Round The Boards: The Speedway Podcast

We bring you another episode full of news and this week the focus is very much on the FIM Speedway Grand Prix as the show rolls into Malilla, Sweden and it's time for Round 6 in the SGP, Round 1 in the SGP2 as well as the SGP4 Final. We look back over the events of the week including qualification for the GB team from the European Pairs Semi Final in Macon, France. There is also everything from Br...

We have been away for a temporary break of 3 weeks, but we return with a bang as we look back over all of the fixtures we missed. We begin with a Round Up of the FIM Speedway Grand Prix weekend from Wroclaw, Poland as we look back over the results of the SGP and SGP3. There were further big meeting in both Senior and Junior Speedway as the lineup for the 2026 SEC Series was finalised, whilst rider...

The weather has reeked havoc over the UK schedule this week, as only the major meetings have survived which still gives us plenty to talk about. It was Max Fricke and Brady Kurtz who won rounds 3 and 4 of the British GP in Manchester, which now leaves Brady at the top of the standings. Cooper Rushen took the top honours in the British Under 21 Final from Redcar to take his first title. We look ahe...

Nathan returns from his holiday, and the show returns in a bumper edition where we look back over a couple of weeks worth of speedway. We go all the way back to the FIM Speedway Grand Prix from Prague as Leon Madsen came out victorious, whilst Poland took top honours in the SON2 the previous evening. We look back at the British U21 Semi Final where Ryan Ingram took top spot and he takes his place...

We return for another episode and it has been a quiet week in the UK as the weather takes a stranglehold of the fixture list. We will bring you a detailed view of what has survived alongside the final qualifying round for the European Speedway Championships. We look ahead to another double dose of World Championship action as the SON2 and FIM Speedway Grand Prix take centre stage in Prague, Czech...

It's time to look back again over the fixtures that have been completed in the UK whilst we also look ahead to more meetings whilst the Continent remains relatively quiet. We do look back over the European Team Championship from Poland whilst also looking at the contenders in the final qualifying round of the European Championships before the challenge. There is plenty more news to bring you from...

This week on the show we look back over the beginning of the road to Warsaw as Speedway World Cup Semi Final 1 took place in Landshut, Germany and Team GB booked their place in that Final alongside Poland and Australia. The following day, it was a surprise win in the opening round of the SGP as Kacper Woryna stole an early lead in the series after a dramatic final in Germany. We also look back ove...

Its a packed out show as we bring you more news from the world of Speedway, and this week we take a keen eye of events that will happen outside of the UK as the SGP and SWC opens up for 2026. We look ahead to big meetings in Landshut, Germany as 15 riders begin their assault on the FIM Speedway Grand Prix title for 2026, but prior to this we will see Semi Final 1 as Great Britain look to make thei...

The four come together again as we look back over another week of Speedway in the UK as the Premiership KO Cup and Championship BSN Series start to reach their conclusions. We are joined on the show by Scunthorpe Scorpion and Leicester Lion Cub Ryan Ingram, who has impressed many on his start to life in the Championship and started his National Development League season in style on Sunday. Our Mee...

The season has really now sprung into life and we bring you all the results and fixtures from the sport in the UK. We reveal our first Rider of the Week result and also start a new poll. We are joined on the show by our special guests Charlotte and Eloise from Pit Lane Pass as they reveal how their idea took off and what they are expecting to bring to the sport. We predict our next Meeting of the...

We take the opportunity to look back over some of the fixtures which survived the weather over the Easter period as well as looking forward to more speedway in the UK as the season starts to kick into gear. It is time for our first Rider of the Week nominations which will go to the public vote and our Meeting of the Week sees Ipswich Witches take on King's Lynn Stars in the Southern section of the...

We bring the final of our preview shows as this week it is the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership which takes centre stage. It has been a tough winter within the sport but 6 teams will take to track to begin the new season with Northampton Foxes becoming the newest of the contingent. We once again look back over a couple of results, whilst looking ahead to a Bank Holiday round of fixtures as Easter is upo...

We return with another preview show as we look ahead to the National Development League in 2026. Six teams enter the fray for success, and it is the Oxford Chargers who will face fierce competition to retain their title. We are joined on the show by talented Edinburgh youngster Jordy Loftus as he discusses his rise in the sport and what he would like to achieve this season. We look back over a cou...

It's a warm welcome back to the podcast as we enter Season 5 with some changes coming into place. Nathan and Cain say a find farewell to Rob who leaves the show with our best wishes, but we also welcome new additions as Callum Steel and Craig Hurle join the show. In time honoured tradition, we begin week 1 with a preview of the Speedway Grand Prix Series for 2026, whilst also looking back at the s...

It's our final regular show of 2025 as we wrap up season number 4 for the podcast by reviewing the National Development Trophy campaign. It was success for King's Lynn Young Stars as they returned to the 3rd tier of British racing for the first time since 2016. We are joined on the show by one of the winning 1-7, and one of the biggest emerging talents in British Speedway, Cooper Rushen as he talk...

We wrap up the final few meetings of 2025 as the season comes to a close before we focus on the National Development League Review. It was well done to Oxford Chargers who were crowned Champions for the season. We are joined on the show by one of the winning 1-7 as Darryl Ritchings made a stunning comeback after 8 years away from the sport. He talks about his season with both Oxford Chargers and B...

With only a few more shows left for 2025, this week we review the 2025 Cab Direct Championship season, and it was Redcar Bears who wrestled the BSN Series away from Poole Pirates in the final meeting of the season, but it was the Pirates who picked up the League and Cup double. Joining us on the show to discuss the season is Tobias Thomsen as he reflects on his season with the Poole Pirates and wh...

This week sees the beginning of the Review shows for the 2025 season as we dish out our awards to those riders who have excelled. It was congratulations to Ipswich Witches who ended a 27 year wait for a top flight trophy, plus Leicester Lions were victorious in the KO Cup Final. We also approached the end of the season as a whole and it was Poole Pirates who took the Championship Grand Final by th...

This week on the show we congratulate the Ipswich Witches who completed the 2025 Premiership season with the ultimate prize, their first top flight victory since 1998. It was also Poole Pirates who took victory in the Championship KO Cup Final against Redcar Bears as they took their first step towards another potential treble. It was a King's Lynn Young Stars 1-2-3 in the British U19 Final from Wo...

The podcast has been on tour this week as the SON hit Torun, Poland and it was congratulations to Australia who came out triumphant in a pulsating final. There was a shock victory in the SON2 as Germany overcame Poland and Denmark to lift the crown We come back to these shores for the finale of the Premiership campaign as this week will see Ipswich Witches and Leicester Lions battle it out to take...

We approach the month of October and whilst the weather tries its best to interrupt the progress in the UK, it is time for us to look ahead to the SON and SON2 from Torun, Poland. All eyes will be on the British trio of Dan Bewley Robert Lambert and Tom Brennan as they look to retain their title but they will face stiff competition from the likes of Poland, Australia and Denmark to name a few. We...

Slightly later than usual we bring you the latest edition of our podcast as we begin by congratulating Patryk Dudek on becoming European Champion for the first time and also becoming the 12th rider for SGP2026. We look back over a pulsating 2nd leg of the semi final in the Premiership Play Offs as Leicester Lions defeated Sheffield Tigers by the narrowest of margins to join Ipswich Witches in the...

It was the finish that everybody wanted for the 2025 SGP season as the title went right down to the last heat of the last meeting and it was Bartosz Zmarzlik who claimed title number 6 by the barest of margins as Brady Kurtz did all he could by taking his 5th win in a row. Wiktor Przyjemski tried in vein to make an early return from injury to defend his SGP2 title, but it was ultimately too much a...

The trio come together again as the season comes to its ultimate conclusion and we begin to enter play off season. We look ahead to the Premiership Semi Finals as Belle Vue Aces take on Ipswich Witches and the following week Sheffield Tigers take on Leicester Lions. We look back at the European U19 Pairs Championship as TeamGB took 6th place in what would be valuable experience riding on the conti...

We are expecting a scintillating finish to the SGP Series for 2025 as Brady Kurtz picked up his fourth victory in a row from Wroclaw over the weekend, but it is Bartosz Zmarzlik who still holds a 3 point lead going into the final round in Vojens. We look back over another week of fixtures in the UK, as we prepare ourselves for the play off campaign across all leagues, although rain has caused an u...