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3 hours ago, 4thbender said:

Fixture list looks decidedly thin - lots of blank Thursdays.

Excluding "Reserved" nights, it only looks like we'll be called upon to make the journey to Owlerton on 14 occasions plus one Sunday (Steady's testimonial). It seems to me that whatever we fans make of speedway's problems, fewer meetings is not the solution.

It is the solution to poor organisation and avoiding the end of season fixture pile up. They just can't seem to grasp that speedway is a summer sport and that's when fans consistently want to watch meetings. They can't organise that so the solution is to do less and to encourage supporters to find other interests, not twigging that they may choose those interests first in future :o

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I can remember when you could go to Owlerton every Thursday from the end of March all the way through to late September. Now it's 14 home matches and three individual meeting's. Last season we had 27 home meeting's that's including championship, challenges, and individual. If we carry on like this speedway will just die out.I agree with what other people have said, people will look to do other thing's and will get out of the habit of going to speedway. June and July we have 2 home meetings in each month. I know if we progress in the ko cup that will be a few more meetings. But for me that's not enough speedway for me.utt

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18 hours ago, graz gp said:

I can remember when you could go to Owlerton every Thursday from the end of March all the way through to late September. Now it's 14 home matches and three individual meeting's. Last season we had 27 home meeting's that's including championship, challenges, and individual. If we carry on like this speedway will just die out.I agree with what other people have said, people will look to do other thing's and will get out of the habit of going to speedway. June and July we have 2 home meetings in each month. I know if we progress in the ko cup that will be a few more meetings. But for me that's not enough speedway for me.utt

I absolutely agree. As a die-hard fan I remember well the 1970s when the Tigers 'A' Team rode in the BL Div. 1  on Thursdays and the 'B' team in Div. 2 on Sundays (the three Stuarts: Jay, Ulph and Hickman Jr. - remember them?)

True fans can't get enough of speedway and giving us 17 matches in a season is short-changing us and insulting our loyalty. Thursday night is for speedway, not EastEnders. It's a disgrace.

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whatever team you support , its going to be a long time to get to the end of the season without any regular fixtures !

it will be 10 times as bad in season 2019 !

riders are not going to put money into equipment  just to do 16 home meetings  just as fans have almost given up on buying season tickets  ..

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On 1/27/2018 at 2:48 PM, 4thbender said:

I absolutely agree. As a die-hard fan I remember well the 1970s when the Tigers 'A' Team rode in the BL Div. 1  on Thursdays and the 'B' team in Div. 2 on Sundays (the three Stuarts: Jay, Ulph and Hickman Jr. - remember them?)

True fans can't get enough of speedway and giving us 17 matches in a season is short-changing us and insulting our loyalty. Thursday night is for speedway, not EastEnders. It's a disgrace.

Did Stuart Hickman Jr ever ride for Tigers B? I though the third Stuart was Stuart Betts.

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On 1/24/2018 at 1:57 PM, 4thbender said:

Fixture list looks decidedly thin - lots of blank Thursdays.

Excluding "Reserved" nights, it only looks like we'll be called upon to make the journey to Owlerton on 14 occasions plus one Sunday (Steady's testimonial). It seems to me that whatever we fans make of speedway's problems, fewer meetings is not the solution.

Have to agree on this one. Not sure about bothering with a season ticket. Will commit to leaving all Thursday's with a definate match free, but with so many blanks, not committed to leaving them free, just in case.

If promoters did not want to race each other twice, perhaps two Championship Shield groups only could have given us more matches.

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5 hours ago, RS50 said:

Did Stuart Hickman Jr ever ride for Tigers B? I though the third Stuart was Stuart Betts.

You are testing my memory, but you may have the fourth. I remember me and my mate joking that to get a ride on Sunday afternoon you had to be called Stuart.

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