g13webb Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 Having looked at 4 weather websites, its difficult to be precise of Sundays weather. 2 give dry and cloudy, and the other 2 say cold with showers. To call a meeting off 5 days prior because for the weather forecast is asking for problems. Before long we will be calling off next weeks meetings in case it might rain,,... The track may be wet, but surely it doesn't take that long to scrape the top off and lay some new stuff... Like I said, seems to me they took the easy option and used the 'Get out of Jail' card. Real shame really, this was to be the first meeting of the season, and imagine there would have been a good turnout..... Feel sorry for the people who have shelled out money already... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foamfence Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 With far fewer fixtures this year, I was hoping there wouldn't be any racing until April, it'll be the same at the end of the season, with clubs struggling to complete things in October. Very disappointing! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wealdstone Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 I am sure this decision gives no pleasure to anybody including the organizers who have suffered enough flack already. There is likely more to this than meets the eye and my own view would be that the EOES having forced a change of start time have refused Speedway sufficient access to the track for adequate preparation . As EOES hold all the cards and have already threatened to take their ball home the Speedway organizers are scared of upsetting their landlords Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crump99 Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 1 hour ago, Haza said: Always up against it once the start time was changed - the one thing to be learned from this is if s club can’t start the meeting at 2 pm the meeting goes to another club who can this meeting should never have been allocated to Pboro in the first place . Why shouldn't it have been allocated to Peterborough? If it had run as planned then it would have been a roaring success. Only those inside know why and where it's all gone pear shaped. I would agree that in future for any such meetings there is a reserve track in place and the meeting runs as first publicised or is immediately moved. For this meeting though I'd guess that with the drivers event putting a spanner in the works then speedway parking would be on the already waterlogged grassed areas. That'd be a big no no for the EoES so an early decision was probably taken out of the club's hands anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirate Nick Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 14 hours ago, Paulco said: Gutted , i suppose train tickets are non refundable Recently had to cancel a trip. South Western Railways gave me a full refund, just took them to Christchurch station told the ticket office I wasn’t going to use them, no quibble refund back to the debit card that paid for them.The tickets were returned before the day of travel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulco Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 I'll give it a try at Paisley Gilmour Street later Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haza Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 1 hour ago, Crump99 said: Why shouldn't it have been allocated to Peterborough? If it had run as planned then it would have been a roaring success. Only those inside know why and where it's all gone pear shaped. I would agree that in future for any such meetings there is a reserve track in place and the meeting runs as first publicised or is immediately moved. For this meeting though I'd guess that with the drivers event putting a spanner in the works then speedway parking would be on the already waterlogged grassed areas. That'd be a big no no for the EoES so an early decision was probably taken out of the club's hands anyway. Once the 2pm start time was lost this meeting should have been switched to another club straight away . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Johnson Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 depending how hotel bookings were done, ie online, there is an option to get a room with free cancellation, costs about a tenner more but gives you piece of mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammer1969 Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 Booked my hotel with cancellation option firstly for Saturday night, cancelled that after start time change and rebooked for Sunday night and just cancelled that booking. My opinion is for speedway meetings I always choose bookings with cancellation options even if it might cost me more as nowadays rain offs etc are becoming more frequent. I hope everyone who booked in advance for this meeting manages to get refunds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobydoo Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 32 minutes ago, Haza said: Once the 2pm start time was lost this meeting should have been switched to another club straight away . And how would that of helped all those that had train and hotels booked as it looks like most were booked well in advance of the meeting date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 I've said it before and I'll say it again... If you're going to cancel meetings based on a weather forecast you may as well give up speedway promotion now! Tbf though they do say the track is currently in no fit state for racing, but having attended a couple of fiascos at Peterborough last season I wonder if it ever is 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haza Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 24 minutes ago, scoobydoo said: And how would that of helped all those that had train and hotels booked as it looks like most were booked well in advance of the meeting date. A 100% set in stone 2pm start time should a condition of being awarded the meeting - Granted the weather comes into play were ever it’s held in this country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIRKYLANE Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 Shame that the cancellation has happened but most probably a wise decision. Hope the field of riders can be maintained for the new date Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluPanther Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 14 minutes ago, iainb said: I've said it before and I'll say it again... If you're going to cancel meetings based on a weather forecast you may as well give up speedway promotion now! Tbf though they do say the track is currently in no fit state for racing, but having attended a couple of fiascos at Peterborough last season I wonder if it ever is Speedway meetings have always been at the mercy of weather, that will never change unless you put a roof on. Early cancellations are common sense, and anyone that doesn't understand why is obviously ignorant of logistics ... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 6 minutes ago, blupanther said: Speedway meetings have always been at the mercy of weather, that will never change unless you put a roof on. Early cancellations are common sense, and anyone that doesn't understand why is obviously ignorant of logistics ... What do you suggest hire Cardiff for the day!! at Swindon i believe there is a cut off time to postspone if not they still have to pay rental.? Even in our good old British summer time there are cancellations and how many times are the weather forecasts wrong anyway sometimes you just have to take a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 Just to clarify, that the current state of the Peterborough track has as much to do with any postponement as the forecast. It's very soft and there's no way it could recover in time for Sunday. It's unavoidable, given recent weather. If you notice, any tracks holding amateur meetings this winter have seen their programme decimated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 Id be surprised if any track in Britain is currently in a position that would get a meeting on for this coming weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil The Ace Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 10 minutes ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: Id be surprised if any track in Britain is currently in a position that would get a meeting on for this coming weekend Belle vue have there press and practice today. Track fine. And first meeting on Monday is all set 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 23 minutes ago, Phil The Ace said: Belle vue have there press and practice today. Track fine. And first meeting on Monday is all set The exception to prove the rule!! Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluPanther Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 1 hour ago, Sidney the robin said: What do you suggest hire Cardiff for the day!! at Swindon i believe there is a cut off time to postspone if not they still have to pay rental.? Even in our good old British summer time there are cancellations and how many times are the weather forecasts wrong anyway sometimes you just have to take a chance. Obviously there is 'no chance' of getting the track race able for Sunday, and the press and practice day on Saturday has also been postponed .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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