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No Brady due to our famous Play Off injury jinx. The Worralls took four of his play off rides with Jye Etheridge taking one. Ouch!

Doubling up became a total joke. One season an ENTIRE premiership team was made up of double uppers and there were two other riders used in that team who were also double uppers making it NINE in total. Promoters such as this one have presided over the steep decline of our sport, usually from a position of power at the top table. Little wonder we find ourselves where we are with this kind of promoter running the show. Danny King (Poole) Craig Cook (Glasgow) Jason Crump (Plymouth) Jake Allen (Redcar) Paul Starke (Kent) Anders Rowe (Edinburgh) Drew Kemp (Edinburgh) Cameron Heep (Kent) Jordon Stewart (Redcar)

The last ten fixtures at Foxhall prior to the witches title winning year were DLLLWWWLLW with one of those losses being a last heat decider. 50% success rate for the witches. Last year was a disaster for The Aces particularly the early KO cup fixture where Brady was saving himself for the final GP some 22 weeks later.

I’d like to think it would be different but Belle Vue have tried for decades with Adrian being the last of many from Manchester. Self interest, with Louis being an example of that, have stifled the sport enormously. We just do our own thing now whilst things crumble around us.

“we need you to tell your friends and family about this great sport and club.” Great idea but I don’t have the heart to tell him about fans reaction to this kind of request. I’m looking forward to some new methods of promotion as the current ones have been done to death.

When it’s just Belle Vue running an event like league meetings or PCMT they don’t charge booking fees but when it’s on behalf of others like Mayfield in this instance then it’s stipulated the charge goes on. Not great if fans incorrectly think it’s the NSS pulling a fast one.

The championship is perfectly set up for that scenario as they could just run their annual Glasgow v Poole final (yawn) as has been the case for as long as I can remember. Be warmer nights too.

A five team league was known at the time Louis was planning his defence of the premiership. Emil leaving may have been a jolt as the chance of finding another top liner “left in the wilderness because of the war in” wherever looked unlikely. The most plausible cause for his tantrum would be he asked again for some kind of dispensation but got a no this time and followed through in his (continued) threat to sell. He may have had his knuckles wrapped about poaching top riders from new clubs enlisted to bolster the premiership. Even when we most need them, clubs would be very cautious about moving up considering the predatory actions of some promoters. One thing for certain, if we are touting this bloke as one of the best then it’s obvious why we find ourselves in the mess we are currently in.

You’d have thought as CEO he’d have people that send out emails on his behalf, good spot and quick correction by him if this is the case. It could though, as BSF imply that he does everything himself. It would explain the lack of urinal cakes in the bogs and the cherry Bakewell he made for the play off semi being a bit dry.

Ipswich were more than happy to take Tom off Birmingham and see them “make up the numbers”. Tom had ridden part of their season at number 1 after we released him. When you consider the top two the witches had in place, tapping up Tom seemed unnecessary if looking at the bigger picture. It did however achieve what Louis wanted with his league win, and that’s all that mattered to him.

Not again. “Reduce Crumps average or I’ll sell the club” No problem Chris.

We needn’t worry, Chris Louis said in a press release “ I vowed to leave the club in safe hands and that is why it has taken me this long to announce that a sale has been agreed.” I, as always believe everything that man says.

We needn’t worry, Chris Louis said in a press release “ I vowed to leave the club in safe hands and that is why it has taken me this long to announce that a sale has been agreed.” I, as always believe everything that man says.

That amount of guests is crazy. Sometimes it’s inevitable but if a team could limit it to say two a season. It would also be good if the same 1 to 7 was used instead of all the chopping and changing. Pipe dream I know but should a team manage it, they and their manager need to be applauded.

Sorry for the late response as I’ve been working on merchandise. Currently available is a rather nice hernia belt and banded pile cream. Know your customers. Phil Morris has also made me the speed limiter the sport has for so long been talking about. Speedway - Fuelled by Gaviscon. Follow my adventures on Talking Pictures TV.

The only silver lining to all this is it’s looking more likely that I can achieve my childhood dream of representing The Aces on track. I might not be at Dans level but who cares, right?

We wanted a complete fixture list that we could publish but gave up waiting and put the PCMT info out on Monday. A months notice is not what was wanted but when compared to how Phil & his buddies promote the play off fixtures it looks positively gold star.

That’s the problem we at Belle Vue have had for decades, knowing who will be in our league. Any of our current or past competitors can just decide on a whim that they are dropping out. It’s a nightmare and very amateurish.

It’s a joke. The only domestic fixture Belle Vue is allowed to promote is the PCMT. That’s on the 16th of March with tickets now on sale. As for when the idiots running the rest, well your guess is as good as mine but patience is wearing thin on both sides of the fence at the NSS.

Engaging with the youngsters is such a pain for us long time attendees. Quite why the track shop doesn’t stock club flasks and comfy cushions is beyond me. Could we ban kids altogether or is that just happening by default due to the jolly nature of those older fans around them.

Undoubtedly? Play offs every season. Two title wins. Pairs championship. SON, 2 golds & 1 bronze. Had no small contribution to GB’s FIM medals haul with Dan & Tom (and Jake). Help develop a plethora of No 1’s for the top tier to make use of. and more……

My mistake, I thought the point you were making was about away wins. The bonus points system works on race points and not match points so your comment about us being the strongest home team only applies if taking match points into consideration which have little bearing on bonus points. When looking at that, out of the play off teams only Leicester had a lower home points total. The only difference in ours and the lions bonus points was the B fixture when we got hammered whilst missing Brady. With Brady in the team in the A fixture we took it to a last heat decider, only missing out on our fifth away win during the final laps of the meeting.

Jacob Thorsell last achieved an average in 2019 and therefore we will reassess him to 4.50. Robert Lambert last achieved an average in 2019 and therefore we will not reassess him to 4.50.

Belle Vue had a woeful league campaign last season with a paltry 4 away wins. They need to aspire to powerhouse away teams like Sheffield & Ipswich who won an impressive 5 each.

World of Sport served up the big names! but even back then I was in a real minority liking speedway when at school. What’s that, my football loving mates said. I use to like knowing about my niche sport back then and being different from the sheep and their football. After the post war boom in the sport, by the time it got to the halcyon days in many fans memories of the 70’s, there was still people saying “is that still going”. We absolutely need something new and I don’t mind admitting I’m (we) are not the solution. There is a whole new world of social media that I (we) cannot get our heads around. We need the fomo effect and need to abandon the continued old school approach of leaflets, newspaper ads (young people at my partners work asked her what a newspaper is) and all the other old school techniques. My daughter has worked with Molly-Mea and sport personalities in her role with a major sports brand and it’s all French to me no matter how she tries to explain it. IMO that’s our last hope, Joe Wicks, KSI, Steven Bartlett and all the others old farts like me have never heard of. What they will also bring is a sensibility of what modern customers want. Just hope we like it too.