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Darcy has tweeted that he is talking with Poole speedway about some kind of refund/discount he at least he is listening to the fans.

 

 

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Trying to sort something out for fans after last night. Was such a shame but me n Poole speedway are working together #speedway

 

So anyone who wants a refund hang onto your tickets, if you still have them you never know.

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Darcy has tweeted that he is talking with Poole speedway about some kind of refund/discount he at least he is listening to the fans.

 

 

So anyone who wants a refund hang onto your tickets, if you still have them you never know.

Good on Darcy for doing the honourable thing

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Good for Darcy just a shame we can't raise money to perhaps tempt Shovlar to go back to Rome permanently...anyone wanna join me in starting a crowdfunding page on just giving?

Yes please. Was there, and Naples last month and another holiday which is free would be most welcome..

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Perhaps you should look closer to home about how your clubs track is looking.

 

What a despicable thing to say.

 

And some are demanding he refunds them because of the rain we have had which caused a spongy track.

Just how tight and distasteful can some people actually be? I have utter contempt for them.

Darcy has tweeted that he is talking with Poole speedway about some kind of refund/discount he at least he is listening to the fans.

 

 

 

So anyone who wants a refund hang onto your tickets, if you still have them you never know.

Looks like Darcy doesn't agree with you Steve. Seems to echo everyone on this thread.

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So you would take money back from a charity meeting after you have given it?

 

Unbelievable.

 

 

For a businessman you are unbelievable.

 

The Darcy meetings as I understand it are to be annual events to help with his ongoing rehabilitation costs..

 

Now come 2018 ( years after that) the line up is announced, the track booked......how many people will buy tickets if the weather is anything but perfect. Quite a few I would suggest will not, especially any who will incur travel and hotel costs won't (and I understand quite a few did yesterday), so the income in 2018 will be less than it could be.

 

All it takes is a gesture of goodwill in the form of some kind of discount and this would be negated. Just because a discount is offered, it doesn't mean it will be taken up but the thought is there. The fans will appreciate it. As it is the riders got their wack yesterday, Poole got theirs (for track hire etc), Darcy got his. Even the sponsors got their publicity. The only ones that lost out are the fans.

 

What makes me mad is it's not just Darcy that will suffer, it's any other riders who suffer injuries and have benefit meetings arranged. A precedent has been set. Fans are used to being shafted by league clubs but this is different. Fans have given very very generously to Darcy since his accident and he is completely innocent in this but he and other riders will be the ones that suffer. Not Matt Ford, Not Poole. Speedway in general will as well but that's ,mainly due to their own incompetence.

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steve your not getting this at all and posting more ridiculous than the king of ridiculous(you know who i mean)let me try another way of explaining things to you,years ago i belonged to a sporting club that held an annual charity auction key word charity,they would collect and have donated a wide range of lots for auction,so if the local garden centre donated a brand new £200 lawn mower for example one of the members would end up bidding £300,good cause etc however if they got that lawn mower home and it didnt work they would have took it back to be sorted not thought oh well it was for charity

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I dont see myself in the wrong at all. Just a different opinion. I wouldn't dream of asking for a refund at a meeting to raise funds for a rider who is affected with injury for the rest of his life.

 

Clearly others who were there want their money back but to me that idea is abhorrent.

 

As for Darcy, he would feel obligated to say that. What else could he say? I just hope there's not to many fans, unlike some the whiners on here, who are demanding refunds. Otherwise the whole fund raising effort would have been a waste of time.

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so for arguments sake, say you'd decided to travel from Poole to Glasgow for the Ben Fund, but that the meeting got called off or abandoned, you'd be happy to 'let it go'?

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I dont see myself in the wrong at all. Just a different opinion. I wouldn't dream of asking for a refund at a meeting to raise funds for a rider who is affected with injury for the rest of his life.

Clearly others who were there want their money back but to me that idea is abhorrent.

As for Darcy, he would feel obligated to say that. What else could he say? I just hope there's not to many fans, unlike some the whiners on here, who are demanding refunds. Otherwise the whole fund raising effort would have been a waste of time.

As had been explained people are not necessarily asking for a full refund and some will not bother to claim it if it becomes available. If it turns out that the fund raising effort was a waste of time then at least place the blame where it belongs. That is not on those who feel entitled to a refund, because the promised event for which they paid was not delivered but on the Poole promoters who knew there were problems with the track but decided not to postpone it and to take the risk that it would have dried out in time for the meeting. They are 100% to blame for the fiasco and must bear the responsibility. Edited by Aces51
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I dont see myself in the wrong at all. Just a different opinion. I wouldn't dream of asking for a refund at a meeting to raise funds for a rider who is affected with injury for the rest of his life.

Clearly others who were there want their money back but to me that idea is abhorrent.

As for Darcy, he would feel obligated to say that. What else could he say? I just hope there's not to many fans, unlike some the whiners on here, who are demanding refunds. Otherwise the whole fund raising effort would have been a waste of time.

Of course you have a different opinion. And judging by the comments you are alone in that thought.

Not even Darcy agrees with you. :rofl:

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so for arguments sake, say you'd decided to travel from Poole to Glasgow for the Ben Fund, but that the meeting got called off or abandoned, you'd be happy to 'let it go'?

If the weather was to blame as it was at Poole last night I would just have to accept it. Disappointing but if riders won't ride there's nothing anyone can do about it.

 

In truth I believe the riders could easily have continued and finished the meeting last night. I have seen meetings take place in far more testing conditions all around the country than a spongy first bend.

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If the weather was to blame as it was at Poole last night I would just have to accept it. Disappointing but if riders won't ride there's nothing anyone can do about it.

 

In truth I believe the riders could easily have continued and finished the meeting last night. I have seen meetings take place in far more testing conditions all around the country than a spongy first bend.

 

when was the last time the track had rain on it prior to Friday evening then?

I'm sure if you knew the track was iffy and the track manager knew too, but travelled, you would be bleating about it calling it a shambles - the same as many Poole fans did last year with Belle Vue

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