
Blue Groove
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Workington v Glasgow 14/10/18 7:30pm Play off.
Blue Groove replied to topaz325's topic in SGB Championship League Speedway
I agree that it must be galling to lose the match when a rider in an abnormally high scoring reserve position is consistently banging in double figure scores (particularly when the Comets No. 1 and No. 5 can't reach double figures between them in either meeting), but 'them's the rules' as they say, and all teams will have fallen victim to this situation at one time or another. But don't forget he did actually beat the Glasgow riders to achieve his scores. -
Workington v Lakeside 25/08/2018 7:30pm Ch
Blue Groove replied to topaz325's topic in SGB Championship League Speedway
Hurrah! Another team without the full complement of seven riders, and no doubt another delayed borefest like last week. But I'm still going -
Workington v Berwick 06/07/2018 7:30pm Ch
Blue Groove replied to topaz325's topic in SGB Championship League Speedway
Disappointing from Berwick, expected more, with the exception of Summers they didn't offer much resistance. Pity he couldn't ignore the goading from the 2nd bend after he got beat fair and square in heat 15. Can sense another Comets away win tomorrow night, they're a different side to the one held to two draws by Berwick earlier in the season. -
Workington were lucky/Glasgow unlucky tonight; if not for the Vissing slide-off in heat 10 (perhaps a result of the earlier third bend overwatering fiasco?) and his EF in heat 12, the points should have been Glasgows for the taking. Fair play to the Workington management for having faith in a local rider, but it's beginning to look like a case of too much too soon for young Kyle, I fear the team will be carrying him for the rest of the season.
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Workington v Edinburgh CS 14/04/18 7:00pm
Blue Groove replied to topaz325's topic in SGB Championship League Speedway
Don't think the outcome would have been any different if Bach/Klindt had been in instead of Jensen/Bewley; I was expecting a 1-5 in heat 13 from Wells/Riss which almost happened and there would probably have been a repeat or worse in 15 had Bach/Klindt been nominated. To be fair, Jensen was probably our best rider of the night and Bewley could do with any extra track time available. -
Not really, the rugby league is heading the same way, the Reds only get a couple of hundred crowd. The continuing drop in people's disposable income, increasing house prices/mortgages/rental costs, job security worries, etc etc is the real reason.
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Sign of the times I'm afraid, when money is tight then peoples leisure activities are the first to be sacrificed, just driven along Washington St in town and pubs that 10 years ago were well populated on a Friday night are either empty or not even bothering to open.
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Yet another shambles. If the track was unfit then why was this not decided before the meeting started? Surely the riders must have inspected the track pre-meeting and thought "hmm, this looks a bit dodgy", would it not then have been sensible for one of the senior riders to have given the track a try out? By the way, where do I collect my refund?
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Nieminen is a decent rider and well capable of nicking points from several in this field.
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Try www.spoort.eu for live streaming
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Cardiff Dvd's Dispatched
Blue Groove replied to Dan the Production Man's topic in Speedway Grand Prix and Speedway World Cup
Received mine today, watched it tonight, first time I've actually seen any replays of the meeting apart from the final itself. Have to say good package overall for the price. BUT what was the point of the frankly embarrassing 'Commentators off camera' section? To anyone who saw or has a recording of the live Sky coverage from the night (probably most British speedway fans by now), it quickly becomes apparent that they are actually commentating on a recording of the final and not the live event as they seem to want you to think. Oh dear! -
Cardiff Attendance
Blue Groove replied to Steve Shovlar's topic in Speedway Grand Prix and Speedway World Cup
Looks to me like the attendance has reached a plateau, maybe down to the fact that there are only a finite number of hotel rooms/guest houses in Cardiff and the surrounding area. Many speedway fans travelling to Cardiff face very long journeys and those with families especially like to make a weekend of it rather than face 2 long trips in the same day. Most people will know by now that if you leave booking a room for next year longer than a few months you will struggle to find one.