Bee Happy Posted May 28, 2012 Report Share Posted May 28, 2012 I was looking forward to this meeting but I have to say it was a very long drawn out meeting. I have no idea how many reruns we had, I lost count! I think the Ref was at a different meeting to all of us!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted May 28, 2012 Report Share Posted May 28, 2012 (edited) Yeah, the weather certainly spoiled this meeting. They'd also had practice on it earlier so that didn't help the surface one bit. But who can take anything away from the Aussies, they were gating brilliantly on the whole and passing when required, they've probably rode in similar conditions in Aus loads of times!! MJJ and MBJ did the majority of the damage for the Danes with MJJ making a clever pass or two along the way. For us Brits, the day didn't start good with Richie Worrall being wrongly excluded from heat 1, couldn't believe the ref, he (the ref) certainly didn't receive any applause whatsoever when being presented with his "momento" of the day at the end of the meeting!! Most of the boys tried their best, sometimes over tried, up to probably heat 10 they kept in contention with the Danes for second, we then had a bad run of 5 races and so ended up after that 12 points adrift from a respectable 5 after 10. Joe Haines was particularly poor, any one know what was wrong with him, his first race 0 was awful, he looked tentative or as though he didn't want to be there, which one was it? The poor old Czechs had an awful day, I should think their heads dropped to their knees. Their only win in heat 14 was greeted with cheers from the crowd though, little consolation. I guess they now know what they will be up against if and when the come over to this country to race! One or two little things I noticed about Lakeside, as it was the first time I'd been, tiny track in a bowl with stock car track on the outside, a swop of the two would be good , plenty of viewing area, 75% deck chair brigade, mind you they had the last laugh, the ground was as hard as hell on the posterior! I felt the whole stadium was uncared for though, everything was grubby and one of my first impressions was of the errrm, what should I call it, rubbish tip perhaps, behind the fencing on the 1st bend, stuff chucked/stored behind there, the two flags that had previously been on the flag poles which were yesterday adorned with FIM and Union Jack flags just laid there, why didn't someone throw them away, as I said, uncared for, people notice the little things, well I did anyways. The positive was how the track staff attempted to keep the dust down on the track, they watered very well before the meeting and tried in vain during it, nobody could fault them!! One other thing, the programme, what's all this A, B, C, D gates instead of 1,2,3,4? Also who was responsible for not setting the racecard in the middle of the programme, not a good move when a fan hasn't got a prog board and keeps their programme in their hand when applauding the riders = riiip! Edited May 28, 2012 by Trees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted May 28, 2012 Report Share Posted May 28, 2012 (edited) Second Semi Final is happening now in Germany http://live.sportowe...y.pl/zuzel5.htm After 5 races Sweden 15, Russia 7, Germany 5, Finland 3 [edited to correct score] Edited May 28, 2012 by arnieg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryce Posted May 28, 2012 Report Share Posted May 28, 2012 One other thing, the programme, what's all this A, B, C, D gates instead of 1,2,3,4? Also who was responsible for not setting the racecard in the middle of the programme, not a good move when a fan hasn't got a prog board and keeps their programme in their hand when applauding the riders = riiip! The programme as a whole had a lot more in it than the normal Lakeside one, which was good, but the racecard was indeed woeful. There are worse ways to spend a sunny afternoon, but I must admit it wasn't the greatest meeting I've ever seen. It didn't help that the finishing order of the teams was blindingly obvious after the first batch of 5 heats. Darcy Ward could have fitted an engine to an armchair and still scored a maximum, he was so far ahead of the rest. The ref didn't help with some very odd decisions. Good on the Brits for giving it a go, but we've still got a long way to go to be competitive at this level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiheke1 Posted May 28, 2012 Report Share Posted May 28, 2012 GB had the chance to have Nick Morris, but spurned it, could have made the top 2, even with Morris, GB would not have made the top 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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