Hawk127

What a race by lambert and Emil. So glad we have Emil at Ipswich, a class act and takes you back to the glory days. This guy is something else.

Lambert seems lost for answers.

Emil is just so good and deserves someone coming up with a way that allows the authorities to come up with a cunning plan on how he compete in a GP. The best competition in the world needs someone of his calibre.

Fourteen listed Thursday home meetings between March and the end of August even though you have twenty six Thursday’s in that period in between which Kings Lynn who never use to race on Thursday use up a date and Oxford and Leicester who now race on Thursday would have not been given priority over a traditional Thursday night club like Ipswich in days gone by. One home meeting in July sums up all that is wrong with the fixture planning.

They were and it use to be sacrosanct but now nothing is and with so little action I guess beggars cannot be choosers. Sums up speedway in the UK, shoe horned into race nights and that is it. What clubs are doing in this country god only knows but it ain’t looking at the supporters and traditional race nights that use to suit the local business model. Anything goes and that is where it has all gone so wrong. Still give it a few more years and only a few clubs will be viable and it will end up like German speedway.

Is Juky some sort of inter galactic month and if it is, based on that, Chapman will find a way to get it called off. Do not give KL any excuse. It only has to look like cloud with the possibility of some wet stuff (Usually Chapman pissing on everyone else) and it is postponed.

Not compared to what it use to be. The trouble is if the facility becomes under used ESC will jump on this will limit the number of race days further and it could become unviable. NIMBYs will have won.

Many memorable meetings at Rayleigh watching Dingle Brown, Hughie Saunders, Bob Young, Geoff Maloney, Tiger Beech, Red Ott, Trevor Barnwell, Terry Stone and I remember clearly the first time I saw Peter Moore with those strange handlebars. Boy could that guy gate. One meeting that does stick out is one bank holiday when the rockets took on Boston and a young reserve Ivan Miller whooped Arthur Price a heat leader.i still have the picture that appeared in the Evening Echo with Miller leading Price, suffice to say Price was not happy. Then you had the days of Eastbourne and Dave Lanning, Canterbury and Johnnie Hoskins and the coach loads of Ipswich fans that use to descend on the Weir and then rivalry's with Romford in the Essex Gold Cup when Romford’s main protagonist was the one and only Brian Foote. Happy days.

I think the moral of the story is don’t believe speedway is a summer sport. Shame for you and your girlfriend, I hope she enjoyed the SON. Not sure what it is like in Ipswich but just east of Colchester, bone dry, no rain and some intermittent evening sunshine. Back in the day of Sky ports, when the cameras were in town, the club would do its utmost to get the meeting on. Perhaps now with Eurosport they charge for turning up and no club is willing to take the risk. I cannot think why else it is called off so early these days.

Looking at a few weather sites most are showing virtually no rain until around 21.00. Shame really but it is what it is. I am not sure what the answer is but given what was witnessed at the NSS, who is really calling the shots, the riders or the promoters? As a general point it cannot do any favours to the stadium owners either. What would you rather have as an owner, weekly stocks/bangers when you not only get rent but food/drink and parking or speedway with sixteen dates unless you make it all the way in cup and league with just income from food and drink over possibly seven months. If I were an owner I know what I would opt for and make the facility work for itself. From a supporters point of view, the stop start fixture list (not talking about postponements) cannot help with punters finding other things to do and simply no longer bothering. The tribal followers of a team have probably long gone together with the previous weekly fix that use to be the norm. All very sad.

If only the press would recognise the win given the bigger sporting picture with England tomorrow. No doubt they don’t give a fig, just as well you have the supporters that the sport has.

I thought that the Aussies had won when Poland gave up. I don’t get it but hey ho, another race.

The aerial shots of the NSS really do tell you what a great facility it is and oh to live in one of the houses close by. We should all be proud of this stadium and the vision of those who saw it through. We know the opening day was not good but they have created a legacy to be proud of. Well done to everyone behind the scenes this week who have given us a great week of speedway. A big thank you, you have done the UK proud.

Should have heard the interview on the Polish stream ….bleat bleat bleat and off

Polish commentary is very good, much better than the English version.

Is Zmarzlik still moaning, watching the Polish stream you cannot hear what is being said.

English stream on Kergel has been blocked but the other stream in Polish I think is much better. They do get excited.

Nothing to lose by making the change. Not sure why Bewley is having a poor night.

A good meeting and thanks to the track staff and riders who made it happen. It is a joy to watch riders of this calibre to see what may be the future rather than a GP with those who have made it. This is what the sport is all about and if only league racing could engender the same level of enthusiasm. It does demonstrate the importance of track time and second half racing for the up and coming talent.

Bednar will feature in a future Witches team. Good young racer who I think Louis sees as a good prospect.

I am sure that the pricing structure was in part dictated by Discovery+ and the requirements of putting on the meeting for TV audience which in all fairness is limited because it is not on the main Eurosport channel but a subsidiary. If as reported it has cost the NSS circa £500k to put on these meetings the maths dictates what needs to be charged. A shame really but with no major sponsors underwriting the meeting it is what it is. U K speedway simply cannot afford this type of tournament.

Really do not get that decision given the conditions.

OK that seems reasonable. Rew seems to be flying at the moment.

Second rate or second hand. Oh well never mind, it is what it is, good on the riders for persevering.

Why don’t they have something like golfing carts to take riders off the track rather than expect riders to hobble back to the pits. They could learn a thing from Poland on this point.