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Any known works for those of us coming up to King's Lynn from the south for Lewi's meeting?

Thanks for the reply. Supplemtary question: will the winner get paid for four points?

Pugwashers Of course, we could cue in some jokes about the names of the crew but I will leave that unsaid to maintain the high standards of this forum.

So will it now be possible for a rider to get a 25-point max?

Looks quite a prospect from what I have just read. I didn't know of him until his name cropped up on this forum. One has to admire his ambition

NKI is a great choice.

Seen the photo of the poster in the Speedway Star. Wow what an advertisement.

Totally right. Just like the business of negotiations with the Polish clubs; only came out when Bewley put something on social media. Left the BSPL scrambling (again). The BSPL only use their PR machine to publicise matches etc but never to communicate to the supporters what it is going on in other important tissues. If the BSPL 'floated' an idea like this super heat business, they could get some feedback from paying fans. However, with this, they haven't even slipped it out. It is just in the regulations with no explanation as to why such a thing has been done. As far as I know, it has never been talked about and I have said it is daft but the BSPL have made no attempt to justify what they have done. They should have got in first.

Checked calendar when I first read this but then realised it wasn't funny and wasn't a joke. Daft idea. It is OK in cup ties but not for league matches.

I went to Arlington a long time before the money problems surfaced. I saw him at a time when he was being paid. So, I am afraid your theory is wrong.

Well, Edward Kennett didn't necessarily cover himself in glory on track last year from the couple of matches I saw at Eastbourne and seemed to be heading in my view towards being a reserve for Eastbourne. Not really sure that Plymouth have lost a heat leader

It didn't do them any harm

Well done Lewi. Good effort. I hope to get up to the meeting. Fingers crossed on the weather

I have seen on Twitter the giant poster Lewi Kerr has next to what was said to be the busiest roundabout in King's Lynn withe frequent traffic jams. Great bit of publicity.

Exactly. Hooligans when they get together in a gang.

There could well be concerns about having large numbers of children of that age in the stadium if they run amok without parental supervision.

Yes, now looking a lot more hopeful for Swindon in 23 from what I have seen. Workington at Northside might have a few open meetings this year. I know people who were involved with Lakeside are seeking the council's help in getting a new track - it would be called Thurrock (Lakeside is a shopping centre and nothing else). Not on your list, it was said there might be a few open meetings later this year at Eastbourne but not seen anything from Sussex for some time. I'm not sure if it was the new people who talked about open meetings or maybe fans hoping. We can but hope for these tracks to come back.

Yes, but four football clubs including Celtic and Rangers. I don't know how much sponsorship those clubs will take in but imagine the Old Firm won't be calling on small traders, so not a competition to Glasgow Tigers.

IF (and perhaps a big if) the signings are really top drawer, to borrow a phrase, what better time for some big PR with your first meeting just days away. Team news in November might sell season tickets but does nothing to attract non-speedway folk to give the sport a try or even the "floating fan".

And there you have it in a nutshell. Speedway will be in a muddle in the UK all the time riders think it is a full time job. There may have been a few years when it was but the riders should count the people on the terraces and realise those days have gone. Eastbourne, Rye House, Lakeside and Central Park and that's just places within a relatively easy drive of me.

Totally agree but still no need to talk about limited opportunities. I guess they are trying to make it sound like a 'race' to grab sponsorship when it actually may put people off. There, what do I know, having worked in the media for 40 years.

I bet with your 32 years experience, if you looked over Newcastle's inventory, you would find lots more places to bring in sponsorship and advertising.

I knew exactly what REF does. It is archaic and just shows the vision of Speedway is no higher than a grasshopper's knee. Where's the professionalism, where's the ambition. Rather like Newcastle advertising that they have limited sponsorship opportunities left. Limited? It would seem limited by their imagination.

Doubt Russians will get permission (visa?) to enter many countries at the moment, for whatever reason.

Didn't know about Harris and his GoFunder and I understand your point about it being personal choice. However, the fact that the fans are being asked to help pay for a rider's tools for the job says a lot about Speedway and its standing – just about rock bottom. It's too expensive for the riders and too expensive, in general terms, for the fans. Maybe not £10 admission but not much more....and £3 for programmes. Economics of the madhouse.