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It was a lot more light hearted on here before the trolls took over. A lot of my posts back then were to raise a laugh with one post being reprinted in the Oxford programme. You could imagine meeting up with people on here to chat all things speedway but not now. I’ve so many people blocked it makes the conversation jittery but seeing some of their awful posts when quoted just makes me question what their motive is. TBH you shouldn’t need mods, as adults should be able to make a judgment call on what’s right or wrong. Maybe they do and push on for who knows why.

We all know he’s a nasty piece of work even within his own camp. I blocked him when he said fans like it when a member of the opposition gets injured. Probably the worse thing I’ve heard on here in over two decades. Needs banning but with no mods it’s become a breeding ground for trolls. I reckon dealing with him is like dealing with the cartel around the board table and any suggestion of working together is soon given short shrift. Luckily Richard is not like minded with new initiatives such as, Junior discount, Screen and Streaming. More to come no doubt like, Witch mascot, Post meeting press conference, Kids interval engagement & Student discount to name a few. Ace!

On a serious note, Ipswich need to get Brady and Dan to travel down from their northern homes and do a press junket in their Wroclaw attire. No back story needs mentioning about being with Belle Vue as those outside the speedway bubble won’t know anyway, they will just be told about the worlds 2 & 3 who ply their trade in the most successful league in the sport. Separate to this the Tru7 Group need to get their badge onto Brady and Dans UK race suits by some sort of sponsorship just to tie things in a bit more.

Farming out Dan (as an example) to those clubs was part of the process and part of his development as a Belle Vue contracted rider. Granted the cartel have done away with contracts and the attraction of clubs taking on and nurturing riders, which I think is a bad thing and pulls the rug on those clubs well known for bring on talent. The alternative now is to just sign off the peg ready made talent from abroad rather than invest in our own. What a shame.

It’s almost unbelievable that club legend, hero and witches through & through asked to return but was told no and then he went on to say in the press that his new club was his number one choice whilst Ipswich remained dignified in silence about their refusal. Like I say, it’s almost unbelievable.

Not at all as he’s just a journeyman filling in for super Dan. We’ve had nothing to do with his progression not like those we are most well known for. Jason is more a product of and aligned with Somerset & Swindon.

Tom’s 2024 average with Birmingham was 7.56 (inc bonus) from the tough second heatleader position. Tom’s 2025 average with Ipswich was 7.64 (inc bonus) from the easier third heatleader position. If that’s a great progression (0.08) then we will have to agree to disagree. Tom’s 2026 average with Ipswich is 6.26 (inc bonus) from the tough No1 position. I feel for the lad but he’s made his bed.

Matej’s replacement has to make way as any other changes to the side have to meet the 37 point team building criteria. The only problem for Northampton is their obvious lack of home knowledge. The team put together might not be champions but neither would they be the whipping boys in any other season than this, their first. Had the modest losses at home been turned into modest wins then peoples opinion would be very different as they sit on 9 points in the table instead of 2. Bonus points would follow due to their ability to keep things close away.

It’s tiresome but very cartel like that as soon as a club gets four wins over Northampton, seeing themselves nicely into the KO cup final and very well placed for the playoffs that they want OTHER clubs to help out Northampton for wins. Do as I say not as I do. Self interest at its best. It’s just the same with helping other teams be competitive as the only time this becomes a talking point is when they think they can have a pop at Belle Vue, the club that has done and does do more than any other. It’s pure defection for their lack or participation in making our league more competitive. Two riders over 8 is fine whilst your club have such a luxury but as soon as it’s gone then stop all teams. Self interest and yo yo ethics once again, ethics that is and has slowly killed this fine sport of ours. Predictably but sad. Anyway, I hope Matej returns soon, it’ll be Ace.

We don’t like losing riders, nobody does but if it makes our league more competitive, especially those new to our league then we will act accordingly. Seeing our lads line up at number one for the opposition is equally gutting and heartwarming and sorry for this, I think it should be replicated by other clubs. Leicester, Northampton, Birmingham/Ipswich & Kings Lynn, we are in this together.

Northampton & Ipswich.

I bet he wishes he could have ridden against Northampton last season as he could get his 12-13 points against those so so tough Foxes. Better than the single figure scores he banks against other teams that see his average from those meetings almost identical to that with the unprofessional Brummies. Figure sans Northampton 7.18 Brummies figure 6.87. Difference due to not riding in the harder number 1 position. 0.31, inc bonus. As has been said you can tell which Musielak you get when you see which club sign him. Brummies = Witches. Dam those facts & statistics.

Should be plenty of decent racing as with the previous two meetings despite the score lines. It’s amazing the stars aren’t doing better especially with the early success of their two young stars. I spoke with Rob about the frustration of getting all his lads going at the same time. He was philosophical about it and it isn’t due to lack of effort. It’s a weird thing that has struck them for a few seasons now. A warm welcome back to Max, Ben & Chris. Plenty of their lads will be prepared to race rather than the usual gate and ride around with little effort, a tactic that will see you found out at The NSS if not at other circuits. Get your thinking cap on, choose your lines carefully and let the entertainment ensue. https://www.bvtv.live/

It was announced as 66 seconds which was around 10 seconds slower than conventional heats that day but nearer to the times clocked at Monmore back in 1973.

Take note indeed. They need to be bumping out content on various social media to the tune of around 100 per month on each platform. I’d imagine Plymouth & Glasgow are doing this give the well deserved plaudits but are any top tier clubs dedicating that amount of time to this (not really) new avenue of promotion?

The goal should be signing riders and nurturing them into top stars. If ALL clubs attempted this we wouldn’t have the yearly scramble for riders suitable for heat fifteen. The utopia would be to get to a point where teams didn’t need to be constantly raided to bolster other clubs and this would also allow fans to build up a stronger affinity with “their” riders. Generally riders that have come through the ranks in the UK stick around even when reaching GP stardom and the pull through from world exposure can only be a good thing at domestic level. Just looking at my team over the last few years we have seen several riders doing just that. Brady Kurtz 7.50 Max Fricke 4.50 Jaimon Lidsey 4.00 Dan Bewley 3.00 Tom Brennan last pick RS

I think both teams can be happy with that result. A home win and another bonus to The Aces. When taking the RR rides and Jason’s replacement into account we were around 35 points for the team average. Very weak and some 3 points behind the home team so to get the win over two legs was a fine achievement. Seems the racing was once again an issue at Foxhall. I’d role my eyes and anticipate more of the same had the last lot still been about who were happy to plod on no matter how poor the product - sound familiar. Being a like minded chap I wouldn’t be surprised to see Colman reach out to his British GP colleagues in an attempt to iron out these issues with the circuit. Might venture down again once the magic has been administered. Well done to all riders, staff & fans for being part of this meeting on a hellishly hot evening.

The answer to that also highlights the task Coleman has in turning things around though with the winter changes to the top table, he’ll not have a better chance. I don’t need to go into the ousting of David & Chris by the cartel and shortly after Adrian washing his hands of the sport out of frustration with the way it is run. Fair play to Mark for hanging in there but things have been too heavily stacked against wholesale change so we plough on doing our own thing. Many initiatives have caught on but as they are adopted immediately become the intellectual property of those suddenly coming to the party. I have guarded optimism that Coleman and Co will prevail this time.

I agree but it’s the unnecessary Dutch auction when poaching, sorry discussing contracts with riders from other teams that I don’t like. It leads to even more money leaking out of clubs coffers at a time when they can least accommodate it. As you say, it’s the riders choice and it matters not if a Polish club asks a rider to sign for this or that team. It’s very on brand for witches fans to be rubbing their hands at the prospect of discussing contracts with another of The Aces No1 club but I just don’t see Colman aligning himself with this backwards thinking. We will of course be happy to sit down with any like minded promotions to forge a better future for our league as a whole. To this end, if it means having to offload more of our stars to help others, we will.

We had a similar tie up with Unia Tarnow about 10 years ago and it saw us use several Polish lads throughout the campaign. The Aces also took part in training days at their track plus other commercial & sporting initiatives. A first for British Speedway though different to this latest one with the 30% financial stake.

It absolutely should not be about poaching other clubs riders but more about bringing on your own. You need to swap out the previous mindset of signing off the peg big hitters or repeating the Tom situation between you and Birmingham (remember them). It’s well known that Belle Vue prefer to nurture and bring on riders for the good of all and I would hope Colman follows our lead on this too, he appears to have come on board with many of our initiatives. The age of teams is another thing he is addressing and I would hope he will assist in getting the NDL back to where it was and we can look forward to Ipswich v Colts fixtures. Maybe then we will no longer be the Belle Vue babes as the age of all other teams come down. Fingers crossed things progress and don’t get snuffed out by the cartel.

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I care as much about this as I did when we won the KO Cup after a fabulous race off in 1973 when we had Jim McMillan guesting for us who had no doubt helped eliminate his own team from the competition. Same sh**% different day for over 50 years but at least we had a sponsor. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it, until it breaks that is. If I had a pound for all the people who said things were rubbish, I’d be a rich man. If I had a pound for all the people with the answers, I’d have £7.

You’re right to highlight missing riders. Here are the years since you came up to our league that we have completed all fixtures with a fully fit 1-7. 2024