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The thing that annoys me more than anything is that it costs nothing to fix certain aspects of the sport, for example rider presentations/introduction's before a meeting, every single meeting I have been to this season has been an absolute shambles. All tracks should have a riders briefing meeting before every meeting telling the riders exactly how the introductions are going to take place and what is expected of the riders.

I think I've spotted it on Google Street View...

Anyone know what Morris's illness is? I hope he's not caught it from Lawson 😉

See, you have to remember that a huge amount of the regular posters were "seniors", and sadly, old age has taken it's toll. Thing is, everybody was knowledgeable, everybody wanted to learn, and everybody wanted to "discuss" things in a reasonable and friendly manner. There has been an increased number of younger members who have come on board, and love to bitch about us old'uns living in the past. Same as speedway in general, I suppose? Those of us who are still hanging on have become disenchanted by all the crap and insults posted on here. The Years Gone By section was an incredibly active section of the forum, and that's what kept a lot of us going. Now, nobody seems interested in that, which is heartbreaking. Not only is speedway history such a big part of the sport, but we can learn from the past, instead of rolling on relentlessly, repeating the same mistakes that are/were never going to work. British speedway is NOT dead. It still has a future, yet judging by the majority of comments you see on the BSF and Facebook groups, you'd think that it was dead and buried years ago. No, that was just the civility and respect that we had on this forum years ago...

Well done Stars⭐🤩

https://ipswichwitches.co/witches-boss-hurry-hits-out-as-lions-win-at-foxhall/

Outstanding night from Klindt... (Again).. Couldn't replace him...

And we are doing the normal crap Lynn performance

We could actually put a good team together: 1. Bjorn Knutson 2. Reg Luckhurst 3. Norman Hunter 4. Bengt Jansson 5. Sverre Harrfeldt 6. Stan Stevens 7. Brian Leonard with Ted Ede and Terry Stone as back-ups in case of injury.

I can only speak for myself, obviously, but Speedway is pretty much off my radar now apart from the Grand Prix - and my interest in that is nowhere near the level it once was. The two main reasons with me are pretty basic. 1 - I'm a Swindon fan. I don't have a team any more. This probably applies to fans of many of the once great sides like Coventry, Wolves, Reading, Cradley, Eastbourne, Hackney, Exeter, Arena-Essex blah blah blah. 2 - League racing is no longer on TNT/BT/Discovery or whatever you want to call it this week - so I have absolutely no idea whatsover what is happening any more. I don't even know who is doing well the league any more.

I joined BSF at the beginning of 2010 when my son started riding at amateur level. At the time, it was the place for all the information & updates on amateur meetings, riding equipment buying & selling and was invaluable for technical help on bike maintenance etc. Sadly that section of the forum has been inactive for a number of years. I think that as smart phones became more widespread, Facebook groups took over from Internet forums. It was my first foray into the world of social media and I was surprised by the level of unpleasantness on here. It seems some people are incapable of processing opinions that differ to their own without resorting to belittling & random rudeness. I guess that applies to social media in general though, which is why I avoid it. When I first joined, Speedway was in a lot more people's living rooms because of the Sky coverage, so there was always plenty to discuss, but the only Speedway I see now is the GP so I don't contribute as much these days. I still visit regularly though to catch up on what's going on. I know that even after 16 years I'm still a relative newbie compared to some but it's good to still see familiar names that have been here for my entire BSF journey 🙂

As much as I would like that, I think it will be an easy win for the aces . Our team is far too inconsistent snd their heat leaders will far out score ours. keeping Batchelor was a terrible decision. Updates for the last meeting said he was tootling around at the back, not trying. That’s him to a tee. job on the line at Leicester, top scorer with best meeting of the season. job safe at Lynn, awful score which cost us the win, despite him being at reserve. A total waste of space

Just hype for the cup final... nobody really gives a toss about the league until the pay offs

I was at that one, I was close to self combusting. It’s just like no one cares, it’s kind of arrogant.

Not many people to be honest, lowest crowd I’ve seen for a while. Saw Chris Louis in the balcony of the VIP on the way out, wonder what he thinks watching this season! I mean he partly created this weak team if we are being totally honest.

Riders missing for pathetic reasons and going unpunished is a much bigger issue that needs fixing. Teams being allowed to sign riders knowing full well they will only ride in about 50-60 percent of fixtures (Klindt) is another and there are dozens of other rules and regs that need sorting. The guest facility has been around the whole near 30 years I have followed speedway, it sometimes works for teams other times not its the way it goes. Same as R/R. I kind of see your point, I am one of those that think in football that if a player has gone off genuinely injured they should be allowed to bring a sub on to replace him when they have already used all 5 of the allocated subs but that wont ever happen.

The first four heats I thought I was watching an NDL meeting. Shockingly slow and like watching juniors going round the corners. Only Tobi and to be fair Brennan who really hit the ground running to start. Scotty did decent but he normally does at Foxhall. Edward’s good and then bad but in a 7 then you’d take that. Pedersen’s progress was amazing from his first race to his third so he just needs time. Brennan started good then fell off a cliff again, I don’t know if it’s rider or setup but something just isn’t right. All in all, dead atmosphere, average racing and decent weather.

It is a huge shame they were not confirmed in the league sooner and had zero chance of building a competitive team. Constantly reading good reports about the place and would be gutting to see it ruined by a season full of defeats. Hope they turn the results around, Big H is a top bloke.

All this talk from the Ipswich promotion about 2027 being ‘the’ season makes me smile. The sport is on crutches in the UK and hobbles slower each year into the next season. If the Witches can assemble a decent team I hope for all of us that they are competing in a league that has some credibility.

Flipping good team that. 👍

As the old say goes. Does a bear........ you finish the rest

Get in lads, great result. We needed to take advantage of a weaker Sheffield team and we did.

Lawson should play the illness card every week. He got 11 tonight without even being there…

Not really... Hate the game, not the player. One of those "bomb proof" doubling up Heat Leaders who can just coast through a season in the UK... Edit: And are allowed to do exactly the same thing every single year, as they cannot get replaced due to hardly any better riders wanting to ride over here...

Lions battled back in the end after getting to grips with the track and there was the odd decent race. I watched this on the Witches stream and wasn’t impressed with their presentation. The younger of the two commentators was amateurish and at times embarrassing. Makes me realise just how good David Rowe is when doing the stream for Lions TV.

The witches definitely missed a trick not re signing Doyle. Should have accommodated him somewhere. It’s like he’s got a new lease of life.

Final score 42-48 to the Lions and all the points!

Take that back lol

Did they start on time? 😂

So an improvement then?...

The Throttle Jockeys of Ipswich and Leicester cannot handle it....

Another one? How many are we talking about? However, Lawson missing meetings for Ipswich has nothing to do with Poole or the championship imo.

With Neila being the biggest culprit

Possibly our best opportunity for a stars first ever win at Sheffield... But in good old kings lynn fashion we'll probably mess it up

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Think we will do well to hit 40 tonight, with Palm-Toft nowhere near what Danny would score, Kevin Juul Pedersen never even been to Foxhall before and Jason struggling a bit at the moment. The other three will need to hit big double figure scores. I hope I'm wrong but just can't see a Witches victory, but I will be there to cheer them on

I’ll also add, taking a victory lap after winning a race. Riders, just bloody do it, it costs you naff all and you’re doing it for the people who contribute towards your wages. Take it a step further collect the team flag every time and take that on your victory lap with you.

Do your duty Belle Vue and lose tonight 🙃

Bjorn Knutson, Reg Luckhurst, Sverre Harrfeldt, Bengt Jansson, Ted Ede, Terry Stone

For one heat with Harris, Nicholls and Kennett in it I was transported back in time to to a place in the fabled Midlands area. And then I woke up and swallowed lump of asphalt that flew at me. Anyway, I enjoyed the meeting - both teams put in a good shift. But a particular big well done to the track staff - Sandy Lane has been well, sandy! Like a scene from Lawrence of Arabia. And I was expecting the same tonight. but thought it held up well considering the exceptional heat and dryness. Well done the men - and possibly women - in overalls.

Should that not be on prem section then? Not sure what it has to do with this league? 🤷‍♀️

Fair play Edwards has his best meeting of the season and helps save the Glads didn't see that coming early doors.

Sounds like Craig Cook!

Cook is nothing to be sniffed at.

Yes it saves paying 3rd party booking streams or banks a high percentage to process your money, it's not rocket science

So, here is the latest list, updated after the sad loss of Bob and Robert. 01 - Ove Fundin - 23/05/33 02 - Dan Forsberg - 25/03/34 03 - Josef Hofmeister - 17/06/34 04 - Brian Crutcher - 23/08/34 05 - Mike Broadbank - 25/09/34 06 - Barry Briggs - 30/12/34 07 - Reg Luckhurst - 11/11/1935 08 - Sverre Harrfeldt - 23/11/1937 09 - Leif Larsson - 16/02/1938 10 - Bjorn Knutson - 27/04/38 11 - Gunnar Malmqvist - 25/12/1940 12 - Andrzej Wyglenda 04/05/1941 13 - Jim Airey - 19/08/1941 14 - Bengt Jansson - 09/01/1943 15 - Anders Michanek - 30/05/1943 16 - Trevor Hedge - 30/08/1943 17 - Terry Betts - 15/09/1943 18 - Howard Cole 29/12/1943 19 - Martin Ashby - 05/02/1944 20 - Jan Simensen - 26/07/1944 21 - Zygfryd Friedek - 19/10/1944 22 - Jerzy Trzeszkowski - 10/01/1945 23 - Eric Boocock - 02/02/1945 24 - John Boulger - 18/06/1945 25 - Hasse Holmqvist - 18/06/1945 26 - Jim McMillan - 03/12/1945 27 - Ole Olsen - 16/11/1946 28 - Ray Wilson - 12/03/1947 29 - Doug Wyer - 16/08/1947 30 - Grigori Khlinovsky - 11/11/47 31 - Egon Muller - 26/11/1948 32 - Christoph Betzl - 13/02/1949 33 - Jiri Stancl - 18/11/1949 34 - Viktor Kuznetsov - 27/11/1949 35 - Georg Hack - 20/02/1950 36 - Marek Cieslak - 28/06/1950 37 - Alois Wiesbock - 31/07/1950 38 - Tommy Johansson - 21/10/1950 39 - Vladimir Gordeev - 30/11/1950 40 - John Titman - 26/01/1951 41 - Dag Lovaas - 25/02/1951 42 - Jan Verner - 03/03/1951 43 - Petr Ondrasik - 08/10/1951 44 - Phil Crump - 09/02/1952 45 - Henny Kroeze - 11/03/1952 46 - Valery Gordeev - 28/08/1952 47 - Dave Jessup - 07/03/1953 48 - Ales Dryml - 10/06/1953 49 - Scott Autrey - 09/07/1953 50 - Peter Collins - 24/03/1954 51 - Larry Ross - 15/06/1954 52 - John Davis - 10/11/1954 53 - Finn Thomsen - 16/02/1955 54 - Mikhail Starostin - 24/02/1955 55 - Tommy Nilsson - 10/03/1955 56 - Jan Andersson - 07/05/1955 57 - Kai Niemi - 15/09/1955 58 - Jerzy Rembas - 18/04/1956 49 - Chris Morton - 22/07/1956 60 - Steve Bastable - 16/09/1956 61- Bruce Penhall - 10/05/1957 62 - Karl Maier - 24/08/1957 63 - Roman Jankowski - 05/10/1957 64 - Bo Petersen - 21/02/1958 65 - Les Collins - 24/05/1958 66 - Mitch Shirra - 27/09/1958 67 - Michael Lee - 11/12/1958 68 - John Cook - 18/12/1958 69 - Richard Knight - 26/05/1959 70 - Dennis Sigalos - 16/08/1959 71 - Erik Gundersen - 08/10/1959 72 - Hans Nielsen - 26/12/1959 73 - Olli Tyrvainen - 11/01/1960 74 - Phil Collins - 02/06/1960 75 - Sam Ermolenko - 23/11/1960 76 - Rick Miller - 12/01/1961 77 - Jeremy Doncaster - 16/06/1961 78 - Tommy Knudsen - 09/11/1961 79 - Zoltan Adorjan - 15/11/1961 80 - Shawn Moran - 19/11/1961 81 - Peter Ravn - 16/03/1962 82 - Zenon Kasprzak - 10/05/1962 83 - John Jorgensen - 18/07/1962 84 - Antal Kocso - 22/12/1962 85 - Sandor Tihanyi - 28/04/1963 86 - Lance King - 13/08/1963 87 - Armando Castagna - 22/09/1963 88 - Kelvin Tatum - 08/02/1964 89 - Marvyn Cox - 11/07/1964 90 - Zdenek Tesar - 30/07/1964 91 - Mikael Blixt - 08/08/1964 92 - Paul Thorp - 09/09/1964 93 - Tony Olsson - 13/03/1965 94 - Gerd Riss - 17/03/1965 95 - Conny Ivarsson - 15/04/1965 96 - Simon Cross - 31/05/1965 97 - Bohumil Brhel - 10/06/1965 98 - Slawomir Drabik - 06/02/1966 99 - Per Jonsson - 21/03/1966 100 - Andy Smith - 25/05/1966 101 - Jan Staechmann - 05/06/1966 102 - Ronnie Correy - 08/11/1966 103 - Jimmy Nilsen - 16/11/1966 104 - Brian Karger - 09/02/1967 105 - Jan O. Pedersen - 27/07/1967 106 - Craig Boyce - 02/08/1967 107 - Troy Butler - 22/09/1967 108 - Piotr Swist - 20/06/1968 109 - Todd Wiltshire - 26/09/1968 110 - Gary Havelock - 04/11/1968 111 - Stefan Danno - 10/02/1969 112 - Martin Dugard - 18/05/1969 113 - Gert Handberg - 30/05/1969 114 - Chris Louis - 09/07/1969 115 - Billy Hamill - 23/05/1970 116 - Greg Hancock - 03/06/1970 117 - Henrik Gustafsson - 14/08/1970 118 - Tony Rickardsson - 17/08/1970 119 - Mark Loram - 12/01/1971 120 - Tomasz Gollob - 11/04/1971 121 - Leigh Adams - 28/04/1971 122 - Josh Larsen - 12/05/1972 123 - Joe Screen - 27/11/1972 124 - Jason Crump - 06/08/1975

Surely 1995 was at Wembley???

Few rumours starting and odd meeting getting missed for Mr lawson at short notice But don't get the attention Mr Cook got/gets