IainB Posted August 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2021 8 minutes ago, ruckerroo said: Youve teams that tour and book accomodation way in advanced so the 10am thing is a complete dead duck. Just have to grin and bare it this season with a 2 month late starting date , see what 2022 brings with a less truncated season hopefully. There's fixture chaos every season though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted August 9, 2021 Report Share Posted August 9, 2021 In one respect it should be easier this season as rearranging fixtures will be less problematic because fewer riders have commitments in other leagues, which normally make it so difficult to find new dates. For example only three riders appear regularly in GB and the Elitserien (Becker, Ellis and Kurtz) Only Adam Ellis rides in the Championship and Elitserien Bar a single appearance by Leon Flint no rider active in GB has ridden in the Alsvenskan this season 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2021 (edited) Another match cancelled tonight based on an incorrect forecast, this time at Glasgow. Edinburgh now have to arrange to go to Birmingham and Eastbourne because they were shifted to one side to allow for a bigger crowd. Trouble at Lynn last night. If they'd known it wouldn't have been re-staged a few of them may have been a bit more keen to ride! 1 point a piece and move on! Edited August 20, 2021 by iainb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skodaman Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 12 hours ago, iainb said: Another match cancelled tonight based on an incorrect forecast, this time at Glasgow. Edinburgh now have to arrange to go to Birmingham and Eastbourne because they were shifted to one side to allow for a bigger crowd. Trouble at Lynn last night. If they'd known it wouldn't have been re-staged a few of them may have been a bit more keen to ride! 1 point a piece and move on! The match was postphoned due to a flooded track!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 43 minutes ago, Skodaman said: The match was postphoned due to a flooded track!! Which match? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 Another match postponed tonight due to poor forecast - at Leicester!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screm Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 Berwick v Kent off tonight both in the Championship and NL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattB Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 (edited) I will never understand why clubs have whacking long fixture gaps during the middle of the season, and then come September they start flapping around trying to cram all the dates in. Even less so this year with a shorter season leaving little room to manoeuvre Edited August 21, 2021 by MattB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screm Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 Kent`s away fixtures at Berwick in both Championship and NL have been re-arranged for Saturday September 4th. Eastbourne`s northern tour of Berwick and Newcastle scheduled for next weekend now postponed to a later date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattB Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 On 8/8/2021 at 5:27 PM, iainb said: The last day of the Cricket test match has been abandoned today... match ends in a draw and we all move on, no scratching around at the arse end of September trying to re-arrange the match... or even the last day of play. Good idea in theory. However, as is often the case in speedway, it will be open to abuse if the away team and promoter decide they "don't fancy it" and take the gifted point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 8 minutes ago, MattB said: Good idea in theory. However, as is often the case in speedway, it will be open to abuse if the away team and promoter decide they "don't fancy it" and take the gifted point It's the home promoter that calls the fixture off though until the ref gets there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_martin Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 On 8/9/2021 at 8:19 AM, JamesB said: ...a weather forecast that predicted heavy rain from 1930... It took 91 years to arrive. Blimee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 17 minutes ago, uk_martin said: It took 91 years to arrive. Blimee. Took 91 years to not arrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 I'm sat at home looking out of my window wondering why I'm not at the Speedway tonight with both Leicester/Glasgow matches cancelled this weekend based on incorrect weather forecasts. I'm watching The Hundred final... they didn't cancel their event based on a weather forecast. They've got 30,000 people in attendance... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattB Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 2 hours ago, iainb said: It's the home promoter that calls the fixture off though until the ref gets there Very true. However, I'm sure Birmingham fans won't need reminding about their meeting with Swindon a few years ago when Alun Rossiter managed to get a meeting Swindon were going to lose abandoned because of the rain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skodaman Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 On 8/21/2021 at 10:12 AM, iainb said: Which match? Sorry, Glasgow v Leicester Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 6 minutes ago, Skodaman said: Sorry, Glasgow v Leicester That match was postponed based on the weather forecast according to the Glasgow website though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skodaman Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 On 8/21/2021 at 7:09 PM, iainb said: I'm sat at home looking out of my window wondering why I'm not at the Speedway tonight with both Leicester/Glasgow matches cancelled this weekend based on incorrect weather forecasts. I'm watching The Hundred final... they didn't cancel their event based on a weather forecast. They've got 30,000 people in attendance... Hindsight is a wonderful thing!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 5 minutes ago, Skodaman said: Hindsight is a wonderful thing!!! As indeed is foresight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dog Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 As a kid I'd always look forward to a damp meeting because it always threw up some fascinating racing and unexpected results and that was all pre airfence days when they had a reason to moan about conditions being dangerous... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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