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But surely this fixture should have been planned, even if unofficial, so the championship could avoid the fixture. But no, looks like British speedway shoots it's self in the foot again. 3 championship fixtures planned, 1 team on a northern tour, probably to help save costs, now these fixtures will have to be rescheduled. Upsetting 6 championship teams / fans to have the British final on a Saturday. I can remember many Sunday afternoon British finals at Coventry with upto 10000 fans on the terraces, what do we get now 1500 if your lucky

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From the press release: "Premiership CEO Phil Morris said: “The people in charge of Northampton will make their own announcements in the near future but I know they have been talking to riders""

You would hope not, before the fixture list is sorted they should be saying the British final is on this date so plan around as you can't run on this date. Then promote the event, run coaches from league tracks if the interest is there, get the event out to the public.

The Northampton promotion must be BSPL lack of information. No team announced. No nickname. No promotion announced secrecy and no engagement with the customers. Must be BSPL

No because Godfrey has got Bradfords stock car meetings. And that’s why he is opposed to two home and away in the championship. self interest from the chairman

They surely won't run any other meetings that night would they?

I'm beginning to think you might be onto something M.D

Thanks for the update Flagrag that would indicate they are pretty shrewd people can only hope the new promoters are reasonably well financed as trying to do this operation on a shoe string will be fraught with risk.

I suppose that depends on if the date was known (explicitly or provisionally) by the person arranging the Championship fixtures However even if it has come out of the blue it doesn't change the fact that the British Final has priority - it could be the only feasible/suitable Saturday for the event

I have no idea, I just got a feeling the authorities are now behind this and Flagrags post seems to back this up. 2 & 2 and all that.

Choose a Saturday when there isnt 3 Championship meetings with one in middle of northern tour, as the Friday meeting might have to be rearranged as well. Or pencil it in before the Championship meetings were agreed. Not rocket science is it? Or maybe it is for them...🙄

Poole's usual start time of 1930 hrs was used as the final fixtures were being confirmed. A 6pm start was stated in the online ticket website but 1930 was used by the BSPL and elsewhere which added to the confusion. The 2025 Good Friday meeting was scheduled to start at 1800 before it was rained off! So 1800 hours is confirmed.

Do you think they'll have their home meetings at Scunthorpe?

So you can get home at a decent and have your cocoa before bedtime 😜

They are telling themselves what the requirements are....

That speaks volumes

Any idea why the start time has been changed?

The fact it’s the Colts makes no difference to people who don’t know the difference between Dan & Billy Budd - right? The radio ad was recent and was played over the PA at the NSS. Junior Vue started in the noughties, my daughter was the first member. The MEN cover The Aces. Billboards have advertised FIM events at BELLE VUE and there was a billboard for many years near Hyde Rd. The whole front of the NSS is an image of The Aces. There was a school visit last season. The fact most of this didn’t make a dent on you shows it’s not just about doing what all the fans on here seem to want and bemoan about the fact it’s not being done. I live 500 yards from Edgeley Park and I don’t have a clue about anything the club are up to as I have zero interest. With regards YouTube, they need to get last year’s British Final race from Belle Vue. I’m sure that would get plenty of views and following that we’re away.

I remember when Newport reopened after being closed for several years, the initial attendance was very good, but it did tail off, I believe, for which Tim was blamed. It was said he managed to pee off the fans somehow and he was running out of funds. Let's hope the promoter(s) do a great local/national marketing job and keep it up! 🤞

The people whom I mentioned about opening Northampton are not the people behind it this year however they remain interested if proves to a success in making an offer. They felt that it was a financial gamble that they were not prepared to do with the setup costs involved and no proven sign that fans will attend

Every team should run its own matchday Vlog... 20 mins max and put it on YouTube... The Sunday League and Non League teams (who also earn a fair few quid from their YT channels), started out with just a decent iPhone and a laptop to edit their programmes... A few snippets of racing with rider and fan reactions, showing riders arriving, track walk, in meeting and post meeting reflections , etc etc is what should be covered, with making the riders known being the ultimate aim, and the chance to advertise your next meeting... Most clubs doing this would get a large proportion of the total generic UK Speedway fanbase viewing this, including many overseas followers, as well as many fans of the sport who are not regulars, which could add up to a fair few thousand of subscribers... And for very little cost...

I'm 99% sure your correct Mike at one of the Lynn talk in's from memory, maybe the new lot are the front men for the other promoters all be it alternatively that's not what Flagrag seemed to hint and he's way better informed than most. In the perfect world hopefully the new management team are stand alone, uber minted with some heavy sponsorship lined up.

Was it Buster who someone quoted as saying that promoters would have to "put their hands in their pockets" for a sixth team?...