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9pm finish, frank ebdon would of been proud of that

What a great advert for speedway that would be.... "meeting postponed because Poole want to host the second leg..." For Heavens sake.

A neutral's perspective, watching on TV. There were still plenty of exciting races and good moves to make it enjoyable. Hagon and NKI didn't seem overly bothered by the conditions and watching Bewley, Kurtz, Lidsey and even Blodorn using track craft to position themselves in the right position on the track to pass riders made it an enjoyable watch still

If it is wet, and they still run, the racing will be very processional... One line with loads of grip... Won't be great to watch... They would have to remove "lots" of material and there would still be a "berm" that will develop that the riders will use... PUK got his track record in similar conditions.. The final deserves a showpiece event not a gating competition....

Think you have to credit Hagon there,rather than saying it was dreadful from Blodorn.

If Oxford is off Wednesday the first leg will be Poole on Friday!

Just watched it on YT... Some cracking racing... Bllodorn third to first... NKI's move on Becker.. Bewley and Kurtz going either side of riders for fun.. And Sam Hagon showing one or two of his more experienced team mates how to ride the NSS.. Not many tracks in perfect condition would bring up racing that good tonight...

Indeed, every season people say the team that loses a final has "bottled it" is it not possible a team just lost because their opponents were better?

Why would they not support their team? Given Leicester has rolled BV over twice at home this year why would anyone think it's a done deal? Those of us who no longer have a team would love to have one in a final, with a chance to win still.

Wondering if everyone who complained that the meeting wasn't called off early, admit they were wrong & give the Belle Vue promotion / track staff credit?

But Frank would have done it with 19 starts.... And four exclusions...

The Ferrari F1 ride is mental... I am going to ask if it accelarates from a standing start faster than a Speedway bike... And then let Kelvin know...

Leicester should do a double header Play off final and Jubilee final

What's the forecast like for Sheffield and Ipswich? If it is ok, maybe they could be picked to be the finalists instead? 😁

Betty's HotPot?

There's no easy way agreed but year on year the play offs and finals are raced in conditions alien to the rest of the season . Speedway has prostituted itself to tv tbf and there are so many blank weeks in summer your first sentence doesn't hold much water

A line to sum up British Speedway... And why it isn't taken seriously... That said... Get the red smoke flares out for Thursday... The Manc invasion is on.....

I'm sure Poole are not going to force him to ride, if he feels fine and wants to, it's up to him

I think all the teams in the league have been grateful for emil riding in the uk the last two years, put numbers on every gate! class act on and off the track

Currently 26C and Sunny where I am... In Salou... (If it helps anyone)....😁😇

There is some stupid talk on here. If Oxford is postponed Poole will be the first leg end of. I have this from the promoters mouth earlier today. And Poole are at home next Wednesday to Scunthorpe as already agreed and that will not change.

And you've made your choice, but you don't get to choose the weather

Belle Vue are favourites for sure but I'm such a proud lions supporter this season. In our history we are usually the whipping boys so this is just fun to be here. Don't expect flares and bend 2 army folks were just glad we're here lol

Entitled is certainly a good word when it comes to Poole.

You mean LAST timers

What do you want to be said, they put 2 posts on social media today, a meeting preview and a race day update with times, so it’s on, if it wasn’t on they’d have announced it was off.

Hearing Doyle (C) and Emil coming back ...

I’m concerned that if TV company turn up then that’s it, the pressure will be to get it on. We know the track can take water but we had a hell of a lot and it will be sodden, in July for SoN a couple of hours sun would start to dry it out. that’s not going to happen now in cold overcast conditions.

The Kings Lynn promotion would have called both meetings off by now - For commercial reasons. 😜

Ben is keen to be back racing as soon as possible. He definitely doesn't think his season is over.

Belle Vue wanted it more and were willing to put their necks on the line to win it. I feel the result would have been similar on a dry track too. Sam Hagon was excellent but a few of the other Leicester riders need to take a look at themselves in the mirror. Special praise has to go to the track staff for getting the meeting on at all and still producing some good racing despite the conditions.

There was far more passing then at Leicester last week, in fact probably then several meetings at Leicester.

That's the way to run a meeting, no faffing about, just get on with it! Every meeting should be like that! After the exciting and close racing of the two semis, the final is, as predicted, a one sided farce! Well done to BV, I'm sure the score wouldn't have been any real different tonight even without the rain, and it would have been a travesty really and a sad indictment of how poor British speedway is, if that drab, and classless Leicester team had have won the plays offs.

I think that’s just one too many heat advantages to concede for the Lions. Only two race winners all night and no heat advantages although they did tuck in well for a number of shared heats. Got to point the finger at Fricke.A GP rider on a track he should know well and turns in 3 points, absolutely p*ss poor. Dickson will be furious. Young Hagon has to be worth a mention. Rode his socks off and put in a massive contribution. Hats off the Aces big guns, they simply don’t know when they’re beaten and breeze past the opposition with ease at home.

Hagon goes on the outside. So masters and becker decide not too but Bewley does. Make that make sense.

Missed out last year in the final heat of the final meeting and missed out this year when both become injured! It’s no coincidence that the three clubs that seem to be competing for the title in recent years (Ipswich, Belle Vue, Sheffield) all have two big hitters. Emil/Doyle, Bewley/Kurtz, Holder/Woffinden. Poole another example, won every year with a top heavy team with Chris Holder and Darcy ward. It’s clearly the way to go to have the biggest chance of success.

What a load of old tosh. Which other club gets ‘dicked around” by so many riders as you seem to? Perhaps if people running your club treated their riders better than that wouldn’t be happening. How many riders ‘dick around” Belle Vue, Ipswich and Sheffield? It’s always Lynn isn’t it? Must be the unluckiest club of all time! You’re ran like a circus so take off the rose tinted specs and admit it.

I’m at the track and the track already looks considerably better than when they put the pics on. currently blading all the dirt off. Got 2 hours to do it. Shouldn’t be a problem

Do you think certain riders had already been told before the meeting “thank you for 2024 but we won’t be using you in 2025” ? Can’t make my mind up if it was equipment, track, mindset after the Cook crash or if there was another agenda but both Holder’s had an off night for some reason

Don't know if that's brave or foolish hope the track allows for a few good heats for them

There's no reason for that to happen though, all meetings have to be raced. Would be a shame for any Scunny fans who have taken time off work & possibly booked hotels if there meeting was put back a week.

I hear this every year, but clubs shouldn't be able to avoid racing in good weather just because they want the second leg.

Great comment, Kyle’s on a 5 point average (6 when BP’s included, 23 of the for the year) he rides at number 2 with Jack for 3 races each meeting, so Example Emil in front, Jack 2nd place and Kyle 3rd what’s he supposed to do race Jack for the extra point to increase his green sheet average or let Jack concentrate on possibly attacking Emil or sit behind partner pick up the bonus point for finishing behind him? If suddenly Kyle starts leading Jack each race and increases his average to say 6.50 and Jack’s average then goes down to 7.30 the fans (fickle ones anyway) would be on Jack’s case saying he ain’t good enough. Its a team sport in the league and sometimes riders sacrifice their scoring positions to the better rider in the team for the benefit of the team, bigger picture and all that

No reason to pick on Abi She has an earpiece with her producer telling her what to do so she has to comply When the Sheffield boys were upset she initially said she was leaving them alone and then was obviously told to try and talk to them I think Abi is fine I think some people just look for an issue doesn’t matter who is presenting the would find flaw Scott and Chris are fine but kelvin does get flustered easily …. With 2 heats to go he said Sheffield need to get two 5-1’s …. Then within a minute said a 4-2 may well do … it’s basic maths to be 8 down with 2 to go to know what’s required

I think there needs to be a bit of a history lesson. The FIM Europe SEC under One Sport was an open event for GP riders to ride in qualifiers and in the series. They pay a pittance to the FIME compared to the GP contract and quite rightly the GP promoters were not happy. Therefore it was agreed that the SEC winner would get a place in the GP’s( only the winner- if the winner qualifies by another route 2nd does not get in). GP riders cannot enter the qualifiers or be the series wildcards and can only stay in it if they finish in the top 5 of the series finals.- ie if Michelsen gets a GP wildcard in 2025 then he won’t be in the SEC. I think it was a fair compromise and leaves the SEC as the secondary competition albeit with a route to the GP. I also think no one can complain about top 4 in Challenge getting into GP especially as GP is over when it takes place so all 16 riders know that a quarter of them will be GP riders in 2025.

Whoosh

There is only a single reason for pay offs and that is to satisfy the TV companies. The ONLY team sport that is big enough to call the shots to the TV companies is Premier League Football as they know there would be an outcry from the fans if pay offs were to be introduced... just like there is every time they try and introduce a "super league" What these sports have to weigh up is the benefit of the TV contract... in Speedway's case their "broadcast partners" are probably doing more harm than good to the sport for the pittance they pay for it.

Why? Completely sexist to say that. We have speedway experts in both sexes, and equally some very good professional broadcasters in both sexes. The woman who hosted with Scott for BT Sports was fantastic for example.

You cynic.... Don't you know that they bring in an extra 1000 punters more tham a normal league match.. The same 1000 punters who miss loads of meetings throughout the season as they don't take the "qualifiers" seriously. What a plan....

I actually think she has improved a lot and is quite good now.