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Some of you have mentioned Sittingbourne in your notes, and state the Iwade track. The thing is their is discussion with the Local council to run a team at a track inside the Greyhound stadium in Sitingbourne itself, which by its location a brief walk from the centre, that it would be well supported, better than the Iwade track, as you needed a car to get to the Iwade track anyway. Think its just waiting a council review, but may be hopefully if granted in the next week or two. So could be a new track there.

Elite League 2011. With the impending Ipswich/Newcastle battle due. Ipswich struggle and with Newcastles crowds, will they struggle when they come up. Speedway is stuggling with itself at the moment. The key vital thing that everyone seems to be missing is what can be done NOW to get fans back to the sport. I use coventry as an example, (athough im not a coventry fan), but they have Barker, Kennett, Bridger, Harris, Auty good British Riders all, how many other clubs have gone british. What i think that the British League needs, is getting back to British Speedway. What i would want is a 5 year plan. In which it would be re-addressed or re-assessed then. I think all Elite League teams should run as only having 2 Non-UK rides in their team, even if getting a guest in still 5 Uk riders, and 2 foreign. This would eliminate the use of averag4es, as its the British riders who are key to this. And Foreign riders can be signed by a club who are prepared to pay that riders wages, so no restriction to who, only how many. Premier League maybe 2 again or 1 foreign Rider. As they arent Elite League level, but are above National. National League to be run with maybe no foreign rider if any at all to aid the continuity of the sport. This would get some fans back, because i for one will not go and pay £15+ to go to an Elite League track, to go and see foreign mercaneries over here. Reference to Elite League just looking at KO CUP SF 2nd Leg Poole- Holder, Ward, Pedersen, Mroczka, Watt, Madsen & Doyle Peterborough- Bjerre, Buczkowski, Schlein, Iversen, Batchelor, Cook & Kosciuch. Can anyone spot more than one brit there i cant. Why would i go and pay money to watch that, im all for supporting a team, but i want something that apeals to me, to see how well a brit does is more important to me than watching 7 foreigners riding for my team. Till they change that, id rather stay and watch National League and give the new blood to the sport my support. Until the leagues do that, then all the Elite league riders are doing is sucking life out of the British Speedway to kill it, what will happen when all teams have come close to folding due to no fans, or budgets, they will move on and ride for some other team in another country, and take their money instead, without a care. Sponsors what is the benefit to them to sponsor a team of foreigners, it may get their logo on a bike or overall, but is that logo on a pole going to tempt anyone in poland to buy that product. Doubt it. If you want British Speedway then it has to be British at the core. If you want foreign riders may i suggest setting up a Europa league.