Pijper belongs to Edinburgh ,loan fess etc, personal terms Theo’s longtrack commitments come into equation ,the Promotion just don’t have the cash IMO.
Most fans know the riders don’t want to know if there is any rain in the air, can’t blame fans for giving it a miss these days.Health and Safety rules.Except if it is a “Open meeting” or Testimonial and might not get re-run.
Like has been mentioned on other posts call offs are happening much more frequently nowadays,unless it’s dry majority of riders just moan and don't want to ride.Riders missing doesn’t help the situation if it arises.
Decent meeting some of the lesser light put in a lot of effort every race and some good scraps, thought Nicol was impressive as was Covatti. Smektala obviously had wrong set up and was really poor in 1st 2 races and probably found the track a bit technical compared to what he is generally used too.. Aspgren went really well and looked good.Holder was ok but never looked that fast. Well done to Cook.
I would give Nicol most entertainer on the night.Some tremendous outside lines he was riding.
Harris is well past his best ,happy to pick points without to much risk these days ,plenty Teams and Long Track stuff to bring in the cash, and make the sport pay ,which he said he was struggling to do in recent seasons.
Good gesture by Promotion, if it is a success the only answer is to continue it for the rest of the season.I personally think it was a mistake to up the admission at the start of the season and also charge kids ,but appreciate they were trying to balance the books and be financially viable.Tough times in the sport.
Tai having a little moan about lack of practice for this meeting,did Zmarslik not miss practice too.They knew the rules before season started so should have told their clubs where to go but money rules even for aWorld Champion.Poles have the sport by the “short and curlies”.
Sad day,Jim was a gentleman and a fabulous servant to the Bandits over many many years.He did a lot or work getting Berrington Lough built and at Shielfield.Had many great bus tours with Jim and Geoff at wheel, great days and memories.Condolences to Lacey, and RIP Jim.