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it's speedway, riders get injured, how many teams in the country will finish with their starting 7?

That's a bit ripe coming from a Brummie fan with their renowned track prep....just saying

Going by the troll's post that you quoted & you having a rider with an average of 5.52 classed as a reserve then nearly all the teams have 4 reserves! Just shows what a he is.

Surely you are getting it right if you have as many titles to your name as Poole do, regardless of how you get there?

So we have been taken for a ride ?

Think it’s a link to Fake Taxi

Same could easily be said about British Speedway as a whole. Whilst IOW don't claim to have all the answers they are at least posing a few questions and getting people talking. The meeting types and formats clearly won't work a lot of places as they simply don't have the track to accommodate it but to successfully run an alternative to league speedway has to be applauded even if it doesn't directly appeal to you.

Still got Trolls on here. There's a suprise

Speedway star today says LR is waiting on 5th rider to come back to him. No mention of the 6th or 7th riders. I really believe LR can not source riders. Those that may be available want to much money for the new consortium.

Variety is the spice of life. If we all liked the same things life would be pretty boring. IMO one thing the sport can do is provide a bit of variety in some if not all the meetings. How many former regular attendees posting on this forum have said 15 heats and endless laps by a Massey Ferguson is one of the reasons they no longer attend. The sport needs to win back these supporters while also attracting new ones, 8 riders doing a few Flat Track demos may attract some who wouldn't go. At the end of the day the same old format being done every meeting isn't getting a new generation of fans through the door.

LOL. For someone claiming to have floated a company on the stock exchange, your post is rather a lot of misunderstood nonsense. From the limited amount of information filed at Companies House it's impossible to see the full story, but I can make a decent stab at what has happened. Haven't got time now, but I'll try to explain some of it later unless someone else does it in the meantime.

There's no way I can agree with this. Almost 50% of the fixtures are Island Masters (the same riders in each?) or 3TT (the same teams?). Flat track racing and grass track bikes on shale does nothing for me. Just glad it's not my local team.

Skidder enjoys throwing a red herring every now and again

Hope you're right

It is not how you start but how you finish.

Shame for the fans, but I bet there's not many riders that will miss riding at Eastbourne...just saying

3 strong heatleaders although 2 couldn't pass water so better hope they gate, 4 reserves!! At least 2 of this starting 7 wont be there at the end, Poole have always made changes so why cant the management seem to get it right

At least there will be some Speedway at the old Gun site. Very basic venue but can see some good support. I will be venturing there most meetings.

I guess the main good news is that attendances shouldnt be affected by mandatory covid isolation rules.

Given how team building is going for Birmingham i think the year break (forced or otherwise) is going to be the best thing for Eastbourne longer term. Having everything in place in plenty of time will allow for both on and off track success.

Didnt want to rub salt into the wounds of the very sensitive Poole fans about the team, lots of mid season changes coming up this year

As it happens the NDL is shaping up to be fairly well balanced and could be one of the better seasons for a little while. That said the diversity that IOW offer as a weekly spectator is pretty special and something that most clubs would undoubtedly be envious of.....a fixture list drawing a good home crowd without the curse of away expenses. Once again IOW lead the way.

Wow who saw that one coming! Leaving Lawson until last then.

PLANS TAKING SHAPE Plans are back underway for the Robbos Farewell meeting which is back on the Fixture list for Friday 1st April with a 7.30 start at Redcar. Those who had already agreed to sponsor are currently being contacted and updated on the plans. There will be some sponsorship opportunities still available and details as to what is available will be published soon. Robbo is currently working his way through his list of riders for the event, and the names will be released in due course. Currently Friday 1st April only has one fixture planned in the UK……so if you are looking for a speedway fix then all roads lead to Redcar!

Good to see from the website (warriors-speedway.com) that there will be a full summer season of racing at Smallbrook Stadium in 2022.

We've said before that the variety of meetings kept the sport fresh. In addition to the league and KOC, every track had a couple of individual meetings, at least one regional cup, plus things like best pairs and 4TT's. The real icing on the cake was being awarded a Test Match! Those were the days...

Yeah can't fall below their original assessed average. Believe Josh McDonald has a true average below 4 (or he did).

Danno verge has said on Facebook he has signed for Kent plus another team. Could this be Birmingham as he can only ride for one national league team ?????

LOL... NO, no, no A PLC is a "Public Limited Company".... A company which offers shares to the public via the stock market. Think you've just proved you haven't "run a PLC" Ltd.

...and that was due to off-track issues rather than on-track performances, although his assessed starting average of 4.00 only increased to 4.05 by the end of season so a fairly good decision to let Plymouth have him I reckon(eh Lewy?!). Talked the talk but couldn't walk the walk.

It appears to be a Ltd which makes it a private limited company. That doesn't make it a PLC A PLC designates a company that has offered shares of stock to the general public. The buyers of those shares have limited liability. Meaning, they cannot be held responsible for any business losses in excess of the amount they paid for the shares.

Takes me back to my accounting days..... Limited Liabilities... Nice...

It is a private limited company. Feel free to browse wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_limited_company

Mine too. I think Sandor was the only Heathen who seemed prepared to give it a go and ended up having about 5 rides before they pulled out.

With the odd pothole for good measure.

Well he should certainly learn how to ride blue line tracks !

Why wouldn't he be?? (Hint Denmark has a Summer break in July, so no clashes there)

You can buy the beers in

Only ONE Championship team not racing on this Friday(Bank Holiday Good Friday), Plymouth, so hope there is no early season injuries before the bitches come out waving their fingers at Godfrey again.

it's been down and a lot of postings have been lost . Chris has been trying to restore them so far without success .

It's a good fixture list from the Brummies point of view, a local derby with Leicester, big hitters Poole and the return of Harris with Berwick to start the season with should attract the fans and bring in plenty of revenue

It seems to have all the league fixtures. Plus summer tourney. I guess there’s still at least one cup match to add? But that’s probably it. Very compressed. it’ll still go on until Christmas though!

Redcar away on 25th March. Nice early start to season.

Whilst i loved watching NKI,i think he is on a downward spiral much quicker than Doyle.He was starting to lose it a bit when he last rode for Lynn a few seasons ago imo.

Plymouth have announced main team title sponsors for 2022 season. Westcolour, who are one of the largest mailing and fulfilment companies in the UK. The team will be known as the Plymouth Westcolour gladiators. Fantastic news and well done.

Totally agree Hume has much. More improvement left to come. Shanes and Morris are decent riders but in my view Hume could be a heat leader in time the other two won't be.

Wouldn't be greatt if Hans Nielsen was able to attend the grand re-opening meeting?

.I tell ya what,,, with Belle Vue struggling to find decent riders and most of the other teams known,,, we suddenly don't look so bad, even under the limit as we are. Only Sheffield look stronger to me,,, but even they have up and down riders.

doesn't matter when his brother-in-law is a tattooist

Has he announced Terry Betts as the 'rising star'?