HGould Posted July 12, 2021 Report Share Posted July 12, 2021 35 minutes ago, Fromafar said: Suggest wait and see. Agreed Lets see where Leicester, Scunthorpe and Poole finish on the 19th September and then we can see if it's top 4 or top 6. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted July 12, 2021 Report Share Posted July 12, 2021 31 minutes ago, HGould said: Agreed Lets see where Leicester, Scunthorpe and Poole finish on the 19th September and then we can see if it's top 4 or top 6. As a Berwick fan ,hoping it is the Top 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted July 12, 2021 Report Share Posted July 12, 2021 On 7/8/2021 at 5:52 PM, Fromafar said: Some think it’s 4 some think it’s 6 we will just have to wait and see Only in Speedway could ardent, knowledgeable fans be unsure of the rules! Situations like this make the sport look very unprofessional! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted July 12, 2021 Report Share Posted July 12, 2021 Well the SpeedwayGB website (Championship table page) clearly states: PLAY-OFF PICTURE - HOW IT WORKS- League Championship to be decided by play-offs (All play-off ties raced over two legs) Any the wiser? Me neither? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skodaman Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 On 7/12/2021 at 9:55 AM, iainb said: Should have put a Golden Gauntlets on or something, height of summer, no clubs riding, could have assembled a decent field of riders A member of the management team said individual events do not pay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Skodaman said: A member of the management team said individual events do not pay! If the sport could attract decent Sponsors for Individual Meetings they would pay,but the sport is Mickey Mouse these days,in the Past there were some decent sponsors in the sport. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 2 hours ago, Skodaman said: A member of the management team said individual events do not pay! What a very sad state of affairs we've arrived at. 57 minutes ago, Fromafar said: If the sport could attract decent Sponsors for Individual Meetings they would pay,but the sport is Mickey Mouse these days,in the Past there were some decent sponsors in the sport. One wonders if sponsors are even being approached for such opportunities 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSL84 Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 31 minutes ago, iainb said: What a very sad state of affairs we've arrived at. One wonders if sponsors are even being approached for such opportunities Think if you asked any promoters they will tell you the same fan's do not attend in numbers like they use to. Which is sad. So you would have to have big sponsorship Which is not there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 7 minutes ago, Trackerman48 said: Think if you asked any promoters they will tell you the same fan's do not attend in numbers like they use to. Which is sad. So you would have to have big sponsorship Which is not there. Still think that a major season long individual event ran with qualifiers at every track funnelling down to two semis and a Grand Final would be worthwhile.. All the promotions put in a certain amount and generate a large prize fund and then promote their own meeting off the back off it.. They pay out tens and tens of thousands every week as a collective, which works out to hundreds and hundreds of thousands every season, for hardly any recognition from even those who live on their 'doorstep' locally, never mind within a radius of 20 miles or so... Advertising some 'shock' prize fund for a sport many won't even have heard of and you may just get some notice taken.. Wouldnt cost any more than they pay now either if they all agree to budget for this prize fund... And by running such a big individual competition, with a 'big prize' at the end of it, you can then promote your own club off the back of it when running your own meeting within the overall competition... It does seem crackers to keep paying out huge sums in reality for zero development of the sport.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 46 minutes ago, Trackerman48 said: Think if you asked any promoters they will tell you the same fan's do not attend in numbers like they use to. Which is sad. So you would have to have big sponsorship Which is not there. No meeting on a Saturday night in the middle of July is a sad indictment of our "sport"... not just at Leicester but any track in the whole country 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevePark Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 1 hour ago, iainb said: No meeting on a Saturday night in the middle of July is a sad indictment of our "sport"... not just at Leicester but any track in the whole country Was it not originally Cardiff SGP date? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 4 minutes ago, StevePark said: Was it not originally Cardiff SGP date? Yes it was... but that was cancelled in April Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevePark Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 Just now, iainb said: Yes it was... but that was cancelled in April So... you just want clubs to continue to run meetings at a loss during the "restricted period", rather than wait until things are fully open after 19th July? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 3 minutes ago, StevePark said: Was it not originally Cardiff SGP date? Get real Steve our sport is struggling you know it everyone knows it Iain makes a valid and hurtful point, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevePark Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 1 minute ago, Sidney the robin said: Get real Steve our sport is struggling you know it everyone knows it Iain makes a valid and hurtful point, See my reply above Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 10 minutes ago, StevePark said: So... you just want clubs to continue to run meetings at a loss during the "restricted period", rather than wait until things are fully open after 19th July? No, I don't want any club to run at a loss. Not every track in the whole of the UK is running at a restricted capacity level that would mean a loss. Why on earth any of those clubs hasn't put a fixture on, on a midsummer Saturday night, shows what a state the sport is in. Maybe you're right, they should continue to run midweek meetings in front of a few people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronScorpion Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 11 minutes ago, iainb said: Yes it was... but that was cancelled in April And the fixtures came out in February. In the past, how many meetings have run on the Friday, Saturday & Sunday of the British GP weekend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronScorpion Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 12 minutes ago, StevePark said: See my reply above Flogging a dead horse Steve? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, IronScorpion said: And the fixtures came out in February. In the past, how many meetings have run on the Friday, Saturday & Sunday of the British GP weekend? Pairs at Somerset? 4's was due to be on the Sunday at Leicester last year. Obviously nothing on the Saturday. Everybody has had 3 months to organise an event of some sort somewhere... yet nothing Edited July 14, 2021 by iainb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevePark Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 10 minutes ago, IronScorpion said: Flogging a dead horse Steve? Seems like it! ...... 9 minutes ago, iainb said: Pairs at Somerset? 4's was due to be on the Sunday at Leicester last year. Obviously nothing on the Saturday. Everybody has had 3 months to organise an event of some sort somewhere... yet nothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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