mikebv

The UK, once, "ruled the roost"... And, in the past 25 years, have had tens of millions of pounds given to it.... Poland have, quite rightly, looked at how this country ran its version of the sport, and, quite correctly, said "We won't do that".. Hence, we are where we are...

He has got a pretty poor celebration hasn't he?

The new Dan.... Hugging the white line to ensure the race is won.... Brilliant to watch, this lad...

Magic is back!!! Big season for him.. Interesting they gave him heat four to protect the junior... And not have a GP star to protect him like they often did last year...

ZG fans....

Given its exactly the same sport I do feel comparisons are fair... They are really good at running their version of it.... We are really poor at running our version of it...

An Aces masterclass...

The racing in the UK isn't what holds it back... It's the operating model, business plan, and leadership of the sport that renders it almost irrelevant...

Just a different level....

That PA system at Wroclaw, and also those around Poland, are certainly not fit for purpose... You can hear every word, and clearly...

Slick track for the early season changeable weather and Wroclaw, no doubt, had their riders practicing on the starts for a fair few days... With the set ups prepared for the slick surface... Be good to see Wroclaws top three miss the gate...

Kurtz certainly has what Jason Crump used to call "Polish Speed"....

Appealing to a completely different demographic... A bona fide team sport, with jeopardy and consequence on every race for the riders, never mind for the meeting as a whole... No "jobs for life" from your mate who runs the sport as a hobby... No "can I borrow Bomber for a night"... Chalk and Cheese...

That's probably as many as will attend a UK Speedway meeting in total, if every team ran one meeting in the same week..

Just a shame Laguta isn't in the GP's...

I am pretty sure in Wroclaw, 78 year old Gladys has just said... "Sit down, I can't see, and it's too noisy"...

It's a three team league, so nobody goes through from this meeting...

Putting the meeting preview on the FIM/GP website too? With a link to the stream... A link that could be seen by many fans worldwide... Can't be thinking at that level surely? This is UK Speedway...

Been announced in The Sun that she is "the face of Speedway" for the following season...

"Hi Boss, it's only me, have you seen the Ipswich press release? Are you going to pay for that extra insurance like their Boss is doing?"... "Boss? Boss? Can you hear me Boss? Boss?"... "Must be a bad signal where he is"..

Looks like this fella has decided to do things "properly".... It won't go down well.....

So, fake news gets you publicity does it? OK then, here goes,... "Speedway in the UK, is an authentic team sport, brilliantly led, marketed and promoted, by a host of cutting edge, modern day thinking visionaries".... There.. That should get me in the Speedway Star next week... 😁

Any business needs a vision, and a plan to deliver that vision... UK Speedway, basically, runs season to season with no one knowing who will run the next year, or which league some teams may decide to compete in, or what the team strengths there will be, or what competitions will take place, or what formats these competitions will follow.. You cannot keep "hoping for the best", by living season to season, and doing the same old thing that you always do that prevents you from ever having any vision, never mind a plan to deliver that vision... Millions and Millions of pounds of TV money has gone up in smoke over two and a half decades... Money which seemed to have bailed out a fair few issues which never got resolved... That money isn't there any more....

The reach of YT is literally billions, with tens of millions in the UK... And you even can make money out of views and subscribers... With their algorithm sending you into similar type of videos.... A perfect media for UK Speedway to "piggy back" off other more popular sports, either two wheel, four wheel, or local professional teams in football... "How much?" No chance, we have to pay our riders (who hardly anyone in the UK have heard of, and will never hear of), around three million quid a season between them"... An absolute crackers business model...

Open the track, hold the meeting, hopefully win closely, then lock up the track when the last one is out... Rinse and Repeat two weeks later, (maybe), with pretty much exactly the same fans in attendance... Find a guest for someone missing in Poland or Denmark, or is injured/banned over here but not anywhere else.... Aim to win at home to keep your own crowd attending, with all your riders in attendance... Agree to ride away on nights you know your No1 can't be there and book a guest instead... Don't be too successful as it can close you down... UK Speedway...