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Yes, just sat down to watch it......... Poor Davey Watt!! Germany Sunday, Raced back to UK for Belle Vue yesterday, Eigh Eigh... Rained off, Jetted over to Sweden today for V*********** Eigh Eigh Rained off, where's he supposed to be racing tomorrow?

To the person that has just pm'd me with an offer, I am unable to reply to you in messages for some reason..... your nickname begins with J. I don't know what I am allowed to post so I will just let you know that I bought it in 2003/4 and paid more than that, I am looking for at least that plus another 85/90% at least Don't know what else I can put on open forum. Cheers Shale Searcher

Exactly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why oh why oh why!! Why can't they just say honestly, like Unfortunately due to an electrical fault in the main stand we could not get any public area lighting working. We employed an electrician once we discovered the problem but it was found after a rigerous fault finding session by the electrician to be an underground problem with the stadium supply. We then contacted (insert electricity company involved) who could not get anyone out to us until the following day. The (insert electricity company involved) engineer arrived the next day and has now rectified the problem. I would like to once again apologise for the inconvenience caused to all the supporters, staff, fans and riders concerned but the problem was really out of our direct control. Yours faithfully (Insert Promoters name)

Well, the answer to the H & S issue has been announced on the Leicester 2014 thread, where it should be. Per say... A friend who lives near Alwalton said that on the day of the meeting, there were loads of trucks left from truckfest and the track was a right mess.. Now you know!!

Again, it's a "my friend says" not a statement from the Promoter!! Speedway survives on hearsay, speculation, Chinese whispers or silence...

It missed off the opening sentence saying weather forecast for Peterborough Speedway this evening!! Don't know why!! Doh!!

Expected weather for Peterborough Speedway Area This Afternoon & Evening........ Having had a look at the latest low res rainfall prediction data, pressure and cape, looks to me like the heavy, convective shower activity today, looks to me likely to effect central Midlands and a diagonal line from Manchester, dissecting Leicester and down to London is going to mainly be in the shower/thunderstorm corridor today, a lot depends how much sunshine we get though to act as the trigger.. Peterborough will not be immune to the wetness, just less likely than yesterday to get potential meeting killer showers.. Time most at risk I would suggest is between 14:00hrs and 20:00hrs

Peterborough last week cancelled a meeting only a few hours before tapes up, eventually blaming a H & S issue, no more info has since appeared or if the issue has been sorted, lots of unhappy Panther and rightly so Monarchs fans as quite a few had travelled/booked hotels.... It's a generic problem in the sport...... Club info always cloaked, secret, etc..

Caught between rock and a hard place though.... If a rider doesn't want to continue riding for a team, he would simply not perform for 2-3 matches, and get booted out, on a lower average and go and ride for the team he wanted to ride for... It's a real difficult position.. Because there is a lack of quality riders around the UK Speedway scene, riders are not usually out of work for long unless they are on a high average and don't fit in Team averages, however, if the rider is in a particular low average, wether or not it's a false/manipulated one, they are in demand because it frees-up points to enable teams to bring in the best riders available...

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I have seen it in action!!!!!! Sworn to secrecy, nuff said!!!

That's what I call proper tractor racing! Orange front bucket loader knocking spots off the 1956 green thing!!

Also, Manchester's been rain free for a good while now with nothing angry heading there way.... I know you can never rule out convective stuff , but you shouldn't plan based on possible convective stuff!!!!!!

How's the weather looking? Still no danger on hi res rainfall radar or sw radar...

Hi Res rainfall radar has nothing threatening heading Monmores way for at least next few hours!

I thought that, didn't a local ref or SCB official have to pootle along and make the call?

Have just mentioned this on the Belle Vie v Kings Lynn meeting thread, as that's now off tonight....! I thought it was a Speedway magic bullet..... Will help keep dirt off the crowd, and keep it on the track and keep wet dirt/muddy spray off chasing riders? Apparently not then... So what is it actually doing then apart from lining Briggos pockets???

That's schedule and a half! But it's his job.... Too many meetings getting called off now, fans lose interest, potential new fans never get to see Speedway, losing its credibility as a pro sport...... Some tracks worse than others and absolutely no consistency in rain offs. Cricket used to be the most rain effected sport, they've managed to improve the % of matches played.. why oh why can't Speedway? Thought dirt deflectors were added partly to aid rider vision?

Wher can this be found.....?

At the under 21 world championship qualifier yesterday at Leicester, only Lasse Bjerre was Jawa mounted...... He finished 3rd after a run off for 2nd spot.. The winner, Mikkel Bech had a huge stable and team.. 3 identically looking immaculate bikes, and I counted 5 in his team, all booted and suited in Team Bech clothing, he left the pits every race with 4 of them in attendance + a running spare bike... Very professional amongst a field of lads with varying backing.. having this backing does appear to make a difference.. Is this good for Speedway in general though..?

Like Teddy Bears!!

If its good enough for Eurovision, it's good enough for Speedway!!!!!

Collections for military personnel may well happen on a regular basis, you don't expect to see a Speedway related issue on a help for hero's forum, totally irrelevant statement from Robert72..... If you want to give, give..if you don't, don't... Simples.

So, the other edge of the sword is fans find other things to do on evenings when rain-offs occur, find that what they did/went to watch was on or nearly on a par with a night at the Speedway, and decides that the next slightly damp/slightly below par opposition is at his local track is not tempting enough and does his rained off alternative!! It's rock and hard place, gradually you lose fans .............. to the point the promoters have, inadvertently shot their own feet off, they've shot their ankles, shins and knees off as well!!!!!

But that's just silly! Couldn't bikes be standardised/made equal, untouched by tuners (at least for league racing) let the GP boys go tune mad and exotic material-tastic!! Wouldn't that make league racing better?