and the current one for keeping it going. And, just to clarify, it was an observation, not a "moan" and was directed at the track, not Berwick as a whole.

If you watch the riders in this league and look at the performance in the UK why does U K speedway think it can compete. It has three or possibly four teams who could provide decent opposition at this level but the rest are also rans with riders simply topping up the pension pot. Someone at the governing level needs to take a long hard look at where the racing is in this country. It cannot compete at this time with the likes of Poland so take time out to find at what level Speedway U K sits. Riders who compete in Poland generally go through the motions in the U K and the down side for them is huge if they get injured racing for an U K team. Why would you want to ride in front of sparse crowds in the U K when you have the Polish option of well supported teams in modern stadia unless it is simply to top up the income always assuming you manage the risks. No disrespect but the likes of Birmingham are with limited financial resources and track availability on a hiding to nothing if you are relying on attracting the dream of Polish riders and they would probably be better associated with one overall league. Sad that U K speedway finds itself where it is but the current custodians should shoulder most of 5he blame for years of indecisive management and lack of forethought.

Jack Smith is the epitome of a journeyman rider, seen as a last gasp or short term signing, as is the case in this situation. However it is clear the Bastian Borke is a mile away from sufficient race fitness that justifies his team place at present and I back the clubs decision to drop Borke be it temporarily or not as the situation could not continue. Though it does seem the club and rider have differing views on the events of the last day or so. Not sure if Smith is the answer though.

Way to dry

Come 2026 the sport is going to have more worrying things than rules and team numbers to worry about

You are in no position to say whether a rider is an expensive gamble or not as you have no idea how much they are costing or what deal they are getting, so unless you have inside knowledge best to keep quiet.

Does make me wonder why season after season Plymouth ship in an expensive gamble. Baek, Turner, Goret all came in with debateable pedigree and Cluff is little different. There has to come a point in time where taking expensive gambles on riders with blind hope has to be replaced with some sensible team building.

Just watched the heat 15 ride for Tobi - good ride and pleased to see him getting back to the form we know he is capable of, if Brum are to have any success this year a decent no 1 is critical! MJJ needed to offer more in the latter hears on paper he is just as good as Fricke / Masters etc so he should be looking to beat them particulary after his Foxhall performance last week. I think Zagar is gone but lets see. Another good score from Rew - I personally would be pleased to see him back at Ipswich - i suspect this years 7 won't be all back in 2026!!😉

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I don't there is any danger of not making the play offs but winning the title again is going to be more difficult. we need Rowe and Zach to continue their early season form and Kerr to improve.

I’m more interested in seeing the outside line tried! They’ve worked hard sorting out the camber during the winter and actually giving the track some better banking, but it hasn’t been tested yet so we’ve no idea if it’s made any improvement! I’m sure Bomber will put it to the test Monday. If he doesn’t then nobody will.

He only has to do better than Vuolas to strengthen the team.

If you pull out of the qualifier or final, for any other reason than injury, you should get a ban of 2 matches in whatever league/s with only an NDL rider allowed to replace.

Not Rew then 😁 In that case R/R rather than Howarth for me. And fingers crossed Nic has a good day.

It would have to be R/R with Kvech and Klindt taking Cook’s rides (which I think is what we’ll go with)… or the pretty in form Howarth guesting if Rob really wanted a full 7 🤷🏻‍♂️

Chris adams was talking to him at the end of the meeting, he would be a great addition but I just can’t see it

Zmarzlik please !!! Failing that....anyone who could win Heat 1 !

Remember that you can’t use our rider for your points on Monday. Brennan will be in witches colours 😉

Wright had done too many rides for Oxford to use the IRR facility.

Birmingham should've taken the change to talk to him about riding over here regardless, maybe they did?

Think they are all great options but it's wether any of them would come to ride in the UK, only basso and tarasenko have in recent years

Premier Sports showing Swedish League again in 2025- next Tuesday is Dackarna v Lejonen Premier Sports 1

We've already beaten Scunthorpe, Plymouth and Middlesbrough. The joy of three leagues! 😜

Yet you still find reason to comment on it……… Sad.

Lol I did wonder why I was brought into the conversation 🤪 , AND if I'd known where Rory was doing the commentary from he might have got one but as he made his own at the start of the meeting tbh didn't give it another thought

Hopefully this helps. Shuttle bus in operation from the town Facebook To the WWK FIM SPEEDWAY Grand Prix of Germany on 3. In May there will be a bus-shuttle connection again from the city center (Ländtor stop), via the station ( überlandbus stop 17) to the stadium in the Ellermühle. Two buses always take turns from 13 o'clock at half an hour. The return trip will be after the race (last ride 11:30 pm). The return fare is €3,00 per person (including children up to and from). 17 years are free).

Just to chuck my two penneth in, the worst thing about the teams this season is the predictability of finishing order. Ipswich are nailed on to win the Playoffs as long as Doyle can have an injury free season. If I were Chris Louis I would be having a word along the lines of "Dial it back to eight tenths mate and make sure your in the next meeting" BV almost certain to meet the Witches in the final. KL virtually certain to finish 5th. We need the one big league back, more variety and more tracks to visit. If that dilutes team strengths so be it.

A proper top level meeting... So good to see every lap, n every race, meaning something... Kurtz the stand out rider, but Freddie rolling back the years... Poland on a Sunday evening.....

14+1 paid maximum for Dan Thompson in the Championship last night. Ipswich and Chris Louis deserve huge credit for turning this young man’s career around. Dumped by his parent club a couple of seasons ago (a decision they now must hugely regret), his improved form was almost instant under the guidance of Louis and he’s not looked back since. Any young rider trying to make their way up the Speedway ladder should take heed of that when choosing their club to ride for.

Wayne, how rude.