Beirao

https://classicspeedwaymemories.webador.co.uk/july-2025/the-bl-s-first-season-july-1965 Remember the Russians visit and Ron How's career ending crash? Other memories?

AI certainly seems to think so ! Other "winners" beyond 1964 are also listed. Caveat lector! Reader beware! https://classicspeedwaymemories.webador.co.uk/july-2025/dangers-of-ai

The team building philosophy was wrong but the team is not terrible. The two reserves are actually averaging more this year than their assessed 2.00 figures so it's wrong to say they are "poor". However it will be a stretch to win a trophy this year, particularly if we meet Poole.

The July edition will feature Terrible Twos - the Irish attempt at Belfast in 1968 Dangers of AI - a futuristic look back at the Provincial League Sixty Years ago the BL's First Season - a look at happenings in July 1965 Doug Templeton's Coos - an ode to the Fife farmer and his beasts https://classicspeedwaymemories.webador.co.uk/july-2025

Riders will be self employed and few if any would have set up limited companies. Most speedway accounts are described as "unaudited and filleted" in accordance with the appropriate company regulations. As such they are a simple balance sheet from which liquidity and profitability can be deduced, though the extent of sponsorship isn't revealed.

There seems a reticence to run the BSN semis. Both Poole and Oxford had a blank date on Wednesday which seemed a heaven sent opportunity to run a leg but it didn't happen. Similarly Glasgow and Redcar were both free in May and didn't utilise it - would have to have been at Redcar as Glasgow had the SGP2 meeting the next day.

Is the answer to swap Knudsen who doesn't do Wednesdays for Bowes who isn't available Saturdays!

WANTED - A BRAVE PROMOTER: Needed to stand up to this sort of thing and sack or threaten to sack a rider missing a teams fixture in this manner. The downside is that you're going to need a guest to replace the sacked guy!

May be you don't sign a Dane when you've got a Wednesday racenight, nor a rider who has a contract with a Danish team.

While I don't disagree that riders are under more pressure at Glasgow, his problems stem from his big crash and he would have suffered the same loss of form loss of confidence downward spiral whatever Championship team he signed for.

https://classicspeedwaymemories.webador.co.uk/2023-editions/april-2023/scottish-pirates Never came to anything but a big deal at the time. How will NORA be remembered? It certainly is a goer

Belfast Dunmore

My highlights from sixty years ago but what do you remember? https://classicspeedwaymemories.webador.co.uk/june-2025/the-bls-first-season-june-1965

Next month a look at both meetings run in Belfast.

Spires can't step down, can they? It's game over if the Premiership falls below six.

Anyone make it to Ashington in 1972, a poor year for open licence venues as Motherwell was even worse. Here's what I've cobbled together from contemporary reports. Stand to be corrected by any eye witnesses accounts of these meetings. https://classicspeedwaymemories.webador.co.uk/june-2025/terrible-twos-ashington-1972

Anyone remember Briggo getting surprised by Eamonn Andrews about 50 years ago. Seems to remember they were reluctant to let riders speak in case they swore but happily had a nurse who tended him after his finger injury say her piece

https://classicspeedwaymemories.webador.co.uk/june-2025/the-last-rider-promoter Trevor brought speedway back to Glasgow and Wembley. What are your memories of this colourful guy?

???? May 17. Berwick 46 Poole 44

It still finished earlier than most Glasgow meetings.

Edinburgh have raced on nights other than Fridays when it suited them so why should Glasgow go off night just to suit you?

Don't understand the relevance of "within a week after Workington". It was the first free Friday for both clubs. The next one looks like being August 15.

Sorry but we couldn't have gone with one rider in heat 14 as Boughen wasn't eligible to ride in it. No Tac Subs, the only way he could have been eligible. are allowed in the KO Cup.

Have done the same myself. As you say his average for 2025 meetings is barely over 3.00 and falling.

Can't see that at all! His average for June will be 5.27 based on his last 20 qualifying meeting.