Pairs and CLRC

[mikebv]

On 9/4/2026 at 11:35 PM, Tim G said:

I agree a Wednesday night at Poole is not good planning but the crowd would still be bigger than if it was held at Belle Vue on a Monday.

You only need to look at the crowd for the British Final or the failure to sell out the GP’s at Belle Vue to realise it wouldn’t make financial sense to hold every big meeting at that track.

No disrespect to the Meetings being discussed, but neither would get too many Aces fans to attend if they held either at  the NSS..

Poole and Glasgow are the two tracks with the largest support in tier two so surdely it would make sense to use those tracks for any joint event..

Glasgow also having four other tier two tracks "not too far" away which could bring a few of their fans to the meeting...

The bottom line is these meetings don't carry that much prestige or financial rewards anymore, which will always mean they won't engage too many to travel from a wider distance, especially given the cost of fuel these days, (and on a Wednesday when the kids had gone back to school!)...

[StevePark]

Can anyone inform me of the price to park a car in the Owlerton Stadium car park on Saturday please ?? Thanks in advance.

[Neila]

19 hours ago, tonyd said:

Will the back straight be open at Sheffield for the CLRC next Saturday?

If not I think all the supporters on the home straight and bends 3&4 are going to feel like sardines in a can with the large crowd that's anticipated.

Won't need the back straight open as the crowd won't be much more than a normal Sheffield crowd, many people now won't travel due to costs and can watch on BSN 😄

[Scipio777]

Usually £3.00 to park at Owlerton for a league match. Sheffield Wednesday at home at 3pm, who also use it, but should be gone by then hopefully...???

 

[topaz325]

Charles wright now out of meeting , riding in Poland 

[False dawn]

Apologies if this has already been debated.....

Who thought it was a good idea to run the CLRC on the same night as the penultimate GP? I know we're all used to watching meetings on catch up. But I can't help feeling that the CLRC attendance will be impacted by this conflict of fixtures.

[Neila]

1 hour ago, False dawn said:

Apologies if this has already been debated.....

Who thought it was a good idea to run the CLRC on the same night as the penultimate GP? I know we're all used to watching meetings on catch up. But I can't help feeling that the CLRC attendance will be impacted by this conflict of fixtures.

The same people who originally scheduled the pairs for a weekend when several team already had planned fixtures 😜

[StevePark]

2 hours ago, topaz325 said:

Charles wright now out of meeting , riding in Poland 

Jody Scott replaces Charles.

[geoff100]

3 hours ago, topaz325 said:

Charles wright now out of meeting , riding in Poland 

No clrc no grand prix !

[Mr Bee]

Is anyone actually running British Speedway? 

Tomorrow is the Championship League Riders’ Championship at Sheffield. A few years ago, the CLRC was genuinely one of the jewel-in-the-crown individual meetings on the calendar. Top riders from every club, proper prestige, packed terraces, and real buzz.

Fast forward to tomorrow, and it feels like the authorities wouldn't care if the gates didn't even open.

First off, the scheduling brilliance: putting it directly head-to-head with the penultimate Grand Prix. I know people will say "you can watch on demand afterwards" but Speedway fans want to watch major meetings live don't they? With Brady Kurtz right in the thick of the World Championship, Belle Vue fans and general fans across the North who might have fancied a Saturday night out at Owlerton are far more likely to stay glued to their sofas cheering on their man. Nothing beats being track side, but supporters choosing between a live GP and a domestic individual championship is sheer amateur hour.

Then there’s the non-existent advertising.

If you don't buy the Speedway Star, you'd be forgiven for not even knowing the meeting exists. The official British Speedway website has offered virtually zero promotion other than a couple of standard-issue, token soundbite interviews with Leon Flint and Josh Pickering. Sheffield’s own website just has it quietly listed as their next home fixture at the moment, no special push, no fanfare, no effort to pull the casual punter through the turnstiles. Outside of the Star's pages, you can't even easily find the confirmed line-up. How difficult is it to put a proper graphic on social media and hype a national individual title?

To top off the farce: one of the leading contenders, an Englishman who should be a headline draw for the CLRC and one of the favourites is reportedly pulled away to race in Poland instead!! The domestic season's marquee events are treated as an afterthought not just by the wider public, but by the sport’s own hierarchy.

I guess the die-hard, hardcore regulars will turn up as they always do. 

[mikebv]

4 hours ago, Neila said:

The same people who originally scheduled the pairs for a weekend when several team already had planned fixtures 😜

And then ran it when the kids had gone back to school...

[mikebv]

1 hour ago, Mr Bee said:

Is anyone actually running British Speedway? 

Tomorrow is the Championship League Riders’ Championship at Sheffield. A few years ago, the CLRC was genuinely one of the jewel-in-the-crown individual meetings on the calendar. Top riders from every club, proper prestige, packed terraces, and real buzz.

Fast forward to tomorrow, and it feels like the authorities wouldn't care if the gates didn't even open.

First off, the scheduling brilliance: putting it directly head-to-head with the penultimate Grand Prix. I know people will say "you can watch on demand afterwards" but Speedway fans want to watch major meetings live don't they? With Brady Kurtz right in the thick of the World Championship, Belle Vue fans and general fans across the North who might have fancied a Saturday night out at Owlerton are far more likely to stay glued to their sofas cheering on their man. Nothing beats being track side, but supporters choosing between a live GP and a domestic individual championship is sheer amateur hour.

Then there’s the non-existent advertising.

If you don't buy the Speedway Star, you'd be forgiven for not even knowing the meeting exists. The official British Speedway website has offered virtually zero promotion other than a couple of standard-issue, token soundbite interviews with Leon Flint and Josh Pickering. Sheffield’s own website just has it quietly listed as their next home fixture at the moment, no special push, no fanfare, no effort to pull the casual punter through the turnstiles. Outside of the Star's pages, you can't even easily find the confirmed line-up. How difficult is it to put a proper graphic on social media and hype a national individual title?

To top off the farce: one of the leading contenders, an Englishman who should be a headline draw for the CLRC and one of the favourites is reportedly pulled away to race in Poland instead!! The domestic season's marquee events are treated as an afterthought not just by the wider public, but by the sport’s own hierarchy.

I guess the die-hard, hardcore regulars will turn up as they always do. 

They are just pretty poor at running the sport...

There can be no surprise to see it where it currently is...

Self inflicted own goals, one after another..

[Fozzie4388]

Looks like Luke Killeen is replacing Troy Batchelor from the original line up too.