mikebv

Truly a ridiculous way to run a sport.... Any sport.... Even worse when it tries to pass itself off as "professional"... The only year I think the sport has been well ran and organised in the past three decades or so was when Covid shut it down... The end to this season, indeed the season in total, has been particularly poorly delivered..... Next season no doubt will be a similar 'rinse and repeat' story line with absolutely nothing learned or changed off the back of it... Hence so many passionate fans of the sport will pay infrequent visits, if any at all, once again, yet spend plenty of money watching it elsewhere...

I think they have learned from this season's Jubillee Cup fiasco... So William's first one should be a doddle..

Good old Bomber... He would ride Xmas Day if he could... And, unlike others, his season doesnt stop on Oct 31 dont forget... He will have about 12 end of season awards ceremonies to attend... Must be favourite for "Rider Of The Year" and "Most Points Scored" too in a fair few...

What s truly ludicrous way to decide a three way split... Rock, Paper Scissors would have been perfect... Rock beats Sciasors... Scissors beats Paper... Paper beats, Ro.... Oh! Hang on a minute... As you were... Well done the BSP....

Isn't this the stadium that was under the threat of closure due to late night noise issues, brought on by the complaints from a local resident? I suppose though given they all seem to be struggling to finish the season in the correct month, finishing a meeting in the same day should be applauded....

"If more than two teams are tied, the team with the highest scoring heat results will qualify".. Wow... Which literally means they all qualify as they all had the highest score... Do they actually get anyone to sense check their rules and regs before signing them off...? Glad I just went to get PC's book signed by the sound of things.... They are really good at running Speedway aren't they in the UK? Probably Poland's fault that so many things seem to not quite go to plan on so many occasions......

If needed to.... I am sure the powers that be will come up with a very sensible and very suitable idea.....

He could be divorced before the 2nd leg...

Just got back from meeting the true "LEGEND" of British Speedway that is PC... A phrase far too often overused but one million per cent applicable on this occasion... A good crowd it appeared so hopefully he will make a good few quid from the book.. And he looked really well, which was also great to see... PC....

27 coaches of Poole fans will be there Saturday night...

I think 1000's of fans of the sport already "boycott" meetings each week... What you have left are the true die hards who will accept any Speedway put in front of them, regardless of whether it is a credible offering, has integrity, or is even worth winning... Luckily for the promoters, "just enough" of these people will never stop going, meaning promoters can carry on season in, season out, running the sport the way they want... A pity... It wouldn't take any more money at all to run the sport properly, and would get a fair few thousand more "lapsed fans" through the turnstiles each season too I would suggest...

Surprised "elf n safety" allows a tractor on the centre green still... Not seen one there for years....

Yet another "National Title" that gets devalued by the very organisation that runs them... If they dont take them seriously, then why expect the fans to... No real point attending the "qualifiers" throughout the season is there, when the finals dont seem to matter..

Given the (how apt), decades old "track record" of the sport in relation to such things, I would be truly amazed if anyone expected a full compliment of riders who were not previously out injured.. That neither side gave up the details about their missing riders till quite late on in the piece speaks volumes as to how they choose to run the sport in this country... But.. The vast majority of us know, and expect, things like this to happen this way dont we? If you still shell out for such a nonsense situation then you cannot really blame the promoters for providing a service when so many still purchase it... Planning to run a qualifying event two weeks after the Aces had been crowned Champions of the same competition is simply ludicrous isnt it? Therefore, if that is your starting point, then anything that happens after that cannot make it any more ridiculous or less significant... The home team won, there was some good racing, and lads got a chance to earn a good few quid before the season ends.. That's the only aspirational criteria for UK Speedway...

Damn that last minute Rider Replacement...

Home made proggy board... Nice bit of 24 inch by 12 inch wooden board, painted in white, (two coats and then varnished so as not to chip)... With stickers on them of riders from the 70's and a huge bulldog clip to keep my programme in place, which also allows for three different coloured pens to be held there tightly and securely.... I do obviously keep spare pens (of the same three colours obviously) in my corduroy jackets top pocket... I have boxes of SS's for each season, and all boxes are clearly labelled in chronological order in my loft. (As you say all the contents are in date order too).... Meaning if today I suddenly felt that I needed to review for example how well Bob Valentine did in 1975 then all I need to do is open that box, and hey presto I can read through all his performances for that season, including his Aussie season... Happy Days... Happy Days....

The dog ate my bike..

Can only presume it wasnt over here then....

People who have never met get together to run Speedway? Makes sense....

You would maybe have expected an official press release from the "governing body" about something so fundamental as having 4 riders missing wouldn't you? Still, rinse and repeat for the next time... Years ago you only found out that "superstar x" was not there when you had paid your money to get in.. At least now with the internet we find out before hand..

I have a 30 year old Wulf Sport jacket and a matching tartan blanket and flask set that all still have a lot of wear in them so why would I not attend and pay them money? My sleeve less denim jacket full of sew patches ("Speedway riders do it sideways" is my favourite), also will stand me in good stead on the terraces for a few years yet, so don't want to waste that money spent.. And I currently have 53 years of "Year Bars" on my admittedly well faded Red (Pinkish) and White scarf.. I do walk now with a stoop though given the weight of it.. Cannot wait for next season to see what exciting unique innovations the promoters will bring... Completing all the qualification fixtures BEFORE the finals they relate to maybe? (Radical).. Or having finalists actually attending the finals they qualify for possibly? (Equally, if not more, radical but you never know).... Roll on 2023....

Kings Lynn won... There was according to some there some "good races"... Two boxes well and truly ticked... All you can really expect as a fan... I would pay double...

Which is a shame... However.. If the meeting had been ran before the final of the competition that it was actually a qualification meeting for... Rather than a fortnight after the competition "finished".. Maybe they would have seen a full Aces septet? And a full septet of their own team too..? Just a thought...

At last... Someone gets it.... Nail on the head.... There will be the usual crowd on here, some within the "inner sanctum", who will no doubt defend what happens and that fans really dont know how "bloody hard" the promoters work... Thw reality of course was that a "meaningless event" was always going to be treated like a "meaningless event", hence it was an opportunity to make several pish taking comments on here before hand because the vast majority of us knew exactly what would happen.. Really dont know why so many who help fund the promoters through their regular payments, and therefore condone the nonsense that takes place, (and all year round remember, not just in October), seem to be unhappy about something that was always going to happen.. And will happen again... And again... And again.. Ad Infinitum... Guess what? UK Speedway doesnt really matter in any "league context", as the promoters themselves destroy any credibility by their own hand, and therefore eliminate any kudos in winning "titles"... Come next April though the same people complaining will be chomping at the bit to pay season ticket money or get down to their local track for the first meeting.. I will be one of those attending the first night, and happy to do so, as I dont take it seriously, so can happily watch the four riders per race put on an entertainment show... I will then go and watch GP's, SON, and Polish League racing through next summer and go to the NSS as and when "someone decent" is there and the weather is set fair... No one should feel "aggrieved", "angry" or "let down" about tonight as it was always going to be thus... Some fans really do get the sport they deserve... PS. Best wishes to all the riders missing tonight.. Good luck in your recovery...

Smith in for Robert Lambert? Really? Has this been confirmed? If that is true the Aces must be devastated... This could put a big dent in their title hopes... If they didnt have bad luck they would have no luck at all would they?...