mikebv

Should have gone it alone at least a decade ago... I was bored the other day, (retirement can do this to you), and found myself looking at the British U21 Final Results from around a decade ago, as I was curious to see how many riders are left in the sport... As "there not enough riders to have one league", obviously... Very, very few from around 2014 - 2018 (I didn't check any further), are still riding.. Some of the names, quite high up in the scoring, were unknown to me, and had beaten some of the riders still riding, and doing "OK" today... These lads would now be 28 - 33 ... Surely a fair % of them would have developed to the required level (they definitely weren't " wobblers"), if they had been given team places, rather than giving those places to journeyman foreigner after journeyman foreigner, who have ridden over here using a "revolving door" system... The GP lads are great to watch, but even that can get boring, and certainly are not cost neutral over a season when you measure the revenue they bring in.. UK Speedway should simply have cut its cloth accordingly and opened their businesses on days that their potential highest amount of punters would come through the doors.. Probably too late to sort it now, ssdly...

Me, my mate, and mine and his lad, will be there next season.. Helping the local pub economy... Always loved visits to Portman Rd... A bit of "old school" proper football stadium feel about it... Unlike that monstrosity in London that hopefully will see West Ham playing Championship football next season.. Good to have Ipswich back....

Sounds like pretty much every town in England... #moneylaundering... #jobsforillegals... #cashinhand... #notaxpaid....

It is UK Speedway, so maybe it's both?

I presume the shops, pubs and cafes in the town wouldn't agree... It will be worth tens of thousands to the local economy...

Great, positive marketing..... No negative thoughts, just opportunity to be taken... Some can do it, it seems...

With the nearest club being chosen if two want to borrow you...

That's fifteen quid of diesel saved both ways....

Let's be fair... There isn't any real rewards for winning any UK Competition, therefore promoters see their role as just putting out a Speedway meeting.... There are only three boxes that UK Speedway feel need ticking... Riders getting the chance to earn money... Fans getting to see Speedway racing... Promoters, Referees, and the Track Volunteers, all getting to enjoy their main hobby... To measure UK Speedway against other "professional" team sports is pretty much like measuring chalk to cheese.. The irony, of course, is that the money needed to be brought in to the sport to make it "relevant" and to give it some "prestige" will never happen, as no major brands would ever associate themselves with UK Speedway given the "erratic" way it is ran, hence Competition Sponsors are usually always "in-house" and connected to the sport in some way.. What we have, is pretty much all there is, which, let's be brutally honest, isn't going to last too much longer when all the "veteran" Double Uppers start to wain or retire... (And should Poland make riders pick only one league extra to ride in, it could bring the end quicker)... Ironically, when these things happen, it actually may mean those who run the UK version of the sport do eventually, through necessity, realise that "something new" just could be required.. Edit. I will add a fourth box to be ticked.. Winning at home, with winning away not a priority box to be ticked, as it can cost too much...

There must be more individual regs attached to "Guesting" then any other individual facet of the Sport... - An Away meeting average Reg... - A Home meeting average Reg... - An 8 Day Rule Reg... - An 8 Day Rule, for a No1, Reg - An assessed average Reg.. (Or has now that gone?) - A Play Off Suitability Reg... - A reason from missing/75% Reg... ; A left handed or right handed rider Reg (alright I made that one up)..... Have I missed any? Incredible they have to spend so much time making up Regulations for something no Pro Team Sport should ever countenance using in the first place...

Brilliant Woryna.... Kelvin's knowledge of world speedway is so poor... It is almost like Woryna is unheard of... He has been one of the few who more than has held his own v Zmarzlik in Poland, for several years... Similar to Kurtz, he has been someone easily at GP level for a few years, but just couldn't qualify...

Great ride from Lambert... Too nice on turn 2 but made up for it...

Phil certainly knows how to prepare a track doesn't he? ... Usually some decent racing from Landshut in the Polish league... They mustn't have "sunshine" those weekends....

They just need to drop the number of riders per team... Use the Danish model and have plenty of riders on standby to fill holes as the season progresses... Crackers to keep saying "their isn't enough riders", and still keep using a model that was fine when there was...

It's a hobby, so meetings get made up to suit, as required...