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this is half the problem with the sport, being portrayed as a family sport, we need to step away from that, especially now families have been priced out of it, sell it as what it is, an extreme sport

Special mention to Joe Thompson, looked like he was going to pick up his scoring drought where he left off last season early on at Belle Vue but then since has showed some real signs of progress 👍👏

Result does not shock me. Results like this will happen all season. And as I've said previously elsewhere. This will be a good close season where everyone has a chance of a top 4 or even finishing top. Why is this??? Well because all teams look crap. So gonna be a good season

Don't get me wrong Cue it doesn't bother me personally I swear lots myself but for whats portrayed as a family sport with kids under say 15 and for sponsors its not a great look, can you imagine the scenes if Ronaldo was interviewed on Sky Sports after a match and launched into a tirade. As I say his mental strength to come back from looking death in the face and pretty much learning to walk again is massively impressive and he's probably Englands greatest rider ever. This has been done through sheer hard graft as I don't have him down as having the natural talent of riders such as Loram or Screen but at his peak he had a fantastic racing brain for reading where other riders would head on the track. Just feel he could be so much more when the time comes if he decided to give something back to the sport when his riding days are over but given his temperment and the old guard its a marriage that would probably last a week.

Ashfield, tomorrow night. 7:30PM (UK time)/10PM (Tehran time). The forecast does not look good. Prediction, should this go ahead: Glasgow 49, Berwick 41, me to cringe at least four times when the presenter says ”Lively Leon Flint” and the announcer to give the wrong time twice, incorrectly confirm the score four times and say the wrong rider won the last race six times. All of which will be supplemented by music more suited to an 80s gay disco than a sporting event.

And Swindon VMCC Moonrakers ran an autojumble at the Abbey on the Easter bank holiday Mondays. Our local cattle Market site runs car boot sales every Sunday, an autojumble 3 times a year, motorcycle training, Lorry park every evening as well a regular livestock auctions, franchises the cafe, and a local motor club uses it for a special test for a car club rally There were similar opportunities available for the Abbey as well as Speedway and Greyhounds, but if these opportunities are not utilised , it is easy to make it look like it adds no value to the community and is not viable

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If anybody runs into a Northamptoningham fan at King's Lynn can you explain to them why they've not been knocked out of the Knock Out Cup if they lose 😁

@StevePark explain yourself.

Credit to both teams on serving up a very good nights racing in not ideal conditions. Promising from both our new signings with more to come from them.

Proper speedway, done and dusted by 9.05pm to try and avoid the advancing rain. Minimal tractor grading, lets have this every week.

What a fantastic meeting, credit to both teams for puting on a show in tricky conditions, Bomber and Kyle doing some mental moves. Heat 15 in torrential rain they were still racing and passing to get the 5-1, not sure how they managed to stay on, very few gate and go races. Hopefully a good match tomorrow at Shielfield, with Bomber doing bomber things, and at least a bonus point to the tiggers.

How Bomber stayed on his bike tonight is beyond me. Look forward to every race he is in. Well done Glasgow track staff on a great meeting.

They need him after losing Ratajczak!

Can we swap him for the Plymouth mascot on the pedal bike? Would be much more competitive.

There's only One team getting relegated this year and they rode earlier.

Loving the 80s gay disco music. The racing isn't too shabby either.

Czestochowa wouldn't win a meeting in the British PREMIERSHIP let alone the Polish Ekstraliga. The worst 1-7 I've ever seen in the Polish top flight.

Chatlas rides

It doesn’t benefit anyone to have the sides so mismatched

Not guilty m'lud !!!

Track looks great

Leicester have a decent record at Owlerton - didn't go last night but they have won there previously so not as much of a surprise i perhaps many felt. Not having Fricke means they do look strong all the way through and its good to see Joe Thompson getting some points has he has struggled sometimes. Also have a lot of time for Dan and good to see him scoring well, beating Holder in heat 1 is a decent scalp!

Oxford Speedway was a viable proposition back in 1975 but it didn't stop Osborne under the guise of Bristol Stadium Ltd from selling the stadium to the council with a view of developing the site for housing. Thankfully an SOS Committee was formed of which my uncle was one and stepped in to save the stadium. And of course he was later involved with the debacle of Bristol Speedway of which he has been quoted as saying it was a success which of course it was regarding attendances but he and his fellow consortium members never got planning permission and were forced to close after only two years of operation. He has always been a shady character!

Dont worry. My pens been kept wet

That will the photos that are doing the rounds. Looks spectacular just not typical speedway weather.

Heat 15 was torrential rain, how they managed to actually race was amazing as track was under water at that point, rest of the meeting was OK, just that last race.

Enjoyed that tonight despite the lack of passing. As a neutral you could easily sense the tension with the closeness of the scoreline. Great to see a good passionate crowd. I've said before the best advert for British speedway would be to get the rights to the Extraliga and give it to ITV2 or even BBC red button I'm sure British Basketball and Ice Hockey benefit from NBA and NHL being broadcast. Of course you have to have a product that is vaguely similar if you're going to retain any spectators generated....

8 races in yet to beat anyone not a good look. Genuinely on a 3.00 thought he’d be okay and pick up a few points but looks like he’s never seen a speedway bike before so far.

Think Wrocław will have the strength in depth to see this one out, if rules allow I would go for strength in heat 14 holder/ Thompsen hopefully get a 5-1 and hope polestad can get a win in 15 to get a draw

Even Kurtz goes backwards on the outside line. Proof that having the best riders on show still doesn't produce the best racing.

Actually it was 2022, and they were awful.

You must sleep with one eye open and have a baseball bat in hand just in case of a break in....

Yes. Ostrów 3 years ago

As of 40 minutes ago sunshine at Ashfield 😀

That lap from lindgren there while in front is why he will never be world champion, clearly didnt read the track at all

The one thing British speedway gets right is the points limit.

Cierniak has totally stagnated. Not improved since he left the Juniors ranks.

Links for Częstochowa v Lublin: https://vk.com/video-234681448_456239114 https://vk.com/video-81427162_456239775 https://vk.com/video-53550004_456242572

Planning for houses has been refused.

It doesn’t really matter who’s fault it is, it just needs sorting and sorting now, it’s a problem that should never raised it head in the first place but we are here and it needs a quick satisfactory solution

He’s on the current list so can opt in and out whenever he wants to. https://www.scbgb.co.uk/risingstars

Is the old swearer their tonight ? hope his recovery is going well got to respect his incredible mental strength but he's a terrible advert for British speedway with the constant f bombs.

My 50-40 prediction was pretty close, just one point out and the winning/losing teams the wrong way round 😂😂

Presumably he has opted out of the RS scheme to take the No6 spot so I would expect that switch not to be an option

FWIW, I’m not against 80s gay disco in the right environment (a 60th birthday party or an Elton John tribute act, for example), but that environment isn’t at a sporting event. We do a lot very well at Ashfield, but in terms of audible presentation, it’s dreadful. Utterly woeful. Glasgow - and British speedway as a whole, to be fair - has to rebrand itself, similar to what darts went through. Instead, we’re forced to endure incorrect announcements relating to riders, scores and times while we’re made to tolerate forced, dated, amateurish broadcasting like ”Lively Leon Flint”.

I had similar concerns over Steve Worrall in 2024. 3, 3, 2, 1, 0 was a typical scoreline sequence for him. This is why I think we brought Howarth back. I feel like he’s got the mentality and aggression for heats 13 and 15.

Wouldn’t worry about it,when you trigger the clique they have a habit of petty responses