DEEG

Nice surprise when the Royal Mail delivered the Star on Thursday last week....too good to be true? You bet it was just got home no sign of a Star.....Norwich is bloody awful for deliveries these days seem to come twice a week if we are lucky! Fingers crossed for tomorrow...not sure. what to do if it becomes a long term problem

Fair points. But surely it says a lot about the sport's governance that this situation arose in the first place. It was on the SpeedwayGB website this morning. That suggests someone somewhere signed it off...But it is what it is and hopefully the meeting on October the 19th will provide a fitting finale to the season. Hopefully the sport as a whole will go back to the drawing board in the winter and reboot for 2022.

Whatever the rights and wrongs of the original decision to switch the meeting to West Row the good old BSPL are yet again the people sending the sport's credibility into the gutter. Both clubs were in agreement and it doesn't seem that any other club objected?. But instead of a potential title decider in front of a possibly bumper crowd on a Sunday afternoon that would have given Mildenhall a well deserved revenue boost it's back to square one.. After a season with so few home meetings for Mildy the sport's so called governing body shows interest in the NDL for the first time anyone can remember and says no because it would compromise the title race. So instead it's back to Kent on a Tuesday evening where far fewer people will be able to attend. For people like me who work in the media and try and promote a positive image of the sport we love, it's been another day of colleagues laughing and saying 'only in speedway' Sad thing is they are right.

Long story short the chances of my employers ITV showing speedway anytime soon or frankly in the future are somewhere around zero. Resources are a lot tighter than they used to be and the truth is production costs make it unviable for the commercial returns it would generate. Speaking as a fan of 40 years plus the simple fact that we've all had to come to terms with, is speedway is now firmly looked on as a minority sport. When I read Backtrack Classic Speedway etc see the big crowds and know the way ITV used to cover speedway nationally and regionally with full OB's it breaks my heart that apart from sporadic coverage on the regional news the interest is no longer there. But that's the way it is and it isn't going to change.

Yep my SS turned up today. I've got a subscription to Radio Times as well and they sent an e-mail last week talking about delays. Sure enough this week's didn't arrive until Saturday but next week's has arrived today!!!....RM has some questions to answer!

If anyone has or knows where I can find a copy of Aces Triple Champ 1970-72 and Thommohawk that I can buy could you let me know please. I've tried all the usual places ebay etc but no joy so far.... Thanks for reading Deeg

Hate to be a prophet of doom but the chances of my employer ITV picking up speedway is somewhere around zero and down from there. For a lot of media the advertising cake is smaller than ever so sports and programmes that generate the most commercial revenue though sponsorship and audience figures will always be top of the pile for big players like ITV. Much as it pains me to say it speedway no longer falls into that category. The cost of covering a meeting properly means it's not worthwhile. Interestingly when I mentioned speedway to the big cheeses last time the TV deal was on the table the reaction was they'd be happy to talk but no one from the sport had been in contact...that says it all really. That chance is unlikely to come again anytime soon. Add in the numerous other issues with the sport that have been debated for years on here and to be frank it's lucky it's on TV at all. Personally having grown up following Exeter home and away and speedway being a staple on World of Sport I get no pleasure from writing this. If BT do drop out I think the best bet in the current market for speedway will be a small motor sports channel taking a magazine style programme produced by an independent company. In the meantime I'll carry on enjoying the sport at my local tracks and keep fingers crossed that somehow speedway will sort itself out and become mainstream again...well you have to dream! Deeg

To mark the start of the new season ITV News Anglia have done a feature with Len Read who celebrated his 100th birthday in January. There are links to a little taster below feel free to share it. The full piece will be on our 6pm programme tonight. https://twitter.com/itvanglia/status/979279219070062593 https://www.facebook.com/itvanglia/videos/2308155269198544 Cheers David Golley ITV News Anglia

Michael is still co-promoter at Mildenhall and has been interviewed by Speedway Star about the Fen Tigers throughout the winter and unless he has a double I interviewed him at our meet the riders night a few weeks ago! Seriously though he has been working flat out on his tuning business over the last few months so has perhaps been a 'little' quieter than normal ! With our opening match against Dudley fast approaching I am sure you'll soon be hearing from him on a regular basis again....hope that helps answer the question. Cheers David (Mildenhall Press Officer)

Weather had beaten us again. No new date yet. David (Press Officer)

Just to confirm meeting off this afternoon....will advise new date etc asap. David (Press Officer)

Friday the 19th is the pencilled in date for the KO Cup Final NOT the Play-Off Final. The circuit is booked for a private stock car event on Sunday 21st and the 19th is the date offered to the club by the stadium owners. Nothing though has been finally confirmed. But the simple fact is there are not many available dates left at West Row between now and the end of October. This Sunday's meeting has been a National Trophy meeting since the start of the season and bearing in mind we had no idea we would be facing the IoW in the play-offs until Wednesday there was never going to be enough time to change things.The respective club managements were still able to quickly agree on the 30th and 2nd as POSF dates. Hope that clarifies things a bit! David (Mildenhall Press Officer)

Just to confirm today's Number 7 for Mildenhall is Joe Graver David (Mildenhall Press Officer)

Change of guest tonight. Unfortunately Tom Young's driver is ill and despite his best efforts he can't get a replacement so Ben Morley steps in instead. Cheers David (Mildenhall Press Officer)

Meeting off David (Mildenhall Press Officer)

Mildenhall captain Lewis Blackbird is still missing after dislocating his shoulder at King's Lynn, so the Fen Tigers will operating rider replacement for him. So the line up is Cameron Heeps, Joe Jacobs, Stefan Nielsen, Daniel Halsey, R/R, Nathan Stoneman, Josh Bates. Cheers David (Mildenhall Press Officer)

From the Official Mildenhall Website after last weekend's Fans Forum Louis also confirmed that the final member of the 2012 Fen Tigers line-up will be announced at the club's Press and Practice day on Sunday 18th March at West Row.

itv.com/anglia is the address. Click on full programme link, it's about 24 minutes in.

We have moved it. It'll now be held on October 28th David (Mildenhall Press Officer)

Got it in one Phil. We've been scuppered by the downpour yesterday. So along with a poor forecast for later this afternoon, it was decided to postpone early to save people travelling and give them chance to find other things to do. All very frustrating, let's keep fingers crossed for Tuesday! Best David

Unfortunately our KO semi against the IoW this afternoon (July 17th) has fallen victim to the rain and is POSTPONED. No new date yet, we'll let everyone know when that's been arranged. Thanks David (Mildenhall Press Officer)

All the riders have moved on full transfers.

Mildenhall can confirm two new signings. Full details on club website www.mildenhallfentigers.co/ Thanks Deeg

Full Mildenhall fixture now on the official website plus reaction from Michael Lee www.mildenhallfentigers.co

Brilliant news. I haven't look forward to the start of the season so much since I was a kid watching Exeter in the 70's !! Like many I've found the events of this winter shall we say tiresome?!! In fact earlier today a colleague burst out laughing when I tried to explain what had been going on at Elite level! But thanks to Chris Kevin and Michael I won't be turning my back on speedway for a second time...I'll be looking forward to seeing speedway as it should be, providing entertainment and discovering the kids that will secure the sport's future..West Row here I come !!