uk_martin

More FEMALE influence... The Brummies will be using start line girls in 2018. So there's one in the eye to Formula 1 (as if they would even notice lol)

I saw some young ladies "mixing it" with other youngsters in Gustrow (Germany) on my visits there last year and the year before. Proof that if they are strong and talented enough, they can wipe some smug smiles off some chauvanists faces. Worth remembering that Lisa Kelly off Ice Road Truckers was a State Freestyle Motorcross champion in her youth.

New signing announced Not quite sure why it's on Facebook before it's on the official web site, but hey ho...

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Did you get out of bed on the wrong side this morning? It's an event, and it has an admission charge. What's wrong with that? If that £2 in your pocket is worth more to you than getting out from behind your keyboard, then stick to BSF. You have that luxury. On the other hand, if you want to meet the guests, or other fans, have a night out, and maybe a pint or two, then go along. £2 is cheaper than the bus fare that you'll pay to get there...or do you complain on public transport forums about bus fares too? It's staged by the Supporters Club, who if they raise money out of it, do so in a way that proves informative and entertaining to those who attend, and which goes towards supporting the riders, who have benefited to the tune of several thousands of £££ over the years from the supporters club. The petty nature of your post does you no credit at all. I had a higher opinion of you than this.

http://www.birminghambrummies.co/news.php?extend.2580

Great news! British Gymnastics has got a new TV deal. - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/gymnastics/43323146 Which kind of reminds us all of what a pickle speedway is in, if Gymnastics gets to be screened and speedway can't.

It's how the press hype up their stories. Let's face it. who reads stories about "Ordianry Joe"?

Don't they realise that with the age demographic of the average speedway fan up and down the country, the the added tension and suspense could lead to a widespread epidemic of hypertension, cardiac arrests or other internal seizures ?

Maybe the answer is to have a video game? BSPA18 perhaps? The speedway version of FIFA18? Certainly No-one who plays FIFA18 is unaware of football.

Time will tell. Of course fans applaud free admission. What fan wouldn't? Free stuff! Can't beat it. Be interesting to see the demographics of the increased numbers at BV. If there's been a 30% increase in attendance, then that, from my memory of the place, should mean an increase of about 300-500. So, were there really 300-500 extra teenagers on the terraces there? Was anyone doing the "proper business" thing of monitoring their customer base in order to better understand it? And of course, what will happen when the kid getting a freebie crosses over to the age when he/she has to dip into his/her pocket and actually pay for admission...how many of them carry on attending when they have to contribute to paying the bills of the business? As I said, time will tell. Belle Vue can (afford?) to do things their way according to their circumstances. Birmingham's circumstances are different, so the TwoMasons will do things their way, as they best see fit.

And the very next post to yours says that Belle Vue made a loss last year, so letting everyone in for free doesn't work either, does it?

Exactly how many 17yo's go to watch the speedway with 2 adults? Most 17yo's want to be with other people their own age, not with mummy and daddy. That's a concept that speedway and most of the older generation speedway fans can't quite grasp.

How much do the Belle Vue promotion have to pay to rent the stadium?

The TwoMasons are the promoters Lawrence Rogers is the Team Manager Lee Kilby is the Commercial Manager

What's the matter? Is he holed up in "The Jungle" in Calais, or something? I thought that the the NL was supposed to be about British riders, not foreigners. Are Birmingham now going down the rule bending route that Poole & co get accused of? For Christs sake, it's going to be a 3 point average, 7th best rider in a 3rd division team in a 2nd rate league in the speedway's equivalent of the Third World. I wish they'd just cut through the crap and get on with it.

Why? What's the point of dragging on the announcement of the 7th rider any more? Cut out the messing and the guessing. It's only a #7 FFS, it's not like everyone's holding their breath for a new world beating superstar #1 to be announced. Let's just have the announcement and let's get on with it.

So who is on the SCB committee? When I enquired I was told it was basically a mix of mainly speedway promoters and a few referees thrown in for good measure. So if the speedway promoters are there, and speedway promoters are in the BSPA, barring a minority influence of the referees, what's the big difference? AND if there is a big difference, and the promoters aren't involved in the SCB, then isn't this the answer to so many people's dreams of an "Independent Body" to run the sport?

Poland won the SWC with what could have been an Under 23 team last year. Apart from the "Poland Legacy" team. (KK, PP1, Kołodziej, Hampel etc) you have that SWC winning generation of Bartosz, Dudek, PP2, PP3, and Magic who could form the backbone of a dominant team for many years to come. Behind them you have the likes of Szymon Woźniak and PP4, not to mention the 4 musketeers mentioned in the original post. Bright days ahead for Poland on the international front, and plenty enough riders there who can mount a serious challenge for world championship honours. But as history shows, it only takes one "freak" rider from an unexpected country, indeed the only rider from a country of the required quality (e.g. Tai, Hancock etc) and the whole equation is altered. Indeed Poland with Jerzy Szczakiel did exactly that when British and New Zealand riders were back then, just as dominant as Polish riders are today.

So a committee of basically made up of the same people, took off one hat and put another hat on, then, whilst wearing their second hat, they altered the decision that they made whilst wearing their original hat, thereby passing it back to themselves, for when they are wearing their original hat again, to deal with. And people wonder what the hell is going on...???

LOL The thread's been dead for a week...someone has to prove that there's still life in the CIty.

The blue touchpaper has been lit. Let's see how long before those who prefer "jumpers for goal posts" speedway pipe up about the announcement that the Brummies will be riding in team race suits this year?

At one end of the scale people complain about doubling up, and at the other end of the scale other people are complaining about Edward Kennett and Scott Nicholls being prevented from doubling (down). What a farce.

Yeah, too bad that there are no flights to (Hamburg) Lubeck any more. Options basically are to fly to Berlin and hire a car at German prices, or to fly to Szczecin and hire a car at Polish prices and approach from the other direction. Either way, it's about a 2 hour drive, but very nice when you get there. Will be in Teterow (& Gustrow) for the Pfingstpokal :-)

Ukraine? Andrei Karpov +1 ?