uk_martin

I'm sure that there are plenty of other threads that discuss the major issues that the sport faces on a national scale. Returning to the matter of STOKE, can anyone advise if the track has been fixed and when fixtures will resume?

Well, who'd have guessed a 40-50 win for the Brummies. Now whilst that is all well and dandy, and lets celebrate tonight for all it's worth. BUT tomorrow a serious matter needs addressing as far as the Brummies are concerned. This result is papering over some big cracks. 3 riders could only muster up a solitary point each, and that against a team that contains Kean Dicken. To say that the Brummies are a 4 man team is unfair. They are 3 men and a boy who's getting 7 rides and doing the job of 2 men. The remaining 3 passengers can't be afforded when Leon gets elevated into the body of the team and is restricted to 4 rides (plus a possibility of Ht 15) And it's no good saying Cupitt will be a good reserve. He wasn't at the end of last year and he got beaten by Kean Dicken tonight. And Walker looks little better. Something needs to be done urgently to shore up the ultra-soft underbelly of the team.

Oops, wrong thread.

Not sure. There's something to be said for having consisency in the track from one week to the next. In any case, according to the Stoke web site, there's a national shortage of shale these days! We don't want to get the "wrong stuff" (like they did) just for the sake of it, and end up with a track like theirs now do we?

Eh? Speedway abandoned due to the wrong sort of shale?...according to the Potties own web site. Add that to the wrong kind of snow, leaves on the tracks, etc etc. How come that of the 27 tracks in the UK, Stoke is the only one that's got the wrong material on the track? Was it provided by the lowest bidder, by any chance, maybe in exchange for a couple of club house ceiling tiles, or something? Glad that the SCB have stepped in to oversee the resurfacing of the track. High time too. I'd feel sorry for the visiting fans who may have lost money for their hotel expenses etc, except that I doubt that anyone would be daft enough to risk a trip to Stoke under any circumstances these days, so I doubt if anyone has suffered a loss.

15 year-olds are that full of beans at that age you could give him 10 rides and he'll ask for more. I know that gets difficult for us "over 21's" to appreciate, especially the way we feel sometimes at our age, but I recall being in my youth MANY years ago playing sport in the park (in the days when kids still did that sort of thing) from morning to night. And as for Tom Perry's success, wasn't that on a 350cc machine, probably getting up to the same sort of speeds that his 500cc was achieving on Wednesday night? Or was he still using his 350cc engine on Wednesday?

It really would have been a miracle for 2 guests, Reidar Replacement, a 15yo boy, and three passengers to have beaten the mighty Mildenhall on their own patch. The KO Cup was written off the moment the fixtures were announced. Still, c'est la vie in this league. just have to live with it.

And if they field the Spiller brothers that'll be one in the eye of the British authorities.

Annoying to read on Facebook that Zach Waijtknecht has to nearly self-fund his trip to Czech for the u21's and yet the SCB / BSPA can waste an air fare on Craig Cook.

Agree that the SON title has to change. Is it also beyond the wits of the organisers that if they want a stadium announcer translating into English language that they find someone familiar with speedway terminology? Some of what was coming over the tannoy here in Wrocław last night sounded like Google had translated it.

The contract for the SWC at Gorzów seems to be well known and quite a few people here in Wrocław were talking about it yesterday.

The Brummies press release this morning stressed that a new signing is subject to the approval of the BSPA. As it's been announced, one must assume that the BSPA have ruled on what's in the best interests of British Speedway again. Which of course doesn't prevent them from making a U-turn at any moment.

Richard Hall on a fantasy average, perhaps? Liam Carr, in from the cold?

I didn't go, so I don't have a Buxton programme. Are only programme buyers entitled to a proper correspondence address then?

The address on your website is: Hi-Edge Raceway, Dale Head Lane, Axe Edge, Nr. Buxton, Derbyshire Where else should it have been sent to? How would a member of the public know that there is no mail box at this address? If there is a more correct postal address that will get snail mail to you quicker, maybe it should be made known to the public and also put on the web site?

Well the Spiller Brothers have been quite open in their allegiance to Germany, so you can count them out for the future.

All of which completely misses the point that what was originally in question was the honesty and integrity of a British Speedway Promoter and the credibility of the excuses surrounding why a promised refund hasn't been forthcoming.

I made my thoughts on Cupitt known pre-season, only for him to respond with a storming performance in the opening fixture. Maybe I should slag him off more often if it inspires "confound the keyboard warrior" performances out of him lol.

2 people say they sent something, Jayne claims never to have received it. So who other than Royal Mail lies in between? Ok, maybe the fairy godmother was asked to deliver those letters. Let's get a reality check on this please? It wasn't the Crown Jewels that were sent. Nothing there ATHAT valuable that needed the extra expense of registered or recorded post. Can't believe the huffing and puffing going on over a couple of £13 tickets.

So the Royal Mail is at fault? Are you accusing Royal Mail of losing letters from both ProudtobeaBrummie AND Brummies_Ste, both of which, quite coincidentally, were requesting refunds? Careful what you say, Royal Mail might consider unfounded allegations to be libellous.

This is British Speedway. It still thinks it's the 1950's.

It's not libellous until a bench of three judges in a High Court decide that it is. Bear in mind that a valid defence to an accusation of libel is "fair comment". It doesn't matter what identity someone uses in a public forum. Complete red herring. As long as his correspondence to you which you "lost" (a "dog ate my homework" excuse if ever I've heard one) had his proper name, that's all that matters. I'm sure that Brummies_Ste will copy and paste his original letter to you. And I'm sure that if you've got the finances to afford defamation lawyers, you can afford to pay the refund.

Best wishes for speedy recoveries to Mitchell Davey, Sam Bebee and Jordan Jenkins. Mitchell's injuries have been listed above, but let's not forget Bebee's broken wrist and Jenkins's three broken vertebrae in his lower back. These lads paid a heavy price for our entertainment last night. Let it not be forgotten when the BEN Fund collections come round later in the year.

Very true. Humble apologies, for my bad. Comes from having just been talking to someone about meeting them there for the SON. Got the wrong town in my head. Maybe not such a problem after all. I just hope that Cook gets compensated for his extra out of pocket costs that he's going incur. And it's still a spiteful way for him to be treated.

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