Hamish McRaker

Hard to understand why anyone would be anti a new venue being created per se, and i'm not seeing much or indeed any of that being expressed. However, there is considerable concern and scepticism over the chances of it being ready on time, and successful and sustainable, with time constraints being one of the main concerns over effective local marketing and publicity. These concerns and doubts can be expressed in humourous or serious ways, and are sometimes wrapped up within more general concerns about speedway in the Uk and the way it is being run. These are mostly perfectly valid concerns, made in good faith and with the underlying well-being of speedway in the UK at their heart. Whether the above could be justifiably deemed "moaning" is rather irrelevant, especially as the definition of what constitutes "moaning" is likely to vary greatly. I'd liken it to "complaining", and there doesnt seem to anyone complaining that a new venue could be happening. But there are doubts and concerns being expressed, which for the most part seem to be perfectly valid

And his name's spelled Savile. As in "a vile s***"

Exciting news!! If you can produce a 2026 PL fixtures list, that exactly matches the one about to be produced by BSPL, you will be entered into a draw (a "top draw") to receive a free 2026 season ticket for Northampton speedway! Competition closes at 5pm this Friday. Terms and conditions apply.

When you say "work", presumably it falls into two broad categories : 1. Financial, legal, administrative 2. Physical And i'm presuming it's certain work and associated decisions within category 1 which needs to be suffiently progressed by the end of this week?

Yes and you never know, there could be a tv deal by then covering the last league matches plus playoffs

Museilak must be due for a testimonial soon? And Scott could be too, even though he's probably already had at least one? What about Danny King?

6 is possible with a level enough playing field on team building limits, stability, a tv deal. 5 is the only feasible number in 2026 with any 6th being a disastrous bust. 7 - no way unless there is a sudden influx of new riders. But the way things are going, 6 will become unworkable even with all the conditions in place. Then 5, then 4. Time to fold things from 2027 and put new foundations in place.

More cock up than conspiracy, it is to be hoped

Not guilty!

The SGB website announcement referred to Richard Coleman as just "Coleman"! Is there some animosity between him and BSPL ?

I think your team should be ok, it wont be a lame duck side like Birmingham and Oxford were. Having mostly Uk-based riders who want to be there has now become the key thing. Having Doyle would have been a big boost but maybe don't rule it out later in the season. Sayfutdinov wasn't going to stay forever, 3 years was a good stretch and it was time to move on. I think the loss of Dan Thompson is the major one, and will bring the title to Leicester. If you look at KL, i dont like the balance of their side, if they lose Fricke for any reason, they're in trouble. If i were a KL fan i'd be permanently on edge.

So that'll be Monday 23 March, i'd presume

Did CL have any allies in this, amongst fellow BSPL Directors and amongst the wider Promoterati? And who were his main adversaries? Or do we have to await his memoires?

At the time Dickson would have asked for an EGM, the Directors were messrs Godfrey (Chair), Bates, D. Ford and Louis. Ford resigned on 6/1/26. Louis resigned on 18/11/25. When the post-AGM statement was made, the Directors would have been messrs Godfrey (Chair), Bates, Campbell, Lemon and Lyon. The latter three were appointed on 9/1/26. BSPLtd has no shareholders, but i'm guessing it has "members" who can presumably vote, but how much clout do they have in reality - maybe in practice some more than others?

Should the Directors of BSP Ltd (apart from Lemon and Lyon) resign? If there were enough shareholders, there'd be open revolt going on by now, an EGM would have been called and they'd have been kicked out. Stewart Dickson apparently called for an EGM back in something like June last year because he could see problems looming up, but apparently his calls were ignored. Since then C.Louis has of course walked away but others remain in position

Fools and their money are soon parted!

I'm in Llandudno this week and have noticed there's an Alice in Wonderland trail around the town. Was the AGM held here in January, if so could explain a lot😄

Small Faces. All or Nothing!

Hopefully not TOO odd🤔😙

Well let's just suppose i had temporarily lost my marbles during the early part of January, and on the basis of BSP Ltd's statement assuring of a minimum 5 team league, had decided to invest a sum of money in BSP Ltd and/or in Speedway Futures (Ltd?). Then, having made my investment, i subsequently began to have serious and well-founded suspicions that at the time of making its public statement, BSP Ltd could not have been certain that a 5-team league would actually be going ahead, i'd have been pretty hopping angry and i'd have been asking urgent questions to BSP Ltd's directors. One key question i'd have asked BSP Ltd's directors, would have been did C.Louis give a legally watertight assurance that, in the event of a sale of Ipswich speedway not being completed by, say, 5th April 2026, he would continue to run the club as an active PL member until such time as the club's sale had been completed. And if the BSP Ltd's directors could not have provided that evidence to satisfy my needs, i'd have been initiating processes to have them suspended and hopefully struck off as Company Directors. Ive no beef or suspicions about Ioswich speedway Ltd or with C.Louis, by the way

So to repeat, this would seem to infer that C.Louis would have continued to operate Ipswich in the PL, in the event of a sale of his business not having been achieved and completed. If that was not the case, surely the BSPL statement would have been misleading, unless C.Louis had given BSPL such a guarantee?

Of course businesses change hands, as an investor i know that. So, are you saying that, if C.Louis had not found a suitable buyer or if any proposed transaction had not been completed before the start of the 2026 season, he would have continued to run Ipswich speedway in the Premier league? Really?

So ISPL "made a commitment" to run, even though its proprietor had apparently said previously that he was walking away from involvement in the sport with immediate effect? And BSPL incorporated that "commitment" into their statement that a minimum 5 team league would happen? Really?

Was it "Ipswich" that made the commitment, as legally at that time, the owner was probably C.Louis who had made his intentions (or rather his non-intentions) very clear. In which case did the BSPL knowingly make that announcement without being on safe and solid ground, taking a risk on the sale proceeding to satisfactory completion and keeping fingers crossed behind their backs?

It's sad, so sad, it's a sad, sad situation, and it's getting more and more absurd