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Guest is due a 60 year testimonial.. Bomber, Scott, Rory and Richard will attend on its behalf... 😁

With so many home track specialists a two leg aggregate match could be ideal.... Looking at Oxford, Leicester and Birmingham currently (if their rumoured teams are true), then KL could definitely get in the Play Offs given their home results should bring a lot of victories...

Waiting to see if Poole accept the invite... 😁

I think that do ten years and a testimonial is deserved, regardless of teams ridden for.. Especially as many riders get moved simply because of averages, and not down to being their choice... And with doubling up and down now prevalent, and tracks closing at almost one a year over the past decade, any rider nowadays has pretty much zero chance of staying with the same club in both leagues.. Supporting British Speedway for ten years on the bounce deserves some recognition...

Their format is certainly better..

Lucky they drew Sheffield wasn't it!!!😚 Brady Kurtz and Ben Cook as guests...?😁

And then both ride for them in the next round...🤩

If they pick three decent guests on a cherry picked, horses for courses basis, they could win the thing!!! What will they need? Two top level riders and a top tier second string to push one of theirs down to reserve...? A Poole Select... Racing on Wednesdays I presume? 😮🫡

If it ain't broken, why fix it?... Radical change will never happen, given it didn't take place during covid which was the perfect time to reset and relaunch.. All we have is all there is, hence, keep expectations low, and just go along to enjoy the racing, and hopefully all tracks get through the season again, like last year...

A better guest for a HL? Sheffield will more than likely have C Holder and Woffy so it will need plenty of good planning to ensure no impact to the UK..

Maybe then that is why a Thursday track didn't keep him? Plenty of Div 2 racing on Thursdays next year in Poland. Look out for those 28 day bans....

Polish Div 2 racing on Thursdays maybe? Has Rew got a Div 2 team?

"Very" hopeful if you don't mind..

Realistically, who can Brum get? They need to get two "top level" riders for one and five, with "good riders" as back up at two, three, and four.. Or six "good riders" with averages ranging from seven and a half to around six if no top level riders are available. (And that's real averages not made up ones). GP/Euro Championship level for the top two.. Or, Polish top league SS's or 2nd tier top 15 riders, for the six spots if no top level riders.. Rabbit out of a hat time I feel... Dudek? Madsen? Laguta? No GP's so maybe could be tempted? Not going to be cheap, but are of the level they need, indeed, most of the team will need to be flown in I would think given pretty much all the "decent" UK based riders are signed up elsewhere.. A team full of UK Div 2 HL's will get hammered time and time and again... Also, given how desperate they will be due to the lack of top level riders interested, the less negotiation room they have for deals... Very average riders could get top level money... They could get hammered but still be laying out "lots".. Maybe the "seventh" team is vital simply so guests are always available? Because, as everyone knows, you simply cannot run a Speedway League without guests, It's impossible.....

It will be the "best, most unified AGM ever".. With all teams looking forward to a great season with some great plans to move the sport forwards... 2024 was a "great season" and will be built on in 2025.. There will be a huge, joined up, collective marketing campaign with "Bring a Friend" and "It's a family sport" being the headline strap line to bring thousands back, or interest new people...

Pick any one from about six.

I know... But don't know how they are doing it.... He should just open the thread again so we can all then contribute..

Or, just simply, run their leagues with credibility, and have prizes worth winning? That forms the basis of any successful sports...

I know, it is a shame... I wanted to contribute to this one but now I can't... Same with all the other closed threads, not just this one . If only they were still open I could have replied... Not able to now...

It has been a clear and obvious decline... Which, given the constructively critical feedback (from passionate fans), that the promoters have been given over the past 20 years or so, is even more frustrating., However, the patient isn't quite dead yet... It actually won't ever die for me, given the success of the sport elsewhere, and the fact that when the UK does it right, eg the PCMM, a very healthy crowd can be delivered... League racing? In it's current guise it is "Donald Ducked" if you take virtually one track a year going to the wall for the past fifteen years or so, as a barometer.. But, put on a "proper event" eg SON, PCMM, and the crowds do turn up in quite considerable numbers..

Bewley, Kurtz, Emil And Doyle, TWICE!!! What's not to like..?

No disrespect to either, but .. If those two are One and Five then they may as well shut... Edit. Or some way of allowing them to run in Div 2 on Mondays is found.. No point in Birmingham limping along just making up the numbers, and, if the plan is to move somewhere else, then far better to be seen as successful in Div 2 than out of their depth in Div 1.. Neither title means much outside the few who follow the sport anyway, so either league will get similarly noticed, so locally, winning most weeks could help attendances...

It's all very exciting isn't it?

Of course they don't... There is almost zero financial gain from winning any title other than getting decent crowds for the play offs, (and even that may only balance out those who don't bother to attend when play off positions are confirmed well before the final matches).. Win at home, maintaining your crowds' interest, and then lose away, sometimes using guests when you have agreed to race knowing your best (and most expensive) rider, is unavailable.. It is a hobby for most, so they build a team that hopefully is competitive enough to keep the home turnstiles clicking...

What an idiot...!!! He should have done what I did this morning and send Prince Muamba £50k to get a half share in his Diamond mine... The mine is worth £25 million quid... Lucky he called me... Kerching!!!!