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This “use it or lose it” saying that I keep reading on here and other speedway circles is a very dangerous game. How about making it more appealing for fans to attend instead of threatening closure if you don’t?

See ya,,,,,

Crowds @ Somerset are not brilliant, in my opinion it lacks "younger local" support as the regular supporters come from a large catchment area i.e former Exeter & Bristol fans. I think the promotion lost a small fortune in 2018 & are still recovering. However we have one of the best U.K. racetracks with easy parking, decent food & good toilets. Spectator viewing could be better! The answer is use it or lose it......

I bet BWD is enjoying reading all these negative comments about him. I remember last season at this point when the knives were out for Anders, I posted a thing about watching new guys grow into the team. Sometimes it goes the other way as it did for Atkins. What you will get from Bradley is 100% , we all know Rory is the number one anyway. Number 1 or 5 not much difference, .06 between him and Rory, if it was the other way round Brad would probably start at 5 anyway. I said before if Berge hadn’t screwed us over we would have probably gone further in the league, we still won the fours. Get behind our team COYR.

One can but hope ... fear not. You’ve got 328 other log ins to fall back on.

It was a good night, well attended, and as Dalbers said, congrats to the fans for the most disciplined fans meeting we have ever had. Could agree with that as I think we were all in anticipation of what was being revealed, and everything was very positive. Rob's not the young lad he was, and is now a accomplished successful businessman who wants to bring success to Newcastle Speedway, and mix it with his other business interests to brighten things up and make meetings more entertaining for both adults and kids. Talk of fairground rides both in the carpark and inside the entry area to be open when the gates open at 5.30, but that could be revised at some stage. Two riders announced Max and Matty so everyone happy with them, two more signings I think at the end of this week, another two the week after and the final one at the Xmas Party at the PTE on Fri 20th Dec, prices with a buffet £8 with other reduced prices. First meeting on the Sun 29th March will be the 90th anniversary meeting held over, and prices will be £10 per adult and concessions £5. The field will be made up of the current team, plus a lot of previous Diamonds. Rob has talked to Bjarne not necessarily to ride, but to be there to meet everyone again. He is also going to talk to Nikki and KB. George pointed out that with the meeting being early season, unlike last year, and with the early Ben Fund Meeting, most riders will be looking for rides before the season starts proper. Good point. Season ticket prices currently under discussion and they will cover the 16 league meetings plus the KO Cup match, but not the 90th Anniversary meeting as that's already been discounted down to £10 per adult. Meetings in future with be ramped up with attractions and maybe stunt riders on the centre green, special events for the kids mainly aiming for 7-9 years old. Music to be really ramped up so that there is no standing doing nothing and no music for atmosphere. Something will be going on all the time so there is no dull moment. The meeting will be going on as usual, but the extra entertainment will not delay the proceedings and the first meeting will always will be followed by a second half for junior racing. The Gems will be continued and new riders will be encouraged in order to build up a stock of young riders. Rob said 6 riders have been signed and talks are still on going with the 7th rider. All riders were capable of increasing their averages and all want to ride for Newcastle. The ownership of the speedway in now in the hands of Rob jnr, being the single shareholder, George and Dave Tattum as Co Promoters, Neil Machen as adviser and Dalbers as the club Secretary. Special thanks went to Vaughan Jones who has worked alongside everyone during the transition period, and guided the promotion to a successful conclusion from the previous promotion. Vaughan and Tim Scott had been in a similar position in about 2002 advising George, Darryl and myself. At the end of the night I would say there was a full room of fans leaving the room pleased at what they had heard, and looking forward to more info about the team and the meeting arrangements. See you all at the Xmas party PTE on Fri 20th Dec for more surprises and news.

And you worked that out all by yourself did you? It is good that we have someone of your intellectual level to inform us of this.

The team we are putting together wouldn't look out of place in the premier league, would certainly give some of the team's a run for there money

I find ranting Roy entertaining , although I only get to listen to him when Glasgow are in town, he tries his best and is better than quite a few centre green announcers

Not sure you understand.he makes these predictions so the likes of you react to them. There not meant to be correct .

Glad other teams are following suit, we need to make more of the digital world, cracking video

What about Connor Mountain at reserve? Regards THJ

Really good signing he's one of a handful of Aussies that can really elevate himself a couple of levels see no reason he can't do a Rasmus and average more in the PL than he has in the CL , he's gonna do fine

Nope. His money is on Hans Andersen.

Probably had his tongue up somebody's backside like few of the hangers-on

Rob G has put this on Facebook: "I would just like to say a big thank you to everyone who turned out for the talk in last night, it was a great night and a pleasure to see you all again. We intend on announcing 2 more riders early next week and then hopefully we will be in a position to announce the final 3 at the Christmas party at the PTE Club on the 20th of December. Get your tickets bought folks and i look forward to seeing you all there".

Got to be honest there is a bit of a buzz about the place not seen for a good few years. Already signed the 2 riders from last year the supporters would have wanted, ideas to give extended entertainment throughout the meeting and a couple of possible shock signings incoming. Took over last week, but sure is making inroads immediately and imho has probably been sounding out the signings even before he took the plunge. Brought together an experienced team to help out also.

Six agreed, just awaiting the appropriate signatures on contracts etc., rather than just drip feeding riders. 90% there with the 7th. That's what I heard anyway. Rob also said he reckoned we'll have the strongest reserve pairing in the league, so no Danny Phillips!!!

Just for Reading Racer. A _ A _ / E L L I _ (4,5) Clue: League winner 2017 and 2019.

The king arrives. cracking video on Poole social media.

Yes I do. I think Rob wants to keep the excitement going, climaxing with some really good news at the Xmas Party. Lots of interest and we need to stick with it and Rob won't disappoint. He hasn't come in to lose money so he will give it a good go. Remember that in other business's you can increase the price, but in speedway the entrance price is really controlled by what others charge so more effort has to be made to increase the crowd and what they spend.

He is injury prone and until he sorts that out I would be wary of signing him.

Were dropping down to give the rest of you a chance

I would say that Pickering is slightly ahead of Jordan in Britain last season.

Its nothing personal against the lower leagues and I'm not dissing the racing or anything like that. I would genuinely only follow the CL if Swindon went down a league and would lose interest in the top league.

I prefer dalbers if im being honest hes a lot smoother on the mic , Roy is funny at times but can talk c..p other times

How about Speedway Updates? You must try that. It’ll open a whole new world for you!

You are going by averages rather than ability, my take on building a side is having a side that can get you 48/50 points everyweek if not then 42 pts and collect the bonus point.The nice thing about this side is you have,Adam? Ellis,Anders, Jordan who can all improve and can still play a part in our future as well.

Just a thought Steve I've been going up the Wolves since the late 90s not so much since we've been back except for the last couple of years when I've been a regular again but with us now finished Wolves will unbelievably be my team again. Btw I've no problem with that , in my eyes there's been no rivalry for 20 years. My thought is tho I wonder how much the Wolves fan base will increase next year with Heathens fans still after there speedway fix. There's a fair few who turn up anyway but maybe there will be more next year. It took me about 10 years before I starting wanting Wolves to win instead of the opposition .lol . It was when Billy had a couple of seasons with you and you told me to come over to the dark side lol

That maybe the case at the start of the season but it usually doesn't end that way!! Can't see that team finishing the season but we are going to be hard to beat at home and we have managed to keep 5 of the title winning team so happy days. Plus we get to see a local lad develop so all in all I'm happy and will look forward to buying a season ticket for the first in 10 years.

Arrr, you mean like an electric shock??? You might get a bit startled if you seen a Grizzly bear. Would it be a surprise if Santa 'Claus' turned up at the Christmas party/disco thingy?

We were brought up in the comets early days with each rider having a " childish name" its part of the entertainment. Glamour boy lou sansom wildman vic londsdale firery aussie mal mackay etc it sticks in kids minds long may it go on .

The Oak Tree Arena is a different company to Somerset Speedway, which takes all of the revenue from food and drink sales.

And the post was liked by Adam Roynon, how about him?

How about Nathan Greaves in the lower end? Seems to ride Newcastle very well

I think that was when it was mentioned that we didn't have the licence for visas, when fans wanted us to go for him.

Was impressed with him at Berwick this season

Didn't Pete Jarman start his career as a cycle speedway rider and move on to the motorised version later in life?

Well it’s not true.

I have noticed that a lot of premiership fans have no clue about riders in championship, I like to keep an eye on all leagues to see who is doing well and who would be a good prospect for my team. Speedway updates are a good way of doing this, dont just look at results but check the comments about each race. There is some cracking racing in championship and national league. Was chatting to Kelvin Tatum in Torun and he admitted to not following championship, which showed when Rasmus Jensen and Ryan Douglas was on tv meeting and Kelvin was surprised at how good they were.

Agree with that. Schlein is clearly still good enough to be a number 1 in this league and probably will be soon after the season starts so I don't see it as a problem. Until then BWD might find it a bit of a struggle away at first but at home he'll be fine there. Overall it might be a bit much to ask him to keep that average but I think he'll have a good year and finish close to 8.00

Pugwash.

I’ll take all the credit then Bruno. But fair play to you although I’m pretty sure you are in a very small minority. Where I stand there are regularly Heathens fans who shout for the opposition. They hate us! I think Cradley fans would turn up to see Greg Although still wear their Heathens coats lol. For long-standing fans of both clubs there will never be another rivalry like it. So it’s hard for any newer fans to fully understand just how bitter that rivalry was. I never shouted once for Billy in those 2 years he was with us. He would be referred to as ‘the rider in blue’

Wells.....

Good signing and with the other Aussies in the team, can see him improving. What is fun is that the resident Dick Head continues to make a fool of himself with all of its team predictions.

One of the best summations of Greg I have ever read spot on long may he continue and others should learn from his example !

That’s of interest to me as well. When I subscribed to Sky a few years ago I used Plusnet to get BT for speedway. But broadband then in my area was 1.2mbps on a good day, very poor. Much to my surprise Openreach came round to my countrified area and put Superfast Fibre bband in and via BT I get 72mbps plus I subscribe to BT sport to get speedway. BT have not released super fast fibre to any other supplier, so I will have a choice to make, do I stick with BT for super fast broadband and loose Speedway TV , or move to superSlow broadband and go to where I can get whatever channel speedway GP’s are on. I can live without British speedway but would really find it hard without the GP’s.

I see no reason why Kurtz average is not his converted figure. If 4.00 is the minimum for a foreign rider in 2nd tier then conversion rate should reflect it, do minimum in top tier for a non Brit should be 2.50.

Len seemed to accept that the crash of 2008 would affect the sport significantly enough not to invest and didn’t or couldn’t promote it after that. The sponsors were nowhere to be seen once Elmside pulled out with Silverski predictably the only backer. When BMR appeared on the scene we thought it was a new start with a promotion who were ambitious. The stadium whilst Len had spent a small fortune on it to bring it back to some sort of a venue fit for speedway it was quite clear it wasn’t going to be any good once air fences came in. Rye is in such a good place geographically one of the reasons NBJ liked it so much was he could get a plane home Saturday evening! I agree the Lakeside move was a disaster but playing Peterborough every week wasn’t really the plan was it!!

And when all the no.1's have been taken lol I just think with other teams announcing it would make sense to make at least a couple even obvious ones to please fans Or BSPA should have a stand at the NEC bike show and have all teams announced at one event where a new audience could get "excited"