Ovalman Posted April 22, 2019 Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 Good crowd, weather and racing. Bomber was class tonight, some great passing. Bellego disappointing.Ippo reserves far better, but very strong top 5 for Swindon. Lampost should have been Robins man of the match.Good to see most of crowd stayed for second half. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted April 22, 2019 Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 A very entertaining night, and I liked the changes to the track. A definite improvement. Fairly comfortable for Swindon, despite some super fast gating from the Witches. Some of the starts looked like flyers, they were so fast, but, to be fair to the ref, the only real movement was from Lampart and that was pulled back for a restart. I prefer seeing races left if there is no clear jovement and, in most cases, the Robins managed to get past so it meant for much better entertainment that 5 races getting stopped on lap one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblueboy Posted April 22, 2019 Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 15 minutes ago, ProudtobeaBrummie said: Oh nice one yeah i have heard his name he is starting his first season at reserve foe the iow this year ,i will keep my eye open for him and no doubt get to see him a few times at Perry Barr as we have the Bulls and Mk Knights riding there this season.. Is there many hang around to watch the second half's? at Perry Barr its around 20% roughly. Gated, and went. Very tidy and is from the grass track scene. I would say around 300+ that stayed behind. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted April 22, 2019 Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 44 minutes ago, chun said: What are the rules now with respect to anticipating the start? Is it referee discretion? I counted about 4 or 5 heats that could have been pulled back. Maybe riders are chancing it judging by the 3 or so broken tapes we saw. Either Pieszczek is the new Bob Kilby or Ronnie wasn't watching the starts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZagarRacing Posted April 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 49 minutes ago, DC2 said: No, you weren’t. Yes I was. I live in Haydon Wick. Idiot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny the spud Posted April 22, 2019 Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 55 minutes ago, ProudtobeaBrummie said: Oh nice one yeah i have heard his name he is starting his first season at reserve foe the iow this year ,i will keep my eye open for him and no doubt get to see him a few times at Perry Barr as we have the Bulls and Mk Knights riding there this season.. Is there many hang around to watch the second half's? at Perry Barr its around 20% roughly. Adam started as a reserve on the IOW, jeez. It seems like years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bash Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 Haven’t been to Swindon for quite a few years but I think when the tracks settles and a few patches sorted it will be a decent track. Some good races tonight, not many passes on first two bends but that is the new part of the track. Onto Ipswich they got better as the meeting went on, well some did. I’m glad we have decent reserves as they were the only ones scoring early in the meeting. Bomber was superb after falling asleep at the gate in heat one. David Bellego said he wanted to move to a smaller track, maybe he should’ve stayed at Swindon as it is a small track now and he was absolute pants. Danny still seems to be lacking speed. Kristian after hitting the tapes in his first race improved and did his job. Lawson not at the races. Don't know how Batchelor got man of the meeting, should’ve been Lampart. Now to wait for Thursday for the return fixture to see how Swindon cope with our little track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldyman Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 Thanks for report bash,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 I really enjoyed the meeting and i believe the track will improve as time goes on.Doyley his pass later on in the meeting on bend two was breathtaking great stuff.Lampart/Heeps were the riders that shone for me Heeps was impressive aggressive and looked an entirely different rider who lost to Jack Smith last year.Harris rolled back the the years and Ipswich really surprised me later on young Wirtzfield looks a proper prospect for the Isle of Wight he has a bright future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldyman Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 Could Hawkins have used our in form reserves a bit more last night? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ndbendbeerhut Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 Imo poor TM giving King and Lawson 9 rides for 6 points.. especially when Allen scored paid 8 from 4. Oh well always next time 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldyman Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 Surely even this early in season we need to let the French man and Lawson go and get cook and an other in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluPanther Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 36 minutes ago, Baldyman said: Surely even this early in season we need to let the French man and Lawson go and get cook and an other in. Buster's computer say's no 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderman1 Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 Lawson needs a haircut and he will drop seconds off his times 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bash Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 Couldn't believe when Danny was announced for heat 15 as he wasn't nominated as one of the four for heat 14. Should've been Krystian & Jake in 15. Hawkins was joking before heat 14 that the supporters had a good record in picking heat 14 riders, score 9-3 before last night, maybe he should let them pick heat 15 as well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldyman Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 Trust me,,, no one apart from Hawkins and King lovers could believe he was in 15 either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovalman Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 2 hours ago, Spiderman1 said: Lawson needs a haircut and he will drop seconds off his times It's a wig..he's bald! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldyman Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 He borrowed it off Andre agassi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDY69 Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Baldyman said: He borrowed it off Andre agassi Think you'll find it came from Captain Redbeard Rum Edited April 23, 2019 by SPEEDY69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chun Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 5 hours ago, Baldyman said: Trust me,,, no one apart from Hawkins and King lovers could believe he was in 15 either. Allen was never going to win the heat having only filled minor places against Swindon reserves whilst King had at least won heat 9 and briefly lead heat 12, so was arguably coming into a bit of form. Remember we needed a heat advantage to get a point. Lawson and Bellego looks expensive on +6 averages especially compared to Lampart on a 4.5 (likely due to the former achieving higher averages in an ever diluting top flight strength). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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