Wee Eck

Back to the Colts - big change in the regulations to allow Commonwealth riders back into this league. James Pearson will definitely benefit from racing in this league. Only one per team but who else might take advantage of this change?

Whoosh!!

So the answer is no. The then Poole promotion would have known full well how financially close to the edge they were. It’s bad enough not paying “tradespeople and riders” but to bank someone else’s money in your account when there’s a doubt that you’ll be able to pay it over is unforgivable. In my view

Did Mr Fearman ever pay back Middlo for the testimonial money he kept?

Of that there’s no doubt. My only concern - and it may have been an error in translation - is him saying he had to prepare a bike for UK. Not bikes, just a bike

And they were right then - will they be right this time as well? I’ll admit it’s a signing that’s surprised me, and it’s definitely a gamble. But then, in my view, less of a gamble than Manzares.

“Past performance is no indication of future results”!

Gosh! How old is that? The “Young Guns” are now all over 30!

What is Dan Thompson’s average?

4.69 Shanes, 4.32 Bailey. Close to like for like but Bailey likely to do better over the season.

Shanes was always the question mark for me in the team. He seems to ride a speedway bike like he would a Grasstrack bike so down into the saddle rather than getting off it and he runs into bends on a closed throttle whereas for most tracks, riders are throttling up just as they turn into the first bend. It makes him difficult to pass if he’s in front, especially on tight tracks, but slow when behind. He is a terrific grass tracker, though accident prone, but unlike some of the top grass trackers of the past, like Wigg, Schofield, Screen, Morton etc, he hasn’t transferred that ability to speedway. It’ll be interesting to see if the move away from Glasgow helps Bailey. I suspect it will and he’ll make an already solid looking Redcar team even better.

Always look on the bright side of life, de dum, de diddly diddly dum (I can’t whistle)

I can only assume putting Plymouth first is an attempt at reverse psychology. Their strong 1-5 (very strong if Gilkes picks up where he left off before his injury last year) may well be undone by weak reserves - think Glasgow 2004. For me, it’s a year too early for Trigger, especially for the away meetings, and Turner’s route to a visa was via the weakest field for an Australian state championship since Cam Woodward (I think) had to go to Tasmania to secure his visa many years ago! Under Garry May’s guidance, they should certainly make top six but I’m not sure they’ll be first

I never thought Ipswich would pull off the signing of Sayfutdinov. Well done to Chris Louis for getting this over the line

Or Andersen and Worrall do even worse?

Spartan is such a lovely word!

Not all would agree. I thought Shawfield was pretty mucky most of the time and there were better tracks. But I’m just a spectator. I liked White City but had nothing to compare it against as it was the first track I saw. Hampden was just too big and soulless. Coatbridge was an amazing track with fantastic banking but the rest was pretty tatty. Blantyre 1 and 2 were good tracks but, again, limited facilities. The latest incarnation of Ashfield is probably the best of the lot, though it’s taken a long time to get there. The facilities are excellent, you get a great view of the races from loads of different places and the track is providing the best racing in years

As far as I can ascertain, there is no legal restriction on the use of the word “speedway” so anyone can run a “speedway” event wherever they wish, including tracks that the SCB have licensed for certain events. The fact that the track is licensed by the SCB does not mean that every event run there also has to be licensed by them. Many tracks run “speedway” events without SCB licensing and, depending on the event, some tracks use Nora. Scunthorpe is one example as is Isle of Wight although the latter calls it “shale track” in an attempt to minimise the risk of upsetting BSPL

The ACU/SCB do not have the monopoly on “speedway” so they have only limited rights. For example, Scunthorpe amongst other tracks have run events under Nora 92. Further, there is no “ban on motorsport” in Ulster - the organiser of various motorcycle road racing events have cancelled these for 2023 because they say they cannot afford insurance cover. These events have high risk to spectators - so public liability - because they are run on closed public roads and not in stadiums. “Speedway” is run in more controlled environments where the risk to spectators is far less.

I’m confused. Too many Peters for me to follow. Are you saying there was no mention of two times world champion Peter Craven in the programme for the Peter Craven Memorial Trophy? Because there was. Or no mention of one time world champion Peter Collins which there probably wasn’t because why would there be? As to photos of Peter Craven in the suite named after him - which is a multi-use room not just meant for speedway - are there pictures of other riders there? If so, there should be one of Peter Craven. If not, why not asked the current promoters if they think there should be?

So you’re saying he was definitely in the team but isn’t now? All I was asking was where the information was coming from. As you say, it’s not the official site, but it’s not speculation so what is the source of information?

Because people are saying he WAS in the team but are now saying he’s not. I’m just asking if that has been confirmed by Peterborough as opposed to being speculation on here

Seeing as it’s a Glasgow thread, are these sugar plum ferries?!

Has it been confirmed anywhere that Holder is definitely not part of the Peterborough team?

Any idea why this topic isn’t pinned? And how would you do that anyway?