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Guesting in this league now is quite literally like pass the parcel. What an absolute sh1tshow!

Etheridge knew he was the wrong for both accidents and he did wait at the pit gate for Jenkins when he walked back to the pits and apologised they both had a handshake and moved on. After Cook returned to the pits again Etheridge went over handshake again with a few of the Aussie boys in the pits having a laugh over it. Not seen Etheridge pull a ‘dirty’ move on anyone whilst watching him this season, he’s generally been behind most riders anyway 😆

Free entry fir anyone bringing a programme from the 1951 season Shame I didn't know earlier - was up in the loft this morning and moved about 50 seasons worth of programmes about The required publication is now 3 rows and 3 layers from retrieval 😔

You should be ok to follow - they don't seem to go that fast!!!🤣

It would take a few weeks, 2 defeats coming up. Can you really stay off any thing Poole for even a few days.

Oh good we are all over the moon about that at Poole!!

Unnecessary and boring. Again.

....because he's raced abroad, so effectively he's withheld his services!

It isn't that you are so obsessed then that you are repeatedly on every Poole thread.

From where we were stood on turn 3/4 it looked like Etheridge realised Fricke had beaten him to the outside dirt line and he tried to cut back inside onto the home straight but he turned too tight and locked up causing him to slow and giving Cook nowhere to go. There was no intent to cause a collision and had he not locked up he would probably have got away with it. But, even as a Tigers fan, I immediately said that Etheridge has to go as he was the cause of the accident. Was very surprised to see Cook's light come up.

I saw the vid of him playing with his son on social media and it didn’t look good at all. His hand was effectively just hanging there. And then watching his interview on BSN last night was pretty upsetting I have to say. He was very honest and very emotional because there is a possibility that this could end up being the worst case scenario. We all hope that isn’t the case and that the surgery that will more than likely be needed is successful. 🙏🏻

Hi everyone, apologies, but it's a bit of a call to arms and we are asking the speedway community to help us on the current Birmingham Local Plan. So Birmingham Council have issued for consultation "The Birmingham Local Plan Regulation 19 Publication Plan" which closes 24th September 2026 This plan is designed to hit their housing targets for the next 18 years. In that plan is Policy GZ14, within that policy is paragraph 19.10. This paragraph references the the demolition of Perry Barr Stadium. It states "Efforts are being made to develop replacement speedway provision at an alternative venue" and "The long term lease holder is exploring options for the future of the site". This isn't water tight enough to keep Birmingham Speedway. We need to stop this plot of land being made available for redevelopment in housing. This is where we are begging for your help. We need to get the wording changed in Policy GZ14 19.10 and unfortunately they don't have an email facility, it needs to be through the Birmingham Council Consultation Portal. Portal found here: https://consult.birmingham.gov.uk/kse/ So, when you have a spare couple of hours, it's easier on a lap top, a phone can be a bit more clunky (not impossible) using the portal. Click the link above Click "Go to Event" on the Birmingham Local Plan Regulation 19 Publication Plan. This will open a 180 page document. There will be lots of add comments on the right hand side. If on a mobile press the word "Proposal" to view the document and not the headings. Press on of the "Add Comments" and register on the protal. Once registered it'll take you back to the document. You can either scroll down very laboriously until you get to GZ14 and within that section the paragraph 19.10 If on a mobile you could look for "Perry Barr" in the contents and click the ">" icon, to zoom to GZ14. Dont press anything else, you come out of the document and have to re-press go to event again. If on a laptop press the word Perry Barr, not the ">" as again it'll push you out of the document, it really is that user friendly. Look for the paragraph 19.10 and click add comment, one the next screen the paragraph contents should be displayed at the top. Populate your Name, Email, Commenting on behalf of myself, agree to the terms and conditions, agree to the private policy. Press "Next" First Box, Do you considered the plan to be legally compliant. "Click Yes". Second Box, Sound. "Select No". Please provide details of why you consider the local plan is not legally compliant or is unsound. Here you need to add something like "in GZ14 19.10 you must not develop Perry Barr Stadium to anything other than a venue or facility for the Birmingham Brummies to race speedway". Next box is Please set out the modifications you consider necessary......... Here you need to add something on the lines of "Perry Barr Stadium must not be redeveloped unless an alternative venue or land is found, and Birmingham Speedway are using that alternative venue to race speedway. Next select no to participate Select Save Then press submit Thanks for reading! To help this was a draft google ai prepared for me, you could draw inspiration from it. I am writing to formally object to the proposed site allocation of Perry Barr Stadium for housing development within the Birmingham Local Plan Regulation 19 Publication Plan. The plan as currently drafted is not sound because it fails the tests of being justified and consistent with national policy regarding the protection and replacement of community sporting infrastructure. · No Evidence of Surplus: The historic Perry Barr Stadium—a vital community hub hosting the Birmingham Brummies Speedway alongside other sports—is demonstrably not surplus to requirements. It remained highly utilized, and there is clear, ongoing demand for speedway racing in the city. · No Equivalent or Concrete Replacement Provided: The wording in the Publication Plan explicitly states that "Efforts are currently being made to develop replacement Speedway provision at an alternative venue." This is an admission that no replacement venue has been identified, secured, or evaluated for viability. The Allocation is Not "Justified" Relying on an aspirational statement that "efforts are being made" does not constitute robust evidence. Allowing the allocation to go forward without a legally binding, identified, and allocated replacement site creates an unacceptable risk that a major regional sport and heritage asset will be permanently lost to Birmingham without any alternative ever materialising. It fails to guarantee the continuity of social and sports infrastructure required to sustain healthy, vibrant communities. 5. Please set out what modification(s) you consider necessary to make the Local Plan legally compliant or sound. To make the Birmingham Local Plan sound and consistent with national policy, the following modifications are necessary: 1. De-allocate or Defer Development: Remove the housing allocation for the Perry Barr Stadium site from the current Local Plan period, OR defer its allocation until a comprehensive, legally binding alternative site for Speedway provision is explicitly identified, assessed for viability, and formally allocated within the plan. 2. Strengthen Policy Safeguards: Amend the policy wording to explicitly state that “No development shall commence on the Perry Barr Stadium site until a replacement Speedway facility of equivalent or better quality has been fully delivered and made operational at an alternative, approved location.” This brings the plan into compliance with Paragraph 103 of the NPPF.

What a strange thing to say to a stranger online. I hope they warn children about people like you in schools

It’s that time of year again when mr Lawson manipulates his average, but when your team mates are that good it’s a bit easier to do, in all seriousness though i think the fords are going to have some big decisions to make in the winter as this team will have to be broken up,as I’ve said before I’m a Plymouth fan but you have to take your hat off to Poole as year after year they get it right, well at home anyway some of the managerial decisions from your team manager in the away meetings are a bit baffling any chance he can manage the team when we come to town next week

That is probably why riders should be drawn at the start of each week to ride for whatever team that has matches that week. No longer any reason to consider any rider belongs to a particular team. They are all self employed journeymen and the authorities should stop pretending that it is a true team sport. No it is not the same as it use to be and it is a league with an overall squad system in place. They wonder why you cannot sell it to TV, but it needs wholesale change. This anniversary at Ipswich is a milestone but will not generate the same level of interest it would have done ten or more years back with local people in charge and custodians of a truly local team. The local team support with local people you can relate to has long gone. Good luck to the witches for tomorrow night and those providing the second half racing but sadly it is not the same Ipswich it once was.

The report rumour that Lawson had been sacked was just that then. Got to get a home win tomorrow those pesky Stars aren’t far behind.

I believe Nick Morris has withdrawn from Leicester`s match at Ipswich tomorrow night, that must make him doubtful for Berwick`s meetings over the weekend.

As in Mick Norris?

As all his posts are, he really is not worth replying to.

Fly on the wall now, or still the sewer rat?

Both refs were apparently struggling to adapt to the supplied Sheffield blinkers, making reviewing the TV footage almost impossible.

It was a shocking decision by probably the most senior referee in the World. Worse than that, he was training a new referee that night as well.

Have a look at my post on page 18 which i did early last Saturday morning and you will find the answer. There is also a similar post on the Extraleague thread( page 60 ) showing all their play-off dates. matches so far on 30th August( all local times) Pila v Rzeszow 1pm Krosno v Ostrow 3.15pm Gdansk v Opole 4pm Landshut v Gniezno 5pm There will be 2 other matches and as i have said previously it’s 99.99% certain they will be in Czestochowa and Zielona Gora.

Nice couple of hours of light rain this morning, should be great for the track tonight. 52-38.

The exemptions are Wessex Water exemptions. It's all on their website. We had a brief shower at around 11.20 this morning which didn't last too long. In fact it was so brief I thought it must have been Worky come to visit!🤣

Strange comments from a Coventry resident.

A reminder that today is the last day to lodge your opposition to the planning application if you wish. Friday 14th August.

Looks like a huge amount of thought and effort has gone into the anniversary meeting I might even go!! 😁

This is sport where clubs will sack riders, with immediate effect, for doing better than they were expected to do, when needing to make two replacements, with zero "offence" being taken by their fanbase.... And also, should riders refuse to ride due to not getting paid, they then get a 28 ban for "withholding their services" hanging over them.. Not sure anyone should expect major commitment from riders....

What abuse have you seen? These individuals have destroyed a 90 year old stadium with no planning permission. Some peoples emotions are going to be highly charged. Some comments are bound to be a bit fruity and you're very naive if you think that's abuse. No council or planning inspector will take notice of any social media post. This will be decided on evidence in regards to planning laws. You're an absolute hypocrite as well. How about I come and build a padel court in your back garden with no planning permission? Far more benefits for the community. Wally.

The council are not entitled to say "on your bike" because of things supposedly said to the owner on social media, The council are there to sit and judge a company that ignored planning laws and went ahead and ripped out, demolished and built on the the track and stadium grounds that they had no permission to do. The council have to decide if the company is required to re-instate the stadium to the way it was when they got the lease no matter if they have an intention to run speedway or not. If this has to be done (which we all hope it will be on a matter of principle) then the next thing the council should look at is to see if they have broken the terms of the lease and if so could they legally invoke a clause in the lease and make it null and void and take the lease back and issue a order for the tender for the stadium lease on the open market once again?

Surely it’s not about what will or won’t benefit people most; it’s about completely disregarding the planning decision. Imagine if everyone did that it would just devolve into chaos.