Marksman

Fantastic insight in the pits, could do with him on BSN! Stream has been great, much better than constant repeats we got on TNT

Any ideas why Jamie Etherington didn’t ride today?

Wasn’t a bad meeting, enjoyed the coverage on BV TV, and the antics of Stoney. You don’t get those types of characters in speedway much these days, especially top level riders. Holder was just a bit hard of Blodorn, he didn’t need to make that move as he would of passed him at some point anyways. Pleased for Tate, he is just a natural on a bike, looked very quick out front when he gated and well on the pace compared to last season. Hopefully he will be back to his best riding alongside Cookie for the Comets, the pair were telepathic together in 2024. It was an average meeting for BV standards, which says a lot about the track because it was still rather enjoyable to watch IMO.

Cookie and Tate at 3 and 4, would be very formidable. Think we are in for an exciting season Comets fans.

Yeah Cookie is out on the track today practising He's shared it on social media

Tate flew out of the start in heat 2 and won easily at BV tonight, think he will do alright at reserve because the Premiership reserves are weaker than last season.

Listened to some of Fraser Bowes interview on the Poole 15 heats later videocast on Youtube Someone asked about the van incident late in the season that ended with him downing tools 😂 Knowing the story, it just shows how much of an entitled bloke the guy is, didn't come across very well at all, probably will fit in perfectly at Poole 😀 Him and Tate/Jacob for example are night and day in terms of personal character.

Would imagine that Pickering will get 6 rides in quite a lot of meetings this year!

Not an error no, as confirmed on FB. Must have a plan in place as it will be dark before 8pm in early April.

Final was Ben Cook, Z Kennedy, Cluff, Zischke in that order. can’t find the full scores. Viv was winning the semi final until his seat came loose and had to stop. Clips here https://www.facebook.com/share/r/14UGFZriZS1/?mibextid=wwXIfr

From what I saw yesterday from the Sydney meeting online, we need to be handing out a contract to Viv Muddle asap for 2027. Assuming that he won’t be over here this year. Looks a star already at 15 years old in his first ever meeting on a 500cc bike.

Yes, technically it’s riders who have taken time out of the sport. But I bet I know what will happen…

Ablitt will probably come in at 4.64, after the 8% reduction. Lambert will fit as you could tell by the vibe on the 360 podcast he has signed. Don't know why they can't be transparent like other clubs are in the press releases 🤫

Vuolas' average is way too high for what they've got left

Pleased it's him would've been my pick too, they've obviously tried to get Max Perry in, as per his statement. But I think Jamie has the potential! Got 2/3 right, wrong Dane!

Treble would be on again 🎉

Yes but what he’s saying is that a few people have saw Jack’s post and for some reason have linked the two on the Comets page because he’s signed for a club!

Yeah I thought this too, when he said on FB he’s signed a contract. It must surely be for Buxton, as he’s knowhere near Championship standard 😂

Godfrey said it himself on the 360 speedway podcast, he thought all the clubs who were bringing foreign riders in "is bizarre" when Alfie Bowtell and Lambert are out of a job. Hard to think the guy is the chairman of the BSPL. There's a thought for 2027 actually instead of growing the sport we could close the Championship to British riders only.

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It is a good looking and competitive Championship, the usual suspects Poole, Oxford and Glasgow will no doubt be up there, all 3 look strong. Edinburgh have a strong looking reserve pair (believe Loftus will be one of the best signings on his average) Plymouth strong top 2, plus Klima at reserve should clean up (if he turns up every week) Redcar don’t look as strong as last year, can’t see that side being a play off team. But they do have a very strong reserve pair. Likewise with Berwick they’ll be competitive especially at home, but will probably fall short of the play offs. Scunthorpe do look weak, but I’d imagine once they make changes once Pickering’s average drops they might become more competitive away. Workington have the best looking side since we’ve relaunched. Should be miles more competitive away from home in 2026, and I’m confident we can take that 4th spot again. 1st Glasgow 2nd Oxford 3rd Poole Plymouth/Edinburgh/Workington fighting for 4th. 7th Berwick 8th Redcar 9th Scunthorpe

No idea who she is, again Speedway probably targeting their aging audience. Absolute car crash viewing that was 😂 How can whoever came up with the idea think it was a good one, I’m guessing it definitely came from the BSPL and not Speedway Futures. Unfortunately they’ve been found out with the Cameo link. Rob Godfrey is a good guy, but unfortunately the sport needs to outgrow his and some of the promoters ideas. He knows this too, and the comments on the 360 podcast about Speedway futures taking over seem positive (if it happens!)

He also won the Danish U21 semi final meeting outright on 13 points plus then winning the 3 way run off. Ahead of both William Drejer and Mikkel Andersen, who both finished in the top 5 of the SGP2 series (5th and 3rd). I know nothing about the guy, but at least the results on paper give a quite a level of optimism at his age 🤷‍♂️

I don't think most people would of heard of whoever the 5 point rider was, if you dig through the results he had last year in the Danish Semi-finals and U21 final, he seems a rather exciting signing for me. It's been 3/3 success in terms of the three 5 point assessed riders we've signed exceeding their 5 point average so far. He's been in much better company than the overall level in the Championship so I'm sure he will be very competitive and learn a lot

Can't see much about him, but appears to be an exciting prospect from what I have read and given he finished 5th in a strong Danish U21 Final last year on 11 points ahead of Villads Nagel on 10. This definitely the type of signing I like to see the club make, it's gut wrenching when you sign a rider like Lambert or Starke that you know will just disappoint!