Ben91

I don’t think it does. Honesty is always the best policy. If you’re being honest then there’s no need to sugar the pill.

The best way to make a point is to get to the point generally.

If the sport wants to honour him then it should give him a proper memorial meeting. Not stick his name on a cup final from last year that didn’t get completed in a half-assed gesture.

Such is life as a professional sportsperson. As someone who is very vocal about what he does to help promote British speedway you’d expect him to turn up for this or make a press release explaining why he’s absent. Even if he had to do it once a year to stop the gossiping it would make his life easier I’m sure. Personally I’m disappointed we won’t get to see Tai or Robert Lambert as it would make for a real contest for the title with Dan Bewley. But I don’t hold it against them for not competing. It’s a rare occurrence for Britain to have three truly world class riders these days, to have them battling it out for the national title at the best track in the country would be something to savour though.

Have Russia got a Queen lurking somewhere? The Grand Prix wouldn’t have her so her options are limited, she might have no choice but to come here. Royalists will herald it as a return to power for the monarchy.

It’s a shame Tai and Rob Lambert don’t show up for this event. I’m even slightly saddened to not see Scott Nicholls having a go, it’s the national title after all. There’s nothing appealing about the meeting tonight for me and that is a shame. Bewley should walk it if he doesn’t suffer a misfortune of some sort and I wouldn’t wish that on anyone. Think it’ll be the Man United v Wolves game on the other side for me.

Rumours at Buck House are that she passed away from boredom over the delay in completing the Jubilee Shield.

That would be very Speedway. How shall we get it done in a way to stop people complaining? We’ll stick a dead man’s name on the trophy.

For next season he is having a personalised race suit made for every team so he fits in while guesting. He will also be using a revolutionary colour changing crash helmet so he can ride for both teams in the same meeting. The colour the helmet is when he crosses the line will decide which team he scores his points for in that heat.

I’m off on a tangent here, apologies. There isn’t a lack of riders. There is a lack of riders of the standard the sport tries to run at in Britain. The doubling up free for all has only magnified that and made it worse over the last decade or so. The rules are to blame. As it is, there are likely to be a fair few less teams running next season. That means one league should be put in place eradicating the bad type of doubling up (between Premiership and Championship). Smaller teams are not the answer. It would result in a similar over saturation of the same riders as all this doubling up has. We also have to find a system that removes guests from the sport here.

I think that could sadly be the case. For a year perhaps, maybe two it may work. If there was light at the end of the tunnel in the form of a track back in Peterborough. Otherwise it’s would likely just be delaying the inevitable end of the side altogether sadly.

Mildenhall barely works for Mildenhall so it would be an incredibly long shot.

If it isn’t going to happen then it should be announced. Staging it a season late was a shambles in the first place. To sweep it under the rug is unforgivable. Imagine the FA Cup final wasn’t played and the FA kicked the can down the road a little way before dropping it altogether and just hoping nobody noticed. Make an announcement. Stop treating your supporters like mushrooms.

Wojdylo beat Doyle who has beaten Zmarzlik in a race this season. That means he is the best rider in the world. But last week Wojdylo was beaten in a race by Leon Flint. Flint has lost a race to Ace Pijper before and Ace Pijper finished a heat behind Elliot Kelly at the weekend. From this I deduce that Elliot Kelly is the best rider in the world.

True. Coming from any sportsperson it would be unprofessional. I’d like to think Harris would be more mature and has a better grasp on “real” life than Mbappe though at his age.

As I said above, he’s not the first, nor will he be the last to fall foul of the numbers game. Be aggrieved by all means, but to take to social media and threaten an expose isn’t really very professional. Of course this is speedway.

He has been dropped from his side. What groundbreaking information is he going to release? I can sense some sour grapes coming sadly. The tone of his Twitter post suggests as much.

Sorry but the bloke has been released because his team want to make changes within the rules. He’s not the first victim of the numbers game and he won’t be the last. Little bit woe is me all this. He’s a very entertaining rider but the sport owes him (or any other rider) nothing. Yet most of them who ride here get two team spots and multiple guest bookings. Ill treated and placed in situations he hasn’t wanted to be in. Welcome to the world of being a British Speedway fan.

Yep. What a bad career move it would be if his average went down so he could take more guest bookings and be a more attractive proposition for teams to sign next year.

It could, but it would require rule changes and making a decision that wouldn’t appease the riders.

To the detriment of the sport.

Saves a lot of needless back and forth with the referee. Makes sense to have your stronger rider in easier heats.

Probably not the time for conjecture. Let’s just hope that the person who has been hurt makes a full and speedy recovery.

Does the lowest averaged rider have to be at number seven these days? If not Berwick are missing a trick not putting Boxall there.

Not bad for a cartoon dog to be able to bankroll a speedway team.