Sir Sidney

Always worth asking Speedway Star direct https://www.speedwaystar.net/contactus

The Championship already charges £20+ without those riders so not too much hope of a reduction. I don't think price is necessarily the issue, it's about perceived value for money

A Guest

I'm unclear as to why Workington riders are not allowed to guest for other teams? Foord was reported to have signed for Ipswich - how has this been blocked? I could understand it if all the Workington riders registrations had been cancelled and so Vuolas couldn't guest as he would not have a contract with another team, but Foord is signed in NDL and Premiership. Does it mean tgat Foord now can't ride for Kent either ( who incidentally have a guest for him at Birmingham tonight).

Regulation 010.5 h refers to rider being sick or carrying a non speedway injury for which a 7 day suspension is mandated. However, regulation 010.5 p provides that a facility be granted where a rider 'has been approved in a teams declared 1-7 at the start of the season but due to extenuating circumstances is not available, a facility may be granted, up to a maximum of 28 days, at the SCB Co-Ordinators discretion. In the NDL and NDT this only applies if the rider was in that teams 1-7 at the close of the previous season'. I'd suggest that is what was used for Jack Holder, and is in accordance with the regs.

That's a completely different point. Saying they won't get their money back is completely different to saying they don't have the money in the first place. It's also completely different to saying it won't cover day to day running costs. Many, many sports operations are not profitable yet many, many investors are prepared to invest in them. Why you continue to peddle such negativity, especially in the face of proof to the contrary is a mystery

Not so easy if they are not actually there, and are only commentating from the TV pictures that we can see

As you would know, if you bothered to look at the facts, Coventry has a backer with the finance ready. It's in the public domain.

Absolute nonsense. Assuming by 'they' you mean the owners Risk Capital Partners. The reason they would not give speedway ( or other businesses on the site) a new lease was because they wanted to demolish the stadium and build over 600 flats. It's completely inaccurate to say that speedway was not viable - as the speedway promoters confirmed in the public domain at the time. Your continued attempts to re write history will not wash.

You keep just saying things that are not correct. Wimbledon closed after the 2005 season because the stadium owners would not give them a new lease (because they wanted sports out so they could close the stadium for development) The Wimbledon promoters wanted to move up from the Conference League to the second tier. Yet again, you don't say who 'they' are

I don't have a team to follow these days, having lost mine 20 years ago. My observation at Poole, when I visit 3 or so times a year, is that the Ford's always put together title challenging sides which appeal to the Poole supporters. The Poole supporters favour winning over lots of passing, and they are good at it. It's not for me, as a neutral, but it works for them and is successful in terms of numbers attending. My perception is that the quality of racing was better in the past, but it is easy for the mind to just filter good memories

Parsloes certainly is. Less likely Speedyguy is

As a neutral I love watching the racing at NSS, particularly as Bewley often misses the gate and has to work his way through- Kurtz maybe less so, but last night's race with Emil showed what he can do. However, the races behind the leader are often worth the entrance fee alone and that is frequently the place to pay attention. In recent seasons my main watching has been at Oxford, which can be entertaining. This year following a move Birmingham is my local club. Now, I don't want to kick a club when they are down, but the quality of racing is not as good. If a rider gates and doesn't move from tbe inside line there is very little chance of a pass. If the NSS produces predictable racing then that will do for me and I wish I could go more often

Who are 'this lot'? I'm not expecting a Plough Lane standard stadium. If anything comes of it then I'd expect a much more basic set up. The site exists and currently has motorsport on it and permission. I'd fully accept that the chances are less than 50%, but much better than zero

It's never the same two weeks running. I doubt it was rough on purpose

Dan T says it's mechanical

Livened up a bit now

I worked in Local Government where everyone was on fixed pay scales based on grading, so everyone knew what my salary was. I don't think the original question was about individual rider’s payments, but about averages. Not an unreasonable interest. I also think it would be of interest to know, roughly, what the costs of staging a meeting and running a club are. When Wimbledon was a PLC it published it's accounts - not at a level which allowed you to know how much individual riders earned, but it did show as far as I recall what the rider costs were for example. The published accounts for any club that is a limited company are available, but generally only the balance sheet not the income and expenditure account.

All relevant questions. To most supporters those figures are a mystery and so you have no idea of the likely break even figure for a club. I presume any prospective promoter would be provided with an outline estimate of the likely costs of both set up and ongoing costs. I believe the clubs pay their own riders for both home and away matches, and so have to cover the away matches from income generated by home matches. It's one of the reasons clubs can have a cash flow problem- if they have too many away matches without sufficient home matches.

Without knowing the underlying reason what makes you think BSPL had any option but to suspend Workington's licence?

Plough Lane closing had nothing to do with viability. The owners wanted to develop the site, and 600 flats in London was worth much more than rent from speedway and stock cars. It was lucrative enough for the owners to give AFC Wimbledon the land and £12m ( or £17m - I can't remember now ) towards the stadium build costs so that they could say to Merton Council that sports use was being maintained on the site

That's the spirit

You are.

It may have some legs. I heard the presentation at WSRA lunch. Worth reading the article I would think

I'm one of the ones who goes, so I hope you are right and crowd levels don't drop any further.