DSC67 Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 35 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? There Used to be a Friday night meeting at Newport before the pairs moved to Somerset, the Welsh Open was held on the Sunday afternoon after the Cardiff GP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 3 minutes ago, DSC67 said: There Used to be a Friday night meeting at Newport before the pairs moved to Somerset, the Welsh Open was held on the Sunday afternoon after the Cardiff GP Yes and Glasgow was often the visitors on the Friday night. Titanic struggles between Shane Parker and everyone else. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevePark Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 6 minutes ago, DSC67 said: There Used to be a Friday night meeting at Newport before the pairs moved to Somerset, the Welsh Open was held on the Sunday afternoon after the Cardiff GP We used to go to Carmarthen for the NL Individual Meeting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJC Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 14 hours ago, DSC67 said: There Used to be a Friday night meeting at Newport before the pairs moved to Somerset, the Welsh Open was held on the Sunday afternoon after the Cardiff GP We used to have a Conference league match on the Firday after the Pairs went to Somerset too. Some great weekends over the years, miss not being able to roll home from those meetings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Lion Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 I think the simple fact is the fixtures were done before Cardiff was cancelled. I can assure you Leicester have tried to manoeuvre the fixtures around for weeks to get a fixture in the height of summer but no club were willing to come this Saturday for one reason or another but mainly rider availability . Like Kent for an example after the match was cancelled a few weeks ago Leicester offered them this Saturday but they refused to come because Scott Nicholls was unavailable hence the date in September. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 (edited) My criticism isn't directed at Leicester specifically but speedway in general. There must be a few clubs operating that are nowhere near covid capacity due to the size of their stadium. Why is the BU21 being held on a Friday night in Redcar for example. An actual meaningful fixture that could have been held at say Ipswich on a Saturday night and promoted correctly could have drawn a decent sized crowd. ... or any postponed league match could have been slotted in, stadium availability permitting. Better to have it on a Saturday in the summer than a wet Tuesday in October. Edited July 15, 2021 by iainb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HGould Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 It would seem the only tracks interested are Leicester (who couldn't find an opponent), Eastbourne (who presumably could have ridden at home on Saturday or Sunday but accommodate a fellow Saturday Track on Sunday) and Mildenhall. As I said elsewhere, hopefully those 2 Tracks get rewarded with bumper crowds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Lenny Lion said: Like Kent for an example after the match was cancelled a few weeks ago Leicester offered them this Saturday but they refused to come because Scott Nicholls was unavailable hence the date in September. How ridiculous... sounds like the tail is wagging the dog down there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 1 hour ago, iainb said: How ridiculous... sounds like the tail is wagging the dog down there. Who in their right mind would turn up and watch a match that featured Kent without Scott Nicholls right now? It certainly would have been cheaper for Len to agree to the date, book an average guest and have to pay out 30ish (being optimistic) points worth of monies. I can't see the draw for the Lions either and only the happy clappers would have turned up with those who have an interest in contested speedway staying away until actual opposition arrives. By September Kent may have strengthened up or the play off run in might add to the interest, either way its naive to think a poorly supported big home win is in the best interests of Leicester. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 29 minutes ago, Sings4Speedway said: Who in their right mind would turn up and watch a match that featured Kent without Scott Nicholls right now? It certainly would have been cheaper for Len to agree to the date, book an average guest and have to pay out 30ish (being optimistic) points worth of monies. I can't see the draw for the Lions either and only the happy clappers would have turned up with those who have an interest in contested speedway staying away until actual opposition arrives. By September Kent may have strengthened up or the play off run in might add to the interest, either way its naive to think a poorly supported big home win is in the best interests of Leicester. My point was that basically there's nothing on at Leicester on Saturday night because Kent signed a rider who has put his "TV Career" ahead of his speedway one... the exact reason why he's not signed back at Leicester ironically. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcatdiary Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 New declaration from Leicester today with Zaine Kennedy replacing Jake Knight. Leicester look a very tidy team now, it will be interesting to see just how good Kennedy is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronScorpion Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 1 hour ago, iainb said: My point was that basically there's nothing on at Leicester on Saturday night because Kent signed a rider who has put his "TV Career" ahead of his speedway one... the exact reason why he's not signed back at Leicester ironically. But you did sign him previously knowing full well he had tv commitments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 9 minutes ago, IronScorpion said: But you did sign him previously knowing full well he had tv commitments. Yes, and unless I'm mistaken I do remember issues during that season... Didn't BT let him off a GP and got a guest in lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 23 hours 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. I suppose it's almost a self fulfilling prophecy... Because fans don't attend fixture filler challenge or individual meetings at the beginning or @rse end of the season, they assume they won't attend a well promoted meeting in the height of summer. There's a reason the British SGP was scheduled for this weekend, it just needed somebody with the vision to put a meeting on somewhere. A Young Lions test match against somebody. Matches involving the national side are proven crowd pullers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Lion Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 1 hour ago, bigcatdiary said: New declaration from Leicester today with Zaine Kennedy replacing Jake Knight. Leicester look a very tidy team now, it will be interesting to see just how good Kennedy is. I understand this isn’t effective until after Eastbourne , that was the Leicester plan anyway. But things change fast in speedway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justathought Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 5.46pm Thursday night. And not a thing about the Eastbourne meeting on the Leicester website. No mention that we have a guest, who he is, why we have one. Nothing. Speedway never stops astounding me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flipper11 Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 2 hours ago, iainb said: My point was that basically there's nothing on at Leicester on Saturday night because Kent signed a rider who has put his "TV Career" ahead of his speedway one... the exact reason why he's not signed back at Leicester ironically. Scott has not put his tv career ahead of his speedway one, he is riding champ & prem leagues same as he has done for years. All he has done is change clubs to accommodate his other job as a tv pundit. Anyway, why on earth would Leicester think Kent would choose to go to a track without their No 1 rider & track specialist!? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronScorpion Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 3 hours ago, Richard Weston said: If you want to know, read Eastbourne website. Al there I have just visited the Eastbourne website to check out the possible team news for Sunday & ........................................................ ........... it mentions debuts for Eagles & Seagulls, nothing on the visitors. Checking through the fixtures ............................................................ WHAT! No fixtures! STATS ...................... Up to date league table, ......... 2020 Eagles Averages(from 2019) & 2019 averages rolling, 2019, Home & Away All this from their very high standard, much publicised, modern & glorified website. ................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 (edited) 18 minutes ago, IronScorpion said: I have just visited the Eastbourne website to check out the possible team news for Sunday & ........................................................ ........... it mentions debuts for Eagles & Seagulls, nothing on the visitors. Checking through the fixtures ............................................................ WHAT! No fixtures! STATS ...................... Up to date league table, ......... 2020 Eagles Averages(from 2019) & 2019 averages rolling, 2019, Home & Away All this from their very high standard, much publicised, modern & glorified website. ................ Simply click on Fixtures & Stats - it's all there. Click on News. There's 2 articles relating to the Leicester fixture with both line-ups. It's really not that difficult... Edited July 15, 2021 by Guest Add Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woofers Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 58 minutes ago, IronScorpion said: I have just visited the Eastbourne website to check out the possible team news for Sunday & ........................................................ ........... it mentions debuts for Eagles & Seagulls, nothing on the visitors. Checking through the fixtures ............................................................ WHAT! No fixtures! STATS ...................... Up to date league table, ......... 2020 Eagles Averages(from 2019) & 2019 averages rolling, 2019, Home & Away All this from their very high standard, much publicised, modern & glorified website. ................ I have just visited the Eastbourne website to check out…..etc etc, and found : Leicester introduce Aussie Zaine Kennedy into their team but their other new signing, Hans Andersen, is unavailable because he is riding in Poland. Scott Nicholls stands in. Championship teams Eastbourne Eagles: Richard Lawson, Kyle Newman, Edward Kennett, Tom Brennan, Lewi Kerr, Jason Edwards, Nathan Ablitt. Leicester Lions: Scott Nicholls, Zaine Kennedy, Kyle Howarth, Ryan Douglas, Nick Morris, Dan Thompson, Joe Thompson. National Development League Teams Eastbourne Seagulls: Jake Knight, Vinnie Foord, Connor King, Joe Alcock, Danno Verge, Nick Laurence, Nathan Ablitt. Leicester Cubs: Dan Thompson, Ben Trigger, Joe Lawlor, Tom Spencer, Joe Thompson, Kai Ward, Mickie Simpson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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