Steve Irving

They’re the Bastions of UK Speedway I’ll have you know! Every move they make is to the benefit of helping others whether that be other clubs, or riders themselves to the detriment of their own aspirations. They wouldn’t even dream of dumping a young British rider (Mountain) for a crap Aussie in the hope of gaining any sort of on track advantage. Nope, not the wonderful Belle Vue Aces! They leave all that shenanigans to the other desperate cretins like Ipswich and Chris Louis who have a win at all costs attitude, apparently.

https://www.bellevue-speedway.com/blog/latest-news-2/team-news-zischke-joins-aces-295

Why should they when all three can still comfortably outperform Jordan Jenkins? What a weird thing to say.

Was he? “I spoke briefly with their new promotion, but it seems a change in the rules has put a stop to me having a low enough average for them to fit me in” This weeks Speedway Star. Doesn’t sound to me like they’ve promised him anything? And that’s also only his version of events. There’s always two sides to a story.

They’ve literally just completed a takeover 48 hours ago ffs! Pretty sure graphic design wouldn’t have been on a list of priorities 🙄

So do they have a new presenter currently or not? That role is hugely underrated IMO and can go a long way towards the meeting experience. The few times I went there last year, I thought the fella presenting was excellent and one of the best I’d heard. Shame if he’s given it up/been ousted.

Should have got Hellstrom Bangs in the line up! Usually someone drops out before the meeting, if that happens they should get straight on the blower. Would be a great watch around the NSS

Well that confirms no TV then. They’ve done pretty well here all things considered. Not enough omph to win many if any on the road, but they’ve assembled a strong Foxhall side with every member of the top five capable of scoring double figures there as they’ve all proved in the past. Will be a tough nut to crack on home shale. Could really do with getting Musielak back to his Sheffield form of a few seasons ago. That would help immensely. They’ll have the upper hand on most in the reserve department. Really like the PHB signing, the boy is box office and the kind you pay your dollars to go and see. Clubs need to be doing more of this and make more effort rather than continually taking the lazy options and recycling the same old faces. If we’re serious about expanding the top flight, then more riders are going to have to be brought over. Ok, the real top liners mostly don’t want the hassle of riding here for the money on offer, but there are plenty just below those that WOULD be interested. To be fair to Lynn, they brought over Kvech, Ipswich brought over Rew and now Bangs, there’s others out there a rung below the top boys in Poland that would be interested also.

And at the risk of repeating myself, this is exactly WHY a current “top league” is only suited to 5 clubs. You’re struggling to get the fifth (Ipswich) team competitive, let alone a 6th! 7th or 8th? Absolutely no chance, forget it.

If Thorssell is out of the picture, it HAS to be Jeppesen doesn’t it? Forget his up and down form for Birmingham, it was clearly a poor environment to race in with all the uncertainty and every rider there didn’t do particularly well understandably. But in his 10 meetings for Berwick he settled straight away and averaged 9.67 with bonus’ and shot straight to number 1. Leicester are built in a similar way to Ipswich and are the only ones with Kemp and Gilkes who could push the Ipswich reserves, but Jeppesen and Edwards should be dominant over all the others who look weak in that area.

Good on him. He’ll soon realise though that he’ll be pi$$ing in the wind with this lot.

This you?

It’s pretty common practice!! Using the link earlier by arnieg https://www.sportcal.com/pressreleases/bsi-announce-acquisition-of-reading-speedway/ There’s a paragraph from outgoing promoter Pat Bliss. It’s pretty standard stuff.

Agree with you. Strange. Crikey they’re all buggering off! Is the track man still there?

If ever there was a season where you’re not the least bit bothered whether your team wins the title or not, it’s this one. Time to just go and watch some racing with little expectation, and hopefully there’s something actually worth winning in 2027.