SpeedwayPortal Posted May 9, 2020 Report Share Posted May 9, 2020 Hi guys, something a little different that we hope will be of interest to all speedway fans. Tomorrow, Sunday 10th May, at 6pm a new type of speedway is coming…. Are you ready for suspense, excitement, and speedway? Are you ready to be entertained, to see a real speedway meeting which you do not know the result of? We kick off tomorrow at 6pm – this is a game changer. Join Barry Bishop in the YouTube live chat room from 6pm, as we watch the action unfold. The countdown is on now 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple.H. Posted May 10, 2020 Report Share Posted May 10, 2020 very enjoyable 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SpeedwayPortal Posted July 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 (edited) Virtual Skid 5 Premieres @ 7pm on Thursday July 2nd 2020 on the Speedway Portal YouTube Channel. Oxford 'Cheetahs' vs Swindon 'Robins' Former Oxford rider Spencer Timmo takes charge of the Cheetahs, with current Swindon Commercial Manager Lee Kilby leads the Robins. Fans joining Barry Bishop in the Premiere chat room on YouTube will have a chance to win some merchandise during the Premiere. Edited July 2, 2020 by SpeedwayPortal 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple.H. Posted July 2, 2020 Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 (edited) Cracking meeting tonight between Oxford and Swindon. Well worth a view whoever your team is Edited July 2, 2020 by Triple.H. productive taxi had me again 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted July 3, 2020 Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 13 hours ago, Triple.H. said: Cracking meeting tonight between Oxford and Swindon. Well worth a view whoever your team is Great stuff! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk127 Posted July 3, 2020 Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 15 hours ago, Triple.H. said: Cracking meeting tonight between Oxford and Swindon. Well worth a view whoever your team is Almost as good as the real thing, some great racing and legends. The return leg should be a cracker. Thanks to everyone involved in putting this together. For those who have not watched it give it a try. You become engrossed and feel part of it. Looking forward to the next meeting. This could be a good winter filler as well. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted July 4, 2020 Report Share Posted July 4, 2020 (edited) 20 hours ago, Hawk127 said: Almost as good as the real thing, some great racing and legends. The return leg should be a cracker. Thanks to everyone involved in putting this together. For those who have not watched it give it a try. You become engrossed and feel part of it. Looking forward to the next meeting. This could be a good winter filler as well. Yes I thought that it's a very good concept and both Spencer Timmor & Lee Kilby really got into the swing of the thing. I hope that a return leg can be arranged...I'd look forward to it. Well done to everyone involved! Edited July 4, 2020 by steve roberts 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedwayPortal Posted July 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 Virtual Skid 6 Premieres @ 7pm on Thursday July 16th 2020 on the Speedway Portal YouTube Channel in association with John Carpenter Speedway Spares. Cradley 'Heathens' vs Coventry 'Bee's' Former Cradley rider Garry Stead takes charge of the Heathens, with former Coventry rider Adam Roynon leading the Bees. The meeting is in aid of the Speedway Riders Benevolent Fund with all proceeds going to the charity. A text line has been setup to take £5 donations to the BEN FUND during the Premiere and beyond. Fans joining Barry Bishop in the Premiere chat room on YouTube will have a chance to win the 4 x meeting DVD's used in the meeting, along with 2 x tickets to the 2021 BEN Fund meeting. There is also a silent auction running until tapes up on heat 10 to join Garry Stead, Adam Roynon, Barry Bishop & Andy Hague in a private zoom chat room directly after the Premiere concludes. To enter please email your bids to virtualskid@yahoo.com 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedwayPortal Posted July 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2020 (edited) Virtual Skid 7 Premieres @ 7pm on Thursday July 30th 2020 on the Speedway Portal YouTube Channel in association with John Carpenter Speedway Spares. Isle of Wight 'Wightlink Warriors' vs Mildenhall 'Fen Tigers' SCB Referee Christina Turnbull takes charge of the Warriors, with Mildenhall super fan Ellie Kirk leading the Fen Tigers. Fans joining Barry Bishop in the Premiere chat room on YouTube will have a chance to win 2 x 2016 meeting DVD's used in the meeting. Edited July 29, 2020 by SpeedwayPortal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickie Head Posted July 31, 2020 Report Share Posted July 31, 2020 I see that Barry is planning to go weekly very soon if he can get sponsorship but with only a hundred or so viewing at the time of broadcast I can’t see it’s got legs. Any thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris116 Posted August 1, 2020 Report Share Posted August 1, 2020 22 hours ago, Dickie Head said: I see that Barry is planning to go weekly very soon if he can get sponsorship but with only a hundred or so viewing at the time of broadcast I can’t see it’s got legs. Any thoughts. I have watched all the Virtual Skid meetings but only one of them at the time they are first shown. I suspect many people watch them the next day or later in the evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedwayPortal Posted August 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 Hi Dickie, First off we would like to thank you for your continued support for the Virtual Skid streams, you have posted positively promoting Virtual Skid in various threads on the forum and that hasn’t gone unnoticed by us. Regarding the viewing figures, you are correct that just over 100 viewers tuned in live to watch the Premiere of Virtual Skid 7, however it remains viewable on catch-up as Chris has mentioned above for those who were unable to watch live as is all past Virtual Skid streams. These viewing figures continue to increase daily. We constantly monitor various streams up and down the country and can say our viewing figures for Virtual Skid, SGB streams aside, sit well alongside regular club meeting streams and in many cases gain more Premiere viewings than a good portion of them. Also, there are many other private statistics available on our streams which are even more important to us than the view count visible to the public below the videos. Amongst others, just one important observation the public view count doesn’t show is that friends are starting to get together to watch it in groups and multiple families are doing the same, so whilst the view count may show 1, there are in fact, in some cases that we know of over 10 people watching on that count alone. All of the speedway streams from the various production companies within the sport have been a massive help to people up and down the country in so many ways during the current situation. Many people print out our race card, put the Virtual Skid Premieres in their diaries, watch it with their families and friends, engage and many take the time to send us dedicated emails and messages privately of thanks etc. It makes it worthwhile in many ways to try in every way we can to continue to produce the Virtual Skid streams. Sponsorship wise, we have already hit our minimum target to allow us to go weekly for the next 4 instalments with 8 heats, meetings sponsor and 1 team sponsor per meeting already taken before any teams have been announced. Although we are in good shape, we do need more support for the future, we still have those remaining 7 heats available along with other opportunities to get involved. We do try at all times to promote those who help us and give back as much value as we possibly can. There is an incredible amount of hours involved in producing a Virtual Skid meeting stream, well over 15 times that of a standard meeting stream that is already recorded and edited. The sponsorship goes towards making it possible to dedicate that time weekly (or as close to it) for the fans to continue to enjoy, for free. And it is great to see that multiple speedway production companies have already been involved with us (Speedway Portal, Oxford Speedway Productions & Classic Speedway Videos) and we continue to reach out to other production companies to include footage from multiple clubs, tracks and teams along with featuring a variety of fans, riders and officials from within our sport. With only 7 Virtual Skid meetings so far, we are still at the infancy of our journey. So for everyone who sponsors us, supports us and watches our Premieres we thank you for your support, and look forward to growing Virtual Skid with many new tweaks and ideas already in mind to implement as we progress. Andy and Barry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedwayPortal Posted August 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 Virtual Skid 8 Premieres @ 7pm on Thursday August 13th 2020 on the Speedway Portal YouTube Channel in association with Iwade Garage. Isle of Wight 'Wightlink Warriors' vs Stoke 'Potters'. Island Machine Examiner Andrew Perring takes charge of the Warriors, with former Stoke rider Jon Armstrong leading the Potters. Fans joining Barry Bishop in the Premiere chat room on YouTube will have a chance to win 2 x meeting DVD's used in the meeting. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrybishop Posted August 13, 2020 Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 Proud to say this is the first of our sponsored meetings and we really appreciate all the sponsorship that has been offered. So thank you. If you would like to know more about Virtual Skid and how we are progressing please reach out to virtualskid@yahoo.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedwayPortal Posted August 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 Virtual Skid 9 Premieres @ 7pm on Thursday August 20th 2020 on the Speedway Portal YouTube Channel in association with Iwade Garage. Isle of Wight 'Wightlink Warriors' vs GB 'Young Lions'. Island Super Fans Lisa & Evie Sokol take charge of the Warriors, with Plymouth Promoter Mark Phillips leading the Young Lions. Fans in the Premiere chat room on YouTube will have a chance to win 2 x meeting DVD's used in the meeting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedwayPortal Posted August 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 (edited) Virtual Skid 10 Premieres @ 7:30pm on Thursday August 27th 2020 on the Speedway Portal YouTube Channel in association with Iwade Garage. Isle of Wight 'Wightlink Warriors' vs Cradley 'Heathens'. Former Warrior & Current Wizards rider Jamie Sealey takes charge of the Warriors, with his brother and mechanic Lewis Sealey leading the Heathens. Fans in the Premiere chat room on YouTube will have a chance to win 2 x meeting DVD's used in the meeting. Edited September 1, 2020 by SpeedwayPortal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedwayPortal Posted September 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2020 Virtual Skid 11 Premieres @ 7pm on Wednesday September 2nd 2020 on the Speedway Portal YouTube Channel in association with Iwade Garage. Rye House 'Rockets' vs Newcastle 'Diamonds'. Former Rockets Track Staff Member Ronnie Piccalo takes charge of the Rockets, with Diamonds Super Fan James Luckman leading the Diamonds. Fans in the Premiere chat room on YouTube will have a chance to win 2 x meeting DVD's used in the meeting courtesy of Ken Burnett from T2TV Media who has supplied the meetings race footage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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