Steve Shovlar Posted August 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 Well tonight the track is not as good as the last two weeks. Seems the track staff were worried about the rain which could have come a bit further west. It’s slick tonight and underwatered imo compared to the last meetings. No dust of any consequence at the moment but a couple of our guys have struggled a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted August 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 56 minutes ago, Skidder1 said: SRBF collection last week £1820. Very good amount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted August 9, 2018 Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 8 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: Well tonight the track is not as good as the last two weeks. Seems the track staff were worried about the rain which could have come a bit further west. It’s slick tonight and underwatered imo compared to the last meetings. No dust of any consequence at the moment but a couple of our guys have struggled a little. If the sump plug has been put back in that tractor, the track will be different I guess 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbiter Posted August 9, 2018 Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 Meeting Abandoned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted August 9, 2018 Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 (edited) Rained off... Where did that come from. Must of been a big one ? Rain stopped, track a little wet but not unworkable workable according to someone at the track, with Boo's from the crowd. Save's several grand on points money I suppose. Edited August 9, 2018 by Bald Bloke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil The Ace Posted August 9, 2018 Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 Was it a rain off or an oil off???? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyabb17 Posted August 9, 2018 Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 Saves a few quid in wages....coincident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecoombdog Posted August 9, 2018 Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 Just now, Mr X said: Heat 10 the track was billowing with dust. The next minute it's off due to a little bit of rain that did nothing but dampen it down. I'm not happy. Do you think it would of been called off at heat 9 after a similar shower? 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted August 9, 2018 Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 (edited) 7 minutes ago, hyabb17 said: Saves a few quid in wages....coincident. Several grand Edited August 9, 2018 by Bald Bloke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecoombdog Posted August 9, 2018 Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 Be very interesting to hear Starman's version of events Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldyman Posted August 9, 2018 Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 (edited) The only person that can call it off is the ref, normally on the agreement of the 2 captains Edited August 9, 2018 by Baldyman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted August 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 Absolutely disgraceful call off. I was leading the boos. How can one short shower cause a rainoff when in the previous race there was quite a bit off dust? There was zero attempt to do anything about sorting the trac, which to be honest needed no more than a quick grade! The tractor came out and at the same time it was announced, that with the referee, that conditions had got bad and both managers and captains agreed to abandon the meeting. No thought for the large crowd in attendance who had just been short changed, on the whim of riders who probably hadn’t even given a thought to those that had paid a chunk to watch. The ref, Dave Robinson, should have demanded a track grade, which would have sorted the track in five minutes, and stuck the 2 mins on. It was a thin shower line which passed over in less than ten minutes. Blue skies on the other side. But instead Robinson cowtowed to a few riders and the meeting was off. It’s like going to a football match and one team is 4-0 down after 75 mins and they say they don’t want to play anymore, so the ref blows full time. Totally unacceptable. The meeting itself was average fair. The track was underwatered and slick. Not as good as recently. Still some passing butmore gate and go than it has been. Can’t be bothered to write a meeting report as peed off with this abandonment. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YerRopes Posted August 9, 2018 Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 Good job Poole were winning.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted August 9, 2018 Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 Just now, thecoombdog said: Be very interesting to hear Starman's version of events I was then typing the same and adding SS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecoombdog Posted August 9, 2018 Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 1 minute ago, Bald Bloke said: I was then typing the same and adding SS Shov been very honest. Its going to make Starmans version even better as we all know he can't slate Ford 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldyman Posted August 9, 2018 Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 If Steve thinks it was a disgrace...then it really must have been. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyabb17 Posted August 9, 2018 Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 3 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: Absolutely disgraceful call off. I was leading the boos. How can one short shower cause a rainoff when in the previous race there was quite a bit off dust? There was zero attempt to do anything about sorting the trac, which to be honest needed no more than a quick grade! The tractor came out and at the same time it was announced, that with the referee, that conditions had got bad and both managers and captains agreed to abandon the meeting. No thought for the large crowd in attendance who had just been short changed, on the whim of riders who probably hadn’t even given a thought to those that had paid a chunk to watch. The ref, Dave Robinson, should have demanded a track grade, which would have sorted the track in five minutes, and stuck the 2 mins on. It was a thin shower line which passed over in less than ten minutes. Blue skies on the other side. But instead Robinson cowtowed to a few riders and the meeting was off. It’s like going to a football match and one team is 4-0 down after 75 mins and they say they don’t want to play anymore, so the ref blows full time. Totally unacceptable. The meeting itself was average fair. The track was underwatered and slick. Not as good as recently. Still some passing butmore gate and go than it has been. Can’t be bothered to write a meeting report as peed off with this abandonment. Fair play to your honest assessment. Sometimes it pays to hear what people who were there say. Was it rider pressure then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted August 9, 2018 Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: Absolutely disgraceful call off. I was leading the boos. How can one short shower cause a rainoff when in the previous race there was quite a bit off dust? There was zero attempt to do anything about sorting the trac, which to be honest needed no more than a quick grade! The tractor came out and at the same time it was announced, that with the referee, that conditions had got bad and both managers and captains agreed to abandon the meeting. No thought for the large crowd in attendance who had just been short changed, on the whim of riders who probably hadn’t even given a thought to those that had paid a chunk to watch. The ref, Dave Robinson, should have demanded a track grade, which would have sorted the track in five minutes, and stuck the 2 mins on. It was a thin shower line which passed over in less than ten minutes. Blue skies on the other side. But instead Robinson cowtowed to a few riders and the meeting was off. It’s like going to a football match and one team is 4-0 down after 75 mins and they say they don’t want to play anymore, so the ref blows full time. Totally unacceptable. The meeting itself was average fair. The track was underwatered and slick. Not as good as recently. Still some passing butmore gate and go than it has been. Can’t be bothered to write a meeting report as peed off with this abandonment. I'm gobsmacked TBH .But do you put any blame on Fraud or Middlo Steve? Or all on the ref. Edited August 9, 2018 by Bald Bloke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve0 Posted August 9, 2018 Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 This abandonment is everything that is wrong with speedway today - no thought whatsoever for the people who have forked out to watch - who were short changed for what appears to be no valid reason. No wonder speedway is on its @rse! This is a general rant about British speedway and not specifically aimed at Poole! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted August 9, 2018 Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 Another nail in the already overflowing speedway coffin. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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