stevebrum Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 1 hour ago, New Science said: Agree with this, as a side note that picture of the Poole team in this weeks Speedway Star looks awful. They look like a team out of the National League. Hardly fitting for the so called " Manchester United of speedway " Couldn't agree more. There are NL teams with professional team suits. All very embarrassing to have the so called best team looking like a 2nd hand rag-tag and bobtail outfit. Poor. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomersetBlue Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 7 hours ago, Chris said: You have just been quoted above as saying Hancock preferred to over pay Doyle than purchase team kevlars. Embarrassing for the club. Never said I didn't but btw she actually haggled his price down so we aren't overpaying him but I didn't just say Doyle was the reason did I. There are plenty more reasons as to why she didn't do it. You can't just cherry pick one thing that someone has said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 If team kevlars can't be afforded then that's that, forget them, we went donkeys years without them, never thought about them, they don't affect the racing, that's the number one priority for our sport imo! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 Thing is Trees the 'good old days' are long gone and image & appearance is very important now, especially for a struggling sport like ours. Racesuits should be compulsory for our top two leagues IMO, and there is no reason why good racing can't be a priority regardless of this. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouch Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 If it helps Poole from going under then I’m with his decision to drop them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalan Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 This clamour for race Suits so it looks professional is quite bizarre when you look at the majority of the stadia we race in. Most are pretty awful tbh. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trotter65 Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 Race suits do look professional..but I'm definitely for individual race suits...fans from when I was young liked to support certain riders and the riders were known by their own colours and you got to know those colours and things for each individual riders and made riders stand out more and be more individual....after all its an individual sport masquerading as a team sport really and in team suits all riders look the same which to me isn't a great look 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 4 hours ago, Bagpuss said: Thing is Trees the 'good old days' are long gone and image & appearance is very important now, especially for a struggling sport like ours. Racesuits should be compulsory for our top two leagues IMO, and there is no reason why good racing can't be a priority regardless of this. That's something that promoters need to ask sponsors I guess, yes they will be short of places on the riders to put sponsors names but if riders always have new kevlars each year anyway perhaps the promoters can come to some agreement with the riders to include a club sponsor on their suit. Plenty of places in the stadium and a great place is the front fork/handlebar covers which are reasonably cheap and easily changed? Don't get me wrong I have grown to like team suits but imo they won't make speedway more popular but more exciting racing will hopefully.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Najjer Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 5 minutes ago, Trees said: That's something that promoters need to ask sponsors I guess, yes they will be short of places on the riders to put sponsors names but if riders always have new kevlars each year anyway perhaps the promoters can come to some agreement with the riders to include a club sponsor on their suit. Plenty of places in the stadium and a great place is the front fork/handlebar covers which are reasonably cheap and easily changed? Don't get me wrong I have grown to like team suits but imo they won't make speedway more popular but more exciting racing will hopefully.... That's another big and cheap to do sponsor opportunity for teams - the front fork covers. I think Kings Lynn did it a few years back and gives companies a much more prominent place than just the chest of a racesuit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gresham Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 Imo, it would make more sense if teams supplied Race jackets, Fork covers and Bike covers, rather than team Kevlars. Have the team colours and emblem on the race jacket and covers, with club sponsers names. Have the riders wear and provide their own kevlars, with their sponsers names on. That way you get the best of both worlds. Crazy sport though...more worried about looks rather than running it properly. Team Kevlars aren't going to make the public come flocking back. As Gary May said in this weeks Star...'Crowds across the sport are dropping, yet costs are just the same'. That's got to be looked at, rather than focusing on team kevlars, because lets face it, it's just 'team' in name, not nature. As for the comments about looking professional in this thread...and regardless of what I've said before in this post...how do Speedway bikes look 'Professional' with bits of plastic bike covers flapping about on them? As Speedway fans, we've all got accustomed to them, but to the person outside the sport, you often get cries of derision on how stupid they look. How many other forms of motor sport have such like? Looks cheap and tacky. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 Super Stars... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 5 hours ago, sugarray said: This clamour for race Suits so it looks professional is quite bizarre when you look at the majority of the stadia we race in. Most are pretty awful tbh. You are 100% right, toilets should be near the top of to-do list. When arriving referees should check: 1. Track, 2. Toilets, 3. General state of the stadium (litter & easily achievable task). If ANY are bad cancel the meeting, if any are not good - reprimand & get fixed for following meeting. Long time supporters will accept almost any conditions, our life-blood "protential new fans" will expect reasonable facilities & definitely CLEAN TOILETS! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalan Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 I'm not sure I've been to a speedway stadium with decent toilets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldRacer Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 I have been pretty indifferent to race suits on the whole, but seeing the difference between those with and those without in Speedway star this week in the team photos was persuasive. Ditching them on cost grounds is a false economy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tellboy Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 1 hour ago, sugarray said: I'm not sure I've been to a speedway stadium with decent toilets. Think some of that could be down to some of the people that use them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalan Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 Definitely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 2 hours ago, sugarray said: I'm not sure I've been to a speedway stadium with decent toilets. Try King's Lynn m8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalan Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 They were awful when I was last there. A few years ago. And the changing rooms well!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 1 hour ago, sugarray said: They were awful when I was last there. A few years ago. And the changing rooms well!!! You’re behind the times, everything has been renewed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drew2 Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 So is the consensus that KL look great and professional in team suits?? I am not convinced. On closer inspection it looks like to me that Lewis Kerr's set is different to the rest. Would you see Manchester United players have 10 players in say Nike kit and one in Under Armour?? Going back to the Rebels suits (or lack of them) the cost was quoted at £6K for the whole team which is a considerable amount of money in almost any business. If the promotion hiked the admission price up to cover the cost and pay for those then no one would be happy would they? Mind you Gazza did say if they won at Poole this morning he would buy them!! In all honesty I am looking for the red and blue helmet covers rather than the kevlars when i'm at the OTA. If it is race jackets this year then fine by me, I am sure a few of our friends from Devon would love to have a team to support each Monday wearing anything let alone worrying about team kevlars! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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