foreverblue Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Because you said finishing top is 'important', lol! Finishing top is important but i wouldn't travel all the to Manchester for probably a wet meeting that finishes early having spent a fortune getting there when there are updates available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Exile Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Very much enjoyed the visit to Lakeside last evening and we made a late decision to attend from NW London as a direct result of the offer.Very good offer indeed and I hope that the promotion was reasonably satisfied with the attendance and programme sales. Been a while since we were there and we had forgotten that Arena always seems to attract a cooling breeze as darkness falls. That said, the racing and excitement certainly warmed us up and thanks to both teams for putting on a damn good show. Does anybody know why the catering outlet on the back straight was not open? Most irritating and inconvenient for it to be closed when surely a decent crowd was expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 .....Drop a cog....... Lakeside would have been swamped with yellow and black last night had Coventry been racing for the league instead of just 'top'. Lakeside on a Monday night when it's on Sky? I don't think it would have made any difference to the Coventry support whether it was for the league or top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BANANAMAN Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 GRW123, on 28 Jul 2015 - 10:40 AM, said: Whichever way you look at it Garrity had 3 extra rides. Robson injury meant he was replaced by the reserve riders, (i.e Sarjeant and Garrity). Bearing in mind Sarjeant would have had only 3 rides any way, it was only the manipulations from Havvy on who took, what rides. The facts are Garrity scored Pd 8 from his extra rides, and without the injury to Robson he would not had been able to have done that. I'm not criticising anybody, merely pointing out that Lakeside's injury to riders was felt more then that to Coventry's...... If it wasn't for the 5 points given to the Bees in heat 12 they would have lost......... But on the other hand Robbo could have had a stormer & got 12 ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orion Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Because you said finishing top is 'important', lol! Kings Lynn and Belle Vue had zero chance of finishing top . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonHWeiner Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Lakeside on a Monday night when it's on Sky? I don't think it would have made any difference to the Coventry support whether it was for the league or top. I saw quite a lot of Bees supporters. Certainly more than last time I was there on a Monday evening for a Lakeside/Coventry Sky match. How full did the stadium look on TV? So many times recently the TV matches had very small crowds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Jon Cook has said 'in excess of 2000'! Very pleased he was too! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E I Addio Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Two teams with nothing to race for except pride and a bit of engine testing and we get one of the best TV meetings of the season. Such a shame that wasn't vital league championship points at stake in heat 15. We only get that in October in the rain now, pity. The main object of the exercise was to,put on a good show with a decent crowd in front of the Thurrock MP who was at the meeting for ,I think, the second time to get her support for a new track. To that extent it was successful, judging by her posts on Twitter this morning which suggest she was impressed. So straight away all her Twitter followers , many of whom have may never heard of Speedwáy, now know there is a local track. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Okay, not that important then, which is pretty much the point isn't it? Lol! Driving hundreds of miles with rain threatening to see your team win the league. Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt and worth every penny. As a matter of coincidence one of them was the season Pearson referred to when talking about Hancock's kevlars at the gp on Saturday. it is important for the team to get the best position for the play offs and if it was the play off final that would be more important but it doesn't mean being top to get the best position for the play offs is meaningless or without value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcatdiary Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 As for Roynon, surely the doctor should NOT be letting someone with broken bones (turns out it's a dislocated rather than broke), it could have had all sorts of implications. Fair play to him though. Glad I am not the only one to think along those lines, not sure quite what the doctor/paramedic was thinking about allowing that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickRushbrook Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Please see my friends blog on last night's meeting. Her first time at speedway along with others that I brought along and all loved it! http://squibbvicious.com/2015/07/lakeside-hammers-at-arena-essex/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman2006 Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Because you said finishing top is 'important', lol! It is.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daytripper Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 First of all, hats of to Adam Roynon for the guts he showed to going out in heat 12 to get that vital point. He didn't complain of injury and therefore didn't see the M.O. so wasn't pulled out of the meeting. I feel gutted for the guy. He is one of the nicest people you could wish to meet but so unlucky with injuries. I spoke to him afterwards and he had been so enthusiastic about being signed by Lakeside for most of the remaining meetings, now this happens. Even the local MP mentioned him in on Twitter this morning The Lakeside reserve berth must be haunted. Birks , Boxall , Roynon,and Ellis, all out injured and the Fast Track Farce means no adequate replacement can be signed. Unless the EDR system is sorted out for next season it will kill the sport in double quick time. A good idea, but as usual poorly applied. Congratulations to the Bees fans. A special team this year with no real stand out stars but no weak links either. I hope they go well in the play-offs. Certainly deserve to. Hans and Bomber always good to watch as far as I am concerned. Lucky for Lakeside and unlucky for Cov that Bomber cant gate otherwise he would be devastating 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 (edited) I hear what you're saying but sadly the fans just haven't taken to it though have they? Last season Kings Lynn came to Belle Vue for their last away meeting, an away win crucial for top and nobody from the away team could be bothered. Lakeside would have been swamped with yellow and black had Coventry been racing for the league instead of just 'top'. Anyway, don't take my word for it, here's what one of the most respected forum members posted during last year's pokc discussions, I think he may well be right again. By the way, in my experience winning the league away is incredibly satisfying. Here I'll share one of them http://www.youtube.c...h?v=RTSgYofMZ6U Weird, I've just had one of those déjà vu experiences. Now your just repeating what you said in a earlier post. I expect Coventry enjoyed 2010 too but it is much better winning at home in my opinion. The play offs are here to stay, it is a way of keeping the interest to the end of the season and as a fan they are usually cracking meetings in front of packed crowds. Edited July 28, 2015 by foreverblue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 (edited) Yes we get a good end to the season. Shame about the rest.... It's the end of July and without a hope of getting into the play-off club this year Lakeside's season is almost over. That is not healthy. Great to hear that a vital relationship with the local MP has been established. As for all of those people saying they had no idea of there being a speedway track in Thurrock. What does that say of the effectiveness of over thirty years of press and PR? That's of course not specific to the Hammers but symptomatic of the abject failure of the marketing of the sport over a far longer period. Edited July 28, 2015 by rmc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Yes we get a good end to the season. Shame about the rest.... It's the end of July and without a hope of getting into the play-off club this year Lakeside's season is almost over. That is not healthy. It would be like this if there were no play offs though. What is not healthy is to just have 8 clubs in the Elite League. I saw quite a lot of Bees supporters. Certainly more than last time I was there on a Monday evening for a Lakeside/Coventry Sky match. How full did the stadium look on TV? So many times recently the TV matches had very small crowds. I was just replying to Drop a cog's post concerning Coventry fans. Glad there were quite a lot there ~ I don't have Sky anymore so don't know what the attendance was like. Personally I've never been to Lakeside and the furthest I've travelled for a match is Oxford. Any further and I'd want to be staying for a few days to make it worthwhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tingtong Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Superb meeting hope all injured riders recover soon.... Some Chris Louis classics from last night to Havvy after ht1 "what about Garritys ride in ht1 " after ht 3 again to Havvy "what about Garrity ride in ht1" followed by again to Havvy " what about this October weather does it help " now come on sky I don't know what you pay Louis but give me £15 an hr and expenses and I will do the job for ya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 (edited) What a good idea! I'll just do a quick search....... Ah, here it is.... You'll probably have to take your shoes and socks off to add up all the 'pokc' and 'sycophants' in that one, good luck, lol! Haha very funny lol. Already blown my socks off laughing!! Edited July 28, 2015 by foreverblue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E I Addio Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 As for all of those people saying they had no idea of there being a speedway track in Thurrock. What does that say of the effectiveness of over thirty years of press and PR? That's of course not specific to the Hammers but symptomatic of the abject failure of the marketing of the sport over a far longer period. I don't think it's that simple. I couldn't tell you anything about my local sports teams apart from Essex Cricket Club because Iam not interested. I have no idea who won the FA Cup or any horse race meetings because they don't register. Although I go to Arena Essex virtually every Speedwáy meeting I couldn't tell you what stock car meetings are on or when because I don't pay attention. It's very very difficult to get people's attention to something they are not interested in . The Lakeside website gives details of the community programme with local schools and charities for the last several years which does focus attention on the club but that involves a lot of effort for slow progress. When the local MP puts something on Twitter those people who follow her movements are specifically paying attention so that is an achievement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruiser McHuge Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 I agree with Gemini in that the biggest problem is only having 8 teams rather than the play offs themselves.......to say that Lakeside's season is over because of play offs is ridiculous really....if we didn't have play offs then their season would still be over but so would many others as well.....quite often in the past it was obvious from the first few matches that winning the league was out of the question so basically teams were racing for nothing much earlier than today....at least the play offs give teams not able to come first something to aim for and theoretically should keep the season more alive for a lot of clubs....I think without play offs then the season could well fizzle out like a damp squib seeing there is only 8 clubs and the season is so stop and go without any rhythm to it all . The elite league needs more variety, it needs more than 8 teams, it needs fans to know that such a night is speedway night and get into the habit of going to watch.......if we could get all that then I think the play offs would be a fantastic end to a fantastic season... As it is the season is too stop start...the play offs are often competed for by teams with no reflection of the team that got there due to late signings and injuries and they often staged in poor weather on cold wet nights...hardly the showcase they could be... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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