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I agree but "looking into things" is far from one of the best traits of the BSPA. It is a good idea and SHOULD be looked into but don't hold your breath. They should do a lot more with the BT coverage to attract new people along with tempting offers. The venue for the AGM is yet to be sorted. Luxor?

I am in favour of BT and greatly enjoy their broadcasts BUT the Rye House meeting was a very poor advert for "speedway racing near you" and the Wolverhampton one was nearly as bad. However you advertise it, the product it is not much cop ( UK league racing ) and that reflected in the very poor attendances in the stadium. Had it said "Get a taste of speedway for only £10 next week at Rye House" I believe it would have drawn a much better crowd. Even if they were disappointed on the night!

Only the seemingly "clueless" qualify as potential new promoters nowadays. An essential part of the £9.95p bond they have to put up. The problem really is - how to find such candidates.

Yahoo! It's July and time for the stadium to be dropped into place with all sections interlocked. Are all of the parts on site?

Closer racing I reckon. Please, NO turbocharged mobility scooters and NO tuners permitted. And NO underweight jockeys either.

Fans don't "lose" their club. The promoters give up with their feeble or nonexistent marketing efforts and choose to close down. Customers may choose not to go on whatever day of the week they wish. At whatever age they may be. Losing another club through the inability of the BSPA to get their latest diktat right, is the problem collectively of promoters. And ultimately another team opponent to ride against is lost. It looks as if Poole, Swindon(?), Wolverhampton and King's Lynn will be left to race against each other time and time again.

Can't see it. History tells us that they will contrive yet another rule change ( in the interests of the sport ) or structural card castle that will fall down three months after the BSPA put it up.

It was an earlier leak that told us "there might be news on Tuesday". That, at least could have been confirmed by either RH or the BSPA but they chose to let speculation continue.

You don't know me, you have made your judgemental assumption because of half a dozen posts you don't like. Says much more about you than me. I am not "anti promoter" just anti the ones who have ripped speedway to pieces over the past 20 years. I know that some of the poor deluded promoters have lost their homes because they continued to back their club etc etc But many of them care little about the decline and destruction of the sport of speedway in the UK. Should the cap fit, wear it.

Indeed! So much about speedway IS ridiculous. How it's run and the rules that are brought in etc etc. All that is swept away when we see a classic, close race with skilful passing. That party of the sport remains magical. Four riders on their bikes, giving it their all.

If finances are the big problem ( ie losing huge amounts on FRNs ) there are only two ways to continue 1) subsidise them in some way 2) allow them ( and others near a similar plight ) to move to their regular nights IF fixture can be juggled. I cannot see other ways out of this.

Well IF Harris has signed for Swindon, that must be the case or has he broken his contract?

You obviously follow a well supported club ( around 850 sized crowd ) my bloodstained Lordship.

I can't believe that they are still standing! They were far from salubrious twenty years ago. No doubt the ones in the new stadium will smell sweetly,

What is clear is that the "crowd" is now so thin at many clubs, that someone with strong but fair views of the promotion can be easily spotted and picked out.

I very much doubt if they are. They always look to give the riders they first choose, plenty of time to settle in. If F. Jakobsen came in on a 4.00 Poole continue to be remarkably lucky or totally in the know. KA must be replaced if the Stars really have ambitions.

And no current promoter wants to roll the dice and lay out the cash. So none of them will. Whichever way they decide to go in 2019 the decline cannot be stopped. Any future speedway in the UK will only be after the big re-structuring which is inevitable.

It's a great dream and not highly improbable. Anyone who makes the start may well hold on for the win. Dan certainly could. You will see that happen and I hope it's this year!

We simply don't know, as you yourself say. My original point is that for many years the Sky TV cash went on the No'.1s and they failed to hold the crowds, never mind bringing in new ones. When the crowds at Swindon dipped the season after LA's retirement, did they not climb back up to a respectable level? Of course, it really is speculation that attracting big names back to British speedway would bring bigger crowds but it also represents a huge gamble that no-one in UK speedway is prepared to take. Or even has the cash to try. At King's Lynn much of that money went to NKI who is now back in the side but the missing 750+ plus fans are not there now.

Please do not proceed with No.1 because big-name stars have proved not to attract UK fans. Big name stars are unknown to the general public here and are therefore not a draw to any possible new fans. No.2 A Big Thumbs Up to.

I spent many years and countless hours of diction training plus living in other parts of both the UK and the Far East to eradicate my childhood accent. As my memory slips my accent oddly doesn't!

On such tracks it's speedway but not speedway racing.

Should this fate befall me at King's Lynn Speedway, it will only prove the point that all Dictators "win" by intimidation and suppression of thought and opinion from paying customers. I will walk away proudly. Never fear such people or what you might think they hold over you.

It is not how many people there are in a 25-mile radius but how many of them can you entice to speedway on a regular basis. In places with a huge population eg Manchester and Glasgow, it is not working out. Sadly speedway seems to be a faded washed up sport in the UK, unable to attract new fans to it. If things do happen in phases then there should be a revival boom in 2050. With green electric bikes.

Some of us are happy to pay but frustratingly can't, because the Pay Per View technology seems to elude speedway. Perhaps it's inability to move with the times is what will eventually kill it off worldwide. It's booming in Poland now but it once was in the UK. It's even slipping away in Sweden. Pity the track was so dry and dusty and the presentation so hit and miss.