Nickinho

That's odd because it's nice and dry in Scotland atm. You know you're getting old when you find yourself mumbling "I remember when riders rode through sleet and snow!". Club owners will one day have to come up with some sort of solution to keeping the track dry up until tapes-up. Large sewn-together track-shaped cut tarpauling (four individual segments?) draped across the track from over the top of the air fences and weighted down on the centre green perhaps? They have to do something soon otherwise these milder summers with more rain are ultimately going to kill this sport.

That's the incident! Last night i found the old video of the meeting but couldn't figure out how to clip it and post it here. Thanks for saving me the effort

Yep. It must have been 2009 because he moved to Berwick in 2010. I've also been trying to remember who he went over and i believe it was Chris Schramm.

Pretty sure he went right over the 3rd bend fence during a double header in 2009 or 2010 (?). Only broke his ankle that time. Wasn't his fault though as the rider in front slid off right in front of him and he unintentionally used him as a ramp and just took off.

Chris Morton couldn't gate but he had an okay career

I've often wondered what level he would have reached if hadn't retired and i think his career would have been very similar to Ben Barker's, his former team-mate at Stoke as they are around the same age, the same height and they are both very aggressive and passionate racers. At the time i thought Lee would have had slightly the better career as he is more of a natural speedway rider (imo) than Ben but there wasn't much between them.

I remember reading this a few months ago or maybe it was in one of Lee's video blogs, i can't remember but he did recover quickly from it and it wasn't why he put a pause on his speedway career, i believe he reached this decision long after the crash because i remember him racing in 2009 and 2010.

Didn't you hear? Roary was shot whilst on safari in Africa. An American hunter under the misapprehension that he was extremely dangerous unloaded his blunderbuss into his backside. He will be sorely missed

Thanks

Thanks Steve. Well, that would have been this thread done and dusted if it hadn't been for Jack Thomas' unfortunate accident last week so it's now just Poole left to name a full team. They currently have a figure of 5.21 to play with so it shouldn't take too long to complete their 7. Apart from Birmingham i don't think there's a weak team in the entire league and the new season should be terrific. I also can't name a favourite but i do think that Plymouth and Oxford will be the dark horses this year and it will be interesting to see who lifts the silverware come October. Thank you to all those who have contributed to this thread, it made my life a lot easier

Lots of places are now rejecting cash but if they don't want my money anymore then so be it, i can spend it on something else.

This is how rumours start...

I've been messaging them since January but nothing has happened

I never pay for anything online so this would definitely dissuade me from going to a speedway meeting. It's just laziness on the part of speedway clubs, it's like when you're in Tesco and you discover that only one checkout is cash only. they do it so they don't have to spend time at the end of a shift counting up the coins and putting them into bags.

The Poole line-up has been edited to take into account Jack Thomas' injury

*team lists have been edited this morning to include Connor Bailey

According to Wikipedia he played in goal for Gillingham but i hope the switch to speedway suits him better

Emil Sayfutdinov signed by Ipswich EMIL HEADING TO IPSWICH - Friday, February 24, 2023 (britishspeedway.co.uk)

Very true. The last time i was in Paisley Paolo Nutini came out of a side street and kicked me in the shin and ran away laughing whilst shouting "i'm a ruddy superstar, who's going to believe you, you peasant!" He looked a bit like Paolo but it was dark and i'd had a few jars so i can't be 100% sure of what i saw or what i heard but i'm 98.77% sure that it was him.

What's wrong with it? The racing was great and not many teams go through an entire season without injuries or other commitments and guests are a regular sight in speedway. What do you suggest they do?

Would every Brighton rider have to race in Speedos?

49 days to go! It's been far too long. Anyways, does anyone know how far along the planned 3rd bend terracing/stand thing came during the winter months? I've always thought that the best place to watch the action is from the 3rd bend but there's only a hospitality suite there at the moment so i'm looking forward for the chance to see a type of structure similar to the one on the fourth bend finally being built. Anyone know if it's been built or is still going ahead?

Awesome news this morning! Let's hope this is a sign that 2023 will be a great year for speedway in Scotland too

Tom Brennan racing for 'The World' against the USA last week: HEAT 1 RESTART! - USA vs The World 2023!! #speedwaygp - YouTube

As the person who started this thread i can confirm that the mods have shown absolutely no interest in pinning it despite me messaging them all a couple of times. Maybe they just don't like me