Lukas Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 (edited) Why? We got in the queue at 11.35ish and got in at 11.55. It took 20 minutes. But honestly, why is it STILL an issue? Peterborough is the only place this happens. Twice as many people at wolves tonight and no queues. Why? Not having two slow women on the turnstiles helps! And having piles of £1 coins to give as change quickly too. Wolves for PKs farewell actually. Having arrives at Peterborough at 11.30 and not getting out of Wolves now until 8pm and thanks to he shambles that is Peterborough Speedway some of us have not had a chance to eat a decent meal today. Had the meeting been over by 1.45 as it should have been it would have allowed us to eat between the meetings. Still annoyed at the queue farce this morning. ...Ain't that why they have burger vans at sporting events? Edited March 19, 2017 by Lukas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Game On Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 I arrived at 11:15 and said straight away that it would be a delayed start. Only two turnstiles open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukas Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 Just seen some photos of some absolutely shredded tyres from today...Wonder if they are the new "harder" compound tyres brought in for this season!.. Obviously no good on tarmac! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
full-throttle Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 fair play to the Peterboro promotion, at 1150 Ged Radbourne walked along the queue and told the masses the start would be delayed. More turnstiles were opened and the queue soon went. Although I do agree with SCB, why wasn't the interviews and introductions done at 12 so the racing could start at 1230. racing actually started at 1pm and I was back on the road by 230, so run at a decent pace despite constant watering. One complaint....Why was Peter York wearing Red and White? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukas Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 ..Maybe he hadn't done a wash? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 Having such a ridiculously lop sided match up could really harm the Peterbourough promotion. What were they thinking? Result was never in doubt before a wheel had turned. Obviously as a Poole fan whose only interest is winning you wouldn't understand that the score didn't matter to Panthers or Bees fans. One complaint....Why was Peter York wearing Red and White? Isn't it a Buildbase coat? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theboss Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 I had an enjoyable afternoon due to the effort all the riders put in to produce some great racing, although the rest of the package emphasised why Speedway is not moving forward: 1. Car Parking - No reason to charge for this, I can guarantee this is included in the rent the Panthers pay the showground and whilst it may only be £1 it annoyed me and I am sure many other's would have been also. 2. Queues - First meeting of season which to me means they had 6 months to prepare for it so NO excuses. Ged may have walked along the queue for 10 minutes to apologise but his time would have been better spent getting the other 2 turnstiles open. I watched with bewilderment as 2 people closed 2 of the turnstiles to help open the extra ones before returning ten minutes later.... sort of going against logic. Bottom line is they should have known the Bees would be well supported and should have been prepared. Failing to plan is preparing to fail. 3. Programme - Why charge £2.70? Surely speedway has learnt by now that £2 is the MOST you can charge without making people feel overcharged. At £2 I would have bought 2 but at £2.70 I bought none and instead kept check of race line ups on the 'speedway updates' website from my phone. I know some will point out that if I was happy to spend £4 on two why didn't i spend £2.70 on one, but bottom line is I hate feeling like I am being overcharged and want VFM on every pound I spend. 4. Food & Drink - Probably not directly related to the promotion but again prices were OTT and not VFM. 5. Presentation - I was actually impressed with the quality of the sound system in the main stand and found the interviews not too bad (although many rather depressing), however the music playlist was shocking. Here we are in 2017 and yet I thought I felt like I was in a 1980's social club. 6. Information - For whatever reason we was all left wondering what the hell was happening between heats 14 and 15 and for that there can be no excuse, it certainly annoyed me and many others around. I want the Panthers to succeed and felt overall I was happy to spend my money on the afternoon, however they need to up their game if they want to encourage newcomers to return. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukas Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 Don't put that on TripAdvisor..No one will come! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 Disappointed about the queue,,, was to be expected though, especially at speedway Disappointed that the majority of the Bees didn't wear their Coventry race suits that they've been bitching on about so much that they've had to pay for Disappointed that (if true) nobody wanted to come out for Heat 15, again riders bitching on about they haven't got a job for 1 or 2 months until they're fixed up... the fans have lost a whole club! Disappointed that there's no Bees in 2017 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 Why didn't they want to race in heat 15? Hey Jonathan, you say £2.70 is too much for a programme, the ones at PK's Farewell were a fiver! Needless to say I didn't buy one .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woz01 Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 (edited) Disappointed about the queue,,, was to be expected though, especially at speedway Disappointed that the majority of the Bees didn't wear their Coventry race suits that they've been bitching on about so much that they've had to pay for Disappointed that (if true) nobody wanted to come out for Heat 15, again riders bitching on about they haven't got a job for 1 or 2 months until they're fixed up... the fans have lost a whole club! Disappointed that there's no Bees in 2017 I bet Garrity would've if it wasn't for that blown engine! I think the campaign wanted their own race jackets for these challenge meetings so it didn't really matter what Kevlars the riders chose to wear. Edited March 20, 2017 by woz01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theboss Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 Why didn't they want to race in heat 15? Hey Jonathan, you say £2.70 is too much for a programme, the ones at PK's Farewell were a fiver! Needless to say I didn't buy one .... I would imagine PK went to town of his one.... however everything has a value and obviously you felt that was not good value so you didn't buy one. Promoters need to learn that it is better to sell more of something at a lower price than it is to sell less of something at a higher price! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcatdiary Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 (edited) I had an enjoyable afternoon due to the effort all the riders put in to produce some great racing, although the rest of the package emphasised why Speedway is not moving forward: 1. Car Parking - No reason to charge for this, I can guarantee this is included in the rent the Panthers pay the showground and whilst it may only be £1 it annoyed me and I am sure many other's would have been also. Why, quite a few tracks charge for this and with Peterborough it's generally a proper car park, some others charge you to park in a field. 2. Queues - First meeting of season which to me means they had 6 months to prepare for it so NO excuses. Ged may have walked along the queue for 10 minutes to apologise but his time would have been better spent getting the other 2 turnstiles open. I watched with bewilderment as 2 people closed 2 of the turnstiles to help open the extra ones before returning ten minutes later.... sort of going against logic. Bottom line is they should have known the Bees would be well supported and should have been prepared. Failing to plan is preparing to fail. Jonathan I go to Lynn regularly and you Always queue to get in, let's be honest this was meeting 1 of 2017 and the world and his brother turned up. 3. Programme - Why charge £2.70? Surely speedway has learnt by now that £2 is the MOST you can charge without making people feel overcharged. At £2 I would have bought 2 but at £2.70 I bought none and instead kept check of race line ups on the 'speedway updates' website from my phone. I know some will point out that if I was happy to spend £4 on two why didn't i spend £2.70 on one, but bottom line is I hate feeling like I am being overcharged and want VFM on every pound I spend. Fair point. 4. Food & Drink - Probably not directly related to the promotion but again prices were OTT and not VFM. It's nothing to do with the Peterborough promotion as you probably know. 5. Presentation - I was actually impressed with the quality of the sound system in the main stand and found the interviews not too bad (although many rather depressing), however the music playlist was shocking. Here we are in 2017 and yet I thought I felt like I was in a 1980's social club. 6. Information - For whatever reason we was all left wondering what the hell was happening between heats 14 and 15 and for that there can be no excuse, it certainly annoyed me and many others around. It annoyed everyone, apparently some of the Coventry team needed persuading. I want the Panthers to succeed and felt overall I was happy to spend my money on the afternoon, however they need to up their game if they want to encourage newcomers to return. Comments in field I was there early and had the joy of standing around for 40 minutes bored. So to then have to endure a prolonged introduction of riders with sound bite interviews about how sad everyone is when we were told the meeting was being brought forward to allow us to get to Wolves it was a bit of a piss take! As for Peterborough York, I've learned to block to idiot out. I though the one positive of losing Brandon would be losing him :/ I was their at the opening of the gates (1030) it always amuses me that meetings are delayed a lot of the time because clearly people cannot be bothered to get to the meeting in plenty of time. As for letting York have time on the microphone words fail me. Edited March 20, 2017 by bigcatdiary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 Meetings need to start on time. Delayed starts are frustrating for those already in the stadium. Start the meeting and open another turnstile if necessary. But start on time. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woz01 Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 (edited) I got into the stadium just after 11 and there was one window open with 2 ladies working, there was also another window with someone inside but wasn't open. Also there were selling programmes at the turnstile, I think it would help if there was a seperate place to purchase programmes. Still I don't want to knock it too much as I had an excellent day. Edited March 20, 2017 by woz01 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 Hey Jonathan, you say £2.70 is too much for a programme, the ones at PK's Farewell were a fiver! Needless to say I didn't buy one .... Then you missed out on a treat. More than double the amount of pages with some excellent pictures, coverage and interviews that made it a superb read. I know if people that have already ordered one who couldn't make the meeting. Much larger in size than usual, this was a top class programme by any standard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shale Searcher Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 (edited) Then you missed out on a treat. More than double the amount of pages with some excellent pictures, coverage and interviews that made it a superb read. I know if people that have already ordered one who couldn't make the meeting. Much larger in size than usual, this was a top class programme by any standard. Perhaps promotions ought to also supply as an alternative, a simple A4 racecard, with just basic content. Team's, Meeting Races, Track Details, Track Record... Charge a nominal fee of 20p.... I think filling in a Racecard is an integral part of the enjoyment for a good percentage of attending fans... The full souvenir programmes are more suited to the full time followers.... If a hundred buy the simple racecard, as apposed to buying nothing, that's better than losing revenue of 100 x 20p who buy nowt.. Just my opinion.. Edited March 20, 2017 by Shale Searcher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 (edited) I got into the stadium just after 11 and there was one window open with 2 ladies working, there was also another window with someone inside but wasn't open. Also there were selling programmes at the turnstile, I think it would help if there was a seperate place to purchase programmes. Still I don't want to knock it too much as I had an excellent day. We got there about 10.15am and went in just after 11am. Like you say there were 2 ladies working but another box/window there which I presumed was for season ticket holders? Hopefully they used this after the queues started getting bigger. Regarding programmes I was actually pleased they were sold at the same time so I didn't have to queue up somewhere else to get one. Must admit delaying the start was a bit irritating as we'd got there early enough travelling from Leicester and then wonder why others can't do the same, but this was an exceptionally big crowd so I can understand now that they probably did but there just weren't enough turnstiles open to cope. ......Shale Searcher.......Perhaps promotions ought to also supply as an alternative, a simple A4 racecard, with just basic content. Team's, Meeting Races, Track Details, Track Record...Charge a nominal fee of 20p....I think filling in a Racecard is an integral part of the enjoyment for a good percentage of attending fans... The full souvenir programmes are more suited to the full time followers.... Just my opinion.. Mine too. I stopped buying programmes long ago because they just get chucked in the bin afterwards and the money I save goes towards my petrol getting to the meeting. I usually print my own if I can find out the team order, which is usually hard because promoters go out of their way to make it difficult .. I actually bought one yesterday but then had to write all the names in the one I'd printed for my husband. Oh well it gave me something to do after the start time was delayed. Edited March 20, 2017 by Gemini 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 Perhaps promotions ought to also supply as an alternative, a simple A4 racecard, with just basic content. Team's, Meeting Races, Track Details, Track Record... Charge a nominal fee of 20p.... I think filling in a Racecard is an integral part of the enjoyment for a good percentage of attending fans... The full souvenir programmes are more suited to the full time followers.... If a hundred buy the simple racecard, as apposed to buying nothing, that's better than losing revenue of 100 x 20p who buy nowt.. Just my opinion.. Good idea. People should be able to walk into any speedway office and buy a race formula for a nominal charge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shale Searcher Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 (edited) Good idea. People should be able to walk into any speedway office and buy a race formula for a nominal charge. Some would buy both, and keep the souvenir programme in Mint condition, and insert the completed racecard, for posterity.. Or fill in the basic racecard, then copy the results into the souvenir programme at home, minus any errors, so do have a couple of secondary uses... Edited March 20, 2017 by Shale Searcher 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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