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Press & practice day on Thursday for the new look or old look witches depending on your view point. Any way the new era starts. Thoughts on the season ahead? While I can’t see us defending the title I don’t think we will be a poor as some think. Wr are going to struggle at Belle Vue & Sheffield for sure.

Can’t beat a little piece of positivity

No idea however these are the sort of things that the BSPL & speedway futures need to be looking at. Especially if this band extends to other parts of the uk in the future.

Could the BSPL look at putting speedway into the valley greyhound stadium in wales now that wales have banned greyhound racing.

Northampton All Stars

If Tungate is one they will definitely need to find guests when he misses the Stansted flight 😂

Silence would be the preferred option in that case 😂

Slightly worried about mayfield now. Talking about better promotion & how the sport suites TikTok & that’s the way to draw a new audience then get Foz in to present. He sounded old hat when he did it before.

I have nothing against Stephen Foster. He has done wonders with getting speedway on the radio & plugs the sport when he gets the chance. Also he is a great guys. Its just when it comes to presenting I’d rather listen to the sound of paint drying!!

Oh I feel sleepy already…….no disrespect intended but he isn’t what is needed dull & dishwater springs to mind.

This Ipswich side may do better than we think. The owners have by the sounds of it written this year off. The fans have low expectations so the pressure will be off.

I don’t think we have seen the last of Jenkins at Ipswich. While I don’t think we’ll see him this year I think he’ll be back in 2027.

Using his dirt ometer in his garden saying box office

Using his dirt ometer in his garden saying box office

They should definitely try and put on a big meeting. If they could get permission maybe over two days at a weekend. Bags of space could have a weekend festival of speedway with food stalls live music etc

Mayfield sports confirmed as the new owners. It’s been known for a while it was them buying hence the worst kept secret.

The 1-7 is being released on Monday

Well the worst kept secret is now confirmed. Finally it’s a done deal!

I’m the press officer

The 4 team league to be run in September & October with the top 4 going to the semi finals

I don’t buy that. The vast majority of fans switch off at the end of the season & come back at the start of the new one. It’s only us on here that get our knickers in a twist, a small percentage of those who actually attend. If the side ends up getting beaten week in week out then yes the attendance will drop, but the goings on this winter won’t make much difference to the attendance at the start of the season

They certainly get a huge amount of tv coverage & bring in the big name sponsors outside of the olympics so yes we need to looking at what they are doing.

Snowboard x Speedway could learn an awful lot from the freestyle snow sports, how they have taken a fringe sport into the mainstream. Also the two snowboarding/free style skiing BBC commentators Ed Leigh & Tim Warward are the type speedway needs for TV not the pit you to sleep Tatum.

They wouldn’t have anything more to add to the Ipswich buy out than their last statement last week. We are now halfway though the latest 2 week window for the sale to be completed. The lease for Foxhall was a hold up but that is now resolved.

Maybe Easter is prime in some areas for crowds but Ipswich haven’t ridden at home for about 8 years on Good Friday.