Hawk127 Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 Apparently 16000 at the meet. Dream on U.K. speedway it has some work to do to tempt those sort of numbers to a play off meeting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 Terrible meeting from Gorzow. Leszno will win 2nd leg by 12 points easy, they have 7 riders that will score. Gorzow have Zmarzlik & Vaculik that will certainly score. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 9 hours ago, Hawk127 said: Apparently 16000 at the meet. Dream on U.K. speedway it has some work to do to tempt those sort of numbers to a play off meeting. IN Poland fans are supporting not just their club but their town/city. It is a whole different demographic to the UK. It's a young audience. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Science Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 1 hour ago, PHILIPRISING said: IN Poland fans are supporting not just their club but their town/city. It is a whole different demographic to the UK. It's a young audience. Agree, was at Zielona Gora a few weeks back, the crowd has a demographic and feel a lot similar to a football crowd in Britain. Those around me in Block K5 support their town / city and the winning is far more important than the quality of the speedway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 2 hours ago, PHILIPRISING said: IN Poland fans are supporting not just their club but their town/city. It is a whole different demographic to the UK. It's a young audience. As we do in this country with football ,rugby, Ice hockey but for some reason speedway believes it’s some sort of competitor sport and has dissolved the team aspect in all but name 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted September 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 10536 at Wroclaw and 13053 at Gorzow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Carter Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 Gorzow Vs Leszno What an utterly crud meeting. Does anyone know what has happened to the Gorzow track ? Its got steadily worse through the season. Had high hopes for this one but gave up watching on free sport after heat 9 and had to come back for a second sitting on Monday. Rybnik Vs Lublin Faith in humanity restored! What a meeting! Score possibly flattered Rybnik a little so i think they'll edge it over 2 legs. Couple of races from AJ at the start were sensational stuff. Rolling back the years. Massive crowd as well. Just 10/10 for everything 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Carter Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 20 hours ago, Fred Flange said: This afternoons slick track gave much better racing. Same story at Belle Vue, slick is significantly better than grippy. You are certainly right on the evidence yesterday. When AJ was interviewed at Rybnik after his tremendous races early on he did say that the track was 'super-slick' which I thought was very odd given how good the racing was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 That was a cracking match at Rybnik,not see much of Miesak but he was certainly putting himself about ,look like Smarslik at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted September 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 10 minutes ago, Fromafar said: That was a cracking match at Rybnik,not see much of Miesak but he was certainly putting himself about ,look like Smarslik at times. I am assuming you are referring to Miesiac and Zmarzlik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 1 hour ago, racers and royals said: I am assuming you are referring to Miesiac and Zmarzlik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolskiZuzel Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 10 hours ago, New Science said: .... the winning is far more important than the quality of the speedway You're quite right in this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted September 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2018 Big day next Sunday with some tense but great speedway in prospect Nice Polska final 2nd leg Lublin(38) v Rybnik(52) Polsat Sport and Eleven sport 2 start time 1.30pm UK time Extraleague 3rd/4th place play-off 2nd leg Czestochowa (39) v Wroclaw(51) N Sport programme starts 2.30pm UK time 1st race 3pm UK time Extraleague final 2nd leg Leszno(44) v Gorzow(46) N Sport programme starts 5.45pm UK time 1st race 6.15pm UK time- live on Freesports 6pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted September 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2018 Jason Doyle and NKI have signed for Torun in 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve69 Posted September 18, 2018 Report Share Posted September 18, 2018 Was also at Rybnik with a polish friend who was new to watching live speedway. We both loved it brilliant meeting. There were 3 other brits sat in front of us from the same hotel. And another 2 in the main stand.Supporters were sitting in the aisles on bends 1 & 2 & about 4 deep at the top walkway. Fantastic. And there were 3 x Lublin fans nearby to us & no trouble. We arrived at 1-15pm & it was well over half full at that time. The club sklep (or rather a wooden hut) was doing a roaring trade throughout the meeting. Only managed to get a shirt & scarf by blagging my way to the front of the queue half way through the meet during a break & one of the ladies took pity on me. 10x better than the SEC the night before but it had rained non stop from 1pm friday to 9am saturday morning. It`s going to be fun on sunday for Leszno v Gorzow as that joker from Krsko GP - Artur Kusmierz is down to referee!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted September 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2018 3 minutes ago, steve69 said: Was also at Rybnik with a polish friend who was new to watching live speedway. We both loved it brilliant meeting. There were 3 other brits sat in front of us from the same hotel. And another 2 in the main stand.Supporters were sitting in the aisles on bends 1 & 2 & about 4 deep at the top walkway. Fantastic. And there were 3 x Lublin fans nearby to us & no trouble. We arrived at 1-15pm & it was well over half full at that time. The club sklep (or rather a wooden hut) was doing a roaring trade throughout the meeting. Only managed to get a shirt & scarf by blagging my way to the front of the queue half way through the meet during a break & one of the ladies took pity on me. 10x better than the SEC the night before but it had rained non stop from 1pm friday to 9am saturday morning. It`s going to be fun on sunday for Leszno v Gorzow as that joker from Krsko GP - Artur Kusmierz is down to referee!!! Kusmierz did the 1st leg and there were no problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted September 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2018 Sportowefakty are reporting that because Gorzow put the prices up by so much last Sunday there were over 2000 unsold tickets- Leszno on Sunday will be a full house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted September 19, 2018 Report Share Posted September 19, 2018 (edited) 9 hours ago, racers and royals said: Sportowefakty are reporting that because Gorzow put the prices up by so much last Sunday there were over 2000 unsold tickets- Leszno on Sunday will be a full house. I think it doubled in price ,It seems it’s not just british promoters who know how to rip their own customers off, you support your team all year and get rewarded by being expected to pay more Edited September 19, 2018 by THE DEAN MACHINE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted September 19, 2018 Report Share Posted September 19, 2018 20 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said: I think it doubled in price ,It seems it’s not just british promoters who know how to rip their own customers off, you support your team all year and get rewarded by being expected to pay more Prices in most sports are more expensive for the season defining matches. Football and cricket always charge more for the end of season cup games. Its not right but speedway is not exclusive to price rises for the bigger matches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted September 19, 2018 Report Share Posted September 19, 2018 2 minutes ago, Mark said: Prices in most sports are more expensive for the season defining matches. Football and cricket always charge more for the end of season cup games. Its not right but speedway is not exclusive to price rises for the bigger matches. And 2000 fans voted with their feet, anybody who runs any business knows you look after your customers especially your loyal ones, seems that doesn’t apply on speedway, speedway is different to other sports in that it has no money from sponsors and is trying to cling on to every supporter it can and making them pay more for a product that is already overpriced is kicking them in the teeth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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