Justgotmecpc Posted August 8, 2019 Report Share Posted August 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Loose Diamond said: They did pretty good. Scored more points than I thought they would. But also Somerset scoring affected by Nick Morris's first 2 rides and Schlein's retirement in his first ride. But definitely harsh on the Diamonds the the end when Steve could not hang onto second place in heat 15 that would have won us a point. Tbh we done ok at Somerset I suppose our stand in manager can count himself a tad unlucky !! Let's hope our other stand in manager gets a result tomorrow night weather permitting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drew2 Posted August 8, 2019 Report Share Posted August 8, 2019 4 hours ago, leander said: There was a 45 min torrential downpour at 1:00pm. The A38 outside the stadium looked like a river. I was thinking I've come all this way for nothing. Yet at 6:45pm they were watering the track with the sun shining but some ominous dark clouds threatening all around the stadium. I was surprised how dry it had become by 7:30pm. That will be the Burnham breeze for you! The weather is so changeable down here as about 4 miles away the golf day was played yesterday in dry weather although we could see the track getting a pasting at lunchtime. Strange sort of a meeting and pleased the Rebels got the win in the end. I was expecting more of Max Clegg to be fair after his score on Sunday but Nathan accounted for him a couple of times which probably swung things Rebels way more than anything. Anders Rowe continues to impress me as well. Would love to see him get it out a bit wider at times but you can't argue with how well he rides the inside at the OTA though. He continues to beat riders he probably shouldn't at this stage of his career and from the back too! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halifaxtiger Posted August 9, 2019 Report Share Posted August 9, 2019 15 hours ago, leander said: There was a 45 min torrential downpour at 1:00pm. The A38 outside the stadium looked like a river. I was thinking I've come all this way for nothing. Yet at 6:45pm they were watering the track with the sun shining but some ominous dark clouds threatening all around the stadium. I was surprised how dry it had become by 7:30pm. L Rain was indeed predicted up to about 2pm but nothing at all after that. I must admit when I walked in about 6.30 or so I took one look at the track and hoped they were going to water it. I don't remember any track preparation after that time and, reading my own updates again, I have referred to 'clouds of dust' after heat one. The thing is that the quality of track preparation is absolutely vital - possibly even decisive - to the future of speedway in this country. Crap tracks are, frankly, unacceptable. What is even more unacceptable is that paying customers are forced to stand around while remedial work is undertaken because the surface wasn't sufficiently taken care of before the start. You might as well open the gates up and let people out because they won't be coming back again. To be fair to Somerset, I think its the first time I have personally experienced something like this there and the meeting after the work was completed was very decent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Loose Diamond Posted August 9, 2019 Report Share Posted August 9, 2019 14 hours ago, drew2 said: That will be the Burnham breeze for you! The weather is so changeable down here as about 4 miles away the golf day was played yesterday in dry weather although we could see the track getting a pasting at lunchtime. Strange sort of a meeting and pleased the Rebels got the win in the end. I was expecting more of Max Clegg to be fair after his score on Sunday but Nathan accounted for him a couple of times which probably swung things Rebels way more than anything. Anders Rowe continues to impress me as well. Would love to see him get it out a bit wider at times but you can't argue with how well he rides the inside at the OTA though. He continues to beat riders he probably shouldn't at this stage of his career and from the back too! Max could have had machinery problems after his first ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leander Posted August 9, 2019 Report Share Posted August 9, 2019 15 hours ago, drew2 said: That will be the Burnham breeze for you! The weather is so changeable down here as about 4 miles away the golf day was played yesterday in dry weather although we could see the track getting a pasting at lunchtime. Strange sort of a meeting and pleased the Rebels got the win in the end. I was expecting more of Max Clegg to be fair after his score on Sunday but Nathan accounted for him a couple of times which probably swung things Rebels way more than anything. Anders Rowe continues to impress me as well. Would love to see him get it out a bit wider at times but you can't argue with how well he rides the inside at the OTA though. He continues to beat riders he probably shouldn't at this stage of his career and from the back too! To be fair if the fixtures had been reversed (i.e. Somerset first) I would be expecting to say the same thing about Anders Rowe. let's be honest in most teams Anders would still be at reserve. So essentially our reserves were better than yours at Newcastle, and the reverse was true at Somerset. That's not including Luke Harris, who unfortunately appears to be a bit out of his depth, and is really only there to make the numbers up (no disrespect intended as his time will come) due to Somerset's top end strength. The main difference was that at Somerset their heat leaders managed to turn it around after an iffy start. At Newcastle ours didn't. Anders is certainly one to watch though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred5 Posted August 9, 2019 Report Share Posted August 9, 2019 9 hours ago, Halifaxtiger said: Rain was indeed predicted up to about 2pm but nothing at all after that. I must admit when I walked in about 6.30 or so I took one look at the track and hoped they were going to water it. I don't remember any track preparation after that time and, reading my own updates again, I have referred to 'clouds of dust' after heat one. The thing is that the quality of track preparation is absolutely vital - possibly even decisive - to the future of speedway in this country. Crap tracks are, frankly, unacceptable. What is even more unacceptable is that paying customers are forced to stand around while remedial work is undertaken because the surface wasn't sufficiently taken care of before the start. You might as well open the gates up and let people out because they won't be coming back again. To be fair to Somerset, I think its the first time I have personally experienced something like this there and the meeting after the work was completed was very decent. Well said that man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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