Hamish McRaker Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 Is it time for speedway to follow snooker, and for riders to all have nicknames used in the pre-match introductions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Thumper Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 Is it time for speedway to follow snooker, and for riders to all have nicknames used in the pre-match introductions? Probably not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 Is it time for speedway to follow snooker, and for riders to all have nicknames used in the pre-match introductions? They do - or did - when I went to Newcastle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 Used to have them at Peterborough too. Not really my cup of tea but may well appeal to kids etc. Seems to work quite well with darts so perhaps would in the SGP in future? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 (edited) Of course the Americans of the 80s & 90s always seemed to have Nicknames...some quite bizarre! There was 'Boogolo' Schwartz, 'Jellyman' Moran, 'Miracle Worker' Moran, 'Rocket' Ron, 'Cowboy' Cook, 'Bullet' Hamill etc etc (did Penhall ever have a nickname?) And of course the best of the lot...'Five Flavours' Pfetzing! Edited December 2, 2016 by steve roberts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
False dawn Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 Joonas Cup of Coffee or if you're slighty more up market Timo Lahti did Penhall ever have a nickname? Announcer Larry Huffman (Costa Mesa) nicknamed him Bruce (The Fox) Penhall and "Juicy Brucey." Miracle Worker' MoranOr the greatest miracle worker, of course, "Mirac" Ronnie Moore 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin_t Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 Is it time for speedway to follow snooker, and for riders to all have nicknames used in the pre-match introductions?No.I hate that sort of thing.Same goes for each player(also in darts) having their own tunes playing as they walk on. Mind you I might change my mind if a certain Chinese player entered the hall to The Pipkins "Gimme dat ding" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midland Red Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 No no no. You'd only be encouraging more Peter York time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish McRaker Posted December 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 Of course the Americans of the 80s & 90s always seemed to have Nicknames...some quite bizarre! There was 'Boogolo' Schwartz, 'Jellyman' Moran, 'Miracle Worker' Moran, 'Rocket' Ron, 'Cowboy' Cook, 'Bullet' Hamill etc etc (did Penhall ever have a nickname?) And of course the best of the lot...'Five Flavours' Pfetzing! Bring it on I say. Robert "Five Flavours" Pfetzing is hard to beat! The sport's got to do something to broaden its appeal. Maybe the BSPA can hire Rob Walker to give things a much-needed makeover. I'm just wondering which rider would have the nickname "Interesting". Joonas Cup of Coffee or if you're slighty more up market Timo Lahti Announcer Larry Huffman (Costa Mesa) nicknamed him Bruce (The Fox) Penhall and "Juicy Brucey." Or the greatest miracle worker, of course, "Mirac" Ronnie Moore Timo "Skinny" Lahti? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybikespeedway Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 Justin "more letters than Numbers " Elkins , e/f e/f e/f 2 +2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish McRaker Posted December 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 Justin "more letters than Numbers " Elkins , e/f e/f e/f 2 +2 That's the stuff! It all just needs a bit more imagination and thinking outside the box. Nicknames have got so boring and predicatable. For example - rather than Scott "Scotty" Nicholls - make it Scott "The Suffolk Punch" Nicholls And how about Adam "Meccano" Roynon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike.Butler Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 TAI ME DOWN WOFFINDEN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish McRaker Posted December 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 TAI ME DOWN WOFFINDEN Or Tai Me Kangaroo Down Woffinden 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 'Sudden' Sam. Or Tai Me Kangaroo Down Woffinden :o Not really. :shock: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Leslie Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 TAI ME DOWN WOFFINDEN Slow me down Hancock 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 That's the stuff! It all just needs a bit more imagination and thinking outside the box. Nicknames have got so boring and predicatable. For example - rather than Scott "Scotty" Nicholls - make it Scott "The Suffolk Punch" Nicholls And how about Adam "Meccano" Roynon? Scott was always 'Hot Shot' in his younger days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piston197 Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 Rory " roo boy" Sclein Buzz burrows Scott " scud" Smith etc.etc. Rory " roo boy" Sclein Buzz burrows Scott " scud" Smith etc.etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 Thought the great new idea was the numbers,rather than old style nicknames? So you have,er ......you know #351 and #170 etc.Sadly i haven't kept up with the new trend and don't know who's who now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugwash Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 Slow me down Hancock Doing a panto season. "He's Behind You". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 Thought the great new idea was the numbers,rather than old style nicknames? So you have,er ......you know #351 and #170 etc.Sadly i haven't kept up with the new trend and don't know who's who now Makes for interesting chants and war cries, though... "GIVE US A THREE..." Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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