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Ah. So, in your strange world, Tai Woffinden played no part in Great Britain's Speedway of Nations win? After all, Woffinden didn't ride in the semi-final and final races, and since GB finished 15 points ahead of Australia, his 14 points were completely unnecessary.

Don't be ridiculous. He had no part in the semi-final race and final race, but he scored 7 out of 8 points in his heats to help GB qualify for the semi-final race. By your reckoning Bobby Charlton played no part in the 1966 World Cup Finals because it was Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters who scored the goals in the final!

The No.8 is a second rising star. That's the whole idea. No one has suggested using "a young wobbler"

And then Kai Ward would have played his part. But Kai Ward didn't ride, Tom Brennan did. So Tom brennan played his part. I don't see the problem. As long as the rules were known at the start of the season, what's the problem? A team planning on a super-strong No.6 would know the risk they were taking if he got injured. It would be up to each team to assess the risk and decide if they want to go down that route. Of course it would be possible. The rule would say "facility for a missing reserve/rising star = No.8 only

It can only be a positive. It was ridiculous last year that Sheffield could lose their Rising Star early in the season and then get an advantage by being able to handpick a No.7 guest for every match on a horses for courses basis. At least Wolves redeclared a new Rising Star. As well as having a No.8 to replace a missing RS rider, I'd like to also extend the rule so that the No.8 also has to be used if the No.6 is missing. Shoudl be no guests at reserve.

Erm, no. Like we've already said, when the company goes into administration and the administrator collects any money owed to the company, and sells off any company assets, on behalf of the creditors. Any money raised gets distributed to secured/preferential creditors first, and then unsecured creditors. The BSPL seize any speedway assets and try to sell them, with any money realised going to pay the speedway creditors.

Recover the money from whom? The company is bust. The BSPA seize the riding assets and try to sell them (e.g. Tom Brennan to Glasgow), and an administrator will wind up any physical assets, but that's not much money to be realised, and a hell of a lot of creditors looking for a share of it.

Holding off more than usual? We're not even out of November yet, and most teams are planning to reveal the compete 1-7 already. I've never known it all sorted so early! Usually at the back end of November we're still waiting to hear the outcome of the AGM, the points limit, and who is in which league. I can even remember in the recent past when signings were being made in March in the last week before press day.

And that's just the latest in a long line of things you've assumed and got completely wrong. You don't seem to have a good word for anyone. To you everyone is a clueless clown.... I'm afraid that's called projection.

Patrick McGoohan wasn't it?

I'd agree. Certainly a better business brain than messers Chapman and Godfrey. Came into Belle Vue at a very precarious time and has stabilised it, and made the club look more professional. He claimed to know nothing about the sport when he first came in, but he's respected the history and traditions of Belle Vue. Even staged meetings behind closed doors in 2020 to keep the unbroken record going. He hasn't changed the club colours and rebranded it The Manchester Machine. Sponsorship has grown steadily and they seem to run to a sustainable budget, despite running 2 teams. There hasn't been any question of running or not running the following year. I also like that he walks round the stadium during meetings talking with and listening to fans.

Can't imagine them naming any signings before the meeting at the stadium next Monday. Might name all 14 riders then. They did that a couple of years back.

Just to check we're on the right group, is it the one where the only interaction is someone posting this photo and asking if anyone can name the people in the picture?

I don't do the Facebook. Could you briefly summarise the apparently "interesting" points raised by these 9 mass debaters?

Pickering 7.38 Lawson 7.21 Cook 7.05 Jorgensen 6.46 Worrall 5.37 Kerr 5.28 Kinsley 38.75

There's one sad person clearly with a vendetta, and the regular geriatric troll was on here the other day, but seems to have been deleted. Other than that it all seems pretty supportive. The vast majority of us would love to see Rye House re-opened a.s.a.p. and back into British Speedway 2023.

They have one woman at Belle Vue who constantly complains about the noise.... even through the close season.

He scored quite well in those last few matches, so his average will be over 6

i'd agree, Kent Kings/Royals belong at Central Park. Sittingbourne Crusaders sounds ideal for a team out of Iwade.

What he said! Ignore the keyboard clowns and the idiots trying to disrupt what you're doing. Don't even bother to argue or engage with them. Just keep up the good work. Keep us genuine speedway fans informed of any developments. Let us know if any support is needed with letters or petitions. Good luck with everything you're trying to do. I'd love to visit Rye House again.

The happenings of now are on this page of the thread. The happenings of January 2020 are on page 1 of this thread. You can follow the entire thing through in chronological order from page 1 to the present. It's not a difficult concept.....well not for most.

Because the thread is from 23 January 2020 maybe? So what if it takes 2 years or 3 years to reopen Rye House, as long as someone is trying to reopen Rye House.

I was told that Sittingbourne FC used to play at Central Park, but because the pitch was always unavailable due to greyhounds, they switched to the training pitch at the side, which was done up and named "Bourne Park". (I assumed from the conversation that they still played there, but seemingly not). Anyway the story I was given was that ARC want football back. (I expressed surprise thinking that a full-size football pitch wouldn't fit inside the greyhounds, which was when I got the backstory about them playing there in the past before moving next door.

I was told by someone close to the Kent Speedway promotion that ARC actually want to put a football pitch back inside the greyhound stadium, and then move the football team back out from playing their games on the training pitch next door, and back into the main stadium. There's just no room for a speedway track in their plans. Hence the "F Off" rent increase etc.

So who else is involved in the Birmingham Speedway 2022 consortium? Were they at the meeting? Gary Drinkwater I believe is an ex-Coventry sponsor via his City Gearboxes company. David Rowe I presume is the journalist. I'm not familiar with Tracey Smith?