mikebv

Already reserved for the Jubilee Cup Final...

Whoever he rides for, I always try and get along to the NSS when he is there... Always full value and rides like a bit of a throwback to when I started going.. ie. No matter the occasion, he wants to win, and will ride hard to do it..

I would suggest that the sport is on a knife edge when it comes to costs.. Some riders will have to be paid, possibly airline and hotel costs, if they arrive.. And those Promoters who rent stadiums will have to pay up after a certain time.. Damned if they do, and damned if they dont... If it means less of a threat to their survival and growth them it has to have merit... Speedway fans are a pretty hardy bunch, they must be given the stuff they put up with, so, whilst some will be disappointed, most will attend the next time.. And those who plan to attend, booking hotels, or travelling from 100's of miles away, will, by now I am sure, have realised that such an undertaking is fraught with potential disappointment...

Hampel looks like he is struggling to stay at the back... Presume he isnt too bothered about qualifying?

I think for the initial SWC the crowd was circa 7,000... So 7,000 paying £35 would cover the staging fee quite comfortably I would imagine... The Council are very much "onside" so extra seating wouldnt face much challenge (and already been done), from a safety certificate point of view... It would bring in more fans and money than Gorican and Prague I would think.. And 7,000 would be about half of the total current weekly UK fanbase I would imagine, so a "more than decent" crowd for Speedway...

Could bring everyone back its took so long..... "The Coronation Cup"...

I believe that after they demolished it, no one noticed for 3 years that it had happened.. Anyhow, 30 to 40 thousand max I would say if Wembley came back... Which will still be many more than attend UK Speedway each week.. Getting out of London on a Saturday evening to "anywhere" which is a decent distance outside it isn't fun though... A very risky, expensive pipe dream I would suggest...

Is he right or left handed though? And does he like Mars Bars.? That may make a difference...

Why not just run the sport properly? A rider missing? Then (shock, horror), you sign someone else... Or run with (a fit for purpose), rider replacement facility, if you say "no one is available".. Speedway in the UK seems to like fo make up a myriad of supplementary nonsense rules and regs for every eventuality... And all needed because the initial rule or reg isnt crystal clear... Let's be honest, in this situation, they are hardly looking for a World Beater level rider are they? In fact, his level probably has the largest number of, (currently unattached in the UK), possible replacements globally... So bring one of them many possible replacements in... Or run with RR... So much self inflicted nonsense is allowed to go on, which has resulted in tens of thousands of fans, who still follow the sport, stop going... Maybe Phil Morris can help them to help themselves..

I have sent four screws to them....

Will they have even noticed?.. Or even actually be bothered? One less top rider in the meeting to knock them back a place in a race, (maybe two or three times)... Meaning instead of being third in a 4-2, they could be second in a 2-4.... And potentially extra RR, Tac Sub and Ht 15 rides Kerching....!! And there is always a team in a proper league to ride for elsewhere several times of the week...

Good meeting... Probably the strongest league in the world given the lack of "juniors" at 6 and 7... Presume the sponsors must pay for the quality of rider as the crowds at most tracks wouldnt pay for them I would think..

A fair, sensible pricing structure.. Hopefully will be attending late in the year.. Best of luck to the Comets..

Monkey Tennis!!!!

I believe that UK Speedway has 1000% secured February 29th as a priority day for the next 20 years.. Poland were fuming....

Once a fortnight, same day same time would be the common sense thing to do.. Two meeting out of one monthly salary may even be a stretch for some given the cost of living these days, however, those who are keen followers can at least make a budget plan to give themselves every opportunity to attend.. And you can also market it with one message.. Or maybe even reduce your outlay, and therefore your prices, to more meet the pockets of your fanbase..? Cough! Cough! Splutter! Splutter!

And with their U24 league, the Poles are training up our lads too... Obvously with self interest of course so their three leagues will have decent riders to fill positions 1 to 5... They definitely don't rest on their laurels and look no further than getting the next meeting on.. They plan to be "the top table" for many years to come and have actually got the UK as a reference point to use from when this country ruled the roost.. "Don't do what they did" being their plan..

Great minds L-C .. Great minds....

Glasgow will be back in it at this rate...

You would like to think that it was also the "common sense" way of doing it.. Putting young lads up against some of the World's Top 10 without giving them the safety net of not being dropped is ludicrous to be honest.. Putting career pressure on young lads to score points against the likes of Doyle, Emil, Bewley, Fricke, and Holder simply helps no one, neither team, nor individual, nor watching fans.... I often hear Promoters bemoaning all the advantages the Poles have re their continued "conveyor belt of talent", and I get that owning their own tracks and/or having access to them at anytime is an advantage... But I can pretty much guarantee that if four U21 lads rode at 6 and 7 in every single 2nd and 3rd tier meeting that took place over here, with 3 rides a meeting each guaranteed like the Poles do, you would have a much larger "conveyor belt of talent" over here.. You could even add to the "ring fenced mix", those aged 21+ riders who are "newbies" to the sport, as some of top riders down the years didnt start riding Speedway till well into their 20's.. I thought the Covid break would have given those who run the sport a huge opportunity to implement the radical change in operating model that is so clearly required... Sadly they passed up the chance to move the sport forward long term, just like the promoters did when the Sky money was just used in the main to pay for GP riders, rather than increasing the awareness of the sport through marketing, and setting up a proper development programme for young riders.. Ring fencing four U21 lads per meeting to take a minimum collective 12 rides out of the 60 on offer, just may, (will), unearth GB riders to fill places in 1 to 5's down the line in the 3rd and 2nd tier's at the least.. And it also wont throw them in at the deep end without arm bands to help them float like currently can happen..

The Poles have it right. Ring fencing their bottom two positions for U21 riders.. And that is in their top league as well as others.. The 2nd and 3rd tier over here should do the same with the top league, given a so called lack of riders, running six man teams of "established" riders Meaning a glide path to follow for the GB U21 riders into the top tier, and some surplus "established" riders for Div 1 replacements... Those "special U21 talents" eg Dan Bewley, could just simply be a Div 1 rider, which would also free up a place for "lesser lights" in lower leagues..

Looking at the amount of meetings called off, it's a good job they kept October free.. Rearranging for Thursday nights after Poland have had their fill may mean UK Speedway may have to become "5 a side"..

Said it before... Build a track around an American Football pitch....

"We called Bartek and he said he would love to, but he goes out on a Monday, to the local Legion to play in the Darts, Pool and Crib League, and Thursday's he washes his hair".. "So, quite valid reasons, and if he wasnt doing that he would be over here, therefore, not all doom and gloom for the UK version of the sport, like some of them on the BSF like to make out".. "Can we have a facilty extension please?" "We can? Cheers"... "Give you a bell again in 4 weeks"...

Rules only the Chuckle Brothers could have dreamt up... "To me to you"... "To you, to me"...