Gunner85 Posted July 19, 2020 Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 Nice to see Buxton is still being used. aiden and les Collins held a Speedway day recently.... they may be doing them regularly... I only know about the recent one. hope Buxton can eventually come back to league racing 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch958 Posted July 19, 2020 Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 something else that should have been secured by the sky cash - northern area training centre, Iwade or somewhere as southern area centre. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimmo Posted July 19, 2020 Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 4 hours ago, Gunner85 said: Nice to see Buxton is still being used. aiden and les Collins held a Speedway day recently.... they may be doing them regularly... I only know about the recent one. hope Buxton can eventually come back to league racing Oh how I wish Buxton could make a league return, I really miss my trips up from Norfolk on Sunday afternoons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringitsneck Posted July 20, 2020 Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 On 7/19/2020 at 10:04 AM, ch958 said: something else that should have been secured by the sky cash - northern area training centre, Iwade or somewhere as southern area centre. We have northern training centres, Dunn’s and Northside. The south has Iwade and Lydd. The BSPA aren’t going to put money into ‘ training centres ‘ whilst they get money from Poultec. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortythirtyeight Posted July 20, 2020 Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 19 minutes ago, Ringitsneck said: We have northern training centres, Dunn’s and Northside. The south has Iwade and Lydd. The BSPA aren’t going to put money into ‘ training centres ‘ whilst they get money from Poultec. It’s good business sense not to put funds into something that the private sector provide . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch958 Posted July 21, 2020 Report Share Posted July 21, 2020 be nice to have something owned by speedway and not private, but whatever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringitsneck Posted July 21, 2020 Report Share Posted July 21, 2020 9 minutes ago, ch958 said: be nice to have something owned by speedway and not private, but whatever Owned by who? the BSPA? Those tracks I’ve mentioned are privately owned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch958 Posted July 21, 2020 Report Share Posted July 21, 2020 well yeah, the bspa, which should have been using the sky money to accrue as many venues as possible. So many tracks are at the mercy of people outside of the sport, they could all go tomorrow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringitsneck Posted July 21, 2020 Report Share Posted July 21, 2020 25 minutes ago, ch958 said: well yeah, the bspa, which should have been using the sky money to accrue as many venues as possible. So many tracks are at the mercy of people outside of the sport, they could all go tomorrow The same BSPA that have sold the rights to Team GB and will not fund British Youth as part of their cost cutting scheme to try and replace the £300,000 they lost on their GTR Engine fiasco? The BSPA who are more than happy to have a private company , Poultec, run the only speedway academy and won’t even pay for the youth team co- ordinator’s expenses to attend Foreign events were our youth riders are sent without any financial support from above. The same BSPA that have access to the ‘ National Stadium ‘ but still hold the big meetings on tracks owned by members of the top table. Don’t hold your breath on them investing any money at all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch958 Posted July 22, 2020 Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 11 hours ago, Ringitsneck said: The same BSPA that have sold the rights to Team GB and will not fund British Youth as part of their cost cutting scheme to try and replace the £300,000 they lost on their GTR Engine fiasco? The BSPA who are more than happy to have a private company , Poultec, run the only speedway academy and won’t even pay for the youth team co- ordinator’s expenses to attend Foreign events were our youth riders are sent without any financial support from above. The same BSPA that have access to the ‘ National Stadium ‘ but still hold the big meetings on tracks owned by members of the top table. Don’t hold your breath on them investing any money at all. shocking state of affairs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillwhitewasmad Posted July 22, 2020 Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 The point on not funding youth riders is not true on every occasion we have attended a FIM or fime meeting in Europe we have had some expense reimbursed. Also riders are not sent for anything 125cc or 250cc riders apply to the acu to go and they ask for places in the events. If the riders don’t ask the acu don’t request places for the older ages groups up to 21 the riders are invited to attend and can choose to accept or decline the spot . Example Kyle Bickley has declined his spot this year which was then offered to another rider. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringitsneck Posted July 22, 2020 Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 I’ll concede you that one as my informant ( a competitor ) was obviously unlucky in his application for help. He now informs me that the riders now have to pay to enter each Youth ChamPionship round ?, times are a changing and not for the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillwhitewasmad Posted July 22, 2020 Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Ringitsneck said: I’ll concede you that one as my informant ( a competitor ) was obviously unlucky in his application for help. He now informs me that the riders now have to pay to enter each Youth ChamPionship round ?, times are a changing and not for the better. Yep paying to ride in the youth championship is been introduced and so it should be. All youth riders pay to practice and race amateur meetings so why not the youth championship. Hopefully by paying we will get some well prepared tracks not the usual Rubbish that we get when clubs are pressured into running a youth round after a main meeting which is then rushed through so all the staff can go home. Strand alone meetings are great Peterborough and Bellevue were great last year even though they took a lap off the 125/150 class Ipswich and Swindon the track was crap after a meeting prior. Just my opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringitsneck Posted July 22, 2020 Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 Your opinion is fine, we all have one. Perhaps the organiser should pick better tracks to host the rounds then. I watched all the ones held at Redcar over the last few years ,on a Saturday, on a well prepared track. It was the Organisers choice to run on ‘Elite ‘ Tracks , some of which declined to run them. Diluting the quality of the championship by having them as second half events was a bad idea. The BSPA should still be financially supporting the youth rounds and offering some financial help to entice tracks to host them as individual meetings, just like they used too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillwhitewasmad Posted July 23, 2020 Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 (edited) 20 hours ago, Ringitsneck said: Your opinion is fine, we all have one. Perhaps the organiser should pick better tracks to host the rounds then. I watched all the ones held at Redcar over the last few years ,on a Saturday, on a well prepared track. It was the Organisers choice to run on ‘Elite ‘ Tracks , some of which declined to run them. Diluting the quality of the championship by having them as second half events was a bad idea.The BSPA should still be financially supporting the youth rounds and offering some financial help to entice tracks to host them as individual meetings, just like they used I couldn’t agree more however where does the money to provide free racing come from with all clubs except a notable few struggle for finance. Edited July 23, 2020 by phillwhitewasmad 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binman Posted July 23, 2020 Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 Funny everybody loved going to Buxton and wants to go back so why was the place not packed out when they were running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted July 23, 2020 Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 56 minutes ago, Binman said: Funny everybody loved going to Buxton and wants to go back so why was the place not packed out when they were running. With Stoke gone, crowds might increase if there was a Buxton revival. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted July 23, 2020 Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Binman said: Funny everybody loved going to Buxton and wants to go back so why was the place not packed out when they were running. Location. Location. Location.. A fair old way outside of Buxton and relied in the main on Belle Vue and Sheffield followers if you looked at what many of the spectators wore.. Dont think it ever really captured the imagination of the towns inhabitants and without any other living beings, apart from cows and sheep, within several miles radius of its location it would be very hard to attract 'locals' (as there wasn't many!)... Lovely on a summers day, not so if it was a 'bit parky', and you could get all four seasons in a day.. Facilities at best 'basic' but an enjoyable day out, and great to watch the racing so close to the action.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShyTalk Posted November 11, 2021 Report Share Posted November 11, 2021 More teams looking to enter NL per BSPL statement. Wonder if Buxton may be one of them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortythirtyeight Posted November 11, 2021 Report Share Posted November 11, 2021 3 hours ago, ShyTalk said: More teams looking to enter NL per BSPL statement. Wonder if Buxton may be one of them? Is that the same BSPL who stated the rising star programme was a 2 year scheme and each club needed two this year ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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