WembleyLion

I went to a meeting at Welland in 2017 which was billed as Canada v USA but was basically a 9 race individual for 7 riders (4 from Canada and 3 from USA). There were 45 races in total, mostly Flattrack and Speedway getting 9 races was as good as it gets. The Speedway event was won by Jeff Orosz who had come out of retirement. I was fortunate enough to spend quite a bit of time in the company of Canadian riders Kyle Legault (who rode for many years in the UK) and Nic Fafard who both told me just how Canadian Speedway has declined in recent times, so much so that the only racing in Canada in 2017 was the 9 races I saw - I was very lucky to be able to plan a trip to coincide with this event! I don’t believe any Speedway racing took place in 2018 although there was some Speedway (a few races at one meeting) at Welland this summer. In 2017 I also went to Walkerville in South Africa and experienced much the same as I had done in Canada with Flattrack again dominating the scene. The decline in Speedway against Flattrack is happening much closer to home as well - Holland and Austria in particular!

Never in Speedway to my knowledge but has happened in horse racing and greyhound racing a fair bit! In Speedway we rarely get dead heats given these days. I have seen about 15 in 49 years of watching of which all but one were over 25 years ago!

John Louis

and Danny Phillips for his part in the same incident.

Looks like they will try to start on time! Hope the rain stays away long enough!

Sorry for not responding sooner but I see several others have already adequately answered your question.

Actually based on other accounts he probably should not have been riding his bike at all at that point! My original comment was only relating to the behaviour of the marshall which is the only aspect I can comment on as it is the only aspect I have seen footage of.

There are still many things to clear up but to my mind having seen the video of Cook and the marshall I would blame the marshall for that particular incident. I appreciate there are many other aspects to this as to what happened both beforehand and afterwards. Good job the marshall didn't do it to Martin Dugard back in the day as I reckon he (the marshall) might have ended up a lot worse off!

The Isle of Wight allow dogs.

Mark Frost of Oxford who was really Attila Stefani.

I was at the Coventry v Hull league decider in 1979 and I think the attendance was given as 23,000. It was certainly a huge crowd and I remember having to park about a mile away from the stadium.

Very sad - I am fortunate enough to have seen Speedway at Walkerville but when I went in 2017 it was clear that it was struggling to survive and that Flat Track and Quads were much more viable options. Unfortunately, it is a sign of the times with Speedway pretty much worldwide as the same could be said of Canada and even some European countries much closer to home. I'm glad I went when I did as I don't anticipate be able to watch Speedway in South Africa again.

This seems to be the case although a large number of Speedway fans I know are not attached to any particular club (often because a club they once followed has long since folded) but they regularly attend a number of different tracks.

I don't think there will be anything at Champex-Lac as they couldn't get enough people to take an interest in trying to run it! Not sure about Flims though!

Remember him well. One of the fastest riders around the Crowley track!

Yes Jezza all the way!

Hopefully the Paramedic will turn up by 7:50pm Bob!

Well done Eastbourne who rode very well and never looked in danger of letting Mildenhall back into contention. Good to see them eventually celebrate after heat 12 even though they had sealed the Championship one race earlier!!

Judging by the size of the crowd JCF has yet to arrive with the train load of Panthers fans!

You are right about both - Sunday 1 November 1998 was Coventry v Ipswich in the Craven Shield Final second leg. Oxford and Cradley also failed to complete the KO Cup Final second leg in the 80's (1986 I think). I can only recall one official November fixture after the Coventry one from 1998 and that was at King's Lynn on 1 November 2000, however in the 70's and 80's November meetings took place most seasons. The latest meeting a saw was the Nigel Wasley Memorial on 10 November 1979 at Cradley. The latest league fixture I watched was Canterbury v Crayford on 7 November 1981.

He (BWD) actually informed Peterborough before signing for them that he had surgery scheduled for 27 September and they were happy for him to sign on that basis.

Yes indeed - thank you to all of you for a great job. Really appreciate what you do.

Always thought Ackroyd was a poor referee since he helped Holder to become World Champion!

Calling off meetings like this is a major contributory factor as to why fans have been deserting the sinking Speedway ship! Even if the track was 'unfit' several hours ago it just isn't good enough on a near perfect day for Speedway!

The average dropping was pretty blatant last night and I felt really sorry for the Swindon fans parting with their hard earned money and having to watch it! I think one of the problems with league Speedway these days is that (unlike the fans who follow their team) many riders have little or no real affinity to the club(s) they ride for.