IainB

I'd love to see my club promoted in the same way as Barry Bishop's Flying Circus... come to think of it I'd like to see my club promoted in the same way even as an actual circus, posters in local chippies, boards attached to lampposts etc.

Where were the checks and balances though... why was it left until the events at Leicester transpired for any alarm bells to start ringing at the BSPL offices

Orion? Now that is harsh!

If there are to be 2 professional leagues surely regional is the way to go

Could be one league next season at this rate anyway

Ippo? Peterborough?

There is a circus promoter based in Oxford I believe...

Easily addressed with the introduction of a clock on the in field like they did in the GP's. I doubt it will happen though as the promoters think that all of that digging about is part of the "action" and it nicely pads out the 15 minutes of real action to cover 2 hours so they think the punter goes home thinking they've had a good value night out.

Can I get my money refunded for the match at Leicester?

In my experience the promoters just don't care... Len maybe different I don't know

Come back to me when you do

What about Bjarne?

I thought they'd done away with the NDL

It's always quiet down here... we don't like to blow our own trumpet, Shhhhh

Just watched it again... didn't see anything wrong it at the time can't see anything wrong with it now... What's Nick Morris's problem?

Was that at Leicester? Damn I missed that!

Never a chore

So what if IoW is a circus... have you seen Nitro Circus? Pulls in the punters... The real Circus are the clowns running the BSPL vehicle until the wheels and doors fall off

We have a free "local rag" here in Leicester called The Western Park Gazette, it's a bit like a Speedway programme, the same size, in glossy colour, a few articles but mainly page after page of adverts of local businesses. It gets delivered to houses in the local area immediately adjacent to Beaumont Park... guess what? No mention of Speedway in it whatsoever, not even in the events diary... This is exactly the type of publication that Leicester Speedway should be advertising in, with a £2 off voucher or something. http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/pdfs/Gazette-Aug-21.pdf One wonders that with the Leicester promotion not being "local people" whether they are aware of such publications. Although the IOW promotion seem to do it pretty well from a distance.

I said a few years ago that British clubs should be working in conjunction with Polish clubs to be their feeders with rider exchange... got laughed off the forum. Now Ekstaliga clubs are setting up their own feeder clubs!

I wouldn't hold my breath... they couldn't even be bothered to put a press release out about the last home match until it was postponed

They didn't just lose their Saturday nights, they also lost their Friday nights as the FIM demanded attendance to sign in for practice... until they were dictated to by Poland who then insisted riders prioritise their league instead of actually qualifying!

Will they though? I've only read a google translated press release which was a bit garbled, but, If Ekstaliga clubs are to run U24 teams of 7 riders will they still need their protected reserve positions in the A Team, a lot of whom this season have been massively out of their depth? Or will they be filling those 16 places with more experienced non-poles from around the world.

As good as some of the Poles are, they still very much rely on foreign International riders to make up the bulk of the strength of their teams.

Try asking the riders... it's them that get paid