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Given the alleged lack of profit or big losses involved in operating a speedway club business, I have always been of the opinion that the " promoters" do so for their own personal enjoyment. The people who come along to watch just help them to achieve theri enjoyment. They choose thier own team, they choose which league they oeprate in ,and enjoy meeting up with other promotoers who are on the same ego trip with theri personal ambitions. To them, it matters not a jot what their customers think, they are on an ego trip to try and win the p.offs . All this dross about doing it for the "love of the sport" doesn't wash with me. Nor has it for many years when speaking face to face with "promoter X " or "promoter Y" I have just been told " its my club and ill do what i want with it " or words to that effect. Sadly with promoter X he ignored my (and many others) comments and lost a shed load of money taking"his club" into the 1st divsion. Never, in RECENT years have I even had the decency of a reply to comments/criticism/suggestions to promoters team managers. So forgive me if i find this whole charade of the forgetful four , the famous five, the super six or the magnificent seven nothing more than winter entertainment. Supporters will get what they are given.

Not sure you understand the point of a forum

Only 4 days to go until arguably the biggest let down since Nicki Pedersen signing for Peterborough

There’s a world of difference between disclosing the intricacies of financials and delicate negotiations, and issuing general broader updates to keep supporters loosely in the loop.

I get all of the Business/Corporate stuff about confidentiality and due diligence legalistically restricting what can be publicly disclosed, and when. But local professional sports clubs such as Ipswich Witches are also deeply rooted in their local community, and whether they like it or not, have a strong psychological contract with the local population and more specifically with those who care for and support them. If a big, bad corporste entity or local authority comes along to put a local club's existence into jeopardy, the locals mobilise themselves to campaign to help try and stave off that threat. In that situation, the club's owners will often join with that campaign by stressing that it is a service of great "community value", and it's loss would harm the wellbeing and sense of community which the supporters and the wider local comnunity derives from it. In these circumstances, hiding behind corporate walls of silence is shamefully breaking that psychological contract

A lot of the nasty comments comes from other fans or people that are not fans just stirrers.

Well done Poole have more pages than plymouth! Most people wouldn't see that as a win especially when you read the content.

If that is even remotely true its no wonder there's no takers £35k would be nearer the mark given at the current time your being asked to buy into a failing business model with top level UK speedway as a whole.

At least he made it to the first bend...😉

Don't be mean to @Neila. They are the biggest non Poole poster on here and 3rd overall! Also most teams have more pages than Plymouth.

We all know the situation but if Poole lost their track there would be no point in discussing on here a new track at a secret location, with opposition and no hope of a planning application,need more positivity

I do. Why do you have to be so rude about a Poole director, promoter and owner on a Poole thread? Give Clive some credit for keeping Poole’s name at the forefront. One of the reasons why this thread now runs to 71 pages. How many are there for Plymouth?

That’s the spirit mate, nothing like some good old enthusiasm to get something over the line

To be fair Flagrag is probably one of the best connected people on this forum to the powers that be, I remember him being the first one to highlight the Sky cash cow was soon going to be no more and he was spot on.

Anyone know if the AGM is being live-streamed pay per view, should be worth a quid of anyone’s money, watching 5 brave warriors debating over Zack cook average,new helmet colour or not and just how many times should teams race each other in a season before fans start to feel a bit cheated out their money

Give yourself 10 out of 10, he is Poole's number 1

Which is more than he did for Sheffield 😁

Went last year and it was a mega couple of nights, especially the Friday. And it was also my first time at the NSS and it didn't disappoint. Gutted I cannot make this year as I'm already booked up for the Isle of Man TT Races. Very unhappy with the date clash with SGP being a week earlier in '26.

????? Lawson

Ive got a better idea. Let's not

I agree, happened with Kemp at Leicester, signed on a 3 average, dropped for Cook when it jumped up to over 4. While it wasn't an immediate change, kinda goes against the ethos of the RS system.

Probably because nobody thinks Plymouth are title contenders, they could be this season so maybe we can all look forward to more pages on the Plymouth thread.

Fame at last thanks @LisaColette 🙃 got to keep the pilots fans on their toes 😛

I’m indifferent to be honest. When Louis put the club up for sale it was clear it was either sold or would not run in 2026. At the time I said to myself well that’s that at least we went out on a high. Since then nothing I’ve seen connected to speedway really gives me much enthusiasm for 26. In all honesty what updates are we expecting? He’d spoken to 2 possible buyers both were a non starter, the third maybe a sale between Christmas & New Year. Clearly that hasn’t happened any comment as to why would likely no increase the chance of a sale. After the years of Doyle & Emil, a team with no real number one in a league that is at the point of implosion I really can’t be bothered with it.

Lots of unknowns in the line-up for the Aussie title this year. So many of the big names are missing. Jack Holder will be the big favorite, with Tungate and Lidsey as his main rivals, I guess. - Alexander Adamson - Reid Battye - Mitchell Cluff - Ben Cook - Zach Cook - Jack Holder - Jacob Hook - Jaimon Lidsey - Mitchell McDiarmid - Jack Morrison - Bradley Page - Keynan Rew - Lachlan Russell - Harryson Ryan - Justin Sedgmen - Rohan Tungate - Dayle Wood - Tate Zischke Jan.3 Wodonga, Victoria Jan.4 Wodonga, Victoria Jan.7 Mildura, Victoria Jan.9 Gillman, South Australia Don't forget it's live on the British Speedway Network https://watch.britishspeedway.co.uk/

Come on, man, your Team GB riders aren't that bad. If all of the top British riders (Lambert, Bewley, Woffy) come to ride in the Test Series against the Aussies, this would be a heck of an event. Perhaps even of interest to a tv station to cover this test series instead of the league. Who knows? Five proper speedway tests over 18 heats with 6-rider teams plus reserves, no gimmicks, that's all it needs. Make Speedway Great Again !

I don't recall the then Chelsea owner saying much at all.

I'm a big fan of what Chris has achieved for Ipswich Speedway and the crowd has grown over the years. However, putting the fans through this uncertain time with no reassurance/updates is very poor. Ritchie Hawkins was co-promoter as well. There'd be no Ipswich speedway without paying spectators and they should be top priority.

I believe very little either. There’s one or two you’d take notice of, but the majority you wouldn’t hang your hat on that for sure. In fairness to @flagrag , he’s a good sort and well respected in his work so I’ve been a little harsh here. It’s entirely possible he’d heard an early snippet of what Chris Louis was putting together before the proverbial sh!t hit the fan. Think it’s safe to say that whatever he’d heard early doors, is now highly unlikely to come to fruition.

Forgive me for not believing hardly anything people write on here 😂 most people just want to feel important and in the know 😆

Oh but they do Shano. @flagrag said so. Cracking GP rider at number 1 👍🏻

Thats life and in particular business in general - there is a similar process ongoing at SWFC - of course the concept of proof of funds is important (its 50m in the case of Wednesday) as is the fit and peroper persons test, I wonder if they have that in Speedway! (it hasn't made much difference in football)

It's relevant to speedway if Danny claims paternity leave and can't attend the BSPL AGM on 6th?!😇😝 Take a chill pill Lewy. Happy New Year.

and I wouldn’t be reading too much into Matt Fords return to the Uk , other than the rules of residency surrounding Brexit. I guess Matt prefers to remain a UK citizen , rather than. French citizen .

Well no not at all. It was Louis himself that didn’t do what you’ve suggested. HE was the one putting the timescale on a potential sale, so when that then come to pass it was obviously ramp up the concerns of the supporters. Why would he be “damned” if he now came out and told the supporters that talks were still ongoing? At least that would give the supporters something to cling on to. Alternatively, if it’s all gone t!ts up, tell them. At least it would put them out of their misery. Either way, an update of some sort should now be forthcoming. There’s concerned supporters out there waiting for news on a daily basis. Must be like pulling teeth! Supporters as always, treated like mushrooms.

Agree with you hence my comment

Cynical about everything to do with speedway it seems

No doubt he is,but surely it's personal to friends and family.

Can't see it personally. Made Owlerton his own last season, think at 2 he'll still prove to be a real trump card at home. On the road may be a different story.

Who cares

Baffles me that everywhere seems to want something the size of BV when Somerset, Redcar and Scunthorpe sizes produce good racing and would be far easier to squeeze in somewhere.

Garrity spent far less time inside than Nelson Mandela did. He must've been a proper wrong 'un. Though to be fair, prison must've worked. He never reoffended, and they let him run a country.

End of year update

... just like they were at Cardiff for 20 odd years.

Although, Garrity also spent more time in prison than Hitler, which makes you wonder…. Maybe he’s literally Hitler. Page 6. I thank you.

SGP is a world FIM event. Totally unconnected to the BSPL and the Premiership.

Ipswich "Tolley Badges" Witches? 😱

well run clubs don't call off a fixture cos the pit gate needs fixing!