Sheffield Tigers 2026

[mikebv]

Best Wishes to the lad...

Gets some bad press from some, but always worth watching race...

[InTheDeepStuff]

Hearing that Jack Holder list of injuries bigger than told on Saturday by Polish press during the GP, I’ll let the official confirmation of these be released by Jack and his clubs, but these would be season ending for the lad, puts both Sheffield and Gorzow in a predicament, hopefully Jack back fully for for his Aussie season and then back in UK in 2027 with a GP wildcard as he was up there again pre these injuries 

[IainB]

2 hours ago, WookieboyDon said:

It’s much more than an arm injury. At least a leg injury too. Gorzow yet to put out a statement which hasn’t gone down well with their fans. They aren’t happy. 

At least his stretcher is in Sheffield Colours... very on brand😂

A lot on here don't like the fella... I think he's great 👍

[TTT]

Best wishes to Jack on a speedy recovery.

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv]

Hope the plaster is on the correct leg......

[YeOldPitGate]

5 hours ago, IainB said:

At least his stretcher is in Sheffield Colours... very on brand😂

A lot on here don't like the fella... I think he's great 👍

 

5 hours ago, IainB said:

At least his stretcher is in Sheffield Colours... very on brand😂

A lot on here don't like the fella... I think he's great 👍

He does seem to be marmite but fair play to the lad he's a top ten world class rider who generally has been loyal to the UK where what he is earning here is buttons compared to Poland.

[IainB]

13 minutes ago, YeOldPitGate said:

 

He does seem to be marmite but fair play to the lad he's a top ten world class rider who generally has been loyal to the UK where what he is earning here is buttons compared to Poland.

He had a little episode with Peterborough/Torun back in the day but I think that was more down to the Peterborough promotion than him. 

[Rickyag]

3 minutes ago, IainB said:

He had a little episode with Peterborough/Torun back in the day but I think that was more down to the Peterborough promotion than him. 

That was when the 4-Team tournament was taking place, Ged Rathbone spoke to Godfrey and he gave permission for Jack to miss the 4-team tournament and ride in Poland instead. Then typical Godfrey, he turned on Rathbone and they charged him for Jack missing the meeting. 

[GeneralMelchett]

Talented rider who I do enjoy watching at Owlerton - speedy recovery Jack and hope you are back soon!

[mikebv]

2 hours ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said:

Hope the plaster is on the correct leg......

No issues with that I would imagine...

Polish doctors seem to get even Lazerus riding a bike when the UK doctors have said he isn't available to ride..

[IainB]

6 minutes ago, mikebv said:

No issues with that I would imagine...

Polish doctors seem to get even Lazerus riding a bike when the UK doctors have said he isn't available to ride..

UK doctors are great at issuing sick notes though, even for the slightest ailment 📝 👍🏻

Edited 18 hours ago by IainB

[YeOldPitGate]

10 hours ago, IainB said:

UK doctors are great at issuing sick notes though, even for the slightest ailment 📝 👍🏻

Joking aside Iain as an example of the avoid work culture of a lot of the UK population my mrs was ill for a week gets sick note from doctor face to face then needed another 2 weeks off and she's emailed a form to self cert without any gp checking she is really ill.

Must be ten's of thousands doing this to the extreme I could bore you lot all day with the real reasons we have gone through loads of prime minsters in the last few years but one example of uk culture is there are a thousand a day signing onto pip at minimum 4k per annum tax free.

So do the math you have 365,000 (per annum on current trend) x £4,000  (minimum payment for pip)= £1,460,000,000 inflation linked increases per annum, before you get onto the existing £220 bil paid out per annum in benefits and the £100 bil a year in debt interest payments (which alone is 10% of the entire £1,2 trillion uk tax take).

[SPEEDY69]

1 hour ago, YeOldPitGate said:

Joking aside Iain as an example of the avoid work culture of a lot of the UK population my mrs was ill for a week gets sick note from doctor face to face then needed another 2 weeks off and she's emailed a form to self cert without any gp checking she is really ill.

Must be ten's of thousands doing this to the extreme I could bore you lot all day with the real reasons we have gone through loads of prime minsters in the last few years but one example of uk culture is there are a thousand a day signing onto pip at minimum 4k per annum tax free.

So do the math you have 365,000 (per annum on current trend) x £4,000  (minimum payment for pip)= £1,460,000,000 inflation linked increases per annum, before you get onto the existing £220 bil paid out per annum in benefits and the £100 bil a year in debt interest payments (which alone is 10% of the entire £1,2 trillion uk tax take).

Benefit fraud is still dwarfed by tax evasion though so if you want to focus on money, look at those who evade tax by not declaring earnings etc.  From t'internet "Yes, the total monetary value lost to tax fraud and evasion is significantly higher than the losses from benefit fraud in the UK. However, the government prosecutes far more people for benefit fraud."

[IainB]

1 hour ago, SPEEDY69 said:

if you want to focus on money, look at those who evade tax by not declaring earnings etc.

There goes the rest of the Speedway clubs in the UK 👋