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With a fortnight to go for teams to make a final declaration to run in 2023, what do we think are the chances of Mildenhall coming to the table? Are things looking more financially viable? I think the gofundme has raised £5k of a £15k target. Can things be negotiated with landlords to give more time to prepare a track less dangerous than in 2022? What kind of a team can be put together? Presume the rider shortage is less severe in the south?

it's lucky that Brennan starts at reserve then!

The Sunshine Bus will take you there, so you'll be Ok.

Belle Vue won the top award, the "Outstanding Contribution to Manchester Sport" at the Manchester Sports Awards last night. Good for the sport for the Premiership Speedway Trophy to be up there rubbing shoulders with Manchester City's Premier League football trophy

Rumour I heard (the day before PL & CL AGM) was that Workington, Belle Vue, Leicester, Oxford and Kent were definitely in for 2023. Armadale were going to drop out. Berwick and Plymouth also thinking of dropping out due to CL being 2 home & 2 away. (So presume they'r back on board now that CL is only 1 home & 1 away?). Mildenhall hadn't decided, (but they wouldn't be present at PL & CL AGM anyway, and surely they'll be in for NDL)?

Daft idea. Suppose you're way ahead on a 5-1. One of your riders has an engine failure. You end up with a 3-3. It's gutting you've lost that 4-point advantage, but you still get a share of the heat. Change to 4-3-2-1 You're way ahead on a 7-3. One of your riders has an engine failure. You end up losing the heat 5-4. How silly would that look? Not only do you lose your 4-point advantage, but you're outscored by 2 riders who were miles behind.

I'd be surprised if he can get in the Belle Vue team. With Bewley, Fricke, Woffinden, Lambert, Zagar, Kurtz, and Wright all fighting for the 3 Belle Vue heat-leader positions, some are certainly going to be disappointed.

Congratulations to all connected with Save Coventry Stadium on this brilliant victory. No doubt Brandon Estates will be willing to play the long game, and will continue until they get their own way, but I reckon they thought they would get their own way today....and they didn't. Sadly I think the stadium will suffer further fires now, even if the landowners do get convicted of neglect at their upcoming trial. But well done to all for today. Keep up the fight. Tony Gillias is a beast! p.s. In the report they said that "Nationwide Doors Ltd" were willing to help rebuild the stadium, but a check of Companies House shows "Nationwide Doors Ltd" as a dormant company in Lancashire, so I presume this is the wrong company? Does anyone know who this company are that are willing to help rebuild?

Since it's the Belle Vue and Wolverhampton averages that are wrong, I would suspect you have missed the Belle Vue v Wolves match entirely? https://britishspeedway.co.uk/22results/belle_vue_13.06.22_res_pjl.pdf

Well, you're complaining about someone's posting on a speedway forum. So I guess you're talking about youself being the person just looking for anything to complain about? I think the previous poster has a genuine point. If they've paid, back in May, for a first-issue hot-off-the-press priority copy, and their money has been held for nearly 6 months, I'd say they have a right to be miffed that people who haven't pre-paid, can just walk up and get the first signed copies at Sheffield on Monday and jump the queue like Phil and Holly at a funeral.

If he isn't leaving, how are they going to fit in Bewley, Lambert, Fricke, Zagar and Kurtz next year?

For someone who is used to being a loser, and isn't bothered about being a loser, he hasn't half done some crying on this forum since they lost.

Yes. I wondered why they'd included bonus points. All I did was correct the number of matches, rides, and points for Wolves and Belle Vue as they were wrong. I stuck to including bonus points on the corrected calculations as that was the way the original poster had mainly done it.

Don't know about the rest, haven't had time to check them, but Wolves and Belle Vue are definitely wrong. They should be Belle Vue RIDER MAT RIDES POINTS BP TOTAL AVERAGE Freddy Hodder 4 11 22 1 23 8.36 Sam McGurk 3 7 15 1 16 9.14 Kyran Lyden 4 13 21 2 23 7.08 Jack Shimelt 4 14 8 2 10 2.86 Eli Meadows 1 3 2 0 2 2.67 Wolverhampton RIDER MAT RIDES POINTS BP TOTAL AVERAGE Joe Thompson 3 9 24 0 24 10.67 Tom Spencer 3 10 20 2 22 8.80 Luke Harrison 2 6 10 2 12 8.00 James Laker 1 4 5 2 7 7.00 Sam Woolley 4 12 13 2 15 5 .00 Luke Killeen 2 6 12 0 12 8.00

The team who replaced a rider with a season-ending injury and therefore didn't cheat are the ones I want to win. The team who made more changes than allowed with a non-season-ending injury and therefore clearly cheated are the ones I don't want to win. Thought I made that quite clear?

Maximum 2 team changes in the transfer window. Can only make a third team change if it's for a season-ending injury. Craig Cook hasn't had a season ending injury but they booted him out for Lewis Kerr.

I think Sheffield start favourites on current form, but I hope Belle Vue win because I don't want to see cheats prosper.

Yes. They didn't stage any. That's what I said. They turned up to the other teams staging matches, but didn't stage any of their matches. The Northern group didn't seem to have any problems. All teams raced all 4 fixtures . The Southern group managed to stage just 2 matches between the lot of them.

Here you go:- NORTH Belle Vue Belle Vue 22 Sheffield 5 Belle Vue 11 Wolverhampton 24 Sheffield Sheffield 6 Belle Vue 23 Sheffield 17 Wolverhampton 18 Wolverhampton Wolverhampton 24 Belle Vue 12 Wolverhampton 18 Sheffield 14 SOUTH Ipswich Ipswich 13 Peterborough 21 King's Lynn King's Lynn 22 Peterborough 13 Peterborough None staged.

Well done to Belle Vue, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton on completing the Northern section riding their two home and two away fixtures. Congratulations to Wolverhampton who have qualified for the "final that never will be", as the Southern section couldn't be bothered. Shame on King's Lynn and Ipswich who staged just 1 fixture, and Peterborough who didn't even bother staging any at all!

Cup and play-offs come later. This has to be fitted in before the league cut-off.

Restaging date?

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It's the way he tells 'em.