Trackrat Posted April 21, 2022 Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 1 hour ago, foreverblue said: I knew you would be pleased with our fantastic result! Fantastic result.....Scraping a Win against half a new untried team on a new track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted April 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 17 minutes ago, WembleyLion said: I enjoyed my first visit to Oxford in the new era. Nice to see a good crowd. The track wasn’t at its best but Poole still deservedly won. Peter York didn’t seem to have a clue what was going on. Interviewed Josh Macdonald thinking it was Cameron Heeps, announced Batchelor and Nicholls as the ‘Coventry’ pairing. The ref and the announcer also seemed to be unaware who was in some of the races when changes were made. It is a shame that the new promotion didn’t advertise for a younger, new to the game but full of enthusiasm presenter. Peter York did his best, but times have moved on and the club has the opportunity for a fresher approach. It doesn’t matter if a new announcer is new to the sport as long as he is enthusiastic and gets the crowd roaring, something Peter York failed to do. No disrespect meant in his direction but his time has gone. Announcing Batchelor and Nicholls as the Coventry pairing was shameful. Not realising Stoneman was in heat 11 was another failure. The ref clearly was not informed from the pits that a reserve swap had been made but I could see it when he came out. Just led to confusion and a delay in heat 14 as the ref thought Stoneman had only taken two rides. Perhaps a good solution would bring in a support for York. One who handles changes, deals with times and results, plus uses the mic to whip the crowd into life. There were probably 1000 there last night who went for the first time, got covered in dust, didn’t have much of a clue what was going on and saw their team defeated. Will they be back? It would have been good for York to explain the rules of the sport before the meeting started so the newbie understands what is going on. I hope Oxford can maintain crowd levels. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted April 21, 2022 Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 13 minutes ago, Trackrat said: Fantastic result.....Scraping a Win against half a new untried team on a new track. It was a new track for us too, I am sure they have practiced on it more than we had. Any away win is a great result. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyretrax Posted April 21, 2022 Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 11 hours ago, hyabb17 said: Enjoyed the meeting however if I had one teeny, tiny criticism it would be the lack of info on delays. The red lights was on a couple of times when riders were at the tapes & no info was forthcoming from the com box or presenter (until the the 2mins went back on) Think Oxford will do okay going forward. We had the same at Glasgow, three rider at the gate red lights flashing, riders returned to the pits and were immediatley put on two minutes. Race went off with three riders, no information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midland Red Posted April 21, 2022 Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 11 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: Perhaps a good solution would bring in a support for York. One who handles changes, deals with times and results, plus uses the mic to whip the crowd into life. Just someone to take the mic away from Peter York. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur54 Posted April 21, 2022 Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 53 minutes ago, Trackrat said: Fantastic result.....Scraping a Win against half a new untried team on a new track. A win is a win, 3 more points will do nicely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackrat Posted April 21, 2022 Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 9 minutes ago, Arthur54 said: A win is a win, 3 more points will do nicely Hollow victory. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted April 21, 2022 Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 1 hour ago, phillipsr said: You said that last year yet it turns out Pooles track was so bad the SCB had to step in…. Not sure you opinion on track surfaces should be taken as anything other than rubbish That was to do with a hole not dust and I did criticise that at the time, speedway updates even used my photo. But seeing as I was there and you were not... Watch the Poole streaming service and see for yourself. All Poole riders say it is good now. Matt Bates from Plymouth said it is smooth as did Ben Barker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur54 Posted April 21, 2022 Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 1 minute ago, lisa-colette said: That was to do with a hole not dust and I did criticise that at the time, speedway updates even used my photo. But seeing as I was there and you were not... Watch the Poole streaming service and see for yourself. All Poole riders say it is good now. Matt Bates from Plymouth said it is smooth as did Ben Barker. As does all riders who ride it this year 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur54 Posted April 21, 2022 Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 7 minutes ago, Trackrat said: Hollow victory. Should have been more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackrat Posted April 21, 2022 Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 4 minutes ago, Arthur54 said: Should have been more Definitely with the team Oxford put on track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur54 Posted April 21, 2022 Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 6 minutes ago, Trackrat said: Definitely with the team Oxford put on track. They've still done more laps round there than poole 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronScorpion Posted April 21, 2022 Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 21 hours ago, M.D said: Did you get banned on your previous user profile 'Pirateship'? He has gone from "Pirateship" to "Oink" & now "Turnip". He, also, thinks he is a comedian. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted April 21, 2022 Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 5 hours ago, Trackrat said: Definitely with the team Oxford put on track. Oxford put a good team on track, just beaten by a better team. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted April 21, 2022 Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 1 hour ago, foreverblue said: Oxford put a good team on track, just beaten by a better team. .....again!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted April 21, 2022 Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 11 minutes ago, Skidder1 said: .....again!! Be humble in victory though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmarsbar2 Posted April 21, 2022 Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 5 hours ago, foreverblue said: Oxford put a good team on track, just beaten by a better team. In what universe is that a good team? Missing 4th in their averages and a CL rider guesting at reserve. Everyone knew given the circumstances Oxford were up against it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackrat Posted April 22, 2022 Report Share Posted April 22, 2022 12 hours ago, foreverblue said: Oxford put a good team on track, just beaten by a better team. If you repeat it enough times you'll believe it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattB Posted April 22, 2022 Report Share Posted April 22, 2022 (edited) 23 hours ago, Steve Shovlar said: It is a shame that the new promotion didn’t advertise for a younger, new to the game but full of enthusiasm presenter. Peter York did his best, but times have moved on and the club has the opportunity for a fresher approach. It doesn’t matter if a new announcer is new to the sport as long as he is enthusiastic and gets the crowd roaring, something Peter York failed to do. Have to say I thought the "tribute" that was done for Nigel Pearson was appalling. It sounded like it lasted ten seconds which York felt he had to yap all the way through. Edited April 22, 2022 by MattB 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray c Posted April 22, 2022 Report Share Posted April 22, 2022 i think oxford are one decent rider short of a good team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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