IainB

I can imagine the Swedish Speedway Forum going into meltdown tonight as to why they named Fred at 5 and then just proceeded to replace Berntzon all night, surely the thing to do was put Berntzon out early to see what his form was like and then replace him and/or others tactically... and Stefan Shovlarsson probably banging on about how the Piraterna riders should have been picked

Didn't they also adopt doubling up a few years ago, how's that going for them? Where we lead... others follow

Listening to the British Speedway podcast Richard Lawson was on it saying he had a guest booking on the Thursday, assuming this was recorded on Tuesday at the latest somebody knew Laguta wasn't going to be there... make of that what you will

I think you could class Woffy as a "Character"

I hope you're right with the Nicholls thing, apparently the Hans thing was genuine as he sent a picture of the traffic jam he was in that made him miss the plane to his ex-manager over here, Laguta... hmm. Wouldn't Masters have been classed to have been on international duty?

While I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiments of your post, technically he's withholding his services as I assume was Hans Andersen last night, which last year at least carried a 28 day ban

Cars are more relatable to the general public, there won't be many people around that haven't been in a car at some point in their lives... Bikes on the other hand are more niche... and Speedway even nicher among the biking community

Did the Holidaymakers?

This from 1 hour ago: https://twitter.com/OxfordSpeedway/status/1684829479829413888?s=20 I thought Scott was in Poland anyway for the SWC? Was nice to see a rider putting his club ahead of other activities for a change though, shame it wasn't meant to be, obviously family comes first.

He's under no obligation to do so and I don't doubt what you're saying is true... but maybe in this day of conspiracy theories he or the club could have posted said pictures on their socials with an apology, would have gone a long way, just saying

Don't forget the wage bill will also be higher

Averages Shmaverages... Brum was cancelled and he took a hell of a smash at Oxford last week. This is the KL v Peterborough thread is it not

Should stick to Bomber!

Why on earth did Lynn book an injured guest?

You thinking of buying?

I'd say about the same, maybe a tad lower at the start of the season

This from 1979, nothing much changes apart from the biro warriors have turned to keyboard warriors:

This from 1979, nothing much changes apart from we don't ride in those conditions anymore:

Good though wasn't it... all packed into 1 hour with some of the more embarrassing bits edited out

The more interested parties the better I would say as far as the seller is concerned

... lions@leicesterspeedway.com on a confidential basis. What concerns you about that? I wouldn't expect to see it in the exchange and mart

Central/ATV used to cover Speedway (Cov, CH & Leicester) quite a bit, often in a graveyard slot though, add in Anglia (KL, Ippo & Peterborough) and regionally Speedway did quite well. Nationally World of Sport covered Speedway across a Saturday afternoon. So we did quite well really

Don't mention the title win... I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it

Er I think we were still reigning champions when racing resumed in 2021 I'm glad you agree it wasn't mentioned though

Hopefully the new owners will be more local and take more of a proactive attitude in actually actively promoting the club to the local community. While the Bates have brought success to the club, the club did nothing with it in terms of promotion and once the title was won in 2019 it was barely mentioned again, then of course there was the debacle of last years final. Let's hope that the Bates can go out on a high with victory in the Jubilee Trophy!