mikebv

Nice to see that the announcing of who rides where has this year been sub contracted to Poland...

Hopefully Dan Bewley is on it.....

Great news... Definitely will make the trip next season... Maybe when the Colts are there.... All the best to the "new" Workington Comets...

The best part of 30 weeks should really be enough to do a max 16 home matches in the league if they did two home and two away, and then ran a semi and a final....

That team could see some big home victories... Would also mean either Lidsey, Brennan or Blodorn at reserve getting up to seven rides a night..

With the aggregate BP back, whatever the side is, it needs to be home track specialists only... Wolves will benefit massively from this rule and given the Aces smashing of so many last year, so should they if they bring in the right riders...

6 man teams would take too many slots away for riders.... The vast majority of whom DU now "to make ends meet".... And their income will already be hit given the CL have halved the amount of league fixtures from the original plan, so taking away 7 places out of the Premiership would be too much for some riders I would think.. I do think that 6 man teams in the top league would be an opportunity though, just as long as the standard is kept to a "good level", eg 42 points is 7 points per rider, which would give decent meetings... 39 points, and an RS, is an average of 6.5 a rider plus the RS, so not too bad a standard I would suggest... The RS list will be interesting to see... Who gains and who doesnt?

So should easily be completed by December.... More good news..

Great News!!! All good, nothing to be negative about for me, superbly well ran sport... In fact, many sports would do well to copy what UK Speedway does... Roll on 2023... Form an orderly queue to get in at your local track. And get there early or you might not get in..!!!

The AGM should be nothing more than a "nodding exercise" given everything would have already been discussed and pretty much agreed.. Danny Ford said as much in that Echo interview didnt he? Gone are the days of the room becoming a "bear pit" where the promoters end up arguing with each other to get across their own agenda.. Hence, all the "leg work" is done during regular meetings during the season.. Therefore. "Strange" that no announcements were forthcoming immediately... Have they put a "deadline" as to when the announcement will need to be made by? One that they can then fail to meet... Wonder if it was the biscuit choices that were the stumbling block...

Watched them at Hyde Rd when I was about 8 and thought they were a bit boring to be honest.... One outfit was miles in front of the others and all the rest were all strung out... They did about four races and it was rinse and reapeat... Watched them in 92 at Victorville which was a tiny track and they were brilliant... Six outfits per race knocking hell out of each other... Part of a top nights entertainment from junior solos to seniors including some US riders who rode over here.. A young lad of about eight or nine rode and beat kids many years his senior, and did it by being off the farthest hamdicap... With six rider races he passed people for fun... Ryan Fisher was his name....

100%... Should be quite a bit lower given they haven't rode over here for so long and so many GP stars now ride over here... (Only if the Aces are interested obviously)....

If I was the 6th best rider in the world... And put as many bums on seats at the NSS as Dan does.. I too would definitely be asking for "silly money"..

But of course.... Then add in the "cost of living crisis", house prices falling etc etc etc, and no one would really blame them for not building something somewhere else would they? "Completely understandable under the circumstance that exist" could quite possibly be in a press release somewhere... The several thousand Swindon fans need to coordinate a non stop campaign of "when is the new track and stadium being built at the Abbey?" And be relentless with it... Bring constant pressure to bear on those who need it.... Who are Swindon's, Oxford and Coventry equivalents? Or isn't there anyone willing to lead any pressure group?

They would get a reduction for Robert and Dan...

You cannot afford to run the Premiership at too much more of a level than it is now ran at I would suspect... Therefore, running the 2nd Division (also the middle tier), at a lower level is the obvious way forward... It gives clear demarcation between leagues first and foremost, which is important in selling "the brand".. And It provides a more realistic bridge between the NDL and the top league, which should benefit younger riders, and also maybe attract more teams up from the NDL into it, (Mildenhall, Kent, Workington?).. And if some more "top riders" come over, and ride in the top tier, that will take spaces of current DU's, so the 2nd tier will have plenty of "decent talent" still within it.. Especially given seven Leicester riders will also be available... It could mean that, for once, supply will exceed demand in the 2nd Divsion, which can only be good for cost control as well as having spare riders to cover injuries rather than using guests... Which can only be a great thing for the sport..

Their advice wasnt needed to build the "most successful Speedway venue of the modern era in Bristol" anyway, so I am sure "all will be fine" without their input... The lack of public fight being shown still amazes me, Swindon fans seem so laid back and accepting of this "sh*tshow"..

Maybe not... With one less team in Leicester, and therefore, their seven rides now being available, it might mean a "few subs on the bench" to fill in when riders are missing... Especially with the lower limit....

Maybe he meant the meeting starts at twenty three minutes past eight....?

And why hasnt someone else been given the chance to run the sport in the brand new facility that still needs to be built to comply with the building permission for the houses.. ?

His teams regularly got me to attend when they were at Belle Vue... Not many other promoters' teams did the same...

But are they? Sheer weight of numbers will as always see 'what's best for the majority" winning the day... Even if it isnt "what's best for the sport"... As is often said.. Without that independent body, or even a none independent trusted chairperson or committee, given total autonomy, running the sport, there will always be issues..

In the Speedway Star it states that Poole will be allowed to strengthen up as it is an "inter league" match now... It also quotes Danny Ford referencing the end of season issues and he says "I know a lot of people dont believe it, but there are a lot of smart promoters in the sport. We just need to get our heads together to really resolve this". I dont really think that the promoters have to be "too smart" to be honest given most of their issues are "bloody obvious mistakes", which even the most intellectually challenged promoter could surely spot the very moment they get suggested.. However, the likes of Ford, Louis, and Lemon, (and maybe some others?), do seem to have a fair idea on what the fans want, do appear to be "smart", and can see the negative impact such end of season nonsense has on the sports potential growth. Growth which they can see is certainly possible if the right decisions are made... You can only hope these promoters can influence the future rather than have what always seems to be a less capable "majority" always making the final decisions through sheer weight of numbers... NB. Another very good Speedway Star issue again by the way..

Yes... A Dog Pound... Buddum Tish.. I'll get me coat....

They will definitely have two votes.. Last time I went the track was really poor in shape, meaning the racing was really poor too. However, all reports on here suggest it has improved significantly given its reshaping, so I will go along next season and see.. My only concern though is that in the 2nd tier sometimes the racing can be "better" simply because the riders are not the absolute top level.. Eg KL the other night served up some good racing which it doesnt seem to do too many times when the top lads turn up... It also often served up good racing regularly when they rode in the 2nd tier too, but obviously it has had a different surface added since then which might contribute more to follow the leader than just having the best riders in the UK there regularly.. Be good to have the top league grow though as every sport needs a "flagship league" to promote it...