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we could always run a meeting and when Nippy asks about it we can always say *They can’t recall the incident.. *Nothing happened to the best of their knowledge *They have no knowledge of the incident *We can’t answer that question * We don’t know * We were not aware * We don’t recall * we’d need to check the detail * We’re not 100% sure * We can’t recall any incident its got her out of a lot of trouble so far lol

So sad to hear the news of the passing of Jean Wilkinson a devoted wife of the much loved Alan.Life is so unfair and cruel at times and now Jean is back reunited with Alan god bless both of them.

Being realistic you might get away with one or two streamed meetings but if we go to July/August before any crowds are allowed back in then financially it would be ill advised at best to run under that criteria. I genuinely hope I am wrong but it seems more unlikely than likely that we shall run this year.

It is. Believe it or not , not everything is about the money.

If Ellis was to ride in the CL with Poole, take a look at the fixtures, eg Tues 25th May @ Plymouth Wed 26th May @ Poole Sat 29th May @ Eastbourne . Tuesday and Wednesdays are when Sweden and Denmark ride. Sunday is Poland and the Poles want their riders in the country the day before. Also there are fixtures on sundays in the UK too. So for a rider that wants to ride in Europe then the CL makes no sense. The PL is different as a rider will know that on Mondays and Thursdays they will be in the UK. Others nights and they be abroad.

If Ellis was only going to race in one league in Britain it was always gonna be the Premiership over the Championship!

In 2019 Isle of Wight put on a match against Oxford. Oxford took a coach of fans + others making their own way. The team had some riders with an Oxford link and Gordon Kennett as team manager. Would it have been attractive to the Isle of White Management to run if they could have had there NDL matches + several matches against ghost teams from the South. Think of the team options in the South, Oxford, Reading Wimbledon, Hackney, Milton Keynes, Lakeside even Swindon and Somerset + others. Cradley and Coventry and Newport could also bring travelling fans These meeting could have been pitched at NDL level or higher by IOW using some of their former riders to strenghen their team. For this to happen it would have required the lifting of the ban on ghost teams. This rule really hurts fans of teams that no longer have tracks of their own. It would also only work if the IOW thought it was feasible. Mildenhall could also being the option to do this.

Lads can't win. Take a leap at developing their career by riding in stronger leagues in Poland and they're turning their back on British Speedway. Ride two British leagues and they're milking the UK gravy train. I think Ellis and Bewley have made the right choice by picking PL and Poland. Hopefully scoring heavily and maintaining confidence in the UK and taking that confidence on to the continent for tougher challenges overseas. Should the opportunities in Poland be limited then consider a CL place. For which they'd no doubt get stick. Imagine having the freedom to do whatever is best for your own circumstances.......

Well the worst idea would be joining the Polish or Russian leagues, so I stand by my statement!

The next 6 weeks till the end of April will determine a lot of things.Business is not even being allowed to open till then in Scotland and even that is not a guarantee.Sport is well down the line.

Forgetting the Political angle,will Clubs run without Crowds.Everything is still unclear on that front.Personally I don’t think so.

LET'S not forget that without Terry Russell there would have been no Sky deal and quite rightly he had a percentage of it but not the figure you quote.

What about... "The League of Scotland"...? Meet each other home and away 16 times, so 32 matches.. (Similar to the way Scotland runs its football)... Add two Play Off Semi's and a Play Off Final and that's 35. Throw in a "Scottish Cup", (semis and Final), and you get 38 fixtures. Similar to the boat race down here, the same two teams will qualify each year for the final... And to be fair, a two team top league in Scotland will only be 4 less that the top league in England...

He posted about me fiiirst!!!

Swedish 2021 season Squads, transfers, rumours rules for the Swedish 2021 season Official rule book for 2021 League/classes info Elitserien 9 teams, race days are Tuesdays and Thursdays. Last placed team in Elitserien are demoted to Allsvenskan for 2018. Allsvenskan Div 1 youth (85cc) series. Only one series due to the new 250cc series. 250cc new series more info TBA. micro speedway, class only no series. Teams are due at 28 February 2021 Squad sizes Elitserien 8 riders with an average greater then 0,500 Allsvenskan 8 riders with an average greater then 0,500 including guestriders. Junior series: 2 riders and 1 reserve Meeting lineups: Lineups for Elitserien have to be registered online at Svemo.se at the latest 20.00 (away team) / 21.00 (home team) two days ahead of the scheduled meeting. Lineups for Allsvenskan have to be registered online at Svemo.se at the latest 21.00 (away team) / 21.30 (home team) two days ahead of the scheduled meeting. The two riders in the line-ups with the lowest floating average rides as reserves unless a rider with less then 12 heats ridden have a lower season entry average then any of the those two riders. For Allsvenskan the following applies: The two Swedish riders with the lowest rolling average will ride at positions 6 and 7. Post season championship cup (Playoffs) Elitserien -- teams 1-2 are seeded to the semi finals. Team 3-6 will meeting in the quarter-finals where team 3 will choose opponent (5 or 6) and if they want to start at home or not. Team 4 can choose if they want to start at home or away. The same goes for the semi finals and final. Highest placed team chooses opponent and or if to start home or away. Allsvenskan, TBA. Relegation and promotion No relegation from Elitserien for 2021 seasons No automatic promotion from Allsvenskan after 2021 season. Allsvenskan teams have to apply for promotions and several criteria will be looked at. Swedish rider quotas: Elitserien Rider 6 and the optional nr 7 . Allsvenskan Tactical substitutes / Riders Replacement and etc Tactical substitutes are available from heat 6 as long as the team is 8 points behind. all riders can be used once R/R available for maximum one rider/meeting R/R available for the 5 riders with the highest average. all but one of the riders taking the R/R heats have to have a lower average then the rider they are replacing. Of the riders with higher average only the one with the closest higher average. reserves have to ride in all of their three scheduled heats. R/R is allowed to be used in moved meetings (i.e. postponed) where the rider is occupied by a another league meeting. For a more thorough explanation of the R/R rule see this post. Guest riders Not used in Elitserien For Allsvenskan not limit on amount but they count towards the squad limit for 8 riders with an average greater then 0,500. 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As long as it is genuine improvement and not just the 3.00 riders beating the other 3.00 riders that they beat in the NJL anyway.

THEN in this case they would be wrong. The BSPA, unable to secure a TV deal, entered into a contract with Terry. No deal, no fee. This is not unusual for these sorts of negotiations especially in TV sports contracts.

Just before the May Elections just as a coincidence I think not.

Not sure the club would make enough money to cover all the costs of their championship team.

Make it Somerset this season as usual. Why change it, at least there won’t be any home bias whinging . Something for the Swindon and Somerset supporters to attend this season.

That's what I said. The top 6 have a team limit they all work too,, and if anyone is stupid enough to pick a grade 1 not grade 4,,, then they are even more stupid

She will if uefa take the euros away from Hamden as they indicated yesterday.

Yeah I'm sure she's sh*tting herself

I am sure a good many had tried to get "Speedway on the telly", and failed, before Russell managed it... A 'finders'' or 'brokers' fee would be a usual thing to then get paid... There was still a "hell of a lot of money" 'that went to the clubs over a good many years... A shame that money didn't get used well to further enhance the sport in the UK..

I think you're underestimating Pijper, I reckon he'll do well for the Scorpions!

I honestly can't see how. If the government will not allow crowds to attend sporting events until at least 2 or 3 months after the season is due to start it just can't work logistically or economically.

They could run a joint Premiership/Championship Pairs event at the same time... Half the rider's kevlars in their Premiership team's colours and the other half in their Championship teams colours... Would pull a huge crowd as every team in the country will be involved... It might be awkward to work out a scoring system given each pair of riders will have a different 'other' team but I am sure Speedway would come up with a perfectly sensible solution... Held at Scunthorpe obviously.... But not on a Friday just in case guests are needed....

From what I've heard bwd is not coming over this year unless he's had a change of mind

Think you may need to think again

Too late to put the genie back in the bottle. Now have to make the best of what we have. The equipment wont go back now. It would be a bit like reverting from electric back to steam trains....

NO, stopped after the last GE in December 2019

As Haza says stock cars bring the money in at Lynn nowadays and therefore the track is prepared for them with shale which has a high clay content, unfortunately that makes the track very grippy and as well as giving the rider in front a very fast ride it means the riders behind get pelted with heavy lumps and makes the handling of the bike much more difficult, instead of riders being able to try different lines and race they are almost hanging on to just get round the corners at times. We were promised slicker conditions for 2020 so hopefully that will be the case for this season as the racing needs to improve.

That is 100% spot on the last few times I attended I walk to my car and thought why did I bother coming . The thing is Kings Lynn is a stock car track now that just so happens to hold a few speedway meetings the track is prepared for the cars like it or not that’s were we are at .

What I don't understand is it's well known in speedway that kings Lynn as a good track and 100% fact have got the best equipment by far to prepare the track and serve up great entertainment so why not? Surely if fans went home saying wow that final race . Just my thoughts.

at 1:50, leading the parade of the two teams, that' Bobby Beaton as captain of the Salisbury Monarchs

Find it quite sad you are happy to write off a young lad without any knowledge of his circumstances.

Your crap then.

Both pairs meetings would consist of practically the same riders , so what actually would make it more exciting when the riders are riding for a championship club ?

Yep I agree with this, the priority this year has to be to get folk through the door, both previous regulars and newbies although you wonder if that can/will happen under the current regime. As for the league position, I can stomach finishing last as long as the majority of home meetings are won, the racing is good (ie better than it has been) and the away defeats are respectable and not clatterings.

Doubt it the whole party is of the same stock corruption , lies and cover ups.

I read last week that Garry May said that Somerset were interested in running the meeting if allowed. The management will probably decide on Scunthorpe due to its close proximity to Cardiff

Why would he choose small fry over bigger clubs

Way to early to say, Tom Brennan will be the stand out rising star and Ippo look a fun team to watch..

Why don't you just grow up, its like being in infant school

Dugard is a surprise , the lad appears to have a little bit of talent but it also appears his commitment has been lacking in the past. He’s also working as Barkers mechanic ? Well I hope that works out for him ! On paper it’s not a bad side. Clegg should be unbeatable around our track, I expect Josh and Archie also to be good at home and give support to Terry-Daley, if Dugard settles in quickly ( he hasn't got much option) then we’ll be fine at home, which is where it counts.

I think it is you that needs to get your facts right. The NL is not run independently as all their meetings are overseen by the Management Committee, with all decisions having to be ratified at a General Committee meeting. All the standalone clubs pay fees to the BSPA and to the SCB, the insurance is cheaper because the benefits are much reduced from the other two legs, and the referees fees are slightly less because the referees choose to charge less for their services.

Imagine ensuring that having enough guests are available as one of your main priorities when planning a fixture list? Rather than planning one that takes every opportunity possible to run Speedway meetings at weekends... "Please take us seriously fans, media and sponsors".....

Rumblings of Torun choosing between Tobiasz Musielak and Adrian Miedzinski for one of their senior Polish riders in their team, with others suggesting they take a punt on Gregorz Zengota. Personally speaking I wouldn't have Miedzinski anywhere near my team but he's obviously been at Torun in the past for a number of years. I have also updated the post on the first page to now include teams 'outgoing riders' so that it's easy to track who has left and where they have gone to.

Allsvenskan Griparna, Nyköping Track: CRAMO Arena Nyköping Track length: 294m website: http://www.griparna.nu Confirmed: Silas Hoegh Kenneth Hansen Peter Ljung Kim Nilsson John Lindman Philip Hellström Bängs Anton Karlsson Alexander Liljekvist Philip Olofsson Liam Olsson Andersson Alex Johansson Indianerna (indianerna b-team) Track: Ica Maxi Arena (Sannahed) Track length: 375m Track record: Nicki Pedersen, 63,3s, 2004 Website: http://www.indianerna.nu/ Social media: Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. Confirmed: Joel Andersson Ludvig Lindgren Jonatan Grahn Christoffer Selvin Ludvig Selvin Gustav Grahn Emil Breum Norbert Krakowiak Jonas Knudsen Matic Ivacic Team Rapid, (Smederna b-team) Track: Eskilstuna Motorstadion Track length: website: confimed: Linus Eklöf Leon Flint Joel Kling Daniel Henderson Johannes Stark Max Belsing Rasmus Broberg Alexander Jacobsson Sundkvist William Bäckström Aleks Lundquist Ludvig Hamrin Pontus Aspgren Smålänningarna Track: Track length: Track record: Website: confimed: Oliver Berntzon Hubert Legowik Emil Pørtner Jason Jørgensen Filip Hjelmland Avon Van Dyck) Sammy Van Dyck Tony Gudbrand Maximilian Bogdanowicz Casper Henriksson Noel Wahlqvist Edwin Pohjantähti Theo Johansson Valsarna Track: Tallhults Motorstadion Track length: 290m Track record: Mikael Karlsson (aka Mikael Max) 53,8s 2000-05-09 Website: http://www.valsarna.nu/ confirmed: Victor Palovaara Tomas Jonasson Alexander Woentin Jesse Mustonen Emil Millberg Lasse Madland Fredriksen Jonathan Ejnermark Adrian Bergqvist Lucas Woentin Benny Johansson Emil Larsson Karlsson Oscar Larsson Karlsson Jeremia Thelaus Vargarna Track: Ica Maxi Arena (Kråkvilan) Track length: 279m Track record: 57.0s, Tony Rickardsson, 1998-06-30. Website: http://www.vargarna.nu/ confirmed: Linus Sundström Kyle Howarth Tim Sörensen Kevin Juhl Pedersen William Drejer Chris Wænnerström William Björling Oscar Holstensson Viktor Ohlsson Albin Born Willy Andersson Daniel Gheorghe No direct promotion from Allsvenskan 2021 2021 fixtures: Round 1 (2021-05-05*/12**) Team Rapid - Valsarna * Indianerna - Vargarna ** Team Småland - Griparna ** Round 2 (2021-05-19) Vargarna - Team Rapid Griparna - Indianerna Valsarna . Team Småland Round 3 (2021-05-26) Team Rapid - Indianerna Valsarna - Griparna Team Småland - Vargarna Round 4 (2021-06-02) Vargarna - Valsarna Griparna - Team Rapid Indianerna -- Småland Reserve day 2021-06-09 (rounds 1--4) Round 5 (2021-06-16) Griparna - Vargarna Valsarna - Indianerna Team Rapid - Team Småland Round 6 (2021-06-21*/23**) Vargarna - Griparna* Valsarna - Indianerna** Team Småland - Team Rapid** Round 7 (2021-06-28*/30**) Team Rapid - Griparna * Valsarna - Vargarna ** Team Småland - Indianerna ** Round 8 (2021-07-07) Vargarna - Team Småland * Griparna - Valsarna ** Indianerna - Team Rapid ** Reserve day 2021-07-21 (rounds 5--8) Round 9 (2021-07-28) Team Rapid - Vargarna Indianerna - Griparna Team Småland - Valsarna Round 10 (2021-08-04) Reserve day 2021-08-11 (rounds 9--10) Allsvenskan cup Semi final round 1: 2021-08-18 Semifinal round 2 : 2021-08-25 Reserve day 2021-09-01 (semi finals) Final 1: 2021-09-08 Final 2: 2021-09-15 Reserve day 2021-09-17 (finals)

Elitserien: *Updated 2021-12-01 Squads at Svemo: https://www.svemo.se/Sporter/Speedway/tavling/ElitserienEnkelserie/forartruppsnitt/ Dackarna Arena (Målilla Motorstadion) Track length: 305m Track record: 55,9 s set by Hans Andersen (Dackarna) 2006-08-01 & Nicki Pedersen (Lejonen) 2008-07-22 Website: http://www.dackarna.nu Social media: Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. confirmed: Adam Ellis Brady Kurtz Luke Becker Jacob Thorssell Rasmus Jensen Alexander Woentin Ludvig Lindgren Theo Johansson Eskilstuna Smederna, Eskilstuna Track: Eskilstuna Motorstadion Track length: 335m Website: http://eskilstunasmederna.se/ Social media: Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. confirmed: Pontus Aspgren William Bäckström Johanes Stark Max Belsing Daniel Bewley Patryk Wojdylo Robert Lambert Kacper Woryna Joel Andersson Indianerna Track: Ica Maxi Arena (Sannahed) Track length: 375m Track record: Nicki Pedersen, 63,3s, 2004 Website: http://www.indianerna.nu/ Social media: Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. confirmed: Chris Holder Max Fricke David Bellego Damian Drozdz Norbert Kosciuch Krzysztof Kasprzak Niels Kristian Iversen Norbert Krakowiak Jonathan Grahn Hugo Lundahl Gustav Grahn Ludvig Selvin Christoffer Selvin Lejonen Track: NTEX Arena (Gislaveds Motorstadion) Track length: 380m Track record: Jason Crump, ???, 2010-10-05 Website: http://www.lejonen.se/ Social media: Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. confirmed: Patryk Dudek Dimitri Bergé Bartosz Zmarzlik Dominik Kubera Hubert Legowik Oliver Berntzon Jakub Miskowiak Mathias Thörnblom Casper Henriksson Tony Gudbrand Edwin Pohjantähti Masarna, Avesta Track: Brovallen Track length: 315m website: http://www.masarna.nu Social media: Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. Confirmed: Philips Hellström Bängs Erik Millberg Antonio Lindbäck Krzysztof Buczkowski Adrian Gala Rohan Tungate Piraterna Track: Biltema Arena( Dunteberget) Track length: 300m Track record: 56,3 Peter Karlsson 2006-05-23 + Antonio Lindbäck 57s 2009-04-28 (after a reconstruction of the track) Website: http://www.piraterna.se/ Social media: Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. confirmed: Marcin Nowak Tomas H Jonasson Jonas Seifert Oskar Fajfer Jakub Jamrog Rospiggarna, Hallstavik Track: Orionparken Track length: 289m website: http://www.rospiggarna.nu/ Social media: Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. Confirmed: Adrian Miedzinski Szymon Woźniak Timo Lahti Kai Huckenbeck Andzejs Lebedevs Kim Nilsson Victor Palovaara Daniel Henderson Kevin Wölbert Vetlanda Speedway Track: Vetlanda Motorstadion. Track length: 361m Track record: Jason Crump 62.4s, 2007-05-08 Website: http://www.elitvetlanda.se/ Social media: Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. confirmed: Tomasz Gapinski Aleksandr Lokatev Sergey Logachew Paweł Przedpelski Martin Smolinski Filip Hjelmland Alexander Liljekvist Jonathan Ejnemark Inken Pöker William Björling Västervik Track: Stena Arena (Ljungheden) Track length: 296m Track record: Bjarne Pedersen, 55,2s Website: http://www.vastervikspeedway.se/ Social media: Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. confirmed: Artem Laguta Viktor Kulakov Fredrik Lindgren Jaimon Lidsey Bartosz Smektala Gleb Chugunov Mads Hansen Peter Ljung Anton Karlsson Noel Wahlqvist Fixtures for 2021 TBC/TBA Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Reservdag QF SF Final