steve roberts Posted June 18, 2020 Report Share Posted June 18, 2020 2 hours ago, cityrebel said: I'm missing the social side of the sport and the days out. Good racing is a bonus for me these days. That's what kept me going for many years...meeting those on the third bend at Cowley. Great Days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E I Addio Posted June 18, 2020 Report Share Posted June 18, 2020 I haven’t been to a meeting since Lakeside closed . With each passing week I miss it less. I was my intention to go to occasional meetings but there are such a bunch of cowboys in charge I don’t feel motivated and have found plenty of other things to do. There must be thousands like me. Great memories of the sport, but it’s difficult to avoid the conclusion that the great days are gone and won’t be back. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted June 18, 2020 Report Share Posted June 18, 2020 1 minute ago, E I Addio said: I haven’t been to a meeting since Lakeside closed . With each passing week I miss it less. I was my intention to go to occasional meetings but there are such a bunch of cowboys in charge I don’t feel motivated and have found plenty of other things to do. There must be thousands like me. Great memories of the sport, but it’s difficult to avoid the conclusion that the great days are gone and won’t be back. I would agree...I've just watched two fabulous meetings (1984) involving Oxford at first Reading and then Wimbledon both in the League Cup (commentary by our friend Rob Mac) both meetings which I attended live. Great memories and I wouldn't have missed it for the world! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YerRopes Posted June 18, 2020 Report Share Posted June 18, 2020 14 minutes ago, topaz325 said: Why has the freesports meet been postponed? Weather Yes, weather.. Meetings rearranged for Monday and Tuesday, I believe.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Clemens Posted June 18, 2020 Report Share Posted June 18, 2020 Normally I would say not but I was really looking forward to going to Sheffield to see Nikki P I'd even been offered a lift there every week for the season. Was also looking forward to seeing Crump back in action and going to BV now and again but that's how it goes!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted June 18, 2020 Report Share Posted June 18, 2020 56 minutes ago, steve roberts said: That's what kept me going for many years...meeting those on the third bend at Cowley. Great Days! I stood there Steve, plenty of times. In the last few seasons i tended to stand at the top of the steps by the starting gate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris116 Posted June 18, 2020 Report Share Posted June 18, 2020 I only got to two meetings last year having only missed one Rye House meeting the previous year. I enjoyed my two days on the Isle of Wight and was looking forward to going two or three times this season. As well as missing Speedway, I am also missing my Superstox meetings, guarding on the Mid Hants Railway and going to Country music concerts. So Speedway is one of the four things I am missing due to the damn virus. Stay safe and hope for a better future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted June 18, 2020 Report Share Posted June 18, 2020 1 hour ago, cityrebel said: I stood there Steve, plenty of times. In the last few seasons i tended to stand at the top of the steps by the starting gate. I'm guessing that we would have known some of the same faces/characters without mentioning any names? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrybishop Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 If you are missing speedway give Virtual Skid ago.... 15 real races with an unknown result.... more great stuff coming too.... I know you will love it. Already VS1 - 4 available on Speedway Portals Youtube channel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Pyszny Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 (edited) I haven't watched speedway regularly since 2008. Between then and now, I doubt I've seen one meeting per season (after relocating in 2008, the nearest track is more than an hour's drive). However, during lockdown, I took the opportunity to get my records complete and up to date - and bought a few programmes via eBay. Both fired good memories. Now, I'm looking forward to going to speedway, if and when it resumes. I hope it doesn't disappoint (as the most recent two visits did)! Edited June 19, 2020 by Piotr Pyszny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyhoundp Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 In a word NO, for the first time since the Heathens returned i did not go to a single meeting last season, and the previous season i watched just 1 meeting when we only competing in the National Trophy with a Team made up of borrowed riders.. there was no particular reason for it except to say i had lost interest for a number of reasons.. this after watching Speedway since 1963/64.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff100 Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 do i miss speedway?what is their to miss?walking to derwent park with my sons and grandkids,saying hi to people who are their early like us,standing by the pits chatting to dez the machine examiner who i went to school with and who rode for the comets ,standing listening to the roar of 14 bikes getting that special smell only they make laughing at others putting their hands over ears as they walk past,walking to our special spot on the first corner near the burger van standing with people who like us have stood their for years,being pestered by the grandkids for some money for a burger which they will never eat because they had tea before coming out,clapping and shouting as 2 teams are announced by michael max or hoggy with the tones of john walch in the box,shouting at a well know referee from scotland who once again had got a decision wrong,going home after a look at the track from the pits gate saying hi to chris the pits marshall, telling my mother how well we did or why we didnt win,taking boys home and looking on the pc how other teams had done that night,going on the forum to see what other comets fans thought about the team that night.YES i do miss my speedway seeing it live from 3rd april 1970 missing work sometimes to get my fix,remembering the girls i took their some still speak to me now a couple dont but their loss eh ,so again i do miss my speedway its good to go to glasgow, newcastle, redcar. and even edinburgh but its not the same,so if u can go when this is all over DO go or like me and a few more from comets land u might not have some to go back too.HAPPY DAYS. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 (edited) 18 hours ago, HGould said: Can I have some of the medication you are on?? Unless Poole have some top secret funding in tens of thousands how are they going to have weekly meetings with no crowds or with maximum a few hundred allowed in? Do try to keep up. No club will run meetings if there continues to be a ban on crowds. Thats been stated officially. As long as the social distancing reduces to 1 metre or below by August and/or fans are required to wear face coverings then there shouldn't be a problem for Poole or any other track with decent viewing options on all sides of their respective stadia. Edited June 19, 2020 by Skidder1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC2 Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 Missing Swindon winning the league again. We’ve got used to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HGould Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 9 minutes ago, Skidder1 said: Do try to keep up. No club will run meetings if there continues to be a ban on crowds. Thats been stated officially. As long as the social distancing reduces to 1 metre or below by August and/or fans are required to wear face coverings then there shouldn't be a problem for Poole or any other track with decent viewing options on all sides of their respective stadia. It's you that needs to wake up. Your original comment linked social distancing reduction to 1 metre to the commencement of Speedway. social distancing at 2 metres or 1 metre or back to normal is not the issue that will define when Speedway can re-start. It will be capacity limits in stadiums. 500 distanced at 2 metres, 1 metre or hugging each other is 500. whether social distancing is reduced or not is not the issue. The issue is how many people can congregate together within that social distancing limit. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 15 minutes ago, DC2 said: Missing Swindon winning the league again. We’ve got used to it. ...only because Reading & Oxford no longer have speedway! Swindon were always having to play catch up when the "Racers" & the "Cheetahs" were competing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil The Ace Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 As Daniel Bryan's fans would chant YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 5 minutes ago, steve roberts said: ...only because Reading & Oxford no longer have speedway! Swindon were always having to play catch up when the "Racers" & the "Cheetahs" were competing! Glad you put them in the correct order Racers then Cheetahs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 41 minutes ago, racers and royals said: Glad you put them in the correct order Racers then Cheetahs Yes when I recall all the great local derbies between the three teams it's a shame that the "Budgies" are the only ones now in existence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, steve roberts said: Yes when I recall all the great local derbies between the three teams it's a shame that the "Budgies" are the only ones now in existence. The Easter 3 team`s were good as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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