BRITISH U21 FINAL, REDCAR Sunday, June 7, 2026 17:00 Live on BSN

[IainB]

What was Hodder excluded for there, officially? Surely it could have only been for unfair riding?

[Sadman]

Have at last got it working at 1815. As planned to be out so not to much of a problem for me. Oh and did get th same message as others

 

[M.D]

Gary Havelock looks and sounds like a street drinker

[comet49]

No Vinnie Ford?

[M.D]

1 minute ago, comet49 said:

No Vinnie Ford?

Lost out on count back, scored 10.

[WookieboyDon]

29 minutes ago, M.D said:

Gary Havelock looks and sounds like a street drinker

He doesn’t look well. I can imagine that the loss of his father has had a big effect, especially given he was his carer for a number of years up until Brian’s passing.

[Bandit59]

Did anyone lose the sound near the end?

[Mr Blobby]

Always find it funny watching Pijper complain when someone has hit him. The guys wiped himself and others out the majority of his career. Not much going on between the ears. 
 

Well done cooper on the win. 

[IainB]

Just the 35 minutes to run the last 2 races, including a 20 minute gap between heat 20 and the semi 👏

Mind, the crowd were right royally entertained with a kids race, the riders picking their gates, before the semi only, something the GP series kicked into touch about 20 years ago... and a full rendition of The Final Countdown 👌

Well done to Coops, and (through gritted teeth 😬) Wayne Jarvis for making the correct decision to award the final. 

And for those that weren't counting, the word "tassels" was disappointingly only said the 6 times 😁

Edited 4 hours ago by IainB

[Arthur54]

13 minutes ago, Mr Blobby said:

Always find it funny watching Pijper complain when someone has hit him. The guys wiped himself and others out the majority of his career. Not much going on between the ears. 
 

Well done cooper on the win. 

The dummy came out again 😂

[Pinny]

2 hours ago, IainB said:

From 20 years ago:

01 Edward Kennett 3, 2, 1, 1, 1 =8
02 Joel Parsons Fx, 0, 2, 1, 2 =5
03 Ben Barker 1, 0, 0, 2, 2 =5
04 Ben Wilson 2, 3, 3, 3, 3 =14 WINNER
05 Richie Dennis 3, 1, 1, 1, 0 =6
06 Jamie Courtney 1, 1, 2, 0, 0 =4
07 Joshua Auty 2, 1, 0, 2, 1 =6
08 Luke Bowen 0, 1, 1, fex, - =2
09 James Brundle 1, 0, 2, 1, 3 =7
10 James Wright 2, 2, 1, 3, 2 =10
11 Lewis Bridger 3, 3, 3, 2, 2 =13 THIRD
12 Benji Compton 0, 2, 0, fex, 1 =3
13 Daniel King 3, 3, 2, 3, 3 =14 SECOND
14 Jason King M, 3, 3, 3, 1 =10
15 Steve Boxall 2, 2, 3, 2, 3 =12 FOURTH
16 Simon Lambert 1, 0, 0, 0, 0 =1

Reserves:

17 Robert Mear 0
18 Ben Hopwood frem

 

10 years ago:

1. Oliver Greenwood (Buxton) - 2,2,1,2,1 = 8
2. Danny Phillips (Newcastle/Stoke) - 1,0,1,2,F = 4
3. Josh Bates (Coventry/Sheffield) - 3,2,3,3,FX = 11
4. Alfie Bowtell (Mildenhall) - 0,1,0,0,0 = 1
5. James Shanes (Kent) - 2,1,2,FX,2 = 7
6. Robert Lambert (King's Lynn/Newcastle) - 3,3,3,3,3 = 15
7. Nathan Greaves (Sheffield/King's Lynn) - 1,0,3,3,2 = 9
8. Josh Bailey (Scunthorpe/King's Lynn) - 0,2,0,1,M/(BB - 0) = 3
9. Jack Parkinson-Blackburn (Birmingham) - 1,3,2,2,3 = 11
10. Zach Wajtknecht (Somerset/Birmingham) - 3,1,1,2,2 = 9
11. Adam Ellis (Poole/Eastbourne) - 2,3,2,3,3 = 13
12. Danno Verge (Kent) - 0,0,0,1,1 = 2
13. Ellis Perks (Plymouth/Eastbourne) - EX/T(LC-1),0,2,FX,2 = 4
14. Jack Smith (Birmingham) - 2,2,1,EX/2mins(BB-0),1 = 6
15. Max Clegg (Wolverhampton/Edinburgh/Cradley Heath) - 3,1,3,1,3 = 11
16. Danyon Hume (Birmingham) - 0,3,0,1,1 = 5

17. Liam Carr (Berwick/Coventry) - 1 = 1
18. Ben Basford (Cradley Heath) - 0 , 0 = 0
 

Just shows how far the standard of the younger generation has dropped. 
 

i went to the 2003 u21 final at Sheffield which Stead won, Harris was a 9 point number 1 for Trelawny and didnt even make the final.  
 

Lee Richardson in 99 won the world under 21 final in a stellar line up. 
 

You now have second tier reserves on the podium. 
 

what on earth has happened to junior speedway in the uk?

[Steve Shovlar]

1 hour ago, M.D said:

Gary Havelock looks and sounds like a street drinker

Not a nice way to talk about someone who has had serious health issues.

[Steve Shovlar]

Glad ref Jarvis was strong enough to award the final. The others in the heat certainly didn’t deserve a second chance in the race. Thought the right 4 made up the final. Best two qualified straight through and home advantage saw the Redcar pair through. Think Jody Scott the better of the two Redcar riders.

How is it everytime Ace Pijper is on either BSN or racing against Poole he is throwing a wobbly? Every single time the toys come out of the pram.

Well done Cooper Rushen. 16 years old and already out of the reserve berth at Poole. The next Mark Loram/Michael Lee (with better temperament)

[M.D]

8 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said:

Not a nice way to talk about someone who has had serious health issues.

It was a joke Steve, no harm ment

[Catch Me If You Can]

Why was there no updates on the speedway updates site tonight or did I look in wrong place 

Last lot on individual page was semi final

I don't have BSN app

[Catch Me If You Can]

3 minutes ago, Catch Me If You Can said:

Why was there no updates on the speedway updates site tonight or did I look in wrong place 

Last lot on individual page was semi final

I don't have BSN app

Scores etc up now albeit later

[IainB]

5 minutes ago, Catch Me If You Can said:

Why was there no updates on the speedway updates site tonight or did I look in wrong place 

Last lot on individual page was semi final

I don't have BSN app

They weren't in the BSN app either

[Neila]

Just short of 3 hours to run 21 minutes of speedway 😲 not a bit of wonder the sport is on its (a**e)  bottom 😊

[IainB]

1 minute ago, Neila said:

Just short of 3 hours to run 21 minutes of speedway 😲 not a bit of wonder the sport is on its (a**e)  bottom 😊

23 races done in 2 hours at Manchester on Friday and Saturday (with riders using a new tyre for every race)... couldn't believe they didn't have a kids race though 😉

[Fortythirtyeight]

13 minutes ago, Neila said:

Just short of 3 hours to run 21 minutes of speedway 😲 not a bit of wonder the sport is on its (a**e)  bottom 😊

Just got home myself, took my daughter to this meeting for the first time, don’t think she’ll be back.
We were on the back straight and got covered in dust. She went to the portaloo but came straight back saying it was “disgusting”. We moved to the home straight stand which was a decent view but she struggled with identifying riders and the inaccurate announcing didn’t help her trying to fill in the programme.
Sent her for food and she missed several races and said she was bored watching the tractors.

Guess it’s just us oldies who think all this is acceptable.

Some good racing and the right rider won although I’m not a fan of refereeing by VAR !