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Think it’s worth mentioning how enjoyable last night’s meeting was. I’m often critical of Wimborne Road, but that was a great speedway meeting last night and a fantastic advert for the sport. It had everything, from close racing to dubious decisions, on-track-action and post-race interview controversy. Congratulations to the Pirates on another trophy and also Redcar in giving a fantastic account of themselves. Special mention to Will Cairns and Jake Mullford. Never lose that fire in your belly, boys.

I would say why is the GP final being held when Berwick are at Home 🤔😂

Nope. See for yourself: Rule 14.7 (b) - Club Superiority Exemption A club may approach any rider contracted to another club where it can demonstrate that it has: A. a superior racing track; and B. more handsome supporters In such circumstances, normal restrictions on rider approaches shall not apply.

People spontaneously combusting on here and social media that Coleman has “taken an GP away from Belle Vue and given it to Ipswich instead” are not surprisingly way off yet again. He very much wants the GP at the NSS but there are issues that he’s trying hard to resolve. Everyone is in full agreement that Belle Vue holds the best possible racing. In an ideal world and this is just my opinion, they would have one GP at the NSS every year as standard, and then move the other around different parts of the country for variety and giving supporters from different parts of the UK a chance to go and see a GP without major travelling. Win win.

I'm sorry, but if there is a growing dispute between two riders at the tapes, the starting marshal should intervene and sort it out. That is one of his jobs. For this to end in one rider pulling the others cut out is unforgivable. Surely this amounts to delaying the start and should lead to an exclusion. In fact I think it started out as 6 of 1 and maybe both riders should have been excluded for the delay of start. Instead of which we had this pantomime where an innocent party ends up getting thrown out.

This made me think we’re coming up to a year since our happiest hour for many a year, quickly followed by our darkest when we headed in to the winter not knowing whether we even had our club to support anymore. This time around, we go in to the dark winter months knowing we’re in very safe hands, WILL be coming to tapes next March, having our track upgraded, a GP to look forward to, and the promise of a much more competitive team in 27. Been a whirlwind 12 months and a huge rollercoaster of emotions, but bring on 27.

You go to a pub on Friday night. You walk to the bar where the barman is in conversation with three other customers. What is their history? What have they done together? Have any of them been to prison? You don't know them or anything about them but you stand next to them & drink your pint without question. The difference is Jason Garrity is someone who's name you know & you didn't like him before he went to prison. if you want to use him as a reason not to attend speedway events thats your choice but you don't need to share your hateful message with the rest of us. He done the crime & he's done the time. Now live & let live

I think Richard must come on here… Best of luck to him... Others have gone before with pretty much exactly the same observations and plans... Hopefully this fella gets the cut through needed...

If you’ve heard bumbling Rob Godfrey on one of those podcasts and you know this is actually the “chairman” of the BSPL, as well as a “director” of “speedway futures”, then I’m sorry but nobody can be the least bit surprised at the absolute state of British Speedway currently. Its an incredibly sad state of affairs.

Has anyone seen Godfrey & co since Coleman’s interview on Friday or are they still trying to get up after that knockout?? Coleman clearly knows the issues & with a very successful career in motorsport knows what’s needs to be done. That interview was worlds apart from Godfrey in his caravan.

Your opinion is your opinion. Personally, he was a deserved winner and was right to show some emotion. He was never really 'in British Speedway' he had to go to Germany as a kid to start his professional career as he was already too good for the level that he could ride at over here then completed his apprenticeship before moving onto the big stage - where he's made a life and his growing family are. Every man and his dog knows you have to be in Poland full time to get near that top 15, he's got there and done a very good job getting there. He may not ride in our Micky mouse leagues but he puts that Union Jack on every year an rides his balls off in the world team events..or would you prefer the nice guy Harris who's made a mockery of the Uk system for the last 20 years trailing around at the back? And if I was top of the tree and they played that nonsense I wouldn't have sung either.

I’ve put this link in the 2027 thread but it’s worth putting here too. A few tasty little nuggets on the Witches in here including plans for the track.

If its true that they are looking to increase the points limit All clubs must run an U21 British Rider at reserve All clubs must also run a Foreign U21 Rider at reserve If they can get the ITV4 deal over the line which sounds like the more lucrative deal being worked on Perhaps that's enough for the likes of Glasgow to give the top flight a chance, and I think if the TV deal goes through, you may see Oxford move up again but obviously not do the Championship aswell this time around. Could see the following strength sides, put together for example purposes

It's also disgraceful to force someone to ride in a league that they may feel is financially unviable.

With that attitude it certainly will be. There are however, people who still believe in the product (Richard Coleman the latest) who are trying hard to pull the sport up by its bootstraps and get it upwardly mobile. Your club and others like it, may well be happy with their slippers on, reduce costs annually and see the sport descend even further in to the abyss as an amateur sport in front of a couple of hundred people. Mr Campbell and the rest of the OAP dinosaurs are entitled to have that mindset. Others, like the mentioned Coleman and Mark Lemon, would prefer to at least try and get the top tier moving back upwards as a serious sport. You may think they’re wasting their time, but they obviously don’t so let them get on with it. Enjoy your thriving product in the lower league.

Could you ask Poole why they scored 57 points against Edinburgh? I would have liked a 8-10 point lead for Poole to make the second leg more interesting.

Comfortably 2,000 imo, probably 2.5, although kids go free of which there is always a lot at Shielfield. No words re last night, great set of fans Plymouth have too, brilliant. Shielfield was electric all night, from the second Morris got announced for 27, to the riders going round on the victory parade, if speedway was like that every week, there would be no problems across the sport.

Here I am sitting in a tin can I couldn't give a flying f☆ck what he wins I'd only want to know if he is riding so I could ensure not a penny of mine goes to a promotion that gives him a place

Would it have hurt you to congratulate Berwick on their win or are you still grumpy because the Bandits defeated the Pirates on the way to the final ?

As it stands at the moment to go from the nss to Foxhall for a grand prix is massively disappointing. Going from one of the best and most consistent track in Britain to one of the worst shouldn't have anyone cheering bar those who live a few miles from Foxhall. But thats as it stands now. Coleman knows the score and I'd expect one of his big plans is to improve the track- theres a decent little interview on Karlito youtube channel where he does press on the point that good racing is the priority to getting people through the door. There's been an awful lot of backlash on Coleman for this, but personally from everything ive heard from the guy, the ideas he's got and some of the stuff hes already implemented in a short time at Ipswich I really do think the rest of British speedway and other promoters need to start listening and taking note before it's too late

Ok, which one of you bitter Aces fans is this? 🤣

The centre green is being lowered by 600mm with new drainage and the inside of the track lowered by the same amount to give much better banking. obviously the majority of the track will be removed to allow for a much lower sub base and then a new shale surface will go in replacing the awful clay surface. spedeworth are demolishing the existing home straight stand and replacing it with a three tier building right up to the first bend. At a cost of £1.75 million. There will be a tunnel through the stand to enter the track. new pits area as current ones will be in the way of the new lengthened stand. But like you say minimal track changes. 😆

The stupid Sprint Formula devalues the whole series.IMO.

My own thoughts are what a waste talent and a life ,Jason is not alone in his chosen path his crime was deplorable to say the least .Whilst many on here feel he should never darken a s/way track again it would appear to be the only thing he is any good at and he has been punished for the crime .Would it not be better if he were able to pursue a career that may help to keep him on the straight and narrow ( the rehab of offenders leaves a lot to be desired ) if for no other reason than the financial burden on the state .

What is most disappointing from my POV is that he's immediately invited back into the sport, when any self respecting employer would , knowing Garrity's history give the guy a very wide berth.

Well done Bandits. What a performance. Kildemand and Morris were outstanding, as was Battye. The latter two returning next season is massive for Berwick. If they recruit wisely, they could make a serious title challenge next season. Gutted for the travelling Plymouth fans. Several Gladiators should be embarrassed by their performance. Took this screenshot last night. What a crowd. I’ve been to Shielfield Park many times, but never have I saw the first bend this packed. Great to see.

If you wanted to make money through corruption speedway is one of the last places you would rock up I would imagine Richard like most promoters is very much underwater on his investment currently.

I personally thought Woryna parked it a bit too much in front of Freddie and didn’t really give him anywhere to go.

Oliver Allen is absolutely clueless, incredible he used to ride speedway yet has so little grip on the rules of the sport. Shocking.

Farcical the gp series could be decided by sprint race points. Since when is a sprint race speedway?

It isn’t just an Ipswich thing either. It’s nice for southern based supporters everywhere to get an opportunity to see Zmarzlik and Co in the flesh. It should move around more IMO. Maybe Glasgow next stop?

It feels like RC is the kind of character we've needed for many years. As has been said the difficult bit for him will be getting people to follow him but whatever he is proposing has to better than scraping by or losing money every season? There needs to be a longer term plan and a strategy for growth rather than cobbling together the same old format every year and you feel this fella might well be able to provide that. Every interview he does is impressive.

No Qualifying links as yet SGP Links: https://vksport.vkvideo.ru/live-53550004_456242890 https://vkvideo.ru/live-81427162_456239824

Would snap your hand off for either. ”I was in Wroclaw on Sunday having discussions within the rider market” There is undoubtedly going to be rider(s) shared across the two clubs I think that’s obvious. Riders putting pen to paper for Wroclaw will also be nudged in this direction. It’s going to be fascinating from an Ipswich perspective this winter, more than usual I think. On the track, it was great to hear the plans for that and his determination to improve the racing. Altering the shape slightly, uprooting the drains and completely changing the track surface. It sounds like he’s going to do the job Louis announced he would do but shelved due to costs when he realised the work involved would include uprooting the drains. We also know there will be new track curators here also. Fair play to him. He’s going to make a huge difference to this club, and hopefully British Speedway in general (if he’s allowed…).

Some of the comments at Cairns are laughable. Please remember he is still a bairn at 17, plying his trade with adults in a high pressure professional setting & a sport that is more adrenaline fuelled than most. I for one hope he keeps this up because if he wants a successful career & to chase the dream of being World Champion one day, then he is gonna need all these attributes that people are so keen to moan about. Wont be moaning if in 10 years time he is World Champion, the same people will probably be kissing his ass. Last night was brilliant for the sport. What was good to see was a load of youngsters going at it 100%, ie Cairns, Rushen, Mulford, Pijper, Scott. If these boys keep progressing then we might not see them in Britain for much longer before the lure of Zlotys beholds them, so enjoy it whilst it lasts!

This is very funny, especially the audio:

Exactly the sort of mindset Coleman & Lemon are up against…..no idea about how the modern sporting world works & what today’s consumers want. As Coleman said they can all argue about the time line but the current path leads to extinction of the sport.

Don't let Burnham here you talk about bbq's

I think you might find that the local residents behind the pits area of the stadium and East Suffolk council who are very strict objecting to music and bars added to which the curfew which in itself is amusing. The bikes can race but I believe they cannot use the tannoy system to announce results. Years back the meeting overran and while they raced to the end of the meeting no announcements. It is amusing though that the bikes noise lasts minutes whereas a stock/banger meeting races go on relentlessly for several hours(with short breaks to clear the track) but it always seems that the complaints are about speedway. The plus points are the planned changes to the stands and track and historically the fact that the speed weekends have regularly attracted thousands of supporters, so a GP can easily be accommodated albeit hotels may be an issue for overseas travellers as most are in the centre of Ipswich and i don’t believe that they have direct public transport links to the stadium so that is something that needs to be considered for punters staying in the town centre or arriving at Ipswich Station. I believe that it can be a decent venue for a GP and those who have a downer on Ipswich holding the event should wait and see. Don’t base views on what has been, RC has ambitions and he has a point to prove so let’s give him and his team a chance. Remember he only rents the stadium from Spedeworth and if he has convinced them to make the changes then don’t under estimate what can/will be done.

And the rest, mate! The main stand holds over a thousand and was very nearly full. And folk all around the terraces. A superb turn-out, from a town with a population of about 12,000.....

Perhaps he enjoys dropping the soap in the showers too much 😃

It'll be the FREE CAR PARK that would have swung it !! 😜😂

Incredible from Lambert, he's barely had a bad ride in the second half of the season. Showed no signs of nerves at all, a good 2nd off a tough gate to start and then flawless for the rest of the night. Fair play to Zmarzlik being straight there to congratulate him. A mention for Kurtz too, must be disappointing to miss out again but I'm sure he'll be in contention again next year and he now has a brilliant opportunity to do it in front of a home crowd.

Bloody thing just come back on Good one Mr Lambert Take my hat off to Smarzlik waiting to congratulate Lambert

Really surprised at the anti Hausl nonsense on here. Kid has been absolutely battered in several opening heats, which does zero for confidence etc. I'd fully expect him back along with KJP next season. We have to stop binning riders every season and build a solid team. I'd hazard a guess at Bomber, Mario, Anders Rowe, KJP, Dan T, Grmek and Hodder as our team in 27. Just under 38 with Brit reduction. Likely KJP and Mario will benefit the side having another season. KJP looks like he could push on, IMHO. Scunny away did the tie in, we looked hopeless in the latter stages of that as the home side ran amok.

Our friend @ouch has to be odds on favourite, with our even older friend @AceBelle rising like a phoenix from the ashes at evens. Long shots, @mikebv and @PhilTheAce, they’re far too chilled to be the “Ordinary Man” for my money 😁 Edit: Forgot @Rob B! Dark horse for sure!

To be fair to the fella why shouldn't Foxhall have a gp you can't say Richard isn't putting a shift in to steer the leaky ship in a better direction he deserves a few personal win's for the time/cash he's putting into the sport.

After his second big crash (when leading!) he returned to the hospital for more tests as he was in extreme pain when trying to turn the bike. Following a second MRI scan, a previously undiagnosed spinal disc rupture injury was discovered. The medics (who missed it the first time) advised upto 6 months rest, so he informed the promotion (he was living at Matt Ford's) that he had to step down and return to Oz for proper recuperation and treatment.

Really looking forward to this. Couldn’t be happier for the Bandits and Gladiators; two clubs and fan bases very much deserving of an opportunity to win silverware. Somewhat ironic and peculiar that the tracks couldn’t possibly be any more different or further away from one another.

That was great entertainment though if both were let at it down in the pits after there would of been only one winner and wouldnt of been Emil. Whether Cairns was right or wrong , being a knob or not, the sport desperately needs new fans and stuff like this wont do any harm.