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16 hours ago, StevePark said:

Unless you're Edinburgh, it seems !

Shambolic organisation.  Nearly one hour to sign a rider in.  Ran out of programmes (yes, I know they've apologised for that, but it should not have happened).  Only one bin on the back straight (or at least, so I was told).  At least they ran the meeting through swiftly (well done the Ref Graham Flint for that).  Well done Somerset on the win.

Utter Rubbish, the event was well organised, well run, had some very good entertaining racing and good weather with 34 races completed in about 4 hours.

The programme point is well made ( the BSPA decided on the amount printed despite the hosting clubs recommendations) and we ran out about 45 minutes before the start.

55 riders, 11 managers, about 2000 supporters, heaven knows how many cars and coaches and you moan about allegedly only having one bin on the back Straight.

You really ought to get a life, this is the biggest event the BSPA put on each year (Keith Chapmans Words) and Peterborough made a bloody good job of it.

2 hours ago, RPNY said:

there are some seriously miserable people on here

Their are, a certain Mr Park being one of them.

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8 minutes ago, bigcatdiary said:

Utter Rubbish, the event was well organised, well run, had some very good entertaining racing and good weather with 34 races completed in about 4 hours.

The programme point is well made ( the BSPA decided on the amount printed despite the hosting clubs recommendations) and we ran out about 45 minutes before the start.

55 riders, 11 managers, about 2000 supporters, heaven knows how many cars and coaches and you moan about allegedly only having one bin on the back Straight.

You really ought to get a life, this is the biggest event the BSPA put on each year (Keith Chapmans Words) and Peterborough made a bloody good job of it.

Their are, a certain Mr Park being one of them.

There was a lot to commend the meeting, but an awful lot not to.

Running out of programs more than half an hour before the start. Was the crowd really that much bigger than in the past. I don't think so.

Public address system. Inaudible on the back straight, Far too loud in the main stand. 5-10 second bursts of music!!! during the actual racing (as if the DJ was cuing up his music ready for the end of the race).

Presentation:- Rider interviews too often interrupted by the two minute warning. A simple glance by the interviewer to see the tractors leaving the track would have told him to wrap it up as theracing would have been about to restart. The interruption to Scott's interview was, in my opinion, downright rude. Simply to cut in to say regulation x, y, z, or whatever was being implemented and heat 12 was being run before heat 11, was unnecessary. There was plenty of time before the race for the interview to finish and the crowd to be informed of the change (the 2 minute warning hadn't been sounded. There was enough time even if it had). 

The atmosphere in the stadium seemed a bit flat, possibly due to a lack of a centregreen presenter to gee supporters up.

The pre-meeting parade. What was that all about? Where was the riders' introduction to the crowd? Team captains and manager!! your having a laff. REALLY!

And the toilets or more accurately, the lack of. There was a many people in the ONE and ONLY queue for the gents during the interval as there probably was left in the stand. Why was one of the two toilet blocks locked shut when the stand was probably at least 80% full?

This is the biggest event the BSPA put on each year (Keith Chapmans Words) and Peterborough made a bloody good p*ss poor job of the presentation/facility side

On the plus side track prep was spot on and the racing certainly didn't disappoint and the riders and track staff should be given credit for that. The meeting was progressed in good time without any unnecessary delays, or without it appearing to be in too much of a rush in view of the number of races to be run.

In short the BSPA could (and have) done better.

Oh, by the way, there was only one rubbish bin on the back straight.

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2 minutes ago, leander said:

There was a lot to commend the meeting, but an awful lot not to.

Running out of programs more than half an hour before the start. Was the crowd really that much bigger than in the past. I don't think so.

Public address system. Inaudible on the back straight, Far too loud in the main stand. 5-10 second bursts of music!!! during the actual racing (as if the DJ was cuing up his music ready for the end of the race).

Presentation:- Rider interviews too often interrupted by the two minute warning. A simple glance by the interviewer to see the tractors leaving the track would have told him to wrap it up as theracing would have been about to restart. The interruption to Scott's interview was, in my opinion, downright rude. Simply to cut in to say regulation x, y, z, or whatever was being implemented and heat 12 was being run before heat 11, was unnecessary. There was plenty of time before the race for the interview to finish and the crowd to be informed of the change (the 2 minute warning hadn't been sounded. There was enough time even if it had). 

The atmosphere in the stadium seemed a bit flat, possibly due to a lack of a centregreen presenter to gee supporters up.

The pre-meeting parade. What was that all about? Where was the riders' introduction to the crowd? Team captains and manager!! your having a laff. REALLY!

And the toilets or more accurately, the lack of. There was a many people in the ONE and ONLY queue for the gents during the interval as there probably was left in the stand. Why was one of the two toilet blocks locked shut when the stand was probably at least 80% full?

This is the biggest event the BSPA put on each year (Keith Chapmans Words) and Peterborough made a bloody good p*ss poor job of the presentation/facility side

On the plus side track prep was spot on and the racing certainly didn't disappoint and the riders and track staff should be given credit for that. The meeting was progressed in good time without any unnecessary delays, or without it appearing to be in too much of a rush in view of the number of races to be run.

In short the BSPA could (and have) done better.

Oh, by the way, there was only one rubbish bin on the back straight.

I was stood on the backstraight And didnt notice any issues with the audio. In fact, I stood in about 3 different place as I intially couldn't get a good view of the track because of the crowd, and still can't say I noticed any bother. The programme issue was unfortunate, but it happened and they responded quick with the print out. Whilst it's not perfect, it's at least something rather than nothing.

 

I'll agree, the initial presentation was a bit much. But other than that, I can't really fault it. It was absolutely fine and they steamed through with the meeting after that. 

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17 minutes ago, ScunnyDan said:

Bit of a long shot, but does anyone have the heat times from yesterday? Couldn't quite hear them from where I was stood... Thanks in advance

Go on speedway updates sites they will be on that sorry just looked not on

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My first visit to Peterborough for a while, but with no Lakeside any more I needed to see some speedway.

I enjoyed it. The racing wasn't brilliant but it was fast and furious, and Chris Harris was always worth watching; and best of all they got on with it, the 2-minute warning coming on pretty much as the previous race finished.

I certainly didn't miss a centre-green presenter, and actually liked the fact that the introduction was limited to the captain and TM - with the presentation already starting 10 minutes late I wasn't looking forward to the introduction of all 44 riders (plus reserves perhaps)!

I too was unable to hear the announcer - I was in the stand at the entry to the first bend - and I could have done with a shorter interval between the Semi Finals and Final.

But all in all a very enjoyable afternoon, and good value with 34 heats (I didn't stay for the run-off).

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On 6/23/2019 at 7:37 PM, spin king junior said:

The semi was a bit naff, but they final wow! Some excellent racing. Credit to the track staff and those running the event as it ran about as smooth as possible. No hanging about too much at all, just cracked straight on with it.

 

From a Sheffield standpoint I was very proud with our lot. Can't fault anyone as they were all busting an absolute gut all day long.

Have to agree, with SKJ, the semi final, was a bit boring. The inside line was overwhelmingly dominant and the regular regrades, only succeeded in pulling the material back to the inside and preventing an outside line to develop. In short it was one liney. Thank god it improved for the final. That was much more like it. The fact that no track grading took place in the final (only watering), must have been a contributing factor, to an outside line developing. The inside line still remained, pretty fast but now the riders had options and it made for much more exciting racing. The final pulled the meeting out of the fire, I for one was underwhelmed, before that and I wasn't alone. Hopefully that maybe food for thought, for the organisers, in the future.

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27 minutes ago, ScunnyDan said:

yes please, would be greatly appreciated

1.58.2, 2. 57.3, 3. 57.5, 4. 57.8, 5. 59.1, 6. 58.7, 7. 58.9, 8. 58.3, 9. 58.8, 10. 58.9, 11. 58.9, 12. 58.6, 13. 59.9, 14. 58.9, 15. 59.9, 16. 59.3, 17. 60.0, 18. 60.2, 19. 60.2, 20. 60.0, 21. 61.7, 22. 59.4, 23. 59.1, 24. 59.6, 25. 59.5, 26. 59.9, 27. 60.1, 28. 60.0, 29. 60.5, 30. 60.4, 31. 60.9, 32. 60.5, 33. 60.7, 34. 61.1, 35. 60.6.

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