IainB

I think they're more suited to the open spaces of grass tracks aren't they. Used to watch them in the 2nd halfs at Cov back in the day and it was all too predictable I'm afraid afraid. If the "outfits" did make it to the start they'd often fail during the race and the only passing you ever really saw were if the Pinfold's didn't make the start. They put a few full meetings on around the country i seem to remember but i was never tempted to attend.

It's a lovely day here in Leicester for a Grand Final 2nd leg... after a really dry week... just saying

Looking at some of the teams that are being put together in Sweden they don't appear to be in that much trouble.

They're prepared to not run a world cup final to keep on schedule and we're still messing about trying to run a crappy Jubilee Trophy, 2 extremes there!

It's the T20 Cricket World Cup Final at the MCG on Sunday, if it's rained off, they're holding it on the Monday... if that's rained off the trophy is shared and everybody moves on... what a great idea!

2023 Joe Thompson - Scunny

They didn't like what was happening with the JT and they pulled out without penalty... perhaps Leicester should have done the same instead of running a meeting that was always going to be financial and sporting suicide at KL?

Do a Glasgow you mean?

You sound like a Pirate in disguise

Of course it wasn't "our" home leg... no where in that press release does it say it's our home leg, in fact it even states "we realise we are having to sacrifice home track advantage"

No, I don't blame Poole at all, they should enjoy their win, however hollow, there's not much to be cheery about these days after all. I think if it were challenged in a court of law though it would be deemed to be illegal

Where does it say this? Did they? Where does it say this?

Judged by Poole fans no doubt. King's Lynn is not Leicester's home track though, Leicester ride at Beaumont Park, that is their home. I don't think you'll find many people from outside Poole that think Leicester's home is in King's Lynn

I think you know, in your heart of hearts. Leicester never had a home leg, rules clearly state that the winner is the team with the most points after the "home" and "away" legs". It would never stand up in court

It looks like you may well win an illegal Jubilee Trophy to go with your illegal Championship win... that's some double, even for Poole

Personally, I think I'd like to see the NDL done away with and all clubs should be required to run a 4/5 man team in a 8 or 9 race "2nd half" event.

It doesn't really matter whether there's an independent body or not, if the organisation/administration isn't in place we end up with a totally chaotic season like we've just had. Danny Ford is right there are some good people involved in the sport they're just not being led properly with poor admin

Agreed! You're both right of course, this is a Championship thread after all. I think because I'm fortunate enough to be able to regularly attend Leicester & Peterborough, I am able to see a lot of Speedway (also being a fan) and the lines between the 2 leagues are quite blurred at the moment. I see the same riders turning out in both leagues and while Nick Morris (picked at random) may be a draw in the CL, he's probably not so much a draw in the PL.

What they were promising would have done for starters

Not really commenting on a 36 point limit but with all due respect to the riders you've mentioned, I don't really think they are attractions. The last riders to put my bum on a seat were Tai Woffinden at the Peter Craven Memorial and Dan Bewley at the British Final

Or they could, god forbid, actually try promoting the meaningless meetings they put on. I know, difficult to comprehend

I would have thought they would have made a big loss on Cardiff, surely they couldn't have expected 19k when crowds had pretty much increased year on year culminating in the biggest crowd ever in 2019! They're probably tied into a multi year contract i would have thought... I wonder if there's a get out?

All looks a bit uninspiring doesn't it, what happened to the big stadium events in Speedway country's like Parken, Horsens, Ullevi, Stockholm etc.

Back on a positive note, one other positive for me was watching the SGP 3 meeting from Wroclaw. Easily, by some distance the best racing I've seen in a single meeting for quite some time. If you haven't watched it, I recommend you do... it's what Speedway used to be like

I wrote a rather long email to the Leicester promotion offering ideas on how to "cash-in" on their Championship win back at the beginning of last year when they were complaining that the crowds were too low... email was never responded to, not even a courtesy, thanks for your email but go away!