jenga Posted April 26, 2019 Report Share Posted April 26, 2019 On 4/24/2019 at 8:29 PM, Tosh1218 said: Is it just me or is Jenga like Thrush He's irritating speaking of thrush , are you still having trouble with your thrush . you seem to know the symptoms , so you must still be suffering from it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie21 Posted April 26, 2019 Report Share Posted April 26, 2019 On 4/24/2019 at 10:55 PM, NeilWatson said: Last year Peterborough went through to the semi-finals from the three team group as 9 match points from 4 matches (2.25) was a better record than the 13 from 6 (2.16) of the other two runners-up. As far as I know its the same this time, worked out on a points average so both the 3 and 4 team groups have the same chance of getting the fourth team place in the semis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronScorpion Posted April 26, 2019 Report Share Posted April 26, 2019 Neil knows his stuff so take that as gospel. Weather forecast seems to have changed, and we know what happened with the forecast Wednesday & Birmingham cancelled. Hardy any rain materialised.. Even from now, Rob will have this meeting on so turn up in your droves as a runner up spot is begging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted April 26, 2019 Report Share Posted April 26, 2019 Close meeting this one, looked at one stage as if Redcar would get all the poins or at least 1. For the first 9 heats the ref was trying to spoil the meeting, geez, he held the tapes twice with the Scunny riders missing the start and then he did it again in heat 5 & 9 with redcar riders going through the tapes, no clue why he was doing this. For the bears, Charles Wright looked great, the others except Toft chipped in well but nothing consistent, for the scorps Allen & Garrity where class acts, Auty recovered well after his wheel spokes collapsed in heat 6. Managed to get the meeting done without the rain hitting so overall a good night for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted April 26, 2019 Report Share Posted April 26, 2019 Far from a classic.. but tight meeting with some good close racing. The meeting just had too many interruptions, it never really got into its stride. Redcar huffed n puffed and rather fortuitously took the lead after six heats, Scorpions looking like they could throw this one away at this point! Thankfully, the Scorpions got stuck in and produced a strong finish to win the meeting. For Redcar.. They were all competitive, all showed glimpses....but ultimately, they all lacked that consistency needed to make an impact to the overall scoreline. Standout riders for Scunny were Jake Allen, Jason Garrity and Josh Auty... they were the backbone, they providing the much needed race winners when it mattered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric i Posted April 26, 2019 Report Share Posted April 26, 2019 Did anyone notice the bump on the inside of the 3rd/4th bend that the riders kept picking up on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halifaxtiger Posted April 27, 2019 Report Share Posted April 27, 2019 6 hours ago, Albert said: Far from a classic.. but tight meeting with some good close racing. The meeting just had too many interruptions, it never really got into its stride. Good description. I thought the referee's control was poor and I think Rob Godfrey did too. The racing at Scunny hasn't been quite up to the usual consistently high standard this season and that maybe due to the absence of track grading. I have said before and will say again that Rob can't do the mic and the track and he needs to get someone in to do one or the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderman1 Posted April 27, 2019 Report Share Posted April 27, 2019 Allen all class,pity he had bike probs as he was heading for another max for club,big few days from this young gun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScunnyDan Posted April 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2019 Do believe the ref (Seth Perkin) finished his training at the end of last year, but do think he held the tapes a bit too long.. A good meeting between 2 decent sides.. Heats 13 and 15 WOW, if anyone managed to film them on a cameraphone then please post them up here as they was out of this world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leander Posted April 27, 2019 Report Share Posted April 27, 2019 20 hours ago, archie21 said: As far as I know its the same this time, worked out on a points average so both the 3 and 4 team groups have the same chance of getting the fourth team place in the semis. No it doesn't. It gives the 3 team group a slighter advantage as each match in their group is worth more percentage-wise. Once Workington pulled out they should have split it into a north and south group with top two qualifying. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted April 27, 2019 Report Share Posted April 27, 2019 5 hours ago, Halifaxtiger said: The racing at Scunny hasn't been quite up to the usual consistently high standard this season and that maybe due to the absence of track grading. Always appreciate your unbiased opinions HT, usually on the button....I kind of disagree on this statement though...this meeting was perhaps the poorest in terms of quality racing so far this season. However, the previous three home meetings have thrown up some exceptional mind blowing speedway, as good as we've ever seen at Scunny. (In my opinion) I think last nights lack of track grading was more a tactical decision.. Redcar were the ones wanting it graded. Scunny is such a fair track, why would the home team want to give away any slight advantage they had by giving in to their opponents demands. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted April 27, 2019 Report Share Posted April 27, 2019 I thought last night's meeting was entertaining enough. With the rain due to arrive, I think it made sense to get on with the meeting (as much as was possible, with last night's referee!) rather than delay it with track grading. The best two races were probably Heats 13 and 15, suggesting it was the correct decision to carry on with the meeting. I prefer to see racing than tractors! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scunny1 Posted April 27, 2019 Report Share Posted April 27, 2019 Well we seemed to make hard work of it last night, mainly due to Josh's and Jake's mechanicals when in leading positions. Nice to see MPT has lost none of his petulance in destroying the tapes . With the poor weather forecast it made sense to push on with the meeting as quick as possible. It seems a feature so far in all the meetings this season, all refs are holding the tapes too long just goading the riders to jump. Heat leaders are doing so well, it was unusually difficult to pick who to put in heat 15- Josh Jake or Jason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted April 27, 2019 Report Share Posted April 27, 2019 (edited) Incidentally, why did the referee stop Heat 7? It was weird - the red light seemed to be on almost before the tapes went up. No reason was given and no mention of there even being a re-run in the referee's official programme. What was he up to here? Edited April 27, 2019 by lucifer sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scunny1 Posted April 27, 2019 Report Share Posted April 27, 2019 22 minutes ago, lucifer sam said: Incidentally, why did the referee stop Heat 7? It was weird - the red light seemed to be on almost before the tapes went up. No reason was given and no mention of there even being a re-run in the referee's official programme. What was he up to here? Guide dog put his paw on red button. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leander Posted April 27, 2019 Report Share Posted April 27, 2019 1 hour ago, scunny1 said: Well we seemed to make hard work of it last night, mainly due to Josh's and Jake's mechanicals when in leading positions. Nice to see MPT has lost none of his petulance in destroying the tapes . With the poor weather forecast it made sense to push on with the meeting as quick as possible. It seems a feature so far in all the meetings this season, all refs are holding the tapes too long just goading the riders to jump. Heat leaders are doing so well, it was unusually difficult to pick who to put in heat 15- Josh Jake or Jason. There is a new regulation in place this season to bring british speedway in line with the rest of europe. After the starting marshall is happy everyone is lined up at the tapes he indicates that he is happy by dropping his arms. The referee then puts on the green light BEFORE the starting marshall walks from the tapes to the rear of the bikes (unlike last season where the green light wasn't illuminated until the starting marshall was at the rear). This means that the tapes will always be held for at least 5 seconds. No more green light and go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scunny1 Posted April 27, 2019 Report Share Posted April 27, 2019 Smell of methanol exhaust and shale replaced by burned out clutches. Even with the new set up refs are still slow to let tapes up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortythirtyeight Posted April 27, 2019 Report Share Posted April 27, 2019 Entertaining meeting on a racers track , although possibly not in it's best condition last night , the bump/hole in turn 3/4 causing issues to several riders and causing Auty to fall (?). Lack of track work a tactical ploy? Scorpions deserved the win with Garrity in his usual early season top form with Allen impressive and Ayres will get better.A solid enough performance throughout for a tight win. Bears always in it but lacked the race winners with Palm- Toft poor and Barker not that impressive. Thought the Bears reserves did well especially young Smith who nothing was expected of. Think the ref was poor and did a disservice to Greaves excluding him on two minutes when he was on the track. Starts were not well controlled and Auty's clearing out of Smith was certainly not first bend bunching. Not a fan of Godfreys comments on the mic, trying to influence the ref as always hardly professional for the Vice Chairman of the B.S.P.A. Still a good meeting but don't think either side will go the distance and be in the play- offs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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