PHILIPRISING Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 55 minutes ago, Daniel Smith said: I'd say nearly 18k followers is pretty decent exposure or are you saying the number of followers doesn't reflect sales? YES ... I'm not sure what you mean by it's not working for the Speedway Star. SEE above Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adonis Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 On 1/24/2019 at 11:06 AM, iwright71 said: Surely this has always been the same through recent history, even when speedway was flourishing. 15 minutes of action ,nobody seems put off going to Cardiff for 23 minutes of action. People go to watch sport for the core action not the bells and whistles in between . How many fans watch the half time entertainment at Premier League football, during the Masters snooker final interval fans could stare at an empty table, it doesn't put people off going ,they go for the main event. The first port of call must be to attract supporters on the back of the core product. when speedway was flourishing .although it was only 15 minutes of racing , it was 2 or more hours of an event , the anticiptaion of your top rider taking on theirs , the atmosphere from the minute you arrived at the stadium , banter on the terraces , local rivalry , and of course characters , go back to the days of Sean Wilsion Roman Matousek , anything could happen before during or after a race . speedway now is a clincal expeerience . get them in ,dole out the minimum in the shortest time to take their money , and hope they may come back next week , provided of course theres enough roders in the country to provide some speedway or they find out about it through connections , because they sure wont be seeing any fixtures in the local paper , my guess is 90% of people on the terraces go out of habit , a habit that is broken with a disjointed fixture list , and as In my own experience an easy one to break ,it only took 1 week and I wouldn't have bothered if I never went again ,thats after being a regular for 55 years 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 @PHILIPRISING Speedway Star shouldn't be disappointed by comparison with followers to sales. That will never stack up, but I'm pretty sure you'll have some buyers through social media that don't attend meeting, or not many meetings over the season. For your information Phil, I'm one of those people. Depending on the info from the Speedway Star Twitter account I'll then purchase a copy. With the numbers that attend meetings, Speedway Star do a remarkable job in keeping going as a weekly. Maybe, the margins may be better if the Star goes monthly and charge £5-£7 an addition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 THANKS for your info ... nice to know that Twitter can work in our favour. A monthly, at any price, would be unsustainable. We require revenue 52 weeks of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedtiger Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 2 hours ago, PHILIPRISING said: THANKS for your info ... nice to know that Twitter can work in our favour. A monthly, at any price, would be unsustainable. We require revenue 52 weeks of the year. The SS is really good value and keeps me up to speed with what's going on around the clubs and riders....and I look forward to getting my copy weekly.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 30 minutes ago, Speedtiger said: The SS is really good value and keeps me up to speed with what's going on around the clubs and riders....and I look forward to getting my copy weekly.... MUCH appreciated... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 I've been going to speedway since the late seventies, clubs have gone by the wayside over the years, as they did in the 60s too, for one reason and another, certainly hasn't all happened recently. Clubs went under even when we had all the top riders racing here, what about that, unbelievable! I often think about the Firs Stadium in Norwich which was sold off for housing in the mid sixties when the crowds were still big, I think there was another stadium close by called the City Stadium which staged greyhound racing, shame there wasn't the hunger to keep the sport in the city as it would still be popular I'm sure. On another note who has watched the film produced by the Glasgow promotion telling the world all about speedway, it's great, well done to them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPD444 Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 I noticed the other day that following Sky dropping our sport they are now showing that high action, gripping, dangerous and exciting game of Netball !!!!! No wonder they stopped showing Speedway. Nice to see our uber dictator moving riders around the premiership, how kind of him to share his riders with other teams in the league - Oh! hang on ! He owns them doesn't he. One thing that doesn't change is the thought provoking contributions of some on this forum - particularly in the Poole threads. Surprisingly, I am finding it a little difficult to grow any enthusiasm for the forthcoming season 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountyGround Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 Great news! the BSPA have started the ball rolling how to get G.B. speedway back on it's feet: Replace the easily recognised Yellow & Black helmet colour with the less obvious solid Yellow. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 5 hours ago, SPD444 said: I noticed the other day that following Sky dropping our sport they are now showing that high action, gripping, dangerous and exciting game of Netball !!!!! No wonder they stopped showing Speedway. Nice to see our uber dictator moving riders around the premiership, how kind of him to share his riders with other teams in the league - Oh! hang on ! He owns them doesn't he. One thing that doesn't change is the thought provoking contributions of some on this forum - particularly in the Poole threads. Surprisingly, I am finding it a little difficult to grow any enthusiasm for the forthcoming season Ignoring the fact that SKY quit the Speedway coverage as a cost reduction exercise, and chose several low cost filming sports such as Netball. Not a laughing situation, but purely an internal SKY policy decision based on paying massive payments they were committed to pay having overstated their bid to film and present Premier Football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 13 hours ago, CountyGround said: Great news! the BSPA have started the ball rolling how to get G.B. speedway back on it's feet: Replace the easily recognised Yellow & Black helmet colour with the less obvious solid Yellow. Yes just like they have in Poland and Sweden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 20 minutes ago, Skidder1 said: Yes just like they have in Poland and Sweden. THINK it was an SCB decision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambo Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 I'm sure that using UK version last year in an FIM QR abroad, cost Dan Bewley a race win? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 25 minutes ago, Gambo said: I'm sure that using UK version last year in an FIM QR abroad, cost Dan Bewley a race win? Obviously a jobsworth of a referee (he wasn't wearing red, white or blue) should have been a warning @ the most. But the consequence is ALL U.K. to change for 2019!!!!!!! a definite knee jerk reaction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambo Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 9 minutes ago, Ghosty said: Obviously a jobsworth of a referee (he wasn't wearing red, white or blue) should have been a warning @ the most. But the consequence is ALL U.K. to change for 2019!!!!!!! a definite knee jerk reaction. Jobsworth? Or a referee consistent in applying the rules? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff100 Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 1 hour ago, Gambo said: Jobsworth? Or a referee consistent in applying the rules? Surely the clerk of the course should have noticed and warned dan ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambo Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 22 minutes ago, geoff100 said: Surely the clerk of the course should have noticed and warned dan ! Agreed, and/or the Start Marshall. But the referee just applied the rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adonis Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 better than green which only lasted as long as it took for everybody to buy green ones , most riders already have plain yellow , as just like wearing pyjamas instead of leathers , easy and cheap to produce and a quick buck for manufacturers , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 3 hours ago, Gambo said: Jobsworth? Or a referee consistent in applying the rules? Or may-be someone keen to stop U.K.s most promising prospect scoring 3 points? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teaboy279 Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 12 hours ago, Ghosty said: Or may-be someone keen to stop U.K.s most promising prospect scoring 3 points? I like a good conspiracy theory but he went to the tapes in the wrong helmet colour. It happens, even Greg Hancock got excluded for the same thing in a best pairs meeting about 3 or 4 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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