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It mystifies me that fans on here can post endlessly in the name of British Speedway about Brady when he has done no wrong yet are happy for their local club to put on regular gate’n’go speedway that has a far greater negative impact on the sport and they say nothing.

Kurtz? He’s not missed a UK fixture since riding in a foreign league match. Unless you know different.

Thanks for a reply at last. The reason for being particular about league meetings is since you started this crusade last year there are many on here who genuinely believe Brady picks and chooses his meetings. I couldn’t understand why, on a subject you know well, you weren’t putting them straight. Why keep quiet? The reason is you don’t want the full facts discussed as you have an agenda. A fit Brady has ridden in one championship qualifier whilst subsequently missing a Belle Vue fixture. There was a Polish meeting that due to his injury he did not complete and missed a later Aces meeting. For Brady’s other injuries he has not ridden elsewhere then missed the UK then ridden elsewhere. Fans in this country seem to think injured riders should return to the track when fit, in the UK first which is ridiculous as we can go three weeks without a fixture. Now we come to the individual world championship meeting. This is the hardest to grasp for me. During the fifty odd years I’ve followed the sport I first came across a rider chasing championship glory whilst injured in 1977 when PC rode in Sweden with a leg full of stitches. The media, the fans and other riders only had glowing tributes to pay him for his bravery. The fact he didn’t turn out for Belle Vue despite being “well enough” to come second wasn’t even a talking point. This was the case with Kenny Carters British Final triumph with a broken leg and all the others who have ridden at championship level over the decades whilst injured and missing domestic league meetings. They can only let themselves down when taking the risk to ride but should they chance it in a team meeting then it’s not just them who may suffer. Anyone who has anything but admiration for riders in this situation, I’m sorry to say, is a disgusting speedway fan and a disgraceful human being. We’ll part ways now, so you can troll without rebuke. I would ask though that when it concerns injured riders, please tone it down a bit if not stop completely.

This thread is like so many others on BSF now. The regular “trolls” descend fairly early on looking for bites with factually incorrect posts solely aimed at causing trouble. Things then escalate as loyal fans rightly back their hero’s. The trolls get off on the interaction and ramp things up either repetitively or with more incredibly bogus posts. Polite attempts to drill down into their inaccurate theories are ignored. Correcting them with factual links usually leads to abuse. You then get faux disgust from them when fans have responded in the same vain as the original fishing post. And repeat. All meaningful debate around the actual meeting is lost as are members on here by the week.

Do you have a list of the league meetings Brady completed abroad whilst choosing to miss meetings in the UK? Links would be good.

Doyle and Brady display the same Aussie grit and loyalty to their English clubs that we at Belle Vue have been lucky to experience before with our two Jason’s. They push themselves to the limit sometimes and that can lead to them having to pull out and not see the day out for their respective teams - it’s why we all love them so much.

It would have been pointless Brady trying to ride on Thursday then subsequently pulling out due to his injury. It happened last year against Sheffield. You have to admire the riders commitment to their UK club but they need to be realistic. Ive even seen several clowns say Belle Vue should be annoyed Brady riding tonight …… he has to come back somewhere for one of his club sides and hopefully all being well will be at Belle Vue Monday as Dan plans to be.

Fact bomb. Only three current riders from opposing clubs have higher 2025 away averages than Jaimon. Emil isn’t one of them. https://britishspeedway.co.uk/2025-rider-statistics/

Does anyone have a list of the league meetings Brady completed abroad whilst choosing to miss meetings in the UK? Links would be good.

https://www.cyclenews.com/2013/10/article/tai-woffinden-crowned-2013-world-speedway-champion/ https://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/topic/33607-courageous-collins-at-1977-world-final/ https://youtu.be/fkLkvEkLd5g?si=6JeBb3L9S_wxb1JI It’s amazing how many selfish horrible riders from the past you can find with a cursory search these days. Picking and choosing, how dare they. Wronguns unite!!

This subject is better than the sorting hat in Harry Potter for identifying wronguns.

If he misses the Kings Lynn meeting on the 23rd I’ll be annoyed, that’s if he completes league meetings abroad. He has never done that and I don’t see him starting now. I think fans and the BSPL need to appreciate that riders following injury will return to league racing when they feel ready and given some riders compete in several leagues across the world, that come back might not always be in the UK. Our injury jinx continues. I’m hoping Belle Vue’s fine away form continues and we can once again contribute to a close competitive meeting, with hopefully another win on the board. Having said that, if the racing is great and we lose then I’d be happy as racing at other tracks really needs some entertainment to brighten up the league in between Aces home meetings.

Great to see Leon doing so well this season. His old school average (inc bonus) for this year is nearly seven points. Watching him in the Colts in 2019 I thought he was destined for greatness but he has plateaued in the intervening years, until now. Great work from Simon to help turn things around. Looking back to 2019 I thought I was watching the backbone of future Aces teams in Jordan, Leon & Kyle but sadly it was not to be. Also looking back, what a team Kent had with Rowe, Kemp, Gilkes, Jenkins & Mulford in their team. NL training at its best.

Still buy programmes, I’ve got over 50 years of them in the loft. I keep the dust off them by covering them in speedway anoraks weighed down by badges. 🤣

You are indeed correct. I mark my programme when a pass occurs after bend 3 lap 1 as I’ve always though any passes before then was just riders sorting themselves out off the start line. I can see other fans being happy with the race being settled within 6/7 seconds but it’s not for me. Apologies for putting my thoughts into the heads of other fans and enjoy your speedway - well the first bit anyway.

I agree and that’s what makes it worse. These tracks have been about for years (not Leicester granted) and provided good racing so why aren’t they now? We go on about bikes etc but there are several tracks of differing sizes and shapes that still provide good racing though all bar one are in lower leagues. I just feel if the desire was there tracks could provide more entertainment. If the desire isn’t there then they should be forced.

https://speedwayupdates.proboards.com/thread/23314/sheffield-premiership-09-06-2025

No, no, no, no!! You don’t sit down riders like PC, Mort, Smith, Screen, Loram, Bewley etc and tell them to learn to gate better. You sit the promoters down and demand that they provide race tracks that allows this type of rider to RACE on.

Just watched it on Dmax. First for me in that I forwarded through the program and watched the ads. What a bloody shame, so sad.

It’s the school across the road on the way towards Hyde Rd. It opened at 5pm for the SON last year. It is a working school so I’m guessing opening times have to be way after all pupils have left and they probably finish for the day around 3:30pm. It’s on Google maps.

From BV’s website. Hospitality customers on Friday 13th June will also have access to the suite and Grandstand seats from 1:30pm for free practice and the Sprint Race. Our bar will be open serving refreshments during this time. The main restaurant will open for dining following this session.

Dan touch the tapes and was rightfully excluded. There use to be a thing where rivals or certain riders would intentionally jump as they knew they were in the eye-line of their competitor and it could make them jump into the tapes. It’s lost its regularity as riders today are mostly good mates being teammates at one of their other teams. I’ve seen it creep back into the sport recently and just wondered if others had noticed. Jaimon and Mark have mentioned it recently. No rule change is required. It’s personal choice if riders want to do it.