Gaz

These people who actually get paid for these weather predictions are stealing a living… firstly yesterday 2 sites had rain all day, this morning because sun was out first thing it was going to be dry all day… and now because we have had a bit of rain.. one site says dry all day and another says rain 2-3. Poor Rob was clearing water off the track last night to try and get the match on, unbelievable effort from a promoter who cares so much about the club.. I can’t believe people are still against him at times. Fingers crossed it goes ahead

Class performance from the lads… it’s a shame this was not the meeting in front of the massive crowd from last week. Decent track with some great passes especially from Roynon and Clegg who were awesome. A full team performance with Archie improving every week and James Wright unlucky losing his steel shoe in last ride. Onwards and Upwards!

Brought back to the top incase anyone else wants to contribute.. thanks to everyone who already has

The trouble is if 500 tickets were available free and no one turned up, how can we get 300 more through the door if they have to pay? Keep retweeting etc and forwarding Facebook posts and hopefully some will decide to go or return if they have stopped going. Hopefully the next 2 weekends bring in decentish away crowds which will help break even at least. Also anyone having a go at Granty after everything he has done is an idiot!!

Let’s hope the fans turn out in force.. As someone mentioned above he mentions this meeting but what if get a fantastic crowd for this meeting and then a shocking crowd before the end of the season? We need a higher figure and for them to keep coming. Why not keep plugging the go fund me and people may keep contributing or open something where fans can contribute by paying say £5-100 a month or whatever they can afford? 500 people at even just £5 is £2500 a month and that would surely help massively. The go fund me showed fans are willing to help keep the speedway going and just thinking of other options to hopefully keep it alive. Maybe if big crowd against Glasgow at 6.30pm start is a decent crowd could try keeping it at that time til end of season as I know one or two people who can’t attend 2 out of 4 sundays as work until 5.

How did Vaculik finish above Lambert in points scoring? is it because Lambert touched the tapes. I was just wondering as both finished last in semi and rules state; Likewise, the fourth-placed semi-final rider who scores highest in the heats will be ranked seventh, receiving 10 championship points, and the other fourth finisher will finish eighth and earn nine.

I don’t see the problem.. yes the track was different but should Alfie Bowtell, Dan Thompson and Ashley Morris be getting paid 34 points absolutely not! Redcar are a decent side but we should not be losing by 20 points. One or two of our riders are off the boil and thank god for Howarth and Barker otherwise it would of been a lot more. Hopefully we should see an improvement on Sunday

Can you do it before the meeting starts next time

Both by looks of it funny thing is he actually cleaned his window and put the 2 mins straight on practically.

Fair play for the statement and apology

Shambles of a meeting!! Problems with the electrics, then ref couldn’t see because of the sun!! Crashes and delays due to waiting for ambulance (obvs not Redcar’s fault). People walking out while awaiting for heat 10 which was ran after the curfew as they had obviously had enough, or was sick of hearing Roy talk rubbish in cheering on his new favourite team! Delay after delay and any new fans unfortunately will not return.

Match off according to BSPA website.

Cracking win for the boys, well done to them all! Our team might not be as good as some other teams but you can never fault their effort. They are improving each week and a sterling performance from Steve was always going to help. Hopefully the stay away fans will return now we have proven we can win and will beat some teams at home over the course of the season. Bjarne being back at brough next week will also hopefully help get a few more back.

2+1 by Jack Parkinson-Blackburn each week is fine by me. I know one was gifted but did well with his other point and rode well all night. If he can get his gating boots on he can score a couple more points easily. Proctor was just pulling up at the back each race and strolling over the line. He was shocking and as you say shadow of what he was.

So going by Johns comment about tickets sold, after all Robs efforts, some fans have only gave it one home match to decide they won’t be back!! Cheers to them people.. in a time of need when the diamonds needed them!

Well done everyone let’s keep it going.. especially a massive thank you to fans and promoters of other teams who have kindly donated.

Unfortunately I don’t think they would, many years ago when we had a brilliant gems team there was never a great crowd. On Sunday I know some people on here have said it took a little while in between matches but at least half if not more of the crowd started drifting away. It’s a shame as it was a decent match. Hopefully we can get to the end of the season and these restrictions will finally get removed so we can go back to normal. Unfortunately unless your a diehard I think people just tend to either go now and again or they will go and watch other sports. Some people will only go and watch successful / ambitious teams ie South Shields and hebburn in the football for about £7 per match. Now is the time Granty and the boys need us more than ever.. with Worrall in on Sunday , nice weather, Father’s Day.. have a night at the speedway and support the underdog!

The problem is there has probably only been an average of about 600 diehards who will go each week before covid.. and now it seems to be even less if we can’t sell out for what looks like a cracking match. We can’t afford to lose our beloved Diamonds so it’s time to back the team of underdogs and enjoy the victories that come. We have thankfully finally got rid of the old promotion so it’s time to back the new one and after this season hopefully we will be able to bring in even better riders and as Granty has always said he wants success. It would be a shame for the gems as I think they had a chance of winning the league and have looked good this season.

Absolutely amazing news. Thank you Rob and to everyone involved. It sounds like he is in it for the long haul and bringing more entertainment for families and people in general. Roll on the new season! Come on the Diamonds

Totally agree about Roy Clarke. Some people like him, some don’t. I think he is hopeless and might as well of had a Redcar coat on tonight! How any true diamonds fan can go on like that is unbelievable! I thought the promotion for a change were a bit ruthless and tried to improve the team unlike other years and I have to give Martin credit for that. Ostergaard came in and did brilliantly and Max Clegg has been brilliant to watch all season.

It was interesting to read some stuff in the programme last night, it seems Worrall has tried to improve things and spent a great deal of money on engine tuning but hasnt seemed to of work. You cant really fault a rider for trying to improve himself and get better scores for us. People have been disappointed with him as his scores have dropped off but for the first half of the season him, Matty and Max had carried us and recently only Clegg has continued that. Worrall was back to gating well and looking quick with paid 8 from his 3 rides and it was good to see. It was also great to see Matty back to his usual self and Jorgensen doing much better and you could see how much it meant to him after what looked like a puncture in heat 15. Ulrich and Danny were also gating well and only Bjerre looked to be a concern but looked a different rider when gated. In Worrall's 1st 19 matches to mid July he had double figures scores in 14 of then and his other scores included a paid 12, 9, 9, 8 and 6+1 so no one can complain at that and are the scores of a real number 1. Hopefully last night will give them a bit confidence even though it was only against Birmingham for the final.

Any streams for this one please? As the link above doesnt seem to be working yet.

Yes i know, regardless of which one it is nothing changes in regards to swapping riders, it very rarely happens apart from the obvious heat 14.

Yes i thought of heat 13 maybe if was up to it but also could of been in heat 9, and should always be in heat 8. Yes it means Phillips has to stay in heat 12 but should guarantee you a 5-1 in heat 8. Our manager seems to make same changes and it never varies at all, and never gets extra rides apart from heat 14.

Yes but could of had 7 in total, and the way our other lads were riding he should have.