Fri Aug 29th ..coventry Storm Double Header V Buxton And Devon

[Main Man]

COVENTRY Storm are looking to move to the brink of the National League play-offs with a double win at Brandon on Friday (7pm).
The City Gearboxes Storm face Buxton and then Devon in a packed night of 30 races, and a maximum of six league points is very much the target.
Should that be achieved, the Storm will move to 31 points and probably back into second position, and more importantly give themselves a 12-point cushion over the chasing pack.
A busy night is in prospect for the riders, as the Storm have to operate the rider-replacement facility for the injured Stefan Nielsen, who will be out for at least four weeks with a fractured arm.
Nielsen is third in the averages so all team members with the exception of No.1 Oliver Greenwood are entitled to share his outings.
Buxton include the two riders who scored double figures in their recent KO Cup defeat against the Storm, Tony Atkin and Adam Extance, although captain Liam Carr is on the sidelines with serious knee ligament damage.
Devon have been hit by a spate of retirements and injuries this season but bring in reigning British Under-21 Champion Josh Bates to guest at No.1.
Storm boss Laurence Rogers said: “It seems an age since we had any track action, but with a double-header the boys will soon be back in the swing of things.
“With the lull in fixtures, Kent have overtaken us in the league table, but with maximum points we can regain that position and help towards qualification for the play-offs.”
The action gets underway at the earlier time of 7pm, and admission is £15 for adults to cover both meetings, with all children free of charge.
The Storm riders will also be participating in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge after the meeting, and supporters are invited to donate £1 to charity in a raffle which will see the winners get to pour the buckets.
CITY GEARBOXES STORM (from): Dan Greenwood, Oliver Greenwood, Martin Knuckey, Stefan Nielsen r/r, Luke Priest, James Sarejant, Ryan Terry-Daley. No.8: Conor Dwyer (v Buxton) and Ellis Perks (v Devon).
BUXTON (from): Tony Atkin, Ryan Blacklock, Liam Carr r/r, Adam Extance, Stefan Farnaby, Tom Woolley, TBC.
DEVON (from): Josh Bates, Sam Chapman, Luke Chessell, Conor Dwyer, Tyler Govier, James Shanes r/r, Adam Sheppard.

[Fozzie4388]

31 races. Luke Chessell holds the bronze helmet remember

[Main Man]

Must admit lost track of who holds it!!

[mdmc82]

Looking forward to it. We will be there.

Good luck Coventry storm

[whistlegang]

Is Ellis Perks related to Dave?

[crazysue]

Is there anyone going to this meeting who would be able to text updates to the Updates site? If so, could you please send me a private message including your mobile number.

 

Thanks

Edited August 29, 2014 by crazysue

[Triple.H.]

Is Ellis Perks related to Dave?

His nephew I think

Son of former referee Robbie ?

[lucifer sam]

Good grief... it looks like they're JUST started the second meeting... gonna be a l-o-n-g night

 

All the best

Rob

Edited August 29, 2014 by lucifer sam

[SCB]

Another meeting ended due to the mythical curfew. If such a curfew exists how about rushing through meetings a bit faster?!

[lucifer sam]

Since when has Coventry had a curfew? I'd known second halves finish at 11.20pm.

 

All the best

Rob

[fliss44]

I am disgusted about tonight the paying fans and the young riders of our future were deprived of money and racing due to the lie stated concerning the curlew which appears to alter according to --------? Please fill in the blanks accordingly

[mdmc82]

Good grief... it looks like they're JUST started the second meeting... gonna be a l-o-n-g night

 

All the best

Rob

Delay was due to fixing the air fences after Adam's crash and also rain

[oleoleole]

Where's this curfew come from? Never known it before at Coventry until these last two Storm double headers. And why is it so variable? I reckon last time it was 10:40 and tonight 10:15.

 

Tonight's first meeting could not have run much smoother with only one re-start (I think). The second meeting had a bit of a hold up for repair to the air fence and possibly 3 re-starts but nothing catastrophic. So if there is a curfew at 10:15 they should start even earlier or not attempt it. They should not charge for two meetings if there's no chance of making it.

 

Apart from feeling short changed I also feel sorry for the riders. I'm sure Josh Bates was dead chuffed to only get 3 rides, potentially missing out on another 6 points the way he was going. I hope nobody travelled from Plymouth to watch their team.

 

It will be interesting to see how they handle the Eastbourne double header especially with the extra faffing about the Elite boys like to do.

 

I'd also like to see them try to stop a stock car meeting at 10:15.

[fliss44]

Does anybody else feel angered about tonight's 2nd half fiasco ---- err sorry meeting?

[abbo]

Who is this main man telling us we have 30 heats of Speedway. After 25 everything stops and as usual for Speedway supporters we all how home, muttering, complaining but doing nothing about it. My solution is that this is the last double header at National League level I will ever attend. Think about any Devon supporters who attended and paid their £15 having to watch a total one sided massacre of Buxton, if Tony Atkin hadn't been there there would gave been no competition, then they are deprived of 5 heats of supporting their team. At least Devon tried to make a meeting out of in particular young Josh Bates, brilliant, he was ready for heat 11 sitting on his bike, helmeted and what happens, match finished Curfew, never been heard of before in my experience at Brandon well over 50 years. Last double header finished at 10.45, with last heat called off. Brandonapolis last year? was still going at 11pm, went home before it finished. It's time the truth was told to Coventry supporters about Curfew's especially with Elite double header due in two weeks time. Sorry this was another prime example of how unprofessional Speedway is. Staff standing around, Peter York occasionally addressing ghe 'crowd'. No information to the fare paying customers, long periods of total silence, no information just "talk between yourselves for the next 15 minutes" A total shambles and that's how Speedway has become. Sorry I will this year have invested some £800 into watching Speedwaty at Brandon and as I feel at the moment this will be the last year of such "investment". Sorry but that's how I feel after tonight's event. I have supported Speedway at all levels for a very long time but this was a sad way to end any event.

[fliss44]

It would have been better if they had been honest about the problem with the air fence rather than fob us off.

[oleoleole]

Got to agree with Abbo. It is becoming increasingly hard work being a speedway fan, no wonder there are fewer of us there every week.

 

We knew we were going to witness two one sided affairs with gulfs between the skills of the riders but like 300? others we went anyway to support the young lads.

 

On handing over our £30 the guy at the turnstile did not even break conversation with one of the "guards" and the women selling programmes couldn't have been more miserable. It was such an underwhelming experience we both commented on it. How difficult is it to say "thank you, enjoy the meeting"...... basics!

 

I thought the meetings were going along at a reasonable pace. It was a bit annoying that they couldn't do the track grading when there was an extra 2 mins for r/r but why would you expect common sense at a speedway meeting! Bearing in mind the previous "curfew" was 10:45 with 5 heats to go, no problem.

 

The strange thing was it seemed to catch everybody by surprise. If there is a curfew tell the fans before hand then we all know what's going on. More to the point what would have happened if there had been more delays in the meeting and at 10:15 we were only at heat 7.....what time would the "curfew" had been then?

 

As I said I went knowing we were not going to see many great races but feel robbed of not seeing Josh Bates against the Storm guys in heats 13 and presumably 15 for no real reason.

 

Pissed off with it all and we are keen, the floating fans will not stand for it, and there is the problem. Speedway cannot survive on the enthusiasts alone. Those that go to speedway for a night out would not tolerate the crap that we put up with!

[Halifaxtiger]

Got to agree with Abbo. It is becoming increasingly hard work being a speedway fan, no wonder there are fewer of us there every week.

 

We knew we were going to witness two one sided affairs with gulfs between the skills of the riders but like 300? others we went anyway to support the young lads.

 

On handing over our £30 the guy at the turnstile did not even break conversation with one of the "guards" and the women selling programmes couldn't have been more miserable. It was such an underwhelming experience we both commented on it. How difficult is it to say "thank you, enjoy the meeting"...... basics!

 

I thought the meetings were going along at a reasonable pace. It was a bit annoying that they couldn't do the track grading when there was an extra 2 mins for r/r but why would you expect common sense at a speedway meeting! Bearing in mind the previous "curfew" was 10:45 with 5 heats to go, no problem.

 

The strange thing was it seemed to catch everybody by surprise. If there is a curfew tell the fans before hand then we all know what's going on. More to the point what would have happened if there had been more delays in the meeting and at 10:15 we were only at heat 7.....what time would the "curfew" had been then?

 

As I said I went knowing we were not going to see many great races but feel robbed of not seeing Josh Bates against the Storm guys in heats 13 and presumably 15 for no real reason.

 

Pissed off with it all and we are keen, the floating fans will not stand for it, and there is the problem. Speedway cannot survive on the enthusiasts alone. Those that go to speedway for a night out would not tolerate the crap that we put up with!

 

I think you express here very aptly some of the feelings I have had - not just this season, but over several seasons - and I am as enthusiastic as anyone.

 

As you rightly say, if we find it hard to stomach what would a newbie think ?

 

Far too often fans are taken for granted and that simply has to stop.

Edited August 30, 2014 by Halifaxtiger

[Brandon]

Is there Stockcars today?

Been an early inforced curfew before as Sandhu wanted the track work to start?

[NJT]

In contrast with a threat of rain 14 heats completed at Plymouth last night in just over an hour. Jim Lawrence in the ref's box had the two minutes on as soon as the track was clear from previous race. A good example of how the referee can keep a meeting flowing.

Edited August 30, 2014 by NJT