Wee Eck

I’m not sure you can still buy a foam fence since Champion closed down

Why would that stop him? Denmark runs on Wednesdays

You’re not Rob Godfrey in disguise, are you?

Will teams be able to sign an over 8 point rider after the initial declaration? At present, replacements are like for like - you can replace up to the average of the rider you are replacing - but what about a rider who under 8 at initial declaration, maybe only because of the 2.5% reduction but who, for whatever reason needs to be replaced when his average is over 8? Or will a team be able to make wholesale changes after the initial declaration including more than one rider over eight but as long as they keep within the overall limit?

Steve Worrall retired, Danny King new number one

I agree 100% with that. I had a long gap in my speedway watching and in that time, the sport had become fully professional. I recall an interview with a very young rider, only just NDL standard who said “I can’t wait until I’m making a living from the sport” and thought then he had his priorities right. Name me another sport that guarantees every participant who earns money as soon as they get into a league. More specifically, name me a motor sport that pays riders to learn their trade. Then name me another business that pays its “employees” more than they earn for their employer. It’s like paying a brickie £30,000 a year to build a wall that’s only worth £20,000. But we can all talk about the negatives but what’s the solution? Has the appointment of a CEO in the premiership brought in new supporters, new sponsors, a new TV deal? What will Harry be able to do? I have no answers, just frustration

It would negatively impact the current top league whose supporters are used to seeing the top riders. BV already struggle to attract a decent crowd even with Bewley and Kurtz, what would it be like without them? Also, with only one league, those riders that currently double up, which seems to be the majority, will look for an increase in points money to cover the reduced number of meetings which would then impact the Championship teams. Even if there were still 16 teams like this year (which there won’t be) then total league meetings would drop from 40 to 30

I stand corrected and thank you for the information. But still think he’ll struggle riding at number one

If the rumour that CL teams will only be permitted one rider with an average, after reduction, over 8 points, then once more it seems the weaker teams want to drag the stronger ones down to their level. What sort of sport expects to flourish if it continues to lower standards whilst no doubt increasing prices? And, again if the rumour is true, this means that Dan Thompson will become some team’s number one. Now, Dan has had a great year and, gave the GB under 21 SON team something to be pleased with in an otherwise disappointing night when he scored 23 out of GB’s total of 26, but is making him a number one in a new team, inevitably a poorer team than this year, going to spur him on or slow him down. I’m sure someone will be able to find the split between his home and away scores but my gut feeling is there will have been a big difference when he was away from Glasgow.

Name names. Most seem to be on here and all are deservedly congratulating Redcar. Poole once again have provided their league with the team to beat and this forum melts down when it happens. Only Redcar and Glasgow produced similarly strong team and surely that has to be the way forward for speedway in this country. The constant dumbing down hasn’t worked so time to look to the best instead of trying to lower everyone to the worst.

Magic?

I think if you found the source of the rumour, you’d realise how it came about.

https://legalref.judiciary.hk/lrs/common/ju/ju_frame.jsp?DIS=160551

These look like the sort of tassels Jack Sparrow would wear

Adam Ellis?