SteveLyric2 Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 45 minutes ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: Someone has to be bottom Of course a team towards the top will be more attractive than one lower down due to it being natural to want to link to success and greater TV exposure etc I stand by the claim that higher profile sponsors would expect that type of professional set up rather than a rag bag of different coloured suits and bibs with different sized and style detachable numbers etc Race bibs would be a common design carrying the main sponsor(s) name(s), whether riders had matching kevlars or not! Don't get me wrong I personally prefer team kevlars but once the riders have all their individual sponsors added with different colours and logos, they all look different anyway - not something that happens with race jackets/bibs! So are the Witches club colours no longer Blue/black/white now? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 10 minutes ago, Skidder1 said: Race bibs would be a common design carrying the main sponsor(s) name(s), whether riders had matching kevlars or not! Don't get me wrong I personally prefer team kevlars but once the riders have all their individual sponsors added with different colours and logos, they all look different anyway - not something that happens with race jackets/bibs! So are the Witches club colours no longer Blue/black/white now? Those colours still stand Yellow has been more noticable in recent times with the Tru link although it has often been a part anyway If you look all the individual sponsors on the Witches suits are in white so more consistentcy (KP aside ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Irving Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 On 3/18/2019 at 5:16 PM, Ghosty said: ..but the big whammy 2 guest riders in your team & the whole thing look's a shambles!!!! As opposed to all seven looking a complete shambles from the get go? Some people still live in the past and that’s part of the problem Speedway has these days. I suggest everyone takes a look at the link to the Look East programme posted on the Ipswich thread. Ipswich look like a professional outfit of a professional sport, exactly the way it SHOULD be, instead of people harking on about the good old days of the 70’s when riders had individual identity with race bibs and numbers made out of gaffer tape that was half falling off. As I said, people need to stop living in the past. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 I have to say that as a middle ground im surprised more clubs don't utilise the Jersey approach. Riders can have their own kevlars and be recognisable via legs but have X jerseys made each reflecting the clubs preferred design for the upper body and can have the riders sponsors included too. Keep a couple back for guests and cheap to make when Poole change 6 of the starting line up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moxey63 Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 Don't you find it odd that speedway was more a team sport when riders wore different leathers to each other but the same race jacket, and yet today we have riders in identical suits and yet it's more an individual sport? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teaboy279 Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 On 3/19/2019 at 6:56 PM, Steve Irving said: As opposed to all seven looking a complete shambles from the get go? Some people still live in the past and that’s part of the problem Speedway has these days. I suggest everyone takes a look at the link to the Look East programme posted on the Ipswich thread. Ipswich look like a professional outfit of a professional sport, exactly the way it SHOULD be, instead of people harking on about the good old days of the 70’s when riders had individual identity with race bibs and numbers made out of gaffer tape that was half falling off. As I said, people need to stop living in the past. A brave but imo, true assessment of many of the sports problems in a nutshell. Need to look forward not backwards. And in modern society a team of different colours schemes but matching bibs looks a mess and a bit amateurish to everyone except the purists. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moxey63 Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 1 hour ago, teaboy279 said: A brave but imo, true assessment of many of the sports problems in a nutshell. Need to look forward not backwards. And in modern society a team of different colours schemes but matching bibs looks a mess and a bit amateurish to everyone except the purists. Race suits may look more professional. But the reality is... the sport is a mess. You can't sell it to newcomers on race suits alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dornier Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 On 3/20/2019 at 10:13 AM, Sings4Speedway said: I have to say that as a middle ground im surprised more clubs don't utilise the Jersey approach. Riders can have their own kevlars and be recognisable via legs but have X jerseys made each reflecting the clubs preferred design for the upper body and can have the riders sponsors included too. Keep a couple back for guests and cheap to make when Poole change 6 of the starting line up. I thought of that but they don`t look too good when they`re flapping about in the wind. They`re ok for guest riders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 6 minutes ago, Dornier fixer said: I thought of that but they don`t look too good when they`re flapping about in the wind. They`re ok for guest riders. True but they are still in their infancy with respect to speedway. If they were being made for specific riders rather than just a one size fits all then they could be a little more tailored. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyK86 Posted March 22, 2019 Report Share Posted March 22, 2019 21 hours ago, Sings4Speedway said: True but they are still in their infancy with respect to speedway. If they were being made for specific riders rather than just a one size fits all then they could be a little more tailored. Our riders wore some Ice Hockey jerseys when at Sheffield Steelers game last Saturday and they looked brilliant, which would make them very appealing for fans to buy in off season as well as during. They would just need some sort of elastic/grippers so they don't flap around as much when racing. Glasgow have done good by releasing a team shirt which is great for fans to buy and Sheffield were also wearing t-shirt's which represent the team very well so hopefully they will be available at track shop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted March 22, 2019 Report Share Posted March 22, 2019 12 minutes ago, AJK86 said: Our riders wore some Ice Hockey jerseys when at Sheffield Steelers game last Saturday and they looked brilliant, which would make them very appealing for fans to buy in off season as well as during. They would just need some sort of elastic/grippers so they don't flap around as much when racing. Glasgow have done good by releasing a team shirt which is great for fans to buy and Sheffield were also wearing t-shirt's which represent the team very well so hopefully they will be available at track shop. Ive long thought that the replica shirt market is something that Speedway teams have missed out on (even if it was licensed through the manufacturer with a club taking a share?) It is something that all other team sports capitalise upon & even individual riders are doing well from but UK teams fail at this consistently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouch Posted March 22, 2019 Report Share Posted March 22, 2019 Aces are doing replica shirts this year. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reliant Robin Posted March 22, 2019 Report Share Posted March 22, 2019 2 minutes ago, ouch said: Aces are doing replica shirts this year. As are Swindon 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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