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I went there last September, superb meeting and great promotion. It was the same Ticketing System that Brummies are now using. It's made very clear by Clubs using these Systems that there is a CUT OFF time for Tickets to be purchased. Brummies you have to pay by end of day before or early morning of the meeting. Plymouth put out a social media barrage yesterday and days before with a Cut Off time. If you can't be bothered to purchase a few days in advance that's your problem not theirs. Take some personal responsibility. I've been to 2 Meetings rained off I've had tickets for this season. Both Clubs refunded me within 24 hours no arguments or delays.

Reading reports from some Tracks I don't think the Councils are waiting to be invited, they are attending and monitoring closely. I suppose it depends how big Speedway is in that Area in terms of other Sports going on, to some it will be a very minor crowd / event, (Brummies in Birmingham the 2nd City; Glasgow and Edinburgh in relation to their size and Belle Vue in relation to Manchester another City as an example, ) in others it will be a major event (Kings Lynn, Berwick and Eastbourne as an example) so the focus of the Council may be determined by their size and the importance of Speedway to the Town or Area.

I don't understand what the moan is about. If I go at watch Premiership Football at Villa Park I pay a Booking Fee If I go to a Convert at NEC I pay a Booking Fee If I go to Birmingham Hippodrome I pay a Booking Fee I've paid Online for Brummies Speedway and paid a smaller Booking Fee. I don't suppose people who just want to moan have for 1 minute considered that a Booking System is provided by a third party, how do you think that third party makes any money for their expertise, they either get an up front fee off the Football / Speedway . Concert or Theatre for using their system. We saw what happened last Autumn when BSPL tried to do it "on the cheap" at Ipswich using Paypal and Spreadsheets. Too many in Speedway want something for nothing and just want to moan. Support your local Club while you can while it's there. Very worrying times in the midlands with Wolves very concerned about Crowd limits and Brummies can't be making any money either.

Bowtell may finally have found a home track he likes. Edwards is a fast developing prospect. Flint probably needs a season at somewhere like Plymouth (Edinburgh may be more suitable geographically) to develop his small track skills. Bickley will never be anything more than a CL reserve with a lot of stickers on his bike and van. Good choice of Guests for Plymouth again, they seem to have some links with Eastbourne management , Atkins and Andrews going one way for NDL and some lending of Guests the other way.. Plymouth wont be a soft touch at home and that will generate a lot of local interest and they now have the whole of the South West to exploit crowd wise. Great work by Mark Phillips and Mattie Bates

Going to be a long hard season for Kent. Big fish in the small pond now in with the bigger fish. Scotty must be wondering what he's let himself in for..

Clue was on the club social media. Online Ticket sales close at 10am.

So they had Nicol in for Heeps as he's in the 1 to 5. Thomas was a Rising Star Guest as Gilkes is designated Rising Star. If Rising Star and one of top 5 missing you can have 2 Guests If 2 missing in top 5 you have to have a Guest and an RR.

Can't see anything other than an Away Win. Only advantage Kent have is their Home Track which a few of the Kent Team (especially the reserves) know well with it's strange off cambers and the ability of Len to water the blue groove at every opportunity, as us Brummies found a few times in NDL. Kent will do well to get within 10 points of the Glasgow machine. Tac subs and reserve rides will no doubt keep them in it. Once Gilkes steps in to top 5 and Hurry down to reserve it'll be an even bigger struggle. No doubt Len will be counting the coppers though with the positive "first season" vibe. Hopefully for the benefit of the Sport the dreaded curfew won't be an issue.

I'm no fan of Wolves or Monmore green but such comments are incorrect and bordering on arrogance. The UK benefits from all types of tracks from 200 metres up to 440 metres. Seeing every race by the guy with the fastest engine who sits on the dirt line is no more exciting / no less boring than seeing a technician on a bike mastering a smaller more technical circuit

Starke would be inegible under 7 day rule. Knight said in speedway star a while he was going to do NDL only as got a really good job and not interested in Championship unless an incredibly good offer came along. Would imagine a Guest booking on a Saturday at home track would be perfect for him. Be very surprised if he wasn't asked for Scunthorpe by Eagles management

Tom Bacon has a sore shoulder it's been documented several times in past week. Maybe they thought having a Guest for Heeps, who has a similar sore shoulder would be a tactical masterstroke, especially as Nicol usually rides like a no 1 round there?

May be one for the Referee that; if 2 riders have ridden in same meeting and one gets back and the other can't be bothered....might spice things up a bit!!

Surprised Seagulls did so well without Atkins, he was the guy every team would have wanted and Seagulls would have wiped up 2 toughest Away matches with him in side and probably the League. Looks like a very competitive League though now, anyone could win it, literally anyone. Surprised Gilkes didn't join Eastbourne for previous Promoters, he rode there every week for Reading in MSDL.

Think Royals will win this comfortably. Losing Atkins is massive blow and would have been closer with him but still a Royals win 52 - 38 Home win

Was not there but if speedway updates right results gate 3 was actually easily highest winning gate percentage

Not the reason stated. Standing joke at Berwick last night about Hurry RR Relatives important birthday allegedly.

Brummies asked Berwick to change the date Berwick declined. How do you suppose Brummies or Berwick could have known Etheridge was going to get injured in his first ride. Sour grapes from you and an own goal from Berwick, who could have easily just put on the NDL match Nothing to do with professionalism of the sport at all.

Greaves / Palm - Toft / Lawson / Ash Morris / Bomber added to the 7 Wolves riders.

what's the chances the Track will be soaked by rain and the Fixture will be called off early?.. weather looks very bad for a lot of tracks this week. typical start of speedway season weather.

my point exactly...75 minutes maximum for Riders to prepare for the start and Staff in the Pits to be organised equals regularly late starts. Never mentioned the actual track. Brummies don't have "new owners" the current ones have been there for quite a while, they have moved in to Kent, may be you are getting confused?

It's a problem at Monbore...mainly because due to Dog Meeting on a Monday afternoon the Speedway is locked out until around 6.15pm. Most tracks including Brummies try to start very punctually and certainly a lot more so since Masons / Rogers took over PB.

This has already been explained countless times. The Greyhound Stadium Owners stopped some Security a while ago. ARC may be familiar soon to Kent Speedway fans. You've been warned! Damage has been almost all to vehicles and equipment NOT buildings The age and unique nature of some of the vehicles made them un-insurable or only at a cost that was probably more than their market valuation. Their value to Speedway was incalculable as key machinery adapted for the Track. The surrounds of the Stadium site are part of Commonwealth Games 2022 regeneration and preparation. A significant number of Travellers have taken advantage of the general situation and moved on to illegal sites being developed in the area. The damage to key vehicles was mindless vandalism.

Newcastle, Plymouth, Eastbourne been selling tickets for a while. Online only looks like you print your ticket, show it on a phone or take ID. All Clubs saying things might change after 21 June

Maybe Goddens have found the perfect Central Park Engine. Quick to warm up, great on concrete for the first 3 rides, drives off an adverse camber and then great on over-watered blue tarmac and cuts out automatically after 2 hours

Big thumbs up to Laurence and the other 2 Clubs who are keeping this League alive. The issue of "dormant Clubs" is not the fault of Laurence and we are lucky at Perry Barr to at least have some junior racing to watch.