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Now this maybe divisive, but... If it was down to me I'd ban programmes! They kill what little atmosphere there is at Speedway, how many times do you see somebody near you, head down as soon as the race is finished filling their programme in while the winning rider is making a (sometimes rare) lap of honour, the programme filler completely oblivious to the fact that the race winner is in front of them coming round for some glory! Sometimes you even see people filling their programmes in before a race is finished... in time to do what I really don't know, maybe to give the rider a clap and a cheer. I used to be an avid programme buyer and filler inner, never used to read the content but just had one for the race card, then as technology progressed I moved on to printing my own race card, then finally a number of years back I did away with filling in a race card altogether and now just use a combination of Speedway Updates and listening to the PA system. If I were to allow programmes to stay (for revenue reasons) I'd call them matchday magazines, keep the existing content and not provide a race card, encourage a bit of interaction with the meeting presenters... which also needs an overhaul, in my opinion the meeting presenters, and there should be more than one of them, should be discussing the meeting in between races, similar to a television broadcast and not a single presenter having a one way conversation with himself, wishing Betty a happy 103rd birthday or asking a young kid who their favourite rider is.

BWD?

Cook & Basso named in the team on Twitter... this means nothing though

https://www.harris-burgers.com/ ?

Could be a repeat of last year then

The rumours about Anders Rowe were rife long before the 8th of June, the Lions had ample opportunity to "promote from within", if Connor Coles is a club asset, not sure if he is. There was no Cubs team before the Thompson Twins and you have to wonder whether there'll be one after the Thompson Twins. The Cubs team is either a feeder for the senior team or a Development league for the benefit of the sport, as it's badged as Lions Cubs and are often run as part of a double header with the senior team that suggests it's a feeder club, you can't have it both ways. Don't get me wrong I am 100% for the development of "young" riders (does Connor Coles fit the bill?), personally I think it should be mandatory for all clubs to run a junior team as a 6 or 7 race 2nd half event, giving many riders a chance to ride many different tracks around the country. I always used to quite enjoy watching the youngsters after the main meeting at Coventry with Andy Hackett, David Clarke, Darren Slater, Mick (Mike?) Bacon & Wayne Broadhurst all progressing to the main team reserve berth during their careers.

Jason Edwards guesting (again) instead of promoting from within, keep up

The junior match was cancelled at Peterborough the other night because the main match ran beyond the curfew, all those young lads travelled from god knows where... for nothing

That will be a tough choice for young Max Perry then, Peterborough mascot but a Lion Cub, the decision might be made for him by the time he hits 16 anyway with the latest news about the Showground

Is Max Perry the lad from Peterborough? A Peterborough asset? Not sure who Max James is signed to? Maybe Leicester? I don't know why we're developing other teams riders

Leicester binned Rowe off (or was it the other way around) on June the 2nd, Scunny signed Connor Coles on June the 8th, so it is a slap in the face for Connor Coles and the people that turn up to watch the Cubs under the misapprehension that it's a feeder system for the senior team. There was no Cubs team before the Thompson Twins and you begin to wonder if there'll be a Cubs after the Thompson Twins, they can't ride in that team forever (can they?)

I've often come away from the Speedway looking like an Indian when they've not put enough water on the track!

This must be a record early team declaration! LEICESTER 1. Nick Morris 8.65 2. Connor Mountain 5.28 3. Richie Worrall 8.47 4. Joe Thompson 4.69 5. Kyle Howarth (c) 7.84 6. Jason Edwards (g) 3.95 7. Dan Thompson 4.38 TM Stewart Dickson BIRMINGHAM 1. Claus Vissing 7.61 2. Stefan Nielsen 4.63 3. Justin Sedgmen 6.51 4. Ashley Morris (c) 5.09 5. Tom Brennan (g) 7.35 6. James Shanes 4.43 7. James Pearson 4.00 TM Laurence Rogers Should be closer than the KoC tie

Basso said after the match, was just racing (British Speedway Podcast)

Div 1: Belle Vue Ipswich Kings Lynn Peterborough Sheffield Wolverhampton Poole Leicester Glasgow Oxford Div 2: Berwick Birmingham Plymouth Scunthorpe Kent Mildenhall Redcar IOW ANY new team coming in/back 7,6,5 or 4 rider teams, what ever is needed to run without doubling up All clubs to run a 3/4 rider junior team as a 2nd half

You get the feeling that the "promoters" don't want to run meetings, any excuse to postpone and the gradual destruction of fixture staples through the years

I really hope so too... but if it's anything like the Coventry fiasco they had years of warning yet did absolutely nothing about getting a new home. I fear Edinburgh & Peterborough will go the same way, although there is a dog track in Peterborough I understand

The Edinburgh derbies will be a thing of the past at the end of this season... except for early season challenges against a Monarchs team made up of riders with very tenuous links to the club

Surely there will come a point where running 2 6 team leagues just won't be sustainable? I'm sick of going through these threads every year reading the same old comments, you can probably copy and past last years Eastbourne thread into this one and Rye House before that... etc.

maybe not... but if it ain't next year, it'll be coming soon, it's just putting off the inevitable unless there are BIG changes to address the problems we can all see

There's so many reasons... and we've all discussed them ad infinitum and still nobody does anything to address any of the problems. Likelihood next year will be (must be) one league with reduced team numbers, which of course will be launched with great fanfare, a new era etc. etc. 5 year plan blah blah blah

I think Peterborough are on borrowed time also

Happy days! People will be telling us soon that nobody liked the 4's least of all the riders

If you remember before the pandemic struck it was going to be on the day after the British GP at Leicester... and everybody was up in arms about that