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Could have paid for it with what they saved on points money!

Leicester should have stood the cost as a gesture of goodwill and maybe made the money back in food and drinks

Yes, a pretty decent rider when he applied himself, never fulfilled his potential really. What he did while he was Coventry captain though was pretty low! Got a 12 month ban, 6 months suspended.

The Ed Kennett who got caught cheating while the captain of Coventry and received a ban, the Ed Kennett that was complicit in Plymouth cheating all season long? That Ed Kennett? As for the rest, I agree these are the riders that keep Speedway going in this country

The positives for me, despite the BSPL: The quality of the racing on the Leicester Speedway track, the best it's ever been! Rob Lambert & Dan Bewley's elevation to world class riders The return of Oxford, went down for the Leicester match and was probably my best Speedway experience of the season! BSN has been a massive plus this year for the fan of Speedway in general, being able to watch Speedway from around the country at a reasonable price, it'll be interesting to see what they charge next year, if they signed a multi-year deal with the BSPL or whether BSPL will try and cash in In fact as usual the Speedway on track I have seen this year is as good as it's always been, especially with the kids coming through, it's only the organistion this year which has badly let the sport down

I don't get it, these people are allegedly successful local business people yet they aren't able to do the basics with a Speedway club. You're right though these competitions do seem to be irrelevant to most of them, we've lost the CL 4's, the CLRC tucked away at Poole on a Wednesday night, unable to complete the CL season satisfactorily, Jubilee Trophy abandoned, PL Pairs abandoned, PL league meetings being run after the pay offs had been held, PL League Cup running after the season had finished... perhaps 2023 should just consist of the KO Cup as that was about the only competition they were able to run within the specified timelines! Any self respecting club owner would NEVER let happen what happened to Leicester in the pay off final... these club owners come and go, I was here following Leicester before they came and I'll be here long after they've done with their play thing. I'm still pretty p1ssed off as you may be able to tell

Adults go free if accompanied by a fully paying dog

Not the picture from Monday though, was it? There was a picture on here lifted from the Ippo website that was taken some time ago

Nobody plans to run after the cut off date at the moment... but they do. 2) it would be their own fault for not having accrued enough points prior to qualify. Don't forget this is a league, not a knock out competition. 3) There's a difference between poor conditions and a waterlogged track. If the ref deems the track rideable it's down to both teams to get on with it.

tbf the rain we had on the Monday & Tuesday after the track was "repaired" was pretty intense. Doesn't matter which way you cut it though, if BSPL forced Leicester to move to Lynn or the Bates took the decision to move it to Lynn... on a Friday night was a kick in the teeth for both sets of fans. Leicester did NOTHING to mitigate the move for the home fans... no coaches organised, they could even have opened the club house up and put the stream on a big projector, sold a bit of food and some drinks... may even have made some money on it, nope... nothing!

Who took the decision to move the deciding final "Home" leg to KL though, we don't know? Which ever way you look at it, it stinks!

And going back to No 2... clubs can effectively do this at the moment with a call off on a dodgy forecast, no medical cover, a broken power line, a broken water pipe, a football match on the telly... take your pick and then restage the match after the play off cut off

You just can't do that in modern Speedway, it's not just this season, it's every season and it's getting worse with forecast offs... and now they're planning to increase league fixtures! After the season we've just had! It beggars belief!

Hmm... we'll see if the BSPL get greedy and try and cash in on the success of BSN. They've got some money to make back on the one man and his dog crowd that turned out to watch the "Grand" Final!

In a world where meetings can be abandoned for any number of reasons and easily called off based on inaccurate weather forecasts we can't go on trying to accommodate rearranged fixtures. Clubs should not be allowed to call matches of on a whim, only an official independent body should... we are trying to run a credible sport in a professional manner after all

Business as usual then?

A holiday to France?

I can only hope that BSN did nicely out of the CL pay offs... because if the BSPL saw anything out of BSN's no doubt inflated numbers it might make them more prone to pulling off stunts like they did with the 2nd leg in the future... and that must NEVER happen again!

1) Not really an issue, refund ticket holders, offer transfer to next year or even structure the season ticket in a different way, maybe membership that gets you discounts etc... Cricket must have a similar issue, how do they model their season tickets? 2) 1 point each, only a Referee can call a match off while they are in attendance any call off prior is done by the SCB. 3) Riders and clubs will be more willing to get matches on 4) They run filler fixtures after the League programme to fulfil any obligations, the League must not be held up because of 1 club

Why rearrange them at all?

I can see why they think twice home and away will extend the league programme beyond mid July/August... but they couldn't complete once home and away and 5 play off ties in one of the driest summer's on record... only in Speedway would they think this is the solution. The ONLY way it is going to work is if they get away from this ridiculous idea that rained off meetings HAVE to be restaged, they don't in Cricket, they shouldn't in Speedway.

"Official confirmation of SCB rulebook issues such as the points limit, league scoring system and play-off structure, and details of other competitions, will follow after the AGM later this month."

I would think investing in British Speedway is a bad investment! But you're right, despite the terrible Poole bias last night, generally they have done an excellent job this season!

Was a shame that Shovlar seemed to have got to the commentators first though and mention that the Cook's had never ridden Lynn before! And boy didn't they let us all know. Look into my eyes, look into my eyes, the eyes, the eyes, not around the eyes, don't look around my eyes, look into my eyes...

I've seen nothing on the BSPL website or socials... somebody said it had been mentioned in the SS but not in what context and by who