Mr Blobby Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Weather forecast for tomorrow is good but cold so get your thermals out or get out £30 quid and sit in hospitality and keep warm with your free drinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCOTLAND1314 Posted April 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Just started raining. Weather (10 miles from track) is dry and warmer than it has been all week!! Shurely shome mishtake... nope. Roll on tonight at Scotland's San Siro of Speedway..... The Dale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george.m Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Weather (10 miles from track) is dry and warmer than it has been all week!! Shurely shome mishtake... nope. Roll on tonight at Scotland's San Siro of Speedway..... The Dale. Fine now, let's hope it stays that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavyH Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Sunny but freezing wind in Livingston, I suppose that I could wrap up well but the Paulco/george.m approach of simply drinking enough to not notice the cold seems a far more attractive opposition! Looking forward to a decent meeting tonight with a 10 point win for the Monarchs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulco Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Almost ready to go , no need for thermals here - just plenty of beer tokens . C'mon the stripes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz325 Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Almost ready to go , no need for thermals here - just plenty of beer tokens . C'mon the stripes Oh yeah just go in a kilt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulco Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Oh yeah just go in a kilt! Too far mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george.m Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 (edited) Great to blow away the cobwebs, even if it was an Arctic wind doing it! Enjoyed tonight, although the edge taken off slightly with Screeny's injury, hope he's OK. Most of the enjoyment coming from an overall sense of "newness" surrounding Armadale and the Tigers septet. Good to see Monarch's promotion making an effort (PA system especially!) and also a Glasgow presence at the turnstiles. I was pleasantly surprised by the Glasgow performance which isn't reflected in the scoreline. That said Edinburgh deserved every point and looked good, especially Craig Cook who looked immense - I'd be surprised if he doesn't finish top of the PL averages this year. By our recent Armadale standards this was a good performance taking into account it was our first meeting of the season with 3 up and comers in the team. I felt each of them grew in confidence as the meeting progressed, Joe J and Joey more than Harley. Judging by their riding styles alone I don't think we'll see the mid season team changes we have recently. Certainly Joey looked like he has a bit of pace, confidence and ability. Only one meeting, but he could be a good 'un! Joe J looks good for a 19 year old - hope he doesn't get fed up with travelling up the M6! I've always said I can forgive a rider his results, as long as he's trying and I have no worries on that front based on tonight. James Wright looked to have bike issues early on, and I'm sure we'll see a different rider on Sunday. Henning was Henning, as was Grievesy. Joe Screen's injury is a concern, everything crossed for him! Wonder if Scott Wilson has worked out what happened yet? His comments had to be a major faux pax - Joe Screen getting medical assistance on the centre green, and Scott talks about Claus being a "lucky boy" as he had no spokes in his back wheel, without mention of Joe! Finally, the new first and second bend looks to have benefited from its modification - no spills! So overall, it's good to have the speedway smell back in the nostrils, to see both promotions being customer focused and to have a new look Glasgow team that I'm confident will prove the Speedway Star soothsayers wrong! Edited April 6, 2013 by george.m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCOTLAND1314 Posted April 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Standing shoulder to shoulder at the speedway ... when did I last do that... too long ago .. until tonight. Superb crowd in tonight to see the season opener... long may that continue. The promotion had improved their lot with improved toilets, improved surfacing into the stadium, improved (IMO) rider on bike parade, new music, new mascot, new starting gate position, new meet and greet.... hats off guys now just to keep the new found optimism going all season. However what wasn't new was the score line ... Monarch 59 Cookie 14 + 1 - Simply superb, from the gate or from behind no opponent could hold him up. Highlight being the stalking and passing of Screen in heat 1 Sneddon 7 + 1 - Good return from the skipper Pijper 14 + 1 - Superb from the gate but largely from the back with a super pass on Screen (heat 5) and coming out on top after a titanic battle with Grieves (heat 9) Fricke 2 + 1 - More on the pace tonight and better from the gate, could have been a better score as well if he'd avoided lifting a couple of times down in turn 3/4. Keep up the effort wee man. (nice to see Max out after the meeting looking for more practice) Vissing 8 + 2 - Very solid performance for first time on the track Helfer 5 + 1 - Decent score Tabaka 9 + 1 - Super score considering he was moved into tougher rides on a couple of occasions Glasgow 31 Screen 4 - Suffered injured foot in heat 11 and didn't re-appear - Hope he is ok. Ringwood 4 + 1 - Looked to be struggling with the tight circuit until he was a surprise winner of heat 11 Wright 6 - Decent score but I'd imagine Glasgow will be expecting more of him Bager 5 + 1 - Good last race to come from 3rd to 1st Grieves 8 - Has done much better around the Dale Horwood - 0 Struggled Jacobs 4 + 1 - Nice performance for the chap A big well done to the Edinburgh Monarchs promotion, last season brought them to their knees but with a little help they've come out punching in 2013... now just to keep it going. Nice touch as well to see the Glasgow promotion handing out flyers for their racing inside the stadium. A new dawn for Scottish speedway....? I hope so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Blobby Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 (edited) As expected monarchs win comfortably on a cold night at the Dale. Monarchs Cook - In a different class to everyone else and will be hard to beat anywhere he goes Sneddon - got better as the meeting went on Pijper - Great passes on grieves and deserved his paid max Fricke - got caught out a few times and drifted wide but will get better as the season goes on, good to see cook helping him when he went out after the meeting Vissing - good meeting for his first time round the dale real showman as well with crowd knows how to get them going Helfer - looks okay when makes the gate but he still goes into the bends to tight causing him to drift out wide and lose all of his speed Tabaka - brilliant as usually won't be long till he is in the main body of the team Glasgow Screen - Looked like he was going to have one of his better armadale performances until he clashed with vissing (hope it's not to bad) Ringwood - looks a good find struggled with the tight bends but on the bigger tracks he will be somebody to watch thats for sure Wright - looked better than the last time he was at armadale Bager - was pants as expected apart from his last ride Greives - had better night around the dale Horwood - struggled badly but got a liitle better with each ride but never looked like scoring Jacobs - rubbish first ride but then got a little bit better with each ride Edited April 5, 2013 by Mr Blobby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCOTLAND1314 Posted April 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 Courtesy of Edinburgh Monarchs Speedway http://www.edinburghmonarchs.co/news/article.asp?id=1293&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook Roll on Friday... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulco Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 I wasn't too downhearted last night , despite the heavy defeat . Armadale has never been a happy hunting ground for us , apart from our title winning year , so on our first outing of 2013 i wasn't expecting much . Edinburgh looked to have assembled an excellent side and it will take a monumental effort for any away side to run them close in their own midden this year , so from that respect any misgivings i have about my own team will not be formed on the basis of last night . Screen's injury is a worry , and i hope his foot isn't too badly damaged when he wakes up this morning . Unfortunately getting your foot caught in someone's back wheel is an accident nobody can legislate for . Grieves was steady and was involved in the race of the night against Pijper , whilst Wright and Bager offered only glimpses of form . Armadale is notoriously difficult for many an away rider , so with three youngsters starting their PL careers it was always going to be a tall order . And whilst Horwood struggled , young Joe Jacobs battled manfully for his 4 points . But it was the performance of Joey Ringwood which offers us most encouragement for the season ahead . Ok there's a few rough edges with him and the tight circuit caught him out on more than one occasion , but he got better with every outing culminating in a race win , even if he did nearly end up in the bar a couple of times during it . Nick Morris apart , it was the most encouraging debut from a young Aussie , in Tigers colours , for quite a while . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george.m Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 Courtesy of Edinburgh Monarchs Speedway http://www.edinburgh...medium=facebook Roll on Friday... A fair report from Mike Hunter, must be in a good mood after his small windfall in the draw! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilo363 Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 my four word synopsis of last night Disappointing, encouraging, exciting, cold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandit59 Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 Why has the 50p prog deduction on proof of parking ticket been stopped ?Last year the promotion were trying to stop people parking in the nearby housing estates did i not see on the forum in the winter that Mr Waugh had given a rent reduction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCOTLAND1314 Posted April 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 Courtesy of Edinburgh Monarchs Speedway http://www.edinburghmonarchs.co/news/article.asp?id=1294&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook Fantastic news.... now to keep it going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazc Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 Courtesy of Edinburgh Monarchs Speedway http://www.edinburgh...medium=facebook Fantastic news.... now to keep it going. Alway's good to see a plan come to fruition good attendance at Ashfield today also hope to see some returning Monarch supporter's return next week after vowing to never attend again , both clubs and fan's need to support each other with as many travelling fans as possible it makes sense in order for both to prosper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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