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There were very different circumstances last year, so it's understandable that riders that had based themselves in a different country could be "excused", but travel is a lot easier this year as many riders have shown so to not invite Roofless Robert Lambert based on the fact he couldn't do it last year is a bit harsh. Having said that do any other riders miss their national championship pre or post covid? I know there were issues with the Aussies riding in their championship a few years back.

Some people you just can't reach lol

I get easily confused with all the club names...I don't really know who I'm watching half the time

The model of paying out more than you're bringing in never works in any walk of life

Dave Goddard tweeted 40 mins ago it's on PS2

If you strip all the cr@p away... it's still cricket. It may be the sacrifice you have to make to watch 4 riders race each other on dirt tracks riding 500cc motorbikes without brakes at a professional level... assuming anybody has the gumption to do anything with the sport... which is highly unlikely.

Fortunately I waited until there was a 20% sitewide promotion on so managed to pick it up for around £30. Seems like a decent shirt too. And don't knock Fruit of The Loom, I'm still wearing some FOTL boxer shorts that I picked up in the states around 15 years ago lol.

The trouble with all that though is you're wrong... look at the crowds The 100 has been attracting compare to even that of the British Final.

But how much of what a rider earns goes straight out of the sport to engine tuners etc. All of these Formula Ford riders are trying to maintain Formula 1 kit and the whole sport in this country suffers for it in more ways than one.

This is bizarre we've all congregated on the Eastbourne thread having exactly the same discussions we've had on many other threads... It's like we're all in the hospital waiting room awaiting news on the patient!

It's a tough one, there will be some supporters like me who just won't be attracted by NDL level Speedway. I'm fortunate in that I live centrally so have the pick of quite a few tracks to attend, but I've never been to a Leicester Cubs match, it has absolutely no appeal to me what so ever, much like when I used to follow the Bees, the Storm had no appeal. If Leicester were to run just NDL only I would not attend. If I lived in a different part of the country I would be looking to attend my nearest "professional" club but probably on a less frequent basis. When the Storm tried to continue at Leicester it was pretty much a disaster

The trouble with "promoting" using social media is that, in the most part, you only reach those that you have already reached. Without purchasing some kind of advertisement package, so that you pop up as an advert via an algorithm to a similar sport or interest, you ain't going to attract many new visitors.

Could win it for the Tigers if he came good though... he can be a quality rider

Neither is Emil or Magic... But I think Bartek and Artem are making them look a bit ordinary at the moment

Yes, Booo! Yes Hurrah! Now Ellis can join those holding British fans in contempt Definitely harsh... Why would you not invite a 3 x World Champion and a European Champion but decide to invite an Australian "British" Champion You track your best riders... end of. Not so sure they have too much choice about the GP qualifiers as they seem to be allocated by the FIM to "lesser" Speedway nations, why we don't qualify for that these days I'm not sure. BSPL have never been keen on the SEC and only recently have allowed British riders to compete in the event. It is disappoint not to have seen the GB Speedway Team ride in any event on their own shores this year though. I know travel is difficult this year but surely an event could have been put on somewhere in the country at some point, there was a blank date in the calendar when the British GP was cancelled. Well done Adam Elliss!

There ain't many in the south stand either

Looks like you were right, please accept my unreserved apologies

Have you for one minute considered that it may be a sell out? No! You just come on here and moan I guess we'll find out at 7:15

Sorry, I can't help myself sometimes, it was a tap in.

Surely the BSPL(A) don't "own" Speedway? What about the SCB or ACU, surely it would only them that can hand out bans? Who holds the riders licences? Do IOW run under the auspices of the SCB or ACU does anybody know?

With respect, may I just remind you that this is the British Speedway Forum and not the Jaybea Designs forum, this thread is a Club Merchandise thread and not a Jaybea Designs thread. If you want to start a Jaybea Designs thread, go for it, it may be a good way to get some feedback on what is or isn't liked. I think it's fair to say that you do have a vested interest where as I'm looking at it from the perspective of the whole sport or clubs and what would be in it's best interests. Now you operate the merchandise for 7 clubs as I understand it, because for whatever reason they have decided that it's best for them, which leave 11 clubs either doing their own thing, not bothering at all or subbing it out to somebody else. Now whether I like or dislike the quality and/or design of your stuff is irrelevant, I do like some things I don't like others, ultimately sales will decide what's good and what's not. The BSPL, despite the recent name change is an Association, in some areas it works as a collective, most notably in the selling of its media rights but also in other areas like the holding of the plum "shared events" So coming on here asking me specific questions like what quantities of stuff I'd order is not the point, I mean how many Valentin Grobauer key rings did you order? Nobody is going to sub their merchandising out to me... who knows they may even sub the whole operation out to you. Do you think that British Speedway as a whole is maximising it's promotional merchandising operation? If your answer is yes, fair enough, I don't that's all.

Thank goodness for that... just me and you then @SPEEDY69

I don't know, I couldn't say off the top of my head, not without knowing supplier costs etc and carrying out some market research They charge what people will pay... probably why they've got a swanky website and some very high profile clients

vs Birmingham? Was that a wise investment?