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Good news but will need radical changes for next year regarding costs for riders etc , so will anything change at this years AGM, With the crowd numbers Newcastle are averaging this season the added input of another promoter will only go so far… Sorry to sound negative but just being realistic Best wishes to the club for next season

IGreat meeting, pity the 2nd leg is not being shown on Freesports

Unfortunate but again does not put speedway in a good place again

Agree have sympathy with the travelling Leicester fans, i looked at the forecast on Saturday and all was good indeed it improved on Sunday morning (apart from that foreseen shower at about 3:30pm). So i booked trains and hotel.....

Didn’t know about that?

Not good , wasted journey ,transport etc If every meeting is called off with a heavy shower 2 hours before the start…,

Heavy shower , should be ok now

Agree base your budget on the worst attendance and have a large pot of money to lose .

Hope I,m proved wrong but does not look good and as THJ and Rob says there is no one waiting in the wings to take over.

Another club joins the long list of clubs that have shutdown.

From what i remember its lack of support from the Russian speedway authorities for costs and logistics.

SON Semi finals that weekend.

Thats why hotels are so expensive!!

Forecast looking better now, could be tempted to travel up for this one....

Either Wolves or Dads Army.

A possible double League champion for Rory Schlein?

Cookie only won two heats last night at Ippo, updates got it wrong.

No just gossip and hearsay......

Seems like the major reason for the Eastbourne demise was the pay rates given to riders which were drawn up in 2019 and with the League not operating in 2020 the contract was rolled over to 2021..., seems to be that three riders were on a guaranteed rate, three were on a points based contract and one was on a Hybrid contract. The other main reason was the large downfall in attendances this year

Yes realised BHM as soon as I typed it!Probably Right about Wolves ....or maybe Dads army.

As much as I prefer the track at Belle vue , the facilities and limited attendance available would be a non starter, yes although the Hotels at Cardiff can be expensive (!) and the journey down from darkest Cumbria is not ideal wether driving or via train , I still prefer Cardiff.

Thirty seconds of applause at the NSS on Monday in memory of Taffy.

BHM , champions elect....?

Another good day out at the NSS Belle Vue, good racing, viewing and all round one of the best experiences in British Speedway, even managed a quick chat with fellow Cumbrian Dan Bewley. Also there must have been around 20 Comets fans in attendance in the packed crowd, it just shows that Speedway can be successful in the UK given the right ingredients....

One word, Roof.