Marky_Mark

Should already fit now they’ve announced a bigger reduction for riders who’ve missed a season in the league (Ablitt) ?

How about bringing the end of the season forward to ensure regular weekly fixtures through the summer when the kids are off and people are on holiday …… and avoid all the rain offs at the end of the season

And yet Louis was a director of the BSPL that could have seen this coming and made provisions for a different way forward before the end of the season?

It does sadden me to read when some people state they wouldn’t attend any track where he is riding. By all means you can choose not to support him personally or write to your clubs promoter with your views but if too many people vote with their feet then it could have awful long term consequences. The sport is on its knees and we’ve lost far too many tracks with many more making a loss, let’s not lose any more by turning our backs, the other 6 riders in the team still need your support and the clubs as a whole.

I thought 4.80 was his premiership average?

Oh come on, give your head a wobble! There’s a very good reason why people won’t name the new team, which is why the BSPL and the team themselves haven’t announced it yet, there’s still lots to sort out and it isn’t finalised but they are serious and have already spoken to riders. It’s not a done deal yet, but very close and dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s It’s only right that the promotors announce it themselves to gain maximum publicity.

He had bikes, and was doing practice and amateur events at Scunthorpe

Mildenhall would need a similar large investment as per Northampton. The SCB wouldn’t give them a track license due to the large posts inserted to the fence for stock cars. They have installed foam inserts which were accepted by NORA, however to obtain an SCB license they would have to install new foam from a certain supplier at a cost of circa £90,000. The additional premiership team that I have been told about is neither Northampton or Mildenhall.

The premiership will run with or without Ipswich, Ipswich are the potential 6th team if a sale goes through

As far as I’ve been told, Ipswich are the potential 6th team. The 5th team have yet to be announced

Unless it’s a champ team that’s thinking of running 2 teams like Oxford did

With respect it doesn’t mean that at all, they may have just signed a rider on the same/similar average to Jacob that they believe is better value/has more scope for improvement?

Or Paul Starke

Maybe Max’s average doesn’t fit and they need to have a 2 pointer to fit in the other remaining rider to be announced?

They’ve actually got 12.25 left and Simon Lambert’s average is 4.48 I’ll go for: Jye Etheridge (5.45) Simon Lambert - (4.48) Max Perry - (2.29) Total 🟰 39.97

I believe a lot of that money “owed” is also director loans that they have no intention of calling in

How on earth is this to the detriment of the sport, would you have rather that another 5 tracks closed down (remember they weren’t being allowed to join the championship) With the loss of so many tracks over recent years, we need as many running as possible and whilst 5 teams is far from ideal, it’s better than the league not running at all, and buys some breathing space for a year to regroup and come up with a plan for the future without having 5 venues/groups of fans with no speedway in 2026.

Would be the same problem for new owners?

So is Louis going to run Ipswich if we have a 6 team league?

If not Klima then how about Declan Kennedy (4.63) at number 6?

So what’s the latest on this? Still no lease agreement?

Didn’t they announce Palovaara as completing their heat leader trio which confirms no Drew? “ BERWICK have added Swedish star Victor Palovaara to their heat-leader department for the 2026 season.”

Don’t think Francis Gusts (5.49) or Cameron Heeps (4.93) will fit at Oxford if they sign Killeen and McDiarmid as expected. Could they be the final two?

Bastian Borke? 4.57

Where are they off to then?