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I suspect you are onto something here a sort of match of the day highlights style programme for speedway - 1 hr including the best heats from all the tracks! A studio style presentation + one or two ex riders as experts. The only issue would be maybe getting the footage from all the tracks!

Have to say looking forward to the season lets hope for some great racing - certainly all 4 Witches involved seemed to do well in that test!

I found £7 very decent value - I ditched both BT Sport and Sky in lockdown as I found the prices of the entire package was just too high, it also irritated me that football was being scattered across various services meaning a huge outlay if you wanted them all - SKY BT Sport and Premier TV (which you could get Polish and Swedish Speedway on) the list was getting too long. I was paying close to £200 per month for everything - broadband Sky full package Bt Sport etc etc. So i disaggregated everything and cut out sky, bt sport etc entirely - and just subscribed to Discovery for the GPS, SWC and league in the UK. The one benefit to steaming services is you have much more control and power to cancel the subscription, it took me several goes to cancel sky and BT sport - i think they deliberatly make it so so you give up trying to cancel. I may well subscribe for the season for £31 per month and then cancel out of season but lets see where speedway pops up first.

Thanks - interesting, I am sure speedway and the SGP will be on TV somewhere

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It seemed to cruel that Adams, one of the smoothest and safest riders ever, had that type of injury after his speedway career had literally just finished! I also remember dear old JL having a crash on a monkey bike at Foxhall a few years back too not quite the same but he was quite seriously injured if i recall it right!

Thanks for that I was on the third and forth bend and remember that cutback - it was the sweetest move of all time!

I was that much of a fan I badgered my dad to take me all the way to Swindon a couple of times, one time I was actually staying with family friends in Nailsworth and they took me to Blunsdon 1988 V Ipswich - Andrew scored an almost perfect 14 from 5 that day! Gary Chessell another ex Arena rider was riding for Swindon also and he scored 8 or so as well - i went home very happy!!

He certainly seemed to me to be one of the most naturally talented riders for sure. I felt he could and should have gone higher than he did. He gave me many speedway happy memories however!

Funnily enough I thought of him when i saw this thread - when he spent half a season riding for Arena he always did look smooth and classy on the bike even at the ripe of age of 43. My other choice is Andrew Silver leg trailer extrordinaire. To a lesser extent Troy Pratt - his style also reminded me of Andrew, particularly wen riding Arena's tight bends.

I saw him ride at the NSS for the Aces v Sheffield and I felt he was a matchwinner! he certainly looked good there.

I thought he was brilliant at reserve for BV!

Earlier this season I went to see the Aces V Sheffield at the NSS - I have to say as a speedway experience it was very good, great stadium, you could hear the announcer - the mascot messed about a bit with the crowd to get them going - decent food and drink on offer - the racing was pretty decent too. As I drove home I reflected on how much I had enjoyed it. I also quite enjoy my visits to Foxhall and Owlerton. I like the fact pre meeting there is an update on British Speedway which seems to be co-ordinated by Ian Branning etc - I like the fact the programmes look more professional now. If a referee keeps the meeting moving promptly then there are no large gaps between races. They key weakness at Foxhall is with it being such a large open stadium sometimes you can't hear much - they often do interviews pre match and if i am on te 2nd bend which is my preferred spot to watch I can't hear hardly anything. The same applies at Owlerton - my tigers mate likes to watch from the 3rd / 4th bend and you literally can't hear the tannoy at all there! Ryan Guest does a decent job as the meeting presenter as does old Presenter at Ipswich!

My condolences! For some reason people will pay for Premier League football which is often a rather dull affair - the ball is often in play for only 55-60 minutes of the 90. As someone who has over the years attended a lot of spectator sports I still think a decent speedway match tops the lot.

He was better for sure in 23 but in 22 he often looked quite unsteady on the bends in my view his average could have been quite a bit higher too if he hadn’t lost so many pts - on his day tho he was a good effective reserve reckon he can do well

Question is after his injury will he be one of those deemed ‘not good enough’!! From what I saw of Gilkes last year I wasn’t so impressed - pleased for Hume nice guy and maybe he deserved another crack - he will try hard but yes some points may get lost through falls! Mind you when I saw him at Ipswich in 22 and 23 I get the feeling track didn’t always suit his riding style - Owlerton is probably better suited to him!

spot on i reckon - regardless I hope for once Lynn have a decent / drama free season make the top four etc.

Its a very good start and better than anything you had lat the start of ast year! A fully fit and motivated Tobi will get you lots of points. You also have a decent R/S in my view!

agreed - have a lot of time for him

Just frustration on Tolleys part I reckon, all the smart money was on Brennan moving from ages go!

well they are not like for like replacements, so definitely agree here - someone in the other slots has to have an improvement

I think Lawson is a big loss for you guys, everytime I have seem him ride for you either at Owlerton or Foxhall hes been one of your best riders on the night. Like you say a solid look about it however!

More Doyle for me but as someone who did see Tai’s debut for Sheffield all those years ago I’ve no issue with him having one nor the other guys

Pleased to see well deserved testimonials - let’s hope they can run without the now inevitable delays we’ve seen for the last few due to them being run at the very beginning or end of the season!

It’s never going to happen - it’s just something I have always wanted to see - the only time they seriously tried it in recent times I remember Swindon refused to be relegated - and then voluntarily dropped down a year or so later!!!