Steve Shovlar

Easy looking away win.

Another year and GB will have three world class riders. Bewley and Lambert joining Woffinden in the GPS. Bewley has looked very good so far this season and will help his Polish team win the league this season imo. Just need another so we can compete in the WTC. Who is the 4th member?

Even if 500 take a stream, that £5000 at a tenner. (Less vat and stream fees) It’s money for nothing.

Getting pissed with Jack Holder the night before the playoff semi at Ipswich in 19 did it for me.

Wait till heat 15 and he is gate 4.

British speedway is very short of cash, it’s having to operate with reduced attendances and yet clubs are not using the obvious and potentially profitable avenue of live streaming it’s meetings. Take today’s meeting at Belle Vue. The official speedway site were quick in putting up a couple of heats, yet there are hundreds of supporters in and around Peterborough and thousands around the country who would have been quite happy to pay £10-12 for the opportunity of watching this meeting. The quality of the feed is high, there’s live commentary, what’s the problem? 1000 people paying for a stream would bring in £10,000 at a tenner, or £11,950 at £11.95. Hugely profitable. And remember. There’s a worldwide audience to pay and watch. Promoters might be worried about loss of revenue at the stadium but currently with reduced capacity demand should be enough for a stadium to sell out. And it is possible to geo-block fans within a set distance from the stadium. Glasgow are running behind closed doors, with live feed only at £11.95. The meeting against Poole on Friday should achieve very good numbers with the take up of the stream. I have already purchased my ticket. Pretty sure a lot of Poole fans will also. And the feed will give neutrals something to watch on a Friday night if they want to see some action. Now for the top flight Eurosport have the rights to TV, but I don’t think it has been tied down like the Sky and BT deals, allowing promoters to be more flexible on doing their job of promoting. The days of no filming inside, no photos etc choke the sport. Use technology to open up the market. Streaming cost a small amount to do. One cameraman, a commentator and someone in charge of the streaming is all that is needed. Two cameramen and a little more is required. But bloody hell it should already be in place, bringing in the funds for our sport to be sure of its survival. Come on sort it out!

Completely stagnated.

So the old fogie Panthers get a deserved draw. Well done to them.

Because I don’t have the time or inclination. I already speak a passable French which is used in my business, but the only contact with Polish is listening to speedway commentators. I know the words for helmet colours and track positions etc but when there’s an interview it’s impossible. It’s no big deal.

Waiting for Lewy to tell you buying at tv has no relevance whatsoever to do with the meeting.

Was going to fly from Southampton because it’s 30 mins away and Shaleshifter lives about 10 minutes from Southampton airport. Hopefully another opportunity later this year.

Rowe and Brennan both look good prospects. Need to listen and learn. Hopefully not the type of rider who sees their name in the side of their van and think they have made it.

BBC have that facility and Google have a translator which you can talk into and converts to text. Not totally accurate though. Only a matter of time before a browser can do this in real time.

Always was going to turn out like that. Dudek starting to lose his edge, and Prot and Zagars best days well behind them. Tonder the top scorer says all that needs to be said about that sorry side. Destined for relegation unless they find fresh riders. Wonder what Zagar said in his interview?

Of far more relevance than your post.

Bewley really start to look the real deal this season.

Janowski like a knife through butter. Really there should not be such a difference in team strengths. It does the league no favours to have such a wide gap between teams.

Is there a translation service from one of the browsers which can translate what they are saying in real time?

Amazing team riding from Woffinden. A slaughter under way. No surprise looking at the teams.

Maniac is working well.

Amazing race!

Next Friday the Pirates make the long drive north to Glasgow for the championship meeting. A shame it’s behind closed doors as at least a couple of us were planning to head up on the 8 hour trip. I have never been to Glasgow speedway and it looks like it’s going to remain this way. £250 return from Southampton with Loganair, plus Travel lodge and taxis from airport to track and track to hotel then back to airport next day. So paying the £11.95 for the stream and hoping it’s watchable. https://tv.glasgowtigers.co.uk/events Hoping for the bonus point.

And the fence captures its first fence scraper…. So predictable.

Poor track conditions at Bydgoszcz. Riders scraping 1 foot the fence. Nothing on the inside. Gate and go very very wide.

Humes deserved another ride but clearly it was decided that we would make no rider changes in this meeting. If Humes had been used in heat 12 I feel sure Poole would have won by a point. Will give a mention to Brennan who is certainly one for the future and this could well be a very good year for the lad. One EF is unfortunate. Two is bad maintenance or prep and he needs to sort his pit crew out there. Knows the quickest way around Arlington and used the inside line out of bend two which our Aussies found impossible. Only Steve Worrall for Poole used it. Good news for Poole is that if we have to go there in a playoff situation the place will hold little fear. Feel confident we would see Eastbourne off over two legs. Our Aussies will find the shape of the Poole track much more to their liking.