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Bit harsh complaining about the size of the crowd imo, its a big stadium so always going to look less than other tracks, also i dont buy the "but its Manchester" the place like Birmingham is full of demographics (thats me being politically correct) that dont even know what speedway is yet alone have any interest in it and never will have even if every bus in the city carried huge advertisements for it. Anyways, the match itself was classic Belle Vue with some great racing, much as i expected Lawson and Nicholls were hardly at the races, Brannan, King, Tobi and to a lesser extent Jason all played a part in keep the score a lot closer than many including myself predicted.

Agree with others in a comfortable home win, Brennan and King might put up some resistance and maybe Edward’s and Bangs to an extent, 57-33

I know we have people on here with experience of track preparation so my question is, when you have a situation like last night where the rain doesnt come and clearly from looking at the sky it isnt going to come anytime soon, how long would it take to get the track back to a state where you could get water into it and also not have a blue line?

Weather or threat if it screwed track prep up I think, can’t water it now it’s that slick, be too dangerous.

Is the Oxford streaming service any good? considering buying tonight’s stream to help support the club after its recent troubles.

Bad crash, hope Sitek isn’t badly hurt.

Brady and Dan look exceptional, I think they are going to be pushing high again in the GPs

Wroclaw are imperious

Of course there are a lot of variables but thats why i said at its core, its the same core that existed in the 50s in the UK exempt times are very different now. Poland as a whole is very different to the UK

Its like some alternative universe in Poland, where speedway is absolutely massive. But at its core, its the same product we have, four riders, four laps..........

On my pc they are but the stream is very laggy indeed

Despite the slick track I thought the racing was ok, seen far worse than yet over the years. The stream was ok, it’s the first time so you have to allow for nerves as the lad presenting made a lot of mistakes, some down to lack of knowledge as he mentioned about Shane Parker when he was at Lynn but any long time fan knows Shane was first and foremost a Witch, and they did say they know improvements need to be made, they need better mics imo because the trackside ones couldn’t deal with the level of decibels very well.

April is a funny month, I have been to Good Friday meetings at Lakeside where it has been as high as 30 degrees during the day and conversely another at 4 degrees in the evening.

I’ve decided to sub to BSN this season after a year out, going to the celebration of speedway renewed my passion for the sport, living in Maldon, Ipswich Isn’t a million miles away and I keep saying to myself I must pop over there sometime but I can’t face the A12 and the big queues to get out afterwards. So I may well buy the stream, as being ex Lakeside Richard and Jason are still my riders in a manner of speaking and I have always liked Musielak style of riding. As others have said, streaming is great for those who were never likely to be their anyway.

Not that bothered tbh, with it being koc and the first leg earlier being so one sided it would have been dead rubber for the neutral.

I remember doing Ipswich vs Lakeside and the return in the evening one year.

I think Cobblers is a good nickname, after all isn’t there a Swedish club called the Blacksmiths?

Really enjoyed this gathering even though the weather tried to spoil it, a few riders in attendance. it was the first time in eight years since I had been to any speedway event and the smell of the bikes was just as awesome as I remember, really must make more effort to try and get to a meeting in 2026. Had a good chat with “the Dean machine” we share a lot of common ideas on how the sport should be governed.

I remember Beck riding for Arena, stylish rider and I had high hopes for him but it didn’t work out.

It’s the celebration of speedway this Sunday, maybe some news then? Nah of course I am joking.

A fixture list is only a guide really, the weather and the nature of the sport means even more than ever a meeting is in the balance unless it’s been dry for days and zero rain is forecasted.

I did not sub to BSN in 2025 and not because of their service but they can only work with what they are given and the product of British Speedway is in the main crap. I don't have a team to support anymore so as a neutral i want to see good racing and most tracks now are so slick because the bikes cant handle anything else. There is no variety with so few clubs and riders riding for multiple, for me its not worth it. Nor do i have cable tv sky etc I stick with watching highlights on social media and looking through more vintage stuff (ie pre laydowns)

Good interview and fair play to Rob for agreeing to do it, you could tell he was not very comfortable and that's no doubt because he thinks the speedway fan base is against him. Make no mistake about it he has made decisions before that adversely affected my club when they were around BUT i still want what is best for the sport and i want it to succeed so i want Rob and all involved in the running of it to succeed too. Even if fans don't all agree with the way forward, we all we want the sport to grow.

Yes just like when they conned Ronnie Russell into taking Arena Essex into the top flight in 2004 with promises that help would be provided, they left us as whipping boys for the others to beat.

Peter Oakes mentions about food this week and the Rye House fish and chips, it was not just a gimmick that Len used, they really were that good.