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In this weeks Speedway Star Philip Rising puts the current situation of British Speedway in Black and White. What the fans have been saying for some years now , falling crowds , disjointed fixtures, teams that bear little resemblance to the fans idea of the team they support, etc. Significant changes must be made this year and a forward thinking plan put into action by the promoters as a whole to save the sport............or maybe its too late now.

I,m paying £200.00 a night for hotel in Cardiff in 2016. It is a nice hotel though, not a chain hotel.

Can see another close match or Sheffield win!! Hopefully like last week another good attendance, weather forecast is good so hope to see some travelling Tigers fans.

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Fans have been saying this for years that promoters need to see the bigger picture and plan years in advance with changes.....having said that they can not drag fans through the turnstiles. Do not know how the finances of the NL are like but it seems most EL and PL teams are struggling to attract fans with maybe a few exceptions, Somerset, Poole, Wolves , Kings Lynn and Glasgow.

Worky v Newcastle on the 11th July this year, Lewis Kerr and Kenneth Hansen both off 15 mts in ht 3. Adam Roynon brave or crazy to get a point for Lakeside in his last ride, just as important as AJ,s win!! Get well soon Adam.

One of the few genuine sensible posters on the BSF. Glad you enjoyed the meeting.

Strange the ref and the clerk of the course say they never saw the incident...... Rob Godfrey "Fair enough a bit of fisticuffs after the race which is just "handbags" Speedway is lacking a bit of that nowadays in my opinion but this was stepping way over the line".......mmmm.

Do not like to be pessimistic but can see an away win for the Panthers.

Sorry Steve i was not there last night only going off updates..... I lied i was there the riders flew passed Rene on the second bend, as i said could have been very nasty, ref at fault!!

Surprised no one has mentioned heat 9 when Rene Bach fell and the race continued .......Rene and bike marooned on the second bend as three riders sped passed him!! Could have been very nasty , may be the ref should be fined?

The Comets take on the Diamonds in this rearranged meet after last Saturdays rain off, weather forecast looks good for tomorrow. Hopefully all the Comets riders will come back from Plymouth tonight unscathed and get a vital home win..... are the Play offs a bridge to far now...

Reading the Richie Worrall interview in this weeks Speedway Star he has revealed he is on the verge of packing in Speedway saying he needs more time on track and needs to double up and it was strange that he did not get the place at Belle Vue (his parent club) that Josh Grajczonek got. So what does the future hold, some riders cannot make it pay without doubling up but Speedway cannot pay the riders wages with crowd levels diminishing. Some of the foreign riders in the PL are riding in the Danish, Polish or Swedish Leagues so have multiple incomes, but there are not that many British riders riding on the continent, this includes EL riders. Harris, Nicholls and Lambert are the only ones i can think of off the top of my head, not forgetting Woffinden who does not ride in the British Leagues. Worralls final comment in the Star "Speedway still is a massive passion but i have to sit down at some point and ask how long do i keep going at this with no reward"

A few home truths from the Rob Godfrey interview in last weeks SS ...... "Maybe its things like too many guests, r/r all the time, rule changes, stuff like that" "as promoters we all need to wake up and smell the coffee because that coffee is going stale" "The product has got more expensive to put on and the revenues from it are just depleting away" The guy is working very hard to make Scunthorpe Speedway viable but is not getting the numbers through the gates....best of luck to the man but does not look good!

I expect there are quite a few other clubs in a similar situation as Scunthorpe and are losing money year on year, unfortunatley well attended meetings such as Play offs , Cardiff GP,s SWC and the British final do not make up for the losses in the bread and butter meetings in the league. Radical changes should have been made years ago to reduce costs, if that means losing big name riders then so be it, fans just want good racing on a well prepared track with the minimum of delays.

Change the points limit and tweak a few rules that should do it. :lol:

Agree Halifaxtiger, some people just like a good moan! Cardiff is what it is some good races some ok, its no Torun but Torun is not Cardiff! Welll done NKI a very good racerand looks like a nice chap too.

Very sad news RIP Shazzy.

Should be ok if arriving at 18:45, usually dont get started until after 7:00, take it easy, oh any news if Rene Bach is riding tonight? Oh just read he is riding tonight.

All going well 7pts down after heat 10 then totally battered!!

Oh no...

Were all doomed, still we can watch the GPs on Saturday nights.

A four man Rye House team got within 8pts of Worky last week, could have snatched a draw in ht15.

After a long break from Speedway the Comets are up against Rye House who kept the scores fairly close when the were last at Derwent Park in May (koc) only going down by 12 pts. It looks as if super reserve Kasper Lykke wil be missing for the Rockets with a broken collarbone and Anders Mellgren will also be missing from the side with broken ribs and a punctured lung! For the Comets it could be a full side although if the Great Britain side qualified for the WTC final there may be a doubt with Kyle Howarth who is the current team GB reserve.