Bunce Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 3 hours ago, Haza said: The clubs text messaging service still in operation just had a text to say meeting postponed Me too. Great to see the system works, even if it isn't the outcome I was hoping for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 Weather must be bad for tomorrow. Been no rain since 8.30am today..They had flat track racing over the weekend. Not having a go, just a bit surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icicle Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 It does seem this season's malaise, postpone a day early on projected (not actual) forecasts, just in case.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC2 Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 Unbelievable. Every club is so scared of Poole that they’re even calling rain offs for matches that don’t involve the Pirates. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 A complerely dry day forecast today. Buster was known for getting a track in order within a couple of hours. In fact I have been to Lynn where it has bucketed down, then he’s been out on his tractor and got it raceable again. Has he lost his appetite? Genuine question. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Call me wolfie Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 13 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: A complerely dry day forecast today. Buster was known for getting a track in order within a couple of hours. In fact I have been to Lynn where it has bucketed down, then he’s been out on his tractor and got it raceable again. Has he lost his appetite? Genuine question. Yes only 10% chance of rain today begs the question however buster has said that the car park and track is waterlogged, whether it would improve after 1 dry day I've no idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 If the carpark is flooded perhaps he should get out there and fill in the pot holes? The swedes can relay a track in two hours. I know Buster Chapman can get a total write off of a track relaid very quickly. Seen him do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWitcher Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 It seems to me speedway has found yet another way to drive the nail deeper into it's coffin. Not so long ago, if it was dry on the day, a meeting would be on, regardless of how much rain over previous days and weeks. In fact I never batted an eyelid about rain on days before a meeting. All that mattered was, if it was dry on the day you knew things were going ahead. It seems now zero effort is put in... which soon makes fans think why should they put any effort in either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.V 72 Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 If I remember rightly when Tony Mole was the promoter at Belle vue he made a statement that if it does not rain for 2 hours before tapes up the meeting will be on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therefused Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 49 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: If the carpark is flooded perhaps he should get out there and fill in the pot holes? The swedes can relay a track in two hours. I know Buster Chapman can get a total write off of a track relaid very quickly. Seen him do it. If you'd seen him you'd know its no fun for the fans to stand around for hours waiting for the track to be relaid. I'm guessing because you're so close to the Norfolk Arena you know exactly what the conditions are there currently? Who needs a weather forecast when we have Steve Shovlar on the case, best run all rain offs by him from now on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star Lady Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Steve Shovlar said: A complerely dry day forecast today. Buster was known for getting a track in order within a couple of hours. In fact I have been to Lynn where it has bucketed down, then he’s been out on his tractor and got it raceable again. Has he lost his appetite? Genuine question. Yesterday and today (so far) may have been dry but it wasn't drying weather. It was misty, damp and almost no breeze at all. Any moisture in the ground would have stayed exactly where it is as would moisture in heaps of "dry" shale. i played petanque yesterday on gravel and every time we walked there was water in our footprints, the ground is that waterlogged. I'm no apologist for Buster but I cannot fault his reasoning for calling this one off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted April 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 There is absolutely no dry in Norfolk today, nor was there yesterday. It is musty and murky, no wind to speak of and certainly no sunshine. Maybe he could have got the track sorted, maybe he couldn't but it seems after some bad experiences for supporters last year he doesn't want people wading through mud and puddles in the car park or to risk a rain off or poor conditions for racing for the first impression of this season. Being an outdoor worker I'm personally not convinced he could get the track sorted, everywhere is saturated meaning the drainage at the track must be overflowing and it is one thing relaying a circuit in the summer months compared to a wet and chilly April. A bad customer experience tonight after the farce of 2017 could do the club serious damage. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, BWitcher said: It seems to me speedway has found yet another way to drive the nail deeper into it's coffin. Not so long ago, if it was dry on the day, a meeting would be on, regardless of how much rain over previous days and weeks. In fact I never batted an eyelid about rain on days before a meeting. All that mattered was, if it was dry on the day you knew things were going ahead. It seems now zero effort is put in... which soon makes fans think why should they put any effort in either. Completely agree. If there was no rain on the day the meeting went ahead. In fact I have experienced heavy rain at Poole in the morning and no issues with the meeting later on. A call off on a dry day just never happened and I don’t believe for one second this meeting could not go ahead. All day in improving conditions and Buster couldn’t sort it out? Await usual apologists remarks about me not being in Kings Lynn blah blah blah. Edited April 11, 2018 by Steve Shovlar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poole keith Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 i think its more a reflection and an indicator of the severe financial pressures speedway promoters(including ours) are facing this season(lets be honest if its cancelled and rearranged people like you and i would be there either way) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haza Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 32 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: Completely agree. If there was no rain on the day the meeting went ahead. In fact I have experienced heavy rain at Poole in the morning and no issues with the meeting later on. A call off on a dry day just never happened and I don’t believe for one second this meeting could not go ahead. All day in improving conditions and Buster couldn’t sort it out? Await usual apologists remarks about me not being in Kings Lynn blah blah blah. After the damage that was done on meltdown Thursday by riders and promotion and other times when the fans have been mugged in the past some fans have made it clear they will not attend meetings unless the weather is dry and settled if that’s a consideration of the call off I’m not sure . Anyway I’d better not be negative or I will get shot down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star Lady Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Steve Shovlar said: Completely agree. If there was no rain on the day the meeting went ahead. In fact I have experienced heavy rain at Poole in the morning and no issues with the meeting later on. A call off on a dry day just never happened and I don’t believe for one second this meeting could not go ahead. All day in improving conditions and Buster couldn’t sort it out? Await usual apologists remarks about me not being in Kings Lynn blah blah blah. I take it you don't believe myself and Bagpuss when we say the conditions are not improving. Or do you live closer than my 2 miles to the stadium? As others have said there seems to be a collective decision amongst promoters to have early call offs this early season. I'm not in favour of them generally but this one is the correct decision. This is Starlady reporting for the BSF, about 224 miles closer to the stadium than Steve Shovlar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 So basically the answer is not that the track can’t be sorted, as it probably can be, but that some fans might not turn up as Champions league football is on TV and it was a bit damp earlier on. It Sets a bad precedent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimmo Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 Having just returned home from King's Lynn and less than a mile from the stadium, nobody in there right mind would really get any pleasure out of standing around tonight for a few hours in a very open environment. It's currently quite foggy, damp with the odd bit of drizzle, and extremely cold. I don't think for one minute that Champions League football on TV (Who's playing anyway, and that's an honest question?) would have kept the public away, but today's weather certainly would have. So I'm with those who think the club have made the right decision to postpone, as have Birmingham for the same reasons, but nobody is having a pop at them, so what makes King's Lynn so different in the moaners eyes? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted April 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 Are you only reading the bits you want to? The whole of Norfolk has been drenched and its not drying out yet despite the lack of rain since Monday, and the track almost certainly can't be sorted to produce proper speedway racing.And after last season they want to get the first meeting right. Pretty straightforward and nothing to do with Real Madrid or Bayern Munich. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimmo Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 16 minutes ago, Bagpuss said: Are you only reading the bits you want to? The whole of Norfolk has been drenched and its not drying out yet despite the lack of rain since Monday, and the track almost certainly can't be sorted to produce proper speedway racing.And after last season they want to get the first meeting right. Pretty straightforward and nothing to do with Real Madrid or Bayern Munich. Is that who Mr Shovlar was referring to? Why would a King's Lynn fan, or come to that a Wolverhampton fan (the hardcore who travel) want to stop at home and watch Real Madrid play Bayern Munich, when there own speedway club are racing. Whatever is he talking about....the mind boggles???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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