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Leicester binned Rowe off (or was it the other way around) on June the 2nd, Scunny signed Connor Coles on June the 8th, so it is a slap in the face for Connor Coles and the people that turn up to watch the Cubs under the misapprehension that it's a feeder system for the senior team. There was no Cubs team before the Thompson Twins and you begin to wonder if there'll be a Cubs after the Thompson Twins, they can't ride in that team forever (can they?)

I've often come away from the Speedway looking like an Indian when they've not put enough water on the track!

This must be a record early team declaration! LEICESTER 1. Nick Morris 8.65 2. Connor Mountain 5.28 3. Richie Worrall 8.47 4. Joe Thompson 4.69 5. Kyle Howarth (c) 7.84 6. Jason Edwards (g) 3.95 7. Dan Thompson 4.38 TM Stewart Dickson BIRMINGHAM 1. Claus Vissing 7.61 2. Stefan Nielsen 4.63 3. Justin Sedgmen 6.51 4. Ashley Morris (c) 5.09 5. Tom Brennan (g) 7.35 6. James Shanes 4.43 7. James Pearson 4.00 TM Laurence Rogers Should be closer than the KoC tie

Basso said after the match, was just racing (British Speedway Podcast)

Div 1: Belle Vue Ipswich Kings Lynn Peterborough Sheffield Wolverhampton Poole Leicester Glasgow Oxford Div 2: Berwick Birmingham Plymouth Scunthorpe Kent Mildenhall Redcar IOW ANY new team coming in/back 7,6,5 or 4 rider teams, what ever is needed to run without doubling up All clubs to run a 3/4 rider junior team as a 2nd half

You get the feeling that the "promoters" don't want to run meetings, any excuse to postpone and the gradual destruction of fixture staples through the years

I really hope so too... but if it's anything like the Coventry fiasco they had years of warning yet did absolutely nothing about getting a new home. I fear Edinburgh & Peterborough will go the same way, although there is a dog track in Peterborough I understand

The Edinburgh derbies will be a thing of the past at the end of this season... except for early season challenges against a Monarchs team made up of riders with very tenuous links to the club

Surely there will come a point where running 2 6 team leagues just won't be sustainable? I'm sick of going through these threads every year reading the same old comments, you can probably copy and past last years Eastbourne thread into this one and Rye House before that... etc.

maybe not... but if it ain't next year, it'll be coming soon, it's just putting off the inevitable unless there are BIG changes to address the problems we can all see

There's so many reasons... and we've all discussed them ad infinitum and still nobody does anything to address any of the problems. Likelihood next year will be (must be) one league with reduced team numbers, which of course will be launched with great fanfare, a new era etc. etc. 5 year plan blah blah blah

I think Peterborough are on borrowed time also

Happy days! People will be telling us soon that nobody liked the 4's least of all the riders

If you remember before the pandemic struck it was going to be on the day after the British GP at Leicester... and everybody was up in arms about that

If the promoter's can't take it seriously, why should the riders... and if the riders can't why would the fans This will probably be the last one... which is a bloody travesty!

PLAY-OFF PICTURE – HOW IT WORKS– Winner of each group to 3 team final held at neutral track (Sheffield on a Sunday in November) over a 6 rider 18 heat format.

So the current state of British Speedway... British Final on a Monday night, CLRC on a Wednesday night, No Fours, No PLRC, No Test Matches, No point

Miss National League?

Do you get the feeling they don't want fans attending this one?

You're lucky it's in the UK... next year it'll be subbed out to Poland

Line-Up has been revealed 1 Ed Kennett 2 Bradley Wilson Dean 3 Adam Ellis 4 Danny King 5 Richard Lawson 6 Ben Cook 7 Zach Cook 8 Drew Kemp 9 Nathan Ablitt 10 Chris Harris (of course) 11 Chris Holder (if he's in the pits) 12 Jack Holder (if he's with Chris) 13 Steve Worrall 14 Richie Worrall (if he can come down with this brother) 15 R/R 16 Shovlar

Blue Riband?

Yep, So, basically now it's a fixture filler Saturday 18th June Saturday 2nd July Saturday 20th August Saturday 27th August Saturday 3rd September No senior fixtures in the UK, except for GP Challenge at Glasgow ... and whatever happened to the 4's? And the PLRC? UK Speedway hits a new low

A Wednesday night in Poole... what a draw!

Haha... I was the exact opposite when Mr Ebdon was officiating, knew I'd be able to get away early, different folks, different strokes. Living in Leicester I was without a local track for about 30 years, so had to travel for my Speedway, so was always happy to get on the road early before the road network closed down for the night