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From Tobi's FB: Just an Quick update here from Poole hospital 😵‍💫 I have broken my femur and got put in an taitanium pipe from my knee to my hip to support the femur .🛌 On my face around the eye i have 3 minior cracks to the bones around the eye wich dont need any work done 😅 On top of that I cracked 3 ribs and got an swealed lung . Finally and last of got a small brain bleed nothing serious has the doc told me 🤦 Whats gonna happen here from now i really dont know I Will do my best to get back to fitness and see where that puts me for the future I wanna race because thats makes me happy and feel alive . I really thought I had everything in control in that heat. But being hit from behind is hard to safe 🤔 . This is an Racing accident and i dont hold any bad feelings against lawson i understand rubbish happens All fokus bow is being back to my fitness 💥 Thank you for all the love and support ❤️🤦✊

Yes he did a lot to improve things in the sport, especially the race night experience and the appearance of the sport on TV. He was never going to be allowed to make it into a proper sport as the powers that be just aren't interested in doing that. I think he may have had a hand in introducing some new riders to the UK. He did make the massive bottom burp of interfering with the play offs the season before last though but he did fess up to that understood it was wrong and owned it. Couldn't see him staying on as soon as the TV cleared off.

New link here: https://vk.com/video-53550004_456242544 Covers coming off now

The co-promoter of Northampton Foxes, Paul Hunsdon, will be the guest of the NSSC at the Brandon Club on Tuesday 28th April. Everyone is welcome at these events with entry only £4 with all proceeds going to help the GB Young Lions. Come along, listen to Paul and have the opportunity to ask questions. The meeting starts at 8pm. The venue; Brandon Club, Main Street, Brandon, Coventry, CV8 3HW

Another who could see what the sport (in the UK), could be, if only it could become credible and authentic within a team sport concept... But was never going to change things when so many (who financially sustain the sport), are quite content with what they have.. He definitely helped with Coventry and their ongoing battle to get back to Brandon...

Even for 2026, Phil has been a great advocate for British Speedway Premiership and has done lots of work behind the scenes which most people simply do not see. Always knowing that his role of Chief executive wasn’t to continue this year due to lack of money He was instrumental in keeping Ipswich going including being part of a consortium that made an offer to keep it going if Mayfield deal had fallen through. Has also had a a lot to do with the opening of Northampton giving guidance of what was required to get Speedway running along with being involved in the negotiations with stadium owners and management . There has been some failures previously maybe the loss of TV deal being the greatest but he did explore various options but none could be got over the line for various reasons. It has not been helped by some promotions not backing him fully. He wanted to modernise the product to try to get in new fans and sponsors some of which cost money like for tv meetings having a set presentation team and DJ, Lights and fire cannons on centre field but certain promotions wouldn’t back this and could even be objective like refusing to move advertising A boards for tv meetings and not even keeping the league sponsorship ones clean. Phil was also key to a number of top names returning to the UK like Woofy , Janowski and Lindgren along with brokering deals for Lambert and Dudek to ride for clubs to then back down on the deals

Did ok in the GP series but no impact in the Premier League but thats hardly surprising given the current set up

That won’t be a problem so long as you’re not expecting it in one heat!

Links for Bydgoszcz v Krosno: https://vk.com/video-234681448_456239093 Another closer to start...

Bydgoszcz start delayed by 1 hour to 7pm UK time.

https://www.bellevue-speedway.com/blog/latest-news-2/preview-atpi-aces-v-leicester-481

Not until he’s Wright.

In the good old days when we had a functional sport with competitors. For how many years did we have the old fashioned tactical rule of using any rider when 6 points behind. I always thought it worked quite well to be honest?

Back in the day a decent Good Friday could financially secure the season at Ipswich Often attracted 4,000 plus

Just saw this from Ben Barker on Facebook following what happened to Tobias Thomsen (hope he gets better soon): "Really wish tobias a speedy recovery... horrible timing for any accident but to find out we are not insured by the bspl like we have been for the last 30years that I remember... probably get fined for this but as captain of my team this needs addressing... please share this post so this gets addressed and sorted ASAP" I'm not 100% sure of the ins and outs of this, so hoping someone in the know can shed some light on it, but it sounds pretty bad if the BSPL have moved the goalposts and not told the riders...

It’s a long season so he needs to hold it down

Brennan is putting it about

Sorry. I meant british speedway

bad call from ref

British speedway or world speedway? I hope not as he battled hard to raise the level of the sport. Seems like the cartel have won again

Perhaps they've given up on it because its a cesspit.

looking forward to seeing drew kemp do 4 laps..

Back again I see

Kyle has ridden his last couple of seasons riding through injuries, a year off will of helped massively.

LEICESTER: Ryan Douglas, Dan Thompson, Nick Morris, Kyle Howarth, Sam Masters, Drew Kemp, Joe Thompson. BELLE VUE: Tom Brennan, Jonas Jeppesen, Peter Kildemand, Zach Cook, Dan Bewley, Tate Zischke, William Cairns.

That's literally just gone up! BELLE VUE: Tom Brennan, Jonas Jeppesen, Peter Kildemand, Zach Cook, Dan Bewley, Tate Zischke, William Cairns. LEICESTER: Ryan Douglas, Dan Thompson, Nick Morris, Kyle Howarth, Sam Masters, Drew Kemp, Joe Thompson. Lions stand a chance of not getting battered with the Aces being without sick note 👌

Or maybe riders should read the regs each year?!

With bad weather due later Pila v Rybnik now starts 20mins early at 3.10pm UK time. Covers on in Bydgoszcz.

Or if Kyle wants to stay at Poole score big and make it difficult to drop him

If plymouth want newman and if i was newman i would be asking for poole to release me so i could sign long term contract.

Lodz have a meeting at home to Pila next Saturday, so that would probably rule out Dan Thompson for Edinburgh. Though if they were due to get the guest facility for last night I see no reason why they shouldn't get the same for next Saturday.

Get well soon ,mind you a proper rider would have asked how the bike was lol,all the best marra .

7 posts on their Facebook group since 1 April [not counting the April fool] Sounds like the promotion is doing its bit, just those lazy fans letting the side down 😉

are you tapewrecker in disguise

Never scores great at Poole tho

Paul and Scott run a speedway academy (of sorts) and have done for a couple of years now, he did say he was team manager of grass track team so a bit of knowledge, he will obviously not be up to Ritchie standard quite yet, but then Ritchie was a cut above most managers regards rules etc. I know a lot of you will laugh at that but trust me some of the TM's haven't a clue regards the rules and you'd probably be surprised who the worst ones are.

60-30

Completely agree. Just a racing incident and no malice intended from either rider.

Taken from the ACU website - The cost of an Auto-Cycle Union (ACU) competition licence and registration will be subject to a modest increase in 2026 as new-and-improved personal accident insurance becomes integrated into the annual fee as standard. The decision to set the competition licence fee at £98, the new-for-2026 national trial registration at £50, and the club trial registration at £35 for a full season of ACU competition reflects the national governing body of British motorcycle sport’s commitment to improving rider protection and simplifying how insurance is delivered across its permitted events. The current insurance model requires organisers to pay for personal accident cover, a cost that is reflected in riders’ event entry fees. The decision to introduce a new approach in 2026 comes after a two-year review of insurance and safety arrangements across all ACU activity. It also marks the start of a new partnership between the ACU and Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance that will bring increased value and support for riders, organisers and officials. Central to the new-and-improved personal accident insurance benefits the ACU has secured for its riders in 2026 is hospitalisation payments that will now begin after 72 hours in hospital, rather than the previous 14-day threshold. These payments will be paid daily up to a maximum of £2,000 per hospital stay. As well as this, public liability cover of £40 million will remain in place for all competitive events run under an ACU permit. These insurance benefits do not apply to non-ACU competitions. Matthew Edwards-Wear, CEO of the Auto-Cycle Union, said: “Introducing a modest competition licence and registration fee increase is necessary to provide the best insurance package currently available within UK motorcycle sport. “We are proud the ACU is there for riders if they suffer an injury at one of our permitted events and the benefits that come with the latest personal accident insurance package we’ve secured for 2026 is proof of that commitment. “Bringing the personal accident payment – which amounts to £20 for an entire season – into the rider licence or registration fee also helps organisers by reducing their event costs and admin. With costs increasing in other areas of motorcycle sport, it’s important the ACU family supports those that do such a great job when organising the events we all compete in.” I guess Thomsen would need something similar under his Danish licence.

Isn't it a bit soon to be shouting and screaming at the BSPL, it could be correct, but as things read at the moment, it would seem the insurance is still there, just arranged in a different way? true,its not very clear at the moment,but too soon to start running around like headless chickens, let's get the facts first

Yea maybe not a spectator thing, but the flat track organiser rents the stadium for ££s but organises everything else, the running and insurance etc, so it must be a good money earner for the home promotion

Newman in for Thomsen after his 28 days with Poole finish?

Under the current leadership the sport is doomed. They are running it into the ground.

I figured you would be the guy to know. Massive F up that they didn't tell anyone if true! Doubt it'll get sorted now the season has started but we can hope 🫣

just spoke to Ben, it seems there is no insurance from the bspl/SCB now, it was deducted from your wages per race but it seems this is not the case anymore, some riders do have personal cover and the Ben fund do help but no insurance is bad and needs to be addressed

Is he back in again though? I took that comment as tongue in cheek.

I once did a Good Friday of King's Lynn, Ippo, Arena & Peterborough and every single one was rained off lol... and we were in the car park for each one when it was called off... happy days, it was all part of the fun though (maybe not at the time) 😂 To have a 450 mile void of speedway on a bank holiday though is inexplicable 🤷‍♂️

You'd think that somebody would put something on even if it was NDL 🤷‍♂️

What a strange takeaway from my post... I'm a paying customer along with thousands of others with £25 burning a hole in my wallet on what used to be one of the busiest days in the speedway calendar and am left with a choice of Poole or Edinburgh... or spend my money on something else. Enjoy your Good Friday meeting, hope it stays dry for you 👍🏻