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Doyle won't be joining a Monday track!!

As its still not clear what the cut-off point for heat leaders is to be, plus we also don't know how many other foreign riders may want to race EL at 6.5+, won't this mean the risk of some 'heat leaders' not getting an EL place and consequently not being able to ne a 2nd string either?! Or does the BSPA heat leader list only include 24 riders to start with?

I thought Doyle only wanted a midweek track?!

What converted PL average will Ellis be on??

Dak North finally got to see his father Rod last Friday/Saturday after flying back straight after Darcy's benefit meeting on Thursday. 'Still in hospital and on a long road to recovery' was how his dad was described! (But doubtless only those that want to believe, will!!)

Yes thats what the Echo says this morning - despite intensive and good-natured discussions Matt Ford confirms Patryk will not ride a full season for Poole, nor any other EL team, in 2016 as he has already confirmed his Swedish and Polish contracts and doesn't want the extra travel to interfere with his quest for International honours. Reading between the lines,as this year, he might be interested in a late season deal if one became available at the right time and price!!

Lambert's a good start for the EL side!!!

BS!!

Most 2015 season ticket prices were for 14,15 or 16 Senior meetings (depending on Elite Shield, Challenges but not play-offs!), so from BV's info it would seem there will be at least one possibly two more EL teams?!

Trying to improve the content. How many re-starts?

Wow, posters and leaflets for the 20th century!!? But we're well into the 21st!! I agree that the sport needs some expertise in deciding what it wants to be - a lovely family sport or high-octane thrills and spills - and a re-brand? Once that is decided then a concerted effort to connect with potential (and existing) fans via all forms of social electronic media should be made regularly and consistently. One big issue for me is the variation in facilities across the country which leads to a variation in the perception and value of the 'package'. Unfortunately the facilities/stadia aren't always in the control of Speedway's promoters. That has to be accepted and the product in that facility packaged to suit. If that means different admission prices at different tracks and/or only those tracks with decent facilities and finances operating at the highest level (whatever that might be) then so be it. Fans - whether new or old - want to be entertained, they more often then not want a winning team, but the bottom line is they want a good-value night out, with everything that might entail at their individual local track.

Quick question - Are the greyhounds continuing for a few more weeks yet, or is that it for both sports now till the new stadium is built?

Maybe the £18 admission was simply testing the waters and the likely attendances for an EL campaign?! Still, by this time next week we'll all know!! Incidentally, Davey Watt is now back home but still in a lot of pain after treatment in hospital at Harlow!

Unless he's a mile off with his comments?!

I agree that Jack Holder looked the better rider on Wednesday. Brady looks great when he gates and is in front but when he missed the gate he looked disinterested!! Jack looked far more on the pace when chasing for first/second place. Maybe a bit unfair on both based on just one 'friendly' meeting but you can only say what you see!!

Davey Watt now in hospital with a back injury after a heat 1 crash at Rye House this evening!! Get well soon Watty. I'm sure it can't be the promoters that are 'misleading' anyone. I mean its only Matt Ford that nobody believes .....apparently?!

A winning team makes for better attendances and much better commercial success!!

Doyley doesn't mind too much when he's off gate 1!!

I thought that by putting a 'lol' and a 'wink' at the end, it was self-evident, but hey ho I'm sure RP and I won't fall out over it!!

There's no point in putting up links like that RP - Nobody believes anything Matt Ford or his official mouthpiece, the Echo, ever states!!

So 'top' riders can't cope with riding against fellow EL heat leaders and 2nd strings yet can perform well enough in the GPs, Sweden and Poland where the other 'top' riders are?! Not about money or loyalty at all really then - just the really tough EL.........................!!??

Don't say I didn't warn you!!

So, according to the SS, Buster will consider standing as Chair of the BSPA if he 'has the support of all fellow promoters'?! Good luck with that then....... Incidentally the new Chair and BSPA Committee cannot be approved next week at the AGM, is it states in their constitution that it must be done in November!!

Has to be 7.50. He's not a GP regular so won't be an 8.00 If Matt (or anybody else) can get him on the same as Brummies got Zmarzlik, then fine. Wasn't he assessed at 6.50 or did I imagine it?

And Wednesday nights in GP weeks!!