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Edinburgh vs Workington, SGB Championship, 31st August, 2018, 7.30pm


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33 minutes ago, geoff100 said:

I think all the meetings are catching up with ty, lynn on wed ips thur edinburgh fri wton sat and sheffield today tough on man and machine if he was to rest he might be able to afford a smile !

Yeah, Ty didn't seem himself over the weekend at all. His body language at Armadale in particular was not ideal from the team captain. His non appearance in heat 13 which as yet is unexplained tended to show little regard for us travelling fans whom had spent time and money to make the journey to support the team. Hope it was just a one off because generally his attitude to his racing has been excellent.

Like you say it may well be some race fatigue because with all the guest bookings as well as scheduled fixtures he has undoubtedly been a busy man .

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2 hours ago, SteelShoe said:

Like you say it may well be some race fatigue because with all the guest bookings as well as scheduled fixtures he has undoubtedly been a busy man .

I know teams requiring guests and their fans want the best available but have to wonder if, for safeties sake, the number of guest bookings a rider can take should be limited?
I seem to recall Edinburgh limited their riders taking bookings in the run up to the final weeks of the season after Frede Schott got injured at Glasgow while guesting for Swindon.

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4 hours ago, SteelShoe said:

Yeah, Ty didn't seem himself over the weekend at all. His body language at Armadale in particular was not ideal from the team captain. His non appearance in heat 13 which as yet is unexplained tended to show little regard for us travelling fans whom had spent time and money to make the journey to support the team. Hope it was just a one off because generally his attitude to his racing has been excellent.

Like you say it may well be some race fatigue because with all the guest bookings as well as scheduled fixtures he has undoubtedly been a busy man .

And he ain't finished yet,wolves for Lynn on Monday, Somerset Tuesday,double header at Lynn Wednesday, scunny for worky on Friday,back to worky for double header Saturday, and the probability ippo may want him as a guest on Thursday,phew 

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3 minutes ago, gregory peck said:

And he ain't finished yet,wolves for Lynn on Monday, Somerset Tuesday,double header at Lynn Wednesday, scunny for worky on Friday,back to worky for double header Saturday, and the probability ippo may want him as a guest on Thursday,phew 

Can't guest for Ippo under the 8 day rule surely as he rode for them in their home match against Scunny?

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10 minutes ago, gregory peck said:

Ah, a well earned day off then

Now here's an interesting situation : Proctor guested at No5 against Scunny but If he had guested at No1 (Ippo used r/r)  he would have been permitted to guest again at No1 as the home team is permitted to use the same guest within the 8 days

Speedway regulation
18.10.2 A rider may ride as a Guest (in an Official Meeting) at a Track only once in an 8-day period unless he is replacing the Home Teams #1 or is a NDL rider guesting for the Home Team.

 

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22 hours ago, cinderfella said:

Now here's an interesting situation : Proctor guested at No5 against Scunny but If he had guested at No1 (Ippo used r/r)  he would have been permitted to guest again at No1 as the home team is permitted to use the same guest within the 8 days

Speedway regulation
18.10.2 A rider may ride as a Guest (in an Official Meeting) at a Track only once in an 8-day period unless he is replacing the Home Teams #1 or is a NDL rider guesting for the Home Team.

 

Probably at no5 so as he could take R/r ride,which he couldn't do if he was no1.

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Just now, Fromafar said:

Probably at no5 so as he could take R/r ride,which he couldn't do if he was no1.

Ippo seem a bit at odds regarding guests. They are entitled to use two guests when their two top riders are injured but for some reason they are not doing so.
If he was at 1 and assuming their 2nd highest  rider was r/r at 5 he would have been eligible.

 

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I have to say that the price that edinburgh charge( and i am an edinburgh supporter) is too high in my opionion.

£2, car park, £18.50 at gate and £3 for programme thats £23.50 before you have bought a bovril and also i dont get the supporters bus as i drive but im sure thats about £5 as well so if you add that on its pretty steep indeed.

Not everybody can make it everyweek so no point with a blue or gold card, and not everybody has or uses internet to get the discounted price however i think this is only around a £1 or so. 

As posted before away fans will turn up at the gate and pay the full price( i know i do when in do the away meetings).

if they made the gate price cheaper this would deffinetly help the “non regulars” to pop a long and they may well come back as well.

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On 3 September 2018 at 5:41 PM, JanAnderson said:

Only if you pay at the gate - not sure why anyone would?

I certainly would not buy advance ticket,there are so many factors against it,weather,rain off,making the return fixture.They seem happy though with their prices.I used to go quite regular as a neutral but not anymore at these prices.

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6 minutes ago, Fromafar said:

I certainly would not buy advance ticket,there are so many factors against it,weather,rain off,making the return fixture.They seem happy though with their prices.I used to go quite regular as a neutral but not anymore at these prices.

Your more than welcome at the Stade de Facenna, at least you will see more than coloured helmets whizzing by at 25mph at the chamber of tricks.

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