Christopher Bcmma Cook

I did put together all 24 teams with 6 riders and there were enough with a few left over but thats why I would say guests are only allowed from the oppositie division so people are not seeing the same old faces. The sport can't sustain the big names, and the big names are few against the majority who have committed to racing in the UK, I know some people like to see the top riders but I would bet most would love to see close racing or a better product than now. Under my proposal, I think Matt Ford could make much more money, first of all he saves in rider wages as there are no GP riders, I think the loss of fans would be minimal, more local derby matches should in essence boost attendances, potential more exposure for potential sponsors via the online streaming and so on... There are enough riders, If you take the top batch from the National League, take the full quota from the PL, then the remaining few from the EL who are not GP riders and do not D/U then you have enough - couple that with some riders who are not racing in the UK at the moment - 24 x 6 = 144 riders I think my list contained well over 200+ riders unless I doubled up on any lol

Maybe scrap the idea of the additional 10 league meetings but that was added to give those people extra meetings that do not race in other leagues mainly our British lads, However also a point is that too many riders now want to have that tag of "professional rider" when several years ago people had day jobs and still competed. I'd stick to the original 22 league meetings and include the cup matches and play-offs, as I would say that is do-able even for those few clubs who manage to reach the latter stages. the appeal in hope to foreign riders is that, if you can get more meetings in the UK with potential to earn more £££ you would prioritise the UK more which is what the top riders don't do now, so eliminating the top riders, you don't worry too much about people who have Polish commitments either, I think there would maybe be a handful that would ride in Poland too

If both teams continue to build successful sides, they would meet each other in the latter stages of the British Cup and of course the play-offs with the top 4 from each division meet at the end of the season.

Proposal for the future of British Speedway - in many aspects going back to basics and growing the sport from the bottom up, rather than trying to accommodate change just to try and attract about 10 GP riders to compete - who are expensive and unaffordable in the current climate with low crowd, no investment and no direction. My ideas are for riders who want to ride in Britain who are not potentially associated to the GP series, offering lots of opportunities to "earn" with lots of meetings with some diversity to mix it up for the fans. - All teams consist of 6 riders built to a maximum of 38 points, no restrictions on how a team is built I.E. no draft riders etc. I will use 6 teams as an example for this post for what teams could look like using the latest averages from today. Reserve to ride at 5 & 6 IPSWICH WITCHES 1. Scott Nicholls 2. Gino Manzares 3. Nico Covatti 4. Ben Barker 5. Adam Ellis 6. Danyon Hume KINGS LYNN 1. Mads Korneliussen 2. Kai Huckenbeck 3. Robert Lambert 4. Richie Worrall 5. Lewis Rose 6. Josh Bailey SOMERSET 1. Troy Batchelor 2. Jake Allen 3. Josh Gracjzonek 4. Charles Wright 5. Arthur Sissis 6. Zach Waijknecht POOLE 1. Krzysztof Buczkowski 2. Kyle Newman 3. Jack Holder 4. Bjarne Pedersen 5. Bradley Wilson-Dean 6. Oliver Greenwood GLASGOW 1. Hans Andersen 2. Nike Lunna 3. Richard Lawson 4. Paul Starke 5. Danny Ayres 6. Fernando Garcia RYE HOUSE 1. Edward Kennett 2. Ludvig Lindgren 3. Rory Schlein 4. Kasper Lykke 5. Ben Morley 6. Rob Banford LEAGUE STRUCTURE Two Leagues split between "Northern/Southen" yes some tracks are closer to others but it can work. 12 teams British League Northern - Belle Vue, Leicester, Coventry, Wolves, Redcar, Scunthorpe, Workington, Sheffield, Newcastle, Glasgow, Berwick & Edinburgh. British League Southern - Ipswich, Kings Lynn, Swindon, Lakeside, Poole, Kent, Plymouth, Peterborough, Somerset, Rye House, Isle of Wight, Eastbourne. Race each other once Home & Away then top 6/bottom 6 race each other home & away (additional 10 meetings) whoever is top of the bottom 6 wins the Regional Shield, only 4 of the top 6 can qualify for the play-offs. Top 4 from each League race off against each other end of season play-offs for overall British Champion, each winner of the regional league declared regional champion. You can only guest riders during the league from the other region, during play-offs you can only guest from riders who are not involved in the play offs. League Race format is 15 fixed heats with no nominated heats, highest average rider at no.1, second highest at no.3, lowest two riders at 5 & 6, points 3-2-1-0, no protected races. Example Ipswich vs Kings Lynn 1 - Nicholls/Manzares vs Korneliussen/Huckenbeck 2 - Ellis/Hume vs Rose/Bailey 3 - Covatti/Barker vs Lambert/Worrall 4 - Nicholls/Barker vs Lambert/Rose 5 - Manzares/Hume vs Huckenbeck/Bailey 6 - Covatti/Ellis vs Korneliussen/Worrall 7 - Nicholls/Ellis vs Huckenbeck/Worrall 8 - Manzares/Barker vs Korneliussen/Rose 9 - Covatti/Hume vs Lambert/Bailey 10 - Nicholls/Hume vs Korneliussen/Bailey 11 - Manzares/Covatti vs Worrall/Rose 12 - Barker/Ellis vs Huckenbeck/Lambert 13 - Barker/Hume vs Huckenbeck/Rose 14 - Manzares/Ellis vs Worrall/Bailey 15 - Nicholls/Covatti vs Korneliussen/Lambert REGIONAL LEAGUE CUP Consists of 4 mini leagues of 3 teams racing against each other Home & Away once, Group winner progressing into the Semi-Finals. The twist is that The league cup is contested over 12 standard heats with two nominated heats, managers must nominate riders for the last two heats in private to make them use their tactical nous - also as a twist this competition would feature a point scoring format of 4-3-2-0 to put the emphasis on team riding. Example - Poole vs Somerset 1 - Buck/Newman vs Batch/Allen 2 - BWD/Greenwood vs Sissis/Waijknecht 3 - Holder/Pedersen vs Gracjzonek/Wright 4 - Newman/Greenwood vs Allen/Waijknecht 5 - Buck/Pedersen vs Batch/Wright 6 - Holder/BWD vs Grajz/Sissis 7 - Buck/Holder vs Batch/Grajz 8 - Pedersen/Greenwood vs Wright/Waijknecht 9 - Newman/BWD vs Allen/Sissis 10 - Buck/Newman vs Grajz/Wright 11 - BWD/Greenwood vs Sissis/Waijknecht 12 - Holder/Pedersen vs Batch/Allen 13 - Nominated Heat 14 - Nominated Heat BRITISH CUP 4 clubs to obtain buys into the 2nd round from both North & South divisions leaving 16 clubs to battle it out in Round 1, all teams go into the same hat and draws are done at random - all meetings are 2 legged knockouts and this competition provides the opportunity for northern/southern clubs to clash. To keep things interesting points will remain 3-2-1-0 but will run over 12 standard heats with a heat 13 nominated race.Highest average at no.1, lowest at no.6 - the rest can be slotted anywhere else in the team. for example, Glasgow vs Rye House 1 - Andersen/Luna vs Kennett/Lindgren 2 - Ayres/Garcia vs Morley/Banford 3 - Lawson/Starke vs Schlein/Lykke 4 - Lunna/Garcia vs Schlein/Morley 5 - Andersen/Starke vs Kennett/Lykke 6 - Lawson/Ayres vs Lindgren/Banford 7 - Andersen/Lawson vs Kennett/Schlein 8 - Starke/Garcia vs Lindgren/Morley 9 - Lunna/Ayres vs Lykke/Banford 10 - Andersen/Ayres vs Kennett/Morley 11 - Lawson/Garcia vs Schlein/Banford 12 - Lunna/Starke vs Lindgren/Lykke 13 - NOMINATED SUMMARY If you look at a team that go all the way in all competition, you have 32 League meetings, a potential 6 play off meetings at the end of the league, 4 meetings from the League Cup Group, then a further 4 meetings from semi/final. Moving into the British Cup even if you get a buy in round 1 you then go into the last 16 so thats 8 meetings A total of 54 domestic club meetings. those who fail at the first hurdle get 38 meetings. COMMERCIAL TERMS All competition should have a Title Sponsor, there is no reason why the regional leagues cannot be sponsored by a betting company who get exclusivity on betting rights for domestic speedway, someone like BetFred, Bet365, PaddyPower etc. The League and British Cup competitions should also attract a lower-level sponsor - there are loads of opportunities, for example British Cup could attract a power-tool company like Metabo, Milwakee, Snap On etc. and the League Cup could get an energy drink sponsor or an oil company etc. it would really be easy to get if you don;t ask for crazy money. TELEVISION DEAL I would personally explore having an online speedway channel, first of all I would partner with a broadcaster either Sky Sports or BT Sport and sell League rights only - agree a fixed number of race nights exclusively live with the broadcast partner. Then utilise a pay-monthly online channel where selected meetings from the remaining league fixtures and cup competitions are streamed live. Take the 24 clubs, if each averaged 1,000 spectators thats 24,000 people, if 20% of these people signed up to the online channel at a pay-monthly £4.99 to get exclusive online streaming of meetings, interviews with riders, features on teams, re-runs of old meetings etc. etc. That is a monthly revenue of £23,952 or (£287,424) annually which potential to grow if marketed correctly against marketing the sport correctly and increasing attendances/popularity. I am sure most speedway fans would happily pay £4.99 per month (which is not a bank buster) if it can guarantee some decent content, which could include say 10 additional meetings per month LIVE, interviews with riders, team features, maybe could introduce a chat show etc. It could also hold archive footage of meetings, can re-run classic meetings, and if savvy enough - could have a fanzone section where those supporters who are techy advanced can submit their own videos - maybe of a fans day out view, traveling to an away meeting, their own interview with club riders etc. it would pack the content out on this basis without paying the fan. thats my 50 pence worth of input, speedway in my opinion in broken, and as with anything you build a foundation first, i won't meet a girl tomorrow, marry her the following day then build a relationship after. Also out of interest - who would win the above example meetings lol

Already submitted a plan to buster for the future of british speedway, will post a copy of it on the site later today.

i'm not going to be at the hole this week and i didn't quite make saturday......

There is a way to get at least 1500-2000 through the gates at Foxhall regularly with EL Speedway on offering Spedeworth have had it easy, tougher negotiation with them needs to happen also

I might be at the Hole on Saturday if anyone would like me to join their particular bandwagon lol

Pretty sure Guy would deny it if asked directly until its all confirmed - that is of course if it is true. IF Ipswich went Elite League next season - what would people like to see form the basis of the team? Not sure regarding averages etc. but something like... Would like to see Covatti, Ellis, Kerr, Nicholls in the mix with someone like Holder leading the team.

Could the track at foxhall be made wider using another foot or two of the stock car track? Never seen how the track is set up before so have no clue lol

Is there any way to contact Chris Louis via email now? use to be able to via the web-site but the new site seems to not allow this Also - those hospitality boxes at Foxhall - are these privately owned or can they be hired? I see sometimes people use them but on the spedeworth site they hire them out per event for the cars?

Is Ashley Morris available?

500-700 people is shocking! Witches should be hitting 1,500 minimum per home meeting I've only been once this season but it sounds like everyone could be for the chop due to inconsistancy but you would keep Covatti to start with, keep King in hope that he will rediscover form, Risager has done nothing wrong. so it comes down to Kerr & Sargeant who potentially could go.... both have been disapointing give or take a meeting Who is available out there on those averages?

I would love to run Speedway in the UK!! There is so much potential with the sport but radical changes also come with it Do you want to bring back GP riders with no guarantee that they would actually come, or do you go back to basics and actually try saving the sport on a lower-domestic level before enticing the GP riders - or do you have a seperate series altogether that attracts GP riders giving spectators the opportunity to see them ride on the UK scene ableit not in your usual league structure. Speedway should be extremely appealing to more youngsters who want a career in motorsport, nothing however is done look at motorcycling in terms of sports bikes, lots of "club level" racing and in the British Motostar and Superstock 600 races where you see 14-21+ year olds, they don't get any prize money, they get sponsorship but they also have a bike to pay for and running costs At least with Speedway you get paid per point so it will off set cost + with sponsorship it is the better option Obviously that form of sport is better advertised everyone wants to be the next Rossi but ultimately in the UK you make nothing, people pay £50k+ to get a ride in British Superbikes, even at World level you pay to ride... only those elite few make a career out of it There should be numerous open days across the summer at tracks up and down the country - offering racers in these classes an opportunity to try Speedway and sell it to them and parents that its a cheaper alternative and more likely a successful one - could easily be one solution to the lack of UK riders

Why doesn't Emil race in the series - is it funds?

Just for Peterborough lot your 2016 team 1. Ulrich Ostegaard 8.29 2. Robin Aspregen 5.02 3. Rohan Tungate 7.29 4. Simon Lambert 5.40 5. Ben Barker 7.55 6. Emil Grondal 4.70 7. Dimitre Berge 4.05

Isn't his average x 1.4 and can ride in the PL as his avg is below 6?

I'll take this team please 1. Scott Nicholls 8.34 2. Nicklas Porsing 6.45 3. Lambert/Wells/S.Worrall 4. Adam Ellis 4.67 5. Nico Covatti 7.55 6. Ashley Morris 4.04 7. Zach W 3.00

A few more sponsors on board with the view of investing direct to the rider and both could be signed. My worry is that it looks like a good team on paper lol

Gutted I'm not there but old man doesn't want to go and I'm not going alone

The ones with a small crowd would benefit taking 25% of the gate away, all clubs working together sharing the pie

I guess making attendances public will offer more clarity between promotion and fan. Also if the away team is getting a cut then it needs to be verified

Regional leagues only help boost attendances

Take zagar, Doyle, janowski, iversen, kildemand and jonsson out of those teams and it could be fairly realistic but one league of 16-18 teams. Like the diversity of a 13 heat cup and the 4_3_2_0 scoring in another cup competition. Current premier league play off system tho

Are there too many speedway clubs? Would it be better for the sport with say just 16/18 clubs operating?