Gemini Posted June 10, 2017 Report Share Posted June 10, 2017 Looks like it as the last time the website was updated was a week ago. No excuse for it with the technology available these days, but perhaps the promoters just want fans to turn up and find out when they get there. Too cold and windy for me so I'm stopping at home. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A ORLOV Posted June 10, 2017 Report Share Posted June 10, 2017 Looks like it as the last time the website was updated was a week ago. No excuse for it with the technology available these days, but perhaps the promoters just want fans to turn up and find out when they get there. Too cold and windy for me so I'm stopping at home. If you are into Rugby Gem you can watch Argentina - England while checking updates for Leicester and GP in the warm. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini Posted June 10, 2017 Report Share Posted June 10, 2017 Don't understand Rugby and can't watch the GP so just as well I am not interested. Lol. Having been on holiday I've got loads of programmes to catch up on so I'm happy. Looks like they have won so well done Lions. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted June 10, 2017 Report Share Posted June 10, 2017 Good job Lasse turned in a top effort tonight.Not the only one, but match winning score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cross Roads Posted June 11, 2017 Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 Some decent heats last night. We'll done guys for the win. Alarmingly poor crowd go as far to say worst in a long time for a league meeting. Need to sort the tapes out as well for belle vue clearly disadvantaged on the inside gates last night for some heats.with the temp repair on the grass. Also very flat with the presentation again don't like to be critical but really needs some fresh ideas with presentation not taking away robs interaction just everything else around night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert72 Posted June 11, 2017 Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 Some decent heats last night. We'll done guys for the win. Alarmingly poor crowd go as far to say worst in a long time for a league meeting. Need to sort the tapes out as well for belle vue clearly disadvantaged on the inside gates last night for some heats.with the temp repair on the grass. Also very flat with the presentation again don't like to be critical but really needs some fresh ideas with presentation not taking away robs interaction just everything else around night. A Very poor crowd is no real surprise. I think they mentioned the tapes were vandalised a few weeks ago but your right the presentation is just not good enough. A much needed win for the lions against a very poor somerset who relied on their guest Kurtz who got 2 of their 3 race wins. The promotion needs to look on how to get the fans back with belle Vue next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A ORLOV Posted June 11, 2017 Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 A Very poor crowd is no real surprise. I think they mentioned the tapes were vandalised a few weeks ago but your right the presentation is just not good enough. A much needed win for the lions against a very poor somerset who relied on their guest Kurtz who got 2 of their 3 race wins. The promotion needs to look on how to get the fans back with belle Vue next week. What do they expect, there was a GP and football on the tv, why would many stand out in the cold when there are good alternative things to do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justathought Posted June 11, 2017 Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 What do they expect, there was a GP and football on the tv, why would many stand out in the cold when there are good alternative things to do. That's Saturday night Speedway for you........................Oh hold on been here before. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A ORLOV Posted June 11, 2017 Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 (edited) That's Saturday night Speedway for you........................Oh hold on been here before. If they arranged the Sat night meetings when there is not a GP etc on they might get more attend, but then they have still got to compete with all the reality crap and X factor type garbage that people stay in and watch. It might be better to have a different night as the main race night, with Sat as an alternative. Edited June 11, 2017 by A ORLOV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justathought Posted June 11, 2017 Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 In my opinion Speedway has a very limited appeal. If everything was perfect, right night, great weather, affordable entrance fee etc. Then you would only ever get 1500 / 2000 max. Staging meetings on a Saturday night, particularly now days, with so many other things to do you are making it even harder for yourself. There simply isn’t enough people in the area interested enough to actually make the effort to attend on a regular basis. You’ve actually got to be fairly keen to keep going. Add to that the way the meetings are dragged out with no real flow to them with long gaps and general poor presentation it’s no real surprise that only the diehard carry on going. It’s a £10 sport that most people might go to once or twice a season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flagrag Posted June 11, 2017 Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 I thought there was some very good racing last night at Leicester and the track looked looked very good to race on. It is a shame that the Lions could not have got that heat advantage in the last race to stop the Rebels getting a point as they will all be crucial at the end of the season. I know some fans have been complaining about the presentation and about in general not being able to hear the PA and race results myself included . So I spoke to the promotion at length about this to get the facts as was going to offer my professional help if they were having equipment problems. There are two people to blame here the Leicester Speedway haters and Leicester City council. After all these seasons there has been a number of complaints from housing residents some 3miles away and along large A roads that claim that they can hear the music and announcements from the Speedway along with the bikes. The consequences are that the council have given the Speedway club a warning with the possibility of a ban which then means no meetings as cannot run with no PA. They accept that the bike noise cannot be controlled but the Announcements and Music can so the club have turned everything down to a minimum and both the presenters have been told to keep announcing down so that is why there has been less interviews and war crys it obviously isn't helped when there are less fans in the stadium as the sound will echo more. I can see the next thing being an air horn ban like other clubs have had, the strange thing is all the noise that both the Rugby and football club generate but the council say that's unavoidable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted June 11, 2017 Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 Presumably these people living along A roads are annoyed about sounds from Beaumont Park drowning out the traffic noise? Maybe a couple of hundred permanent mannequins can be installed to bulk up the crowd size and improve the noise absorption, with spring loaded footings so the real spectators can punch them if the results are not good? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliffeboy Posted June 11, 2017 Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 A Very poor crowd is no real surprise. I think they mentioned the tapes were vandalised a few weeks ago but your right the presentation is just not good enough. A much needed win for the lions against a very poor somerset who relied on their guest Kurtz who got 2 of their 3 race wins. The promotion needs to look on how to get the fans back with belle Vue next week. TBH with Pat, Charles and Richard I think it would have been closer. Brady always a good lad for us though to be fair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Hunter Posted June 11, 2017 Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 I think there were some mitigating reasons why there was a poor crowd last night. To start with the Lions performances have, to put it mildly, been poor, the weather was poor with rain expected any minute, the opposition were not particularly attractive, and there was live football, rugby and the GP on TV. Did anyone else think the referee had a poor meeting? The chaos over the gate positions for the last heat was unbelievable. I could not understand why the referee, track officials and riders did not know the rules! Also was I the only one who saw Kurtz move whilst the green light was on in heats 4 and 9? Why were they not rerun when several other races were because a rider moved whilst the green light was on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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