Speedball

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.

Max Fricke, Freddie Lindgren, Kye Thomson, Nicolai Klindt, Josh Pickering, Jaimon Lidsey, Rohan Tungate, Lewi Kerr & Kyle Howarth also in the lineup.

Meeting will be a 4TT. Below taken from his Facebook. Announcement. We are running a 4 team tournament format on Puks testimonial at Kings Lynn. It will be a match between King’s Lynn Stars, Newport Wasps, Peterborough Panthers and Wolverhampton Wolves. These 3 away teams is all clubs I have represented in the past and all clubs where I have great memories. Team lineups is coming soon.

There is a podcast dedicated to the Young Stars coming out soon (hopefully tomorrow). It features Jason Pipe, Jody Scott, Cooper Rushen and Calum Mitchell. Race nights were mentioned and likely to be a Wednesday on weeks when the Stars don’t have a home meeting. All fixtures subject to final confirmation but Young Stars likely to start away at Birmingham mid-April.

And this week’s winner is Mr R. Lyon 😀

A decent 3rd place for Jan Kvech at Gillman today. Meeting won by Jack Holder, with his brother Chris 2nd. Decent field with the likes of Fricke, Lidsay, Brennan & Masters also riding in the meeting.

The cancelled SGP has nothing to do with the BSPL. That’s a Warner/Discovery/FIM competition.

Not seen it advertised by the club yet, but seen on Niels Instagram that his testimonial will be the season opener at Lynn on 16/03 (3pm start). Well deserved for a Stars legend. Hopefully the weather is kind and I imagine he’ll assemble a good field considering his standing in the sport. Sure they will be plenty of GP boys looking for track time at the start of the season.

Well chuffed with that. Especially delighted to see Cooper Rushen, Jody Scott & Luke Harrison lineup for the Stars.

Think Oxford got stitched when Musielak got tempted by Birmingham. Been on the back foot team building wise since then.

One thing I was always critical about was that season tickets didn't offer value for money. You often only had to miss one meeting for any saving to disappear. But for the past couple of years things have been much better in that regard and think the 2025 one offers some decent value. As someone who attends every home meeting and always buys a programme, a saving of £6.50 makes the risk worthwhile. Add in that it's a team I'm looking forward to watching plus being able to walk straight in without hardly queuing, makes getting one a no brainer for me.

It was Matias Nielsen that Lynn was close to signing, not Hansen.