WembleyLion

Thank you - yes I’m missing a few Star Finals and one Test match. If I can get them I’ll have every single Speedway programme from Wembley Stadium.

My entire collection of Wembley Lions home programmes which is complete from 1929 to 1939, 1946 to 1956 and finally 1970/71. My favourite is probably the first one dated 16 May 1929!

Michael Jepsen Jensen Michael Palm Toft

I enjoyed my first visit to Oxford in the new era. Nice to see a good crowd. The track wasn’t at its best but Poole still deservedly won. Peter York didn’t seem to have a clue what was going on. Interviewed Josh Macdonald thinking it was Cameron Heeps, announced Batchelor and Nicholls as the ‘Coventry’ pairing. The ref and the announcer also seemed to be unaware who was in some of the races when changes were made.

Another fine example of how not to run a Speedway meeting. Two and a half hours for 15 (well 16 thanks to Babs) races is not a great advert. Well said Buster when he came on the mike. Well done also to King’s Lynn who deserved to win. Hope MPT is ok after a nasty fall.

A truly great supporter of Speedway. RIP Nigel

I made my first visit to Marmande today where they won 56 - 42. Good to see some riders that we don’t see much in the UK. The famous grass track (that surrounds the Speedway track) looked pretty impressive also with three distinct straights! Might return for the grass track one day!

Agreed Arnie but my concern is that there are many who might be inclined to take it out on a someone they perceive as Russian without being that interested in firstly finding out the precise views held by that individual. My point remains the same it is probably not safe for Emil and Artem to be riding at the moment and that has little to do with whether or not they denounce anything.

Agreed but I'm afraid many who might be inclined to take it out on a someone they perceive as Russian may not spend too much time carrying out any prior detailed research into the precise views held by that individual. My point remains the same it is probably not safe for Emil and Artem to be riding at the moment and that has little to do with whether they denounce anything.

The way this horrific war is going I also don’t think it will be safe for Emil and Artem to race in most places at this moment.

Nothing good comes out of this awful situation. I also wonder just how safe it might be for Emil and Artem. Let’s all hope and pray for a swift end to this horrific situation.

When I went to Pila in Poland in 2015 they had reduced admission prices for females

Four top flight winners medals for Scott Nicholls?

A very interesting subject and one that I have monitored closely having been to all 31 countries that staged Speedway (including Ice) since I missed Switzerland’s last staged Ice meeting 2017. The last country I missed before then was Bulgaria in 2016. I thoroughly enjoyed travelling the world to accomplish this and I could probably write a book about my experiences. Sadly I saw pretty much the last Speedway in both Canada and South Africa. I also saw at first hand the decline of tracks in Europe with many countries just down to one operating track Lack of interested riders with few youngsters coming through was a common theme. Some countries were still very reliant on riders who had ‘retired’ some years earlier. Speaking to those riders left in Canada and South Africa I was told that getting parts and bikes were very difficult The machinery was often very old. Kyle Legault was riding a bike he rode in the UK when I saw him at Welland in Canada. I did notice that Flattrack racing seemed very popular in most places outside of Europe. Also in Europe it seemed to be doing well in some countries such as Austria, Holland and Belgium. Seeing the decline first hand was very sad but I’m glad I visited several of the countries when I did as I am not certain I would be able to see Speedway at some of those places again in future.

Now Poole leg definitely on 4 Nov

I went to Coventry v Ipswich on 1 Nov 1998 which is presumably the other one. In the 70’s and 80’s they were quite plentiful. Anyway back on topic and it looks like we’ll have two more next week.

See Arnie’s response re. being a year out

King’s Lynn - Craven Shield Final

That seems quite likely from what I have just heard at the track but let’s see!

They have there end of season awards on 30th so it probably won’t be then!

I’m not entirely sure of the logic but that’s what the rules state - no replacement allowed!

BSI have missed out on a big marketing opportunity for white ink!

Agreed. I think it might help though if the basic rules were clearly published in the programme (I acknowledge there is a flow chart on page 10 that assists) or on the SON website as it might help to stop the guessing and confusion. Talking of the programme the score chart is very poor with no place for recording times or total scores for individual riders.

65.06

Were you there Arnie?