Peterborough v Lakeside KOC, CS SF & Play Off SF 6th/7th Oct

[stevehone]

2 hours ago, cityrebel said:

I've noticed that the Lakeside v Peterborough match on the 6th October has disappeared from the BSPA website, and is only provisional on the Lakeside site. Does anyone in this sport know what is going on.

double header next week?

[NeilWatson]

7 hours ago, cityrebel said:

I've noticed that the Lakeside v Peterborough match on the 6th October has disappeared from the BSPA website, and is only provisional on the Lakeside site. Does anyone in this sport know what is going on.

Lakeside v Peterborough play-off semi final on 6th October is not provisional, it’s the start time that is noted as tbc.

The KOC match rained off last Saturday is still to be rearranged.

http://www.lakesidehammers.co/fixtures/

[cityrebel]

5 hours ago, stevehone said:

double header next week?

Still three home matches to run against Peterborough, only one has a confirmed date. Let's hope it's not a wet October.

[old bob at herne bay]

Don’t suppose either Lakeside or Peterborough are in a hurry to run the 2nd leg KO cup - let Mr Godfrey wait until December until he knows Scunthorpe’s opposition in the KO Cup ? 

[cityrebel]

2 hours ago, NeilWatson said:

Lakeside v Peterborough play-off semi final on 6th October is not provisional, it’s the start time that is noted as tbc.

The KOC match rained off last Saturday is still to be rearranged.

http://www.lakesidehammers.co/fixtures/

Perhaps someone should tell the BSPA to reinstate it on their fixture list.

[NeilWatson]

14 minutes ago, cityrebel said:

Perhaps someone should tell the BSPA to reinstate it on their fixture list.

Office@speedwaygb.co.uk

[cityrebel]

32 minutes ago, NeilWatson said:

Office@speedwaygb.co.uk

Surely it's down to the promoters or the press officers to update the fixture list, not the fans. Or do you think otherwise.

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv]

34 minutes ago, NeilWatson said:

Office@speedwaygb.co.uk

Im not aware of anyone that has used that email address having ever received an acknowledement let alone a reply

[bigcatdiary]

1 hour ago, cityrebel said:

Perhaps someone should tell the BSPA to reinstate it on their fixture list.

Lakesides fixture, it’s down to them.

[cityrebel]

25 minutes ago, bigcatdiary said:

Lakesides fixture, it’s down to them.

I do like the way that everyone pulls together in this great sport of ours.

[NeilWatson]

On 9/24/2018 at 7:43 AM, wealdstone said:

In view of speculation over the future of BWD it would be nice if Neil Watson could confirm or otherwise whether he will complete Panthers remaining fixtures.

 

PETERBOROUGH will be without Bradley Wilson-Dean for this weekend’s Championship Shield semi-final clashes with Lakeside.
The New Zealand star goes into hospital on Thursday for a pre-arranged shoulder operation, involving the removal of a plate and nine screws.
And the T.Balfe Construction Panthers will be waiting until next week before discovering whether Wilson-Dean can play any further part in their trophy challenge.
Promoter Ged Rathbone said: “The club were fully aware when we signed Bradley in mid-season that this operation would be taking place.
“We didn’t expect the season to go on anywhere near as long as it has done – certainly, being successful and being in so many competitions has caused some other little problems!
“After the operation we will re-assess Bradley next week to see whether it’s a season-ending injury, so we’ll give him a few days’ recovery time first, see how he feels and then go from there.
“If he feels up for riding then he’ll continue, but we won’t know that until after the operation.
“It’s not a major surgery and there should be no after-effects other than general soreness, so there is a slim possibility that he could carry on racing, and obviously he’s a vital part of the team.
“We know it also affects Somerset (in the Premiership), so it’s just a waiting game, and if does turn out to be a season-ending injury then we’ll just dig deep again as we normally do.
“I’ve got to stress that Bradley can’t take any blame here, both ourselves and Somerset were fully aware when we both signed him that this was planned, and whilst we have looked at sending him private, it wasn’t really an option within the timescale that we’ve got. We have to accept it and look at things in the middle of next week.”
Meanwhile Panthers are also hoping that a further week will help Ulrich Ostergaard get back to speed after his long lay-off.
The Dane, recently back from rib injuries, ran a last in his first ride on Sunday but improved thereafter and was involved in a hectic Heat 13 scrap with Richard Lawson and Ben Barker.
Rathbone said: “We keep fully in touch with Ulrich and we support him in what he’s doing.
“We all know his scores since he’s come back haven’t been up to the level that we, or he, expect and he’s working hard on the bike to sort things out.
“He was out for a long time, but there were glimpses on Sunday that he’s on the way back, and hopefully that will be even more the case this weekend.”
Panthers travel to Rye House for the first leg of the Championship Shield semi-final against Lakeside on Saturday (7pm) before hosting the return at the East of England Arena on Sunday (5pm).

 

[wealdstone]

11 minutes ago, NeilWatson said:

 

PETERBOROUGH will be without Bradley Wilson-Dean for this weekend’s Championship Shield semi-final clashes with Lakeside.
The New Zealand star goes into hospital on Thursday for a pre-arranged shoulder operation, involving the removal of a plate and nine screws.
And the T.Balfe Construction Panthers will be waiting until next week before discovering whether Wilson-Dean can play any further part in their trophy challenge.
Promoter Ged Rathbone said: “The club were fully aware when we signed Bradley in mid-season that this operation would be taking place.
“We didn’t expect the season to go on anywhere near as long as it has done – certainly, being successful and being in so many competitions has caused some other little problems!
“After the operation we will re-assess Bradley next week to see whether it’s a season-ending injury, so we’ll give him a few days’ recovery time first, see how he feels and then go from there.
“If he feels up for riding then he’ll continue, but we won’t know that until after the operation.
“It’s not a major surgery and there should be no after-effects other than general soreness, so there is a slim possibility that he could carry on racing, and obviously he’s a vital part of the team.
“We know it also affects Somerset (in the Premiership), so it’s just a waiting game, and if does turn out to be a season-ending injury then we’ll just dig deep again as we normally do.
“I’ve got to stress that Bradley can’t take any blame here, both ourselves and Somerset were fully aware when we both signed him that this was planned, and whilst we have looked at sending him private, it wasn’t really an option within the timescale that we’ve got. We have to accept it and look at things in the middle of next week.”
Meanwhile Panthers are also hoping that a further week will help Ulrich Ostergaard get back to speed after his long lay-off.
The Dane, recently back from rib injuries, ran a last in his first ride on Sunday but improved thereafter and was involved in a hectic Heat 13 scrap with Richard Lawson and Ben Barker.
Rathbone said: “We keep fully in touch with Ulrich and we support him in what he’s doing.
“We all know his scores since he’s come back haven’t been up to the level that we, or he, expect and he’s working hard on the bike to sort things out.
“He was out for a long time, but there were glimpses on Sunday that he’s on the way back, and hopefully that will be even more the case this weekend.”
Panthers travel to Rye House for the first leg of the Championship Shield semi-final against Lakeside on Saturday (7pm) before hosting the return at the East of England Arena on Sunday (5pm).

 

So the truth is out, one wonders why it took so long. Clearly this has been known for some time. What arrangements are in place to cover his absence?

[NeilWatson]

Just now, wealdstone said:

So the truth is out, one wonders why it took so long. Clearly this has been known for some time. What arrangements are in place to cover his absence?

At no 4 in the averages, Bradley will be covered by Rider Replacement this weekend.

[stevehone]

6 minutes ago, NeilWatson said:

At no 4 in the averages, Bradley will be covered by Rider Replacement this weekend.

does he move up to allow a guest for October?

[NeilWatson]

1 minute ago, stevehone said:

does he move up to allow a guest for October?

No Steve he doesn't.

[Sully]

24 minutes ago, NeilWatson said:

No Steve he doesn't.

Massive loss for the club. He’s been riding well above his average and you’d have to go a long way to find a rider who puts in more effort than BWD. 

[Fromafar]

33 minutes ago, wealdstone said:

So the truth is out, one wonders why it took so long. Clearly this has been known for some time. What arrangements are in place to cover his absence?

Agree,but typical Speedway Promotions the fans are just mushrooms.Only if the need cash will they announce anything.

[wealdstone]

1 minute ago, Fromafar said:

Agree,but typical Speedway Promotions the fans are just mushrooms.Only if the need cash will they announce anything.

Doubt if anything would have been said had it not been for the speculation that he was going home.

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv]

Speculation now over and all seems perfectly reasonable to me

Wonder if anyone will look to argue that a planned operation doesnt count as being injured......

[NeilWatson]

14 minutes ago, Fromafar said:

Agree,but typical Speedway Promotions the fans are just mushrooms.Only if the need cash will they announce anything.

 

11 minutes ago, wealdstone said:

Doubt if anything would have been said had it not been for the speculation that he was going home.

Bradley doesn’t miss a meeting until this Saturday, we are just now exchanging teams with the opposition so this is the natural point to make the details public.