Ghosty Posted October 30, 2021 Report Share Posted October 30, 2021 19 hours ago, Falcon1983 said: Also comes down to the ego of the landlord also does he want his track in the top flight on TV? Could be suicidal of course I still think Friday night championship racing will be the outcome I think Rob Godfrey has "overall" rights to run on a Friday night, wasn't that one of the factors that saw the sad demise of Workington? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronScorpion Posted October 30, 2021 Report Share Posted October 30, 2021 21 minutes ago, Ghosty said: I think Rob Godfrey has "overall" rights to run on a Friday night, wasn't that one of the factors that saw the sad demise of Workington? Absolutely false. The Friday night pecking order is Edinburgh, Scunthorpe, Glasgow & Redcar. The sad demise of Workington was caused through their late start in putting a team together which meant paying higher than normal wages. Their brilliant season, winning the treble, also, was a high price to pay in wages & towards the end of the season when there was a lot of meetings to squeeze in to a small time frame, punters picked & chose their meetings. The Godfrey saga was based on being unable to find guests when teams changed from their normal race night to fit in a Friday night meeting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted October 30, 2021 Report Share Posted October 30, 2021 Great to see Oxford back whichever league they choose to run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted October 31, 2021 Report Share Posted October 31, 2021 (edited) 17 hours ago, Ghosty said: I think Rob Godfrey has "overall" rights to run on a Friday night, wasn't that one of the factors that saw the sad demise of Workington? I seem to remember it also impacting Lakeside? Is Rob Godfrey the man to preside over the most track closures in his tenure? Edited October 31, 2021 by iainb 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortythirtyeight Posted October 31, 2021 Report Share Posted October 31, 2021 18 hours ago, IronScorpion said: Absolutely false. The Friday night pecking order is Edinburgh, Scunthorpe, Glasgow & Redcar. The sad demise of Workington was caused through their late start in putting a team together which meant paying higher than normal wages. Their brilliant season, winning the treble, also, was a high price to pay in wages & towards the end of the season when there was a lot of meetings to squeeze in to a small time frame, punters picked & chose their meetings. The Godfrey saga was based on being unable to find guests when teams changed from their normal race night to fit in a Friday night meeting. You are wrong. Godfrey moved Scunthorpe to a Friday , from Sunday’s , at the same time Glasgow demanded to move to a Friday and Workington asked to move to Fridays. Redcar were moved to a Friday to accommodate the Thursday night Premiership only regulation, Fridays being their alternative race night anyway. As Workington weren’t at the AGM you can work out the result of who got what as there were too many applicants for Friday nights. Godfrey and Glasgow were on the top table so Workington were told ‘ no ‘. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortythirtyeight Posted October 31, 2021 Report Share Posted October 31, 2021 1 hour ago, iainb said: I seem to remember it also impacting Lakeside? Is Rob Godfrey the man to preside over the most track closures in his tenure? Lakeside were never granted Friday as a primary race night , they were supposed to be Saturdays but Cook arranged as many fixtures as possible on his preferred Friday dates which caused the fixture congestion . This was when fixtures were arranged between individual promoters and not a central source so no one cottoned on to what he had done till the fixtures were published and it caused major issues. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted October 31, 2021 Report Share Posted October 31, 2021 2 hours ago, Fortythirtyeight said: Lakeside were never granted Friday as a primary race night , they were supposed to be Saturdays but Cook arranged as many fixtures as possible on his preferred Friday dates which caused the fixture congestion . This was when fixtures were arranged between individual promoters and not a central source so no one cottoned on to what he had done till the fixtures were published and it caused major issues. Jon Cook was the BSPA management member given the task of compiling the League fixture lists for all at the time!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortythirtyeight Posted October 31, 2021 Report Share Posted October 31, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, Skidder1 said: Jon Cook was the BSPA management member given the task of compiling the League fixture lists for all at the time!! He wasn’t management at all in 2018 and hadn’t been for some time , he was a NDL promoter, nothing more, having moved up from the NDL, of which he was less than complimentary at the time. Whilst he was a very experienced individual he also knew a few tricks hence him pulling a fast one with the fixtures , he was taken to task by Godfrey but basically got away with it . Edited October 31, 2021 by Fortythirtyeight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowleyCheetahs Posted November 2, 2021 Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 Pretty certain Oxford will be in the championship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSL84 Posted November 2, 2021 Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 22 minutes ago, CowleyCheetahs said: Pretty certain Oxford will be in the championship Think you are right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowleyCheetahs Posted November 2, 2021 Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 Also some track changes have been made? 1 minute ago, Trackerman48 said: Think you are right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSL84 Posted November 2, 2021 Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 1 minute ago, CowleyCheetahs said: Also some track changes have been made? As in which way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bob at herne bay Posted November 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 Turn left out of the start gate, then left again , then left, left again and pass the starting gate.? Makes for more interesting racing than it used to be at Cowley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowleyCheetahs Posted November 2, 2021 Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 27 minutes ago, Trackerman48 said: As in which way? Corners been brought in I understand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowleyCheetahs Posted November 2, 2021 Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 16 minutes ago, old bob at herne bay said: Turn left out of the start gate, then left again , then left, left again and pass the starting gate.? Makes for more interesting racing than it used to be at Cowley What are you waffling on about Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyderd Posted November 3, 2021 Report Share Posted November 3, 2021 14 hours ago, CowleyCheetahs said: Also some track changes have been made? 4 laps, Clockwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flappy Posted November 3, 2021 Report Share Posted November 3, 2021 Chris Harris to Oxford a rumour and he's already signed for Berwick in the championship....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gasser90 Posted November 3, 2021 Report Share Posted November 3, 2021 10 minutes ago, Flappy said: Chris Harris to Oxford a rumour and he's already signed for Berwick in the championship....... Where has all these Harris rumours come from ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noaksey Posted November 3, 2021 Report Share Posted November 3, 2021 53 minutes ago, Flappy said: Chris Harris to Oxford a rumour and he's already signed for Berwick in the championship....... I believe things have changed since that one was first mooted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowleyCheetahs Posted November 3, 2021 Report Share Posted November 3, 2021 1 hour ago, noaksey said: I believe things have changed since that one was first mooted Definitely. He was due to ride for Oxford had Oxford gone Premiership 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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