old bob at herne bay

Good luck to the Cobblers …. Let’s hope they might attract some former Panthers fans back to the sport . Should get somenovelty value of fans from nearby Leicester, Ippo and Lynn taking a look at the track for the first time… but spectator facilities look pretty spartan standing on grassy banks on a cold evening. Memories of freezing on the grassy slopes of the Arena Essex racebowl.

Will their nickname be the “Cobblers”

Hard to see anyone beating BV in the prem? Kurtsy and Bewley top two will deliver.

Ah well, all is forgiven Chris. The Ippo fans will all return to watch whatever is served up in 2026 in a 5 team “premier” league. Slowly British Speedway continues its slide downwards…… another “exciting “ season lies ahead with a cobbled together 3 league structure until the next hiatus in 2027 when the Polish Leagues impose their restrictions on riders .

Thanks for the update …….theres still 3 weeks until the season kicks off so plenty of time .. let’s hope the team know when to turn up and who will pay their wages

been away for a few weeks .... any nes on Ipswich new owners ??? Any team news ??

All this alleged money being “lost” every year ! Yer still they come back every season for another loss ……are they really making a loss ???

All this alleged money being “lost” every year ! Yer still they come back every season for another loss ……are they really making a loss ???

One must only assume that the riders named on here that are not “ fixed up “ have a secret verbal agreement in place with “Ed?” Pending formal approval of purchase of the tractor air fence and starting gate and some brooms .

Now that the excitement has died down 🥱 It is disappointing to see that there is still a fixation on the 15 heat formula for ALL meetings in all leagues in the UK. why? Could the 5 team PL be made a little more intersting byusing a different race formula for the B fixtures ? Or a different formula for the P.offs ? Lack of imagination.

Another factor is the age profile of speedway supporters. As folks get older they don’t turn out for every meeting in poor weather to stand outside in often spartan conditions on cold evenings to watch the stop start racing punctuated by all too frequent delays . With each passing year, I would suggest there are fewer “hard core” fans who will turn up every meeting .

Teams instead now flooded wih mediocre europeans and australian riders.

Dick Lawson seems not be fixed up in the PL Jamie Lidsley seems to be going well in Australia and released by the National Speedway Stadium.

Ipswich fans must be delighted to hear that they will be running in the 5 team PL next seson 🙂 They jsut need a new owner and 7 riders and all will be fine. Kings Lynn fans must be worried t hat they will no have to finish in the top 3 to get a coveted p.OFF place.

Similarly Wookieboy Don as you can probably guess, my team closed down way back when and I have been a roaming supporter of various clubs around London and the Sout East clubs until my health and patience and lack of clubs enforced my retirement. The last vestiges of any competitive speedway in the SE now appear to have been snuffed out at Kent "Eagles". I remain very critical of the BSPL who seem to operate their businesses as almost a secret society, unable or unwilling at EVERY opportunity to use the power of the media to publicise the sport. A few more press releases would at least get out the message that there is speedway still in existence in the UK.