*JJ

Is there no MDL at Leicester (either team) this year? Couldn't MK try there?

With Mildenhall, the complaints were about the stock car racing, where the noise went on until the small hours, not the speedway.

I suspect that if this were agreed, the same thing would happen: plenty of promises, but no stadium. Or, if by some oversight, a track were built, some of the house buyers would complain about noise and have the track closed down!

Don't be so arrogant. Other promoters come on this forum and give useful information.

Govier has retired.

In fact, I have met him several times; he seemed a very good bloke to me.

Why is this?

I meant 'professional' as meaning receiving at leat some payment, not making a living at it.

Your last sentence is only too true!

Well, my own experience has been helping a rider in the development leagues (you may have seen me in Geoff's) and I suspect that we would have accepted anything ... the fact is, that the gap between MDL and NL is just as big as the gap between NL and CL, and just as difficult to cross. What I meant previously was that I didn't agree with your starement that anyone who can last four laps will get into the NL. You have, in fact, to be pretty good to go professional.

Depends on what you want them to do!

That is at least a year up the line; next season will be in the NL. As far as Swindon is concerned, their home meetings will be on Mondays and Thursdays.

Not really true ...

Actually, camels are highly evolved and very useful ...

Why should they ? All they have to do is wait until the council backs down and grants planning permission: as happened with Dudley Wood Road stadium. And who is going to pay for this new stadium?

But what does this (and your previous post) mean? What exactly are you proposing?

Also to be fair ... one of several.

Well, this would certainly clear out the oldies, but whether it would encourage kids is another thing.

Except that they never started at Birmingham: Smith came from Australia, Zach from junior speedway, JPB from Buxton, Hume from Rye House, Bacon from Mildenhall etc. There is plenty of time after NL meetings for some practice or training.

There isn't a 'dearth of new talent', but there is a dearth of encouragement and help for them. I was told recently by a NL promoter that his set-up was a commercial organisation and didn't do training. What he meant was that he couldn't be bothered; and he was hardly alone in this.

Eh? In Birmingham, the matches run much more quickly in the NL than they used to in the PL/EL days.

There is now a thread in the National League section for you lot to whine in. Coventry in the Premiership is dead.

Did for BV ... but Coventry dropped out because their stadium was not available.

Having just read the last three pages, talk about cutting off your noses to spite your faces! Coventry speedway if finished and serve you right. NL speedway (which is NOT 'wobblers') has worked perfectly well at Birmingham, Cradley and Eastbourne.

You'd have to get rid of some of the promoters as well, if what I hear is true.