Shadders Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 About 5 miles from the track at moment, its overcast but rather warm, hope the rain comes later than expected so we can get this meeting through.. Its warm here too 20 degrees The heavy rain is forecast to arrive around 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebaron Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 Coming from Bradford so would not mind some updates from the club on Twitter ? Track more than likely fine hence no concerns at this stage; sure we will be kept in the picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callum Johnstone Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 Still no rain, but has just got a lot darker not looking good for the scheduled start time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayleigh Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 Shadders are you not there? as Steve Ribbons has just text that hes the only Rye fan there. If you are, meet up with him and you can form the Independent Rye Army Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waco Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 (edited) MEETING ABANDONED.....Surely this rain was forecast and the Scunthorpe management should have called it off early,and save everyone's time and expense.? Edited June 19, 2016 by waco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Johnson Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 Nice to hear Rob say some work is happening on the outside of the 1st and second bends,a new bar and corperate building gonna be built if i heard him right... i wondered why the little park was moved.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 Wasted journey, but only ourselves to blame, the forecast was horrible. There was no way this was getting to heat 10, so to abandon it was correct. In my opinion with a forecast of 80% chance of heavy rain it should've been called off mid afternoon. Still, at least we got a full refund on the way out and some chilli & chips from the snack bar. Hope I can make the restaging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 (edited) To be fair to Rob, he cancelled our last meeting due to a similar forecast and took some unnecessary criticism for his decision.. as it turned out on that occasion the wet stuff didn't quite arrive as predicted. Damned if you do, damned of you don't... I guess calling meetings is a promoters worst nightmare. I last looked at the forecast two days ago, no sign of todays rain then... but having looked again (after Shads post).. it was pretty obvious that once the rain arrived it wasn't likely to stop till midnight.... On this occasion the forecast was about bang on. Had the rain held off for just an hour longer, I reckon the meeting could have run to the point of getting a result. Edited June 19, 2016 by Albert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewy Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 (edited) No promotion can take the decision to run a meeting lightly when their is poor weather forecast,ultimately if called off like today its a huge financial cost to the club brave to try to run it but hindsight is a wonderful thing as they say Edited June 19, 2016 by lewy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 (edited) Shadders are you not there? as Steve Ribbons has just text that hes the only Rye fan there. If you are, meet up with him and you can form the Independent Rye Army Considering the way the sport's treated Steve it's a tribute to him that he's still prepared to travel so far to support the Rockets. Edited June 19, 2016 by rmc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 Shadders are you not there? as Steve Ribbons has just text that hes the only Rye fan there. If you are, meet up with him and you can form the Independent Rye Army There were well over a dozen of us there Rayleigh. Mostly sheltering from the rain close to the first bend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 Just spoken to Steve R for the first time in ages. Seems he'd describe his presence at Scunny as being "a cynical observer". Wonder how many others who still care deeply about the Rockets (despite that flippancy) will feel able to return now the poison's gone from the place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 Just spoken to Steve R for the first time in ages. Seems he'd describe his presence at Scunny as being "a cynical observer". Wonder how many others who still care deeply about the Rockets (despite that flippancy) will feel able to return now the poison's gone from the place? Crowds seem up from last year. I've spoken to people I haven't seen there for years. The team isn't the strongest and the stadium is in the process of regeneration, but it's all looking positive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 GOODWILL GESTURE FROM SCORPIONS: Please see here: http://scunthorpescorpions.co/?p=5717 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EIS002 Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 Link doesn't work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 Link doesn't work Just double-checked - it works for me. If it's not working for some people, simply go to Scunny site: http://scunthorpescorpions.co/ It's the most recent news story. All the best Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 (edited) THE MANAGEMENT of the Henderson Insurance Scunthorpe Scorpions have made a terrific goodwill gesture to supporters – by allowing them free re-admission to a future single-header meeting at the Eddie Wright Raceway this season on production of their re-admission tickets from Sunday’s abandoned clash with Rye House Rockets.The meeting was abandoned after just two races due to heavy rain, with the scores standing at 6-6. Some fans, in particular those from further afield, already collected a full refund on the day when leaving the stadium by surrendering their re-admission tickets. Those who didn’t collect this refund are now entitled to the re-admission offer. Standard re-admission policy in British Speedway sees fans paying per completed heat, with the rate of re-admission worked out on the number of races to go until Heat 10. But that will not be applied in this case. Promoter Rob Godfrey explains: “I believe it’s about looking after the fans, and I hope they will appreciate this gesture. “We were a bit embarrassed at Sunday’s events. The rain arrived slightly before we expected, and the supporters only got to see two rain-affected heats. I don’t feel I can charge them anything for that. “We did incur a number of costs by getting as far as we did. But Scunthorpe Speedway never have and never will be about ripping off the fans. “On the production of the re-admission ticket from Sunday’s abandoned meeting, supporters will be able to gain full admission to any single-header Scorpions’ meeting at the Eddie Wright Raceway this season.” Godfrey also praised Scunthorpe skipper Josh Auty for offering to forsake his earnings from his Heat 1 victory in the abandoned meeting. “It was a lovely offer from Josh Auty, it really was, not to take his earnings from his Heat 1 win. But it’s not something we are going to follow through; he will be paid for that race. “It’s proof that Josh is Scunthorpe through-and-through.” EDIT: Just to clarify, you either got a refund on the day or you are now entitled to full re-admission to a future single-header this season. It's not both. Effectively it's saving (adult) ticket holders £7, as opposed to if standard re-admission policy was applied, i.e. on the production and surrender of the Rye House re-admission ticket you get in free, rather than having to pay an additional £7. Edited June 21, 2016 by lucifer sam 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 Very surprised at getting a full refund. Never happened before. Full marks to Mr Godfrey for this brilliant gesture 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayleigh Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 RMC did you get my e-mail.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmauger Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 I speak as I find which doesn't always please folk, but hey-hoe, 2 quick points: 1. I attended the amateur race-fest ran in postitvely tropical conditions the day before and though I couldn't make the Rye match anyway, I never saw the forcast and wouldn't have dreamt of the rain that arrived on Sunday. 2. Full refund + 1 free meet - now THAT's what i call promoting, very well done to Rob & Scunny.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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