Mike.Butler

seems the weather forecast BV are seeing isn't the one I'm looking at.

saturdays are better for long distance travellers who work (rather obviously)..but as I would probably only get down once or twice a season on a sat compared to never on a fri that's not really a good enough reason in itself..

Trying to find a glimmer of hope after this debacle of a week...Anyone around when the no. of tracks operating was fewer and/or the profile of the sport was lower? guess you'd have to be of a certain age..

the only solution if squads are introduced is rider control to prevent the rich from stockpiling the best..(oh hang on we don't have an independent body to oversee it)

fancy having this as the first event..a low key start would always be my choice letting patrons in for nowt so that they understand it's a test meeting.

I have always thought that there's a big enough risk on the opening night of any new track without introducing extra PR risk by making the opening meeting a high profile event..? The fact that it is opening night will in itself attract a decent crowd and if it features locally based BL riders and at normal prices then it is easier to call off with less embarrassment and if/when there are problems on the night the damage caused to the promotion/image would be less, and more easily explained away. (The fact that non-GP stars might also have given it a go being an extra bonus) It's not as though a 'national stadium' isn't going to have big meetings in time once up and running ... Prior to the GPs I understood all tracks staging FIM events had to have a previous trial meeting to iron out these issues..but perhaps that is no longer the case. Standing at Rye House last night when these events unfolded there was a collective OMG but tbh not a lot of surprise since word had gone round that the track was already known to be unfit last week..

I think a much better questions is : If you won the lottery and best wanted to help secure British speedway over the next 30 years (about the amount of time I have left being fit enough to attend hopefully), how would you spend/invest £30milllion? Objective being to see the sport thrive...

long shot I guess but anyone happen to be there and who is willing to scan their copy for me I'd be very grateful...thanx in advance.mike

all that leaves then is handicapping. if a team is behind they can nominate one of the oppo to start 15m back.

saturdays are better for me..with the odd sunday thrown in..thats me quite happy..after this year i will be attending more often than not..what an improvement in racing/atmosphere/enjoyment it has been...i've been a regular at perry barr too and think NL is on balance the best vfm

doable for those retired i guess

so somebody wants even more foreign calls on our riders..incredible!

Fridays only that will mean i will do virtually nil EL meets then..

Manchester - England's 2nd city

congrats to ref and all riders and track officials.. you did all that you could to put fans first..i feared a heat 10 call-off which would have robbed us of a thrilling finale...i really appreciated your efforts..more of the same please. thank you

didn't i read in the speedway star last week a promoter saying that the most important thing for 2016 was thinking of the fans first..? glad i missed this having been at the Coventry 10 heat rip-off

you mean during the MDL match? they said it was Liam Carr. ...conducting rider interviews whilst he was riding was an interesting experiment!

mold is in wales

I saw them at rye house that year just before they closed. Rye didn't even know if that fixture was going to take place and when it did the Hawks were missing their expensive 1990 signings. Even so they put up a good fist of it with recent signing Richard Hellsen on board before losing 51-39 after conceding 5-1's in heat 14 and 15.. I think this may have been their last away match (14th July) match was followed by..Rye House juniors 15 Hackney juniors 12

mine's still to come I hope

all i know is that Parkinson-Blackburn doesn't fit into the columns on my database. or should that be data-base

what is it these days with double-barreled names!?

bonus points are often used for calculating averages..so 4 rides 8 pts + 2 bon = a CMA (calculated Match average) of 10/4 =10.00

what is needed is a meeting co-ordinator at each meeting (like Phil Morris does in GP's) to inject some urgency into things. Any pause in proceedings must be for a reason, not just be allowed to happen. I would happily volunteer to do this as I feel I could add value even if its on the end of a phone to someone else whilst on the terraces. I might regret this although to be fair Kent did offer me the chance previously to 'observe' what goes on in the pits which I couldn't take up at the time..

bit like the EU..each club secures an opt out of things they don't like and we muddle on.