Plymouth 2013

[The White Knight]

But let's face it, the only place that Plymouth is anywhere near to is ....... the Atlantic Ocean

 

Exeter????

[Roger MARTIN]

Cornwall????

[Willowman]

But let's face it, the only place that Plymouth is anywhere near to is ....... the Atlantic Ocean

Should that not be the English Channel?

[Sherborne Green]

Should that not be the English Channel?

Correct.

[Opinionated]

Genuine question.

 

Will Bech be at Rye House on Saturday?

 

I see that he is listed as riding in the Scandinavian Semi Final of the Euro U21 Championships at Malilla,Sweden for the same time.

Edited June 4, 2013 by Opinionated

[tellboy]

Whilst i think Bech is a great signing for Plymouth and the PL,i can't help but think maybe an EL side has got him maybe for next season.My reasoning is once he gets an average for Plymouth i'm pretty sure that average would equate to a lower one to what he would be assessed on for the EL.

So lets hope he gets around an 11pt average to put the spanner in the works for the EL team if this is the case.

[EnglishRoundabout]

I have seen in the Plymouth media that Jensen will make his debut this Friday. Can anyone confirm this please as i am considering coming down to this one. Moreover, any tips for where the best viewing is at the SBA please guys?

[lewy]

good veiwing anywhere to be honest but the stand is excellent on the back straight,confirmed on devils website that mikkel is riding,you will be made very welcome at the sba and will enjoy the racing on our tight track

 

Whilst i think Bech is a great signing for Plymouth and the PL,i can't help but think maybe an EL side has got him maybe for next season.My reasoning is once he gets an average for Plymouth i'm pretty sure that average would equate to a lower one to what he would be assessed on for the EL.

So lets hope he gets around an 11pt average to put the spanner in the works for the EL team if this is the case.i reckon he will be at plymouth next season possibly d/u but still a plymouth rider our new promotion are no mugs as time will tell

[EnglishRoundabout]

good veiwing anywhere to be honest but the stand is excellent on the back straight,confirmed on devils website that mikkel is riding,you will be made very welcome at the sba and will enjoy the racing on our tight track

 

Thanks lewy. Saw a clip of the racing at the SBA recently on youtube and it was superb. Really looking forward to the trip. Good forecast too!

[lewy]

er would be interested to hear your thoughts after your first visit to the sba on the track,facilities and most importantly the racing,thanks in advance

[EnglishRoundabout]

er would be interested to hear your thoughts after your first visit to the sba on the track,facilities and most importantly the racing,thanks in advance

 

Yes sure, will do.

[greyhoundp]

Thanks DD, Nedermark or Poole would be my idea from the above riders, I await the news of your proposed new rider, however there is a rider who may be available, from the Leicester squad, it may be worth a phone call to Leicester to see if a deal could be done, the rider i would suggest you look at is British, I have NO doubts you would love to have him in The Devils Team, Lymington isnt a million miles away from Plymouth, and boy he is fantastic with the supporters, average wise, i think he would just SQUEEZE into your points limit, would Leicester let him go ?? Hmm i dont know, but its worth a phone call, If you dont ask you dont get, and Im sure its NOT difficult to work out who i am talking about..but unfair to mention him by name, what is certain is Leicester have to release someone, and you need a rider, THIS guy is the real deal, on and off Track.

 

Well its now official, Leicester have released Adam Roynon, and unfortunately Plymouth dont have a space in there Team for him, right time and right place just didnt happen, on an average of 7.07 Adam will do a good job for someone.

Edited June 7, 2013 by greyhoundp

[greyhoundp]

Its great to see Plymouth finally having a competitive all round Team, and whilst Bech will no doubts grab the headlines, I myself am particuarly happy to see Jake Anderson finally scoring some consistant points. I have never been able to understand why he always struggled to score more than the odd point or two in the PL, over the last 5/6 meetings both for Plymouth and as a guest for others, he has been winning races, and undoutably his confidence is growing, this in return has helped see Plymouth gaining points home and away, well done Jake, and go do some Ommering Plymouth...

[EnglishRoundabout]

My first trip to very sunny SBA. Healthy crowd turned out for Mikkel Bech Jensen's debut. My guess was the attendance was around 1200. Great little track although a big rut appeared on the entrance to bend 3 as the riders did their warm up laps. This hindered the racing up until heat 9 when the constant re grading improved it slightly. A much needed thumping win for the Devils though.

 

Pre match entertaintment was provided by a raging fire within a green VW Camper van on the A38 which has an elevated view of the track. A distraught driver of the vehicle stood and watched and a brave passer by attempted to put the blaze out without success. Trumpton arrived some 10 minutes later to applause from the crowd!

 

Meanwhile, Jensen went from last to first in his debut race for the Devils, and Screen went from first to last in his second ride. Try as he might, Joe, could not seem to get to grips with the track, although every race he was in it was pure entertainment.

 

mikkel Bech as he wants to be known, was an instant hit with the crowd and he certainly looked the part. He has natural balance, especially for one so tall and slender as he is. There is no doubt he will be a big hitter and the Devils fortunes will change. Their crowd deserve success as they are fair and sporting bunch that created a good atmosphere.

 

Good to see Todd Kurtz mixing it. I have been a critic of his recently, but he looked agressive last night, and didn't take too kindly to some rough treatment from Henning Bager, 3 times snapping at him after heat 8 had finished.

 

A nasty looking crash concluded the nights racing after Screeny lost control of his machine which in turn brought down the closely following Lemon. Fortunately both riders were up pretty quickly.

 

Will be back again soon hopefully. Ben Barker's return might be a bit spicy!

[Opinionated]

Pleased you enjoyed yourself English Roundabout. Pretty fair assessment of things.

 

Saw the VW van on fire as I approached SBA, with fire brigade in attendance!

 

The crowd was back up to pre PL days. Good to see.

 

The track was terrible up to Ht9,hence the race, grading, race, grading throughout the meeting. Too much dirt and over watering making it rut up badly on turns 3/4 in particular.

 

Sold out of programmes by the time I got there, or so I was told. Later in the meeting, Promoter Ashley Taylor did walk round with some. The PA system needs looking at. We could barely hear Graham Hambly throughout, as background music was drowning him out.

 

I wish the same could be said of that awful presenter. Sadly he butted in many times and spoilt it for us. Why oh why cant he make an effort with foreign riders names? Just ask the rider how you pronounce it! He called Henning 'badger, bagger' not once the correct way of BAYER. Very annoying.

 

A couple of racing incidents to mention. Schramm closed the door hard on Grieves in one race. Very hard indeed, although nothing like the way he stuffed Newman the other week. Big cheer went up around us. Yet when Bager did exactly the same to Kurtz, they wanted his head. Both moves bordered on dangerous, in my opinion.

 

Bech looks the part already. With riders bouncing all over the place, except straight on, he went from 4th to 1st in Ht3. He looks like a raw Bo Petersen, with his long gangly legs. He said he liked the 'rough and bumpy' surface. He did tail off a little in the slick conditions after Ht9.

 

Really felt sorry for Magnus in Ht13. He was in 3rd going into 3rd turn lap1.The two Tigers ahead of him both made mistakes, and as he lined himself up to take both, Lemon took his line and left him no room. He did extremely well stay on his bike.

 

Overall, you have say that it was, for once, a TEAM effort that won the day. All 7 riders winning at least one race.

 

 

 

 

[on the knee]

the track last night was heavy early on due to the amount of water required to combat any dust issues that may of arisen do to the brilliant weather,mbj requested the track to be left as he was enjoying him self with the amount of material in the track but in general the rest of the riders were struggling to deal with the grip.There wasnt any ruts or holes in the track as some have said the track was just berming up do to the amount of material the water had created(riders moan when the track is slick but with todays bikes & style of racing they struggle wen they do come across a grippy track)no riders had an issue with the amount of water put down & I'm sure the crowd were happy not to be covered in dust.The track was difficult early on but that worked in favour of the devils as that's when they built up there advantage,there has been meetings with alot better racing @ Plymouth but more often than not the away team have gone on to win the meeting so maybe you have to give up a little bit of entertainment to gain some results,Glasgow really came into the meeting after the track started to slicken off so that speaks for its self.Before any starts spouting anymore rubbish as well I worked on the track before & during the meeting & also rode in the second half so I'd say I can see it from both sides of things & give a fair veiw/insight.

[ancient mariner]

Pleased you enjoyed yourself English Roundabout. Pretty fair assessment of things.

 

Saw the VW van on fire as I approached SBA, with fire brigade in attendance!

 

The crowd was back up to pre PL days. Good to see.

 

The track was terrible up to Ht9,hence the race, grading, race, grading throughout the meeting. Too much dirt and over watering making it rut up badly on turns 3/4 in particular.

 

Sold out of programmes by the time I got there, or so I was told. Later in the meeting, Promoter Ashley Taylor did walk round with some. The PA system needs looking at. We could barely hear Graham Hambly throughout, as background music was drowning him out.

 

I wish the same could be said of that awful presenter. Sadly he butted in many times and spoilt it for us. Why oh why cant he make an effort with foreign riders names? Just ask the rider how you pronounce it! He called Henning 'badger, bagger' not once the correct way of BAYER. Very annoying.

 

A couple of racing incidents to mention. Schramm closed the door hard on Grieves in one race. Very hard indeed, although nothing like the way he stuffed Newman the other week. Big cheer went up around us. Yet when Bager did exactly the same to Kurtz, they wanted his head. Both moves bordered on dangerous, in my opinion.

 

Bech looks the part already. With riders bouncing all over the place, except straight on, he went from 4th to 1st in Ht3. He looks like a raw Bo Petersen, with his long gangly legs. He said he liked the 'rough and bumpy' surface. He did tail off a little in the slick conditions after Ht9.

 

Really felt sorry for Magnus in Ht13. He was in 3rd going into 3rd turn lap1.The two Tigers ahead of him both made mistakes, and as he lined himself up to take both, Lemon took his line and left him no room. He did extremely well stay on his bike.

 

Overall, you have say that it was, for once, a TEAM effort that won the day. All 7 riders winning at least one race.

 

So are you suggesting we have his predecessor back? Agree with you though, it would be worth checking with a rider how his name is pronounced before the meeting starts.

Edited June 8, 2013 by ancient mariner

[lewy]

Pleased you enjoyed yourself English Roundabout. Pretty fair assessment of things.

 

Saw the VW van on fire as I approached SBA, with fire brigade in attendance!

 

The crowd was back up to pre PL days. Good to see.

 

The track was terrible up to Ht9,hence the race, grading, race, grading throughout the meeting. Too much dirt and over watering making it rut up badly on turns 3/4 in particular.

 

Sold out of programmes by the time I got there, or so I was told. Later in the meeting, Promoter Ashley Taylor did walk round with some. The PA system needs looking at. We could barely hear Graham Hambly throughout, as background music was drowning him out.

 

I wish the same could be said of that awful presenter. Sadly he butted in many times and spoilt it for us. Why oh why cant he make an effort with foreign riders names? Just ask the rider how you pronounce it! He called Henning 'badger, bagger' not once the correct way of BAYER. Very annoying.

 

A couple of racing incidents to mention. Schramm closed the door hard on Grieves in one race. Very hard indeed, although nothing like the way he stuffed Newman the other week. Big cheer went up around us. Yet when Bager did exactly the same to Kurtz, they wanted his head. Both moves bordered on dangerous, in my opinion.

 

Bech looks the part already. With riders bouncing all over the place, except straight on, he went from 4th to 1st in Ht3. He looks like a raw Bo Petersen, with his long gangly legs. He said he liked the 'rough and bumpy' surface. He did tail off a little in the slick conditions after Ht9.

 

Really felt sorry for Magnus in Ht13. He was in 3rd going into 3rd turn lap1.The two Tigers ahead of him both made mistakes, and as he lined himself up to take both, Lemon took his line and left him no room. He did extremely well stay on his bike.

 

Overall, you have say that it was, for once, a TEAM effort that won the day. All 7 riders winning at least one race.

actually agree with most of your post especially about the pa leave it to graham hambly this new bloke has no idea imo

[EnglishRoundabout]

the track last night was heavy early on due to the amount of water required to combat any dust issues that may of arisen do to the brilliant weather,mbj requested the track to be left as he was enjoying him self with the amount of material in the track but in general the rest of the riders were struggling to deal with the grip.There wasnt any ruts or holes in the track as some have said the track was just berming up do to the amount of material the water had created(riders moan when the track is slick but with todays bikes & style of racing they struggle wen they do come across a grippy track)no riders had an issue with the amount of water put down & I'm sure the crowd were happy not to be covered in dust.The track was difficult early on but that worked in favour of the devils as that's when they built up there advantage,there has been meetings with alot better racing @ Plymouth but more often than not the away team have gone on to win the meeting so maybe you have to give up a little bit of entertainment to gain some results,Glasgow really came into the meeting after the track started to slicken off so that speaks for its self.Before any starts spouting anymore rubbish as well I worked on the track before & during the meeting & also rode in the second half so I'd say I can see it from both sides of things & give a fair veiw/insight.

 

'Spouting anymore rubbish'? It is called giving an opinion. I admit i have no intimate knowledge of track preparation , but i do have decent eyesight and a pretty good understanding of the sport, and can also give a fair view. I stood in the temporary stand on the backstraight just prior to the entrance to the third bend, and i can tell you there was a large rut there! Cory Gathercole hit it twice, and both times it put him out of shape.

 

Sure enough Glasgow came good later in the meeting, but that was also due to their better gating, which early on was indifferent.

[Roger MARTIN]

the track last night was heavy early on due to the amount of water required to combat any dust issues that may of arisen do to the brilliant weather,mbj requested the track to be left as he was enjoying him self with the amount of material in the track but in general the rest of the riders were struggling to deal with the grip.There wasnt any ruts or holes in the track as some have said the track was just berming up do to the amount of material the water had created(riders moan when the track is slick but with todays bikes & style of racing they struggle wen they do come across a grippy track)no riders had an issue with the amount of water put down & I'm sure the crowd were happy not to be covered in dust.The track was difficult early on but that worked in favour of the devils as that's when they built up there advantage,there has been meetings with alot better racing @ Plymouth but more often than not the away team have gone on to win the meeting so maybe you have to give up a little bit of entertainment to gain some results,Glasgow really came into the meeting after the track started to slicken off so that speaks for its self.Before any starts spouting anymore rubbish as well I worked on the track before & during the meeting & also rode in the second half so I'd say I can see it from both sides of things & give a fair veiw/insight.

When the riders came out for the second half there was no material left on the inside of the track, so you can't judge the track going on the second half rides.