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I think Harry must be on a pre season tour across the country promoting our great sport.

If the Ipswich sale does not go through for some reason and they don't come to the tapes this year will that be the end of the premiership dream for all the teams? Also all this talk of Northampton almost ready to come to the party is there a question over the safety and air fence? With Spedeworth owning both Northamptom and Mildenhall tracks one has to assume that both tracks safety barrier for the cars are very similar. The air fence at Mildenhall was declared unsafe due to the concrete and steel post / wire wall at the of the fence and they were not permitted to join the league even with the extra protection between the air fence and the car fence. Has something different been designed for the Northampton track to make it acceptable for racing or is the car fence a different design? Just the thoughts of an old man on a Sunday afternoon waiting for the season to begin. 😊

If the Ipswich sale does not go through for some reason and they don't come to the tapes this year will that be the end of the premiership dream for all the teams? Also all this talk of Northampton almost ready to come to the party is there a question over the safety and air fence? With Spedeworth owning both Northamptom and Mildenhall tracks one has to assume that both tracks safety barrier for the cars are very similar. The air fence at Mildenhall was declared unsafe due to the concrete and steel post / wire wall at the of the fence and they were not permitted to join the league even with the extra protection between the air fence and the car fence. Has something different been designed for the Northampton track to make it acceptable for racing or is the car fence a different design? Just the thoughts of an old man on a Sunday afternoon waiting for the season to begin. 😊

He never lasted to the end of the season, I believe the riders were not getting paid and the licence was suspended until finances were in place which never happened so they never re-opened. I don't think the riders have ever received there promised monies by the promotion.

Which is a lot further than the BSPL have done many times with there plans over the years. 😂

With speedway on its arse at present would any club that signs him really want the possible publicity across the media especially if the nationals pick up on it?

With the lack of teams in the premiership and with it a lack of meetings it could be a good time to bring back the inter-league cup again. It could be an interesting selection of meetings once they worked out who would ride for who with all the doubling up. Mind you they could tweak the rules and the doubling up rider could ride for both teams on the night but when due to meet each other in a race one team would have to use a reserve replacement. Sounds stupid I know but very feasible in this day and age of speedway so get Mr Morris on it straight away and put out a press release 🤣🤣🤣

If your so concerned about the possible loss of a community facility then put your hand in your pocket and give Chris £xxx amount of thousands for the club or at least offer to go into partnership with him. At the end of the day if Chris has had enough of running the club no matter if its for financial reasons or personal I think its his decision and his alone.

you sound sure of that ! with three confirmed teams the season sounds exciting, we could be watching:- League matches (play each other twice home and away) Three team tournament on each track for a cup best pairs meeting (two pairs from each team) challenge matches against the other teams and there you have a season of 9 home matches (11 if they play each other 3 times in the league) With a possible season like that there will be queues of mugs (sorry fans) lining up to get in at every match. 😉🤣

100% correct Look around the pits and see many a 3 point rider / Junior with a van that has "international Speedway rider" plastered over it, which means they rode a grass track or two in France when the van should really say "racing with the aid of Mum, Dad and family savings" Being semi professional is the only way forward to save speedway in this country

Agree 100% Speedway in this country as we know it is in a state of collapse, high wages, high stadium rents and dwindling supporters are the norm these days. GP standard riders wages are expensive AND if no team will meet there demands they take there ability elsewhere in Europe to ride which is fair enough. How many races have we seen in the past couple of seasons where there are two races in one? Top riders a straight length ahead of second strings or reserves battling it out together So as more teams fall by the wayside so will the GP riders. The way things are going at present within 5 years any teams that are left will have to have riders that are semi-professional racing mainly at weekends again, maybe back to the 13 heats and a second half once more where the supporters can watch the juniors improve week on week like we used to. This is the only way I can see speedway completely surviving in this country starting from the grass roots again and rebuilding.

Before the BSPL come out of there meeting and say "its all ok and we have sorted out a long term plan" (which basically means we have added a bit of filler and painted over the cracks) they need to stop and realise a bit of filler and paint is to late as the bloody door has now fell off all together. There is talk about a 5 team premiership (maybe even 3) so lets be honest how many supporters are going to keep going to watch the same teams every two weeks, unless they are going to run less and have monthly meetings in which case instead of attracting more supporters by the end of the season you will have attracted less just leaving the die hard support still attending. And what is the incentive for a Championship club to step up into the Premiership? Any club will be welcomed with open arms that's true but at the same time I get the impression that they would be told or advised to "toe the line" and learn how we do things in the big league, further adding "we may not do it right but we do it our way" For me the Championship has got the right idea, they are team building for 2026 and letting the premiership get on with things as I think they like me can see the total collapse of the premier league happening very soon unless something drastic takes place like a small European League to boost teams in it. Whatever mighty decisions are taking place the result from the annual AGM in January will be interesting to say the least.

With the state of the premiership at present I would not be surprised if they have not been asked if they want to step straight into the higher league. 🙄

So in that case if they don't sell they don't run in 2026.

Ok a simple question for the club, If the current situation is not resolved by January (the conference) will the promoters / management team bring the Tigers to the tapes in 2026 but with the club remaining up for sale (and possible be sold during the 2026 season) OR will the current Promoters / management put the club on ice until a buyer (hopefully) will be found? (Assuming there is a premiership League in 2026)