What will 2026 UK speedway bring?

[Roger Jacobs]

2 hours ago, SteveLyric2 said:

Shame he didn't give the fans any options - 1, Close down; 2, run in a 5 team Premiership;3, Run in the Championship; 4, Run in a 'one league' set-up, with 5 or 6 rider teams?

What part of he doesn't want to be the promoter anymore don't you understand?

If a buyer is found it'll be up to them to decide how they want to run the club, which might include asking fans what they think.

[Daniel Smith]

1 hour ago, cowboy cookie returns? said:

But in Louis case he has proven if  it’s done correctly & professionally then it can work. 

With the help of deep pockets from Guy Nicholls. There's a lot of delusion as to how well run Ipswich is. Without TruPlant, Ipswich would be also-rans alongside King's Lynn. Absolutely no chance Doyle & Sayfutdinov would be in the team. Louis himself has said Nicholls has done way way more than people know.

[Arch Stanton]

12 minutes ago, Daniel Smith said:

With the help of deep pockets from Guy Nicholls. There's a lot of delusion as to how well run Ipswich is. Without TruPlant, Ipswich would be also-rans alongside King's Lynn. Absolutely no chance Doyle & Sayfutdinov would be in the team. Louis himself has said Nicholls has done way way more than people know.

For the 1 millionth time, completely and utterly wrong. Guy Nicholls had plenty of opportunity to sponsor Ipswich for many year before he finally did, while Nicholls chose to sponsor other clubs and individual riders. He picked up the sponsorship for what he called “a song”, paying LESS per season than Sackers recycling did before him. He’s been supportive of Louis from a business point of view, and been a terrific soundboard. But this myth that Nicholls pumps all this big money in to the club is exactly that, a myth. 

Edited 3 hours ago by Arch Stanton

[mac101]

26 minutes ago, cowboy cookie returns? said:

It will be interesting to see how the championship gets on when doubling up ends & the riders ask for bettter terms to cover their loss in earnings

The championship have a wages cap agreed by all clubs 

[topaz325]

Looking like a larger championship league as each day goes by 

[Aries]

I see absolutely clueless planks such as @therefused laughing at someone’s post without having a clue who he’s laughing at. That in itself is hilarious!

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

9 minutes ago, topaz325 said:

Looking like a larger championship league as each day goes by 

Yes and it’s not a bad thing 

[SUPERACE]

5 hours ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

Unfortunately it sounds like lemon is doing the same, BV in the national league only and Ipswich potentially not running at all is catastrophic for the sport, both completely avoidable but are we dealing with stubbornness preventing a proper solution 

Zero percent chance that happens. More chance of not running than just doing NL.

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

29 minutes ago, SUPERACE said:

Zero percent chance that happens. More chance of not running than just doing NL.

Hope you’re right but needs to run something to keep stadium open for speedway, 2 GPs is not enough, if there is no premier (looking likely)and they won’t go championship what is left ?