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I will gladly pay FULL price and think of my Club a bit more than myself on this occasion. Hopefully 700 or more think the same.

The better sites are the more independent ones. Look at Berwick, Eastbourne, Glasgow, Poole; Redcar excellent content and visuals and regularly updated. Similar with those Clubs socials too. The more formula based ones (from the same outlet that does SGB) are less interesting and need modernising totally agree on that..

Let's hope there are some Teams left for that to be a feasible option.

Jittendra Duffill.....known as "Ben" to many in the Sport. Excellent Promoter of Redcar Speedway

Anecdotal evidence would suggest Ipswich, Peterborough,Kings Lynn; Scunthorpe; Leicester; Eastbourne ; Plymouth have been least affected in terms of crowd sizes and restrictions. Similar that Glasgow ; Newcastle; Wolverhampton, Birmingham and Poole have been most affected by restrictions. Kent and Edinburgh seem to be mixed messages. Glasgow it seems able to continue via excellent Streaming as you'd assume would be Belle Vue. As for people "losing interest" if the only reason is masks or not being able to move around the stadium I think that both hopefully that will improve after 19th July but also a bit of a reality check as it only mirrors the reality of the past 15 months. I'm sure some of the more professional and forward thinking Promoters (and there are a few) are just waiting for 19th July to put in place some of the ideas to attract children and new families using some of the suggestions made. The one thing that has more amplified the rotten core of the inner sanctum though is the decision of Ben Duffill to walk away from the Sport. He's one of a few of the new / newer Promotions who have been a breath of fresh air to the Sport relatively speaking and he will be a big loss. Promotions like Glasgow (OK they have the clout), Berwick, Edinburgh, Newcastle; Redcar, Brummies; Plymouth; Eastbourne; in the CL do seem to be trying hard but the old dinosaurs at the top table seem hell bent on fiddling averages, stopping progress, buying substandard tyres and non existent bikes, screwing up the Rising Star scheme and in alienating a guy like Ben Duffill, you wonder how many of those more positive thinking Promoters will jump ship or just give up as well? It's not so much as walking away as being driven away by the politbureau who don't seem to care a jot

We wont have been helped in the eyes of the Council with the disgusting scenes at Edgbaston the other night when Cricket allowed 1500 drunken students in and they invaded to Pitch. That will put Sports back under scrutiny of those in Council who clearly have no interest in Speedway at all. The other worry is how long will our Team be willing or able to sit around waiting for earning opportunities in what's peak season now with no real hope of any Home Meetings for best part of another month. They are self employed sportsmen and need to earn a living. I'm probably not the only one who has heard rumblings about a few possibly moving out to Clubs who can offer chances and slots. I'm sure Bomber will be getting calls and a few of the others. Hope that Peter and David can get the support they need from the Council and all Brummies fans before it's too late.

excellent stream again from Glasgow well done, will be regular Friday night fix until Speedway returns to Perry Barr, if indeed it does. much closer than the final score suggests could have gone either way in many heats, great racing on a great track don't think I've ever seen anyone try harder than Newman for 0 points, Cookie just class in heat 15 Nichol and Wells struggling but Glasgow still top is ominous. Jensen has improved tons. clear where Eastie problems lie if they can sort that could well be in play offs and very dangerous.

Had the stream last Saturday which was brilliant. Dived in again as this could be close. Any Team with Oystercard and Sedgeman in it will know only too well it's going to be one extreme or the other. Oyster is due a bad one. Nichol has been especially disappointing so far, thought he would clean up in this team. Eagles seem to get best out of Lawson, Kerr; Brennan and especially Newman but will miss Kemp. Delighted to see Kyle, who we ditched far too soon going so well and smile on his face. Key will be Kennett whose scores seem to have been more like a number 6 than a number 1. If he returns 8 points or more could be close. Wonder how long Eastie will persevere with him before looking elsewhere? 49 - 41

They're trying to perfect blue shale like what they have at scunthorpe

I've seen great double headers and awful ones, I always think you are hostage to fortune if anything untoward happens in first meeting. Putting that aside I have some sympathy as the League was set up for a season starting in April and as it didn't start until late May (even later in case of Mildenhall) it means a lot less available dates. Presumably most NDL matches would have been standalone otherwise. Len Silvers comments in Speedway Star i think are more a plea for a league he can take Kent back in to in 2022 rather than anything developmental. He's struggling to build a competitive Championship side and could build the typically strong NDL team. I would expect to see Kent NDL only in 2022 if he gets his way; and possibly Newcastle a few other sides too. Birmingham, Plymouth; Eastbourne ; Berwick; too may be might prefer a return to NDL only?? (add in Mildenhall and IOW and hopefully Bradford and Oxford)

In one of the initial Press Comments it was suggested that there may be a "rogue batch". They also indicated they were testing samples at all Tracks including Batch numbers. None of those listed are technical tracks and all of them are Tracks where the throttle would normally be full on from start to finish and some can get a blue groove, which wouldn't help any tyre. Its all conjecture and may be down to the "rogue batch" , may be down to heat, may be down to track conditions on specific days. We may never know. Hopefully the tests at the Tracks indicated will throw up something we may be told about. At least they are doing something and not just turning a blind eye, so credit them for that at least.

In case of Kasper its the guaranteed income from Berwick who are staging regular meetings v the uncertainty at Kent who have cancelled next 2 home matches which like other Clubs may indicate struggling to make Racing with reduced Crowds pay. Seems like Kent like a few others are praying for unrestricted crowds from 19th July. Josh had a massive off, may not be back for weeks and concussion is the hardest one to call and the most dangerous one to risk, so he's wise to wait until he feels able to commit.

Do well to find one of them, he is in Championship now someone need remind him.

Another blow for Kent as Len had named him as main target to replace Bacon

Ellis average is based on PL x 1.5 as he was not in a declared CL 1-7 at start of season so would not have fitted at Kent without major re-build. He also rides for Swedish Team on a Tuesday night so Kent would have been last place he'd go to probably.

Very few options on 9 points plus. He would be eligible to guest on that figure though

Any Kent fans help me? Was planning on coming to Leicester meeting and got Tickets, having missed rained off fixture and got a few days booked in Tenterden. Been told that Leicester on 22nd June and Poole on 29th June are now OFF and Kent website seems to show that but no explanation. http://www.kent-speedway.com/fixtures21 Kent Next match on website is KOC tie in early July. Can't see that being a big Crowd with a big deficit to make up. Will we be offered a Refund or to move to another Fixture Whats happening at Kent?

Done alright before Garry May with King Lawson Kemp and Edwards.

Ties in with the question about Card a sales over the phone. Brummies have very limited access to the Stadium and certainly not enough access to set up a phone option. As for Kent doing same. I called for Tickets for Leicester match there waiting hours to get through. When I did card machines were on a Go Slow and a lady promised to call back. I never got a call back and having wasted hours trying to get through again gave up. I was subsequently told they had 3 staff covering phones and visitors. No wonder it was so amateurish. Brummies online ticketing is simple and easy and I'm nearly 70. Problems are more to do with crowd limits.

I ve been told it was the Stadium Owners who pulled cash sales.

Sad news for the Club but I have faith in Peter and David and hopefully a short cessation. Some sanctimonious gloating from the usual suspects does not help. They tried, they have temporarily failed, far more respect for that than for keyboard warriors from the hatespeedway.com brigade.

I agree. Saw him on Car Park, said he was there to help doing what he could when he could. I do fear for the future if there in't any quick easing of restrictions so fingers crossed things improve. Good Meeting, enjoyed it and should be a cracker next week.

I've been to Plymouth frequently when on holiday or for decent matches in past 5 years and have actually looked back on BSF to remind myself how far the Club has come under Mark Phillips. He has done an incredible job and deserves great credit. Back as recently as the summer of 2019 he was getting massive stick over the Track Preparation and the Clubs communication and things seemed to be on a downward curve. The difference between then and now is incredible and shows what can be done with hard work and perseverence. The new Stand and other Stadium improvements and indication of using the facility for other Events all a benchmark for others to follow. Well done Mark

Maybe you could enlighten us all on how you would do that. Standardise HOW? Any form of standardisation would mean some dumming down, a few improving up, the majority running as now...how does that save money, in fact it would cost money. Unless there is a lock up with a few hundred "standardised bikes" how the hell would you do it??..

Why would anyone change riding order Brennans been riding at 2 so he gets heat 8 Kerrs been riding 4 so he gets heat 14. Lot of teams doing this Brennan can have RR in 14 and spread his rides. Could d also have 15 like Kerr does. If you put RR at 2 who go out in heat 1? It wouldn't be as strong as Brennan.