Birmingham Speedway

[Petecc]

14 hours ago, Son of Shaleman said:

Lame ending on track for Brummies with the Bulls at Iwade this afternoon. Thank goodness for guest Ryan Ingram. Doubtful if some of their team should have taken part in a match where people paid to watch. 

I'm guessing you weren't there.

[heathen52]

22 hours ago, bluejam said:

I used to play rugby at that very club on the map before the M42 was constructed😉The ground is called Portway.

So what would your thoughts be ? for sure it has not changed much except for the M42, the Rugby Clubhouse straight in front of you is probably still the same one as back then.

Anyone out there, especially old fartz looking for something to do this Saturday evening why not take a look

https://www.boringoldfartz.co.uk/

The Bikers Club house is on the right at The Portway and for £2 what's not to like ?.

 

Edited yesterday at 11:15 AM by heathen52

[Son of Shaleman]

6 hours ago, Petecc said:

I'm guessing you weren't there.

I was and paid to see too many wobblers in Brum ‘team’

[Petecc]

33 minutes ago, Son of Shaleman said:

I was and paid to see too many wobblers in Brum ‘team’

It is a development league. Riders need time to develop.  The riders you saw are developing and can only get better by being given and taking their chances when they come. Yesterday you didn't see 4 birmingham riders because of various reasons (injury grasstrack working etc). I believe the riders you refer to , were due to guest for Kent last week at Plymouth until it rained. I'm afraid if you want to see the finished article,  you were at the wrong meeting. 

[Son of Shaleman]

16 minutes ago, Petecc said:

It is a development league. Riders need time to develop.  The riders you saw are developing and can only get better by being given and taking their chances when they come. Yesterday you didn't see 4 birmingham riders because of various reasons (injury grasstrack working etc). I believe the riders you refer to , were due to guest for Kent last week at Plymouth until it rained. I'm afraid if you want to see the finished article,  you were at the wrong meeting. 

Will stay home in the future. I accept your advice.

[Petecc]

1 hour ago, Son of Shaleman said:

Will stay home in the future. I accept your advice.

It's not advice. I'm just not sure what you were expecting. 

[Son of Shaleman]

9 minutes ago, Petecc said:

It's not advice. I'm just not sure what you were expecting. 

Obviously, too much. I won’t be disappointed again. 

[bluejam]

9 hours ago, heathen52 said:

So what would your thoughts be ? for sure it has not changed much except for the M42, the Rugby Clubhouse straight in front of you is probably still the same one as back then.

Anyone out there, especially old fartz looking for something to do this Saturday evening why not take a look

https://www.boringoldfartz.co.uk/

The Bikers Club house is on the right at The Portway and for £2 what's not to like ?.

 

There are/were 4 rugby pitches so space wouldn't be a problem,but whether it'd be a motorsport venue(Mike Hailwood,a motorsport legend was tragically killed very nearby back in 1981),i'm really not sure.🤔I don't know whether it's being looked at or considered for any development(Birmingham RFC merged with Solihull RFC many years ago,and Portway became an alternative rugby venue for the Bees).🤔Have fond memories at 16 years old of cycling through the leafy lanes to go training and then missing the last train home from Earlswood and end up cycling the rest of the way home.😄

[IainB]

15 hours ago, Petecc said:

It's not advice. I'm just not sure what you were expecting. 

 

15 hours ago, Son of Shaleman said:

Obviously, too much. I won’t be disappointed again. 

With 3 guests and R/R it was hardly a Birmingham team, so I'm not sure it's really worth bickering about 🤷‍♂️

[Lefty]

5 minutes ago, IainB said:

 

With 3 guests and R/R it was hardly a Birmingham team, so I'm not sure it's really worth bickering about 🤷‍♂️

Hang on, I thought 3 guests & R/R was the definition  of seven man teams in British League Speedway 

[Son of Shaleman]

29 minutes ago, IainB said:

 

With 3 guests and R/R it was hardly a Birmingham team, so I'm not sure it's really worth bickering about 🤷‍♂️

It is only a five minute argument (acknowledging Monty Python for the comment)

[heathen52]

14 hours ago, bluejam said:

There are/were 4 rugby pitches so space wouldn't be a problem,but whether it'd be a motorsport venue(Mike Hailwood,a motorsport legend was tragically killed very nearby back in 1981),i'm really not sure.🤔I don't know whether it's being looked at or considered for any development(Birmingham RFC merged with Solihull RFC many years ago,and Portway became an alternative rugby venue for the Bees).🤔Have fond memories at 16 years old of cycling through the leafy lanes to go training and then missing the last train home from Earlswood and end up cycling the rest of the way home.😄

I don't think the Rugby Club are flush with cash, they seem to think Speedway is noisy though I suspect many of those who make the decisions have no idea what Speedway is (Noisy motorbikes seems to be a generalisation) and the bikers Club having their HQ on site seems to be a little bit of a contradiction, I do believe there are possibilities of staging Speedway at Portway however influential Committee members probably need to be convinced about noise issues, but with the site being next to the M42 planning may be less of an issue than at other sites, parking on site is not an issue and neither is site access, most of the other facilities are already there just needs the track, and someone to sweet talk the Rugby people that the noise is barely more than what can be heard from the motorway traffic.

 Yes I remember Mike Hailwood being killed down the nearby lanes, I was a delivery driver covering that area at the time, did Mike say it was safer doing Moto GP than riding on roads (riders all go the same way).

Edited 7 hours ago by heathen52

[BryanUgest]

On 9/7/2025 at 5:35 PM, Son of Shaleman said:

Lame ending on track for Brummies with the Bulls at Iwade this afternoon. Thank goodness for guest Ryan Ingram. Doubtful if some of their team should have taken part in a match where people paid to watch. 

2 of the team not even at 2nd half Midland Development League standard, let alone asking people to pay to watch them at NDL level! 

Poor from those who run at junior racing at Birmingham.