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Strange Poles can ride and others in PL have ridden who are not Poles with apparently no quarantine. So they must have picked what they thought were best 5 available and who have made themselves available in past few months and not declined chances.

Team GB / Team GB Academy and Young Lions are largely autonomous these days and it is linked closely with ATPI so quite possible some U21 Fixtures will be arranged next season home and away I'd have thought. Travel in Europe still very difficult, quarantine regulations in UK a nightmare, so likely everyone will have to wait until 2021. Certainly we have a good crop of talent coming through to get out there and get experience.

Typical FIM when it rains, a tendency to get it on regardless. In their defence with travel so hard under Covid 19 Restrictions probably got tight timescales to get 3 away nations away safe on booked transport. Certainly think we did well and some of the criticism is very unfair. Lets see what Poles could do in UK, play the game though and don't ride on a big track, give them something technical. Seems every meeting is going to Scunthorpe though anyway - Godfreys mecca!

It's hard to gauge as on better nights people are crammed in down the home straight. Not really viable for dining at speedway. I would guess that max 25% standing outside would be 400-500 to be safe. Can't see that being viable unless they try to nick the Heathens NDL title (dons tin hat).

It's not dismal. If you have a business income stream (dogs) that can make money without spectators, why would you risk it by introducing spectators until it was safe for dogs or any other sport?. It's Covid 19 reality. If Kent Stadium is kept open by Betting levy, makes no difference whether Owner owns Speedway or not. It'll be his decision to make if the Covid 19 risk is same or worse come March. I've no idea how often Kent stages dogs, I know Perry Barr and Monmore are 5-6 times per week and that levy income per week is more than Speedway rent per year.

Hopefully Poole will find a way to make Stadium pay it's way without the dogs and buy time to consider other options.

Sometimes no news can really be good news. I remain very fearful of the immediate future (start of 2021 season) for any Speedway Club sharing with Greyhounds if there are any Crowd limitations or more specif stadium lockdowns in the Event of a positive test being linked to the Stadium. A Club that owns its own Stadium won't have to convince the Stadium Owner, who can make more in a week from the Betting Levy of Dogs without Spectators that they probably make in rent from Speedway over a season, of the implications financially of a 10-14 day lock down. A lockdown that would affect Betting Levy receipts. I'm very worried for Brummies short term future due to this. Swindon (to a degree) / Sheffield / Wolverhampton / Birmingham,/ Kent / Newcastle (as we can see already) and Poole - could have real issues. I; 100% hope I am wrong.

20 acres is plenty big enough

Looks like a very healthy crowd looking at twitter rides on lionsspeedway, packed in some parts...anyone care to guess attendance of those who've been??

Hopefully Newcastle can manage to remain at Brough Park for a season or two, to allow enough time for a suitable site to be found, planning permission obtained and the necessary ground and stadium work done to move from Brough without any interruption to continuous Speedway? I fear for any Club that is a tenant, especially of dog stadiums, who can live off of a betting levy with no fans with speedway fans considered a risk to that income if it stopped by a close down due to Covid being bought in by a speedway fan. Worrying times. Brummies very much in the same boat. We need an effective vaccine

Many are doing that but the doom mongers prefer to overlook it. 7-8 Tracks I visited last season including my own had schemes similar to what you refer to.

Belle Vue has lower capacity than Ipswich which has been significantly upgraded by Spedeworth in recent years. Ipswich is in a low rate Covid area. Manchester is focal point for a significant regional lockdown, that's only now being slightly eased in some parts but increased in others in the general area. The meeting is in approx 4 weeks time. The decision has nothing to do with Speedway, tracks or favouritism etc. It's based on Covid 19 and common sense. It seems to me to be a rare bit of lateral thinking. The most suitable venue in the safest area at this moment in time. More important to get the meeting on, get Europsort some coverage and some domestic top class Speedway. Hopefully Belle Vue will be ready in 8 weeks time for SON.

There is a degree of "Rugby League" in Poland. Parts of the Country it is a religion and by far the biggest Sport. Other parts it is not popular at all. It is known by most Poles though

Destined for 3rd place I think. Danes strong too. I always wonder why Dan Gilkes gets overlooked. Got a lot of time for Leon Flint since his spell at Brummies, but he has seemed right off the pace in U21 and U19 individuals. I'd have taken Gilkes over Flint on a Danish type track

Read somewhere but can't find now that there was some kind of U21 Training at Somerset today with a lot of likely candidates invited. Assume the Final is being held at a similar track. Poles and Danes must be favourites. Are Bewley and Brennan going to be fit enough?

Dog track twitter feed says trials resume tomorrow after sickness and a staff bereavement. Shows schedule for trials Friday 21st August

Anyone who thinks Adam Ellis has peaked needs a medical check! Constant and consistent improver, already better rider than Worralls, Cook has great ability but seems to have vanished off media, Charles Wright probably deserved spot but other than that Adam surely the next in line. A few names in there would struggle to be 2nd string in Championship - indeed Broc Nichol has struggled to be 2nd string in CL 5.16 average!!! (identical to Simon Lambert and Kyle Newman - they must be aggrieved)

Not being run on that basis as matches are at amateur (ndl or below) level. Pilot will be at professional PL/CL level. Only track authorised by BSPL - whose Chairman is????

One big issue not mentioned. Lambert has carried a poor team. Holder is shielded in a far better team. Basing comments on Polish League matches far less relevant than SEC in terms of pressure of riding as an individual. Jack Holder is a hot and cold gater. Robert Lambert is an all round racer. No doubt in my mind that with fair luck Lambert will be a far better global rider than Holder.

Well done Kemp, great effort from Palin, good experience for Flint and Edwards. Not easy going there cold, no racing against mostly track specialists.

Lucky if they get a tyre. Most rely on sponsors and parents. Bit strange only track bspl have authorised for crowds is Scunny?

Yet again complete and utterly inaccurate generalisation. Go ready what Barry Bishop has said. Go to places like I did last season like Swindon, Birmingham, Eastbourne, Redcar, Somerset. There are others i'm sure Lots of kids, lots of things organised for kids, lots of new faces and families being welcomed. The old timers who are in denial are the ones perversely most likely to moan about the kids. A new family appeared next to me at PB last summer, well behaved and friendly and excited, some die-hards moaned as they had to move a few feet from the "place I've stood for years". It was embarrassing and undoes what some Promoters are actually doing.

It's a credit to those who built it. However, go to a big meeting like the CL Pairs, stand on the grass banking, in the dark like a sardine, with barely any extra toilet or catering facilities and it's horrific. It's quite frightening on that grass when it gets damp and little or no public lighting. It's great for their normal crowds up to high hundreds, even then lack of toilets and catering can be an issue. Not suitable for big Events without massive increase in portaloos and catering.

According to the Speedway Star the week after PL + CL were cancelled for the season very few committed to actually trying to run something if possible Belle Vue, Kings Lynn, Ipswich; Berwick; Eastbourne ; Leicester; Redcar, Scunthorpe, Mildenhall; Plymouth indicated they would not rule out Meetings and of those, Belle Vue; Kings Lynn; Eastbourne; Leicester; Scunthorpe, Plymouth seemed most keen.

Maybe you could enlighten us??