Chris116

This thread proves that, depending on how you read the rules, one or both of the teams may or may not have broken the rules. What is also clear is that the BSPL and SCB need to get the rules for 2023 looked at very carefully by a legal experts so that they are written with no loopholes and watertight so they do not allow dodgy goings on as we have seen in the past. If BSPL and SCB cannot manage that then they are not fit for purpose and a new independent governing body should take over.

And the BSPL will look like a right set of charlies yet again!

Is this a case of Poland giving us a choice of us agreeing to Thursday not being protected in exchange for riders being allowed to race in more leagues OR Poland running on a Thursday when it is supposed to be protected? Also, should the BSPL agree to the move what is to say that Polish teams won't quietly tell all their riders that racing for more teams will result in the rider being dropped by their Polish team?

Was that a politician who made the promise?

It is all very well blaming the home team for not staging a fixture but are we certain that an away team is actually responsible by not agreeing to dates offered? There needs to be a rules that all teams supply the dates they are able to hold home meetings and any dates they are not available for away meetings to a totally independent fixture body who then give teams their fixture list. Any postponed meetings are referred to the fixture planning authority and both sides have to agree to the new date which will be based on the availability dates teams supplied at the start of the season. With that system in place run a Spring Cup with the finals run by the end of May with no arguments. Then the main league would take place with all fixtures completed by the end of August. The Play offs then take place with four teams in each league involved. While the Play offs take place the first round of the KO Cup takes place between teams not in the Play offs. The Play off semi final losers are added into the KO Cup second round. Which are held around the Play offs finals. The play off finalists are added to the KO Cup third round which should see the KO Cup finished by the first week of October. Refuse to race on the allocated date means three points deducted from the teams total in the league or a walkover in the Spring or KO Cups. I wonder what reasons this system could not be used will be found other than promotions not liking no wiggle room!

Sorry I was talking about the Leicester riding order. Reading two threads and asked the right question in the wrong thread. I should not post when as tired as I am this evening.

I thought the top rider in the teams averages had to ride at number 1 which is what Morris was doing.

Morris was riding at number 1. Has his average dropped that much?

Special meetings like the Bears Bash have always got a much bigger crowd than a normal meeting for the cars so the special meetings should not be used as an indication of how good crowds for the cars are. I understand that regular meeting have had lower crowds than they got in the past. Exactly how much lower I don't know and it would have to be a regular who had been a regular for a long time who could possibly give that sort of information.

The motorcycle training school was on what is now a car park near where the Crystal Palace was until it burnt down.

Yes, the motor circuit used to feature car, sidecar and bike racing. It was the only non oval race track I have really enjoyed watching racing at. Sadly the athletics track cut across the bottom straight and they always had lots of complaints about noise from a local hospital. The chances of getting permission to run any motor sport would be very slim and that is if they would allow the athletics track to be dug up. There must be room in the grounds to build a simple stadium without knocking anything down but the noise issue would still stop anything happening.

The Cowdenbeath track is a rather four cornered circuit and not at all a good shape for speedway but a few miles up the road is Lochgelly and that would make a lovely track but I very much doubt that the stock car promotion would want shale anywhere near their track so very unlikely to be much help.

I did think about that but there is no way I could then catch the last London train which before Covid got me home around 12.50am.

We always have to remember that if a politician's lips are moving then they are probably lying! This fact applies to to all political parties. In fact it is probably true that anyone who wants to be a politician is not suitable for the job.

Very sorry to hear that the last meeting of the season which was due to take place tomorrow, Thursday, has been cancelled due to the weather. Even more unhappy that due to Wightlink not running the late ferry from Ryde to Portsmouth this year I have not been able to see any of the racing at Smallbrook. Here's to a successful 2023 for the Worriers and Wightlink restoring their pre-covid timetable so I can visit and see some speedway.

The fact that league matches are not all run before the play-offs start is madness. Teams should not be fined for failure to complete their fixtures before the end of the season, they should be fined for failure to complete before the play-offs start. Then we would not get the madness of Plymouth and Glasgow racing a match long after the play-offs have started.

A close match from Buster A and Buster B! I wonder how that happened.

The current Crayford stadium has no room for a track inside the greyhound track for a speedway track. The stand has very poor viewing of the dog track as it is built too close to the track so from most seats you can't see the start finish line. I used to watch speedway, stock cars and bangers regularly at the old stadium and went to have a look at the new stadium a couple of years after it opened. I fear that even if the dog track could be made into a speedway track it would be almost impossible to get planning permission and equally hard to actually be able to see all of the track which only has viewing on one straight.

I have just tried to ask for the video to be removed but the site says I am not allowed to report a post!

I agree. Mods should have removed it.

I am sure that back in the 1960s and 70s the riders wore their team race jackets which I think is what should happen in both the Championship and Premiership Riders Championships.

If they do catch it then the race is void!

You mean replacing spectators with empty space is all part of the plan! Is this the only plan that has existed for more than one year?

Very hard to get a grip with a hand broken in three places!

I remember going to another track when the TV cameras were present and they were giving out air horns and encouraging them to be used at the start and end of every race. I returned for the next meeting and was told they did not allow air horns to be used in the stadium. I asked why they had given them out two weeks earlier and was told not to be awkward! Promotion and track did not last much longer.