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Whilst Danny had his poorest meeting of the season it’s well worth remembering that his scores ALL season have got us into the playoffs

Dan Thompson also said something about Coleman having some plans for British Speedway coming out in the next few weeks in his most recent vlog

I find Lee kilby’s banter a bit forced and not very natural but overall I don’t mind him, all of them are ok but I think Greg Blair is the best of them all but anyway it’s all subjective so doesn’t really matter what anyone thinks

Let’s be honest here as an Ipswich fan. Ipswich got lucky to be in front at the interval on Thursday & Belle Vue pulled it back & deserved the win. In terms of Ipswich 2026 the late take over certainly put a spanner in the works in terms of team building. Ellis & Doyle were both spoken too but couldn’t hang on to confirm their 2026 arrangements & you can’t blame them. Danny, Tom & Jason Edwards were all able to hold on & Edwards was announced before Christmas. At one point I believe that Mayfield were hoping to be able to announce the take over & the team before Christmas. However there were issues around confirming their lease on the stadium which made it impossible to announce anything. The team was put together last minute & certainly after the top riders had already made their plans for 26. personally I went into this year happy to have a team & with no real expectations. The amount of criticism thrown at Mayfield in terms of the team & lack of changes is just laughable. This year was always about keeping the club going & putting plans in place for 27. They have done a lot of work off track in terms of attracting new sponsorship, the deal with Wroclaw, witches TV etc etc. All of that is far more important than the 26 team issues to ensure we have a club in the future. I have nothing but respect for what Coleman has done this year & I have no criticism to put his way. Now if we have a team along the same lines next year then we are then free to criticise & demand better. Finally I don’t blame Louis 1 jolt for getting out. If you’re heart isn’t in it anymore then there is no point in carrying on. 26 has been a come down after 3 years of the Emil & Jason show however it’s a year of taking stock & rebuilding for the future.

If Sheffield is rained-off … then it’ll be Aces Vs Tigers and Lions Vs Witches …

I would say the chance of winning any British title should take priority over a league meeting, especially with nothing riding on it for Redcar, except pride.

And rightly so imo. Congrats to Nick and his family.

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I don't forsee a walkover but I do expect a comfortable Poole win, should be some competitive racing. I'm looking forward to Wednesday, both teams at full strength and no guests would be a rare treat. Even the weather forecast is good, let's go racing.

I think Edinburgh will give us a good test, its not all about gating it is just we have better riders.

I like Greg, he is the best presenter on BSN and has the respect of the riders and because he has been there knows the why’s and how’s of how speedway ticks but on Friday night broadcast he announced that was his last BSN meeting this season

Realistically it couldn't have gone much better than that for Lambert. Hope he can go on to finish the job now.

I know how it works I’ve done it but I always rode in every meeting I was asked even if I was getting less money than my club money because I wanted to race my bike and rode in the hope I would win something which is my point, nobody seems to care about the prestige or the love anymore, it’s all about the money, I don’t blame the BSPL on this one, the sport is practically broke but riders just don’t seem to care

We could call it the BLRC. The both leagues riders championship.

It was the same guy last year calling Glasgow all sorts for not moving up and giving it laldy about how Ipswich were going to take all the riders for themselves to punish all the clubs that don't want to race Premiership. And that Glasgow should get banned from riding in the Championship because they don't want to go Premiership. Words like eejit were invented for people like him. I respect that people have different opinions, and I only referred to him as an eejit as that is my opinion of him.

I see the usual eejit from Ipswich is spewing forth again about how desperate he is for Glasgow to race in the Premiership next season. I believe I speak for the majority of Glasgow fans when I say "thanks but no thanks". Once again they are ignoring that Glasgow fans don't want mid week racing, they want Friday nights. We also get a healthy crowd of kids as it's a non school night (yes there was a poll before any fixed race nights and Friday nights were top by a distance hence the Facennas fighting to get Friday night racing). You would also lose all of the local(ish) rivalries that bump up crowd levels for those fixtures. Glasgow v Edinburgh is an easy sell to people in either city in anything. Glasgow v Ipswich? Meh, not so much. And way less Ipswich fans would travel up midweek than Edinburgh fans on a Friday Yes, I'm picking on Ipswich (as it is some of their fans that seem desperate to ruin Glasgow speedway) but to be honest if Glasgow ran in the Premiership in 2026 there would have been no 'stand out' fixture in the calendar, none that you circle at the start of the year saying I must make sure to see that one. No derby and no rivalry. Having seen the odd international match, GP qualifiers etc there is nothing that we're missing out on in terms of racing quality either. As for not seeing Leon Flint or Dan T in the Championship, I think I might be seeing them a fair bit next year, but we'll see what happens over the silly season.

No but that's why I added the "it doesn't help part" BSN can only show what is put in front of them, but the fact they have on occasions been critical of fans moaning about the dust and saying that racing is normally "good here" they are talking to seasoned fans, we were not born yesterday, they need to start asking tougher questions to promoters instead of pandering to them like they are inside the bubble, or maybe that's the problem?

Be a crime if Tobi Musielak isn't back in 2027.

*Does rain dance 😁

Yes congratulations - double vodkas all round 👍

Tobi different gravy again tonight. What a rider. Well done boys.

Hurry got away with one there. Going in to heat 12 Pedersen had two points from three rides, Edwards was unbeaten on paid nine and the switch wasn’t made. As it happens, Pedersen rode well to secure a vital second which saved the managers bacon but that was an error that shouldn’t have happened.

My suggestion would be to email Torun- Polish clubs are normally really good at responding. Maybe they will have a restricted number of fans present with possibly entry via purchase of a programme. biuro@speedway.torun.pl

My tickets don't mention anything either, so it's certainly not at all clear.

I see Coleman was at the Wroclaw match yesterday & today he is discussing the SGP & Ipswich plans for next year which in code also means the uk plans.

He is a top man, had many chats with him back in the day, I just had to concentrate on what he said lol

Given it is an offficial fixture, the rules for missing it should apply as per all meetings... And only if rescheduled, and riders already elsewhere, should any drop outs be allowed . The BSP don't help themselves when these events always have riders missing from the original line up, and their compliance with riders dropping out just undermines both themselves and their competitions... And running them so late in the season, (after many blank weeks during the summer for many tracks), is just asking for riders dropping out given many will have play offs in their respective leagues to focus on.. And also for the majority of competitors they potentially will earn less than a normal meeting... The irony of that of course, being that the last decade or so has seen riders not take part, which then dilutes the prestige, which then reduces the fan numbers, which then reduces the money on offer.. Another vicious circle UK Speedway got itself into given its lack of clear independent, disciplined, leadership..

Always thought this account was just deluded opinions, but now realise it has to be satire.

I fear Ipswich's reserves will cost them here, unless they have a big up turn in form... R/R will more than likely mean Leicester have 3-4 heats with both reserves in them, I'm just not sure the Witches have enough to capitalise

Get Floppy on the job. He says what he means & won't pull a punch

Why's that? Haven't Edinburgh got anyone who can gate?

There is a 75p booking charge per ticket if you buy tickets on line, better off paying on the night

Kvech has certainly put himself about in the chances he has had, riders like parnicki I don’t think will ever get in the Gp again, I believe he has reached his ability level and thst isn’t GP level

Ha, not sure about speedway but on the grass I saw him at collier st, riding where no-one else dared around the outside full gas and he was almost horizontal. Fantastic skill as the clumps of earth were big and made it very bumpy. I thought that was a fabulous GP, unpredictable and sorted the men from the boys.

Shock result 🙄

There are many cliques in speedway at all levels

Speedway is absolutely better suited to a highlights reel. Cuts out all the 💩 and a whole meeting can be covered in just 30mins with best race highlights from other fixtures from that week. With all the gaps / delays in live meetings, the sport doesn't lend itself to modern society and new fans. Majority of U30s today cannot cope with nothingness and 15 minutes of action over a couple of hours just will never cut it. Speedway in general is a sport in a real tough spot regardless of the moves it tries to make. There has to be a major focus on speeding up heats and/or adding extra races. Selling Speedway to new observers, sponsors & media is a seriously tough job.

And just to add from 2013 on I should of been offered the job of running the national league, it may sound like I’m blowing my own trumpet but as someone who was there at it’s conception and was there through all its guises I sort of know what it’s about unlike some of “experienced” faces who came in thinking they could run the show but when you ruffle a few feathers and prod a few bears in BSPL towers you are seen as an outsider, sadly those days are gone for me now, it doesn’t interest me anymore but it’s still sad to me to see the national league as it is today

Wasn't the NDL seen as being "too good" by those in the top two tiers?.. I used to go and watch the Colts with my then under 16 lad and it cost me a tenner for the both of us to get in . Brilliant value for money and the racing was often on a par with the top tier stuff you paid out almost three times as much for... So much so, I barely watched the Guestfests in tier one and, instead, went most meetings to watch the NDL Guestfests, (perfectly ok at NDL level as it gives riders track time).. I would suggest that the issue wasn't that the NDL was too good, but maybe it was the top two tiers that weren't good enough.... For me, clubs like Birmingham and Workington were perfect for NDL level racing as when they moved up the costs grew but the crowds barely did .. Best of luck to all those under the NORA umbrella...

Ahhhhhh…. The joys of living abroad with a dodgy firestick no subscription to pay and lots of Swedish / polish channels

An excellent summary, from a fan who doesn't come across as entitled.... Some Ipswich fans are coming across as if they are not actually fans of a team that has won ONE top tier title in decades, (a seven team league), and spent a good many years in tier two due to not being able to compete in tier one.. As has been documeted, the takeover took too long for reasons I am sure were valid and required... I looked at the updates website this morning and Ipswich were 8 ahead at just over halfway... Not too poor a team then considering the challenges they faced pre season...

Fair. The reserves have been a disaster all year starting with the PHB disappointment. When you have no out and out number 1, you need a strong reserve pairing to compensate and we haven’t had that. Edwards as one of the more senior rising stars, has also generally been a disappointment bar the odd meeting here and there. Would be very surprised to see either in the ‘27 team.

Sorting out the reserves is going to be just as important as the No.1 position in regards to 2027. Think it's fair to say that Kevin Juhl Pedersen rode above his level on his debut guest appearence around Northampton that ultimately pulled the wool over everyone's eyes from the fans to the management.

Your sounding a bit like a Poole fan imho . I know Louis messed up this season for you, but most Lynn fans would love that 4th place

Nora is the correct future for the national league and has been for a good few years now but will the scb/acu let it go ?the national league around the early to mid 2000s when the national league (Plymouth, Weymouth, Wimbledon cradley )started pulling in bigger crowds than the top leagues measures were put in place to decimate the league and it didn’t take many years to reduce it to the debacle it is today, short sighted, jealousy and bitterness and in some cases incompetence are rife in the bspl so don’t expect anything to change anytime soon, anyway a big congratulations to Martin and everyone at the IOW for an enjoyable short season that happily attracted good crowds

The Professional of Polish matches is 1st Class.They know how to run a meeting.

That’s a good enough reason not to sign him.

12+1 last time we were there. Nothing wrong with that.

Absolutely, anybody who doesn't get in next year but didn't try to qualify cannot complain I'm afraid.

Not always the best money buys them seats in f1 I'd rather see a rider get there on merit, at least they have earned the chance to fail or succeed.