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Not required for speedway at Poole either I understand.😁

His average is still attractive but he’s such an infuriating rider. Never dominates when he should. Still not forgiven him for his showboating and losing the heat. Fanny

Officials at Foxhall over the weekend apparently surveying the track. Measurements, markings etc. Looking forward to see how this progresses over the winter. Bob Ellis has been track curator for as long as I can remember. I hope he’s not going to just slip away without any acknowledgment from the club. There was a tiny comment at the end of one of the last match reports from Hurry about Bob’s last meeting, but he deserves a proper send off through the official channels for the decades of service he’s given and for very little reward. The likes of Kevin Long got one as did others, Bob should get the same.

They are trying to arrange a meeting at which they will agree on a date for the AGM.

It’s perplexing it’s so cloak and dagger and yet another missed opportunity in the long list. Look at football for example transfer silly season gets its own special segments for rumours and team building. You go down the pub and you talk about transfer rumours with your mates and it keeps the sport alive in the off season. Same with any big successful sport. Speedway is no different. Look at the metrics on the forum for example. The most popular and active threads are always the team building ones. The most traffic is generally the off season for us die hard looking for rumours on rider signings. Speedway is in a unique position where is essentially a new team from scratch every year. However, instead of building on the mystery and intrigue to generate fan discussion they treat us with the usual contempt. Can’t even give us a concrete answer on a points limit for fans to put together their preferred sides and properly discuss outside the the ITK snippets we get. its baffling.

Maybe he'd heard that the fuel testers were there 🤷‍♂️

Win lose or draw its the racing for me !

I attended the Manchester Storm v Cardiff Devils ice hockey match at the AO Arena in Manchester city centre on Sunday (1 November 2026) – and so did the majority of the Belle Vue Aces!! When I arrived at my seat, the big screen above the ice rink displayed ‘Today’s Game Sponsor’ with the Aces logo below it. Not having seen or heard anything about this happening, I was quite surprised. Before an ice hockey match, the two team captains and, usually, representatives of the game sponsors take part in a ceremonial puck drop. So, after both teams entered the rink, came the announcement:- ‘Today’s Game Sponsor is the Belle Vue Aces Speedway Team, the 2026 Premiership Champions. Please welcome out onto the ice Brady Kurtz and Norick Blodorn.’ My seat was on the back row of the lower tier with one of the hospitality boxes directly behind it. When there was a break in play after a few minutes, I thought I heard the familiar dulcet tones of Norick Blodorn behind me, and so I turned to look over and there indeed was Norick and Brady Kurtz – with Brady sporting a Storm replica away shirt. Then I could see Mark Lemon; Zach Cook; Tate Zischke and William Cairns were there also – along with a couple of faces I did not recognise. I wonder if one might have been ‘Chase The Ace’ in civvies?? I managed to exchange a few words with Brady & Norick during the break at the end of the first period, and the chap near me asked ‘Do you know those guys?’ I replied, ’They're members of the Belle Vue Aces speedway team, tonight’s sponsor’. ‘I’m not sure I know what that is’ he said, ‘Are they actually based in Manchester?’ I wasn’t sure then whether to laugh or cry!! LOL!! Anyhow, the drinks must have been flowing freely, as the cheering from the Aces box got louder and louder as the match progressed. Norick seemed to be acting as cheer leader as they were all joining in with the 'Let's go Storm, let's go' chants. Finally, at the end of the match, the man-of-the-match presentations (one player from each team) were done by Mark Lemon and Zach Cook. Maybe it wasn't the best time in the Ice Hockey season for this to have happened? The season goes on until May/June, so had the Aces done a sponsorship in e.g. late March, it would have been just about the perfect time to have incorporated some Aces ticket marketing to get some newbies (like that chap near me) to go along to the NSS and witness some speedway?

Be awesome if Belle Vue have secured Pawelczak, that’s absolutely the calibre of rider you’d hope the new u21 rules would/could attract over the channel to uk shores. Hope it comes to fruition

Disagree with your assessment, Lawson did not gift many if any points to Will, he won races on his own merit, nothing gifted, Lawson had trouble keeping up!

Here’s the team with the averages they achieved in 2026, both including and excluding bonus points. 2026 averages including bonus points: R. Lawson 9.14 C. Rushen 6.27 L. Harrison 6.97 M. McDiarmid 6.26 W. Cairns 7.57 E. Kennett 5.16 S. Lightcap 5.83 2026 averages excluding bonus points: R. Lawson 8.10 C. Rushen 5.14 L. Harrison 6.46 M. McDiarmid 5.79 W. Cairns 6.94 E. Kennett 4.74 S. Lightcap 4.83 The difference between the two is interesting: Rushen: 5.14 → 6.27 = +1.13 Lawson: 8.10 → 9.14 = +1.04 Lightcap: 4.83 → 5.83 = +1.00 Cairns: 6.94 → 7.57 = +0.63 Harrison: 6.46 → 6.97 = +0.51 McDiarmid: 5.79 → 6.26 = +0.47 Kennett: 4.74 → 5.16 = +0.42 That already shows how much more some of these riders contribute to the team than their official averages suggest. Then you’ve got the potential for improvement next season. Cairns, Harrison, McDiarmid, Rushen and Lightcap are all young riders who should still have plenty of natural progression in them, so you’d expect several of those averages to rise simply through another year of experience and development. Lawson himself described 2026 as “CHAOS” and an “eye-opening” year, so after a more settled winter and season I’d expect there to be every chance of him getting back to his best. Then there’s Kennett. If he stays fit and is on good machinery, he is more than capable of putting a couple of points on his average. It wasn’t that long ago that he was operating as a genuine No.1 level Championship rider, so starting him at reserve on that sort of figure could be a real trump card. And if Kennett does increase his average quickly, that doesn’t necessarily weaken the reserves. One of Rushen, Harrison or McDiarmid could then move down, meaning a strong reserve pairing throughout the season. That’s what I like most about the side. Other than Lawson, and perhaps Cairns, I could see the rest of them ending up relatively close together average-wise. There isn’t really an obvious weak link, and there’s plenty of scope for improvement right through the team.

Zmarzlik said the same, then signed in Sweden again for next season... Lambert is going to be a dad soon so, very understandably, won't be wanting to be doing too much travelling, over and above the already "loads" that riders do.. Edit. I still personally think that the Thursday meetings, which make up the majority of UK tier one meetings, won't be a great "pull" for the top riders who don't live over here...

Now that Tom has confirmed he is having double surgery this winter to remove metal work from both legs could this have played a part in Mayfields decision not to renew his contract. Concerns over fitness and all that.

As I've done since 2020, my Teams and Fixtures blog for next season is up and running. So far it lists all known team squads for: All 3 Polish divisions Swedish Bauhaus Ligan Danish SpeedwayLigaen Additionally, all SGP, SEC, qualifiers, National Finals etc are also listed. Once the various leagues' fixtures are published, I'll also add these via the links on the right hand side, and hopefully it can help you if you have any planning for meetings over the upcoming summer across Continental Europe... https://speedwayteams2027.blogspot.com/

Most don't care about ex riders as a whole, but when said rider is one of your own i.e. local, developed through the youth system and looks like a promising talent, one is now a current World Champion, it's the only thing King's Lynn and it's fans can hang their hat on. The 2027 septet absolutely must have Lambert, Rushen and Scott in it. It's imperative

Mario was injured...

His "low" average certainly is something that belies his capability, especially around the NSS .. And riding Mondays/Wednesdays would knock plenty of Thursdays off his schedule, as it would be away only he needed to ride.. Obviously if he signed in Sweden then it would be the only Polish meeting he had to do on Thursdays which may be more appealing..? I think the UK does have an issue given it's two nights a week structure, especially as Thursday is so close to the weekend "high pressure" meetings, which can start on Fridays.. GP/Top Level riders seem to start to pick and choose their schedule the more they get older, and if you have done a fair few years in Poland as a HL in the top league, you will have earned some serious money, so maybe not the same need to travel around Europe any more than you need to..? And the old adage of having to ride in the UK to be World Champion is well debunked, (unless those two races BZ did for Birmingham made all the difference?) 😀, so the best young foreign riders are not coming over like they were, with many of them also getting some incredible Polish contracts due to their capability and demand for their services.. The UK is almost being squeezed from above and below, and given so many riders are now at the "veteran stage" over here it does need some radical change ..

Sat 31 October I took paid a visit to the Lymm Heritage Centre to see the Peter Collins exhibition. Lymm is a small but really nice village in Cheshire, just about 3 miles from M6 junction 20 and on the A56. The Exhibition Centre is virtually next to the Bridgewater Canal that runs through the centre of the village, makes a pretty picture with it's lived in narrow boats. Parking is good, couple of car parks within 50 yards of the Exhibition Centre, free for up to 1 hour, £1.70 for up to 2 hours, pay cash (coins) at machine, no change given. Half a dozen or so nice cafes in the village centre, together with a very old stone monument and stocks. In the village is what's called the "small dam" the "large dam is up stream by the side of the A56 with it's own parking area and country walk along either side of the dam...nice for dog walking. Saturdays the exhibition opens at 12noon till 4:30pm and I understand it's been extended through Nov and part of Dec due to popularity. If you thinking of going please check it out by googling Lymm Exhibition Centre (whatever works for you). I got there just before 12:30 and although people were in it was fairly quite and because of that I must of managed about 25 minutes chatting with Peter. It's not a large exhibition, it's not a large building. Couple of Peters bike, a trophy cabinet with about 20 of his collection of over 400, and some snippets and photographs from his growing up days on his dad's farm along with Chris and Dave Morton and other lads on Partington, some went on to be speedway riders. I definitely recommend a trip to Lymm Heritage Centre but do check beforehand that it and the display will be open and Peter will be in attendance on that day. Lymm itself, with the Bridgewater canal, Lymm Dam, the historic Lymm Cross and stocks, the cafes etc well worth a visit.

Raises an interesting point about the ACU license thing - what happens if a rider simply can't get a team place? What if their average doesn't fit, their demands too high, or maybe they are just not good enough? Is there a definition of the difference between a rider who's willing to ride here but can't, and a rider who just doesn't want to ride here?

Not quite Robert Lambert stuff is it 🤣 But welcome news all the same! Important that all clubs retain/gain financial backing through sponsorship. Hopefully Sheffield will be next and they’ll have a new title sponsor for 2027. The sooner the better as that can affect team plans.

It was announced last night that Watling JCB are continuing their sponsorship for another 2 years. That maybe the news?

Yet. He may well be next season if his progression continues. To average what he did in his very first season at the age of 16/17 was some achievement. So much more to come.

Be strange for stock car promoter to trail big announcement and for it to be about speedway. Surely the announcement has to be about reopening Arlington and details of first stock car meeting.

Which Poole fans didn't want him back

Duty-free loans for items such as foam- or air-fences are available from within the speedway community. It it to Plymouth's credit that they want to raise the funding themselves themselves without going into debt, but if the alternative was to close down ..........

IF Bewley joins then IMO that’s a good move for him at this point in his career. If he has GP aspirations and wants to follow in the footsteps of Lambert then he’s going to need another string to his bow. We know Bewley is fast, when it comes to pinning the throttle and riding the boards on big fast tracks then he’s up there with the best of them. What he lacks, is a little bit of track craft on the more technical tracks and the problem he has, is there’s now more of those creeping in to the GP calendar. Warsaw isn’t a great track for him, obviously Foxhall is now on the calendar, a track he’s never got to grips with, Gilman is a technical track, can throw Vojens in there too probably. Is he going to learn much more by staying at the NSS? A season or two at Foxhall would IMO do him the world of good and help him on the GP stage. All immaterial at the moment as nothing is confirmed. Deals fall through all the time so nothing is certain until the ink is dry on a contract.

Shows the flaw in the U21 rule. Joe T after a good season, having to start in the top 5, could mean not getting a team spot. I can see that happening a lot, some weaker U21s getting a chance too early, but stronger riders getting left on the scrapheap at 22!

You're comparing someone who dabbles in recreational drugs with a violent criminal who robs vulnerable people at knifepoint? I'm not condoning or encouraging drug use at all btw particularly if it involves riding under the influence and endangering others however comparing Complin's offences with those of Garrity is wild.

Quite simply. You cannot create an 8 team PL if (a) no CL Club is prepared to be used as cannon fodder to enable Coleman / Lemon and Morris to create an 8 team PL just to get a few morcels of TV money and (b) it's the height of utter hypocrisy to try to parachute a returning Club, which is the case of Eastbourne (but could be many other examples like Birmingham Brummies!) has relied totally on the financial support of the Dugard family Business for over 80% of existence to bale it out year on year and destroyed within 3-4 years a handful of other outside investors who over many decades in the past have pumped endless sums of money in with good but utterly misguided intent to try to make it pay for a wonderfully loyal group of 600-800 regulars! By following (a) or (b) you are in fact diluting the very product that Coleman / Morris / Lemon are desperately trying to "big up" as a TV product and if that isn't ego driven, I don't know what is. In fact if you are a TV executive looking for an exciting meaningful nationally based product that is competitive and happy to be highlights only with occasional LIVE TV , then the Championship would actually be far more appealing and credible. A newcomer watching on TV would be far more interested in close competitive action staffed mostly by UK riders and not names they can't pronounce nor have heard of from various parts of the globe. The PL is what it is, a 6 team Division trying to live way beyond it's means and desperate to destroy the better product which is the CL.

The only problem is, he’s not good enough to be a number one. But nevertheless a great rider who gives his all.

And that’s why a lot of Brits don’t have an interest in him might aswell be Polish.

Absolutely this. He comes across as a winner, as his “we’re not here to make up the numbers” comments as well as his recent one about him always challenging and winning things in four wheel sports so same applies here. There were a few doubters asking the question “is he all talk” and wondering if he’d actually deliver, but he’s put those doubts to bed. Been here less than a year and he’s now signed up two top class heatleaders for 2027, brought a GP to the club and is investing in revamping the track to improve the racing. Pretty good going. If it doesn’t work out trophy wise in 2027, then you can safely bet that we will be challenging the following year(s). Aint a here today gone tomorrow fella either, as he’s invested a multiple year rent in advance to have more stadium access to do the things he wants to do.

So any guesses on the remaining 4 riders to sign for Redcar for the 2027 season that will be revealed at the Xmas PArty on the 5th December ? Most people have this septet down as the likely team 1 Charles Wright © 8.68 2 Jake Mulford 5.13 3 Jason Edwards 6.28 4 Jody Scott 6.00 5 Danny King 7.76 6 Ace Pijper 4.15 7 Charlie Southwick 2.00 40.00

Daft as it will sound to the inward thinking majority who run this sport but we should all be working together to ensure Robert lines up at Kings Lynn. If done correctly the PR the sport in the UK could get from his presence as World Champion at his home town club could be priceless. Couple this with the blossoming career of Cooper and it’s a UK PR dream. I just cannot see the shortsighted self interested brigade backing this in any way.

The speedway season never ends at the NSSC! All our guests give up their time to help the GB Young Lions. If you live within striking distance of Brandon Stadium come and give us a try. We are delighted to announce that Cooper Rushen is our next guest on 10th November. Then on the 24th November we are really pleased that Phil Morris will be our special guest. Everyone welcome. Come and help support the GB Young Lions. Only £4 entry. The meetings start at 8pm at the Brandon Club, Main Street, Brandon, Coventry, CV8 3HW

I agree, I hope they get Lambert as it'll be good for the League.

It's not Artem. If he was talking about Artem, he would have said top 3 in the world, not top 6. What's the point of this Wroclaw agreement if you can't sign their best rider? Mayfield disappoints.

Thank you, Steve. 👍🙂 For anyone interested - Book Price is: £17.99. Kindle Edition: £6.99. This title will be released on November 16, 2026.

Agree with most of that but one thing with the Ford's if something isn't working they won't just coast along you can be sure action will be taken to improve the team if needed.

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To do what? 😂

Unless the RS average is going to count towards the limit now?

Glad the rule has been ditched,it’s entriguing when 2 totally different team set ups meet each other and who then comes out on top,and most importantly giving teams freedom to build how they want to.

Sorry, never noticed your previous post.Might be interest from other teams on that average.

I know it was his debut season but his away average for Berwick would concern me a bit......kind of feel he needs to develop a bit more in the Championship before taking on a top flight spot.

From photos i've seen, Kerr, Zach, Will and Cooper were there. Even Ben Cook was there. They were talking about video messages from Slater and Fraser. Not sure about Kyle or Lawson. Not bad seeing as going against Traitors final

There's been certainty for decades, both at FIM and domestic level. It is age at 1 January.

No chance. Lightcap should be getting a team place first.

It seems most, especially Berwick & Leicester fans have forgiven Nick Morris, plus many fans wanted him for 2027, did he ever apologise for refusing to take a drugs & alcohol test? Maybe its my imagination, but I kinda feel like Speedway Star articles / forum comments would praise him for finding form after a long time out, rather than pointing out that was caused by him? But if Morris was welcomed back, it would only be fair the same applies to Complin?