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Excellent piece in the Speedway Star about the Brum closure... Nigel Tolley has put in two thirds of a million during his tenure... An incredible amount and he deserves great thanks from everyone who were able to keep attending... Crowds of 500 were the main issue and he said it costs £12-13k a match to run a home meeting... And then had the away costs in top! He said that having more UK based riders was vital for the sport, given the cost of flights, hotels, etc... Exactly what's been written in the letters pages of the Star for about three decades, and on here for 15 years or so...!!! If only promoters had realised that...! BZ wanted £7.5k a meeting so didn't get signed... A good interview with Brian Buck too, another who deserves great thanks for playing a huge part in the resurrection of the sport in Birmingham.. Another excellent publication this week from the Star team...

5 Heats gone and pathetic from the away side they're going to finish in the League Table were they deserve to be. Worrall and Kennedy absolutely woeful. Lambert embarrassing but nothing new there. Time to Scorpions had a massive clear out and start over again. Least Jake Allen showed a bit of fight 🤣

Apart from you can't moan about it anymore as you're just as bad

#PrayForGodfrey 🙏

Well thanks for that but that’s Jordan Jenkins, who doesn’t ride for Berwick.

Brilliant heat 15. Wow

@Gavan always goes on that Jaimon Lidsey can't ride anywhere apart from NSS, yet he has a higher away average then Jason Doyle and only 0.08 below Emil.

And we all know who is to blame for that. They were quite happy in the NDL only to be forced up by the powers that be.

He wasn’t allowed lol

Really happy to see Ace doing really well, good to see how he's bounced back after a dip in form last season.

Sounds like if you are right, you look forward to saying "I told you so" but surely you'd love to be proved wrong? The more clubs racing the merrier!

I would've moved Pickering to 5 a long while back, certainly scores more at Owlerton than Chris Holder.

The Fords 'will be dipping into their pockets' to pay for the new air fence! As for Tobias, it is suggested that his Danish club will be in their top league next year so Wednesday fixtures!!! Thats why Plymouth or Glasgow might be better options for him.......?!😜 In any case, until the league format, number of teams and the 'agreed' 40points limit are confirmed, its a bit pointless looking at possible line-ups for 2026, imo!!

Talking through your rear end again !

gavan does come across as a crazy ex stalker, just like acebelle tbf

Is it not possible that the riders simply want to do their best in every race they're in? Out of respect for the fans / to increase earnings etc.

The others were already bald!

A decent night’s racing with Jack looking pretty imperious and a fairly comfortable win despite both Chris and Picko not being quite as on it as usual. Cracking ride by Morris to second on the line. If I was going to whinge… what was with the booing of Howarth when he won his final ride?? Only a few people, but seriously? Brilliant servant of the club for years, he deserves better than that.

And the huge shift, since fhe 70's, in the demographics of those who live in the cities..

Will Monarchs get the 1 point the need to guarantee a place in the play-offs? They'll have to be at their very best to do it against a very strong Glasgow side. Jacob Hook guests for Villads Nagel and I must say it's very pleasing to see Jacob showing some real signs of progress this season. Friday 22nd August: Edinburgh Monarchs v Glasgow Tigers (Championship), Armadale, 7:30pm STELLAR MONARCHS: Victor Palovaara, Paco Castagna (Capt.), Justin Sedgmen, Michael Palm Toft, Kye Thomson, Jonatan Grahn, Jordy Loftus. ALLIED VEHICLES TIGERS: Chris Harris (Capt.), Jacob Hook (Guest), Dan Thompson, Leon Flint, Kyle Howarth, Freddy Hodder, Max Perry.

Some good racing tonight from both teams, and a last heat decider to finish off another terrific Scottish Derby. Glasgow showing a bit of grit to pull through a chaotic night , Edinburgh pushed all the way. Fair play to both teams for an entertaining night of speedway.

Had a bit of everything that. Didn't really see what happened with Wright and Allen, but it got the whole place really rocking! We need more of that. Pijper was superb - quick from the gate, and when he missed it was able to make passes. Everyone else was really solid. Was impressed with Harrison for Scunny, but sad to see the demise of Worrall and Lambert who are normally good for big points here. Feels like they need to rip it up and start again with Harrison as a starting point.

Definitely mate,winning is nice but good speedway is better, both is better again

Wow! Pretty strong words from David Howe... may have just talked himself out of a job!

It wasn't that long ago (some) people were wanting him dropped this season. A few poor matches & people on here are (sometimes) quick to want changes made.

you need to limit your wine intake

So what, anyone can talk rubbish on here, as that's what pilots fans do on other threads 😁

Links for Grudziądz v Lublin: https://vk.com/video-53550004_456242392 https://vk.com/video-81427162_456239745

It’s 12pm

Edinburgh by 20

Perhaps they've done that because that was his name! What's wrong is them saying Real Name: Raymond Sidney Humphrey. It should say, Birth Name: Raymond Sidney Humphrey.

Good ride from Pludra. Maybe time for Hampel to drop a league.

If Adam is not fit we have no choice to replace him with a guest if he is at reserve.

He might be inspired having to ride at #6 😆

Without him it would likely have closed earlier. I don't remember there being a queue of willing buyers

youre surely not willy waving about totals raised for srbf well done to supporters at all tracks for every penny donated

Belle Vue - £1,397 Kings Lynn - £1,043 Leicester - £1,964 Berwick - £1,885 Edinburgh - £1,609 Ipswich - £3,337

Because he's a contracted Glasgow Tigers rider?

And then the powers that be tried to kick them out again.

As usual it’s difficult for the average fan to know the ‘rules,people often ask me because they know I’ve been going to speedway for over 50 years and most of the time my answer is,I haven’t got a clue!!Maybe someone could help me out with this question?I believe in the play-offs you can’t use a guest from the other semi finalists? Does that also apply for the BSN trophy and the KO Cup?I ask because of Redcar’s situation of qualifying for all 3 semifinals and needing to get guest’s for Erik Riss.

Taites currently rolling average is around 5.88! With regards to the Fords I don’t think they will ‘dip in their pockets’ easy option would be to keep Tobias which wouldn’t be a good move.

According to the BSPA averages after tonight,Lawson's average is too high even for the one at Ipswich.

Just so our Belle Vue friends know we have had passing in the following heats 1,3,5,7,10,11,13,14 As expected Kvech and Lawson scored better than Kurtz and Bewley at Foxhall Trouble for Lynn was that the rest of Kings Lynn rode like Belle Vue …Iversen and Klindt decided to ride like Blodorn and Cook and Harrison looked as much out of his depth as Zischke and Harris matched Lidsey in being steady Still when the big guns of Leicester and Sheffield come here we need Ellis back as our reserves are struggling at home and 3 points from r/r isn’t enough Is Lawson able to guest if Adam not fit in play offs?

Gerry Facenna in the Star this week talks about how the racing is paramount to the sports future success... As it brings the punters back... Preparing tracks just to win, and not to provide entertainment, is something he simply doesn't agree with... He must come on here looking at the ideas he has to improve his business.......

I always look back on the 1978 World Final at Wembley with great fondness.. Heat 4... Ivan Mauger... did he fall or was he pushed... Ole Olsen... my favourite rider at the time winning... Gordon Kennett... the captain of my team, White City, finishing 2nd... and on his birthday! The GP's will never be as good as those one-offs...

As I have mentioned before... Just ask TR and CO why don't they just use the Abbey given their low projected numbers... Car parking too shouldn't be an issue using their crowd projections... A perfect sized stadium has been built if those numbers are correct .. So just use it...

While talking of nostalgia ,for me nothing beats the BLRC CHAMPIONSHIP meetings at Belle Vue Hyde Rd. Jam-packed every year+ Fun Fair for after.

I thought it was

My point was when you have professional company’s trying to get a speedway track open and they ask for facts figures and information for their plans and you try to contact the SCB for said information they don’t answer or reply to calls or emails, I’ve said this before, the sport should have a go to guide/vison/system/manifest or call it what you like that any would be promoter or planner can use to address the councils or company’s working on projects to open or reopen tracks but it doesn’t because it’s a shambles of a sport