Phil The Ace Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 Just back from Peterborough. I only did today but ppl I spoke to that did both days thoroughly enjoyed it. It seemed a massive hit. Would something like this work in the EL. Something as simple as a EL weekender like the super league do. 2 matches on the Saturday and 2 on the Sunday. At a neutral venue to EL. Best equipped would be Peterborough. Obviously when there is no Polish fixtures, so finding a weekend in the calendar may be difficult I know. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 Just back from Peterborough. I only did today but ppl I spoke to that did both days thoroughly enjoyed it. It seemed a massive hit. Would something like this work in the EL. Something as simple as a EL weekender like the super league do. 2 matches on the Saturday and 2 on the Sunday. At a neutral venue to EL. Best equipped would be Peterborough. Obviously when there is no Polish fixtures, so finding a weekend in the calendar may be difficult I know. It obviously couldn`t be a fours event because most Elite fixtures are run with less than 4 of the teams 7 declared riders 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 Would never happen due to cost. EL riders won't put their leg over a bike for £163 a day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil The Ace Posted July 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 Would never happen due to cost. EL riders won't put their leg over a bike for £163 a day. The club's would pay the Riders there normal wages. End of the day it would be a normal league match Just at a neutral venue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagonshocker Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 The club's would pay the Riders there normal wages. End of the day it would be a normal league match Just at a neutral venue Would require some serious sponsorship and a vast crowd to be able to make it pay if they are on the usual EL pay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 It could work but it'll have to be run early season prior to the Polish Ekstraliga starting. Could be Elite Pairs on the Saturday ELRC on the Sunday Other than that it's simply not possible in the calendar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 It was virtually an EL team that won the 4s!! ;-) Why would the 'top' riders want to get involved in a weekend of 'away' meetings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 It was virtually an EL team that won the 4s!! ;-) Why would the 'top' riders want to get involved in a weekend of 'away' meetings? Plenty, especially at the start of the season when there's no Poland or Sweden In the Elite Pairs on the Saturday you could have all EL sides plus guest teams like Piraterna, Vetlanda, Wroclaw, Torùn etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkafag Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 The top stars in the EL are riders like Doyle, Holder and Lindgren who have all been incredibly loyal to the league for the most part. If there was issues though resolve it the same way issues in speedway are always resolved….cash (and a bit of planning re dates and availability). An “EL weekender” would be a great idea (just as the 4s weekender is) - promote these events correctly, run it well first time and add word of mouth you will soon swell attendances IMO. It is the way of modern sport and sport attendees that they enjoy novelty events like this, the big game days held in Rugby Union which have now been introduced into Pro 12 etc, it has all followed on from the incredible success of one day Cricket, a trend speedway has been slow to react to if anything, but deserve praise for getting there now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A ORLOV Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 (edited) I would have thought a weekend of EL Speedway would be attended by the riders as they could enjoy any entertainment etc during the time they are not racing, especially if it is say a saturday evening. A whole weekend of eliminator meetings then semi and finals, possibly with something like The youngster meetings that Neil Vatcher runs in charge of between the main meetings would be well attended as it would be like a two or three day Cardiff where fans from all clubs and even some from abroad could have a good weekend. There seem to be quite a few reports about the 4s weekend being enjoyed by many, not only the racing but also the actual weekend. Edited July 25, 2016 by A ORLOV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Jones Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 From 1991-94 the Fours package consisted of 1st & 2nd Division finals on the same day at Peterborough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justathought Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 From 1991-94 the Fours package consisted of 1st & 2nd Division finals on the same day at Peterborough. It did. I went when Long Eaton won the second division one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shale Searcher Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 It did. I went when Long Eaton won the second division one. Snap!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 I don't see why something similar to this weeks PL 4s and an individual meeting couldn't be run for the EL. Two groups of four in the Sunday with top two in each qualifying then in the Sunday you could either have an individual for all the riders left from the 4 eliminated teams or just every teams top 2 in an individual using the 16 rider format. Then have the 4TT final in the afternoon. There's almost half as many EL teams so you could pay the riders £350 each! I'm sure that could be worked on, start planning now and look for a sponsor and tbh I don't think £40-45 would be too much for that weekend. Throw in all those paying £10 to camp too. I seriously hope the powers that be looking into sow thing along these lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor... Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 From 1991-94 the Fours package consisted of 1st & 2nd Division finals on the same day at Peterborough. Blimey, yeh, and what a cracking day that was. Went to every one of them i think. Still chuckle at the thought of Roman Matousek throwing a punch at someone in the crowd, and smile at the Racers winning the year before i think. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedibee Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 It could work but it'll have to be run early season prior to the Polish Ekstraliga starting. Could be Elite Pairs on the Saturday ELRC on the Sunday Other than that it's simply not possible in the calendar if it's early before Poland .it would be too cold to camp .and too dark to enjoy the evening entertainment . maybe August bank holiday and put elite league event on the monday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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