Halifaxtiger Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 I'll keep it positive: Best track : Scunthorpe Most improved track : Coventry, Buxton. Best Food: Berwick Best programme: Sheffield Best Presentation: Workington, Mildenhall, Scunthorpe. Best meeting: Scunthorpe v Ipswich Best team performance : Plymouth at Somerset. Best individual performance : Craig Cook (Edinburgh) at Glasgow, Ben Barker (Peterborough) at Sheffield. Best single ride : James Shanes (Kent) at Buxton, George Wood (Eastbourne) at Rye House. Best race: Alex Davies (Scunthorpe) v Kyle Newman (Plymouth) at Scunthorpe. Best novice:Zach Wajtknecht (Birmingham) George Wood (Eastbourne). Most improved rider : Jason Garrity (Sheffield/Coventry), Danny Ayres (Kent). Most exciting rider : Jack Holder (Plymouth), Kenneth Hansen (Workington). Best fans : Sheffield, Plymouth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halifaxtiger Posted September 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Scunthorpe doing well in this list. If we accept HT's views, you would think on that basis Scunny would be having good attendances but it seems from what I read earlier in the season in the Speedway Star that they are struggling to make it pay. So Scunthorpe are doing a lot right - do they need to get more publicity in the area? BTW, can't argue one way or other with HT's views on Scunthorpe: never been to the current track You need to go there As far as I am concerned, they do - or at least try to do - everything right. The tracks' reputation for excellent racing is well deserved (if I had to pick my top 10 meetings, 3 or 4 would have been at EWR), there is as little delay as possible (no intervals) and their presentation is a two man job, in my view the best way to do it. The drop in their attendances was down to one thing: results. They had an absolutely disastrous start to the season, losing 12 matches out of 13 including 5 out of 6 at home, some of them heavily. It was only when Rob Godfrey made public the possibility of closure and the team line up improved slightly that people started to go back, a number neutrals like me who simply loved the quality of the speedway and were aghast at losing our best track. It proved to me that winning (at least at home) is more important than the actual standard of racing to most speedway fans, something I had long suspected. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickthemuppet Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Best Speedway fiddle of the year.The dropping of Dakota North in Play Offs and bringing in Eddie Kennett 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halifaxtiger Posted September 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Best Speedway fiddle of the year.The dropping of Dakota North in Play Offs and bringing in Eddie Kennett Keep it positive, Mick (Believe me, if I wanted to be critical I could be so very easily). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Keep it positive, Mick (Believe me, if I wanted to be critical I could be so very easily). Couldn't we all. :sad: You are right about Scunthorpe though HT - great Track, great Racing and great atmosphere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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