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Jesus Christ people you are watching speedway on ITV for free and they finally got a deal done and all you miserable buggers do is moan. Better turn your phones / laptops off and just watch the racing because your negativity is embarrassing somewhat. If you want to moan at speedway on ITV for the first time in 41 years go ahead, but don’t you dare moan about it not being on TV the next time around.

I think most people would prefer it if you were hidden and out of sight.

there's some strange posts on this subject, it beggars belief that something so positive receives so many negative posts. Will Saturday nights showing change the face of speedway, of course not....having it on a "normal tv" is real positive as opposed to just a speedway club stream(no offence to club streams!). There are far more positives than negatives to come out of this. Bravo to all concerned in making this happen.

Lawson gets grief for either being late or just on time, and for bikes not being spotless.. Yet holds down a full time job and has a young family... When the sport was in its halcyon days the minority were full time professionals, with the majority seeing Speedway as a very decent second income, with many able to earn in one night of Speedway what they earned for a week in their "main job".. Nowadays we have reserves trying to be full time professionals... It's total madness from a business and operating plan perspective.. Especially as winning any of the comps has no real value or worth...

That really is the problem with speedway. It's not a business, it's a sporting activity. Certainly in the UK. The sooner speedway realises it is an amateur sport and stops pretending otherwise, maybe it will survive going into the future, in my opinion.

Maybe teams should've run during the lovely summer instead of having such a disjointed fixture list.

I thought it was a decent evenings entertainment. Clearly not the usual broadcast team from the TNT days, more a budget broadcast team, but that’s down to ITV who were never going to throw tons of money at a one off production. However, I think British Speedway can give itself a pat on the back and consider it a job well done, rider presentations were on point, background promotional material looked fresh, the racing got better as the meeting progressed. The interviews were a bit ‘bumpy’ in places, but I don’t think it detracted from the overall presentation. More importantly there wasn’t any cock up’s!

First meeting in about 2 years because wee man wanted to go. Brilliant advert for speedway I thought, can't remember heat without genuine passing after the 2nd bend. 11, 13 and 14 in particular I thought were superb. Pickering is a class act, Leon had to ride the wheels off it to beat him. Bug might be coming back!

No team owns riders anymore

Having had this post brought to my attention I shall respond. Firstly thank you for spelling my name right ! Secondly I will definitely NOT be getting involved in any speedway position at the club, I’m happy just being a spectator, thank you. Thirdly, speedway doesn't need ‘old’ promoters coming back, it needs NEW, FRESH IDEAS to try and get the sport back to the level it used to be at and an independent leadership to sort it out. Thanks, Kevin.

Redcar must have serious questions for their riders, they've just been beaten by what was virtually a three man Berwick team.

"Thankyou for that very moving Eulogy"... "And now, can I ask the congregation to all stand and join me in singing Psalm 23, The Lord is My Shepherd"...

I’ve shared the advert on my facebook urging people to tune in. But why haven’t the promoters of every club not been posing every day running up to the event asking fans to like and share with a CHANCE to go into a draw for free tickets. Lasts years final should have been reposted by all clubs and ask the fans to share and repost again. Costs nothing but another failed opportunity to really push the biggest chance to promote the biggest advert on terrestrial tv. these promoters are not fit for purpose. Couldn’t organise a car boot sale.

That is not solely what this is about and if a few more turn up at the local track that is a bonus. It is the exposure on free to air television first and foremost that the sport will get which has not happened for years and if enough tune in it could open the door to a television contract which the u k sport needs to survive and rebuild for the future. Like many on here you may not like it so don’t watch. If this could lead to top league speedway from Poland being televised on ITV 4 even it is a recording of the match then the exposure of what it can be like could only help UK speedway. Still with all the negative contributions on here, it might as well fail so that all the critics can say we told you so yet those critics do sweet f a to promote the sport.

Interview with Andrew Bain in this week’s star sounds positive, he plans to keep improving the track including fitting the flood lights. He said he is going to do his very best to make sure the comets are at the tapes next year. Fingers crossed he can make it work. No one wants to lose another team.

Play offs for a league of just six is pathetic. At very worst it should have been first vs second over two legs or maybe even second vs third with the winner playing the team that came top. No team who finishes in the bottom half of a table whether that’s 4 in 6 or 11th in a league of 20 should have a crack at being league champions. Total mockery of the sport.

Its time the Promoters got their acts together, its been a fragmented season with teams going 3,4,5 weeks without a fixture. The hottest summer for ages and we cant fit in a few fixtures over this period. If this happens next year , only 1 Home,1 Away am done going to watch,its like a new season every time you go to a match with the fixtures spread out. If a Promoter cannot fit in 11 matches in 20 weeks of a season,there's a major problem with British Speedway.

Not everyone is the same though are they? Brennan held on, so did King. Plenty of others didn’t including Ellis and Doyle. And I don’t blame them or anyone else for not gambling on the takeover being completed. Riders have to put themselves first as they should. “They could have built a stronger team” well not really! Coleman has already explained this. Conversations WERE held with Doyle but they couldn’t offer him the guarantees he wanted and he gave up. Conversations were held with numerous GP riders, they all had their season planned. You have to cut them some slack they were severely up against it this year. If similar happens next season then criticism will be fair game. I’m confident that won’t be the case but actions speak louder than words. It took Louis how many years before landing a title? He even took us down a league for donkeys years and we couldn’t even win a raffle down there!

The level of doubling up over here causes so many problems. The championship product can only continue in its current guise with the same level of doubling up. The championship clubs couldn’t afford to run at their current level without the riders earning another income via the premiership. If the premiership fails then the standard of the championship drops overnight costs rise & that’s the beginning of the end. For the sport to survive like it or not it’s needs a successful premiership & a two tier set up. An 8 team premiership properly ran with very little or no doubling up is a must. The gap between the tiers also needs to be widened. A mixture of needing to curb doubling up & the polish rules will see a different set up next season.

Yeh! But they don’t publish a”War and Peace” about them while still wanting to ride.

Not bad finishing 3rd in the league, so many experts on this thread having Scorpions down as bottom.😁

Can't be too far off having a digital programme surely?….. Cheap to do, and could mean a decent price cut from current, and doesnt matter if not sold as nothing to throw away... Make it printable for those who like to keep a collection and even do some nice club official season binders to store the printed programmes in.. You won't even have to attend the meeting to print one, and you will never miss out by them selling out... Meaning your 50 years of programmes won't suddenly have one missing because you arrived too late one week!!! Nightmare!! It will also give the club direct digital access to their support base to target offers, keep regular communication etc... Some may need help from their sons or daughters with it, granted, (or even their grandkids if their own offspring are too old)...

Just look at the event from the 10th to the 13th September at the Northampton track and see how the whole period is organised with the punters in mind whereas speedway is organised around the participants and the punters are not even considered. Agree that the drivers pay to compete but you give a good few hours of entertainment that appeals to a whole range of ages and Spedeworth go out to treat the punter to an event. Speedway does not even come close in this country and until the views of the a few change and the promoters get an idea of what it takes to promote, it will continue to attract less and less punters. Speedway is not value for money from an entertainment perspective and is run by fickle promoters who have fickle riders who dictate what when and how things go on in terms of the track. I would rather pay £20 on a banger/stock car meeting knowing it will be on then rock up to a track for speedway only to find that a cat has pissed on bend four and it is not suitable for racing according to the riders. Chalk and cheese when it comes to entertainment and value for money, hence the only speedway worth watching at this time is the Polish scene who know how to put on a meet.

There have been 21 weekends between 1st April and 31st August. There was 11 home meetings to fit in (8 League 2 BSN & 1 KO Cup), giving 10 blank weekends. If clubs can't work around the "Mickey Mouse" (they aren't Mickey Mouse to the riders, I bet), especially those in September - then blame the clubs, don't blame the FIM. The FIM fixtures are there for all to see, so there should be no clashes. Workington, as an example, can race on any day of the week (except Monday & Thursday due to Premiership), so fixture clashes with the FIM meetings don't have to happen. Having said that, promoters in general don't seem to want to learn, as it's the same season after season trying to fit fixtures in at the back-end of the season. Until that changes, these types of clashes will continue to happen.

Tonight's news on Reid Battye, who has re-signed for Berwick in 2027 is really tremendous. Reid has had (generous) offers from other clubs to leave the Bandits, but will instead "dance with the one that brung him to the ball"

Fair play too Emma Louise she asked the right questions and doesn’t get flustered.Great Job.

Apart from prices, isn't that what the sport is supposed to do? Develop riders.....

Hi everyone, apologies, but it's a bit of a call to arms and we are asking the speedway community to help us on the current Birmingham Local Plan. So Birmingham Council have issued for consultation "The Birmingham Local Plan Regulation 19 Publication Plan" which closes 24th September 2026 This plan is designed to hit their housing targets for the next 18 years. In that plan is Policy GZ14, within that policy is paragraph 19.10. This paragraph references the the demolition of Perry Barr Stadium. It states "Efforts are being made to develop replacement speedway provision at an alternative venue" and "The long term lease holder is exploring options for the future of the site". This isn't water tight enough to keep Birmingham Speedway. We need to stop this plot of land being made available for redevelopment in housing. This is where we are begging for your help. We need to get the wording changed in Policy GZ14 19.10 and unfortunately they don't have an email facility, it needs to be through the Birmingham Council Consultation Portal. Portal found here: https://consult.birmingham.gov.uk/kse/ So, when you have a spare couple of hours, it's easier on a lap top, a phone can be a bit more clunky (not impossible) using the portal. Click the link above Click "Go to Event" on the Birmingham Local Plan Regulation 19 Publication Plan. This will open a 180 page document. There will be lots of add comments on the right hand side. If on a mobile press the word "Proposal" to view the document and not the headings. Press on of the "Add Comments" and register on the protal. Once registered it'll take you back to the document. You can either scroll down very laboriously until you get to GZ14 and within that section the paragraph 19.10 If on a mobile you could look for "Perry Barr" in the contents and click the ">" icon, to zoom to GZ14. Dont press anything else, you come out of the document and have to re-press go to event again. If on a laptop press the word Perry Barr, not the ">" as again it'll push you out of the document, it really is that user friendly. Look for the paragraph 19.10 and click add comment, one the next screen the paragraph contents should be displayed at the top. Populate your Name, Email, Commenting on behalf of myself, agree to the terms and conditions, agree to the private policy. Press "Next" First Box, Do you considered the plan to be legally compliant. "Click Yes". Second Box, Sound. "Select No". Please provide details of why you consider the local plan is not legally compliant or is unsound. Here you need to add something like "in GZ14 19.10 you must not develop Perry Barr Stadium to anything other than a venue or facility for the Birmingham Brummies to race speedway". Next box is Please set out the modifications you consider necessary......... Here you need to add something on the lines of "Perry Barr Stadium must not be redeveloped unless an alternative venue or land is found, and Birmingham Speedway are using that alternative venue to race speedway. Next select no to participate Select Save Then press submit Thanks for reading! To help this was a draft google ai prepared for me, you could draw inspiration from it. I am writing to formally object to the proposed site allocation of Perry Barr Stadium for housing development within the Birmingham Local Plan Regulation 19 Publication Plan. The plan as currently drafted is not sound because it fails the tests of being justified and consistent with national policy regarding the protection and replacement of community sporting infrastructure. · No Evidence of Surplus: The historic Perry Barr Stadium—a vital community hub hosting the Birmingham Brummies Speedway alongside other sports—is demonstrably not surplus to requirements. It remained highly utilized, and there is clear, ongoing demand for speedway racing in the city. · No Equivalent or Concrete Replacement Provided: The wording in the Publication Plan explicitly states that "Efforts are currently being made to develop replacement Speedway provision at an alternative venue." This is an admission that no replacement venue has been identified, secured, or evaluated for viability. The Allocation is Not "Justified" Relying on an aspirational statement that "efforts are being made" does not constitute robust evidence. Allowing the allocation to go forward without a legally binding, identified, and allocated replacement site creates an unacceptable risk that a major regional sport and heritage asset will be permanently lost to Birmingham without any alternative ever materialising. It fails to guarantee the continuity of social and sports infrastructure required to sustain healthy, vibrant communities. 5. Please set out what modification(s) you consider necessary to make the Local Plan legally compliant or sound. To make the Birmingham Local Plan sound and consistent with national policy, the following modifications are necessary: 1. De-allocate or Defer Development: Remove the housing allocation for the Perry Barr Stadium site from the current Local Plan period, OR defer its allocation until a comprehensive, legally binding alternative site for Speedway provision is explicitly identified, assessed for viability, and formally allocated within the plan. 2. Strengthen Policy Safeguards: Amend the policy wording to explicitly state that “No development shall commence on the Perry Barr Stadium site until a replacement Speedway facility of equivalent or better quality has been fully delivered and made operational at an alternative, approved location.” This brings the plan into compliance with Paragraph 103 of the NPPF.

Back in the day riders turned up with bikes strapped to the boot of the car and poor Terry Stone regularly turned up at Rayleigh with dirty bikes seemingly having some sentimental value for the dirt of Bradford, Canterbury, Eastbourne etc. Eventually he took on board the point and eventually turned out for each meeting with spotless bikes, you could eat your dinner off the mudguards. Those were the days because as you said they rode in addition to the main job and it could earn them good additional money. For anyone old enough, after a meeting at Rayleigh the riders all met up at the Blinking Owl Cafe on the A127 and many a supporter joined them. It was a better time for the image of the sport and while the racing may not be as fast and furious as today, it was competitive and young riders were given chances that only today’s youngsters can dream about. Some made it others battled through but you got to see an aspiring young newcomer take on a heat leader and my abiding memory is Rayleigh versus Boston and Ivan Miller a grass track rider beating Arthur Price a heat leader for Boston. Compared to today’s homogenised offering the sport in those days offered opportunity and a chance for success on a level playing field with bikes that were basically the same and anyone old enough will remember riders winning a race on the ‘track spare’. It just would not happen today and more is the pity.

I go to watch my team ride speedway win or lose,have seen glory days and bad days ( 1980) but its my team would never not turn up and there are lots like me,perhaps just not enough .

So Rowe of Sheffield guests FOR Ipswich after guesting AGAINST them for Leicester in the previous meeting His performance in each meeting will potentially affect who makes the play offs and in which position (including his own team) Just as well it means the lesser part of feck all in the scheme of things

Depends on your definition of boring. Season after season of gate and go but some fireworks and a shiny trophy at the end of each season, or season after season of meetings with most meetings worthy of season finale standard? Your trophy cabinet might be bursting but your track is far from anything to be proud of. Success at the cost of the sports integrity.

When they erect his headstone, we should all go round and knock it down, and place a little speedway track on top .

Well I liked it, enjoyed the racing on a saturday night and most of all it was free to watch. Not the greatest meeting but it kept you entertained and some of the younger riders showed a lot of grit. This is what we need and I hope ITV4 put more events on.

Think a lot of Redcar fans being quite harsh on your team in terms of throwing it away. You have to remember Ashfield generally creates a better home advantage in the second half of the meeting, home advantage race lines become more apparent to the Glasgow team and tried and tested bike set ups used sooner. Think credit to both teams for great night of speedway and a brilliant travelling support both in number and in voice. Another week where speedway was the winner IMHO.

You'll be claiming he only found the will to become World Champion because deep down he knew one day it would secure him an Aces race jacket Without that motivation he would never have made it 😋

Spot on... Strong viewing figures bring sponsorship to the sport... And adverts to the TV company... If the sport is ever to turn around the tanker then it has to start somewhere... Saturday being that first opportunity...

Iversen Klindt Harris Batchelor Sedgmen Etheridge Justin Elkins 😉

That never seemed to be a problem in the past.

The shock of the meeting was the announcement from Jamie Swales that he is stepping down as Promoter at the end of the season. Also an excellent 2 minute silence for the 2 Police officers tragically killed last week. Well done Redcar Speedway

It's crazy that British Speedway thinks it is more credible to use guest riders rather than a genuine replacement for a rider with a season ending injury. Of course, the regulation was changed after Belle Vue did that ( when the regs allowed it - unintentionally or otherwise) to bring in Robert Lambert to replace the injured Max Fricke a few years ago.

Bomber has had so many brainwashed for years, as the ultimate team man and ride through fences for the fans, been making good money out of this persona for years, seems in his old age he’s forgot the camera and the fans could still see him. His statement just makes no sense when you watch the video, he’d of been better of making no statement at all just made himself look a bit silly.

Painful to see sides ravaged by injuries and absences, especially at this end of the season. Jason Edwards isn’t a number one and Dayle Wood isn’t a number four; he’s a reserve. If Morris is out too, then it’s verging on ‘what’s the point’ territory. I’ve no idea what the solution is. We have a key fixture against Poole tonight and we’ve got Anders Rowe who is highly probable to give us a Drew Kemp level of guest performance. Meanwhile, Poole are missing Rushen and no-one seems to know why. The losers are the fans and when that keeps happening, the sport is edges closer to somewhere we don’t want it to be.

They don't need to ban anyone just say we will not use you if you do. He who's paying the most will usually have the final say.

Or how about u were beaten by better riders !

This is something Nigel Pearson excelled at. Used to bang the drum for speedway and plug meetings at various tracks at every opportunity he could when he was commentating. Sadly missed.

How good is Emma Jones? Very professional, excellent at her job and comes across as a really down to earth nice person too.

Maybe you should leave the room then?

That isn’t a bad thing either IMO. Ties in with Richard Coleman’s comments that he wants a bigger gap between the Premiership and Championship, and this rule would naturally help that along.