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Condolences to Gary and the rest of the family on Brian's sad passing. Brian certainly left a positive impression with every club that he rode for and he always had the best interests of speedway in his heart after his retirement whether as a team manager or promoter. Whenever I caught up with him he always had time to chat about the sport - both the good and the bad things about it, and he was always good company. RIP Brian

Don't know what speedway you were watching, but Newcastle were definitely a glamour club with Tom and Joe Owen having a 11 point average and winning by big margins, even though it pains me to say this as a comet's fan. Havvy had about 4 very good seasons with the comets, latter to be team manager for various clubs then making Redcar what it is now. RIP havvy

I don't believe in this one league pipe dream either. I believe it has already been decided.

There's a thread dedicated to Brian's passing, it's in the general speedway section. RIP Brian, proper speedway man.

I cant believe at this point in time, that other than my own, there hasnt been ONE posting relating to Brian Havelocks passing !! I am in disbelief !

Everyone can announce a full 1-7 if they want but nothing is truly confirmed until the League Structure has been decided. I do believe we will get a Two Tier Structure in 2026 though.

Scunthope should release him now if hes said that. no respect to them or there fans.

Surely it would have to be at the point of Ippo and/or Sheffield not being sold, which must be by the new AGM date I'd have thought.

At what point will the PL put out a begging bowl to the CL though? As the promoters still have a business to run?

Apparently Glasgow are announcing their full team tomorrow.

There were also the fictional Barton Barons in King Cinder!

I was assuming the Stewart Dickson's statement meant that there was a going to be a Premiership. And I was only considering recent Championship riders. Looking at the Premiership averages though, only 5 riders from there couldn't drop down (6 if you count Woffinden. Emil isn't coming back so I've not counted him). Plenty of other options for Scunthorpe to explore there. Even Jason Doyle could drop down

You could have Gusts (5.49) in place of Heeps with a 2 point rider at number 7 = 39.88

Think Mario Hausl is off to Glasgow.

The CL seem pretty sorted, the only question for me is are PL going to run with 3, 4 or 5 and if not will they be "allowed" into the CL. 9 CL clubs vs 3, 4 or 5 PL clubs, without a TV deal, puts the PL in a tremendously weak position. It doesn't matter how "fully committed" Leicester are to Premiership racing as written in their statement today, that commitment could be severely tested if the other 2, 3 or 4 clubs aren't also committed. Talk of a sixth club is clearly pie in the sky stuff, along with a new TV deal and the saviour of British Speedway... Harry Redknapp.

𝗧𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀’ ‘𝗙𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗳𝘂𝗹𝘀’ 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲… 🐅The new recruits for next season will be revealed tomorrow morning. #WeAreGlasgow🔴⚪️Big team reveal tomorrow

Tomorrow full team announcement

Despite his many distractors he brought more cash into the sport than anyone , granted he took out more than anyone also but there's probably no one else I can think of who brought in more than seven figures to speedway, wouldn't be a bad outcome if he came back, he's certainly not short of money.

Serious question here, given the clear impasse that the sport is at in this country. Could we have a scenario where nothing is agreed and everyone takes home their ball meaning no uk speedway in 2026?

You cannot run a club in the league with no owners !!!!! Who would put up the guarantee bond ? without an y knowledge that they could finish a season ?? What self employed rider would ride for a club with no owners ???/ chances of not getting paid HIGH. Total nonsense

Surely BSPL own the Swindon licence.

Tomorrow morning on BBC Radio Leicester! Team Manager Stewart Dickson will be live on air with Ady Dayman, talking all things Leicester Speedway. 📻 Tune in at 10am. Not quite sure what he's got to say 🤷‍♂️

Hang on, hang on But there are loads of riders and one big league could work wonderfully Now all of a sudden a missing Pickering would cause a lack of options!!

Sad news RIP Brian Thoughts with all family and friends

Yes, this was a straight copy and paste from the British Speedway press release. Brian Havelock was a bit before my time to remember as a rider, I remember him more of as a manager. Newcastle were never really a "glamour" club through my time following 2nd tier Speedway, so he never really resonated with me. My overriding memory of him was his appearance in a TV documentary commenting on the death of a rider (was it Wayne Garratt?). He certainly put a shift in to our sport as a rider, manager, promoter and fan and father. Condolences to all affected.