2ndbendbeerhut Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Note for the Good Friday fixture: Ipswich Town’s Good Friday match against Championship promotion rivals AFC Bournemouth has been selected for live broadcast by Sky Sports.The match, on April 3, will now kick-off at 5.15pm as a result. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalSin Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 (edited) Wells scored 10 and 9+2 from two visits last year. He's reasonable at the Showground, however Danny is normally mustard at Boro..Not too bad then TBF. We're always going to miss someone of King's calibre in the PL and although he hadn't signed for anyone else at the time we signed him, we always knew he'd do a deal with an EL club at some point so clashes were inevitable. Just gotta put up with it I suppose. Annoyingly Nielsen will miss a handful of meetings also but we knew that too. Edited February 13, 2015 by CardinalSin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldyman Posted February 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 None of the top oz riders fancied the Billy Sanders meeting then? As for the guests, get used to it, as we are going to see plenty of them this season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aries Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 A little over 4 weeks until the Billy Sanders memorial kicks things off at Foxhall. In the Star today, Craig Cook (yet to officially confirm), Ben Barker, Mortens Risager, Adam Ellis, Robert Lambert and all the Witches will be the field Visa issues permitting. Also says King will ride the Foxhall leg of the double header with Peterborough on Good Friday, with Ricky Wells guesting for the evening fixture at the showground. Just organised a sitter for the kids so definitely coming to this and looking forward to it Hopefully Cook confirms the booking as there could be some good battles between Him, Barker and King. I know it's basically a warm up fixture, but I'm sure all three will want to put down a marker for the season ahead and will want to come out on top in their battles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Blue Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Note for the Good Friday fixture: Ipswich Towns Good Friday match against Championship promotion rivals AFC Bournemouth has been selected for live broadcast by Sky Sports.The match, on April 3, will now kick-off at 5.15pm as a result. Hmmm , my dilemma deepens . It's gonna be tight on time to get from Foxhall to Portman road in time for kick off , especially if we get too many incidents . Problem is I like both sports equally and having already paid for the football it makes deciding harder . Plenty of time to ponder though . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 I would say bring the Speedway forward but I think stadium usage planning rules dont allow it. It could make a huge difference to the club particularly if the football is priced cheaper as its on tv. Often a Good Friday crowd is 3 or 4 times the size of the norm and probably plays a big part in deciding if the season will be successful financially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ndbendbeerhut Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 Hmmm , my dilemma deepens . It's gonna be tight on time to get from Foxhall to Portman road in time for kick off , especially if we get too many incidents . Problem is I like both sports equally and having already paid for the football it makes deciding harder . Plenty of time to ponder though . Looks like you have 2 options if you already paid for the football why pay for speedway too! Or you could just goto speedway and watch the football on sky go. The club could bring it forward or just go back to a Thursday fixture.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 None of the top oz riders fancied the Billy Sanders meeting then? Probably a work permit thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldyman Posted February 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 Has there been any further news on whether rohan and gino have had their new visa requests accepted? Have they shipped any bikes over or is someone here putting them together? Or is it all going to be a last minute rush? Sorry for asking but I don't get to see Ipswich local papers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EIS002 Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 I hope Gino is OK as he has definitely got the talent but unfortunately not the required 7pt average and/or riding in a state / American championship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalSin Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 I hope Gino is OK as he has definitely got the talent but unfortunately not the required 7pt average and/or riding in a state / American championship. According to Chris Louis there are "no issues" regarding visa's for both Rohan Tungate AND Gino Manzares, but the process of getting them is a slow one and slower than he'd like. Both riders are pencilled in for the start of the season although Louis accepts they may miss the opening period. Has there been any further news on whether rohan and gino have had their new visa requests accepted? Have they shipped any bikes over or is someone here putting them together? Or is it all going to be a last minute rush? Sorry for asking but I don't get to see Ipswich local papers. Do you read the Speedway Star Baldy? There was an interesting Ipswich section in there this week, with Chris Louis stating that he sees Morten Risager's move away as a temporary one and that he'll be back at Foxhall. Same can't be said of Ritchie Worrall though. Louis said that Worrall only treated Ipswich as a "stepping stone" and the article gave the impression that hell will freeze over before we see Worrall in Witches kevlars again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldyman Posted February 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 A stepping stone? Surely every rider that has true ambitions of reaching the top would see premier league clubs as a stepping stone. Maybe Worrall see Somerset as one to, but one even further away. I don't have a problem with morten coming back if his average is low enough for it to improve, but maybe after a season at Plymouth his average may actually go up, then I wouldn't want to see him back. And no I very rarely get the speedway star these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Blue Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 Is it a case that neither rider can even travel here until they have the full visa or can they come over as a visitor until the work visa comes through ? Having never traveled to a country that requires a visa of any kind I have no ideas on how such matters work . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldyman Posted February 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 So if we need to start the season without rohan and gino have take it we would be given a facility for guests? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalSin Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 A stepping stone? Surely every rider that has true ambitions of reaching the top would see premier league clubs as a stepping stone. Maybe Worrall see Somerset as one to, but one even further away. I don't have a problem with morten coming back if his average is low enough for it to improve, but maybe after a season at Plymouth his average may actually go up, then I wouldn't want to see him back. And no I very rarely get the speedway star these days. Probably, but it's not as if the PL was a stepping stone last year and this year he's going full time EL as he signed on again for PL. So maybe Louis was expecting to get more than just one year out of him? Plenty of us had Worrall on our wish lists and maybe he was on Louis' too we'll never know, but it sounds as though retaining him this year was never an option to the club rather than them not wanting him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenga Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 So if we need to start the season without rohan and gino have take it we would be given a facility for guests? no guests or r/r as they havent yet got a work permit or any other permit at the moment. looks like you will have to go with rescheduling you fixtures or going with open meetings(16 lapper, etc) . maybe even declare your team with N.L. riders or the likes of ash morris etc. could prove costly in the first part of the season if things dont go according to plan with the visas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 Still 4 weeks to go, 5 to a team match so no panic yet. I reckon Speedways (in)famous special dispensation could be on the cards if needed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ndbendbeerhut Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 (edited) According to Chris Louis there are "no issues" regarding visa's for both Rohan Tungate AND Gino Manzares, but the process of getting them is a slow one and slower than he'd like. But when was he asked? Far as i am led to believe no PL clubs have been given their sponsorship entitlement back yet. Without this a club cannot apply for any visas/work permits. Once the clubs have their "house in order" then the riders will be allowed to apply for their visas themselves through the clubs sponsorship. These new visas will have to be paid for again (about £1000) but there is no givens that they will be accepted. Look at Mason Campton at Workington, the club were told that a visa would not go through if it was applied for. Tungate should have no problems but there has to be question marks over Manzares though...... As for coming into the country, the rider may be allowed in on holiday visas, but would have to leave the country and re-enter on the work visa. Think a few riders have done this in the past. Guests and R/R can only be used once a rider has ridden for the club. Edited February 16, 2015 by 2ndbendbeerhut 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalSin Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 But when was he asked? Far as i am led to believe no PL clubs have been given their sponsorship entitlement back yet. Without this a club cannot apply for any visas/work permits. Once the clubs have their "house in order" then the riders will be allowed to apply for their visas themselves through the clubs sponsorship. These new visas will have to be paid for again (about £1000) but there is no givens that they will be accepted. Look at Mason Campton at Workington, the club were told that a visa would not go through if it was applied for. Tungate should have no problems but there has to be question marks over Manzares though...... As for coming into the country, the rider may be allowed in on holiday visas, but would have to leave the country and re-enter on the work visa. Think a few riders have done this in the past. Guests and R/R can only be used once a rider has ridden for the club. Exactly. If they knew, then others should also know if any application would be accepted/rejected? the promotion must have had a green light of sorts that there are "no issues" with the riders getting their visas once applied for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaramanga Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Exactly. If they knew, then others should also know if any application would be accepted/rejected? the promotion must have had a green light of sorts that there are "no issues" with the riders getting their visas once applied for. it all depends on how you read the rules workington maybe read the rules asked a question at the workshop thingy and accepted campton wouldnt meet the required conditions maybe other clubs might still refuse to accept the rules as they will be forced this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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