Col Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 So heard rumours. 12 team top tier. Monday & Wednesday fixed race nights. If that is the case. Top tier British Speedway under whatever name will consist of.... Poole, Swindon, Lakeside, Rye House, Somerset, Kings Lynn, Ipswich, Leicester, Wolverhampton, Sheffield & Belle Vue. Who the other team? It just makes complete sense logistic wise for Ipswich, so much less travel involved. Sheffield seem to have finally found ambition. Travel involved may also be reduced for their fans. That would leave second tier of British Speedway a Northern affair. Workington, Redcar, Scunthorpe, Newcastle, Berwick, Edinburgh, Glasgow. Am I missing a team? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perton Wolf Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 Doubt it will be a Wednesday since Denmark ride on that night. I assume it will be Monday and Thursday as was previously rumoured. I also assume that the Championship will have to ride on non-Premiership days in order to stop the farcical doubling up on the same nights with all the fixture clashes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWitcher Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 Peterborough, would make more sense them being in the same division as Ipswich and Kings Lynn one would have thought. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g13webb Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 Doubt it will be a Wednesday since Denmark ride on that night. I assume it will be Monday and Thursday as was previously rumoured. I also assume that the Championship will have to ride on non-Premiership days in order to stop the farcical doubling up on the same nights with all the fixture clashes? Finally we are hearing some common sense come into the organisation in keeping our two leagues separate days. I have heard that Mondays and Thursdays have been earmarked as Premiership days, but I don't think 2 days is enough to run a 12 team division. Probably a third day could be added to have 3 days for the Premiership and 3 days for the Championship, Although it wouldn't eliminate all the foreign meeting clashes, it would be far better than we have now with meetings on every day of the week... . Each year we wait to hear of new ideas to make our sport better. but are normally disappointed, Will this year be any different???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Posted October 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 Peterborough, would make more sense them being in the same division as Ipswich and Kings Lynn one would have thought. My apologies to the Panthers, I had completely forgotten them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dukes Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 To avoid further embarrassment to any party, I wont go into last nights fiasco. But to avoid it ever happening again thorough detailed planning for the future is a must. Moving forward we must start at the beginning. So a fixed race night with an alternative day to be used for rain offs/abandonment's. Mondays could be classed as the alternative race day and also reserved for televised matches with Thursday the fixed race night. (alternatively vice versa) With say 12 teams in The Top League, it would mean a total of 22 weeks to fulfill home and away fixtures.. Commencing with Round 1 of fixtures on 29 March 2018 and Round 22 on 23 August 2018. All fixtures to be completed by this date as alternative day used to achieve it. This would still leave 5 full fixture dates before the end of September to stage Play Off rounds. Planning is easy, but it takes all concerned to actually listen, what the paying public want. Stability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpandroid Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 Similar to football fans, a lot of armchair managers on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foamfence Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 Similar to football fans, a lot of armchair managers on here. That's what it's for, so those who pay to allow the sport to exist, can express their ideas and opinions. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A ORLOV Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 To avoid further embarrassment to any party, I wont go into last nights fiasco. But to avoid it ever happening again thorough detailed planning for the future is a must. Moving forward we must start at the beginning. So a fixed race night with an alternative day to be used for rain offs/abandonment's. Mondays could be classed as the alternative race day and also reserved for televised matches with Thursday the fixed race night. (alternatively vice versa) With say 12 teams in The Top League, it would mean a total of 22 weeks to fulfill home and away fixtures.. Commencing with Round 1 of fixtures on 29 March 2018 and Round 22 on 23 August 2018. All fixtures to be completed by this date as alternative day used to achieve it. This would still leave 5 full fixture dates before the end of September to stage Play Off rounds. Planning is easy, but it takes all concerned to actually listen, what the paying public want. Stability. I get the impression that some clubs will race on a mon and others on thurs with the opposite nights available if needed or for tv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 Well, it won't be Sheffield as it looks like they're going to miss their chance to get promotion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A ORLOV Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 Well, it won't be Sheffield as it looks like they're going to miss their chance to get promotion If they want to come up they will. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 My apologies to the Panthers, I had completely forgotten them. Easily done 😆 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woz01 Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 (edited) Monday and Thursday race nights with a 12 team league facing each other once and home and once away, that'll give clubs 11 home league meetings. Add to that a KOC competition with groups then that would boost the amount of home matches to 14-16 (4 or 6 in a group). 30 odd weeks to fit in 14-16 home meetings should be easy. Edited October 10, 2017 by woz01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie456 Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 If promoters used their loaf they could utilise a few Tuesdays as race days in March and April as the Swedish season doesn't start until May due to the weather. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woz01 Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 If promoters used their loaf they could utilise a few Tuesdays as race days in March and April as the Swedish season doesn't start until May due to the weather. If it's possible with availability of stadiums then absolutely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman2006 Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 If you ask me the powers that be couldn't run a P up in a brewery.Complete waste of spaces 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A ORLOV Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 If promoters used their loaf they could utilise a few Tuesdays as race days in March and April as the Swedish season doesn't start until May due to the weather. Then there may not be the usual panic in Sept each year, would just need to check the possibility of more rain offs and fans stood out in the cold in March. They would need to bring in changes to reduce all the delays in the meetings and speed them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluPanther Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 Easily done Your five million posts on Boro threads would suggest otherwise 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWitcher Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 If you ask me the powers that be couldn't run a P up in a brewery.Complete waste of spaces You really shouldn't talk about your beloved promoter like that! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midland Red Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 To avoid further embarrassment to any party, I wont go into last nights fiasco. But to avoid it ever happening again thorough detailed planning for the future is a must. Moving forward we must start at the beginning. So a fixed race night with an alternative day to be used for rain offs/abandonment's. Mondays could be classed as the alternative race day and also reserved for televised matches with Thursday the fixed race night. (alternatively vice versa) With say 12 teams in The Top League, it would mean a total of 22 weeks to fulfill home and away fixtures.. Commencing with Round 1 of fixtures on 29 March 2018 and Round 22 on 23 August 2018. All fixtures to be completed by this date as alternative day used to achieve it. This would still leave 5 full fixture dates before the end of September to stage Play Off rounds. Planning is easy, but it takes all concerned to actually listen, what the paying public want. Stability. Are you saying that 8 clubs (those who don't qualify for the play-offs) would have just eleven home meetings in the season, spread over 22 weeks? More ammunition to get out of the speedway attending habit, I'd say That would bring the end of British speedway even closer than it may be at the moment 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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