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Berwick weren't running 3 leagues though

Is a 3 league Oxford operation viable if CL were to run 2H2A? As Oxford have already confirmed operating in all 3 leagues next year either it is viable or 1H1A is going to remain and a lot of clubs will be finishing in August again, despite most people saying that such a situation is ridiculous.

I think you can delete topics you've started yourself... might have to be on the desktop site though

I don't for sure, that's why I said "appear"... I'm just going by the lack of proactivity by all other Speedway clubs with the exception of Belle Vue. And with the club still up for sale? (I haven't heard otherwise) where is the incentive for the current promotion to look for another base?

topic already open

Poole have known about the "question marks" around their stadium for years and like many other tracks before them appear to have done diddly squat in seeking a long term sustainable replacement. When the inevitable happens the usual levers will be pulled, petitions, action groups, council backing, planning meetings, appeals etc. And all the Pirate fans will have to wait for years before these things are sorted out... if they ever are. Clubs (all clubs that rent their stadiums) should be pro-active in preempting their inevitable eviction and be seeking alternative sustainable sites to run Speedway.

He did manage to shoot himself in the head though didn't he? in some kind of bizarre accident? He was safe enough on a bike though.

Somebody who's been in a reserve berth position for the whole of their careers and never really progressed from that. That's okay as the sport needs these type of riders, but there's been a lot of hype surrounding Boughen unlike the other 2 named riders.

Don't want him anyway ✋️

Don't you remember? Granted it was a fair few years ago, when you threatened to close down because all of the 🐀had deserted the sinking 🏴‍☠️🛳️ Wasn't it when Cecil put the club up for sale and couldn't off load it?

... or when they're losing

And you'd have access to Brumbrella track covers 👍🏻

...and the other side of the story:

Don't know if this is the right topic but NORA gets a mention... the toys seem to have come out the pram at Iwade, not sure what it's all about?

It's amazing what people want to read into posts sometimes...

What have they spaffed all their Zmarzlik money on? They should contact Birmingham to ask how their £755 saved the club!

It'd be very sad if that were the case, maybe Speedway first bends just aren't for him, they can be brutal and not really comparable to many other motor sports.

It's not recent though, he was identified as doing it at the end of last year. When he shuts off going into the first bend he was invariably last he was shutting off so much, not even 2nd or 3rd and then proceeded to be the whole length of a straight behind the riders in front. Now that's okay if he wants to be the next Jack Smith or Connor Coles but if he's the next messiah as some are predicting he ain't going to get anywhere with that approach to his Speedway. His end of season form has been as bizarre as anything I've seen from a rider that I can ever recall.

He's never going to "make it" as a Speedway rider if he continues to do that

No... there was talk many years ago of a site near Wakefield? It all went quiet though as is often the case.

How do you explain the victories against Richard Lawson around Poole though?

Over and out, I'm off before all the insufferable gloating starts. Winter well, even Pirates ☠️ fans, you'll need the close season to polish all your pots 🏆🏆🏆

He's had a solid enough first full year in the CL & PL and has taken some big scalps... he seems to have developed a case of the Speedway yips with first bends at the end of the season though which must be a massive worry for anybody that he's signed for for next season. Reading back through some of the comments from a while back this has been an issue before now.

Boughen! FFS!

Boughen! What an enigma! Can't be doing with that, just no effort in his first 2 rides