mikebv

And if both teams reach the play offs the league wont finish till after the Jubilee cup has been ran!!

It is a huge challenge taken on... Maybe they have some big sponsorship to cover any hit at the turnstiles? Of maybe they feel the £100k plus they will get off the TV deal means it will be viable? 8 home meetings a month for the two top division teams would mean around a £200 outlay for anyone wishing to attend all of them.. Some ask given the current pressures on disposable income.. Hope it all goes well, never been to Oxford so will make it hopefully next year...

He will put it in the back of his van...

I have said for many years that what the UK version of team speedway needs is more guests.... If anything is gong to get the sport taken seriously by the fans, mainstream media, and major companies to sponsor it, it is more guests... The more short sighted may see it as a bad thing, but look at the huge success of the sport with the restricted guest system that has been used.. Therefore. Just think of the postivie impact to the credibility of what is on offer that even more guests will have... Bomber has just ordered a new three piece suite... Edit. Great to see Phil Morris with his finger on the pulse too. I know loads of people who dont attend anymore due to the way referees started races... It will be great to see the electronic random starting system implemented, hopefully that brings back some of those who have stayed away...

City will be getting a 1000 point deduction... I wonder why it has taken so long yet so quick for Everton? Hmmmmm. One of life's imponderable's I suppose...

Great post(s)... Wow! 88 seasons of racing for Belle Vue, and all incredibly within a stones throw of each other at three different tracks... And WW2 didn't stop the racing there either...

How much did it cost? Could they have held it in a "Legion" somewhere for free? Some looked like they spent a few quid on clobber too... No wonder the sport is struggling when ex riders would prefer to spend money on dressing up, going for a meal and drinking in a hotel etc etc..

Somebody has to water the plants in the hotel... And keep the meeting on time...

Same weekend as the Jubilee Trophy maybe?

"They don't need to"..... Sadly, that will be their thoughts all through the meetings held during the season to discuss next year.. And. Even if they did think that they needed to "revolutionise" the sport, it is clear, from past history, that the required skill set doesnt exist with the current incumbents that are in place to make it happen..

Shame about Charles Wright... He is great to watch at the NSS... And doesnt take many prisoners when riding.. Hope he comes back to the sport fully 100% fit, and will go and watch him at the NSS when whoever he rides for comes to town...

Richie isn't using a shovel.. More like a JCB...

Just ordered myself a new TV....

Will he be able to resist another response? I hope not..

Have an overall team average too... That way no one can sign the "best" within each grade...

They picked the hotel because they had heard it has plenty of "guests".... I'll get me coat...

Imagine how many meetings Bomber could ride in? He diary would be so full he could end up guesting for himself....

They need to declare by then so the fixture compilers can complete the fixture list.. Having five, instead of six teams, in the league, will mean that they need to plan in a completely different number of weeks' extension to the season....

That must be a spoof account surely? Cannot believe anyone would put out such a response... If it was him, then those in charge should treble the extraordinarily lenient ban...

Pretty much this... Not many media outlets will bother with it... Some sponsors might get a bit peed off though... Most are speedway fans, so will know all the details given that they follow the sport, and might not want their name associated with a rider "done" for cocaine....

They do seem to do "quite well" for such a relatively small amount of testing don't they?

I think the Nag's Head's "achievement" that night means even more than winning any UK Speedway Team Trophy.. Unless, of course, they had fielded a team with players from the Dog and Partridge, The Crown, and The Hope and Anchor, all guesting for them...

Didn't Glasgow's promoters sponsor the league last year too..? Maybe they are investing all that money they saved by not needing to pay Poole any "first prize cash"?

One of the major issues that the sport has had is a self inflicted lack of focus on UK riders.. Due to "journey men, after journey men" being brought over via a revolving door.. "He didn't work, so bring the next one in and see if he is any better"... Both reserves and at least the lower ranked second string in Div 2 should be a UK rider...

How? "Let's keep Greyhounds at Perry Barr?" They want rid of the sport, so they won't campaign to save it at Perry Barr... Indeed, ARC could argue that the brand new facilities are "state of the art" when it comes to the welfare of the dogs, so a big move forward as to how they get looked after compared to the ageing infrastructure at Perry Barr.. Fair play to the Brum Promoters for giving it a go, as they certainly seem to have given it everything, but, at some places it just isn't viable, no matter what you do... I have been three times and each time felt "young" such was the demographic of their fan base, with around a hundred it seemed "wearing the club shop", so a loyal fan base was in place.. But now, around ten years or so later, I would imagine many in the stadium at that time would now no longer be able to get there, given their ages... When you are only getting crowds of 600 or so, it will always be a struggle, unless you run NDL...