ShanoXtra

Championship Witches would honestly be lucky to get 500 at the gate. If you think anyone would be excited to see Poole Pirates “AKA the best team” turn up with the likes of Lawson and Rowe as their big hitters and still expect you to pay £20+ it’s a dream land / nightmare scenario and really shows the state of our speedway in this country vs anywhere else. You’d be better closing the doors to British speedway altogether and start again fresh 2027.

I guess Ipswich fans always turning up on a Thursday night shows there is more loyalty to that club than others who want to pick and chose their race nights to suit themselves (Friday/Saturday/Sun). Force everyone to race Mon and Thurs and let’s see who really has the most loyal supporters.

You ever known someone who excels at their own job but the people around them are useless… I think everyone has and this is case and point, if a select few idiots are next to him and you have to have a majority vote it doesn’t really matter what your title is. He ran the best performing speedway club in the country so he knows a thing or to about success.

If Ipswich do ride in one league next year what team is it? No Doyle and Emil obviously, no Dan T, Tom B as they now ride in Poland so won’t make the Fri/Sat or sun fixtures, I’m sure I’ve seen Adam E say he isn’t riding UK next year. So much uncertainty, Chris L probably saw this all coming and decided he can’t work with this pathetic running of a sport and still no official announcement and once is it announced he will be left with the scraps.

This sport is an absolute shambles.

This sport is an absolute shambles.

Polish official 2026 team has been announced: SENIORZY Bartosz Zmarzlik Patryk Dudek Dominik Kubera Kacper Woryna Piotr Pawlicki Przemystaw Pawlicki U-24 Barttomiej Kowalski Mateusz Cierniak JUNIORZY Wiktor Przyjemski Damian Ratajczak Kevin Matkiewicz Bartosz Banbor Maksymilian Pawetczak Kacper Mania

Mark Seabright

Jason Doyle posting this:

I’m surprised the amount of people moaning about Chris, more frustration should be aimed at your own promoters, if they could actually run a speedway club like Chris then we wouldn’t be in this situation. It’s not really his fault others have failed. A fair few people on here happy to makes their voices heard but not so keen to actually go to their local speedway club every single week and back your boys, maybe that’s a bigger reason why the league has fallen along with poor promotion? Or maybe Chris calling it a day because he didn’t want to entertain one league has upset people because now the domino effect happens and your club will be next. Bigger issues in British speedway than Chris leaving the club, maybe focus on them.

Yeah what’s that got to do with SGP 😂 they take into account the club riders vs TV deal and ticket sales for the league, SGP wasn’t profitable for them. I know it’s hard for anyone from British speedway to get a grip of not going under due to finances 😂 and yes… stal almost did! Haha

Statement from the city of Gorzow as to rising costs and unfair system where smaller speedway cities such as Prague / Riga etc are demanded much less of a payment to SGP than “larger” speedway cities. Gorzow decided to relinquish their GP this year to get finances in order… “Councilors pointed out that Praga paid less to host the Grand Prix than Gorzów. They believed this demonstrated that the rules imposed on cities were not equal. "If Praga pays less than Gorzów, something is wrong. This demonstrates the absurdity of the entire system," the councilors said. In 2024 and 2025, the city donated PLN 2.5 million each to organize the Grand Prix at the Edward Jancarz Stadium, and in recent years, a total of nearly PLN 10 million has been spent on the Grand Prix. This difference in costs, they argued, demonstrated that the conditions imposed on cities were not transparent, and that smaller cities could be treated as "budget donors." Councillors admitted, however, that the absence of the Grand Prix in 2026 could be a financial relief for the city. Perhaps this is the time to clean up and resume talks, but under normal conditions. They pointed out that the Grand Prix was becoming increasingly expensive, and new promoters might demand even more. Councilors said that Gorzów should not abandon major events. They pointed out specific directions. The councilor mentioned the Edward Jancarz Memorial, which for years was the most important tournament before the league's launch. Piotr Paluch emphasized that the city could return to speedway events, but must do so in a way that doesn't burden the budget. "Normal rules first. Only then should discussions about a return," concluded Councilor Piotr Paluch.

Quite possibly, I don’t know if I’m totally honest so you could be right.

Interesting news coming out of Poland! They are reporting high potential of Guy Nicholls taking over and that’s the reason behind him pulling out of sponsoring Sheffield.

Belle Vue, Leicester and Kings Lynn fans will of course be mad. Chris has single handedly stopped the Prem from running next year clearly and you three teams will have no option but to drop down or sell 🤦🏼 , I don’t expect any good words from anyone apart from Ipswich fans!