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Seems like Laguta was in line for a wild card for Wroclaw according to his socials but for whatever reason it fell through 🤷‍♂️

Good riddance to them then 👋, if you want to run a credible sport in this country

SCB STATEMENT: FRANCIS GUSTS Wednesday August 13, 2025 The Speedway Control Bureau were made aware by the Oxford Management on Monday 11th August that Francis Gusts had informed them that due to illness he would be unavailable for the Oxford fixture at Poole on Wednesday 13th August. However, on Tuesday 12th August Mr Gusts represented his Polish League Club Wroclaw in the Under 24 League being undefeated by an opponent in his 5 heats. The report from the Polish media after the Polish fixture descried Mr Gusts performance as excellent On Wednesday morning Mr Gusts was made aware that having competed in the Polish League on the 12th August, he would be expected to ride for Oxford in their fixture at Poole on the 13th. Due to Mr Gusts failure to attend the Poole v Oxford fixture on Wednesday 13th August, Mr Gusts SCB Registration will be suspended for a period of 28 days as of the 13th August. Oxford will be entitled to a facility for the same period 28 days, where after Mr Gusts will need to return.

Are WBD looking to unload the SGP? Are changes in store for 2026?

Bike setup does appear to be more important than riding technique these days, you could argue that bike setup is also a skill but too often it appears to be down to a rider hitting a bit of luck with the setup and then honing in on it.

Is this on BSN?

Or Klindt! Seems like they've given Becker an ultimatum like they did with Kurtz last season... what's with all the fluff around the statement though beats me 🤷‍♂️

No I haven't... he's never there when I go to get one!

Should be punished with promotion to the Premiership 😉

SCB STATEMENT: LUKE BECKER Monday August 11, 2025 The Speedway Control Bureau are aware that Luke Becker made his comeback from a serious back injury for his Polish League Club Ostrow on Saturday 9th August scoring 9 points from 6 rides. After such a serious injury and returning to racing so soon it was no surprise that Mr Becker following his return is suffering from the effects from racing and has now been withdrawn from racing for a further 5 days. The SCB have received medical documentation. Leicester have been granted a facility for their fixture versus Oxford on Monday 11th August, however if Mr Becker competes again prior to the next Leicester fixture he would be expected to return to the Leicester Team

I'm sure he'll be fit enough to miss Plymouth's next home fixture...

I was getting weather warnings about thunderstorms just before I left home so I was keeping an eye on the radar all night and the rain that was heading up north was just about running out of steam as it got to Leicester. The dirt did get wide and Magic was pulling some massive lines especially around turns 1 & 2 out of the gate, thought he was quite impressive last night... compared to his last visit to BP.

Trouble is there was rain showing on the radar as approaching, so to water it could have been folly... not that anybody seemed to realise this at the pace the meeting was run!

Hope you're making the racing sound good... 2 heats, 2 passes!

... or worse 💩

Absolutely not... that'll be some kind of after GP party event I'd have thought. 🥳

7 day ban then? Ridiculous!

I'm not so forgiving, he was well enough to take 6 rides in his first meeting back, it's just the same as the rest, this is the new normal now, when riders came back from injury before, they came back everywhere, not just Poland... I'm idioting sick of it!

LEICESTER: Max Fricke, Luke Becker R/R, Ryan Douglas, Kyle Howarth, Sam Masters, Drew Kemp, Joe Thompson. OXFORD: Charles Wright, Erik Riss R/R, Maciej Janowski, Mitch McDiarmid, Rohan Tungate, Peter Kildemand, Luke Killeen. You may not be able to have your photograph taken with Luke Becker, as he aggravated his injury in Poland yesterday (🐂💩), but you can have your photograph taken with the Knockout Cup before the match... I wonder if anybody has bought any red and yellow ribbons for it 🤔

No... he also missed the fixture at Poole last Wednesday

I emailed the SCB, twice, as it was a SCB regulation that was breached, they just don't say which. https://www.scbgb.co.uk/news.php?extend.213

Lol, don't waste your time mate... I emailed them twice asking which regulation Workington breached that got them a 2 league point deduction, as it's normally stated in their press release, never received a reply!

Back for Lions on Monday then, cushty 👍🏻

But if Ben Cook has received a 28 day ban for the breach of SCB Regulation 010.5 j) Then Nicolai Klindt should also receive a 28 day ban for breaching SCB Regulation 010.5 p) 🤷‍♂️

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