I spoke with one of the guys about 2 weeks ago and the answer was still no and yes the BSPL have approached them.
This is why 2 of the guys went off and set up the Kent Eagles at Iwade.
Its been 4 years now since speedway ran at Arlington, the track is now down to its base and all the equipment would need to be replaced including a new fence so even if the nod was given, it would be a substantial amount of money just to get to tapes.
Train up local riders in the hope of making them professional speedway riders..
If all clubs took this attitude we wouldn't be producing any riders for the future.
No, they've signed him for the greater good of Poole speedway, they are not training and developing riders for the grater good of British speedway or the riders themselves.
Was it that good though? I remember Michael Lee failing to turn up at Eastbourne to face Gordon Kennett and rode in another fixture, possibly abroad, can't remember now.
Watched him as a junior at Eastbourne, had that broken leg which had a lot of complications, he lost his Mum from an early age, I Sponsored him in his early days and went through the Eastbourne times when he didn't get paid, like all riders, by Ian Jordan.
You could tell as a junior, he was a talent.
Every business should have its own business plan, but if the collective business model of the industry they work in is failing, then its going to fail despite their individual efforts.
Don't think they had any choice, as I have pointed out over protected nights in the UK.
It was way too late to change the league structure this year, hopefully they will work on a plan in place for 2027 but they have backed themselves into a corner with riders doubling up and the thought of loosing the protected race nights would loose even More riders.