mikebv

No "stars" at the NSS can often make a very good meeting... Maybe Richard Lawson may fancy it if Lambert and Bewley are not there?... Saturday night Speedway in Manchester... What's not to like?..

It's my money.... And my hobby. I'll do what I want...

Just log out.... Not sure if you can just "leave".. A bit like Royston Vasey!!!! "Can I help you at all?" "We didnt burn him!"...

And on and on the circus goes.. Still.. Let's blame the landlords and developers...

I see them more as the middle aisle in Lidl... You have no idea what random stuff you will see until you have gone in....

Waterpolo at KL....

I read your first two sentences and thought I was reading the current 2026 SCB rulebook...

The plan was to have 2027 completed well in advance.... July would be "well in advance"... They are running an operating model simply unfit for any purpose other than giving riders a chance to earn a living riding Speedway... Two leagues being ran of similar inconsequence.. "Any Speedway" being put out, devoid of any jeopardy, consequence, or credibility... And all done on nights to suit riders but not necessarily the fans.... In 1976 you would walk into Woolworths on a Saturday morning, and it was heaving, with people of all ages, as kids even went there to buy records and pick n mix.. In 2006 you would walk into Woolworths on a Saturday morning and it was empty apart from a customer base of a sparse number of 50+ somethings.. But the stores, and their operating model, stil looked like it was back in 1976... UK Speedway is Woolworths... Decades of zero plans to move the business forwards due to the lack of skill set of those running it, and a reliance on doing the same thing every year, and hoping an ever dwindling, and ageing, customer base would suddenly, one day, wake up and decide to return.. They didn't in Woolworths case, and they won't for UK Speedway... It needs proper, radical change...

Up to the end of May, the top two tiers had used 77 Guests.... With so few meetings too!!!! Imagine trying to sell nonsense like that to any major potential league sponsor who isn't already within the UK Speedway Bubble?.. Is there any way forward for UK Speedway?..

After the Lord Mayor's show....

I have a guest contributor standing in on weekends...

I got mentioned twice .. Just saying. .

He does what he does... Hopefully, earning enough to cover keep coverng two places that keep UK Speedway going...

With all the best will in the world... The competition itself isn't a "puller"... And Doyley has done probably thousands of laps in the UK... Maybe 1200 (at most) will bother turning up?... My lads four closest mates watched the GP's on TV and all said to him, "Eff me, how good is that?".. None of them had a clue about Speedway... Ironically their dads did!!!! And all said that they would like to go and watch... He told them to go with him to the British Final as there isn't any point attending "a league meeting"... He is 23... A perfect target audience... The British Final will have four brand new Speedway fans..

Good to see Will Cairns giving it a go tonight... He will see what a level he needs to be at to be a "proper" top level rider... Good also to read Tom B's honest appraisal of himself in the Speedway Star... A massive way to go for these lads... Let's just accept where they get to without criticism...