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They're all cool with it... go figure 🤷‍♂️

Terry Russell?

SPEEDWAY FUTURES LINK WITH HARRY Monday, September 15, 2025 PREMIERSHIP CEO Phil Morris says the appointment of legendary football manager Harry Redknapp to the Speedway Futures Management team marks a major step forward in efforts to raise the sport’s commercial and media profile. Redknapp, 78, enjoyed a stellar career as player and manager, making over 100 appearances for both West Ham and Bournemouth. He then had extensive spells in charge of both clubs before going on to great success as manager at Portsmouth and Tottenham. Away from the game, Redknapp’s public popularity was confirmed when he won the 2018 series of ITV reality show ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!’ Speedway Futures Ltd was set up in 2024 and became the commercial and media rights holders of British Speedway, with the specific objective of attracting long term commercial investment to develop the sport in the UK. Morris said: “There’s been extensive work over the last year or so, firstly in terms of bringing together a team of people with experienced commercial backgrounds, and expertise in media, which can help us develop the sport. “Obviously the aim is to bring additional investment into British Speedway, and we have been talking to major multinational sports investment groups about potential future involvement in speedway in the UK. “Speedway Futures are the new media and commercial rights holders for British Speedway, and we do have various potential deals in discussion which we believe can make a real difference to the sport “As far as Harry is concerned, it’s marvellous news, and it comes from a direct connection with a member of the Speedway Futures team who approached him about getting involved. “He will be joining the Speedway Futures Management team, which is great news. He will be focussing on leveraging his commercial and media contacts for the benefit of British Speedway and also actively raising the sport’s profile through all his connections. “He has over 1.4 million followers on social media, and that automatically creates a new audience and gives us the opportunity to reach out to groups who we wouldn’t otherwise be able to target. “To bring in someone with such a general reach and appeal as Harry can only help us to increase overall interest and hopefully bring in significant investment.”

Can somebody print and frame this for me please 😂😂😂😂

Only at Poole when the tide is in ☠️

SoN in Manchester October 2021, a lovely weekend, July 2024 pished it down all week!

It does become more of a lottery weather wise the further you go through September and October but some of the best Speedway matches I've seen have been under lights on a crisp autumn night. With PL clubs limiting themselves to 2 race nights per week, without track covers, they are just increasing their chances of not being able to run.

I do feel some people are going a bit overboard on the cancelations, especially in the PL. The season does not finish until the end of October, so there's still around 6 weeks to run 4 matches. The alternative is to finish up by the end of August... and people would be complaining about that. I think it's more imperative that clubs invest in track covers more than ever, with riders not wanting to ride at the slightest site of a wet track these days, track covers would certainly allow many of the fixtures to take place when there's been the 4 o'clock shower that leaves a track saturated and the sun is out at start time. The CL on the other hand, that does seem to be a bit more shambolic with all of their competitions still having a long way to run.

Revised details can now be confirmed for the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership play-offs following the postponement of Monday’s semi-final at Leicester. With the Lions’ opponents Sheffield electing to retain their regular home race night this week, the Tigers will stage what has become the first leg on Thursday September 18. The second leg of the semi-final will be at Leicester on Monday September 22, whilst Thursday September 25 will be held as a reserved date. The Grand Final will not start on this date. There is then a break for the FIM Speedway of Nations, with the Grand Final to take place on Monday October 6 (at Sheffield or Leicester) and Thursday October 9 (at Ipswich).

You could argue that having top notch machinery is part of being an excellent Speedway rider and not unlucky at all. It's no coincidence that you often see the same riders with mechanical issues

I'd be interested to know what you do find farcical, top 11 to qualify? top 12? top 15, so only 1 knocked out of the qualifying heats? We're trying to order the best riders, not the luckiest.

It was a key point of conversation during the Wroclaw GP, Tatum & Louis were saying it had clearly been over watered

Hopefully the end of "a new era"!

A bit like Madsen should have had a wild card this year, unfortunately what should happen and what actually does happen have been 2 very different things these last few years

Nope

If they don't do a Cardiff with this, it could be the final nail in the coffin as far as WBD are concerned, which wouldn't be a bad thing in my opinion.

The trouble is the top 2 (especially this season) are so so so far ahead of the rest, 2 clear GP wins, that somebody, other than BK, heading BZ in the final was always going to be unlikely. A lot of riders need to take a long hard look at themselves over the winter, many of them seem far too comfortable to earn the big coin over in Poland and treat the GP's like a lot of them treat the UK as pocket money. Has the World Championship run it's course? It's no longer the biggest show in town, akin to International Football vs Champions or Premier League Football.

Doyle in place of Fricke for me, although I think he's probably not got another championship in him I do think that with the way he puts himself about he'd have more of an impact in the destination of the title than Fricke would... if he could stay fit.

Good words from Kurtz, didn't mention dropping a chain or sprint races just said it how it was, he lost at the end of a season and he could do no more. It must be a massive mental boost for the lad. I'm not in the BZ is the GOAT camp as I just find that a bit disrespectful to the late Ivan Mauger and Tony Rickardsson... but I'm sure he'll get a 7th and claim that title in the years to come.

Zmarzlik not the GOAT... not on heat times anyway

Great end to a poor Championship! The top 2 so far ahead of the rest it's difficult to believe. Happy that the points system didn't spoil it.

Stick to the inside gate at the business end of the meeting imo

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Fricke taking it easy for next week and who can blame him, he's a proper club man... Captain Fantastic 😁

Me in about 2 and a half hours time...