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Post by admin on Sept 16, 2012 19:44:58 GMT
The EL desperately needs a mega shake up. Specific race nights, higher team building limit, less fixtures, higher admission prices and a complete rebranding exercise. It's the only way I can see it progressing.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2012 20:00:53 GMT
how many clubs will there be  |
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Post by admin on Sept 16, 2012 20:03:05 GMT
There is no doubt Poole would suffer if riders like Holder and Ward opted to give the Elite League a miss. But Middleditch said: “Let’s put Poole out of the argument and look at the bigger picture of Elite League speedway. That’s what we are concerned about. It’s about the bigger picture and what’s good for British speedway 
Poole and Team Great Britain boss Neil Middleditch has called on Elite League promoters to let clubs sign two No.1s in 2013 and allow SGP riders to job share in the UK.Just six of the 15 permanent Grand Prix riders have appeared in the British top flight this year and Middleditch fears his top Pirates, Chris Holder and Darcy Ward, could follow their rivals out of the Elite League. Both have expressed their concerns about the number of fixtures on the British calendar. While Swedish Elitserien sides race 14 regular-season meetings and Polish Ekstraliga clubs compete in 18, Elite clubs run 28 meetings, plus play-offs, Knockout Cup and challenge matches. Middleditch feels teams should be allowed to sign squads or at least a second No.1, as he hopes to see the world’s greatest riders race regularly in the UK. He said: “I think there is a big shout to change things, have two No.1s in a team and split up the meetings. “The schedule these boys keep is absolutely phenomenal, particularly if you’ve got the Grand Prix involved. You have Britain, Sweden, Poland and some of the boys have Denmark as well. “It’s so draining on the body and if you could have two No.1s and split it up a bit – perhaps 20 meetings each – Chris and Darcy have both spoken to some of the boys on the continent and they’ve intimated they may want to come back to Elite League racing if they can do 20 meetings. “Traditionally, some of them would come over and do the meetings before the Grand Prix started and then disappear. If they could break it down over a season, who knows? "The Elite League has been getting a bit diluted over the last few years. We’re running out of big names. “If you look at the Swedish and Polish leagues, you look at the teams and it makes you think. Maybe there is a call for it and it’s something that needs to be bounced around. ”There is no doubt Poole would suffer if riders like Holder and Ward opted to give the Elite League a miss. But Middleditch said: “Let’s put Poole out of the argument and look at the bigger picture of Elite League speedway. That’s what we are concerned about. It’s about the bigger picture and what’s good for British speedway. We want to see the best riders in the world and, at the moment, we really aren’t. "Are we ever going to see Mikkel B Jensen back in the Elite League? Will Martin Vaculik come here? Not at the moment I don’t think.” Middleditch is reluctant to see Holder and Ward end their famous partnership, despite them averaging a huge 9.57 and 9.49 respectively. He feels the pair known as the Turbo Twins will continue to pull crowds wherever they go. He said: “We don’t want to split Chris and Darcy up if we can help it, but their averages are going to be big. “I don’t want to lose either of them – it goes without saying. They are what the thousands of people who turn up at Poole on a Wednesday come to see. We put bums on seats at other tracks too. People hear about the Pirates and we are the team people want to beat.” sgp |
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Post by admin on Sept 16, 2012 20:07:33 GMT
how many clubs will there be Hoping for the same I'd imagine. It's bound to happen somehow at some point. Either that or they dilute it further without and we have one big league without the star riders. |
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Post by admin on Oct 8, 2012 7:34:58 GMT
The EL desperately needs a mega shake up. Specific race nights, higher team building limit, less fixtures, higher admission prices and a complete rebranding exercise. It's the only way I can see it progressing.
Now I don't have the SS these days but have a few from 1992 and all of 1999 and to show how British Speedway lives with its head in the sand: Knudsen no to Britain (by Peter Oakes in SS 31/10/92)Knudsen to quit Britain: "It has nothing to do with the injuries I've had and I've decided to carry on riding in Poland, Sweden and Denmark. If the BEL had 20 or so meetings I'd continue but now I can do 45 meetings instead of 90." He also talks of the big crowds when he first came over in '78 and was saying in 1992 "It's a shame the crowds have gone down"
We contacted the BSPA to ask whether they heard this at the time:  img followthelion.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/simon-cowell-x-factor-funny-fingers-in-ears-photo1.jpg |
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Post by Bigcatdiary on Oct 8, 2012 7:50:05 GMT
The EL desperately needs a mega shake up. Specific race nights, higher team building limit, less fixtures, higher admission prices and a complete rebranding exercise. It's the only way I can see it progressing.
Now I don't have the SS these days but have a few from 1992 and all of 1999 and to show how British Speedway lives with its head in the sand: Knudsen no to Britain (by Peter Oakes in SS 31/10/92)Knudsen to quit Britain: "It has nothing to do with the injuries I've had and I've decided to carry on riding in Poland, Sweden and Denmark. If the BEL had 20 or so meetings I'd continue but now I can do 45 meetings instead of 90." He also talks of the big crowds when he first came over in '78 and was saying in 1992 "It's a shame the crowds have gone down"
We contacted the BSPA to ask whether they heard this at the time: img followthelion.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/simon-cowell-x-factor-funny-fingers-in-ears-photo1.jpgI am with Champs on this one the EL does need a complete shake up with fixed race nights but I seriously doubt the BSPA will do it, they will tinker with it just like they always do. |
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Post by admin on Oct 8, 2012 7:54:21 GMT
The EL desperately needs a mega shake up. Specific race nights, higher team building limit, less fixtures, higher admission prices and a complete rebranding exercise. It's the only way I can see it progressing.
Now I don't have the SS these days but have a few from 1992 and all of 1999 and to show how British Speedway lives with its head in the sand: Knudsen no to Britain (by Peter Oakes in SS 31/10/92)Knudsen to quit Britain: "It has nothing to do with the injuries I've had and I've decided to carry on riding in Poland, Sweden and Denmark. If the BEL had 20 or so meetings I'd continue but now I can do 45 meetings instead of 90." He also talks of the big crowds when he first came over in '78 and was saying in 1992 "It's a shame the crowds have gone down"
We contacted the BSPA to ask whether they heard this at the time: img followthelion.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/simon-cowell-x-factor-funny-fingers-in-ears-photo1.jpgAnd here is the great man and the crowd (plenty of room ), full video  |
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