mikebv

Let's be honest... The track record of those involved isn't "great" when it comes to promotion of the sport they run... However, given it seems to be a "collective thing", then, maybe, they will go " all in" and promote the s**t out of Northampton... Let's hope so...

What do you reckon about the Straits of Hormuz? Should reallly be all OK and clear for me.... The pilots of the oil tankers, some of the largest and slowest ships on the planet, full of hundreds and thousands of gallons of one of the most flammable liquids known to man... Just need to be a bit braver and "feel" their way through the mines, whilst avoiding the shelling from the Iranian coast... Glass completely full, me...

Big launch on Talk Sport... 'Arry being interviewed for half an hour by Hawksbee and Jacobs... Every morning on the Sports Breakfast they read out last nights results... BetVictor the main sponsor of the Premiership with a £500k sponsorship.... Every meeting BetVictor do "specials" so fans can have a bet, with one of their comms team going on Talk Sport each afternoon of a meeting, covering the bet builders available and the oversl odds.. Channel Five showing live Premiership Speedway, and an hours worth of magazine programme each week... Sorted.. Making Speedway Great Again...

Is it Northampton?

It would be great, however, Poland would destroy every other league due to the money they pay out... Every "decent" rider would choose to ride over there... And any rider not riding over there, would happily leave their non Polish team and replace those who did... I think a UK/Scandinavian League could work though, particularly if/when Poland force in the one extra league rule... A more similar renumeration package across the three leagues and this would bring variety... Use the Danish model, (five rider teams), and you could get 22 teams, meaning 21 home meetings... It would also give a true "Elite" UK league for the UK teams to race in... And would mean "Polish wages" wouldn't need to be paid to attract Polish top riders,(like happens already in Sweden and Denmark)... As an example. Northampton opening in such a league would capture the imagination of the locals far more than a six team UK league would, I would suggest...

I was going to use the BSP one... And put an advert in the Speedway Star....

You would think it's a common sense thing to do, considering all use the same riders... To be fair to Poland though, they do put fixtures out well in advance, and yet the UK will still plan in meetings knowing riders are missing as they can happily just bring a guest in.... Or even sign riders knowing 100% that their already planned in calendar will mean they will be missing... Meaning so many guests end up being used which are not for injury cover... The British Final being arranged on a night when three meetings are already planned in is a perfect example that whatever "common sense" agreements exist, there will always be something the UK can end up doing which rolls eyes...

Did Bomber not guest for him instead?

Buster is doing the track work....

Over half a million have watched the fight between Wright and Allen last season.. If every club had its own YT programme they would have had a link to these 500k people, via the YT algorithm... A decent phone and a lap top to edit what you film...

Great Post.... In my ex world of business we often, store to store, region to region, shared "best practice" and all, as one, benefitted from ideas that invariably came from people who were innovative... With the more pragmatic who didn't possess such a skill set, (like me), building on these ideas to ensure profitability and legal compliance... Before we launched this "New Way Of Working" into the Operating Model of the business.. Glasgow and Poole, in particular, seem to be able to engage people to watch their teams, therefore why not, nationally, make what they do part of the "Operating Model"?.. There may be others who also do "good things" individually that could work for others, eg social media sites, selling yourself to sponsors etc, etc.. The on track action is, in the main, decent to watch, it is very much the off track leadership and marketing which hold it back... There isn't an excuse though when some can demonstrate how they do it well...

100%... Everyone who follows Speedway, as close as everyone does on here, will want the venture to succeed, hugely.... That doesnt mean though that everyone becomes a "Happy Clapper" when discussing it... Let's be honest, some of those involved hardly have a fantastic record at promoting the sport at their own tracks do they? With many of them leading the sport to its current situation... Therefore, I think it is natural to have concerns as to how the launch will go.. And the longer the only message is "no news is good news", the longer the concerns will, quite naturally, grow.. PS. And if you are launching a brand new to the area business, "no news" (definitely, one million percent), isn't "good news" at all!!! Let's hope for the best for both Northampton and Buxton, as I, like many on here I am sure, look forward to visiting both this season...

You would (should) be doing a daily info Vlog covering... The daily track work being undertaken, with the before and after being filmed, the team building process, rider interviews, the kevlar making, the merchandise buying, the cost to go to watch a meeting, the first fixture date, your special opening offers, the track staff and presenters being mentioned (as they will be local people), etc etc etc... Using someone who is well known in Northampton to present it, and get it out daily on FB, YouTube etc... "Build it and they will come" only works in movies.. A constant drip, drip drip of information/hype is needed to build up to the opening night... You don't open a business, and expect to be successful, without at least a month long intensive marketing/teaser campaign to the local populace... Whether they use you immediately or not, they at least know about you so may therefore visit in the future... They open on the 30th of April so really need to go into overdrive from now...

It isn't really a professional sport (at ownership level in particular), though... More of a hobby than a pro sport for so many... Winning can even be detrimental to their plan as the costs can rise hugely, and close them down!!! We fans judge Speedway like proper professional sports, however these sports have professional marketeers, big sponsors, major media coverage, and an independent leadership team that are in position due to their personal skill sets and contacts, rather that just being an ex competitor in that specific sport... UK Speedway, has none of the above, hence it comes across as amateurish... Because, when it comes to marketing, promoting, administrating and managing optics, that is what it is..

The will be close on 200 guests used this season if previous recent years get similarly replicated, therefore, any "new people" will be more than well versed in the more "Mickey Mouse" aspects of the sport (in the UK), should they, (hopefully), become regulars... Someone guesting for NKI (should it happen), will be just "another guest" situation... Nothing more and nothing less...

Some riders get well over half a million a year riding Speedway... Therefore. So early in the season, on potentially weather impacted tracks, and riding against some vastly inferior riders on those type of tracks, I would suggest they probably err on the side of caution... And Poland are already doing "sparring matches"/team boot camps, so a clash of calender could also be an impact...

Does it really matter if NKI has or hasn't been "declared".. Just give them a guest facility.... They don't race till April 20th anyway, and the first two matches are away, and not till the 30th at home, so plenty of time to sort guests out..

198 Guests used last season in the top two leagues... With one less team in the top tier they are going to have to go some to beat it... My money is on them to do it though...

One million percent... More meetings will have guests this season, again, than not, for a plethora of avoidable reasons, therefore Northampton starting with them, and even running all season with them, for something out of their control, isn't going to make one jot of difference to the credibility of the sport.... And, it is imperative that Northampton are competitive... And, given the other promoters have put their team together, I am sure they will ensure it... Whichever way it has to happen...

That team would struggle in the Premiership...

Currently 17-43!!!! Are the home team at full strength as that team looks very poor...

Thank God we're back.... I almost had to start a conversation with the Missus!!!!

I can only presume it is to show those councils currently deciding on whether to give house building permission, on ex Speedway sites, that the sport isnt in steep decline and confidence is so high in its growth that a new track has opened... Those fighting the developers can point to both Northampton and Buxton as examples of people seeing a bright future... Personally, if they had a couple of hundred thousand to spend I would have used it to grow the businesses of the 14 current tracks through national marketing and special offers... An extra 500 at each would make a huge difference given the low starting point, and bring another 7,000 fans in to the sport.. Even if Northampton is a "success", there won't by anything like 7,000 there each meeting.... Fingers crossed it works, however, the optics of having your team compiled by your opponents doesn't sit well in a professional sport....

According to Mark Lemon in the Speedway Star, the promoters (who and how many not confirmed), and some "outside investors"... Attracting a fanbase to support a team put together by the owners and promoters of some/all (?) of your opponents in the same league could be a bit of a tough sell... If they don't do well some may not be "too surprised" given their opponents put the team together..

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