June

The league as it is IS professional and exciting, at least it is at Scunny. Our last 2 NL meetings have been crackers, with all british youngsters and Buzz. With times just behind the prem times. This level of speedway is brilliant, without this system of bringing on our youngsters for promoting to the PL there is no other way that our british kids can progress . as said 2nd halves do not work. I want to see Briish speedway come good again, like it was in the 70s/80s. We want British Champions. our kids need this level of competative racing. I'm not against some of the lads whos level is N/L riding, ( 1 or 2 each team ) just lets keep it for the British lads.

In an ideal N/L development team I'd like to see all british riders, with all teams using one elder team member ( over 30 yrs ) who the kids can look up to for experience. The elder rider ( Wayne Carter ) was very successful for Scunny in 2006/7. Then I'd like to see the PL go back to using reserves promoted from the N/L. Then all foreigners could be slotted into teams in the PL & EL leagues. I agree with Aussies having a higher average, dont know about 9 but I think it should be 7 like the Swedes and Danes etc. As for fans through the gates, every team needs those. I would imagine its not easy promoting teams within budgets. Something that Australia is spared )

Completely agree with you Lucas....... As I see it Austalia use Britain ( at 500cc level ) as a route for turning their youngsters into Champs at the expence of our youngsters in the N/L.......this isn't an even playing field.......We need this league for our own youngsters........Australia - "we want champs too! but at the rate you are sending youngsters over its not going to happen".

I'm angry .....so angry my love affair with speedway is waning.....Why not fill the bl***y leagues with Aussies, then perhaps most promoters will be happy. Why should we british fans pay for Aussies to fullfil their ambitions at the expense of our kids. I couldn't agree more Lucas, its an absolute disgrace. At least Sweden, Denmark Poland etc have leagues where our lads can get fixed up with team places.( their not allowed in the N/L ) Australia should do likewise and it wouldn't be so one sided.....mad!

Questions; Why cant Australia run their own leagues?.......They have a big enough country.......I know the most lightly reply will be- because of travel distance, in which case they could pick say an area around one part of Australia for riders to settle( riders come all the way to Britain )..... I wonder why?