Birmingham v Poole Championship. 13/04/22

[lbw]

1 hour ago, solrac said:

I live in South Birmingham and it was a decent shower earlier, but only a shower. Forecast is good for tonight so seems odd. Did tip it down last night but I'd be surprised if track wasn't raceable. 

I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY

From 2pm till 3pm today it absolutely monsooned it down, I know coz I was in the One Stop Perry Barr sheltering!

Nothing odd about it, the rain was bouncing off the tarmac for one hour!!! Never mind the earlier heavy showers.

No way would a track survive that tropical rain storm.

Think how I feel in a Travelodge in the MFN.

Oink Oink 

Edited April 13, 2022 by Oink

[Lefty]

I was driving on the A41 Black Country route near West Brom just after 2pm and the deluge was such that the force on the windscreen made it feel as though it was pushing the car backwards. 

[Arthur54]

4 hours ago, Steve Shovlar said:

Little bit early Oink! Snort snort! I am not leaving Poole for another hour! And that will still give us time to have something to eat in the shopping centre before heading to stadium.

How do MI5 pigs write top secret messages to one another? Through invisible oink!

I bet he wished he hadn't left so early now 

[Steve Shovlar]

I was driving through Perry  Bar between 2 and 3pm when it absolutely tipped it down, there was a tornado, hail, lightning, total Armageddon. 

Afterwards, when it had cleared away, I have never seen the area look so improved. 

Edited April 13, 2022 by Steve Shovlar

[Gerbat1875]

To be fair rain was forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday in Birmingham this week, so 2 and a half rain offs in 3 weeks,  the half rain off being the 30 all draw with Leicester, it is tough on the new promotion at the moment but things will pick up for definite. Looks like it's gonna tip down again in a moment, gone quite dark Erdington area 

Edited April 13, 2022 by Gerbat1875

[lbw]

40 minutes ago, Arthur54 said:

I bet he wished he hadn't left so early now 

Didn't travel from Poole as I'm near Leicester.

Oh my, I just Farted ......sorry Arthur I've had onions! 

Edited April 13, 2022 by Oink

[brianbuck]

Thanks to the Poole supporters who have posted on this site to indicate their understanding. No one wanted another rain off after already having endured one and a second one seriously affected by the rain and postponed after 10 rain-soaked heats.

As far as the district of Perry Barr is concerned, it has been allowed to become badly rundown over the last few years, but the City Council have rather belatedly been attempting to pretty it up in time for the Commonwealth Games in July. This has involved removing the old flyover (despite huge opposition from the locals), temporarily closing Perry Barr rail station for renovation, and conducting massive changes to the roads (especially the A34). The objective of course, has been to smarten everything up in order to impress visitors making their way to the games, where the Alexander Stadium has been rebuilt to house 48,000. (What the Council intend to do with the place after the games is something that they still carefully avoid answering.)

The situation now, is that the only thing that has been completed is the stadium itself, which I accept, looks pristine and impressive. Everything else is way behind schedule and massively over budget. (The shortfall is said to be in excess of £20,000,000.) None of this has helped Birmingham Speedway. We have had to endure chaotic traffic congestion and disruption for the past three years in trying to get to the stadium on match nights. I live only 12 miles away in Stourbridge and it has been taking me anything up to two hours plus to get there, and this in itself is one of the major reasons why support has declined - people just can't cope with the journey to the track!

Some of the descriptions of Perry Barr that I have read on this site though, are very unfair I think. People living in Perry Barr are having to put up with the noise, the mess and all the inconvenience that these road works produce - which is not their fault and not what most of them wanted, so I do think that visitors should be a bit more understanding. Perry Barr isn't perhaps the most attractive district of Birmingham, but it is a much better place to live than the current chaos makes it seem.

Edited April 13, 2022 by brianbuck

[lbw]

29 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said:

I was driving through Perry  Bar between 2 and 3pm when it absolutely tipped it down, there was a tornado, hail, lightning, total Armageddon. 

Afterwards, when it had cleared away, I have never seen the area look so improved. 

The flyover that was between One Stop and the stadium as actually gone Steve so u r actually correct! 

[crescent girl]

2 hours ago, brianbuck said:

Bad luck for Poole Supporters' who would have been en route by now, and really cruel luck for the new Birmingham regime who have been heavily advertising this meeting for the last week, so wouldn't have taken the decision to call it off, lightly.

They have had nothing but misfortune all year so far, but hopefully, their fortunes will change for the better soon.

 

Never mind, Bruan -- you've got the Mughty Banditos next week!

[Gerbat1875]

1 minute ago, brianbuck said:

Thanks to the Poole supporters who have posted on this site to indicate their understanding. No one wanted another rain off after already having endured one and a second one seriously affected by the rain and postponed after 10 rain-soaked heats.

As far as the district of Perry Barr is concerned, it has been allowed to become badly rundown over the last few years, but the City Council have rather belatedly been attempting to pretty it up in time for the Commonwealth Games in July. This has involved removing the old flyover (despite huge opposition from the locals), temporarily closing Perry Barr rail station for renovation, and conducting massive changes to the roads (especially the A34). The objective of course, has been to smarted everything up in order to impress visitors making their way to the games where the Alexander Stadium has been rebuilt to house 48,000. (What the Council intend to do with the place after the games is something that they carefully avoid answering.)

The situation now, is that the only thing that has been completed is the stadium. Everything else is way behind schedule and massively over budget. (The shortfall is said to be in excess of £20,000,000.) None of this has helped Birmingham Speedway. We have had to endure chaotic traffic congestion and disruption for the past three years in trying to get to the stadium on match nights. I live only 12 miles away in Stourbridge and it has been taking me anything up to two hours plus to get there.

Some of the descriptions of Perry Barr that I have read on this site, are very unfair I think. People living in Perry Barr are having to put up with the noise, the mess and all the inconvenience that these road works produce - which is not their fault and not what most of them wanted, so I do think that visitors should be a bit more understanding. Perry Barr isn't perhaps the most attractive district of Birmingham, but it is a much better place to live than the current chaos makes it seem.

Would not surprise me Brian that Birmingham City FC, will take up residency at the stadium, considering the trouble they are having with the stands at St Andrews, in fact a little bird informs me that BCFC club officials have sounded out the council, it won't go down to well with BCFC supporters if they have to relocate to Villa territory, Brummies so unlucky with rain offs so far this season 

[brianbuck]

I think the possibility of Birmingham City moving from Small Heath to Perry Barr must be improved by the City Council's desperation to have it used after the games have finished, but you are correct in describing the area of Perry Barr as Aston Villa territory! It is significent that when we have had speedway fixtures on the same evening that Aston Villa or West Btromwich Albion are playing, there has been a substantial dip in our attendances, but little or no difference if Birmingham City are playing.

I did write to the City Council myself a couple of years back, to suggest that the Alexander Stadium would make an ideal Grand Prix venue. I got a flowery letter back saying that the Council would look carefully at all the options available, but I've heard nothing since, which doesn't surprise me.

[GiveusaB]

Just got here... meeting off due to rain??? Wtf... sun is out...forecast dry???

[racers and royals]

11 minutes ago, GiveusaB said:

Just got here... meeting off due to rain??? Wtf... sun is out...forecast dry???

Have you been in a darkened room all afternoon ?

[lbw]

22 minutes ago, GiveusaB said:

Just got here... meeting off due to rain??? Wtf... sun is out...forecast dry???

In these circumstances track covers would come in handy me thinks 

Oink oink

[GiveusaB]

27 minutes ago, GiveusaB said:

Just got here... meeting off due to rain??? Wtf... sun is out...forecast dry???

Oops....worked late and went straight there... still surprised tho.

[heathen52]

2 hours ago, Gerbat1875 said:

Would not surprise me Brian that Birmingham City FC, will take up residency at the stadium, considering the trouble they are having with the stands at St Andrews, in fact a little bird informs me that BCFC club officials have sounded out the council, it won't go down to well with BCFC supporters if they have to relocate to Villa territory, Brummies so unlucky with rain offs so far this season 

I have heard that the Rugby League team "Midlands Hurricanes" are hoping to use the Stadium for home games whether or not that comes to fruition we will wait and see, with regards football and relocation, I would have thought Walsall Fc would be best suited to use the Stadium for home games especially when they allegedly pay aprox £500.000 per year in rent for there current ground, though that would mean them moving the few miles from Walsall.

[OGT]

2 hours ago, Gerbat1875 said:

Would not surprise me Brian that Birmingham City FC, will take up residency at the stadium, considering the trouble they are having with the stands at St Andrews, in fact a little bird informs me that BCFC club officials have sounded out the council, it won't go down to well with BCFC supporters if they have to relocate to Villa territory, Brummies so unlucky with rain offs so far this season 

The Blosers in North Brum. You're having a laugh.

Over half the 40k seats for the games are temporary. 

It'll never happen, simply because the Alex is the premier stand alone Athletics stadium in the country. The headquarters of UK Athletics is based there. They don't need to share it with anyone. 

More chance of BCFC sharing with Solihull Moors! 

 

 

 

[Gerbat1875]

9 hours ago, OGT said:

The Blosers in North Brum. You're having a laugh.

Over half the 40k seats for the games are temporary. 

It'll never happen, simply because the Alex is the premier stand alone Athletics stadium in the country. The headquarters of UK Athletics is based there. They don't need to share it with anyone. 

More chance of BCFC sharing with Solihull Moors! 

Lots of BCFC supporters in North Brum now, I live in Erdington and yes its a still a big villa area, but there is a growing presence of BCFC fans. Birmingham council wont turn their noses up at extra revenue from the use of the stadium trust me, anyway back on topic Brrummies have been so unlucky with the weather so far, it must be so frustrating for the new promoters, riders and fans alike, the new track not being used after a lot of money spent on it would frustrate the testicles off me, but at least its a good test for the drainage, saw a couple Poole fans in the bullring today, they were looking forward to tonight but alas it was not meant to be, they did comment on the amount of building work going on in brum now, I told them Birmingham(central) is a city on the front foot and with HS2 and that it will resemble a building site for a few more years yet, Perry Barr i think will drift into the dark days again after the commonwealth games, we cant hide the fact its stuck in the middle of 2 ghettos(Aston and Handsworth),where gangs are fighting each other with guns etc, and if your from the Brum area the gangs are notorious to all, unless crime drastically reduces Perry Barr is a not a safe area, put it this way I would not want to be down there after 10pm.

 

 

 

 

Edited April 14, 2022 by Gerbat1875

[IainB]

18 hours ago, tyke said:

 

Sounds like they're reaching for the panic button already 

[GiveusaB]

Although I was a plonker and wasted a gallon of fuel and an hour and a half of my time last night....looking at the photos, I'm really pleased to see that the management had the good sense to call last nights meeting off. Who would of wanted to watch racing on that type of surface, also who knows what lasting damage it could have done to the track.

Great call !

Fingers crossed for next week!