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Lynn should be docked two league points like they were previously. With cooper an injury doubt and a team change incoming they had no intention of ever riding last night.

Dan Ford on Charlie Southwick: "This is exactly what the sport is about - a young rider working his way through, showing commitment, and earning an opportunity" Noble words from Dan there. Just one slight issue...Poole still won't consider running an NDL team. The Happy Clappers down there don't like NDL racing, so there is no money to be made. Poole continue their policy of letting other tracks run the NDL, and they can pick out young riders when it suits them. Poole Parasites

Maybe so,but it was called off the night before on a forecast.And you said it was nice one Thursday,they just got lucky with the rain coming late on Thursday.Lynn were unlucky with the predicted rain coming a few hours later than predicted.IMO no team should be allowed to postpone a fixture the night before on a weather forecast,not just Lynn.

Not saying that at all they do as they wish that’s entirely up to them -all I’m saying there track record isn’t good on dodgy call offs so if some fans find the reasons hard to believe it’s hardly surprising. But ultimately they do as they please but in any other sport there would be repercussions.

The trouble with dodgy call-offs is that fans lose trust and that is important. No-one will trust Lynn again when it comes to this because they've been caught red-handed before.

Well if the owner was Mark Lemon and Belle Vue needed to win their final fixture at Northampton ...

You do seem to post rubbish on any site not just the comics

It MIGHT have effing rained!!!! Nobody seems to realise that ... So many negative posters, so happy to take the p**s, on this forum....

Jeppesen in for Zagar, good move that

We go through this every year. Regardless of possible underhand reasoning, what is it Speedway fans want?? We see hundreds of comments of ban RR / guests, makes the sport a joke. Then there's moaning (rightly so imo) that meetings are called off for rain from 5-8pm. People need to stop being selfish pr!cks and realise the financial implications just for fans alone. There are 100s of fans at King's Lynn that it's costing £40-£80 round trip for these meetings. Taking whole / half day holidays from work Absolutely, 100%, calling a meeting a day before is beneficial for the wider public, regardless of reason

BREAKING NEWS Kings Lynn hospital bed shortage today following unprecedented influx of severe sunburn sufferers

he's had a very good career. wish him well in his retirement.

Given its a bulky foam fence, it must be quite a task to move it from Lynn to Northampton. Does the fence get a 7 day ban if it doesn't make it back to Lynn for the next home fixture.

One of them (now blocked) even claimed to have a wicked sense of humour, but I've seen no evidence of that in any of his posts. BTW. A 🤣 or 😂 emoji does not make a post funny.

I know he's no saint. But putting back a Lynn NDL match, or the new Prem team can't ride. He did it to help Northampton, or in the interest of the sport, take ya pick. He will never please some.

The fence is guesting for Northampton and needs to rest up in a hotel (car park) the night before... it's all quite normal, just ask the Northamptoningham skipper 👍

These days calling a meeting or 2 off a season, the day before due to a dodgy forecast might be the difference whether some clubs can just about afford to run or not. The crowds just ain't big enough at a lot of clubs to take the risk these days. Damned if you do, blah blah blah.. It seems like Buster has put a lot of time and effort into helping Northampton. I doubt if that could be said with every clubs owner?

Maybe if Lynn had called it off on a different excuse.But if any other club can call it off the night before on a dodgy weather forecast,why can't Lynn.So your saying Lynn can run the risk of losing thousands of pounds but other clubs don't have too🤔

Charlie rode last season in the national league for Plymouth , developed his skills there and would love him to return to the coliseum soon .

https://www.kingslynn-speedway.com/news.php?extend.31840 - Young Stars vs Lion Cubs off Pit Gate issues, Dodgy weather forecasts & now lack of air fences... At least they have been honest in this statement.

Polish EkstraLiga - CMA Table TopTwenty, as per ekstraliga.pl No Rider Team m pts bon total heats heat average cma 1 Bartosz ZMARZLIK LUB 5 64 2 66 24 2.750 11.00 2 Artem LAGUTA WRO 6 72 3 75 30 2.500 10.00 3 Jack HOLDER GOR 5 64 3 67 27 2.481 9.92 4 Anders THOMSEN GOR 5 42 3 45 19 2.368 9.47 5 Kacper WORYNA LUB 5 55 1 56 25 2.240 8.96 6 Michael J JENSEN GRU 6 64 3 67 30 2.233 8.93 7 Piotr PAWLICKI LES 6 67 4 71 34 2.088 8.35 8 Nazar PARNITSKYI LES 6 63 8 71 34 2.088 8.35 9 Mathias POLLESTAD GOR 5 46 8 54 26 2.077 8.31 10 Emil SAYFUTDINOV TOR 6 59 5 64 31 2.065 8.26 11 Daniel BEWLEY WRO 6 54 7 61 30 2.033 8.13 12 Vadim TARASENKO GRU 6 59 4 63 31 2.032 8.13 13 Maksym DRABIK GRU 6 50 8 58 29 2.000 8.00 14 Bartosz BANBOR LUB 5 33 4 37 19 1.947 7.79 15 Robert LAMBERT TOR 6 59 1 60 31 1.935 7.74 16 Martin VACULIK LUB 5 40 6 46 24 1.917 7.67 17 Patryk DUDEK TOR 6 52 5 57 30 1.900 7.60 18 Przemyslaw PAWLICKI ZIE 6 57 3 60 32 1.875 7.50 19 Fredrik LINDGREN LUB 5 32 5 37 20 1.850 7.40 20 Maciej JANOWSKI WRO 6 50 5 55 30 1.833 7.33 21 Brady KURTZ WRO 6 49 4 53 29 1.828 7.31 22 Benjamin COOK LES 6 47 5 52 29 1.793 7.17 24 Mikkel MICHELSEN TOR 6 43 2 45 26 1.731 6.92 26 Max FRICKE GRU 6 45 5 50 30 1.667 6.67 29 Leon MADSEN ZIE 5 39 2 41 26 1.577 6.31

From GB Speedway Team's own website: "In addition to its senior team, Great Britain have now implemented a solid foundation with the launch of the GB Academy, embracing young athletes from the age of 15 and steering them through their development and into the Under 21 squad, there is now a very clear pathway for British Speedway athletes to reach the very top." https://www.gbspeedwayteam.com/about 👍

Or score a few more points!

Really it’s a compete joke and a farce Harris been given an opportunity while you’ve got Dan Thomson and Tom Brennan as meeting reserves. Two guys who should really be in the meeting. Harris just as bad accepting the gift.

Young lad who could ride the airfence and beat anyone when on it. His form did fall of a cliff once the move up but as he’s a treble winning Pirate I’d certainly welcome him back, on the right average

He was 'advised' to ride the white line but continued to take the outside line. Wouldn't listen.

All my mates agree

Sam Hagon not pushed on as I thought he would

Another one to the list.

Too late unless it has been done already, Sam goes in main body as of Friday with an average of 3.82 and Mario at reserve with 3.58 and Mario unavailable for our match at Scunthorpe, so need a guest at reserve.

Me, silly billy

Big difference there is Lynns appalling track record on dodgy call offs they’ve a long history of doing this for various reasons .

The sport is beyond salvaging as a "proper sport" given the infrastructure around it that has been allowed to pervade over the past couple of decades... Therefore. Those who fund the sport make up the rules as they go along to suit their own requirements, which is fair enough as it is their money... They clearly have zero intention of the sport "being taken seriously" given the operating model they use, and the absence of any independent arbiters... "Being taken seriously" would be too expensive to implement, and would attract wider scrutiny, hence we have what we have... All promoters use the rules and regs to their advantage whenever they need to, and answer to no one but themselves, therefore can pretty much do what they want. And, as I say, it is their money funding their hobby and the sport, and, as we have seen, if any of them decide to walk away there isn't a large queue to take over their clubs...

Well here’s something to put that piss in.

I agree, but.... How many fans does it really impact? 1500 at the most? 1500 who will more than likely be there for the next meeting regardless, given the sport is pretty much down to the die hsrds who accept "anything", so very little impact in reality.. Measure that against flight costs, hotel costs, basic travel expenses for UK based riders, and referee costs, and you can see why clubs call off the meetings early... Even more reason if you rent your stadium.....

In a Mickey Mouse sports entertainment business it doesn't make a jot of difference, it is maybe beneficial... but in a professional competitive sport wanting to attract TV coverage and the betting industry it really does (should) matter. If people want to hide their identity in a public environment it's usually for a reason, I don't think it's too much to wonder what that reason is 🤔 Anything wrong with the owner and director of Northampton being the team manager and CEO of Belle Vue where he is not an owner or director?

Any other team is the division would make use of the these points before they disappear, but will he, who knows?!

Imagine making a joke about being scared of Kings Lynn when you’ve beaten them 3 times already and it’s only mid May 😂

I couldn’t possibly divulge such information

BSPL decided that this years picks were from the 2025 British Final positions and not in 2026 form or with any input form the Painter at Team GB. Personally think it should be based on a riders form from this year and not a meeting held a year ago as that British Final enabled the choice of the GB SGP wildcard .

I actually did volunteer a while back, as is the Speedway way... I was just ignored 😂

I'll respectfully disagree, if they're good enough, should've finished ahead of Harris in the British final. Glasgow promotion will likely be pleased. You could argue Robert Lambert is the one "taking opportunities away" as he's almost guaranteed a wildcard if he doesn't finish in the GPs top 6! But he earned the right to choose.

The GB picks appear to be in the order of British final positions, which is exactly how it should be imo. Robert Lambert (1st), Chris Harris (4th) Adam Ellis (5th) & Anders Rowe (6th) in qualifiers. Reserves Dan Thompson (7th) & Tom Brennan (11th). I'm guessing Wright (2nd) misses out through injury, Bewley (3rd) thinks he'll finish in the top 6 of the GPs & King (8th), Cook (9th) & Flint (10th) didn't want to be 2nd reserve?

DTTV - The Cost of Speedway

There are many reasons but for me, it's the constant search for speed, more speed, even greater speed than the last. Speedway globally should go for an engine reset & go down the standardised 'sealed units' route. Get rid of expensive 3rd party parts tuners.

The riders?

This conversation shows the issue of guests not being decided by averages, you think Foord & Lambert are similar, I think Lambert is clearly better. If it's not worked out by averages, who decides who can & can't guest? Interesting comment about Lambert's home form, I wouldn't be against using away averages to decide who can guest away from home. In an ideal world teams should sign replacements (even temporary) rather than use guests. Currently the rules don't really encourage that at all, that's one of the reasons why I don't mind teams being weaker with guests.

Agree, Edwards had a poor match, Jenkins has had a poor season, big difference between the two.

Perhaps Jan Staechman might be interested ? He runs a DVD business and perhaps you have stuff he doesn't?