Sings4Speedway Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 Interesting encounter tonight on the Island. Morley on Championship duty may be the telling factor as Ayres isn't quite as dominant but Kent have been sporting and booked Nick Laurence at reserve. The Warriors are starting to fire as a unit and the enforced changes at reserve probably makes them stronger. Much of the match will swing on the engine rooms with who comes out on top between Widman & Verge vs Rowe & Hampshire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 Ayres is pretty dominant on the island, from the gate or from the back. Let's hope this meeting avoids the wet stuff currently on the south coast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueherb777 Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 5 hours ago, Sings4Speedway said: Interesting encounter tonight on the Island. Morley on Championship duty may be the telling factor as Ayres isn't quite as dominant but Kent have been sporting and booked Nick Laurence at reserve. The Warriors are starting to fire as a unit and the enforced changes at reserve probably makes them stronger. Much of the match will swing on the engine rooms with who comes out on top between Widman & Verge vs Rowe & Hampshire. Hardly interesting, in a meaningless fixture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted May 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 1 hour ago, blueherb777 said: Hardly interesting, in a meaningless fixture? Try telling that to the IOW promotion. Sadly nothing is going their way at present with Campos withdrawn and Morley taking a trip to hospital after being taken out at redcar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 4 hours ago, blueherb777 said: Hardly interesting, in a meaningless fixture? It's a speedway match! Don't you like speedway? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueherb777 Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 9 hours ago, RobMcCaffery said: It's a speedway match! Don't you like speedway? It is not the case of liking Speedway. Too many things to list about what I do not like about Speedway. My point about this fixture is the National Trophy fixture`s farce.Both IOW and Kent already are out of the competition,yet both have meaningless fixtures to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted May 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 25 minutes ago, blueherb777 said: It is not the case of liking Speedway. Too many things to list about what I do not like about Speedway. My point about this fixture is the National Trophy fixture`s farce.Both IOW and Kent already are out of the competition,yet both have meaningless fixtures to come. Whilst meaningless in terms of the competition not meaningless in terms of the teams performances and comparisons between each other. Danny Ayres has been the favoured guest for IOW at present but was shown the way by Bowen & Stoneman so maybe a change of bookings in future? Both sides tracked guest reserves and this "meaningless" fixture gave them a chance to assess the prospects. Danno Verge used the fixture to prove he is settling on the island and can battle for points whilst sadly Widman suffered a night of retirements maybe he will finally be able to work out what the issues are? The result may seem irreverent to some but to others it will have an impact on many future events. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waco Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 Unfortunatly this IOW side is toothless without Ben Morley ..Hopefully he wiil not be out for to long, And i know he will try to be back as soon as possible as he loves the club and every one involved there.....,The standard of guests used are not going to cover his points,,and some of the team need to be told to get their finger out,or go,,continual changes at the bottom end are not working either,,,Its a shame because the otherwise excellent management here just do not seem to have the clout to attract the right riders to the club.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 Or the finances... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waco Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 Exactly City Rebel that is what i meant by the word clout..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxic Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, waco said: Unfortunatly this IOW side is toothless without Ben Morley ..Hopefully he wiil not be out for to long, And i know he will try to be back as soon as possible as he loves the club and every one involved there.....,The standard of guests used are not going to cover his points,,and some of the team need to be told to get their finger out,or go,,continual changes at the bottom end are not working either,,,Its a shame because the otherwise excellent management here just do not seem to have the clout to attract the right riders to the club.. 1 hour ago, waco said: Unfortunatly this IOW side is toothless without Ben Morley ..Hopefully he wiil not be out for to long, And i know he will try to be back as soon as possible as he loves the club and every one involved there.....,The standard of guests used are not going to cover his points,,and some of the team need to be told to get their finger out,or go,,continual changes at the bottom end are not working either,,,Its a shame because the otherwise excellent management here just do not seem to have the clout to attract the right riders to the club.. Who would you tell to go, who would you tell to pull their finger out and who would you replace these riders with Edited May 25, 2018 by Toxic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East End Fan Posted May 26, 2018 Report Share Posted May 26, 2018 Rider-wise, IOW suffer from their location. They are a long trip from everywhere plus only an 11pm ferry normally to get back. So very late night driving. Not easy to pick up good youngsters with that obstacle. All the more reason to have a higher team average so that there is not the need to find fresh new kids all the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halifaxtiger Posted May 26, 2018 Report Share Posted May 26, 2018 On 5/25/2018 at 2:03 PM, cityrebel said: Or the finances... I think Isle of Wight's finances - and I don't know this for certain - will probably be comparable with most of the NL. East End Fan is more close to the truth. A midweek track with, effectively, an 11pm departure time makes it far harder to attract riders than a weekend track when you leave at 5 or 9.30pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrybishop Posted May 29, 2018 Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 Hi all, our greatest challenge is our location sadly, and we too understand what its like to travel as we do it week in week out, throw in to the mix speedway schools, shows, and my normal job things are pretty stressful and time is always tight. Now, I am the first to admit we have not performed on the track... few of you will know what it is like in the build up to a meeting do the best you can for your club, fans, sponsors and rider and then get totally hammered.... it sucks, it hurts, it make me personally want to drive for miles and miles.... but then we get emails thanking us for a great night out, how much the kids love coming to the island, how much the first "education destination" group loved their visit and then there is our school.... all of which helps.... we dont have a magic wand, we are not millionaires prepared to bankroll the club - it must pay for itself. We cannot offer points money I hear of, engines, frame kits, - all of our riders tyres come from sponsorship (mainly My First Skid) as does the fuel. Going back to the point.... the island isnt an attactive trip every week.... once or twice a season I imagine its great and riders love it, but weekly its not so easy. The riders who come here must be prepared to go that extra little bit and in return they have 20 plus meetings at home. In all honesty I am not sure what the answer is, I hope our form returns (although we know we struggle as reserve and I have some, I think, interesting ideas for this for the next AGM) and our riders start to do justice for all the effort that everyone, including themselves, put in to the club. Many thanks Barry 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee jay Posted May 30, 2018 Report Share Posted May 30, 2018 hi barry , can't find any 2018 dvds on your website ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East End Fan Posted May 30, 2018 Report Share Posted May 30, 2018 A very honest report by Barry. Very few promoters open their hearts in such a way. From a Public Relations and publicity point of view, I'm not sure that he should express his problems so publicly. There's an old saying " Nothing succeeds like success" and it is very true. So noises form promoters should alway be positive IMO. IOW have a lot going for them with skid schools and the like, biggest and fastest track in the league. This is what should be stressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander15 Posted May 30, 2018 Report Share Posted May 30, 2018 2 hours ago, East End Fan said: A very honest report by Barry. Very few promoters open their hearts in such a way. From a Public Relations and publicity point of view, I'm not sure that he should express his problems so publicly. There's an old saying " Nothing succeeds like success" and it is very true. So noises form promoters should alway be positive IMO. IOW have a lot going for them with skid schools and the like, biggest and fastest track in the league. This is what should be stressed. He should be applauded for being honest. Barry and everyone else at the club has repeatedly stressed the positives changes the promotion has brought to the place, so it’s not like they aren’t doing. But when things haven’t gone to plan, the fans have appreciated his honesty and realistic assessment of the situation. Too many speedway promotions shy away from negatives and fail to address these and just spout a lot of nonsense to the fans expecting them to believe every word that everything is fine. Barry is a lot more down to earth and in touch with the fans to fob them off like that and for that I am thankful. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HagueyUK Posted May 30, 2018 Report Share Posted May 30, 2018 12 hours ago, gee jay said: hi barry , can't find any 2018 dvds on your website ? Hi Gee Jay, all of the home Isle Of Wight footage is filmed by Speedway Portal, but the footage is passed over to Ken Burnett of T2TV Media who commentates, adds graphics and packages the DVD's for sale. They are available to buy not only at the track shop on race nights, but also on the Warriors site and on T2TV Media's site as well, along with being promoted on the Warriors Facebook page and on the T2TV Media Facebook page and in the match day programmes. I will personally look into more prominent access to buy the DVD's from the Warriors site over the next few days, but in-between times, here are the direct links to the pages where you are able to purchase the DVD's online. From this page you can buy the complete 2018 DVD set of home meetings at a reduced rate, or click into any of the home meeting sections to not only access details to buy that meetings DVD, but also stream off track footage from the meeting, interviews, rider parade etc and a hottest heat from each meeting along with match previews, reports and an official image gallery. Some footage is only available to stream from these pages and are not included on the DVD's, so well worth a look for Warrior and away clubs fans. https://www.speedwayportal.com/warriors-2018-multimedia T2TV Media Isle Of Wight 2018 DVD page https://www.speedwayportal.com/t2tv-speedway-isle-of-wight-2018 Hope that helps, Many thanks, Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee jay Posted May 30, 2018 Report Share Posted May 30, 2018 (edited) thank you haguey . sometimes i can't see further than my nose . just ordered , thanks again. Edited May 30, 2018 by gee jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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