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Have to say after watching some of the videos and interviews on the club's twitter I'm getting really excited about this season. I always thought Ben might drop a bit start of this season but was flying for Peterborough the other night beating doyle and Emil. Potentially best 2nd strings in the league now Marcin has his own gear over hopefully see better performances away from home. And Lee seems proper fired up to get out reserve Berth which would be some achievement in that side. And even if we don't win the league ashfield going to be the place for entertainment this season!!

What about fans who don't have a local track, or are unable to travel to away matches, or simply can't afford admission prices?

Don't know if you meant that as a negative comment towards Berwick, but Edwards taking Mulford's rides is the equivalent of Berwick racing a team above the points limit!

You can bet if next year starts at the end of April we'll have a dry March & first half of April, then a very wet spell as soon as the speedway starts!

Great photo showing the entrance and speedway track. With the Den in the background

Only one man for this job. Who do you call? Troy Batchelor.

He fell off on the practice lap they do a few minutes before the parade. Didn’t see him come off but he was limping and being attended to by the paramedics for a few minutes.

Don't know it was 12 months ago.

And as usual everyone interprets rules differently and that is the problem.

What about the elderly, disabled, people in hospital, people away on holiday, people who are working late. There's many reasons fans might chose to stream if they can't make it to a match. Get rid of streaming & you'll lose all these payments! There maybe some who chose to stream, who would normally attend (especially in bad weather) but Speedway is always better live than on TV, so don't imagine there would be many choosing to stay at home if they could go.

To be fair, I don't think Tomlinson did much wrong. He always insisted that houses could not be built until the Stadium was completed, and it now seems to be being completed. The reason Swindon closed down was down to Osbourne and Russell. If Terry Russell decided to shut the club down, there's nothing that the local MP can do about that. I guess that what will now happen is the stadium will be completed, the houses will then get built, and then Osbourne will eventually sell of the newly completed stadium and it will get demolished. I'm sure the work that is going on there now is purely a legal requirement to allow the remaining houses to be built. If so, Tomlinson was true to his word.

All that should mean is that they don't get a testimonial then!

Watching Emil Sayfutdinov race last night was something special. Do you think Ipswitch have done a big favour to alot of other clubs to bring in the crowds when he rides away at other tracks this year in the UK ? When Ipswitch are in town its a definite one to watch and hopefully if Nick Pederson is ok that should help bring in a few extra in through the gates around the country. Anyone else ?

You would expect Claus to make a mockery off his average if he picks up we’re he left off the last time he wore the stripes. I know some say his average is a 5 because that’s how he rode but we all know he’s better than that much better, really looking forward too see how things pan out. I expect Ben to be number 1 If he continues his upward spiral but it all looks promising hopefully it pans out the way we all hope.

Marcin has brought over 2 full bikes top equipment as you would expect from a pole one new engine from ashtech made to suit most uk tracks and a softer one for the smaller slicker tracks he looked really good yesterday at practice day straight from the off along with the rest of the team they were all on track from 11.30 to around 4 i think claus looked impressive today trying different lines along with bomber having extra practice and think he could well put a few points on his 5 ave

Scunthorpe have a 28 day facility "which can be extended" for Kennedy so in fairness Wolves MUST be allowed a 28 day facility for Becker (surely)!

Not sure if it is a league ride thing, but so far this season both teams have had a couple of minutes of practice laps before the parade at Redcar. Did not see it myself either but that's when Flint came off, looked pretty painful. Fairly run of the mill meeting in the end, slick track (understandably) meant gating at a premium. Schlein impressed with soms good gating and hard first bends. Edwards was excellent with Hume and Bailey also looking decent

I was quite close with my prediction. Rory did well, definitely not rusty!

Sunny Redcar

At the NSS it's the quality of the racing rather than the quality of the field that we go for. Many remember the first Craven meeting when the lineup looked decidedly ordinary but the racing was brilliant.

Time to move on. I'm heading for the STMP.

Yeah, I wouldn't bother explaining it! They prob enjoy it more if they don't know what is happening

Away teams' fans too would be the biggest potential audience I would say... Going away several hundred miles on a Monday or Thursday night might not be the most appealing of things to do, even more so when the weather is 'iffy', given Speedway's possibility of a call off... Hardly any away fans attend nowadays so what an opportunity to get them watching their team from the comfort of their armchairs..

UCOZ up and running- bonus of Meeting from Zarnovica on other screen

Going to Redcar soon my prediction is 51-39 which would still keep it interesting

I agree but then i'm someone who doesn't like any change in speedway at all and i still miss riders wearing tassles under their arms (big shout out to the member of the Armadale team who wore them in 2022!) Now the only tassles i ever see are in Diamond Dolls but it's just not the same and i wish they would bring them back or at the very least bring back the yellow & black helmet colours. I hate yellow, it's barely indistinguishable from white.

I once had the pleasure of meeting Mary Hopkins when she attended Shielfield to witness the Bandits take on the Canterbury Crusaders on a rainswept October night in 1977 and she did indeed say that at the time. We all thought she was barmy though.

1.Connor Coles,8.80 Berwick 2 L.Comlpin,7.27 Mildenhall. 3.A.Pijper,6.90 Workington. 4.A.Roynon,6.00 Edinburgh. 5.A.Boughen,4.95 Leicester. 6.L.Killen,3.00 Oxford. R7.L.Harrison,3.00 Workington. Total Ave.39.94 only.

Final A on Saturday 15th April live on TVP Sport programme starts at 12.50pm UK time 1st race 1.15pm UK time teams France, Latvia, Poland and Sweden.

Doesn`t need to - showing a bit of loyalty to people forking out for season tickets is no bad thing. Tickets will be available- it will just be a mad rush for the final !

1. J Thompson 9.11 Leicester 2. A Roynon 6.00 Edinburgh 3. N Ablitt 7.20 Kent 4. J Alcock 4.36 Kent 5. C Bailey 8.86 Workington 6. L Kileen 3.00 Oxford 7. L Harrison 3.00 Workington Team total 41.53

1. Bailey 8.86 2. Congreve 4.50 3. Pearson 8.00 4. Spencer 5.26 5. Hook 8.00 6. Alcock 4.36 7. Harrison 3.00 Total 41.98

Live on Canal + Sport 5 programme starts 3pm UK time 1st race 3.30pm UK time http://kergel.ucoz.lv/index/live_stream_2/0-12?fbclid=IwAR2eL0VtZngKO7mWxtVxD6VmjVlUNOdM89lON8Sy-AcWVpETDr4TLLAnh68 https://daddylivehd.sx/stream/stream-75.php http://www.maniaki.tv/st7 Hopefully a VK link near start time

Still a decent line up with 7 potential winners.

Yes, sure can. Can’t pay card on south stand yet, you have to buy the ticket from the grandstand if you want to use card but that is soon to change. but cash you can use on south stand

Was it not Richard Sweetman that went over the fence as well during the 2011 season against Somerset??

What is probably more damaging to the club, rather than a comment on an obscure forum, is there being no Speedway on the opening night of the season when the weather is fine after all the build up, returning to the top league, a spot on local TV and radio and the visit of a former World Champion and the returning Russian. Instead the season opens with a junior match. Still, you can't do much about the weather without some kind of track cover system.

Every year the season starts too early

Gino wont have the distractions this time

One day you'll come up with something positive and develop a can do attitude instead of constantly coming up with reasons why things can't be done... be sure to tag me in when you do

It's OK saying it's "dry in Scotland atm," but first, where in Scotland? Secondly, it doesn't really matter what the weather is like now, if the damage has already been done. As far as covers are concerned, you need volunteers to put them down and take them back up again. Not always possible. Some tracks may not be allowed to put covers down, owing to their landlords not giving permission. Berwick have/had covers, so maybe someone can tell us why they were not used in this instance?

That's odd because it's nice and dry in Scotland atm. You know you're getting old when you find yourself mumbling "I remember when riders rode through sleet and snow!". Club owners will one day have to come up with some sort of solution to keeping the track dry up until tapes-up. Large sewn-together track-shaped cut tarpauling (four individual segments?) draped across the track from over the top of the air fences and weighted down on the centre green perhaps? They have to do something soon otherwise these milder summers with more rain are ultimately going to kill this sport.

Live on Canal + Sport 5 programme starts 3pm UK time 1st race 3.30pm UK time http://kergel.ucoz.lv/index/live_stream_2/0-12?fbclid=IwAR2eL0VtZngKO7mWxtVxD6VmjVlUNOdM89lON8Sy-AcWVpETDr4TLLAnh68 https://daddylivehd.sx/stream/stream-75.php http://www.maniaki.tv/st7 Hopefully a VK link near start time

Apologies for being a luddite Rob and being stuck decades back. You have addressed none of the points I raised, of course programmes should be cash, its a few quid. Without doubt a fall back of the track shop is positive so well done for that To argue that a rain off at 1pm justifies the ease of advance payment is nonsense because pay on the gate nobody has bought a ticket as at the point of calling off so struggling with that argument. I do understand that for the one rain off last season it was easier. I would also argue that for the one meeting I purchased in advance and then due to family illness I was unable to attend and therefore lost my £18 was a good argument for NOT having to pay in advance. Its swings and roundabouts but I had no choice but to lose my money.........unless I had paid for insurance. Just for comparison, if I purchase a ticket for Oxford United and cannot attend then OUFC will refund my ticket as long as it was before the game. Oxford Speedway do not offer that luxury So if you do not want to pay for each meeting in advance at the time you can for EVERY meeting in at the start of the season, OK that is a cracking response, not sure I see the link but then I am stuck in the past. Good to see you dismiss all the fans on here as not interested in modern day speedway, I am sure they are all over the moon with being dismissed as luddites with me I did not see my points as a moan, I believe it was constructive and I tried to balance my point with positives and negatives but as I also said there are some who want to blow smoke and will not accept any points. I actually take your comment as somewhat offensive to suggest that a moan because its not like 2007. If that was aimed at me then yep, I am offended. Paying with a debit card is not 2007, its how the vast majority of transactions take place including at all the bars where you do not have to prepay through an app Having said all that, fair play to you for responding, you are the closest thing to the club who does respond. Out of interest is the club mailbox attended and do you think a response should be expected ? If not then I suggest the club do not publish it, email was of course around in 2007 but is still live today.................unless I have to put my questions in advance in an app ! Just out of interest, you made the point that tracks would have upfront payment with no option on the gate. How many tracks did you visit last year that had no option to pay either with cash or debit card on the day. As its the way forward I am just interested to know Apologies for daring to say that not everything is perfect. I also do not frequent this forum any more and thank you for reminding me why

Not heard that before. I just guessed they ran early or later to guarantee the riders they wanted were available.

Correct. You could have a darts match between two pub players who were evenly matched and have a good tight contest but only averaging 60-70 and you wouldn’t fill one table at the ally pally. Roll out the Van Gerwen’s and Gerwyn Price’s averaging ton plus and you’re packing the place out. Speedway isn’t as popular as darts though obviously but it’s the same principle albeit on a smaller scale.

For all the moans on why crowds have dropped its always been quite clear to me that the main ireason s that the standard of rider has . The most stupid thing I kept hearing on here is that we don't need top riders. What other sport would work like that. If Emil or Nicki are riding at my local track I'm going its as simple as that. .

The Yorkshire ''Puddings', Lockerbie 'Bombers', Carlisle 'Storm', Sellafield 'Power',,, National squads could be made up of, The UK 'Sponges', The Welsh 'Tinmen' and The Irish 'Rovers'.

The London Acid Attack

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