Baldyman Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 Meeting is still on according to Facebook......plenty of rain normally produces a fantastic race track at Foxhall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badge Posted August 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 Right on cue, 3 o'clock and it's stopped raining 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSpecialOne Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 Big hit on the attendance tonight.....at least we might get a programme this week 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlieboy Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 (edited) After all the dry Thursday's with no fixtures it rains for a top fixture. Edited August 16, 2018 by Charlieboy Wrong thread 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topcat Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 The weather looks like it will be ok,c'mon the Tigers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldyman Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 The track is normally brilliant after some heavy rain. Looking forward to seeing some live speedway 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 Hope you get a great meeting and a Witches win (of course) Will be looking in on updates while sipping on a cold one Up the Witches and the Massif 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenga Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 (edited) 6 hours ago, bigcatdiary said: What’s the weather like, been raining in Peterborough since first thing Are Peterborough racing today or is that another alternative race day ? YEE HAA . new fridge/freezer . no more warm milk !. thats more interesting than the weather ! @ Peterborough .... Edited August 16, 2018 by jenga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandit59 Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 Hoping for a Glasgow win purely to keep Ipswich behind us in the league Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racin Jason 72 Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 40 minutes ago, Bandit59 said: Hoping for a Glasgow win purely to keep Ipswich behind us in the league 40 minutes ago, Bandit59 said: Hoping for a Glasgow win purely to keep Ipswich behind us in the league They don’t want to ride. Nearly 8 and they haven’t changed while the Ipswich riders are ready to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz325 Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 Updates say meeting postponed....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldyman Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 How many times am i gonna fall for it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icicle Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 Also says both captains refused to say to crowd why refused to race!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazc Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 2 minutes ago, Icicle said: Also says both captains refused to say to crowd why refused to race!! Apparently they were working on the track so i am guessing they weren't happy with track conditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spl77 Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 Louis may have his critics but he sounded genuinely gutted! The captains didn't even have the balls to explain to the crowd why! In the old days someone would have gone out and done a few laps or we would have had 3 or 4 heats to test the track. I've seen much worse in my time just another example of too much rider power. Glasgow didn't ever seem like they even thought about giving it ago never even got changed. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foamfence Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 6 minutes ago, Gazc said: Apparently they were working on the track so i am guessing they weren't happy with track conditions. It showed a photo on Twitter and it looked to be deep in sawdust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 Just now, Spl77 said: Louis may have his critics but he sounded genuinely gutted! The captains didn't even have the balls to explain to the crowd why! They arent obliged to, its either safe to race or its not. With both Captains seemingly in agreement its not, the disagreement would seem to be between the Ipswich promoter and Captain. Thats two weeks in a row Ipswich has been rained off which may be more to do with their efforts to get it on. Pity, we could have done with some practice on a small tight track with a visit to the 0131 next Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesB Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 I thought that was really poor from the captains to refuse to ride without turning a wheel. The weather was set fair and the track looked as if it had a chance of being OK. I've never ridden a speedway bike but Louis, an ex rider clearly stated that he thought the track was raceable and was clearly very annoyed at the decision. Schlein was never going to fancy it but Glasgow never got changed and at no point looked to have any interest in entertaining the paying public. To at least not try was poor. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89buttons Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 To be honest if there wasn’t the time pressure to get our remaining meetings in this would’ve been called off hours ago - track was possibly rideable but was never going to be raceable from what I could see. Farcical it got to the point it did all the riders would’ve been there well before the meeting. Perfect advert for track covers today! Could’ve prepped track to a point covered track - rain stopped around 330-4pm giving them 3/4hrs to ready the track from then on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racin Jason 72 Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 30 minutes ago, foamfence said: It showed a photo on Twitter and it looked to be deep in sawdust. I too thought it was sawdust but it was limestone dust which does a similar job. The riders should be ashamed of themselves at not trying the track after all the efforts. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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