marko

Would not surprise me if Plymouth doesn’t stage another meeting this season, and come the end it will be announced that the sport is no longer viable at the current location and the promotion will move lock, stock and barrel to Eastbourne for 2023

Batchelor is an embarrassment to speedway, no idea why he does it, I can’t see what he can get out of it, he clearly doesn’t enjoy it. Maybe he is on a very nice downside agreement regardless of what points he scores.

It’s the same thing every season and no one ever learns from it. Lakeside went under because they were forced to race meetings at Rye House instead of their home and against the same clubs many weeks running, sure losing their home track didn’t help, but had they not lost so much money there could have been a chance that promotion may have tried to use Rye House as a base the following season, to keep the club going, instead it was bankruptcy. Promoters trying to pick and choose when they race during the drier months, leading to having to fit meetings in during the wettest, and no effort whatsoever in trying to come up with ideas that could protect tracks in the days and hours leading up to a meeting. It’s always been build it and hope they come, and we will get by with the elements on a wing and a prayer.

Doesn’t matter what side Plymouth field, when your home track has the properties of a large sponge, and the owners not prepared to do a darn thing about it, your on a hiding to nothing anyway.

Seven Tuesdays left and counting. Sooner or later, these meetings have to be run. Maybe buy some bulk tarp before it’s too late? the track has no feelings, it won’t take offence if you cover it up in the hope you can keep the rain off it in the days/hours before a meeting.

I think the point is, hindsight is all very well but when you make a call 24 hours in advance your doing so on a prediction, not on a fact.

I hope they can find ways to improve the tracks ability to cope with the elements, but just having taken a look at the radar, that area is about to get a serious deluge that would wipe any track out, send it towards Essex please

It’s not the weather per’se, it’s the inability of Plymouths track to be able to take much of the wet stuff. As it’s only a tiny track, I would have thought some tarpaulins would be a potential answer? You wouldn’t need as many as a track like Berwick or Belle Vue. I guess they can try next week, but then what if it’s the same? Until you fix the underlying issue of the track not draining well enough, you will end up going around circles (pardon the pun) has to be a cut off at some point, the winners could be about who gets their home leg on and who doesn’t, with the non raced leg forfeited. You can be a great artist, but if the canvas is unusable, you won’t be able to paint thing.

The weather today is irrelevant, it’s what happens tomorrow that counts. As I said in a previous post, any track that cannot naturally dry out in the space of 24 hours, has something seriously wrong with it. If and it’s a big if, Tuesday is dry, no reason why any meeting in the land could not run, if the drainage etc is up to scratch

Not just Plymouth, but any track in this country that is unable to stage a meeting 24 or 48 hours after some rain, seriously needs looking at, is the drainage up to standard? Is there enough equipment on site to carry out heavy remedial work on the track? are the staff knowledgeable enough to use said equipment? What is the quality of the shale? is it mainly clay based or are there a lot of stones in it?

A Martyr? I will take that from you sir

That’s just playing a game, I didn’t play, I developed it in full and ran it for the benefit of others, and for 90% of its lifetime it was free to play, despite countless hours it took to run it, have you ever done anything that benefits speedway fans across the globe off your own back for free?

Really so your name on your passport is Doners123 is it? Just face it, your promoter let social media get to him and decided to rant in the star about it and make himself look stupid. I started watching speedway in the 80s and know more about the sport than the likes of you and Lewy will ever know. And yes I have rode speedway albeit as an amateur, and for over 12 years I ran a very successful speedway management game which people from all around the world took part in. your welcome

A seagull could drop it guts on the Plymouth track and it will be called off, it’s a very delicate track, even more delicate than promoter Phillips ego

We are now into September and as It’s been demonstrated that Plymouth are incapable of running a meeting unless they get a few days of dry weather they might as well call it now, forfeit the home leg and jump to the second at a track where they can get meetings on in less than favourable conditions. Pathetic comments from Mark Phillips in this weeks Star.

I find it ironic that their promotion with their fake rain offs and cancellations have cost themselves a better play off spot. I do feel sorry for their fans and their riders though, because they are victims in this too.

Lakeside was small but it was pretty wide, especially on the corners, Plymouth by comparison looks frighteningly tiny & narrow, it reminds me of some of those tiny tracks they have in the states except more dangerous.

I believe back in 1991 Arena Essex came back from 27-9 down to win at Exeter 44-46

My point exactly

Quite right about Jason Doyle, I remember him being a fairly standard string string for years, then he came on a bundle and is where he is now. But if you want to talk about late Bloomers, look no further than John Louis.

Well done to Sam Masters, its weird having possibly the top rider in the top flight win the second division riders championship but that's where we are now in this country. Every rider gave it their all apart from Batchelor who should have refused the booking and let someone else have a go instead, even Bomber despite starting slow and knowing he could not make the semi finals, still rode his socks off trying to get some points and entertain the crowd. I thought the track was ok, dirt line a bit too close to the fence for most riders liking but plenty were prepared to put their back wheels there, at least with Poole you know they will try and get the meetings on, its a wide track with plenty of room to race.

Will he come out for his last ride? Or will he cry off sighting bike problems, either way not trying to race is disrespectful to travelling Oxford fans.

Bottle job Batchelor?

Should be a comfortable home win but I said that for Redcar against Glasgow and got that totally wrong. But surely the top four of Worrall, Flint, Palm Toft and Andersen, should be enough?

Tigers deserved that win, cracking night of speedway