racers and royals Posted October 2, 2020 Report Share Posted October 2, 2020 19 minutes ago, chris4gillian said: Where is Brando this year? Without question arguably the best at interviewing riders during meetings. He works for BT as floor manager for GP coverage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner85 Posted October 2, 2020 Report Share Posted October 2, 2020 I remember Brando spannering for Larry Ross. He works in other sports as well.... he was involved with televised snooker some years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris4gillian Posted October 2, 2020 Report Share Posted October 2, 2020 1 hour ago, racers and royals said: He works for BT as floor manager for GP coverage. Can he not also do interviews during the meetings? Bit late now I guess, but hey there's always next year and beyond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Eck Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 On 10/1/2020 at 11:47 AM, Grand Central said: It was for a while ... that sort of squirming-for-him type comedy of David Brent or Alan Partridge. But the comedic value has waned with relentless repetition. But leaving Sam out of it ... Dave Rowe and Chris Louis would seem a good partnership for domestic TV next year, Other ideas that come to mind are ... not to employ any 'dolly birds' with no Speedway experience, give us a rest from NP/KT for a while (leave them on the GPs), cut down on the studio nonsense and give us rapid-fire racing with just the odd (brief) interview with riders ONLY when there is an incident worth commenting on (Steve Brandon always seems to get that right). Who are the “dolly birds with no speedway experience”? By the way, Steve Brandon was being lined up by BSI this year before the schedule was changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Central Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 (edited) 10 hours ago, Wee Eck said: Who are the “dolly birds with no speedway experience”? You may well ask ... I've lost track of the names of all of them too ... Edited October 4, 2020 by Grand Central Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 19 hours ago, Wee Eck said: Who are the “dolly birds with no speedway experience”? By the way, Steve Brandon was being lined up by BSI this year before the schedule was changed. Every female that's ever appeared on an English language speedway broadcast except for Natalie Quirk and Marcelina Whatsername Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flipper11 Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 19 minutes ago, iainb said: Every female that's ever appeared on an English language speedway broadcast except for Natalie Quirk and Marcelina Whatsername Suzi Perry was just as good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, flipper11 said: Suzi Perry was just as good. She was good at TV presenting, that's why she's gone on to create a career for herself outside of sport, she had little to no speedway experience and was asking the same questions at the end of her speedway career that she was at the beginning. Suzi was and is a MotoGP presenter I'm not sure she had any experience of speedway before she started presenting Edited October 5, 2020 by iainb 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 Suzi Perry was great in the early days of tv coverage. She had a superb rapport with the riders, (particularly Alun Rossiter!) Then she went off to chase the money, and was nowhere near as good when she returned. Mrs Nicholls wasn't bad, but my favourite was the ultra professional Julia Bradbury who did the Channel 4 show. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HGould Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 17 minutes ago, Terry said: Suzi Perry was great in the early days of tv coverage. She had a superb rapport with the riders, (particularly Alun Rossiter!) Then she went off to chase the money, and was nowhere near as good when she returned. Mrs Nicholls wasn't bad, but my favourite was the ultra professional Julia Bradbury who did the Channel 4 show. Think Perry / Bradbury a cut above Sophie Blake who was best of the rest who are nowhere near comparison Bradbury / Perry are proper TV Presenters it shows / showed. Quirke is strictly non league in comparison. Kiri Bloor irritates hell out of me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 30 minutes ago, HGould said: Think Perry / Bradbury a cut above Sophie Blake who was best of the rest who are nowhere near comparison Bradbury / Perry are proper TV Presenters it shows / showed. Quirke is strictly non league in comparison. Kiri Bloor irritates hell out of me too. I don't mind Natalie Quirke. She and Scott make a decent team, although they should get a third person to offer a different perspective. You're right about Kiri Bloor, she's bloody awful. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 Charlie Webster was another one who didn't have a clue. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Eck Posted October 7, 2020 Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 On 10/5/2020 at 11:54 AM, Terry said: I don't mind Natalie Quirke. She and Scott make a decent team, although they should get a third person to offer a different perspective. You're right about Kiri Bloor, she's bloody awful. Kiri Bloor’s best one was a couple of years ago: she went up to NKI after, I think, his third poor race in a row and said “Well Niels, you seem to be having a decent evening” Niels put her right by asking her what meeting she’d been watching. But, being a gentleman, avoided saying anything that the broadcaster would have had to apologise for 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple.H. Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 On 10/5/2020 at 10:55 AM, Terry said: Suzi Perry was great in the early days of tv coverage. She had a superb rapport with the riders, (particularly Alun Rossiter!) Then she went off to chase the money, and was nowhere near as good when she returned. Mrs Nicholls wasn't bad, but my favourite was the ultra professional Julia Bradbury who did the Channel 4 show. Julia Bradbury interviewing Ryan Sullivan in a swimming pool was go and get yourselves a room TV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crescent girl Posted October 16, 2020 Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 22 hours ago, Triple.H. said: Julia Bradbury interviewing Ryan Sullivan in a swimming pool was go and get yourselves a room TV .....and indeed they did! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple.H. Posted October 16, 2020 Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 1 hour ago, crescent girl said: .....and indeed they did! I didn't think you were one for idle gossip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS50 Posted April 17, 2021 Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 Jumping ahead to this year's British final, I wonder if there will be any qualifying. Nothing in the fixtures, but there are some blank dates. I believe last year would have been the top ten seeded, with another sixteen competing for the last six places. Scheduled to be at Sheffield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tocha Posted July 27, 2021 Report Share Posted July 27, 2021 On 4/17/2021 at 1:51 PM, RS50 said: Jumping ahead to this year's British final, I wonder if there will be any qualifying. Nothing in the fixtures, but there are some blank dates. I believe last year would have been the top ten seeded, with another sixteen competing for the last six places. Scheduled to be at Sheffield. Not Sheffield but Belle Vue, Monday 16th August and live on Eurosport I believe. Surprised that 'under 21' champion Tom Brennan has not been included. https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/britishfinal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJC Posted July 28, 2021 Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 17 hours ago, tocha said: Not Sheffield but Belle Vue, Monday 16th August and live on Eurosport I believe. Surprised that 'under 21' champion Tom Brennan has not been included. https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/britishfinal Unless he's decided not to take part (cant imagine that being the case) then its just another in the long line of ludicrous decisions by the powers that be!! Should be an auto seed for the u21 champ...thought it always was the case 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortythirtyeight Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 On 7/28/2021 at 1:44 PM, DJC said: Unless he's decided not to take part (cant imagine that being the case) then its just another in the long line of ludicrous decisions by the powers that be!! Should be an auto seed for the u21 champ...thought it always was the case Agreed, Brennan should be a candidate , I’m somewhat baffled as to how Bates gets to be first reserve when he’s never been seen for months ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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