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So the end of the season has arrived . Quite a few not really happy on here . Well I for one think that to get a full season of speedway in the current situation speedway seems to be in is a winner in my book. Some teams have fallen out of the league, some have struggled to even fulfill their fixtures and some have said this will probs be their last season. Have we heard that at Berwick . No. Has the season gone well. Well if it’s results then no but the promotion stuck by the guys they signed before lockdown which is very admirable . And so they should have. You have seen young talent in abundance this season and the promotion are very forward thinking about bringing on the next generation of British riders. I fir one thank the promotion , riders , volunteers and of course the fans for speedway at Berwick and hope we have it next year. To spud enjoy your retirement you’ve been a fine servant to speedway over the years.

Personally I always enjoyed the variety that speedway offered...team, individual, pairs.

I disagree. Poorly marketed product, high cost compared to alternative entertainment, meeting presentation 30 years out of date, dated stadia, lack of household names/world class riders, tracks that don'tproduce good racing...these are all far bigger issues than doubling up imo.

Doubling up is one of the major reasons in this country along with guests that is driving people away and makes it impossible to find any national sponsor. It makes the sport non credible. The sport in the uk needs to become a mix of semi pro/amateur with standard equipment in use in our leagues. It needs a major overhaul.

I seem to be in a minority, but thought it was a decent meeting. Passing in at least half the heats.

Hate to think what the consequences would have been there without an airfence. Quite possibly saved Freddie's career and more...

Happy retirement spud How bad is the racing these days at Berwick, that’s twice we’ve been in just over a month and you’d be hard pushed to remember any sort of race.

Haha all's fair in play offs but you're no getting him for Birmingham no needing any injuries!! Yeah I was just thinking that myself that they're getting back to their 2019 form. In all honesty it's good to see both Scottish clubs up at the top. Don't want to draw you though, ashfield suits your team more than armadale!!

Something doesn't sit right with a tiger securing the monarchs a play off spot

Nothing to do with Wozniak- Laguta just misjudged it.

I'm so pleased to see him wearing the King's Lynn colours tomorrow. I'm sorry that issues led to him leaving in the first place.

I couldnt agree more, but the powers that be wont grasp the nettle until its to late, we have to step back before we can move forward again, because of the equipment costs it has to be regarded as a hobby Sport rather than where average riders can earn a living, subsidised by Promoters constantly having to put money in and supporters paying increasing admission costs for very little entertainment provided by riders with no real Team loyalty which has always been an essential part of British Speedway but the BSPL constantly overlook this aspect.

Heat 6 67.1 7 67.3 8 67.2 11 67.0 13 68.5 I too missed Heat 15.

Delighted with the 4 points , which was a must for us last night , but as a spectacle it was a pretty mundane meeting . Riders chased hard , but overtaking was impossible unless the man in front made a mistake . I've a lot of time for Berwick speedway and their fans , but I doubt if I could go and watch that every week

Sure that would be a curry out service

It’s not a specialist track,it’s just a gaters track,most riders don’t have trouble getting round.

Brilliant gesture and Tony Jackson (last Worky manager to win the treble) is coming over and when I offered him a ticket for free he said thanks but I would rather buy one to help the club which was another fantastic gesture... Regards THJ

Yeah, working wonders that..

Isnt that what we do have? So, as the thread title suggests... No change next year then....

Because it is - the Semi`s in Daugavpils and GB would be in it if the final wasn`t in Manchester !!

Well done and thanks to Connor Bailey - excellent contribution to the cause tonight. Actually I think Connor and Ricky are running in to form at just the right time for Tigers chances of winning the play-offs.

He was offered that engine as "it’s very well suited" to the Kent track. unfortunately that didn’t turn out to be the case and it lost power as the meeting went on

Not wide enough obviously lol

Must admit I was surprised to see Cook excluded as the refs normally take the easy way out and get all four back for the rerun. As for the crowds, even with the restrictions at the start of the season Berwick`s crowds have held up very well IMO.

In the previous Peterborough meeting Hans Andersen had 4 rides in succession, so it shouldn't be too much of a consideration !

It also puts pressure on the team manager to get his selections right. In the past Adams has tended to use his best rider first, which I've disagreed with. This has resulted in Wolves building a lead, the opposition then using a T/S and closing the gap, with the weaker riders left towards the end of the meeting.

Even on points scored there's no realistic way that Glasgow can catch us. We'll beat Redcar anyways!

all the same bar Holder, Bewley & Kurtz lol

Plymouth fan here I got it no issues down here

Thanks. Have to say, i'd prefer top 8 plus three picks, though doubt it will make much/any difference

Why would Lynn move 'down' and give up their local derbies? Not gonna happen. Hopefully at least two will move 'up' to even the leagues up a bit, I cant imagine it's the massive financial difference it used to be. If its Plymouth then Lawson has a choice to make I guess although you would imagine he knows what's going on to have signed for both sides.

Leon was taken out according to the referee. Seemed to be on spuds bike on the re run. Cook was excluded

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Yes, looks like you are right. If points difference is still used when deciding who is above who when level on points? It could be on points scored? However if it is points difference then Glasgow currently on +88 and Poole are +192.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/283799344971433/permalink/6405154112835895/ Hopefully the link works. Heat 15 from Leicester last night

Maybe Nicki Pedersen has the right idea. Brace for impact, fall, wait for red lights, get up once exclusion light comes on. walk back to pits with helmet off if he is in the re-run. sometimes taking a dive is for the best result for the lead rider. It can be said "He could have stayed on" but for what reason? A rider is leading only for a desperate lunge inside him then the charging rider forces him to stand his machine up & head to the fence then watch the other two riders pass as he regains control & continues metres behind. So many times a rider has to go down for a race to be stopped. So why should a rider ever try to stay on if he believes he has been unfairly passed?

Fricke doesn`t need one !!!!- nor does Dudek and Przedpelski and Michelsen

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Please... any local speedway fans who have a spare day, redcar, berwick NEWCASTLE... Please come support us tomorrow so we may continue beyond this year... don't let speedway lose yet another... we need to turn up and show rob how much we love this club

It must have been a better quality of a meeting from Vojens because in a weird sort of way it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. For sure there was some boring races, but first corner action was often good and those that wanted to chase and pass did, but with current points system chasing hard in heats 13-20 is not always worth it if you scored well in your first 3 rides. Not the first time has Emil took a dive, yet others later stayed on when in similar situation. Glad to see Freddie on his feet, just hope it wasn’t him in that report of an ambulance with blue lights leaving shortly after the meeting.

There are crashes that make you just want to turn the tv off and that was one of them ...i really did fear the worst and thank god they got up .. scary

Worst crash I’ve seen live at track, the way Freddie was stuck on bike and hit fence head first feared the worst but the air fence did its job!

That looked horrific... Freddie looked like he was knocked out on the bike before he hit the fence.. Hopefully both ok.... Edit. Thank goodness both up..... Air fences worth every penny...

Well to be fair I think it will be a close one 47 - 43 or 46 - 44 but no idea which way... the Diamonds need to show the same spirit they did against Glasgow and we could pull off another surprise... However this could be the 3rd last ever meeting at Brough and the fans need to turn out in numbers to show the Promotion that the sport isn't a lost cause in Newcastle and I don't mean thousands although that would be very nice... but the bigger the turn out 650/750/850 say then this will make the Promotion think again... Regards THJ

That’s a different Planet though.

It's one of the best in the country, would be a bit silly to judge it on a wet night don't you think.

Sheffields home Sunday meeting v Kings Lynn isn't sheduled until September 26th as today is the 10th is Poole 15 days in the future down on the south coast

That's Sat Navs for you . It's been pissistently raining down in Stockton.

The current state of British speedway no one in there right mind would take either club on unless they’ve money to burn - and as for a sale don’t think he hope in hell of someone buying either club the promotion rights a more or less worthless .What Buster should actually be looking for is someone to take on the running costs .

Although it sounds easy just need to consider Speedway demographics, it’s not like just putting a channel number into your Sky or Virgin media box and also no option to record programming so watch it live or edited version on demand. Its been reported that Matchroom Sports who moved their Boxing over from Sky to DAZN recently are very disappointed with viewing figures for their fight camp Live boxing shows they have recently done with them being 75% down to 2020 when it was on Sky Sports this in turn has meant a couple of large sponsors have pulled the plug on advertising and will instead move to BT for future events. I would hazard a guess that if DAZN were to get Speedway’s GP series for the UK would be between 5-8k viewers if they are lucky .