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Some shocking posts about Tate and using him to have a weak pop at the club as a whole lacks class. This lad was showing bags of promise before his awful crash, a crash that saw his bike dismantled whilst he was still impaled on it. There’s a few posters on here who delight in sticking the knife in with comments like “sick note” and “turd” for riders still working through the after effects for racing injuries. It’s a special kind of scum that gets their kicks that way.

this clown could of been in a wheel chair, but he is still helping to prop up British speedway.

Witches would have won if it wasn’t for Kurtz and Bewley

Great interview with Ipswich’s new owner. You can tell he’s of the mentality to make the necessary changes to save British speedway. Let him and the Facenna’s run the BSPL. We’ll be prime time next season.

Sacrifice entertainment for silverware , win at all costs and all that ? Fair enough, each to their own, but when fan numbers drop you'll have the answer to why already. For Berwicks 1st meeting of the season and fair weather the crowd was less than great, I'd be more concerned about how to get more fans back rather than how to bore off your current remaining fans.

Danny has got of to a good start this season, good to see.

Yeah but we can’t sell out 10,000, Belle Vue can’t get half full 3,500 or whatever the mini stadium holds without a temp stand 😂 Ipswich are the only club who actually gets a good crowd.

well i went down on my motor bike only takes me 15 mins rode into south stand car park saw a 30mtr que. thought must be a sell out so rode back home.

Ipswich fan can’t comment on an empty looking stadium place is full of empty seats

Good question! There doesn't seem to be another Cooper Rushen on the horizon so I guess it's "stick" rather than "twist". Freddy had a whole season at Berwick in 2024 as there was no answer then either. Really 2026 is a make or break year for him and Sam Hagon too. As there are no obvious replacements, by implication the same is true for Tigers season. Interesting times!

It will be up to Connor/his family to decide if and when anything is released not the club. The club asking people to be patient and not speculate seems very reasonable to me.

Laurence Rogers has asked fans not to speculate and an update will be provided on Connor Coles once there is one to be released.

Hodder has really not really improved with 2 Full Seasons at reserve.

Oh yes, Berwick are renowned for silverware and winning at all cost, with poor crowds. Haven't made a semi final or the play offs for 12 years for crying out loud. I’d argue there was more there on Saturday than what was at Ashfield, albeit down to Glasgows great away following, but if you think that crowd was bad, for a small town like Berwick, you’re very badly mistaken. Berwick Rangers attendance which I believe includes all tickets given out, and season tickets, not just people through the gate, recorded an attendance of 545 in the afternoon, and having walked through the car park, I can say there was easily 3x as many cars for the speedway, possibly 4x. The track was poor, and it may of been deliberately like you suggest, but we aren’t allowed access to it from around 1pm-5.30pm, and it was forecast to and did rain from 11-12, thankfully the rain didn’t amount to much and we were good to go, but if it had been prepared differently, and more rain arrived, we could have been in bother.

Tricky one to call this due to it being our last fixture before the German GP. Both Brady & Dan (and no doubt Norick) won’t trouble to scores too much as they will be concentrating of their forthcoming world championship bid. I’ll go for a narrow witches victory sealed in a heat fifteen advantage. Above post produced by AI when asking for a prediction using BSF as source material.

Pretty decent effort to be fair from Lidsey beating Fricke x3 on his home track. Jaimon Lidsey - 3, 1, 1, 3, 1', 3, 3 = 15+1

i heard someone saying he changed to his second bike but im not 100%

You’re taking the pi$$ here surely. Ipswich get double the crowd Belle Vue get and that’s being generous.

Brennan announced as Wildcard for the GP's at the NSS.

I'm fairly sure that it says on the website and numerous Social Media posts that upgrades are coming in may to allow direct viewing on Smart TVs. Also lost of advice re using phones, laptops, firesticks etc

I’m afraid I don’t have confidence in Jack he is inconsistent from race to race.He been riding 10 years without really stepping up at Championship level.Wish him well though.(will be happy to be proved wrong).

Kerr's never ridden for Belle Vue, he's also been on the injury list more than off it (bar last year). Zischke came in for Mountain (4.36 in the prem) and at the time was averaging 2 points higher than him in the Championship in what was his first season over here so a change that on paper could improve their side. Unfortunately he only lasted 1 meeting before his bad crash and Belle Vue unlike most teams, have stayed loyal believing he will come good again. What British rider would come in on a 3 that would score more this season around Belle Vue?

Is Bangs expensive have a feeling it was mentioned in the past he had learned from Picko when it came to charging just thinking Ippo coming in late but with a bit of money behind him might have been the only team to meet his demands.

I'm sure that Connor or his family will update the world when they are ready.

Will be keeping a close eye on Speedway Updates tonight! Drove past the other day just to get the feel of the drive - ten days to go!

Why they don’t go back to just calling it the European cup I’ll never know. Calling it the Champions League when a club finishing 5th enters it is daft.

At the end of the day we only need a reserve that doesn't mean the best you can hope for in a heat is 3-3

Have to disagree regarding crowd level. Looked very good ,be surprised if there are any bigger crowds during the season.Maybe if we are in the running for Silverware there might be.Personally thought it was an entertaining meeting,I’ve seen a lot worse.

I'm still waiting for a reply from them as to why they docked Workington league points last year... as soon as I get that I'll follow it up with this 😂

A shame he was the only rider who could be arsed to come round and acknowledge the crowd though... compare that with the BSN meeting at Worky yesterday where it was noticeable that after the majority of races the winner went round to accept the applause of the crowd, both home and away riders... it costs nothing

As a lifelong Brummmies fan, I got so disillusioned with the sport that I walked away from it mid season 2024 and haven’t been to a meeting since. there are many similarities with the start Northampton have had to this season , joining the league at the last moment and all the ensuing problems that brings, with the last few seasons at Birmingham. I have thus learned not to have any great hopes or expectations of the upcoming season . I got used to under strength teams snd often, deeply frustrating snd disappointing team performances. I am going to give Northampton a go as they are anew team and thus, I do not have to support any team that I have been “against”, for year after year . all I ask of my new team this season is that all riders and management give it 100% at all times and adopt a positive attitude to a difficult season with a view to being able to start next season on a more even playing field with the other teams where team building is concerned. Can I wish everyone connected with Northampton an injury free season and, one with as few problems both on and off the track as possible. To me, a success season will be one where it hasn’t been embarrassing to admit to being a Northampton fan and more importantly, one where the club grows snd there is not in any doubt about them running again next season

A bit like the league championship then...

You do know the meeting is at Kings Lynn

Agreed, an excellent performance and in with a shout for the bonus point. I feel with the league weaker in general, the outcome is not as cut and dried as some would believe.

Done better than I thought as they got off to a good start, and kept it close until 13 and 15,,. It's been us doing that for a few years, but now the tables have turned. Question marks over Bangs so far, as that was expected to be his best track

Bewley riding Zach Cook’s bike and makes his best gate of the night

Heat thirteen, wow. Bewley is a joy to watch.

I tell ya what I'm giving up trying to decide an outcome,,, didn't think Bewley or Kurtz would drop a single point,,,

I wasn’t there so I don’t know. Regardless he was airlifted to hospital so I wish him all the very best.

Ben Cook even money tonight over Matej Zagar, should be a license to print money. Ok Zagar could have 7 rides, 5 of which are almost guaranteed but i dont see him getting any more than 7 points. Going to face Ben Cook twice, add in heats with Bomber and Fricke also, plus he is going to be partnering Lidsey and Klindt in 2 of his own rides, so won't even be guaranteed 3rd place in most of his heats. Klindt even money over Jan Kvech, purely basing this on the fact Klindt could have 7 rides tonight and Kvech may only get 4, and I would say 7 rides for Klindt guarantees him double figures, 4 rides may not get Kvech to double figures. Klindt over 10 @ 11/8 purely in the hope he gets 7 rides, Id say 6 are guaranteed and that should still get him over 10. Northampton +10 at even money is appealing also, 4 ex Stars in the Northampton line up and the fact there are 2 ex Stars at reserve, who should easily outscore their counterparts, hopefully ensure this remains closer than most think. Brennan over 9 @ 11/8, should have 6 rides tonight and he should get double figures from those 6. Obvioulsy up against Brady and/or Dan in 3 of those heats, but no other BV rider should be beating him along with non of his own team mates.

I am more concerned about Freddy than Mario, but as always, the question is: who would be better?

Ben Barker still has had no response from the bspl. Maybe the riders need to go on strike. Maybe they could start refusing to ride at Scunthorpe for instance

Advance sales look poor, probably the lowest I have seen in the Grandstand. Blocks A and B are usually three quarters full by now, I would say one third full at best currently... And seats behind the tapes are a fifth full at best... There is even South Stand Car Parking available which usually goes a few days before the meeting.. BSN impacting maybe? There isn't any real threat of rain (admittedly it is Manchester).. Hopefully the South Stand is full given it is a whole £2 cheaper... To be honest £50 for a couple to stand watching Speedway does seem to be a tad too much...

Nice. She is actually very good at her job if you've seen her present other sports. She has made it clear she will do her homework and we have to give her a chance. I'm sure Abbie wasn't knowledgeable when she first started...

Just broke a branch of Monarchs tree.🤔

Think it’s because of the tracks location and the time it would take for a ambulance to get hope Connor is not too badly injured 🤞🤞

Berwick Track was the slickest I have ever seen it so passing was very minimum and you had to make a start or your stuck whatever position you come out the second bent Bomber not scoring much didn’t help as he is usually good for at least 10-12 points

Rolling averages should be set now for May as KO cup matches won’t count. Jeppesen 8.48 Cook 8.35 Batchelor 6.75 Zischke 5.23 Jakobsen 5.00 Foord 3.89 Etherington 2.00 39.70 Max Perry would be 2.29 so would come in at 39.99 if Max came in for Jamie.

Sorry the refs video call was for HT 6 with Jonas and Lambert

Fair assessment but it’s very early days for all teams let’s see how it unfolds over the coming weeks. We are still in a very strong position in the group and let’s be honest this trophy is just a warm up to blow away the cobwebs. Not taking anything away from Berwick who we’re the better team tonight and deserved the win , whilst we stumbled over the line for the bonus point mainly thanks to Leon Flint.