Speedball

Delighted with the signings so far. Hopefully Cooper will have a long and successful career with the Stars. He’s fast enough already, it’s just the consistency at the starts he lacks. But can’t wait to watch him develop over the course of the season.

Smektala is interested in coming to the UK but he won’t be cheap. No 1 money for a lower second string/reserve.

https://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/topic/95046-kings-lynn-stars-2025/?do=findComment&comment=4001026 In case anyone missed Chris’ post on the King’s Lynn 2025 thread, we interviewed Ben Cook where he talked about his injury and his possible return. Any delay to the UK is because of a realism of his situation. When compared to Musielak, the difference was he gave every indication to the club he was going to return then didn’t.

Hopefully some common sense will apply in both the cases of both Doyle and Cook. Both have suffered significant injuries. In Cook’s case, his wrist was/is a mess and everyone knows Lynn’s track is grippy and you’d need more strength there than a flat, slick Polish track. Equally Doyle has just come back from a nasty injury and rode a double header in the SGP. Don't think you can accuse either of taking the pee out of UK speedway. In either case they can simply get a Dr’s note to say they have suffered a reaction to their injuries and avoid a ban.

Kyle Howarth guesting in place of Ben Cook and Jody Scott at reserve.

There is but I think this is now more a welfare issue. He’s clearly not right in the state of mind and needs help and support to get through the issues he’s facing. In my opinion there’s too much pressure and expectation, probably from himself and those around him. He needs to take a break and reevaluate. He’ll never reach his potential if he’s not even enjoying riding.

Boughen won’t be riding as he’s taking a break from the sport. Kildemand guesting again for the Stars and believe Danyon Hume replacing Thompson.

Best wishes to Tai, horrible news. Went to his winter tour at Lynn and you can tell he was really determined to not only get over his elbow injury, but to regain his place in the GP’s. was looking forward to seeing how his return would go and now it’s over before he’s had a real crack at it.

Enjoyed my visit to Oxford, the result of course helped. Magic, Gusts & Wright were lively but other than that, thought Oxford were disappointing. Stars looked solid again. Six riders with a win or paid win. Bomber, Jan & Richard all good value but the pick was Niels for me. Looked like the rider of old. Best I’ve seen him ride for years. BTW are Bomber & Ashton guesting for Oxford next week? Plenty of fans on 3rd/4th bends kept shouting “see you next Tuesday”. Strange, can’t see a fixture listed 😂

Hoping for a win to get the league campaign off to a good start. Stronger middle order and reserves should see us through. Kurtz & Bewley will of course be a threat, but they’ll need more than that to win. Stars 51-39 Aces is my prediction.

Making the trip down this evening. Looking forward to seeing the setup at Oxford. Will be my first visit since 2001. Hoping for a good evening's racing.

Not sure I'm as confident as some above but we should be capable of defending a 16 point lead, especially with Bomber at reserve. But Wright & Riss will more than likely fare better than they did at the AFA. I fancy us to go through on aggregate but could see Oxford winning on the night. But that's my ol' Norfolk pessimism shining through 😆

Really looking forward to this one, especially seeing how the Stars class of 2025 fare. Weather is looking fine as well and not a drop of rain predicted which is good. Got to be looking for at least a 10 point lead to take into the next leg if possible. With so few meetings to go on, think it's hard to predict the result. I went for 51-39 on the podcast so will stick with that prediction here. Just hoping for a good night's racing, no injuries and of course a Stars win.

Slight change to the lineups. Michael Jepsen-Jensen is now unavailable. Jonas Jeppesen comes in to replace him but he will now lineup for Wolves. Nicolai Klindt swaps from Wolves to Peterborough to replace MJJ. Team managers also announced. Rob Lyon (King's Lynn), Laurence Rogers (Newport), Peter Adams (Wolves) and Trevor Swales (Peterborough).

The closest place to the stadium is probably Freebridge Farm which is a Brewers Fayre pub. Not been there for years though so can't vouch for the quality. I'm guessing by your profile picture that you'll be coming up from Suffolk direction so The Farmhouse at Fincham might not be to far off your path. I've not been myself yet but from those that have been, they say it's very good. As @StarBoyhas mentioned, Marriott's Warehouse or Bank House are good options in town (on the quayside) and plenty of parking options nearby. I think the Lattice House has closed it's doors again (or at least that is what I was told). If you don't mind venturing further out from the stadium, The Crown (one in Gayton and one in East Rudham), Three Horseshoes (Roydon), Ffolkes Arms (Hillington) and The Dabbling Duck (Great Massingham) are all very good.