Teromaafan

those days are getting fewer and fewer......Long gone more like!

Anyone know if the club is streaming the Lions match next Monday? (There’s nothing on the Brum website).

Correct! They should have ironed out gremlins at so and so’s testimonial beforehand 😉

Although a regular at BP, the ticketing arrangement will not affect me as I won’t be going. Nothing against Douglas, but I will not go out of my way to attend a meaningless fixture. Let’s be honest, these early season meetings are just an opportunity for riders to blow off cobwebs/test equipment at the expense of spectators. As for testimonials, regardless of the sport, they were meant to be for loyalty/service to a particular club for ten years. Speedway riders chose to do what they do, so ‘committing’ to the sport deserves recognition does it? My wallet says no.

Anyone know what format Dougy’s testimonial will take (individual event, 4 teams of 4 etc)?

Go on, go for it. It’ll be no skin off your nose!

I like the Advance 5 ticket option, do any other clubs offer anything similar?

The season is just over a month away and the Lions team on the club web site is last years! All other Premiership clubs have their 2025 line ups. Come on guys keep up!

What.... a speedway promoter going against his word? No, sorry, not having that!

Vuolas is the better prospect for the future, so can understand the signing. ....But for Brum, the future will not extend beyond September?

The management have looked into this matter and as of next season, free carrots are to be handed out to all spectators.

Thanks for the update Lenny. With regard to track work, does that include any alterations (i.e. shape, alterations etc) or just pre-season preparation work?

When introduced, the points limit used to include bonus points. Anyone know why and when averages discarded bonus points?

Just looking at the first page of the thread and Jeppesen is yet to be added to the Brum team.

Max Fricke fell and was withdrawn from the second round of the Aussie Championship.

He’ll certainly be difficult to pass!

They do now, he’s called Ben Barker! Looking at his photo on the SGB website it would seem his winter fitness regime is dodging salads. Surely has to shift some pudding to be competitive.

An old favourite set to return? just awaiting Arthur Browning's average to be re-assessed.

Don’t see how the powers that be would allow someone to ride for different teams in the same competition. That would make the sport a laughing stock and would lose all its credibility. Before you know it, teams will be borrowing riders from other teams for one off matches when their own riders are unavailable/injured. Heaven help us if the sport ever plummeted to those levels.

Can’t recall Cloughie using that term, but I get it and it is funny 🤣. That’s got me wondering what Cloughie would have been like as a speedway team manager. I can see him walking around the pits in that green sweatshirt wagging his finger at under performing riders and of course in front of the referee’s box!

Thanks for sharing 😂

Pardon my ignorance, but who is Jigsaw?

Yeah, all the best davieb1. Could you please now go back 15m and post again 😄

Interesting. I know nothing about the technical side of the bikes, but was reading an article in this week’s Star with Hans Nielsen who said that ‘lay downs’ were here to stay and that nobody would ever go back to ‘upright’ engines.

Good for Phil, this could be right up there with his innovative coloured start mats at the pit gate for televised meetings.