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This situation highlights the differences on either side of the fence. There's absolutely no way the Oxford management can keep fans fully up-to-date in a Sky News-esque ticker tape style barrage of information. Situations change constantly. So constantly that confusion would be the main outcome, with folks struggling to keep up. What are they expected to reveal? 'We have meetings planned'? A bit bland and unlikely to appease the news-hungry punter. They also most likely won't be allowed to reveal significant details of those meetings. The only thing that matters is whether the club has a future. It's a simple yes or no. On this occasion, happily, it's a yes. On the other side of the coin, fans can feel they're left in the dark, whilst craving updates aplenty. 'We are the lifeblood of the club. We deserve to know'. Well, yes, you do. But you only need to know the end result. The rest, if you're not a company official is, quite frankly, none of your business. It has to be kept in-house. The statement from the management is acceptable in my view. Good luck to Oxford.

Was an enjoyable meeting. Klindt replacing the unlucky charles wright actually makes redcar stronger. Craig Cook looked like the Craig Cook of old, the new dane looks a real prospect an was well worth more than 2 points. Jamie Erherington looked way out of his depth. Tate needs to sharpen up his starts. R.E the track, this is where british speedway really shoots itself in the foot, it was dry all day and a suitable race surface should be prepared to last an evening meeting in that time, supporters should not have to watch tractor racing for over an hour on a cold night.

From what I have been told that is NOT going to happen. He is very happy in his new role and no longer wishes to spend days on end doing track prep and he’s not the only one who’s had enough of the cantankerous owners and walked away from the club. A shame as he has always been highly regarded on his work and it’s such a shame that what was one of the very best race tracks is being reduced to its current state. A good track man is about as rare as a British Premiership Football Manager!

I think for the sake of the fans it would be great if the owners and the ex track curator could kiss and make up,the track used to produce very entertaining racing

This post is sponsored by the p in Dan Thompson's surname. Before I proceed, I have a query for the historical geniuses on here... is Glasgow the first team to track a declared 1-7 which includes 5 riders with surnames beginning with the letter H? Anyway, first meeting of the year at sunny Armadale and a proper chilly evening. Probably cold enough to make penguins pleased. With the punters positively perishing, a plethora of passes would've been appreciated. Sadly, we were left feeling particularly peeved for the most part. Papa Harris possibly enjoyed the most success, making it look p1ss easy in heats 12 and 13. The latter race brought the Thom(p)son non-twins together for the first time this season. A win here and the victor could be King for a Day. Ultimately, 4 laps later, Monarchs fans were probably requesting a Doctor! Doctor! The Tiggers comeback led to a last heat decider. In this one, DanT showed patience prior to a final bend predatory pounce which brought a posse of applause from the terraces as well as from a purring Mr Karlsson on the centre green. In the end, it was perhaps fitting that parity prevailed. Other points of note: Pathetically poor team management, not swapping the home reserves in heats 11 and 12. Imagine making Cami Brown look like the tactical genius on the night. Not-so-super Grahn gated like a demon but was on the wrong end of too many restarts, leading to a relatively paltry points return. Castagna, heat 9 apart, was an off-the-pace pootler. At the bottom end, Cluff was pitiful while young Loftus will have made his parents proud. KJP showed promise. Particular thanks for attempting to clear the track in heat 10. A tremendous effort, spoiled only by a trigger happy referee. Roll on the 24th. Hopefully it'll be slightly warmer... PS saw a cyclist earlier. I said, "pavements are for pedestrians pal" He looked perplexed. Pr1ck.

Even if it wasn’t, the track was a disgrace all night. Wasted 40 minutes trying to rectify it and it was no better. Fella on the tractor didn’t look like he had a clue.

We won 101-79 and are through to the next round of the KOC, what else is there to say? How did Workington do last night?

The funny thing Neila is when it is night time people tend to go to sleep. Maybe you should try it sometime 😉😁

To be fair, Mario has only ridden speedway tracks before. Thankfully Ashfield is a speedway track.

Shame it took the tractors around 30mins to try and rectify the issues with the track. There were very few issues a couple of seasons ago with Redcar 🫤 I wonder why? After the grading the entrance to bend one continued to clearly show there were issues/uncertainty as the riders appeared not to be comfortable compared to previous visits.

Was spot on for planting tatties, 😜. 45 minutes fans were left standing about with little or no information, no wonder the sport is going down the pan

They seem to stay up late when they win though.😂

So now we have someone using multiple account and using those accounts to have a public conversation with themself!! Jesus, I know some speedway followers have a reputation of being a bit special but this chap takes it to another level.

Signed a 'Warsaw' contract with Krakow. Has not as yet ridden for them. So watch this space ...

That's not quite true, is it? Before the close of play yesterday (by the time you posted the above), an item had been added to the Oxford Speedway website, previewing the Plymouth meeting and updating the situation. Obviously, what Oxford were not going to do was promise a meeting next Wednesday until they were in a position where they could, especially after this Wednesday's postponement. The Oxford fans are happy, if you're not, that's up to you. Personally, I'm overjoyed. At points over the last week or so, I wondered if this was the end. You can't please all the people all the time and this is a classic case. You'd think everyone would be happy that a speedway track is continuing, but...

I see the Zeilona gora fans lit pyro and generally created a great atmosphere last night at Wrocław but as usual the short sighted authority’s will ban them from future matches, who suffers from the ban ? Every team should be encouraged to take pyro, drums, whatever and make an absolute racket

Came from Sheffield to watch Josh who was great as ever, but was entertained by a fantastic fightback by Scunthorpe. The tie was probably lost before a wheel was turned but we saw a real gutsy performance by the the the home side. Must say young ingram looks like one to watch. He got faster and faster as the meeting went on and was worth his first win at this level. This won;t be the last time I go to Scunthorpe this season.

I think the track didnt help both sides last night and we were lucky we won as the comets were in the points a few times when they were going to score more points even though jody was unlucky in heat 2. we also need to look at the track as you could tell by the lads faces when they came down to the 1st bend it was not good so maybe that didnt help us either

This pirate fan is still here, well done Scunthorpe on your victory last night and to Poole safely through to the next round 👍

There's an interview with co-promoter Tony Gaul on this weeks Speedway360 show... unfortunately, as usual, most of it is inaudible because of the constant sound issues on that show 👎 From what I could hear, Mark Lemon does get a lot of mentions.

Nice to see the Hawk still showing his love for Lynn as always 😂

Didn’t really know what to expect last night but it was an encouraging start for the new lads. Kevin once he got to grips with the wide open spaces that Armadale provides looked better as the night went on. Mario on the other hand struggled big time the fear on his face when he saw the track was only ever matched by Leon Madsen. Anyway we have booked him with a psychologist pre next visit to tell him the track is really Wroclaw. Should work. Leons exclusion was one of the most ridiculous decisions I have witnessed by any referee. But encouraging signs for both teams.

Did you watch it? I stood on the second bend with my dad and uncle and enjoyed it. If they’d have heavily watered the track and one of the isolated heavy showers I drove through en route half an hour before the meeting started had landed putting the meeting off with already 1000+ in the stadium that would’ve been a far bigger disaster on opening night than a bit of dust

Think I will wait and see. Will buy my ticket once it is 100% confirmed the gates will open. Shame it has been such a dreadful mess…..communications have not been of a decent standard.

Oxford speedway on 07/04: “Two entities - neither of which are us - terminated their agreement, so we’re unable to fulfil our first competitive meeting, throwing our season and entire existence into doubt before the season proper has even began. We’ll keep you posted”. Radio silence. Oxford speedway on 10/04: “Get your tickets for the next home meeting!” This isn’t just poor communication; it’s blatant disregard for the supporters of Oxford speedway. I feel sorry for Cheetahs fans who deserve better.

Think u need to accept comets came worse off with falls on the first bend.

I agree with this totally! If one of Harris, Kvech, Cook has an off night then I see a small Witches victory 🤷🏻‍♂️ around the 44-46/43-47 mark I know it’s easy to say but I’d have gone for Sedgmen or Kerr over Castagna and probably Mulford over Scott… but what do I know? 😂 trust the process haha

Glasgow had the better team manager today & that helped them to a draw. I said before heat 11, I didn't trust Cluff to beat Hausl, I'd have Loftus in 11, Cluff in 12, Loftus in 14, thinking Loftus was more likely to beat Pedersen than Flint? Then when Tigers used a tac sub, in 12 meant it would've been even more advantageous swapping the reserves round. Brilliant ride by Dan T in heat 15, to a draw, Monarchs fans may feel relieved to get a draw rather than bemoan throwing away an 8 points lead? Felt it showed there was no need for a "stupid heat", the heat 15 decider was exciting on its own & "stupid heat" could've been a from the gate anticlimax.

Ht7 the wind blows the tapes into Flint's front wheel despite him not moving, Flint excluded! Was it Willie Dishington tonight?

That’s what a professional outfit does…. Different owners but fully professional as always. Well done Ippo

It wasn't. Good track curators are rare these days but Plymouth is generally the worst prepared track with numerous avoidable postponements in the last few years. Hopefully you burnt some straw to sort the surface out tonight.

The second half of the show didn't have any issues, it appears to be when the Northampton promoter was talking. Sound issues aside (and its not just this speedway podcast that has sound issues), I do think it is a good podcast with interesting talking points and honesty from the panelists- especially Crabby.

The company having only one named director (Lemon) is interesting - once speedway has been set up and is running, at minimal possible cost, additional directors who've been waiting in the wings may come on board with working capital, enabling Lemon to step away. Trying to strengthen up the team and do more to market and promote locally would probsbly be a priority. Question is how soon would that happen, and if so makes it doubly important everything's ready to roll by the 30th

Speaking with those flying around the moon was clearer....😁

Stand corrected! Had more experience than the two here though. Point still stands, they should have picked one of them and gone for a more experienced number 6. Those two along with Castagna gives them far too long a tail.

Sheffield won the KO Cup and topped the league table in 2024 with Edwards and Gilkes.

not sure if he is riding in 3rd division in Poland, cant remember which team.

Sheffield fan who went to see a closely fought meeting and wasn’t disappointed was a great meeting to watch will be making the trip to scunny often as I can. agree with the post above saying Rushen and Cairns will win Poole the league both look smooth on the bike and you can only hope they will have massive futures in the sport. Picko managing to control the bike down the back straight on one wheel in heat 13 and still be chasing Zach Cook down for 2nd place was my highlight. only thing I have to mention is the speaker system was a joke sounded like announcer was in the car park needs addressing

You don’t win things by going with two rising stars at reserve, you just don’t. Lynn have got their strategy all wrong here, again. No issue with signing Fricke, although saddled with such a high average in a league that reduced it total team building average obviously comes with issues in building the rest of the team, but they needed to be far smarter. They should have left out one of Harris, Cook or Kvech and gone for a couple of 4-5 pointers giving them a bit more scoring power and experience in the senior reserve position. They won’t win a bean with this team.

Kind of went how most Glasgow matches have went in recent times built up a lead then throws it away. Cluff as predicted awful, Grahn better as the meeting went on, Paco should’ve been dominating that heat 14 instead was pottering about behind his team mate. The rest doe their jobs. Thought Harris was lucky to not go in Heat 1, didn’t really turn into bend 1 and ran into the side of Dan T, bit of a cop out from the ref that one. Anyway good to see our season finally kick off and hopefully most improve from here.

You are very welcome paul, because you and your lad (and others like him) are the very reason the club is being run.

10.04.2026: Ekstraliga R1, Leszno v Częstochowa: https://vk.com/video-53550004_456242549 Wrocław v Zielona Góra: https://vk.com/video-53550004_456242550

Ht7 the wind blows the tapes into Flint's front wheel despite him not moving, Flint excluded! Was it Willie Dishington tonight?

That PA system at Wroclaw, and also those around Poland, are certainly not fit for purpose... You can hear every word, and clearly...

Bet you wish Fraser Bowes was riding for you. Settling in well at POOLE. Just the beginning.

After seeing everyone in the KOCUP perform, I'm very confident that this prediction is in the right ball park. 1. SHEFFIELD (Head and shoulders above everyone imo, Will wipe the floor with everyone at Home to a point where it's going to impossible to beat them over two legs imo) 2. BELLE VUE (Simply due to the Kurtz and Bewley factor, Rest of the team isn't much cop and Cook isn't a HL away from the NSS but Kurtz and Bewley put up so many points to a point where they'll see the Aces into the Grand Final imo where Sheffield will take them to the cleaners) 3-5 are all of similar standard who should win at home but they won't offer much away. 3. LEICESTER (Out of Ipswich, King's Lynn and Leicester, I think the Lions are the team that's most capable of picking up a few wins on the road and that's why I've got them in 3rd place) 4. IPSWICH (Nicholls is the weak link but overall Ipswich's 1-7 is a stronger unit than King's Lynn's who've got a very weak tail and it's effecitvely going to be a 4 Man King's Lynn team most weeks imo and that's no good because Kvech, Harris and Cook are all inconsistent these days) 5. KING'S LYNN (Got a No.1 but it's irrelevant as proven last night at Foxhall when losing by 10 Points and having to use a Tactical Ride due to the tail end not scoring any points against an opponent until Heat 14 and that should be the story of King's Lynn's season away from the AFA imo) The wooden spoon. 6. NORTHAMPTON (No Home track advantage really and no chance of winning away from home with the side they've assembled imo)

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Full statement for anyone unable to see: "🗞️ 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗢𝘅𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗢𝘅𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗵𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 “You will be aware that over the weekend there have been a series of meetings following the termination of the deal between SIS and Oxford Greyhounds to stream racing from the BetGoodwin Stadium. “Inevitably that decision and subsequent ongoing negotiations impact on Oxford Speedway and I can confirm that Wednesday’s BSN Series meeting between the Cheetahs and Plymouth will not go ahead. “We will, however, travel to The Coliseum on Saturday night to face the Gladiators with the visit of Poole next Wednesday opening the official home season at the BetGoodwin Stadium. “Plymouth – and I must thank Mark Phillips for his understanding and co-operation on this – will now visit Cowley on April 22 to compete the BSN Southern Section fixtures – a date Berwick were due to travel south to fulfil a Championship fixture on. “That fixture will be re-arranged for later in the season. “With complex and involved negotiations between a number of stakeholders, including ourselves, on-going and the added inconvenience of a double Bank Holiday I did not feel it was possible to run Wednesday’s meeting. “I firmly believe that it is short-term inconvenience which will have long-term and far-reaching benefits for Oxford Speedway and Oxford Stadium. “British Speedway Promoters Ltd and the Speedway Control Bureau have been kept updated regarding the situation, as has Oxford Greyhounds. “I know there has been much online speculation and a lot of misinformation posted “as fact”. “We will keep our loyal supporters and sponsors updated via the club’s official channels.” Jamie Courtney, 7 April, 2026 #OxfordSpeedway | #BritishSpeedway🇬🇧"

He made the clubs adhere to a schedule to speed meetings up with set grading breaks. Introduced the centre green clocks. Had the sponsors banners made up in the pits so every club looked the same. Brokered deals with riders to ride in the premiership. For the grand final he had a magnificent looking stage not made of three pallets. Pyrotechnics and flames. Spoke to save Coventry stadium and offered to buy Ipswich with his own money. Introduced the media day. but apart from that not much. now the sport is imploding and going backwards under the current regime