King's Lynn v Ipswich. League Cup 7/4/22

[Bagpuss]

They are obviously petrified of dodgy weather putting people off resulting in a small crowd and consequently losing money, that's all it can be as it's only showers forecast. I won't go nowadays if there is rain about so I can kind of understand but more than 24 hours beforehand seems extremely cautious to me, especially in the school holidays. 

[tellboy]

19 minutes ago, Bald Bloke said:

Meeting off

Absolute piss take imo.Yes there are meant to be some showers about tomorrow,but there was meant to be plenty of rain here today in Wisbech and all we had was a couple of showers.

As i work Thursday evenings i gave my shift away to another colleague.So i have now chucked £90 away because it may rain tomorrow.I could understand if the forecast was atrocious but it isn't according to the Met office and accu weather.The Bbc has more showers but they are often wrong.

It's got me thinking going forward,do i ask people to cover my shifts on Thursdays or not now.I mean they have called this one off with over 24hrs to go because we may get some rain.Let's be honest we live in the UK,there's a bloody chance every day of some rain.Are they trying to piss fans off and drive them away from the sport.I love going to Lynn to watch my speedway,the team has been in my blood since the 70's.I would always try to get someone to cover my shift but i can't keep knocking back a wage just in case of a suspect cloud could be heading our way.Well i will be there on the 25th,but on the 21st who knows.It wouldn't have bothered me about 2 meetings in 4 days,in fact i would have been over the moon.Now though i have a decision to make,the long range forecast has to be pretty much wall to wall sunshine for me to risk asking someone to do my shift and losing £90.

 

[tellboy]

17 minutes ago, Bagpuss said:

They are obviously petrified of dodgy weather putting people off resulting in a small crowd and consequently losing money, that's all it can be as it's only showers forecast. I won't go nowadays if there is rain about so I can kind of understand but more than 24 hours beforehand seems extremely cautious to me, especially in the school holidays. 

But now the re-arrangement is 4 days after the one on the 21st,this too will put fans off imo.

[tellboy]

50 minutes ago, 2ndbendbeerhut said:

Wonder who would have been missing .......

I had a similar thought in my head,although i was thinking there is maybe an airfare to be saved or something like that.

[First Bend Bunching]

13 minutes ago, tellboy said:

I had a similar thought in my head,although i was thinking there is maybe an airfare to be saved or something like that.

Another reason maybe is diesel is a bit hard to come by around Lynn, so if that's the case around other parts of Norfolk as it is in Cambridgeshire that could deter a few. I was considering whether to go Speedway or saving the fuel for work if it's still scarce.

[Bald Bloke]

16 minutes ago, tellboy said:

But now the re-arrangement is 4 days after the one on the 21st,this too will put fans off imo.

I doubt if i'll go to both that close together. With getting in, my beer and paying my son to drop me off and p[ick me up costs me 70 quid a meeting. 

[BluPanther]

3 minutes ago, Bald Bloke said:

I doubt if i'll go to both that close together. With getting in, my beer and paying my son to drop me off and p[ick me up costs me 70 quid a meeting. 

Grief, how much is the beer at Lynn...

[TINYS]

1 hour ago, lisa-colette said:

Is the weather forecast really bad?

I mean sometimes heavy showers were forecast for Poole today but they didn't call it off early, which is good cos hasn't really happened!

It's pathetic,Hope it's a scorcher tomorrow.

[stu219]

1 hour ago, lisa-colette said:

Is the weather forecast really bad?

I mean sometimes heavy showers were forecast for Poole today but they didn't call it off early, which is good cos hasn't really happened!

Well from the forcast a 50% chance of rain

[TINYS]

Going to call in sick tomorrow for next week just in case.

[mrss]

I honestly thought that this season was going to be the turning point for Kings Lynn speedway club, but it seems I am wrong. I have seen 2 weather forecasts for kings Lynn tomorrow and neither of them talked of enough rain to worry about.

[TINYS]

1 hour ago, Bald Bloke said:

Yep. 

KING’S Lynn have reluctantly decided to make an early decision to postpone Thursday’s meeting with Ipswich.

This is due to inclement weather with rain expected along with strong winds.

The club have arranged a new date of Monday April 25 for the meeting which is a League Cup tie.

All tickets purchased in advance remain valid for any other meeting at the Adrian Flux Arena.

The postponement means the opening Minors and Brady Stars home meeting of the season will now be Thursday April 21 against Peterborough, also in the League Cup.

The club hopes this early decision minimises inconvenience for all concerned.

[scoobydoo]

1 hour ago, lisa-colette said:

Is the weather forecast really bad?

I mean sometimes heavy showers were forecast for Poole today but they didn't call it off early, which is good cos hasn't really happened!

Think everyone knows by now that the sunshines out of everyones ass in Poole ,  hence theres not alot of rain that falls in Dorset ,

[Bald Bloke]

38 minutes ago, Blupanther said:

Grief, how much is the beer at Lynn...

£20 entry, £10 for my son to drop me off at 6.30, and pick me up around 9.30. 8 pints at £4.80 each.

[Speedtiger]

10 minutes ago, Bald Bloke said:

£20 entry, £10 for my son to drop me off at 6.30, and pick me up around 9.30. 8 pints at £4.80 each.

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[cartman]

Personally I think it is the right call, If it was just the weather then I would say it is a dodgy decision but there is no fuel around my area at all so was looking like I wasn't going to be able to make it and I'm sure there are plenty of others in the same situation.

[Bald Bloke]

6 minutes ago, Speedtiger said:

8 

Yeah. I like my beer I usually have 3 pints watching the riders in the pits between 6.30 to 7.30.Then 5 during the meeting.

[tellboy]

18 minutes ago, Bald Bloke said:

Yeah. I like my beer I usually have 3 pints watching the riders in the pits between 6.30 to 7.30.Then 5 during the meeting.

Blimey,i would be seeing 8 riders in the first race if that was me.

[tellboy]

23 minutes ago, cartman said:

Personally I think it is the right call, If it was just the weather then I would say it is a dodgy decision but there is no fuel around my area at all so was looking like I wasn't going to be able to make it and I'm sure there are plenty of others in the same situation.

But if that was the case why don't they just come out and say that was the case.Would make things more believable than the weather report as it stands.

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv]

Great result for the Witches who avoid defeat for the second consecutive Thursday