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If you think the last lot didn't move the series forward... you must love the new lot!

you could have said... I'm not a mind reader Let's face it there's not going to be a GP in London while they can't even get 20,000 in at Cardiff. The crowds have looked down at all the GP's over the last few years (with the exception of Warsaw), we've lost the big stadium Danish & Swedish events, the Polish ones aren't even playing to full houses and that was before Covid. I think the whole competition is in need of a revamp... are Discovery events the people to do it?

Of course... and I went to Parken twice, should have noticed the roof

The pitches are not dug up but pallets are laid onto the pitch and the track is built on that That doesn't appear to be an option here: https://twitter.com/SpeedwayGP/status/1560212561844441088 From memory: Cardiff, Norway, Warsaw and the one in Germany that was called off It has great transport links and there's quite a big shopping mall adjacent to the site... and there's also the Olympic Park "It's also why there's never been an athletics event held there." erm... the 2012 Olympics and: Although West Ham United are the primary tenants, the stadium's operators arrange many other events to take place there. Athletics[edit] Anniversary Games[edit] David Weir broke the World Record in the men's T54 mile On 24 January 2013, it was confirmed that the London Athletics Grand Prix, a Diamond League event, would be switched to the stadium.[187] In February 2013, it was announced that it would also hold a Paralympic athletics event on 28 July.[188] In April Sainsbury's were announced as sponsors and the event was renamed the "Anniversary Games".[189][190] At the event, David Weir set a world record for the T54 mile.[191] The London Grand Prix was scheduled to move permanently to the stadium in 2016. However, due to the 2015 Rugby World Cup taking place in the stadium, using the original seating configuration, the opportunity came to move the Grand Prix to the stadium a year early, again under the name of the Anniversary Games.[192][193][194][195][196] During the 2015 events national records were set by Dafne Schippers (100 m), Dina Asher-Smith (100 m),[197] Shara Proctor (long jump),[198] while Georgina Hermitage (400 m T37) and Sophie Hahn (100 m T38) set world records.[199] The Muller Anniversary Games, the fourth-anniversary event, took place in the stadium on 22–23 July 2016. The IPC Grand Prix events were incorporated alongside Diamond League events on the second day of the meet.[200] At the event, Kendra Harrison broke the women's 100 m hurdles world record, a time which has existed for 28 years.[201] The 2017 Muller Anniversary Games was shortened to a one-day event on Sunday 9 July 2017.[202] Its move to an earlier time of the month was due to the 2017 World Athletics Championships The 2018 edition returned to a two-day event on its typical weekend of 21–22 July. Tom Bosworth set a world record in the 3000 metres walk.[203] Kare Adenegan and Sophie Hahn set world record times in the T34 100 m and T38 200 m events.[204] While Sifan Hassan set a Diamond League record in the women's mile.[205] The 2019 event was held on 20–21 July. The 2020 event was scheduled to take place earlier on the 4–5 July. However, the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 event, scheduled to be reduced to a single day and take place on 13 July[206] was not held at the stadium.[207] No event was held in 2022 either. After a three-year hiatus, the event would return to the London Stadium as a single day event on 23 July 2023.[208] 2017 World Athletics and World Para Athletics Championships[edit] London had bid to host the 2015 World Athletics Championships using the Olympic Stadium. It went up against Beijing's Olympic Stadium and the Polish city of Chorzów. However, the stadium had to withdraw its bid due to uncertainties arising out of the timing of the announcement of who would operate it after the Olympics, thus gifting Beijing the championships.[209] With issues resolved over its future, London again used the stadium to bid for the 2017 World Athletics Championships.[210] The bid was made official in August with Lord Coe personally submitting the bid a few weeks later at the 2011 World Athletic Championships in Daegu which was supported by London's Mayor Boris Johnson and the British Government.[211] On 11 November 2011, the IAAF officially awarded the 2017 World Championships to London.[212] The World Para Athletics Championships (formerly the IPC Athletics World Championships) were planned to take place a month before the able-bodied event[213] and were formally confirmed for the stadium in December 2012.[214] The 2017 able-bodied athletics event was the final track championship for Mo Farah[215] and Usain Bolt.[216] The World Para Athletics Championships were held between 14 and 23 July 2017, with 800,000 tickets available across 16 sessions. The IAAF World Championships followed between 4–13 August 2017 with 700,000 tickets available. 3,300 athletes from 200 countries competed for 690 medals across 245 events.[217] 2018 Athletics World Cup[edit] In February 2018, London Stadium was announced as the venue for the inaugural Athletics World Cup. The event was held on 14 and 15 July.[218] Yeah... didn't fancy roaming the streets as a lone traveller in an unfamiliar area late(ish) at night so opted to park out in the burbs and tube it in. Trains were on strike (again!) that day, wasn't sure I'd be out to get the last train anyway... nearest tube station was a 30 minute walk away... and GnR cut their set short by an hour. Not been a great year for big stadium events for me

I also went to see GnR, lovely stadium... bugger to get to!

Is Scott Nicholls riding NDL now? Nothing would surprise me

I saw TBA... thought it may have been a typo... CBA

Where though? The options are Tottenham, Wembley, Olympic Stadium or the O2... Tottenham and Wembley are hardly in accessible areas, O2 is probably too small, Olympic Stadium maybe I think the track has steadily improved over the years but took a massive step backwards this year, I think there were a number contributing factors... it's always borderline anyway, then apparently the shale had got mixed up with some gravel and it also hadn't been used for 3 years and of course the heat

And that's coming from somebody who attends Leicester

Fortunately we have 2 and a half months of no racing coming up!

I've just looked at the weather forecast and am puzzled as to why this has been postponed... maybe more to do with rider availability?

This is the smoothest the Poole track has been for the last 20 years!

To be fair the track looks as though it's riding OK, credit to the track staff... never in doubt Will be interesting to see how the track progresses as they're normally riding the fence after a few races, will take a brave boy to go out there!

Just seen the track for the first time... Jesus Christ! Hope it rides better than it looks

Is it in doubt?

Haha! That's an understatement! There's only been 22 postponed fixtures all season (so far)

Not entirely true, while there are fewer clubs in the UK, it doesn't stop clubs running extra competitions

For once I think the issue has been the exceptionally good weather... most of the foreign leagues are wrapping up and the riders in the poorer European teams not involved in their pay offs are all of a sudden rolling up on our shores looking for a job... and we've no fixtures to give them!

https://twitter.com/scottnicholls78/status/1559839371028795392?s=20&t=dmyeUJr9pmRsTk4KFIFh_w Even Scott Nicholls can't believe it's the last match of the season at Oxford tonight

How many fixtures is that?

Meanwhile the rest of the sport takes August, September & October off!

That's a huge part of the sport that is missing these days, TM's are so limited in what they can do other than swap reserves around

Speedway always has been and always will be a great sport for a newbie. You can't fail to be impressed by the skill and bravery of the riders, the noise, the smell, the sheer spectacle of it all... it's only when you scratch the surface that (especially now in Britain) it doesn't really stand up to scrutiny. Some folk will realise "it's all about the start", some will make it a bit further and say "it's all about the first bend"... then you only have to attend a few fiascos, go home covered in dust, realise that your rider is riding for every other Tom, Dick and Harry and you're out

When is a draw not a draw? When it's in Speedway

Law of averages said they had to get something right eventually