Daniel Smith

I'd say it's one of the best trophies to win in Speedway. Giving something back to those that need it most within the sport. A huge congratulations to the Ipswich fans for their contribution

I'd go the other way with regards to engines. There's only so much grip, traction and speed you can get out of a bike. I'd ramp up the cc to 800. In one fowl swoop the need for engine tuners has gone. No advantage can possibly be gained in a tuned engine with that big a cc.

Not quite true as the decision at the AGM in agreement to allow Sheffield into the Premiership in the first place is massive. Having Sheffield in the top league is a bigger plus imo than Nicki Pedersen. A club that should have been top flight for a long time. It's a very welcome addition plus the loss of Poole is an added bonus. In fact, I don't think the addition of Pedersen adds much to British Speedway at all, he's heading for retirement and wants to earn as much as he can before it arrives.

If it's Kildermand, good luck, he's a dud.

I don't think you'll need to worry much about Kurtz being a No1, especially around the NSS. He'll up his Poole game there

Wrong Thread

Have a link for the podcast? If it's a recent (in the last 2 months) I'd say that the "ongoing deal" is the negotiations for a buy back

Don't agree. Woffinden coming back to the UK would be bigger news than Pedersen

May not be now but he certainly was up to the season ending this year. Louis had a buy back clause and may/may not have taken up the option. Taps said Chapman never was part of Ipswich and that's a lie

Reported as far as the Premiership final this year https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2019-09-29/witches-soar-to-speedway-s-premiership-grand-final/ This regarding Peterborough September this year https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/sport/more-sport/peterborough-panthers-are-safe-to-continue-for-now-1-9063265

Nonsense

This thread should be all about how Poole are small fry, big club in a small pond and how they lack ambition. These are the phrases Shovlar constantly came up with about Championship Speedway in the past

Swap Madsen for Woffinden and that would be my 3 the rules of the game was 2 from last year 1. Zmarzlik 2. Lambert 3. Woffinden 4. Riss 5. Sayfutdinov 6. Kerr 7. Palm-Toft I'm sure that's an affordable and a possible 1-7 Buster can afford after some significant giggling of finances

King's Lynn; Zmarzlik Lambert Riss

Fans here have this misconceptions that GP / top Ekstraliga riders should find it easy going, an easy pay cheque in the British Premiership. It's nonsense. I can guarantee even Zmarzlik would find it tough to average over 9. It's a tough league, the only thing against it is that we can't afford the top guys, or we can but you'd be paying £30-£40 on the gate every 2 weeks

Pedersen isn't the rider he was but capable of still sticking it to most of the leagues No1 & 5's though. Message to all rider's though; don't try and pass him round the outside

Now Poole have dropped a division I'd like to see us go all out and grab Brady Kurtz, Josh Grajczonek and Richie Worrall. 1. Robert Lambert 7.81 2. Eric Riss 6.61 3. Josh Grajczonek 7.29 4. Richie Worrall 5.22 5. Brady Kurtz 7.54 6. Ty Proctor 4.43 7. Ellis Perks 3.57 Ave: 42.44

I think the flow of the meetings is a major thing. There's far more of 'nothing going on' than actual racing'. Obviously there are the usual things like crashes that can stall a meeting but there are other means to quicken up the flow of racing. Getting rider's on track: always be a heat ahead, i.e. at the start of the meeting after parade etc the rider's for heat 1 & 2 come out. Heat 2 rider's sit on the centre ready. When Heat 1 is complete and those riders are on there way back to the pits, the rider's for heat 3 sit in the centre etc etc. Time allowance: The 2 mins are on automatically when the last rider from the previous heat crosses the line. Like GP's, have to be ready to race when the 2 mins clock is 0. 2 rides on the trot: If a rider has 2 heat consecutive they must ride their spare bike and be ready in the 2 mins of the previous heat finishing. If they have no spare bike, then a team mates has to be used. Track grading: This can only take place after heats 4, 8 and 12. Heat 15: Rider's are nominated for Heat 15 by the team manager when Heat 13 is completed. These are small things but then at least the bikes are on track at all times.

I don't think King should be anywhere near the GB side anymore, had his chance.

Again, another Speedway equivalent. Excellent quality, great value for money but many refuse to try it as it's at the lowest level of the rung. People don't like to be seen buying cheap as it makes them feel inferior.

Agree, Cadbury's just give me a constant headache these days. Stick to Galaxy now, can't be beaten. Unlike Speedway, it offers good value for money. Cadbury's has turned into the Speedway equivalent, lower the standards and charge more for it.

Real pleased this was a good meeting with plenty of on track entertaining racing. So it begs the question, what was the difference to a regular Stars meeting that are generally a borefest?? Was the track prep different at all?? Standard of rider on offer racing against a similar calibre each heat??

It's relevant in that the idea has come about because fans, promoters etc get frustrated that they're unable to keep their title winning 7 for continuity. If the team building average is allowed to be (for example) 46.78 and the title winning team makes 3 changes, these changes would only be made, in the main, because they have more chance of increasing their individual average over the rider's from the previous season. This then would make it even more difficult for the chasing pack to build a team that would be competitive. In principle the idea is ok but the reality will be very different. Sticking to a set team average of 42.50 or 45.00 make far more sense.

If that is the case, then 42.50 is sufficient.

I'm not convinced this is a good idea at all. The reason I'd say is that the idea is to keep the same 1-7? If that's the case then Swindon's team would be in trouble as I don't see a great deal of improvement average wise in their team so would end up stagnant. While every other team are able to strengthen significantly that it would put Swindon in danger of not making the play-offs at all. If Swindon are allowed to sign whoever they like up to last seasons average then wouldn't that defeat the objective of allowing teams averages to be set by the title winning team so that they can keep the same 7?? If the latter is the case, we may as well stick with the 42.50