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Mads Hansen and Marcus Birkemose (not to mention Bastian Pedersen a couple of years after that) might beg to differ. A top Dane- probably The top Dane - seems less likely (and Michelsen, Thomsen and possibly Madsen should still be around in 3 years)

But unless Crump or Iversen resurface anywhere they will still have the four oldest riders in the league by some margin. But you are right about the general ageing of teams.

I make it about a point below.

How about Meteors?

Joe Thompson surely? (other 17 year olds available include Nathan Ablitt, Harry McGurk, Archie Freeman, Sam Hagon)

His Conference League debut season as a 15 year old compares very favourably with Woffinden and Ward's first seasons, so yes he was very highly rated.

Add in Sundstrom and THJ and you have a string of under achieving Swedes.

Ryan Fisher was fantastic as an under 16 rider, got a special dispensation to ride with the big boys at 15. Everyone on the California speedway circuit was talking about him as the next American superstar. I saw him when he was 14 and remember chatting to his mother about the difficulty in getting opposition that would challenge him to ride against

Arslan Fayzulin Ryan Fisher Arthur Sissis Anders Mellgren David Howe

But Basso is 20. By the time Emil was that age he'd already won two World under 21 championships and 3 Grand Prixs.

Here's some data from approx 15 years ago: What do we know about the fans? A consumer research project was commissioned the BSPA and clubs were asked to distribute questionnaires. Again, many clubs were not particularly co-operative so the results will have to be taken with a pinch of salt. However, they do give a rough guidance: 70% of people who attend speedway meetings are male and 30% female. 20% bring their children 81% attend 10 or more meetings per season confirming that the sport is down to its hard core fans. Speedway fans are not particularly high earners with 31% earning below £20k and 39% earning between £21k – 40k. Their relatively low socio-demographics are also confirmed by the fact that 63% read The Star, The Sun or The Mirror. Also 31% have no qualifications and another 45% are educated to GCSE/O Level. Only 9% hold a university degree. 17% are 19-24 years old, 21% 25-34 years old and 23% 35-49 years old. All in all, this does represent a segment of society which is not particularly interesting to sponsors. Around 20% of people attend meetings with their kids, 63% with family adults and 72% attend with 1-3 other people. What is interesting is the response the respondents gave when asked why attended speedway meetings: Support the home team 30% The atmosphere 23% A good night out 20% Quality of the teams 10% Family night out 6% Other 11% Where speedway differs significantly from other sports is the relatively little importance support for the home team actually plays, whereas the actual evening out, the smell, the noise etc is much more important. Having discussed this with die-hards, casual and lapsed speedway goers and never-beens it is quite interesting that, despite the inadequate facilities, catering and all the other issues watching live speedway can engender an excitement that developed and marketed the right way could be one of the key strands in the turnaround of the sport. What is also interesting is that the die-hards have a strong support for the sport as such and not necessarily for a particular club. I doubt it has changed much, particularly the age profile, which is probably even more skewed older now.

Particularly with all those road works around the stadium. Definitely deterred me from visiting last year.

Pretty sure I heard people around Swindon saying that before he arrived.

Hamlet? Sandi Toksvig?

5.71 exc bonus from 15 meetings.

Kinsley, Mulford, Verge, Spooner, Warren, Clouting, Foord. (Comes in around 39) Then adjust as necessary when points limit known.

5.71 (exc bonus) from 15 matches (includes KO and play-offs), but didn't ride enough matches to get an official GSA.

How does Congreave's average drop below 4?

But what about Dick and Harry? Is there still room for them?

There are plenty of examples of Danes not riding in Denmark in recent years, although rules may change from year to year.

And preferential/secured creditors will be in front of the queue. Notably HMRC.

Today: fans complain promoters are too driven by self interest 1964: the single promoter most driven by self-interest: Mike Parker The last thing we need is a Mike Parker type of administrator (and some would say we already have one in Rob Godfrey) Parker had some exceptional qualities, but not ones that would have made him a suitable director of the sport as a whole

And the solution was the creation of the BSPA!!!!!!!!!!

Like Ostergaard?

If only somebody knew. I suspect that post brexit the Home Office has a ton of stuff to do and revising visa regs must be somewhere around item 843 on their to do list