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And England on ordinary TV as well..

Weather now looks clear for Wolverhampton, it's Times like this when track covering of some sort would earn its corn, Same with Leicester on Saturday, threw it down from around 4pm to 6.15pm, the stopped and was dry/no more rain fell until well after 10pm.. Covering the track would have saved both meetings, and although its not barmy weather, it wasn't and isn't freezing either...

Is it still chucking it down? Wolverhampton are usually excellent at getting meetings on when dodgy weather has been around.... So, is it Skys lack of confidence in Wolverhamptons ability to get the meeting on? Can't remember the last time Wolverhampton had a live Sky meeting postponed or abandoned...? Or is it because Sky don't want to go up against a terrestrial TV broadcast of an England football match, albeit a friendly.. Or is it another reason..?? Sportowfaky, saying meeting cancelled due to rain....

Has it rained in Wolverhampton today?,or is it off due to weather forecast for this late afternoon??

We were beaten by the weather on Saturday night against Coventry. 3 hours of rain, maybe 40 minutes of torrential rain, and then at 6.15pm it stopped, just as I predicted, but we just could not get rid of all the water... This is the sort of meeting that SHOULD beat the weather, where track covers would definately work. The rain was forecast, and arrived duly on time, and finished on time. Would it be in the realms of fantasy to invent/develop a track sealant, that could be sprayed onto a well tyre packed surface? You'd prepare for the rain, pack the track down well and hard, then using your track crop sprayer, over spray the track with this sealant... It would not have to be removed like covers, could be quickly graded in to the track surface with a wonder wheel, then ridden on straight away!! I don't know, a bit like what they spray into cricket wickets, a Glued" pitch.. There's got to be something out there, surely?

That's ridiculous!! Even the met office struggle with forecasts of T72 This sort of behaviour, calling off, pulling a meeting off broadcast schedules with 72+ hours in hand will be the death nel of speedway.. The sport you cannot trust. Why bother with a fixture list, May as just wait for a dry day or two and assemble teams from riders available on the day!! Pathetic...

The rain stopped around 6.15, I had been working on the the track with Glyn and Steve all day Friday and from 11am Today (race day) the track had been packed to within an inch of its life and was rock hard, the rain had not penetrated the the top, yes, there was a lot of standing water which was being swept down the drains and under the fence on the home straight.. we tried as hard as we could to get the meeting on, if the rain had turned up an hour earlier, and had stopped by 5.30, we would have succeeded in getting the meeting on.. There was just to much standing water around bends 3 and 4 and with all the brushing of water down the drsind it burst the seal on the track, and that was about that....

After a narrow 8pt defeat at Brandon last night, the Lions take on the Coventry Bees tonight at Beaumont Park, 7.30pm.. Weather a tad iffy, but been at track all day yesterday, packed as tight as a drum, all drains cleaned, and ready to take rain. Weather forecast now not as bad, and has improved hour by hour the last 24hrs. Rain forecast at the moment to fall between 3pm ish and 6pm ish, track should easily take it, the good hour to dissipate any puddles, should be all systems go....!!!

With solid support from Neil Collins, Mark Courtney, Steve Regeling and Colin Cook chipping in with a few...

Final score: Sheffield Tigers 43 Leicester Lions 47

Doyley also beaten by Auty, earlier in meeting....

Fair comment..

Nobody gave the lions a chance at Sheffield, especially once the Tigers had strengthened with Doyley in for Stead, and then the Lions being without Wozniak, who was replaced by Auty in the main body of the team, and then using Widman to replace Auty... But the Lions scored in depth, and won 43-47 Maybe Coventry 46 Lions 44

Do you think it was called-off a tad prematurely? Especially when you have the plant available to renew a racing surface at the drop of a hat? Rain radar looks clear for 3 to 4 hours as well....

Hmmmm, the rain is heading your way, but, as it moves east it breaks up and weakens.... Not due to get to East Coast until 4/5pm and on the predicted rain path, it will be much lighter & patchier when it does reach you.... Could well get away with it..

The last thing turns 3 & 4 needs now is any sort of precipitation falling on it, if it was me, and its not, I would try and protect the reinstated areas of the track with covers if possible...

Same with model rocketry, I used to build and launch rockets with solid fuel motors, 1.5 metre in height, capable of reaching almost a mile high, had to inform the CAA and only launch in designated areas/times and nowhere near flightpaths!! Sorry, I digressed!!

Just lost my contribution to this thread, no more long-uns to be written on a bloody phone!!!😭 I will re-write on my pc, then paste it into this thread......

Holes are nigh on impossible to reinstate on speedway tracks by just in-filling them. It's much more efficient and effective to "grind" them out and re-level a much larger area..if you fill it, it either comes straight out, or you're left with bump! (Wear around the hole) The fill material being left proud..

Part sarcastic, part, well, possibly not as daft as it sounds!!

Using cement on a speedway track is a quick fix, but one that can cause problems in itself further down the line, especially if used in patches only... In my humble opinion..

Official team pics were taken before/during/after the Sheffield meeting.. Edit: Don't these pics have to be licensed/authorised by go-speed before being made public? Or is that just A ridiculous statement!!

Has anyone made a paid visit/purchase on an item/service/entertainment/sport after seeing/hearing it on YouTube or similar media outlet?

Blimey!! The track alterations have made a difference, don't judge it until two teams of equal ability, and commitment have ridden each other on it in a meaningful meeting, that actually has something at stake on it.....!! No disrespect to Sheffield, or Leicester for that matter, it was a start of season cobweb blowing off affair, nothing more, nothing less...

I seem to remember when I was younger, I was told that the wall of death and speedway had some sort of blood connection. Am I imagining this, or is their a connection??