Guest Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 Comment regarding the away NL match at Coventry on Monday, October 31, as per a Rye House Press Release: "With the cancellation of the National League Pairs at King’s Lynn following two rain-offs of the event, the Raiders have one outstanding fixture which is away to Coventry, although the October 31st deadline for this staging is now looming. "Regardless of the outcome, the Raiders are destined to finish ninth out of twelve clubs in the final League table." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon Hammer Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 COVENTRY can regrettably confirm they are unable to stage the final two fixtures of the National League season. The matches against Stoke and Rye House will not take place due to stadium availability issues. Planning for 2017 will commence with the BSPA AGM taking place next week, November 1-3, and further news is expected shortly after that conference. http://www.coventrybees.co/news.php?extend.3779 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 Suprise, suprise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WembleyLion Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 I think that was the excuse we were all waiting for - just had to wait until time had virtually run out before releasing it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Thumper Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 COVENTRY can regrettably confirm they are unable to stage the final two fixtures of the National League season. The matches against Stoke and Rye House will not take place due to stadium availability issues. Planning for 2017 will commence with the BSPA AGM taking place next week, November 1-3, and further news is expected shortly after that conference. http://www.coventrybees.co/news.php?extend.3779 What is the penalty for bringing the sport into disrepute? Or is the sport in so much disrepute already that a bit more is hardly worth bothering about. I look forward to reading on the BSPA website what action they intend to take. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon Hammer Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 What is the penalty for bringing the sport into disrepute? Or is the sport in so much disrepute already that a bit more is hardly worth bothering about. I look forward to reading on the BSPA website what action they intend to take. Perfect summary Little Thumper - seems the precedent was set by agreeing not to stage the Leicester v King's Lynn fixture. Coventry & Stoke would probably be making losses from holding their last meetings & are merely following suit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee jay Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 I think that was the excuse we were all waiting for - just had to wait until time had virtually run out before releasing it! very much like kings lynn with regard to the n.l. pairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 Lynn also have the young stars v eastbourne match still to run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon Hammer Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 Lynn also have the young stars v eastbourne match still to run. Am sure the BSPA chairman will make sure this goes ahead... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 Am sure the BSPA chairman will make sure this goes ahead...are you talking about the uncle Len of the EL dave? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon Hammer Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 are you talking about the uncle Len of the EL dave? Hope not, think Buster might be more radical, certainly needs to be. Problem is all promoters need to be in agreement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Thumper Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 So, where you are going wrong, my friends is that you are assuming that a fixture list is a statement of fact. In reality it is nothing of the sort and is merely a list of events that may or may not happen depending on whether one promoter or another can be bothered to put them on, whether the riders have stomped off because they are fed-up with not being paid and whether there is a tad too much damp in the air. I'm sure that this will be clarified at some AGM or other and then you bunch of ungrateful, moaning plebs will know exactly what's what. Matter closed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon Hammer Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 So, where you are going wrong, my friends is that you are assuming that a fixture list is a statement of fact. In reality it is nothing of the sort and is merely a list of events that may or may not happen depending on whether one promoter or another can be bothered to put them on, whether the riders have stomped off because they are fed-up with not being paid and whether there is a tad too much damp in the air. I'm sure that this will be clarified at some AGM or other and then you bunch of ungrateful, moaning plebs will know exactly what's what. Matter closed. When compiling the fixture list, any sensible promoter should now try and put any potential loss making fixtures at the end of the season since there's no need to run them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WembleyLion Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 (edited) Hope not, think Buster might be more radical, certainly needs to be. Problem is all promoters need to be in agreementWill Buster be leading by example and make sure the King's Lynn v Eastbourne fixture does not get overlooked and is completed by 31 October? Or will we find out in a few days 1) the Stadium was unavailable (apologies to Mick Horton for re-using his excuse) and 2) lack of rider availability (mostly due to Eastbourne riding/ partying every night for the past 3 weeks)? Edited October 24, 2016 by WembleyLion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 When compiling the fixture list, any sensible promoter should now try and put any potential loss making fixtures at the end of the season since there's no need to run themnot worth a response dave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike.Butler Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 why don't all the leagues go back to the concept of a 'conference' to decide the top 4 (or 6!), rather than committing to a full set of league fixtures at all?....so at a cut-off date whichever clubs have the best win % go into play-offs...When 2 out of the leagues are incomplete why con us anymore into thinking league fixtures are worth staging paying for?... in this way a club can get to the play-offs without having to stage too many of those annoying qualifying matches.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Thumper Posted October 25, 2016 Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 why don't all the leagues go back to the concept of a 'conference' to decide the top 4 (or 6!), rather than committing to a full set of league fixtures at all?....so at a cut-off date whichever clubs have the best win % go into play-offs...When 2 out of the leagues are incomplete why con us anymore into thinking league fixtures are worth staging paying for?... in this way a club can get to the play-offs without having to stage too many of those annoying qualifying matches.. Well, Mike, that is a very fine idea but I have a slightly better one. Why don't clubs do what they say they are going to, allow the time and resource to do it and if they don't do it, they get kicked hard in the goolies by the person who is there to make sure they do it. All seems quite straight forward to me. Make it so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woz01 Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 I'm surprised Coventry Storm didn't fold half way through the season so the news of the meetings not being run came as no surprise. Coventry Speedway must've lost quite a bit of money running the Storm this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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