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Belle Vue v Ipswich March 24th KOC


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18 hours ago, foreverblue said:

All depends on Doyle and Emil being fully fit to race on full power but even on full power Kurtz and Bewley will be tough to beat home or away. Brennan is the key rider, I would fancy him to beat Lidsey, Ellis should beat Blodorn  and King should beat Zach at Ipswich but at Belle Vue may be a different story. I can see Zichke beating Thompson at belle Vue but could be the other way round at Ipswich, Jenkins should beat Mulford home and away. Overall I don't see much between the teams and a few ifs and buts so it will be close.

The one key factor that it could come down to is Zischke never doing a lap around a tricky Foxhall circuit.

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58 minutes ago, TTT said:

The one key factor that it could come down to is Zischke never doing a lap around a tricky Foxhall circuit.

I think he will be pretty good at Belle Vue but Ipswich can be tricky for the inexperienced although he wont be short of advice.

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22 hours ago, foreverblue said:

All depends on Doyle and Emil being fully fit to race on full power but even on full power Kurtz and Bewley will be tough to beat home or away. Brennan is the key rider, I would fancy him to beat Lidsey, Ellis should beat Blodorn  and King should beat Zach at Ipswich but at Belle Vue may be a different story. I can see Zichke beating Thompson at belle Vue but could be the other way round at Ipswich, Jenkins should beat Mulford home and away. Overall I don't see much between the teams and a few ifs and buts so it will be close.

Bewley can be up and down at Foxhall despite being quoted last year as saying he loves racing round there just doesn’t seem to score consistently.

kurtz for me has been the best away rider at Foxhall for a good few years now tbh

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14 minutes ago, 89buttons said:

Bewley can be up and down at Foxhall despite being quoted last year as saying he loves racing round there just doesn’t seem to score consistently.

kurtz for me has been the best away rider at Foxhall for a good few years now tbh

Yes I seem to remember last year Kurtz was very good at Foxhall.I think Lidsey and Blodorn have had decent meetings there too.

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3 hours ago, Baldyman said:

If Ipswich is tricky,, good job these riders don't have to visit lakeside, wolves and Eastbourne anymore then 

Slightly off topic, but with the above I do think a lot of riders of all levels are swayed with so called trick(y) tracks and are mentally beaten before they ride them. Remember at Arlington seeing it both ways, even in our NL days, some were beaten before they rode there, but remember Adam Ellis, Ellis Perks, and and others getting to grips( no pun intended) straight away. Obviously exceptional, but Dan Bewley's one meeting there early days in the NL saw him flirt with the fence in his first race, then win the next 4 and look amazing. Think it is probably a worse situation now, most can ride on the block, but don't have the throttle skills of riders gone by. Think it maybe partly the reason Tom Brennen has risen above the others of his era, honed his skill as a nipper at Arlington.

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On 3/12/2025 at 2:03 PM, foreverblue said:

Yes I seem to remember last year Kurtz was very good at Foxhall.I think Lidsey and Blodorn have had decent meetings there too.

Don’t remember lidsey ever looking particularly fast or comfortable at Foxhall tbh - maybe wrong.

Blodorn has done an ok job as a second string/reserve for the most part

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Kurtz is usually decent at Foxhall if he gets out of te gate e is difficult to get past - he's beaten by Jason and Emil in the last couple of years.

I think Zach Cook had a really good meeting for Wolves as well a couople of years ago at reserve scored 10+ i think.

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On 3/6/2025 at 6:37 PM, Arch Stanton said:

I see this a lot and to be honest, it annoys me. Absolutely it does and not just the supporters either. At the end of the day, this is sport, it’s win or lose and it’s competitive. Ask Chris Louis off record if he’s bothered if Ipswich finally win the title or not..

Indeed - but the winners don't actually win very much ...

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Hi, this is my first post here, and this is going to be my first team speedway match for about 25 years. Just wondering if anyone can give me a bit of travel advice - I'm trying to get back to Liverpool on the train after. I'm planning to come to as many as I can this year so I'm trying out ways of doing it.

 

7.30 start

What sort of time is it likely to finish?

25min bus journey to Picadilly

there's a train at 10, last one at 10.47

 

Do you think this is feasible or ridiculous?

 

Cheers!

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42 minutes ago, tom said:

Hi, this is my first post here, and this is going to be my first team speedway match for about 25 years. Just wondering if anyone can give me a bit of travel advice - I'm trying to get back to Liverpool on the train after. I'm planning to come to as many as I can this year so I'm trying out ways of doing it.

 

7.30 start

What sort of time is it likely to finish?

25min bus journey to Picadilly

there's a train at 10, last one at 10.47

 

Do you think this is feasible or ridiculous?

 

Cheers!

if the meeting run smooth no delays etc a normal meeting finishes between 9/9-15pm very rare for it not to be over before 9-30 pm at the latest hope this helps you !!

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1 hour ago, tom said:

Hi, this is my first post here, and this is going to be my first team speedway match for about 25 years. Just wondering if anyone can give me a bit of travel advice - I'm trying to get back to Liverpool on the train after. I'm planning to come to as many as I can this year so I'm trying out ways of doing it.

 

7.30 start

What sort of time is it likely to finish?

25min bus journey to Picadilly

there's a train at 10, last one at 10.47

 

Do you think this is feasible or ridiculous?

 

Cheers!

90% of matches are over by 21:30 at very latest. 
 

a quick Uber to Piccadilly and you may make the 10pm train 
 

 

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1 hour ago, tom said:

Hi, this is my first post here, and this is going to be my first team speedway match for about 25 years. Just wondering if anyone can give me a bit of travel advice - I'm trying to get back to Liverpool on the train after. I'm planning to come to as many as I can this year so I'm trying out ways of doing it.

 

7.30 start

What sort of time is it likely to finish?

25min bus journey to Picadilly

there's a train at 10, last one at 10.47

 

Do you think this is feasible or ridiculous?

 

Cheers!

Another thing to do is. 
 

if you have Facebook. Join my unofficial belle Vue aces fans page 

https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1BxBV4XQjb/?mibextid=wwXIfr

 

Do a post on there to see if anyone else travels from Liverpool and hopefully you will find someone who

you could share trips with. 

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Brilliant, thanks both of you. I'll see how it goes this week. Sounds like there's a good chance of the first train, definitely the second one. (I haven't been on Facebook for quite a few years but I'll bear that in mind too, thanks).

 

Cheers.

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