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Might have new hair soon baldy

Louis is a promoter with good intentions that's without doubt Guess the club are not going to say we tried xyz to make Ty feel like a last resort option, Ty to score double figures

Who else was available 😂

More injuries due to riders riding more meetings Witches already have a Scape goat for exiting the cup if they do exit that is

Can't you get killer in at 1?

How much for a promoters licence?

Ipswich stronger than last time with Mountain back and I believe Kyle and cam can take an R/R ride I think Sheffield by 10 which should set it up for a tense last heat decider at Foxhall

If you look at my thrown together teams each team will have a capable no.7 the problem this year was they tried it with 6 & 7 and it creates a divide across both leagues Respect everyone's opinion but I don't see why we need 3 leagues, we don't want doubling up to last any longer than it needs to The fixed race nights people seem happy with but if you lose your rider for the season because he got injured riding for another British club then that's got to hurt more than if it was for a foreign team

Hi mate I agree with you as well but we can only play our current cards, it will take around 5 years to build the sport here again imo to a level near to what Poland enjoy now Thanks mate, whatever happens let's hope they finally do something positive for the sport

Foamfence - I accepted your criticism and suggestions by offering you a response to counter act your opinion, like you did mine. Usually people only jump back stating what you just did when you have ran out of argument yourself But, I am just kidding, appreciate your input and opinion and that what happened with Holder snr and Holder jnr, I can see from your point of view why you would not like to see that type of rider coming over to race in what currently is a league for our next generation (and a few oldies). In my time in Speedway, I've met quite a lot of moaning Aussie riders, but they usually moan because they want the best and want to win - Holder Snr and Jnr is a different kettle of fish and my opinion on that one is not for this thread

Why did I not see this thread before, just posted my own ideas

It would only be called the championship, what is left would run similar to what the conference is now, if you say Buxton has two professional riders than that's a problem, this league should be semi professional at best Opening the doors but restricting to two commonwealth riders max will only include kiwi or Aussies not many speedway nations in the commonwealth These would be riders who aspire to become professional riders who will come here, work and also ride speedway to see if they make it or break it Many a young Aussie has left home for these shores to have a go at it, if some of our own riders had their attitude and determination we might have more world class riders Based on the opinion of two Aussies you can't think they are all the same, it's our own fault we don't have enough riders to go round so this is one quicker fix solution Over time you would like to think youth speedway will bring on more talent to fill most of these places

Try building a team to within a 30 point limit, it will not bankrupt any lower level team at all With doubling up being a major problem, would you prefer to open up the lower league to all nations or just our commonwealth brothers with team building restrictions to give our UK guys a fairer crack? UK speedway can't afford young riders a full time job in its present guise, a select few maybe who are marketing savvy Respect your opinion tho keep them coming

I tend to give politics a miss, potentially could the series sponsor them to get them over, football seems to bring young kids over, maybe dual passports I don't know... As for brexit ha who knows what will happen Some of the teams are a bit pie in the sky but I reckon Peterborough fans would love theirs We can all but dream

So I have had a fair bit of time on my hands over the past two days, thinking... that upon us once again is the "biggest AGM of the year for British Speedway"... at some stage if this is allowed to carry on then one year there will simply be no AGM as the sport will be completely dead (Let's hope this does not happen)... anyway as ever these are my opinion, very much open to a great debate about this, challenge me if you have questions and add your own ideas! STRUCTURE For next year, I would expand the top tier of British Speedway "Premier League" to 12 teams which I feel at the moment is the maximum number we can really have, I would also remove the Conference league altogether and combine it with the teams left in an expanded Championship but ran more to the level of what the conference is now (16 teams).... lets move on with it... BRITISH PREMIER LEAGUE SPEEDWAY 1) Team building would be a to a 42 point average 2) Maximum of two double up riders per team (yes we need doubling up for a little while longer) 3) Only riders with a 4.5 average or below can double down plus they must be from a Commonwealth Country 4) All averages are rounded up or rounded down to the near .0 or .5 to assist in making team building easier An example of teams below based on using whatever averages I last saw, if they have a current Premier League average it is used, or their Premier League average is /1.2 or it is assessed (again just for argument sake here, pretty sure if it was done properly teams would be different). Belle Vue C. Cook 8.5 S. Worrall 7.5 R. Tungate 6 D. Bewley 4.5 T. Batchelor 7.5 J. Jacobs 3.5 T. Jonasson 4.5 42 Leicester K. Nilsson 7 P. Przedpelski 7 P. Starke 5 J. Auty 4.5 M. Campton 4.5 K. Gomolski 6.5 E. Kennett 6.5 41 Rye House C. Harris 7.5 K. Kasprzak 7 R. Wells 6.5 B. Barker 6 J. Garrity 6 N. Klindt 6 B. Morley 3 42 Swindon J. Doyle 9.5 D. Bellego 7.5 E. Riss 6 J. Sedgman 5.5 A. Ellis 5.5 B. Wilson-Dean 4.5 Z. Wajtknecht 3 41.5 Kings Lynn R. Lambert 7.5 T. Jorgensen 6 M. Fricke 7.5 N. Porsing 4.5 L. Rose 5.5 J. Pickering 4 K. Huckenbeck 5.5 40.5 Poole B. Kurtz 8 K. Woryna 7 T. Musielak 7.5 H. Andersen 8 E. Perks 3.5 L. Kerr 5 J. Shanes 3 42 Somerset P. Kildermand 8.5 P. Hougarrd 6 C. Wright 6.5 R. Lawson 6.5 M. Palm Toft 5 J. Allen 5 J. Graversen 4 41.5 Wolverhampton F. Lindgren 9.5 J. Thorsell 8.5 K. Howarth 6.5 L. Lindgren 6 A. Morris 4 M. Riss 4.5 N. Greaves 3 42 Sheffield J. Grajczonek 7.5 S. Masters 8 G. Zengota 8 J Bates 5.5 L Bridger 5.5 T. Kurtz 4.5 D. Ayres 3 42 Ipswich S. Nicholls 7.5 D. King 7 K. Newman 5 R. Schlein 7.5 C. Heeps 5.5 N. Covatti 6 D. Hume 3 41.5 Glasgow N. Morris 9 B. Nicol 5 A. Summers 7 N. Lunna 5 S. Robson 5.5 R. Worral 7.5 T. Perry 3 42 Peterborough K.Bjerre 8.5 L. Bjerre 6 J. Holder 6 C. Holder 7 O. Ostergaard 5.5 G. Manzares 5 C. Mountain 3 41 For team changes, I would have a rule in place stating that a rider can be transferred in on their current attained average throughout the season, but if a rider is let go by a team then they can only replace using his season start average... For example if Gino Manzares upped his average to a 7 and Peterboro wanted to let him go, they would only have 5 points to replace him - this is to protect riders who ride above their average and add points, I believe Ellis Perks may have been victim of this. If Gino Manzares falls to a 3.5 average during the season, and Peterboro attempt to replace him, they still get to use his 5 point average but any club that wants to sign Gino into their side can sign him on his current average of 3.5 - it will make team building and changes more interesting. League Cup Competition League Cup A Bellue Vue Sheffield Glasgow League Cup B Leicester Wolverhampton Peterborough League Cup C Swindon Poole Somerset League Cup D Rye House Ipswich Kings Lynn Home & Away Once so 4 Meetings Top 2 from Each Group progress to Quarter Finals Winner Group A vs Runner up Group B Winnder Group B vs Runner up Group A Winner Group C vs Runner up Group D Winner Group D vs Runner up Group C Semi Final Draw out of a Hat Overall = 10 meetings if you get to the final, minimum meetings 4 13 Heat Format - Points Awarded 4-3-2-0 - 2 points for winning the match, 1 point for Draw, 0 for defeat I ngroup matches, no tacticals KO CUP COMPETITION KO Cup for Example Belle Vue, Leicester, Rye House, Swindon all byes into round 2 Kings Lynn vs Poole Somerset vs Wolves Sheffield vs Ipswich Glasgow vs Peterborough Winner of each goes into Last 8 etc. Overall = 8 meetings, minimum 2 meetings 16 Heat Format - Points Awarded 3-2-1-0, 2 nomiated heats, two tactical rides allowed if 6 or more down before heat 12, anyone rider can replace any rider LEAGUE FORMAT League Format Home & Away once 3 Points for a Win, 1 Point Draw, 0 Points Loss 1 Bonus point for aggregrate score win 11 Home Meetings & 11 Away Meetings per season 22 League Meetings per season 15 Heat Format - One Nominated Heat - Overall Maximum Meetings = 40 meetings Minimum Meetings = 28 meetings based on the success of each team PREMIERSHIP RIDERS CHAMPIONSHIP Top 16 average riders from 2018 season qualify for the Premier League Riders Championship 2019 (as long as they ride in the UK in 2019) This will be contested over a 3-round series for example Ipswich, Wolverhampton, Belle Vue Prize money paid to all 16 riders in order of where they finish in the Championship All run over a GP format BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP Top 16 riders who qualify to represent Britain Contested over a mini GP championship 5 rounds Prize money paid to all 16 riders in order of where they finish in the Championship All run over the current British Championship format (no points for semi final) but bonus points for final only. Championship Winner in 2018 qualifies for Wild Card at Cardiff in 2019 (more time to get sponsors for the event and prep) TELEVISION COVERAGE Offer the League meetings to BT Sport but an extended amount of meetings alongside an hour long weekly Speedway show where it brings interviews, news, behind the scenes footage, the cup draws etc. BSPA to have an online streaming channel where selected non BT league matches, Cup Matches, and "event meetings" such as Premiership Riders Championships are streamed worldwide on a PPV basis. Look at other platforms such as the new FREE sports channel or even ITV Sports for exclusive British Championship meetings DOUBLING UP OR DOWN As above anyone who is from a commonwealth country and double up or down as long as their average is below 4.5, they have 2 seasons of this if from a commonwealth country, 3 seasons if they are from the UK, if they go above 4.5 average in the Premiership they cannot double down for the following season. All Premier League meetings take priority over the Championship (new name for national league) THE NEW CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE Contested by 16 clubs featuring 6 rider teams built to a points limit of 30, current National League averages converted to old Premier League averages and rounded to the nearest .0 or .5 Teams are only allowed to pick riders from the Commonwealth countries plus one from outside of the commonwealth, out of the 6 riders per team at least 4 riders have to be from the UK. Teams are only allowed to have one rider in their team who doubles up into the Premier League to stop teams missing more than one rider per meeting through doubling up. Simple rules in place, one home meeting and one away meeting per season with one single KO Cup competition only (so same as the Premier League minus the League Cup). - The Top 16 British riders at the end of the season enter a one-off championship round to be held at Belle Vue with Prize money on offer depending on position finished The Top 16 Championship Individual would be streamed on the BSPA channel, alongside KO Cup meetings and selected League meetings, if the free sports channel were to sign up then some of the league and cup meetings can feature on that platform. LONG TERM VIEW Within 5 years you would be looking to establish a top division of 16 teams featuring no riders that double up With four teams moving up, you would be looking to replace these teams in the championship league BSPA need to work fast on adding Coventry back into the sport even if at Championship level, A London club needs to be established with the view to moving it into the top tier within 5 years Then two other clubs need to be created any two from Bradford, Halifax, Exeter, Reading, Boston, etc. sites need to be identified Opening up the championship to commonwealth riders will hopefully bring on our British youngsters but the minimum 4 brit requirement must remain, and ultimately these riders will feed into the premier league wether or not they are British, Australian, Canadian, etc. Also re guests Riders submit to bspa a willingness to be considered for the UK, this goes on a database with averages listed So if Swindon lost Doyle instead of a guest from another team which will be outlawed they either go via the championship or the list of approved guests so people like tai or a janowski can make some UK appearances

Rounding up or down averages would be a good idea if averages are kept for team building shame for someone to miss out because they are 0.17 over 7.43 is rounded to 7.5 8.17 to 8 and so on

Think any night other than the nights they race in Sweden or Denmark, let the poles have the top boys

That makes more sense, just rock up at the pit gate on the night 😁

Surely someone is available, I would offer but I don't want to do it ideally

The BSPA and or GoSpeed only have viewing figures from BT Sport no other updated demographics, if they were to get a title sponsor it would have to be from within the sport such as a fan etc And then the value isn't there, you couldn't expect to see enough to divide it by 12 teams and make much difference. It would be better to look at popular companies that may have customers who are a good target audience and also look at brands that are associated to young people Give title sponsorship to screwfix for free and have banners and flyers in all their stores to promote attending, insist on screwfix promoting regularly on social media Give free sponsorship to vanarama and do the same as above Maybe someone like Carabao energy to engage with a younger audience etc After two years and having a few examples to show future paid sponsors they might be in a better position

There is no value for sponsorship baldy, it would be better to offer it for free

Only way witches can afford going up other than attendances is improving commercially which I'm unsure if the current promotion understand fully to maximise the potential income Or pass it over to Guy Nicholls and let him have a go tho I understand he is building his business and the witches are not a powerful marketing tool

They came only because it was the play off final and wanted to be part of something special locally no other reason I hate to use the phrase glory hunting Perhaps they might get an extra 500 for the local derbies but fully expect crowd levels to fall back to normal levels unless more is done

😂😂😂😂 won't get that size crowd on a regular basis unfortunately

Isn't he around 5?