Falcon1983 Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 The BSPL are delighted to announce that for 2022 British Speedway will launch three exciting new championships, the first being the expansion of the British Speedway Individual Championship which will now be rebranded the “British Speedway Grand Prix Championship” and the “British Rising Star Grand Prix Championship” which replaces the current British Youth finals. The British Grand Prix Championship will consist of 16 permanent riders for 2022 and will run over 7 Championship rounds similar to the current Speedway World Grand Prix Championship, the top 12 riders in the series will automatically qualify for the 2023 series. They will be joined by the winner of the British Rising Star Championship who will gain a full-time berth into the showpiece series of British Speedway, plus the top 3 riders from the all-new British Grand Prix Challenge, which will be contested over 2 separate Semi-Finals where the top 8 from each will qualify for a one-off final to secure places for the 2023 British Speedway Grand Prix Championships. The British Grand Prix Championship will be supported by headline Sponsor Medequip under their Manage@Home Online Retail Store brand, who are a leading supplier of support living products to the UK market. Each championship round will see the podium riders walking away with a prize fund of £3k, £2k & £1k respectively with appearance money for the rest of the field, the overall Grand Prix championship top 3 finishers will share a prize fund of £50,000 plus a brand new Van for the champion curtsey of series partner Vanarama, other associate sponsors include long term speedway supporters Adrian Flux, Tru7 Group, Anlas & WD40 The all-NEW British Rising Star Grand Prix Championships will replace the British U21 & U19 championships and will feature riders listed on the current BSPL Rising Star entry lists, the championship will start with 3 Challenge Finals consisting of 12 riders with the top 4 riders from each meeting qualifying for the 12-rider British Rising Star Grand Prix Championships which will act as the support series at all the British Speedway Grand Prix Championship events, giving spectators the opportunity for more action per round and watching some of the rising talents in the country alongside their more well-known stars. The overall top 3 finishes after 7 Championship rounds will share a prize fund of £25,000.00, finishing positions across the championship will dictate their rising star status for the 2023 league season. The 12 finalists becoming 3* riders, riders finishing 5th-8th in the Challenge Finals will take 2* status, and riders finishing 9th-12th or not entering or with limited experience of league racing will take on the 1* rating, there will be no 4* rising star riders anymore. Both Series will be screened As-Live on British Eurosport across the season. Rob Godfrey, Chairman of the BSPL commented “These championships would be exciting for British riders and would give them much needed earning potential, especially for those who are not fortunate enough to race in Poland, or are not quite ready for Poland or who are coming into their twilight years of racing, unfortunately, this is just completely made up because here at the BSPL we are beyond coming up with creative ideas that could give British riders riding in Britain reason for taking up the sport or sticking to it because we need to make domestic racing work for home-based riders first and foremost” 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefty Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 Nice spoof. Could have added six of the seven rounds will be at Scunthorpe! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon1983 Posted September 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 1 minute ago, Lefty said: Nice spoof. Could have added six of the seven rounds will be at Scunthorpe! 8 of the 7 rounds 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 This news has overshadowed Peterborough's sponsorship from Saga. Apparently Rob Lyon is also in talks with McCarthy & Stone for the 2022 season "if" he can get his desired 1 to7. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray c Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Lefty said: Nice spoof. Could have added six of the seven rounds will be at Scunthorpe! all at national speedway stadium so nigel and kelvin can tell us at every opportunity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch958 Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 if this is a joke its not particularly funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 1 hour ago, ch958 said: if this is a joke its not particularly funny. Read it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman72 Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 Ha ha brilliant I'm of mature years and not well but can see the funny side. I'm enjoying the Speedway coverage on Quest and Peterborough 'Dads Army' lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboy cookie returns? Posted October 1, 2021 Report Share Posted October 1, 2021 The rules around the rising star category are being changed to allow riders to double up between the British grand Prix championship & the British rising star championship. This late change has been made for the interest of speedway said the spokesperson from the one of the new approved BSPL media centres (caravans) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted October 1, 2021 Report Share Posted October 1, 2021 Maybe they could get a big hotel chain involved as the GP's will take place around the country... Maybe the Sheraton Hotel chain could be chosen as the exclusive hotel company to be used if they agree to sponsor the events..? The "Sheraton Hotels Individual Trophy" has a nice ring to it... And off the back of this, maybe they could advertise the event as the.... "Sheraton Hotels Individual Trophy Extravaganza".. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerback Posted October 1, 2021 Report Share Posted October 1, 2021 the rising star programme will be renamed falling star programme to allow older possible retired riders the chance to further their careers and just to clarify josh bates will be a 1 star either way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_martin Posted October 1, 2021 Report Share Posted October 1, 2021 (edited) Having just watched the FIM / Discovery+ video, outlining the plans for the real SGP series, including SGP2 (u21) SGP3 (u16) and SGP4 which features Poland Denmark and Sweden but NOT Great Britain, I'm left wondering if an ultimately true word hasn't been inadvertently spoken in jest here. I wonder if the BSPZzz will take an active part in the FIM's plans or if AGAIN the BSPZzz won't interested in playing on the world stage. Anyone who remembers the early years of the Speedway European Championship will remember the BSPA cold-shouldering the FIM. I wonder how long this attitude of "we're British, WE know best, and you (FIM) aren't telling us how to run our sport in our country" will last, and what damage it could do to the sport in this country? I wonder who will prevail? Who will prosper and who will go under? https://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/9277/fim-speedway-world-championships-2022 Edited October 1, 2021 by uk_martin 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWC Posted October 2, 2021 Report Share Posted October 2, 2021 More GP’s bigger prize money and throw in Polish league then most riders will be staying put and ignoring other leagues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon1983 Posted October 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 On 10/2/2021 at 7:19 PM, GWC said: More GP’s bigger prize money and throw in Polish league then most riders will be staying put and ignoring other leagues. I agree with more GP's in the future and more potential fly-away events then riders may just focus on SGP and the Polish league Some riders like to keep busy, I think we just need to focus ourselves on our own version of SGP4 SGP3 SGP2 SGP with a limited league offering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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