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Surprised at Hawkins going for Doyle over Brennan in 15. Tom took a while to get his set up right but once he did, he was absolutely rapid in his final two rides.

I thought Jason Edwards was excellent last night - really proved he is one of the best RS' available. I reckon the Ippo promotion need to send some flowers or champers to the person at Birmingham who decided to tell the BSP office that Sammy Hagon was a permanent replacement for Jason rather than an injury replacement!!

Is it to much to ask of the expert commentator to actually know what the rules are regarding awarding races?

In fairness to Joe, it is like a decent Amateur Non League Football player being asked to play in the Premier League against some of the best in the world... Riders of Joe's level (and there are quite a few), shouldn't be riding in the top tier... Does nothing for the spectacle or the fans, and even less for them...

The leading riders were on lap three when the race was stopped with a considerable gap between the two Leicester riders and the remaining Ipswich rider. In awarding the race the referee concluded that the third placed rider had little or no chance of catching & passing the either of the Lions riders ahead of him. In making such decisions the referee does not take consider hypothetical scenarios such as the remaining riders could fall or suffer engine failure. It was the correct decision and a shame the commentators fail to understand that it’s not when a rider falls but the position of the leading rider that determines the state of the race.

Or simply beaten by a better side? Ipswich have a stronger team than Leicester, it’s pretty simple really.

I've seen clearer images with a potato. How can you claim that shows anything?

Through to what? It's the final!

Smacks of being an attention seeking thing, wants to be a hero, look at me back from a coma to race again blah blah blah. Rather he was just remembered for being a great Champion of his time and concentrated on enjoying life with his young family.

Rew will be back at Foxhall next year, so it's an obvious guest choice...

They’re split second decisions though for a rider. He had his wheels in line and opened the throttle and was making a pass. Stick or twist? Keep it pinned and make a pass in a grand final, or shut off and lose the opportunity. To be fair track was a little tricky early doors, quite deep and heavy. Had that been later in the meeting when it dried and slickened off a bit more, he could have made that move stick. Certainly don’t blame the boy for giving it a go.

I don't think we choked this time, more like Ipswich have the strongest team in the league!

Two or three races involving TomB and Emil were top entertainment!

Fair play to Will for trying to stay upright after Danny King clearly knocked him off. Correct decision to exclude King.

Thought there was some decent racing at times 🤷🏼‍♂️ ok wasn’t a thriller, but there was some good races in there. Wasn’t as good as the Sheffield meeting in the semi, but thought it was better than both semi’s at Foxhall and the NSS. Fingers crossed Adam isn’t too beat up. Been in the wars a bit.

And to me this is what makes good use of the wildcard.

You can breathe out now 😂

Dug out my aged 9-10 t-shirt from 27 years ago and jokingly held it up and said to the Mrs I reckon I can still squeeze that on you know 🤣🤣 must be a good omen the shirt is coming with me Thursday!! Uppa Witches 🧙

Ipswich 1/14 Leicester 8/1. Might chuck down 20 notes on Leicester at those prices! Hedge my bets so at least I’m compensated if we balls it up on Thursday 😁

It was nice to see us win at Leicester with 6 riders 👏🏻 stops that argument about Sheffield finishing top and thinking they are the best side! They couldn’t beat Leicester with their 7 riders so no chance they are the best team in the league after last night 🏆 All you heard all season when Witches were top is that “wait until the play offs” from other teams… well we waited and only Leicester and Ipswich made it! Best two teams in the league then or still up for debate? 😉 If we lose it I’ll be disappointed but I do like Leicester, their fans, and their team / manager. Let’s just make Thursday an amazing atmosphere from both fans and good luck 🤞🏻

There was a lot of faulty air horns last night 😂😂

Think Parr said they had a replacement for Riss but deal fell through or could have been the cut off date,but something stopped it happening.

That was a pretty good meeting, the Leicester track provides good opportunity for racing and of course the tension was visible. I expected Brennan in heat 15.

Really? They won by 8 at your place earlier on in the season! In fact they were beating just about everybody until they lost Doyle and Thompson in the space of a few days which punctured the Ipswich tyres. Neither Doyle nor Thompson have actually been the same since those injuries either. Thompson was going like a train and riding like a seasoned heat leader until he broke his wrist. Hasn’t hit those heights since and neither has Doyle. That could have provided an opportunity for others, but the strength of the side means they still looks like comfortably coming out on top.

Ha, only due to the nothing meeting after the cut off🤣

Well it is on a cheap android so only one step up from a spud Then taken in a pitch black room from about 5 metres away off a 100 inch screen with pictures via a projected mirrored to WiFi connected signal Finally it needed to be zoomed and cropped to meet forum limitations All in all I'm happy with the results

I’m saying nothing until after Thursday 😁

Douglas was both wheels over off turn 2 Should go for that

The referee has been Leicester’s best scorer the amount he has given them

Woffinden will do about three GPs. He'll be stone last in the standings and then will jack it in citing his injures from the season before. Picking him has really turned the sport into a complete mockery. It's either backhanders or some proper delusional people picking the wildcards. btw who does the picking?

Woffy is a ridiculous selection.Friends in the right places.Suppose he is handy as the resident DJ.Absolute Joke.

Riders include Cooper Rushen, Vinnie Foord, Will Cairns, Luke Harrison, Ben Trigger and Ace Pijper plus many more exciting young riders. Also after the U19 final there is the British Youth Championships 250 cc and 125 cc classes. Gates open 11:30 am, cash only . Adults £17.00 This should be a very competitive event with some of the UKs finest talent on show, get down to the GT Tyres Arena and support the stars of the future.

Curtain down on the NL season at Iwade and time to say well done to Messrs Graveling and Gray for bringing speedway back to South East. Thanks also to all those volunteers who helped make it happen.

Annoyingly I can’t find any photos in it as kid, I’m not a massive bloke (5’9” 74kg) but the fact it squeezed over my shoulders and gut makes me think it must’ve drowned me as a 9 year old 🤣🤣

Interestingly, looking at their 2025 averages covering all meetings, Ellis and Rew have an identical average of 6.78. Only difference is their 2025 GSA which has Ellis on 5.84, and Rew on 6.15.

He was slow to get going this year, but whenever I’ve been checking his scores during the second half of the season, he seemed to be Birmingham’s most consistent rider? Maybe I’m wrong you’ve been watching Birmingham far closer than me this year. Anyway, if we were going the guest route Rew was the one I wanted. Pretty sure he still has last years Ipswich kevlars too!

your obession with lbw and shovlar is very odd

Keynan Rew guesting for Adam Ellis on Thursday.

As usual you are running on about something you know very little about, I'm a season ticket holder and in the majority of home meetings he was box office. There were a couple of meetings he was all at sea in terms of speed but he was generally very good and I'd have him back next year.

Would agree,that’s why fans are voting with there feet in general.Admission price go up while standard of League drop ,to pay few Top Men big money. Championship is much more level playing ground. IMO

Couldn't disagree more. You are paid to do a job and concentrate on it. If I was looking at my mobile instead of working I would get fired. If an observer like John McGuinness also noticed this, then there is definitely an issue.

Ipswich played the system or maybe it suited them, they started like a train and could have run away with the league but there was no point, a top four finish is really all they needed, you saw last night what they can do when they are on it especially Emil, and that’s what counts in this modern play off system, you do enough to make the play offs and turn it on for those, you could say Brady Kurtz done the same but Belle Vue were not quite strong enough to get the job done when one or more riders were riding in a preservation state, we don’t like it when riders don’t give it 100 all the time but the reality is they can’t and the current system allows them to be like that because there is always another day, when the league was decided on who came top you couldn’t afford to carry anyone unless your team was exceptionally good, one bad result could be the difference between being champions or not. Have to say some of the racing last night were amazing, Leicester is so much better than the track originally built by DH which was dog rubbishe.

40 heats of speedway for £17 bargain of the year, U19 is a cracking line up, looking forward to seeing how cooper Rushden does. And the forecast is looking good, so come on all speedway fans, come to the Northside GT tyres arena for a cracking day out

Those that were on their phones should be embarrassed. No wonder Dickson gave them a dressing down.

I blame Brady Kurtz.....

Unusual but a fair enough call to award given the track position Think the ref delayed red light until they were over the start line so he had the option

A really likely outcome. The pinnacle of the sport being used as a 'try out'. At best he's just getting a MONSTER farewell tour. In THE World Championship. It stinks.

Particular congratulations to all involved on growing the fanbase by successfully integrating two very disparate groups of fans.

No wonder speedway in the UK is on its arse.

Well if anyone wanted an example of how Speedway fans are treated with complete contempt you have it at Oxford today!