stevehone Posted April 10, 2021 Report Share Posted April 10, 2021 JC had some decent ideas, not all necessarily, but in the process i think it upset people because he wanted to change things. the theme nights at Kings Lynn seemed to work, and the super seven events under one banner was a good idea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proud panther Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 18 hours ago, stevehone said: JC had some decent ideas, not all necessarily, but in the process i think it upset people because he wanted to change things. the theme nights at Kings Lynn seemed to work, and the super seven events under one banner was a good idea The muppets running British speedway don't want any changes that they don't propose themselves. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warriors Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 Anybody know admission price yet. On 3/26/2021 at 9:08 PM, Bagpuss said: Was going to say the same, nobody claimed they had Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS50 Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 34 minutes ago, Warriors said: Anybody know admission price yet. For some reason I don't know of, a lot of clubs have not announced their admission prices. Odd, considering under normal circumstances the season would be underway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haza Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 52 minutes ago, RS50 said: For some reason I don't know of, a lot of clubs have not announced their admission prices. Odd, considering under normal circumstances the season would be underway. Financial suicide if the admission prices do go up from 2019 rates if anything with a much lower standard of teams strength they should go down if anything - but in 50 years of following the sport I can’t recall that ever happening . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrss Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 1 hour ago, RS50 said: For some reason I don't know of, a lot of clubs have not announced their admission prices. Odd, considering under normal circumstances the season would be underway. Perhaps a lot of promotors are like me and still not convinced the season will go ahead . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haza Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 21 minutes ago, mrss said: Perhaps a lot of promotors are like me and still not convinced the season will go ahead . That’s anther angle to it as well - what is the stadium’s capacity? KL Pboro and Ipswich might be ok as fan can spread out but Wolverhampton for instance only use the home straight Sheffield doesn’t use the back straight . England play New Zealand in a cricket test series Edgebaston is one of the venues they are talking 25% attendees the match is a sell out ticket holder going into a ballot they talking a food and drinks app with food brought to your seat , theses games are in June - not May 17 I’m not suggesting that will happen at speedway but it not going to be speedway meetings as we no it that’s for sure . Then is it viable to run that’s the leading question? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyderd Posted April 12, 2021 Report Share Posted April 12, 2021 21 hours ago, Haza said: Financial suicide if the admission prices do go up from 2019 rates if anything with a much lower standard of teams strength they should go down if anything - but in 50 years of following the sport I can’t recall that ever happening . Has it happened anywhere in any other sport.................................just asking. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warriors Posted April 12, 2021 Report Share Posted April 12, 2021 Perhaps don't want to scare people, and they know they will get a bit of flack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haza Posted April 12, 2021 Report Share Posted April 12, 2021 3 hours ago, hyderd said: Has it happened anywhere in any other sport.................................just asking. Off the top of my head I’d say not happened anywhere in sport - but then neither has Covid and a year with practical no racing or other sport with fans in stadiums and not many other sport’s lower there standards either . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tellboy Posted April 12, 2021 Report Share Posted April 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Haza said: Off the top of my head I’d say not happened anywhere in sport - but then neither has Covid and a year with practical no racing or other sport with fans in stadiums and not many other sport’s lower there standards either . In football Liverpool have certainly lowered their standards 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bob at herne bay Posted April 12, 2021 Report Share Posted April 12, 2021 Much still to be done before crowds are allowed into Speedway "race bowls" in the UK IMHO. Gone are the days of banks of turnstiles located at several entry points around the tracks ....... with spectators located all around the entire circuit. The sanitary facilities at most "race bowls" are now so scarce and rudimentary , lacking even a bar of soap, that surely will be questioned by local authorities in assessing attendance limits. The last track I regularly supported struggled to maintain electric lighting in their facilities. Oddly, I suspect that social distancing there woudn't have been a problem, assuming you took a torch to the gents ;-) Eastbourne have laid out their stall with some commonsense planning ... but whether the local authority have given them any feedback on their plans .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted April 12, 2021 Report Share Posted April 12, 2021 On 4/11/2021 at 6:18 PM, RS50 said: For some reason I don't know of, a lot of clubs have not announced their admission prices. Odd, considering under normal circumstances the season would be underway. No doubt they are waiting to see what the crowd limits are going to be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 9 hours ago, old bob at herne bay said: Much still to be done before crowds are allowed into Speedway "race bowls" in the UK IMHO. Gone are the days of banks of turnstiles located at several entry points around the tracks ....... with spectators located all around the entire circuit. The sanitary facilities at most "race bowls" are now so scarce and rudimentary , lacking even a bar of soap, that surely will be questioned by local authorities in assessing attendance limits. The last track I regularly supported struggled to maintain electric lighting in their facilities. Oddly, I suspect that social distancing there woudn't have been a problem, assuming you took a torch to the gents ;-) Eastbourne have laid out their stall with some commonsense planning ... but whether the local authority have given them any feedback on their plans .... You haven't been to speedway for a few years have you? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wealdstone Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 10 hours ago, cityrebel said: No doubt they are waiting to see what the crowd limits are going to be I think there is still some uncertainty as to whether it is practical for the season to go ahead. IMO they would be shooting themselves in the foot if it was the plan to increase admission cost because of perceived lack of crowd numbers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bob at herne bay Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 Go on surprise me “Trees” ..... soap is now available in the toilets at Saddlebow Road.....and there is more than one entrance to the race bowl from the field used as a car park ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noaksey Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 The toilet situation is certainly relevant at Monmore Green I'd imagine alternative facilties will need to be provided 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimmo Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 58 minutes ago, noaksey said: The toilet situation is certainly relevant at Monmore Green I'd imagine alternative facilties will need to be provided Same at Mildenhall in 2019, no soap most of the time, and hand dryer not working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 If anything beneficial comes out of all of this it might be speedway venues being forced to drag their toilet facilities into the 21st century. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semion Posted April 14, 2021 Report Share Posted April 14, 2021 Well there’s always the less risky choice of taking a ‘wild wee’, blob of hand sanitizer. All sorted. As for prices I seem to recall in Football. If for example a Club gets relegated out of the Premier League to the Championship prices do fall. I’m sure Baggy can confirm ( or otherwise) as at Carrot Road it’s a regular occurrence, but not next season hey Baggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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