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i've a feeling it was more than once

i thought it was when Rick Frost took the assets there

Championship 4TT (Semi Final) Peterborough https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_womble/albums/72157710402778661

wonderful track at the time, but as we all know a wonderful track doesn't bring punters in .. i think anyone brave enough to take speedway there would need to have incredibly deep pockets and not be worried about losing it all

I don't know what the tv money is worth these days, definitely not the sort of figure it used to be, so can people honestly say it has been worth it this year with the quality of meetings tv shows? Every Monday night after a meeting has been shown (and during) all we hear about is how bad the meeting was, how bad the track was, bad referee decisions, cheating the rules, how poor the crowd is etc etc, surely if this is the case it's neither going to encourage newbies to go, or make the people that stopped going, go again! Is it time to bin the tv coverage and put all efforts into rebuilding the sport from the ground up, away from the cameras so Nigel & Kelvin don't have to explain the "5 year plan" every meeting and as good a job that they do, it would be a task keeping people informed. Keep the tv coverage of the GP's, i love watching them and love attending even more, as i'm sure many do. Have the BSPA strike a deal with the companies that film at all tracks, get out a FREE weekly programme, maybe on a YouTube channel, showing the BEST races from around the country, and build up the excitement so people WANT to come back. There's great racing at ALL tracks, and there's poor racing at all tracks, so let's keep the poor stuff a secret and hope track quality etc to suit the bikes is sorted before even entertaining live meetings again. It's been mentioned so many times about having a highlights package but everyone still prefers live. The recent broadcast from Belle Vue as a delayed 'live' was great, and shows YouTube is a decent host. We need to improve the entertainment before putting it out to the 'masses' on BT Sport or SKY, time to build to save the sport.

there comes a time when that bullet must be bitten

most likely Grajczonek for Cook and R/R for Robert

i think Gustix is having difficulty fast forwarding from 1948 ..... still

if Rossiter stays as manager how about Olly Allen as joint boss, he knows his stuff and has a lot of involvement with the youngsters through the Poultec system

this is the reason the 2 valve option and GTR should be marketed direct at kids starting out

maybe Peterborough shouldn't be PL if they can't have the track on designated race nights! what about other days, Swindon were able to do it when their track wasn't available last year.

i wouldn't be surprised to see Ged buy the club back, i think the crowd level might go back up too, whichever league it is

Peterborough is superb, Belle Vue is superb, both in their own way

and MUCH better is was too prior to 96

as per Poole/Kings Lynn a few years ago

SWC/SoN, SEC etc have practise same day, but they're not on temporary tracks

Canterbury was good, although a bit narrow. Loved the old Poole track

this i totally agree with, but the opportunity has flown

and when it's been done so many on here criticise

my pictures from the SoN practise at Belle Vue >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_womble/albums/72157708924705221

Speedway of Nations (practise) Belle Vue 11.05.19 https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_womble/albums/72157708924705221

not sure they have priority, but as Niels has the bookings already in place i'm guessing they DO take priority for him

my pictures from the GP >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_womble/albums/72157708851313203

Warsaw GP >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_womble/albums/72157708851313203

my pictures from Warsaw GP practise and qualifying >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_womble/albums/72157708793826668/with/47947032742/