Belle Vue Aces 2022

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BELLE VUE’S Premiership Class of 2021 is now complete after the club confirmed GB international Dan Bewley and Jye Etheridge as the final two members of their team.

They join Brady Kurtz, Charles Wright, Steve Worrall, Richie Worrall and Tom Brennan at the National Speedway Stadium for the highly anticipated upcoming Speedway season.

The pair were part of the original 2020 septet which never got to turn a wheel together in Manchester, but both are keen to make up for lost time in the coming months.

Fan favourite Bewley is anticipating a big year for Belle Vue and is tipping his side to be one of the big players for the Premiership title.

He said: “I’m delighted to be back with the club for this season. It feels like nearly two years have passed since we last saw league racing in the UK.

“It’s great that most of the lads from last year are back as well. I’ve ridden with most of them before, but we never got the chance to get going as a team.

“Belle Vue was lucky enough to be one of the few to host meetings in 2020 but it was so weird not having any fans there to watch us.

“Hopefully, with the latest government announcements, we can look forward to getting back to normal and getting the crowds back in the stadium.”

25-year-old Etheridge is looking forward to making his full-time return to the BikeRight Aces after impressing club bosses in the late 2019 season.

He said: “I’m glad to have another opportunity with Belle Vue this year. I like to be kept busy during the season and, hopefully, with Berwick as well, that will be the case for me.

“I think most of the boys are just eager to get started again. We’ve had to adapt to the situation these last 12 months but I’ve really missed my racing.

“Lemo has put together a really interesting team. I think we will see a lot of friendly competition amongst the lads for the top spots, and that can only help our goals for the year.”

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Belle Vue Speedway@TheAces 9:39 AM · Nov 3, 2021

"Dan has been a huge asset to this club, but we understand and respect that he is a young man looking for new challenges."

Belle Vue bosses have confirmed that @danbewley will not factor into their team building plans for the 2022 Premiership season.

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Nov 3, 2021 10:40:25 GMT admin said:

Belle Vue Speedway@TheAces 9:39 AM · Nov 3, 2021

"Dan has been a huge asset to this club, but we understand and respect that he is a young man looking for new challenges."

Belle Vue bosses have confirmed that @danbewley will not factor into their team building plans for the 2022 Premiership season.

New challenges, which with Sweden will be similar. Two things I just don’t understand is how Poland can make the rules for world speedway. Yes the money is there (for now and probably answered my own question), but the dictatorship surely cannot be legal. The other is, have you seen the crowds at Swedish meetings, I would say much less than here. I have visited a few tracks. How can they make it more attractive with one man and his dog? Mildenhall have more deck chairs.

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Nov 3, 2021 20:16:55 GMT Hodgy said:

Nov 3, 2021 10:40:25 GMT admin said:

Belle Vue Speedway@TheAces 9:39 AM · Nov 3, 2021

"Dan has been a huge asset to this club, but we understand and respect that he is a young man looking for new challenges."

Belle Vue bosses have confirmed that @danbewley will not factor into their team building plans for the 2022 Premiership season.

New challenges, which with Sweden will be similar. Two things I just don’t understand is how Poland can make the rules for world speedway. Yes the money is there (for now and probably answered my own question), but the dictatorship surely cannot be legal. The other is, have you seen the crowds at Swedish meetings, I would say much less than here. I have visited a few tracks. How can they make it more attractive with one man and his dog? Mildenhall have more deck chairs.

Always found Swedish speedway quite boring and don't see the draw, but there must be one somewhere.

As for Poland. It's always been about money and pressure to ride. I remember having a go at Andersen once in his hey day for riding in Poland but missing for Panthers. Bratters homed in to view defending his man saying that we didn't realise how much pressure riders were under to ride in Poland if told. Of course the prospect of potentially losing significant future earnings compared to what I would assume to be UK peanuts in comparison had nothing to do with it.

The PGE Ekstraliga signed a four year TV deal (to 2025) worth around a staggering £47 million pounds. In world speedway terms I think that they can pretty much do as they please.

If you wanted to be the best then that's where you'd want to be, and given the way this country is going you'd move there lock stock and barrel. The UK has gone from Elite League to League 1 at best (but it calls itself Premiership).

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Nov 3, 2021 20:52:33 GMT admin said:

Nov 3, 2021 20:16:55 GMT Hodgy said:

New challenges, which with Sweden will be similar. Two things I just don’t understand is how Poland can make the rules for world speedway. Yes the money is there (for now and probably answered my own question), but the dictatorship surely cannot be legal. The other is, have you seen the crowds at Swedish meetings, I would say much less than here. I have visited a few tracks. How can they make it more attractive with one man and his dog? Mildenhall have more deck chairs.

Always found Swedish speedway quite boring and don't see the draw, but there must be one somewhere.

As for Poland. It's always been about money and pressure to ride. I remember having a go at Andersen once in his hey day for riding in Poland but missing for Panthers. Bratters homed in to view defending his man saying that we didn't realise how much pressure riders were under to ride in Poland if told. Of course the prospect of potentially losing significant future earnings compared to what I would assume to be UK peanuts in comparison had nothing to do with it.

The PGE Ekstraliga signed a four year TV deal (to 2025) worth around a staggering £47 million pounds. In world speedway terms I think that they can pretty much do as they please.

If you wanted to be the best then that's where you'd want to be, and given the way this country is going you'd move there lock stock and barrel. The UK has gone from Elite League to League 1 at best (but it calls itself Premiership).

Swedish Speedway is is not an entertaining evening. They don’t bring in big crowds yet somehow obviously can pay to attract. Although many have been reported as not paying their debts. Which is why I’m surprised Sweden is a bigger fish than UK as a second to Poland. They must be doing something that we are not.

Understand your financial point regarding Poland (although heard also many reports of financial problems). The TV deal is a staggering amount, will it work out? We will see. Reports now saying Speedway is their no 1 sport. I guess we will offer you a contract on our terms avoids the legality I mentioned. If not the next rider will - which is understandable.