Scunthorpe Scorpions Vs Plymouth Devils ( P L) - Sunday, April 24th (6.30pm)

[lucifer sam]

HENDERSON INSURANCE Scunthorpe Scorpions commence their Premier League fixtures with the visit of Plymouth Devils to the Eddie Wright Raceway on Sunday (6.30pm).

 

Zdenek Holub will be missing, as he is still sidelined with a shoulder injury – it is hoped that the Czech Republic international is back in action at Berwick on April 30.

 

Scunthorpe promoter Rob Godfrey explains: “Zdenek had a try out in the Czech Republic, and his shoulder isn’t quite right yet.

 

“He’ll sit out the home match against Plymouth this week, and we’ll again use the rider replacement facility for him. We’re hoping Zdenek will be fit for our visit to Berwick a week on Saturday.”

 

After an indifferent League Cup campaign, which began with a bang with an away win at Ipswich, but fizzled out, Scorpions are looking to start their league campaign with a victory against Plymouth, who were saved from closure earlier this month.

 

“I’m delighted that Plymouth were saved from closure”, added Godfrey, having afforded every assistance he could to the Devils in his role of vice-chairman of the BSPA. “No-one ever wants to see a speedway track close, and there’s no doubting the passion of the supporters down in Devon.

 

“But we can’t afford to be charitable on Sunday. The League Cup did end up being a bit of a disappointment for us, but everyone starts afresh again in the Premier League.

 

“The league is our No 1 priority, and we won’t under-estimate the Devils. We need to make sure we do the job at the Eddie Wright Raceway on Sunday and emerge from the meeting with three precious league points in our account.”

[ScunnyDan]

Think this could be a cracking meeting. Think and hope scunny can take this one.... 50-40 to sunny scunny

[Falcon Hammer]

@SpeedwayScunny - Scunthorpe speedway would like to wish her majesty a happy 90th birthday and an invite to Scunny v Plymouth on Sunday at 6.30

 

Might be a good chance to get an autograph & a selfie with HRH

[lucifer sam]

Expected teams for today:

 

Henderson Insurance Scunthorpe Scorpions: 1. Josh Auty, 2. Carl Wilkinson, 3. Alex Davies, 4. Ryan Douglas, 5. Rider replacement for Zdenek Holub, 6. Ashley Morris, 7. Josh Bailey.

 

Plymouth Devils: 1. Charlie Gjedde, 2. Sam Simota, 3. Jack Holder, 4. Todd Kurtz, 5. Kyle Newman, 6. Stefan Nielsen, 7. Ellis Perks.

 

Midland Development League teams:
Scunthorpe Stags: 1. Chris Hay, 2. Lloyd Ditchburn, 3. Luke Whitehead, 4. Sam Chapman.
Buxton Junior Hitmen: 1. Ryan Burton, 2. William O’Keefe, 3. Joe Lawlor, 4. Connor Fletcher.

[Islander15]

Not many posts on this thread. Surely a good chance of Scunny's first home win?? The home side have the slightly better top 3 but the visitors the better reserves around EWR imo.

[Paul Johnson]

Im predicting Josh Baileys first win today,going to go for 50. 40 and depends on which Josh A and Carlos turns up,

[Panthers89]

I'm going for a 4 point away win.

[Shrimmy]

I'm going for a 4 point away win.

Oh dear 😂😂

I'm going for a 4 point away win.

Oh dear 😂😂

[Albert]

Im predicting Josh Baileys first win today,going to go for 50. 40 and depends on which Josh A and Carlos turns up,

 

Not a bad prediction there NBT.. Little Josh got his win, and a fine ride it was too... his riding deserved more than his paid six tally.

 

Big Josh and Wilko came to the fore too... match winning performances.

 

Plymouth didn't really have a potent point scorer tonight.. Scunny fully deserving the win.

[Sidney the robin]

Not a bad prediction there NBT.. Little Josh got his win, and a fine ride it was too... his riding deserved more than his paid six tally.

 

Big Josh and Wilko came to the fore too... match winning performances.

 

Plymouth didn't really have a potent point scorer tonight.. Scunny fully deserving the win.

Surely big Josh will be in the Scunny WC semi final ? saying that knowing how British speedway is run they will probably bung him in at Glasgow.Two big sixteen point home totals out of four matches be great if Josh can really get some continuous double figure scores. Edited April 25, 2016 by Sidney the robin

[Paul Johnson]

 

Not a bad prediction there NBT.. Little Josh got his win, and a fine ride it was too... his riding deserved more than his paid six tally.

 

Big Josh and Wilko came to the fore too... match winning performances.

 

Plymouth didn't really have a potent point scorer tonight.. Scunny fully deserving the win.

i didnt expect a t/r, so if charle g had 3 points i had the score right,,,,,disapointed with the crowd though, seemed very sparse, side efeect of the league cup efforts? were they sat at home waiting to see what happens before commiting to furthur meetings?even some from plymouth even bothered to come

well done to both teams for an excellent meeting

[Fozzie4388]

First meeting of the season for me this one. Wasn't the best of starts to the meeting but the racing certainly got better as the meeting when on. Got to say it was the first time I had seen Young Josh Bailey ride and he's very impressive a lot of people said he would struggle this season but from what I saw today, Josh could certainly turned out to be one if not the best of the number 7s there is by the end of the season.

[phillwhitewasmad]

Enjoyed last night and was really impressed with little josh even when at the back always on the pace and looking like he can pass and score, great ride from Alex when off 15 without those two points Plymouth would of gone away with a point. Didn't think crowd was to bad considering what had gone before remember if you win they will come.

[Albert]

I know some supporters were put off because of the cold weather forecast... As it was, turned out much milder than expected, was somewhat warmer than it was earlier in the afternoon... Almost tropical for scunny.

[Number23]

A good result for Scunthorpe last night. Not able to attend but picked up the scores online. Great that Josh B is getting some real help from you guys. We supporters of KL young Stars are very proud of him and it was good to go to Pboro and support him (despite the score), also met some great Scunthorpe fans . His rides for Scunthorpe have been excellent for him and he was very impressive at KLYS first meeting of the year, he was flying . With some (not all) negative publicity for the new 3 point system , it helps young riders like Josh, and the others, on the ladder. A great battling rider who will fight for every point. Please keep supporting him and look after him. We need young GB riders to come on otherwise we shall be supporting teams with few GB riders like PL football, it is great to have the imports but even nicer to see home riders establish themselves.

[Sidney the robin]

A good result for Scunthorpe last night. Not able to attend but picked up the scores online. Great that Josh B is getting some real help from you guys. We supporters of KL young Stars are very proud of him and it was good to go to Pboro and support him (despite the score), also met some great Scunthorpe fans . His rides for Scunthorpe have been excellent for him and he was very impressive at KLYS first meeting of the year, he was flying . With some (not all) negative publicity for the new 3 point system , it helps young riders like Josh, and the others, on the ladder. A great battling rider who will fight for every point. Please keep supporting him and look after him. We need young GB riders to come on otherwise we shall be supporting teams with few GB riders like PL football, it is great to have the imports but even nicer to see home riders establish themselves.

I predicted Josh would average well over three in the PL,and all the Scunny supporters seem to have really taken to him.A three point plus average seems easy to get but for Josh it is a huge step from the NL he is at the right club in Scunny also having a great home racing track helps.

[teddy2706]

In contrast to another, I was depressed by the low crowd level, it would surprise me if more than 300 people were there.

 

The match was good, some hard fought rides, I particularly enjoyed Mr. Nielsen's efforts.

 

If I can travel eighty miles each way to watch two teams neither of whom I support, it is a crying shame that Rob cannot get more locals into the gaff!

 

Where were you all?

[Bostonian]

Really enjoyed this meeting last night. Try to get to scunny as and when I can as the racing is usual top draw, and last night didn't disappoint.

 

To me, the aim of a good meeting is 2 competitive teams, both with riders who could win a race, and can overtake if not. And that's what we had last night.

 

Auty and Wilko the stand outs for Scunthorpe points wise. Douglas was all action and great to watch, and young Bailey looked well on the pace and competitive, a wise choice by Scunthorpe.

Plymouth seemed to have a switch mid meeting, Holder & Neilsen struggled early on, and then came good towards the end. Kurtz was the opposite and started great, and finished with 2 0's.

 

 

Like a few have said, the crowd seemed very low. Really cannot understand why!

A quickly, well run meeting with some great action, a good race track and a close score line through out. Are people really more interested in the team winning every week? Is the promotion of the meetings not quiet up to scratch? Is there just not enough people in Scunthorpe interested in speedway? Surely crowds of 300-400 a week aren't sustainable for PL.

 

I'll be visiting as much as possible through out the season & I hope Scunthorpe can carry on with them crowds, be crazy to lose such a great race track.

[Paul Johnson]

Theres a thread on What speedway fans want, and some say the same thing... a well run meeting,no delays, good prepared track, good close racing, a second half with juniors but we give them that but still decide to stay away,i believe we were down to the die hard fans last night, but even some of those were missing, i dont just mean individuals as other commitments can take place but groups of say 4 or 5 were missing who were there at the start of the season.and people wonder why we never sign a Stead or Lambert or King or get Thomas back?,Even if 300 were in and everyone of them paid £15 thats £4500 before riders wages.if Josh was on say £80 a point he earned £1280 last night, Wilko scored 15, he probably got £700 so thats £2000 gone before you add on the other riders.then a £500 air fence panel needs replacing..i still believe the floating fans were watching on updates before deciding wether to come next week,,,As PhilWhiteWasMad said, once we start winning they will come.

Are season tickets the answer? if dont turn up then your robbing your self and not hurting the team

[Sidney the robin]

Theres a thread on What speedway fans want, and some say the same thing... a well run meeting,no delays, good prepared track, good close racing, a second half with juniors but we give them that but still decide to stay away,i believe we were down to the die hard fans last night, but even some of those were missing, i dont just mean individuals as other commitments can take place but groups of say 4 or 5 were missing who were there at the start of the season.and people wonder why we never sign a Stead or Lambert or King or get Thomas back?,Even if 300 were in and everyone of them paid £15 thats £4500 before riders wages.if Josh was on say £80 a point he earned £1280 last night, Wilko scored 15, he probably got £700 so thats £2000 gone before you add on the other riders.then a £500 air fence panel needs replacing..i still believe the floating fans were watching on updates before deciding wether to come next week,,,As PhilWhiteWasMad said, once we start winning they will come.

Are season tickets the answer? if dont turn up then your robbing your self and not hurting the team

I don't know what the answer is Tony to be honest, at Swindon our crowds are getting lower by the minute maybe 1000? were there against the Aces.Scunny have a great track have exciting riders has a promoter that listens but still the crowd is low.This week for example Swindon have a free week, i believe people can get used to not going now with alot more things to do.