spin king Posted April 27, 2017 Report Share Posted April 27, 2017 in Derby we had a 5 minute shower, perfect natural water for the track... since then it been a lovely windy dry clear day and looks clear for a good few hours yet... The next time its been raining for 48 hours and they leave it as on i wont go out of principle now The forecast was for heavy showers between 6 till 7 originally in Sheffield. That has since been changed to 8 till 9. At best they would have got 5 to 6 heats race in that time, not even Rob Godfrey could run a meeting in 30 minutes. I would say that the lessons have been lean't from last season when meetings were cancelled at the very last minute. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerowl Posted April 27, 2017 Report Share Posted April 27, 2017 Well, it's 6:15 and I am three miles from the stadium. It has hardly rained and the sun is now out. I'm not saying it won't rain and the meeting might not have been off anyway, but to call a meeting off because of a forecast of light rain around start time is wrong on so many levels. How many people would be travelling from Scotland to watch the meeting? A dozen? Local people without access to Facebook or Twitter would have no idea the meeting might be off as there would be no reason to check as it has hardly rained and how many people will turn up expecting the meeting to be on? More than a dozen I would suspect. It also sets a dangerous precedent for clubs with injured or unavailable riders to postpone meetings due to weather forecasts. I know it has not happened in this case, but it could do. Rain offs are annoying but part of the life of a speedway fan but this is just another nail in the coffin of the sport. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Stewart Posted April 27, 2017 Report Share Posted April 27, 2017 I'm standing in Sheffield city centre looking at blue sky and sunshine, plus some clouds. There has been some rain. It looks at the moment a nice night for speedway. If you want to avoid a late rain-off, of course have an early one at the first suggestion of possible rain. But don't expect me to attend if that is the policy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cue Ball Posted April 27, 2017 Report Share Posted April 27, 2017 Damned if you do, damned if you don't... crap forecast, don't call it off and abandon the meeting after 2 heats the promotion pay out god knows how much, lose money and get crucified as they should never have tried to put it on. crap forecast, do call it off, enough rain during the day to make it look like a good call and then the heavy expected rain doesn't arrive as predicted and the promotion get crucified... Either way the promotion lose money, I might be wrong, but I would guess that they wouldn't do that on purpose 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Blobby Posted April 27, 2017 Report Share Posted April 27, 2017 Negative for us will be no Riss at reserve for the rerun of this match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psycho3a Posted April 27, 2017 Report Share Posted April 27, 2017 A late call off I totally agree is an absolute pain as we travel nearly 40 miles to Sheffield but this decision could have waited till 5pm surely I agree it's a fine line but I have had so many wasted trips were they have got people to the stadium and there was never any chance of the meeting going ahead then we get the total opposite of a bit of rain which would have made the track excellent , a mid afternoon decision would have made more sense .. let's be honest it's not as if the riders were actually coming from Edinburgh were they Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted April 27, 2017 Report Share Posted April 27, 2017 Agree with cueball. Promotions are between rock and a hard place. Ipswich had no rain til mid afternoon and then only light. Tweeting at 5 all was well track could take the rain due. It then comes down harder than forecast and is called off at 7.05 with people waiting in the carpark. A pain and unfortunate but cant be helped IMO. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cue Ball Posted April 27, 2017 Report Share Posted April 27, 2017 As if on cue, it is now chucking it down... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted April 27, 2017 Report Share Posted April 27, 2017 As if on cue, it is now chucking it down...where as in Ipswich it stopped about 7.20 (but damage already done) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerite Posted April 27, 2017 Report Share Posted April 27, 2017 (edited) Seems an excellent call by the club, I'm about 5 mile from Owlerton and it's been pouring down for over an hour as forecasted, and it doesn't look like stopping any time soon. Saved a lot of people a lot of wasted money. Edited April 27, 2017 by Tigerite 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin king Posted April 27, 2017 Report Share Posted April 27, 2017 Seems an excellent call by the club, I'm about 5 mile from Owlerton and it's been pouring down for over an hour as forecasted, and it doesn't look like stopping any time soon. Saved a lot of people a lot of wasted money. Totally agree I am mile and half from the track, and it is the same here. I reckon at the best we would have got 6 heats completed at the most. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thbender Posted April 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2017 A late call off I totally agree is an absolute pain as we travel nearly 40 miles to Sheffield but this decision could have waited till 5pm surely I agree it's a fine line but I have had so many wasted trips were they have got people to the stadium and there was never any chance of the meeting going ahead then we get the total opposite of a bit of rain which would have made the track excellent , a mid afternoon decision would have made more sense .. let's be honest it's not as if the riders were actually coming from Edinburgh were they This was a spot-on call by the management. I am 4 miles from the stadium and at 6.45pm - my normal time to leave for the speedway - the sun was shining out of a blue sky. The rain started at 7.30 on the nail, and within minutes was bucketing down. If they'd not made the early decision the match would have been called off before heat 3 and a lot of people would have been heading for home with re-admission tickets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted April 28, 2017 Report Share Posted April 28, 2017 Damned if you do, damned if you don't... crap forecast, don't call it off and abandon the meeting after 2 heats the promotion pay out god knows how much, lose money and get crucified as they should never have tried to put it on. crap forecast, do call it off, enough rain during the day to make it look like a good call and then the heavy expected rain doesn't arrive as predicted and the promotion get crucified... Either way the promotion lose money, I might be wrong, but I would guess that they wouldn't do that on purpose Certainly seems to have been a very good decision based on some spot on forecasting. Damned if you do and damned if you don't, wouldn't it be nice if visiting supporters had the grace to admit and accept that the home promotion saved them considerable problems by calling it off when they did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve55 Posted April 28, 2017 Report Share Posted April 28, 2017 As I posted 3 or 4 hours before what would have been the start of the meeting I considered this a good call by the promotion. I'm only 5 miles from the stadium, but I appreciate the early call of a postponement. Can remember several Neil Machin weather forecasts in the past where despite poor national or local forecasts, "the meeting was definitely on". Only to arrive at the stadium to either see the track water-logged, or it starting to rain just before or just after the start of the meeting. The promotion will take a bit of a hit financially, but how much have they saved the paying public in travelling costs and time. The rain today has been in showers of varying times and intensity. Yes there have been blue skies and a drying breeze, but some of the rain here was at times biblical and it only needed one of those to hit the track to put the meeting in doubt! So come on guys stop having a go at the people in charge, who in my view have taken the right decision for all concerned. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moranboys Posted April 29, 2017 Report Share Posted April 29, 2017 As I posted 3 or 4 hours before what would have been the start of the meeting I considered this a good call by the promotion. I'm only 5 miles from the stadium, but I appreciate the early call of a postponement. Can remember several Neil Machin weather forecasts in the past where despite poor national or local forecasts, "the meeting was definitely on". Only to arrive at the stadium to either see the track water-logged, or it starting to rain just before or just after the start of the meeting. The promotion will take a bit of a hit financially, but how much have they saved the paying public in travelling costs and time. The rain today has been in showers of varying times and intensity. Yes there have been blue skies and a drying breeze, but some of the rain here was at times biblical and it only needed one of those to hit the track to put the meeting in doubt! So come on guys stop having a go at the people in charge, who in my view have taken the right decision for all concerned. well said steve.i will second that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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