sian01 Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 the belle vue quote was tounge in check being a long standing aces fan so when should we hold it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony159 Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 After the last few years will be more than happy to see this meeting being held away from Poole . Seems to be a meeting the riders no longer care about . Bet if it was a G.P tonight they would have shown far more effort to finish the meeting . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazaar3 Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 Rabbit and the day you put your life on the line on a speedway bike you will know what it takes. The meeting was a disgrace yet agian from the poole promotion should not have gone ahead. It is time to take it back to its real home in manchester <{POST_SNAPBACK}> So take it too the place with the highest rainfall in the UK, yes... that makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest_Dusty_* Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 Over 40 years in the game on both sides of the fence but now my patience is wearing thin. Dont tell me about the dangers i know that all too well. But recently these guys in my opinion are letting the fans down. Just think where the wages come from and try just that little bit harder to put on a show. What an advert for the newcomers to the sport. Try a different surface or at least better track equipment. Speedway today is shooting itself in the foot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21st century heathen Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 No this meeting does need to be raced each year but at a track which is netural and a time when we can get all the top riders in it. So how about around the middle of the season and at a premier league track. (sheffield/stoke) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That was a quick change of heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12bore Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 please nobody suggest it goes to coventry we've got rid of it once sian have it back at belle vue and try and fit it into your rain clogged fixture list (and thats not a dig at the manchester weather its the same across the country) to blame the catastrophe on the poole promotion is ill-informed what were they supposed to do call it off last night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sian01 Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 and where do you get your figures from for that fact them!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subedei Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 (edited) the belle vue quote was tounge in check being a long standing aces fan so when should we hold it <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Say, 1970s to late 1980s when it was relevent. So take it too the place with the highest rainfall in the UK, yes... that makes sense. Not sure there's a track at Borrowdale to be honest. Edited April 16, 2006 by Subedei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobC Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 WTF? Explain to me how that is a disgrace by the Poole promotion? You can have the damn meeting back up there! then we'll see what your comments are when the same thing happens at your track. In fact...i'm not even going to bother to make any futrther comment to such a dumbass post. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I was going to post almost the same thing. With you all the way Rabbit.Let them or anyone else have it.Theyre welcome. Thought your earlier post hit the nail on the head.Nice one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 we all seem to agree on one thing on here elite league racing iinthis country is dying. if these stars protect themselves for the swedish and polish money why dont they stay there . premier racing is far better and closer racing to watch and cheaperr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazaar3 Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 It's days like today when I really question why I bother with this sport. I feel sorry and angry on behalf of so many people right at this moment. Firstly the fans who travelled, paid their moeny and patiently sat around waiting..ultimately for nothing. I feel for those people who worked hard to try and get the track back to a condition that pleased the riders only to have their integrity and qualifications ripped to shreds by people on here with no more idea on track preparation than you or I other than what they think it should be. And I feel for M&M having to try and sort out a restaging of the event. When I got to the stadium at 3pm, it was dry and the track looked fine. After Friday's meeting I was dead keen to see today's racing and thought it would be a cracker. Then around 3.30 - 3.45 when everything was done, the drizzle started. We could see it was making the track wetter by the minute during the parade but the satellite picture didn't show up anything and thought it would be over soon. When the call over the radio came that the refereee was being called to the pits I had a bad feeling then. The track staff, despite their vilification on here, did nothing more than I've seen them do countless times and in most instances it works out. One thing was different today. Those riders had no intention of giving it a go. The cheer that went up when heat 7 was announnced was heard even where I was sat. When the call came over the radio 5 mins later that it was off I couldn't believe it. Having watched the TV coverage when I got home, it took the 4 guys in heat 7 a lot of soul searching to decide against it didn't it? That's being sarcastic by the way! I know for a fact that the track staff were not impressed - why did not one rider even attempt four laps to try the track. They just didn't want to know. All I can say is whilst rider safety is of prime importance, it's the fans who are being taken for a ride. What these guys should remember is that whilst they continue to pee the paying fans off, it will affect them in the long run. Without fans turning up, the sport will continue to die, and despite Rob B's post, it is dying. There were more people at the Poole v Eastie match than there today. That should never be - this is a showcase event for God's sake. The only reason that was called off today was not because of the track staff, the ref or anyone connected with Poole...it was down to the riders. It is now of course, bone dry - the rain stopped within 15 minutes of the decision and nothing has fallen since. Rant over. Am I p'd off - you bet I am! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Good post rabbit. I probably walked past you and you didnt even notice me and likewise. Maybe I will say hi to you and Shovvy one day, when I come out of my shell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21st century heathen Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 Over 40 years in the game on both sides of the fence but now my patience is wearing thin. Dont tell me about the dangers i know that all too well. But recently these guys in my opinion are letting the fans down. Just think where the wages come from and try just that little bit harder to put on a show. What an advert for the newcomers to the sport. Try a different surface or at least better track equipment. Speedway today is shooting itself in the foot. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I would love to ID the person that posted this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concrete Cowboy Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 Say, 1970s to late 1980s when it was relevent.Not sure there's a track at Borrowdale to be honest. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Relevant because the British League was the one that riders considered to be the best in the world, not 3rd best as it is now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pirate paul Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 (edited) I'm afraid that was a complete joke and certain riders need to take a long hard look at themselves and how they are sticking two fingers up to the people that pay their wages. I have seen plenty of league matches raced in far worse conditions than that. I havn't seen the tv coverage yet but a friend was keeping me updated on the phone told me Crump was the one who started the complaining. Surprise surprise, it was he and Adams who started the revolt two years ago. What I don't get is why he was complaining after he had just blasted to victory in both his heats with ease. In fact none of the riders looked to be struggling, only Andersen when he picked up a load of grip and straightened but that can happen on a dry track just as easily. Heat times were perfectly respectable. The other question needs to be asked of Sky. OK they have advert breaks that nothing can be done about, but surely when the weather is questionable it is better to get on with the meeting rather than have a five minute interview break between heats. If they had done this we would have had twice as many heats I heard on the way out that tickets will be valid for the re-staging, but now I read that it is only at a discount??? Sorry BSPA, but if you think you are getting another penny out of me for what will be an elitle league reserve meeting you are sorely mistaken I'm just glad that I only travelled 30 miles, unlike somr poor souls who had come from a long way away. Edited April 16, 2006 by pirate paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Addison Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 Lets talk about money then. What price for a broken neck ??? Or a dead rider ??? I for one will never criticise riders when they don't want to ride.I've followed this sport since 1975. I've been to plenty of away meetings called off including a few British Finals at Coventry and felt gutted. Thats the way it is. There are more important things in life than our entertainment being curtailed for a while. Personally i look at it this way. The events of the last few days [ Swindon and Poole ] have shown me we lag behind Sweden in track prep. Why is this ??? Why could they get the GP on in worse conditions last year with the big blades and lorries bringing tonnes of new shale onto the track. Today i'm sorry but i had to laugh at the sight of three men wrestling with a giant sack of sawdust.Looked more like something from It's a knockout.I was waiting for Stuart Hall saying ' Here come the Latvians playing their joker ! Peleeeeease ! Do they only have one tractor ? We have three at Sheffield a Premier League track for heavens sake. I don't want it to sound like another anti Poole dig, it's not.Track prep is crap by and large nearly everywhere.The bikes have moved on but the only thing track wise to move on is the air fence and that's only at certain tracks. Plus why was the meeting arranged for the wettest month of the year ??? May or June would be early enough surely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave69 Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 we all seem to agree on one thing on here elite league racing iinthis country is dying. if these stars protect themselves for the swedish and polish money why dont they stay there . premier racing is far better and closer racing to watch and cheaperr <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Agree there.The Elite teams have 1,possibly 2 top riders and the rest are just Premier standard.About time Sky cottoned on to that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 couldn't agree with you more Rabbit. Well said m8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnight Blue Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 Say, 1970s to late 1980s when it was relevent.Not sure there's a track at Borrowdale to be honest. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> There is a track quite near Borrowdale................Worky and we never get rained off!! Thought the riders should have given it a go, have seen quite a few meetings go ahead in a lot worse conditions ( Worky v Edinbrugh a few seasons ago and a Pairs meeting that Stoney and Mickey Powell won). Maybe its just me but latley the riders seem to want to call it a day at the first signs of rain but then again i am not the one shifting the shale!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21st century heathen Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 There's some crap posted on here about the weather with no source to back it up. April is the joint second driest month of the year in the U.K. May is a little drier, and June a little wetter. There is very little difference between the months of April and July (incl.) Source - MetO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subedei Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 There is a track quite near Borrowdale................Worky and we never get rained off!! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 23 March 2006? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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