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I think everyone is missing the point here. IMO if this meeting hadn't been on Sky it would have been called this morning based on the weather forecast (I was going but decided against it after looking at the weather). Spoke to a friend this morning who was giving me a lift and told him I wasn't bothering as it was going to be a race to Ht 10 on a rubbish wet track. Its about time promoters stood their ground where Sky are concerned.

 

 

Well I do think Coventry did make a stand and it didn't work.Alright they were losing,this is what probably prompted them not to go out.The only way to stand up to Sky is for everyone to say no.

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Have to agree ...I remember the Swindon meeting and to me the track was ok to carry on thou Swindon and our fans toys come out the pram ...it was nothing like tonight at all .

Whether people thought it was good enough or not was just the side story. The fact was there was basically no difference in conditions between the end of heat 9 and the end of heat 10....but suddenly the conditions were deemed by those in power to not be suitable. losing a match is annoying, but knowing that you've payed 17 quid for something that is predetermined from just a few heats, will only run 2/3rds the way through and all the heats leading up to that are being rushed through to specifically reach that point, no matter how much the entertainment suffers.....really really smarts

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neither did I ! Why not get five more 5-0 and inprove your points aggregate ??

Yeh why not.. Onwards and upwards #Piratepride

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Well I do think Coventry did make a stand and it didn't work.Alright they were losing,this is what probably prompted them not to go out.The only way to stand up to Sky is for everyone to say no.

And that will never work unless conditions get undeniably lethal. Otherwise, the winning team will always go out for the easy win. It was Poole this time, but any Bees fan that thinks if it were the other way round, Coventry wouldn't have gone for the easy points, you're deluding yourselves.

 

There were two problems with this meeting and neither of them were Poole. They were gutless officials and piss-poor promotion. The Sky meeting at Poole is almost half the price, pretty sure you won't be able to count our crowd on your fingers.

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I think if those in charge of keeping this meeting going tonight had a career ending injury like Havelock, they wouldn't be so keen to send riders out in such dangerous conditions!

 

It's sad as this is usually one of the best meetings of the season but you can't even call that a meeting. There are no real winners tonight.

Yes Poole have 4pts on the board but it was a bit of a hollow victory. Horton loses out on income as lowest crowd yet and those who did go paid to see riders go through the motions. Terrible advert for sky.

The fact that riders from the same team nearly came to grief when on their own and that the times were slower than NL says it all.

 

If it's now deemed safe to race in torrential rain and gale force wins then I would expect no more rain offs in future

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I think if those in charge of keeping this meeting going tonight had a career ending injury like Havelock, they wouldn't be so keen to send riders out in such dangerous conditions!

 

It's sad as this is usually one of the best meetings of the season but you can't even call that a meeting. There are no real winners tonight.

Yes Poole have 4pts on the board but it was a bit of a hollow victory. Horton loses out on income as lowest crowd yet and those who did go paid to see riders go through the motions. Terrible advert for sky.

The fact that riders from the same team nearly came to grief when on their own and that the times were slower than NL says it all.

 

If it's now deemed safe to race in torrential rain and gale force wins then I would expect no more rain offs in future

Ask yourself the question, had Sky not been there would the meeting had gone ahead ?

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Harris clearly wanted to carry on

Bomber will ride, no matter what state the track is in.. I would put money on him being told to refuse to ride.

 

I agree with the posts by Pirate Nick, HalifaxTiger and GRW..

 

I'm lost for words in honesty. If Id have still been local I'd have been there tonight, Sky or not.

 

I'm sad and angry in equal measures, Just when you think it couldn't get any worse!

 

Well done Poole on your points. This is one meeting ( if you can call it that) I'm happy to forget.

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To be honest I haven't seen the meeting so I've no idea who was at fault in this instance.....but it did make me smile when I checked the result before coming on here and saw it abandoned .......after 10 heats !.........what a farce.......why is it always deemed un rideable after 10 heats........why is it never un rideable after 8 or 9 .....they surely don't always have to splash on to heat 10 and an independent decision with backbone should be made and not just listen to the losers wanting it off and the leaders wanting a couple more races which always seems to happen...

Last thing though, having seen Havvy in close quarters as a rider for a few years I admire him as a rider totally but I was surprised he became a manager and I'm yet to be convinced that he's that cut out for it to be fair.

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Very poor advert fo the sport. Laughable that one side go out to race becuase they are winning when the other team manager or riders refuse to race because there team are losing.

 

If all 15 or even 14 heats had to be run before a result could be announced we wouldn't have managers playing russian roulette with safety.

 

The decision would be based only on safety and not because one team are leading after 8 or 9 heats.

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Haha that is the most dramatic anti Poole post yet!!!! Blaming the crowd on them!!!! Got a feeling the bad weather and the combo of full price and it being shown on sky might be the main reasons! But if you really believe that then fair play!

The fact is bud is that bw is right! Poole = cancer of speedway!

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Ask yourself the question, had Sky not been there would the meeting had gone ahead ?

Honest answer, it would have been off before it started. This isn't Poole's or Coventry's fault. It's the fault of those in charge.

When we got there at 7.10pm, the rain was falling and I couldn't even keep up my hood because of the wind. To start with we thought it was off as the stands were empty and they were still working on the track due to the rain getting heavier.

The camera near the start gate blew over in the wind and they had to put wood on the stand to keep it down. The protective covering blew off the greyhound track and you could feel the rain coming in at you in the stands. At that point a lot of us in the stands thought there was no chance of it being on in these conditions and thought we were getting ready for a rain off.

Was shocked when it went ahead.

There was no atmosphere as no racing, just going through the motions, the wind kept blowing the tapes making it harder for the riders and you found yourself just hoping nobody got injured from either team.

A lot of people started leaving after heat 6

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Honest answer, it would have been off before it started. This isn't Poole's or Coventry's fault. It's the fault of those in charge.

When we got there at 7.10pm, the rain was falling and I couldn't even keep up my hood because of the wind. To start with we thought it was off as the stands were empty and they were still working on the track due to the rain getting heavier.

The camera near the start gate blew over in the wind and they had to put wood on the stand to keep it down. The protective covering blew off the greyhound track and you could feel the rain coming in at you in the stands. At that point a lot of us in the stands thought there was no chance of it being on in these conditions and thought we were getting ready for a rain off.

Was shocked when it went ahead.

There was no atmosphere as no racing, just going through the motions, the wind kept blowing the tapes making it harder for the riders and you found yourself just hoping nobody got injured from either team.

A lot of people started leaving after heat 6

There you go. You answered my question inpartially. Thank you.

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Just when you think it couldn't get any worse!

 

 

 

That's the irony of it.

 

Last week we had a terrific meeting in front of a big crowd.

 

We all might just have been a little (just a little, mind) more optimistic.

 

Then we get this.

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The fact is bud is that bw is right! Poole = cancer of speedway!

Of course mate, 22 Trophies in the last 15 years. we keep getting lucky i guess ;)

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Honest answer, it would have been off before it started. This isn't Poole's or Coventry's fault. It's the fault of those in charge.

When we got there at 7.10pm, the rain was falling and I couldn't even keep up my hood because of the wind. To start with we thought it was off as the stands were empty and they were still working on the track due to the rain getting heavier.

The camera near the start gate blew over in the wind and they had to put wood on the stand to keep it down. The protective covering blew off the greyhound track and you could feel the rain coming in at you in the stands. At that point a lot of us in the stands thought there was no chance of it being on in these conditions and thought we were getting ready for a rain off.

Was shocked when it went ahead.

There was no atmosphere as no racing, just going through the motions, the wind kept blowing the tapes making it harder for the riders and you found yourself just hoping nobody got injured from either team.

A lot of people started leaving after heat 6

Good post and after watching that farce 100% correct.

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If they had listened to me I said before the meeting even got under way that it was very windy here in south derbysgire with the rain poring down. They sarted the meeting and after heat 1 the rain started the track looked rubbish to start with. The start line like a ploughed field. if they managed to get a start with spinning wheels, they found that there was no grip, on the track. How any rider didn't get seriously hurt tonight is a wonder. The meeting should have been cancelled after about heat 7 or 8. I feel sorry for the fans that even bothered to turn up. The camearas tried their best not to show the crowds, that must have all of 150 of them.

The Coventry mangement must be well out of pocket tonight. To have this meeting on TV which must surely be rated as the worst speedway meeting to be show, does very little for the sport.

When are the powers that be going to come to their senses. That running a meeting in conditions that we had tonight, are damgerous and a libilty to the riders.

I am not a supporter of either team. But running a meeting in these conditions is doing nothing what so ever for speedway. It is no wonder that on a night like this only a hand full of fans went. Mainly because they thought the meeting would be called off.

Sorry Sky but you really screwed up with this one.

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