Speedway Star

[stevehone]

anyone not received theirs due last Thursday??

[martin_t]

anyone not received theirs due last Thursday??

Mine arrived on saturday

[PHILIPRISING]

 

It's never been great on its factual accuracy.

CANNOT resist can you?

[tyretrax]

My deliveries lately have been anything from Thursday to Monday.

[Guest]

My deliveries lately have been anything from Thursday to Monday.

 

Possibly because of the fact that the Post Office is now starting to handle extra mail created through the Christmas holiday. First class mail always has the priority and, with respects, a mailed magazine does not qualify for that rating.

On another note - nothing really to do with the Mail - should I have said FESTIVE holiday. Some people get upset to see the word CHRISTmas!

Edited December 19, 2016 by Guest

[SCB]

Speedway Star this week says that on 6 October 2012 Chris Holder shocked the world by becoming the youngest World Champion. Surely Michael Lee, for one, was younger?

Just got to the end of the article and see the interview was for Monster Energy. Perhaps this explains the inaccuracy.

Was it in an article written by someone who works for the Bournmouth Echo? As they keep repeating this, "fact".

[bigcatdiary]

My deliveries lately have been anything from Thursday to Monday.

I was told by my postman that some of the magazine mail is held back sometimes at the discretion of the sorting office, my star was very haphazard in being delivered until I complained to the local manager, funnily enough it's been as regular as clockwork since then, the only factor which can affect my delivery is bank holidays sometimes making it a day late.

 

As for the articles I still think most are a good read, clearly when you use a lot of different contributors the standard can vary as in all jobs but overall I think it's good value and having read it for 46 years I don't anticipate giving it up anytime soon.

[PHILIPRISING]

 

Possibly because of the fact that the Post Office is now starting to handle extra mail created through the Christmas holiday. First class mail always has the priority and, with respects, a mailed magazine does not qualify for that rating.

On another note - nothing really to do with the Mail - should I have said FESTIVE holiday. Some people get upset to see the word CHRISTmas!

HOPE it does as we pay first class mail rate...

I was told by my postman that some of the magazine mail is held back sometimes at the discretion of the sorting office, my star was very haphazard in being delivered until I complained to the local manager, funnily enough it's been as regular as clockwork since then, the only factor which can affect my delivery is bank holidays sometimes making it a day late.

 

As for the articles I still think most are a good read, clearly when you use a lot of different contributors the standard can vary as in all jobs but overall I think it's good value and having read it for 46 years I don't anticipate giving it up anytime soon.

THANKS

[Ovalman]

Aye getting away from the pages of juvenile mud slinging , I agree . £2-90 isn't an astronomical amount for a magazine in this day and age . Having an actual magazine to hold in your hands to read is always better than clicking a mouse on a computer , much the same as holding an LP in your hands rather than downloading something . I've grown up reading the Speedway Star and into my late fifties , I still do . Much of the soundtrack to my lifelong love of speedway was being greeted entering the stadium at Glasgow by a bloke shouting " get yer Speedway Star , Speedway Mail " , you just had to buy both .

Yep had to have both although preferred the Star, more reading, the Mail had loads of photos.

[The White Knight]

Yep had to have both although preferred the Star, more reading, the Mail had loads of photos.

........... and much better Journalism than it has today. Pick up a copy of Speedway Star in the fifties, sixties or seventies and it was a very good read indeed. The Magazine is far more flashy nowadays but nowhere near the same standard of content that the old ones used to contain.

 

Not that it really matters what I think.

 

I do, however, wish Speedway Star well. I will continue to purchase it on an ad hoc basis.

[Ovalman]

........... and much better Journalism than it has today. Pick up a copy of Speedway Star in the fifties, sixties or seventies and it was a very good read indeed. The Magazine is far more flashy nowadays but nowhere near the same standard of content that the old ones used to contain.

 

Not that it really matters what I think.

 

I do, however, wish Speedway Star well. I will continue to purchase it on an ad hoc basis.

I don't buy it in winter but buy it at the club shop at Swindon on a Thursday night, or at the local Sainsburys or Tescos. Love the special edition, my bruv in Oz gets a copy, although it costs me a fortune to airmail.

 

Can Mr.Rising give us the circulation figures for the different times of year?

[The White Knight]

I don't buy it in winter but buy it at the club shop at Swindon on a Thursday night, or at the local Sainsburys or Tescos. Love the special edition, my bruv in Oz gets a copy, although it costs me a fortune to airmail.

 

Can Mr.Rising give us the circulation figures for the different times of year?

Actually that is odd because I much prefer it in the winter. There are some decent articles by John Chaplin that are usually worth a read, about the old days.

Edited December 19, 2016 by The White Knight

[Blazeaway]

I was told by my postman that some of the magazine mail is held back sometimes at the discretion of the sorting office, my star was very haphazard in being delivered until I complained to the local manager, funnily enough it's been as regular as clockwork since then, the only factor which can affect my delivery is bank holidays sometimes making it a day late.

 

As for the articles I still think most are a good read, clearly when you use a lot of different contributors the standard can vary as in all jobs but overall I think it's good value and having read it for 46 years I don't anticipate giving it up anytime soon.

 

Your postie is talking garbage.

[Fromafar]

SS is a great read during the season and covers the results World Wide ,the moaners on her don't even buy on a weekly basis( there prerogative)yet tell you how poor it is !!!!.I enjoy it all the year round it is a good casual read in the winter months.Subscription makes it a value for money magazine comparing it with other publications.

[bigcatdiary]

Your postie is talking garbage.

Quite possibly but since I complained (a few years ago) my copy has arrived pretty much on time every week, so clearly something changed.

Edited December 19, 2016 by bigcatdiary

[The White Knight]

SS is a great read during the season and covers the results World Wide ,the moaners on her don't even buy on a weekly basis( there prerogative)yet tell you how poor it is !!!!.I enjoy it all the year round it is a good casual read in the winter months.Subscription makes it a value for money magazine comparing it with other publications.

That can only be an opinion and not a fact.

 

Exactly the same with my argument - it is only my opinion.

 

I believe that I read the Magazine enough to make a judgement for my own benefit.

 

I am aware and accept that not everyone agrees with me. That is fine by me.

[Fromafar]

That can only be an opinion and not a fact.

 

Exactly the same with my argument - it is only my opinion.

 

I believe that I read the Magazine enough to make a judgement for my own benefit.

 

I am aware and accept that not everyone agrees with me. That is fine by me.

Ok.where did I say it was a fact!As usual you read to much into a Post and give your opinion(which you are entitled too) Edited December 19, 2016 by Fromafar

[Tsunami]

Ok.where did I say it was a fact!As usual you read to much into a Post and give your opinion(which you are entitled too)

Which in most issues is negative, but he still thinks he is a speedway fan.

[Starman2006]

Quite possibly but since I complained (a few years ago) my copy has arrived pretty much on time every week, so clearly something changed.

Yeh, you was in when it was delivered...

[AlanF]

With the number of people regularly watching speedway these days it is a minor miracle that the sport even has a weekly magazine, let alone one as good as Speedway Star. The various comments on here show that you are never going to please everybody all the time. One person's favorite feature is another person's pet peeve.

 

Personally, I love the behind the scenes features and the stats. I have zero interest in what happened in the 1940's and 1950's and the grasstrack scene but I realize that other people like those features. I love to be able to download it to my ipad, but others prefer to have the magazine in their hand.

 

I think that it would be a very sad day if the Star disappeared. We should enjoy it while we can. I am sure that Philip Rising and co are happy to take on any constructive criticism, but the negativity towards the Star is astounding.