Gambo Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 44 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: 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. Yeah.. a bit like Poole v Lakeside a few years ago? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 I think the club are just trying to maximise is revenue and making sure conditions to run meetings are near on perfect. After last season it's absolutely the right thing to do. The problem is, 2 or 3 more weeks of this weather we'll be heading towards 2 home meetings in a week or double headers again where money will be lost regardless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimmo Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 15 minutes ago, Daniel Smith said: I think the club are just trying to maximise is revenue and making sure conditions to run meetings are near on perfect. After last season it's absolutely the right thing to do. The problem is, 2 or 3 more weeks of this weather we'll be heading towards 2 home meetings in a week or double headers again where money will be lost regardless. If that happened, the easy option would be to push the deadline out wouldn't it, after all, the season finishes early September, leaving around 6-7 weeks to wrap up the play-offs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytsejam Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 Only six miles from the track and I am quite surprised that this has been called off as there hasn't been any rain since yesterday morning. To be fair though there has been a lot of rain recently and there hasn't been any real dry out as there's been no sun or wind but I am still surprised that they couldn't have got the track in a good raceable state within the last 24+ hours. If it's been called off due to the state of the car park/stock car pits then that is a poor show. They have been a disgrace for many years now and something should have been done about them a long time ago. The pits at Mildenhall were in a similar disgraceful state until a couple of years ago but a bit of investment (£) and time have now made them good (I know that's not where there public parks there but just using that as an example that something COULD be done at Lynn too) With the fixed race nights this season, a poor Summer is going to lead to an even worse fixture back log than previous years so I would have thought that every opportunity to get a meeting on when it was actually dry overhead would have been taken! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 Perhaps Buster is the ultimate weather forcaster. Looks like rain about to hit Kings Lynn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 3 hours ago, Star Lady said: 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 Come on now SL, we all know that Shovlar is the forum Oracle when it comes to all things weather. Just a shame most of his expert predictions are laughably wrong. 2 hours ago, Steve Shovlar said: 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. Poole know about bad precedents. Cough cough Poole v Lakeside cough cough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star Lady Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 ''Tis now raining steadily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted April 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 40 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: Perhaps Buster is the ultimate weather forcaster. Looks like rain about to hit Kings Lynn. RAF Marham do the work for him I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz325 Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 (edited) Edited April 11, 2018 by topaz325 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shale Searcher Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 26 minutes ago, Star Lady said: ''Tis now raining steadily Tis only a shower... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Ward Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 49 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: Perhaps Buster is the ultimate weather forcaster. Looks like rain about to hit Kings Lynn. Star Lady, Haza and Bagpuss have all given you very good reasons why tonight’s meeting was called off early but you clearly either don’t understand what they are saying or you don’t believe them so I thought I would add my two pennies worth. Firstly I am a farmer something I’ve been doing for 45 years and I’m also a member of the local drainage board so I would like to think that I do know something about rain and the effects that it has on the ground. You said in an earlier post that if there was some rain in the morning of a meeting that it should still go ahead, well yes I agree with you there but only on the assumption that we hadn’t had a lot of rain say in the 4 or 5 days leading up to that meeting, the trouble here is that we have had heavy rain virtually everyday for the last 3 weeks. Even when it hasn’t rained much like today there has been no wind or sun to start drying the track which is most definitely well into the clay base by now. If we’d have had 10/15ml of rain only this morning Buster would have easily have prepared a good racing surface but we haven’t so it is what it is. We even had a stock car meeting called off last week something I’ve never heard of before. The weather for the weekend and next week appears to be more encouraging and in my opinion the track will only just be ready for the meeting against Belle Vue next week so tonight’s meeting, not in a million years so great decision by KL Speedway to call it off early. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tellboy Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 Whilst i was peed off it got called off yesterday it was purely because i could make this meeting.With the shifts i work i can't get to see them all so every one i can make i hate to see postponed. Having biked home from work an hour ago Buster has got this spot on.The weather is abysmal it is damp,actually raining and bloody cold,and with the rain we have had i can't imagine the track being in any fit condition.Think SS is just fishing again,he likes to do that,as long as it keeps him happy. On the plus side i've managed to book 4hrs off work next week so don't have to go in until 10pm.So with the weather set fair hopefully we will get a meeting on.Hopefully get done by about 9.20pm so i can get back to Wisbech for a 10pm start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 A poor meeting and rubbish track at Poole and Rye meeting abandoned half way through. Justice served and great call Buster Chapman, not to mug of ya punters 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 I'm 7 miles from track.Last rain was 5am Tuesday. They had flat track racing(bikes) the weekend .Racing could of happened imho, but I can understand a call off.Got to be careful the obsession with weather don't take over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haza Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 7 hours ago, Bald Bloke said: I'm 7 miles from track.Last rain was 5am Tuesday. They had flat track racing(bikes) the weekend .Racing could of happened imho, but I can understand a call off.Got to be careful the obsession with weather don't take over. Far better to call off as we did than have 8 heats like they did at Rye House then call it off all that does is pee fans off - from my point of view I’d not attended if Lynn had been on last night will take my own personal view of the weather and the likelihood of rain and conditions I and many more have been mugged too many times by speedway promotions and at £18 a meeting it not going to happen again . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tellboy Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 On 4/11/2018 at 11:39 AM, 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. How long did it take Poole to sort their pot holes out?And this was where 4 riders were going at 65mph 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehone Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 21 hours ago, Bald Bloke said: They had flat track racing(bikes) the weekend how long did it go before it was abandoned? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur54 Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 On 11 April 2018 at 9:31 PM, Daniel Smith said: A poor meeting and rubbish track at Poole and Rye meeting abandoned half way through. Justice served and great call Buster Chapman, not to mug of ya punters were you at Wimborne Road? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 2 hours ago, stevehone said: how long did it go before it was abandoned? I don't know.But in the clip on YouTube the track didn't look to bad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g13webb Posted April 13, 2018 Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 (edited) 8 hours ago, Bald Bloke said: I don't know.But in the clip on YouTube the track didn't look to bad. In fact the track looked pretty good. But I'm of the impression the track condition is only part of the decision when meetings are cancelled. The bigger issue is about the weather and the desire of the supporters to come in adverse climates.... Obviously this is a gamble that Buster feels he cant sustain , so he would rather wait until the nights are dry and warm hoping the Fans will turn up in their 100's, Just shows how desperate our sport has become.... Personally I hope there is a good turn-up next Wednesday, and it goes some way to re-coup some of the loses incurred so far,, Edited April 13, 2018 by g13webb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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