SteveLyric2

As said before, surely the BSPA are awaiting confirmation of any League(s) sponsorship before announcing that AND the new TV coverage deal! I really can't see any major publicity advantage to Sky (or whoever?) for them to make any announcement until nearer the start of the televised meetings!! (Sky publicity promos - 'Hey everyone, we're not sponsoring Speedway any more, it won't be called the Sky Sports Elite League any longer----------but we will be televising some meetings through the season'!!).

It could be Leicester or Eastbourne??!!

FIM Speedway 'Commissioner' Armando Castagna, stated over a year ago that a European (World?) League was one of his priorities!! Initially the Poles were the main ones seemingly against it, but based upon the latest news it sounds like they are back on board - just as the British Elite League gets a full programme of fixtures, with fewer spare dates! In the situation of riders racing in more than one country, the question of which team is given precedence was to be solved by a priority of 1) Rider Nationality; 2) whichever club the rider has been riding for/contracted to/an asset of. the longest. So for example, a club such as Poole would have first call on riders such as Holder and Ward.

I clarified my comments in #721 - and have been proved correct this morning!

I was referring to #710 and #711 and the fact that Poole still have 7.50 left, so they might sign Morris!! Don't think so. Expect something official to clarify within 24 hours, maybe even sooner?!

There are a few Speedway Riders who have 'picked my pocket' over the years!!!

Not for much longer - the 'politics' has been sorted!!

Aussie Team manager Mark Lemon has tweeted' more doom and gloom on the visa issue' today!!! I wonder who that affects now??!

At least with some official practice/training you wouldn't then get riders turning up for the actual competition - and testing out engines - or would you? And if you did, what action would be taken?

Maybe the BSPA wanted to have a totally new senior Team GB set-up by appointing Rosco. Many seem to conveniently forget that the senior Team GB management team in previous seasons was Middlo AND Morris!!. (and that's not a pop at Wizzer, before he gets upset with me again!) Morris and Vatcher are proving their worth with the youngsters and will still be part of the overall set-up, working with Rosco and allowing him to focus on the seniors!

So, what are the real chances of Morris being back at the Oaktree Arena this season??

Trying to get Cook to treat the SWC seriously rather than using it to test engines!!!!

Poole v Swindon is likely to be 11 am!!!

Why will Grajczonek/Newman be affected for Poole?

and we know what can happen at Belle Vue when riders have issues with flights?!!!

...and incorrect too!!

It was much less than 100 yards!! The offices and the grandstand at Poole aren't that big!!!

You see, now you have at least 2 people to ask - Matt Ford or Philip Rising?!

Lets not rule out Rory Schlein from this 'debate'. He did win the ELRC series of match races after all!!!

He's made it to the Sun today too!! Page 53, with picture!!

Nicholls has retired from representing his country!! Cooke blotted his copy book by testing engines at Kings Lynn, which was one of the reasons he was dropped - but he will/should be part of the longer term plan as will Worrall, Lambert - and Harris in the short term. However, for any 7-man test matches, we still need a few more!!?

Whats the betting that Eddie Kennett features in at least one of Rosco's Team GB line-ups??!!!

Yesterday, going into today - if the Team GB announcement is anything to go by!!!!

Congrats Alun. Best man for the job, by far!! I'm glad 'the panel' listened to Middlo!

Lets not forget that for every £17, only £13.60 goes to the Speedway promoter, to cover the costs!! Similarly if it was £10, only £8 for speedway!!