LisaColette Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 Looks like it is going ahead! Fair play to the riders! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 3 minutes ago, IronScorpion said: Not long ago on 20th May both Scunthorpe & Glasgow had forecasts of rain. We cancelled our meeting & got slated as fans turned up at the gates from Newcastle even though it was on British speedway site & ours & twitter that it had been cancelled at around noon. We also had a power cable cut that supplies the stadium just at the roundabout. Your meeting went ahead. I might have been gutted Basso left Poole, doesn't mean I'm gonna switch over to Glasgow though lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 Unless the forecast is so bad as it accompanies a weather warning or very close to, then it should not be called off in advance. Its hard on everyone when you have a dry day then it decides to rain at start time but that is life. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaizer Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 By all accounts, while frustrating that I've now missed the meeting, looks like correct decision was made, times seem about usual and seems to have been something approaching racing. Well done to track staff, riders and the supporters patient enough to have sat through the delay 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentLurker Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 1 hour ago, ScottyJ said: I don't want it to be the policy I'm just saying that it could be the case from now on to stop stupid farces like this happening at Glasgow. If it's forecasts rain. Don't run the meeting. If it is forecast rain then get the covers down. All this could of been avoided today if the track was protected for the 30-45 minutes it actually rained. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noelinho Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 5 minutes ago, SilentLurker said: If it is forecast rain then get the covers down. All this could of been avoided today if the track was protected for the 30-45 minutes it actually rained. I don’t think the track staff at Glasgow tend to find the covers are incredibly helpful, and putting them on and removing them is very consuming. It’s not like cricket covers. I remember one of the track staff responding to someone who asked in relation to the Poland Test Match last year, but I can’t find it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon1983 Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 Track covers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaizer Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 Is Palin going to need to leave EWR if he is to improve? Should be doing better than that imo. In danger of becoming a one track pony 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 Fairly decent meeting in the end with Basso, Nicol and Hume getting stuck in. Ulle still too slow with Basso and Nicol rounding him rather than be caught by a Scorps rider after Lambert did Basso in ht5. Jake Allen was fairly poor on a track he's normally decent, Jordan Palin even poorer. Expect stronger opposition on Friday with Oxford. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillipsr Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 58 minutes ago, Jaizer said: Is Palin going to need to leave EWR if he is to improve? Should be doing better than that imo. In danger of becoming a one track pony Hes in real danger of stagnating, could do with getting away 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragdoll64 Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 Entertaining meeting despite the lengthy delay…….glad I waited. Track was made good by the staff to provide some good racing…..well done. Right decision. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 2 hours ago, SilentLurker said: If it is forecast rain then get the covers down. All this could of been avoided today if the track was protected for the 30-45 minutes it actually rained. Covers that’s a forgotten word nowadays.Must not have been the greatest thing ever that it was claimed to be by a certain Club.( not Tigers). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulco Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 Track staff deserve every praise , at three o clock there looked no chance of this going ahead. It turned out to be an entertaining meeting despite the scoreline . Ben Basso was brilliant , though I think him and Ostergaard should be split up . Both riding the same line and getting in each others way , could end in tears one of these weeks 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 Something overlooked today was the very minimal grading once ht1 got going. It had no detrimental effect on racing IMO with passing right through to ht15. #ScrapHt10Grading 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryehouseforever Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 The track staff at Glasgow are the best in the country. They knew what their track needed despite pressure from riders, officials and spectators. It needed time to dry out and then graded. It was perfect come five pm. You have days like this in Scotland with the weather. To those that left you missed a good meeting. Speedways biggest enemy is the weather. Hats off to the riders who in nearly all cases were patient and got on with it. The referee deserves credit for he was calm during the whole proceedings. Everyone I have mentioned deserves credit where it due. Well done! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseq7 Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 1 minute ago, MD said: Something overlooked today was the very minimal grading once ht1 got going. It had no detrimental effect on racing IMO with passing right through to ht15. #ScrapHt10Grading But what about the all important "kids race"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 2 minutes ago, Joseq7 said: But what about the all important "kids race"? Kids race takes 2-3 minutes, no problem, keeps our younger fans keen. Its the following 15 minutes of tractor racing that grates. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaizer Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 2 minutes ago, MD said: Kids race takes 2-3 minutes, no problem, keeps our younger fans keen. Its the following 15 minutes of tractor racing that grates. 100% agree. I'd think we just be about 10-20 points down if tallied results between heats 11 and 15 prior to today. No need for the total regrading that goes on imo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehone Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 what happened to the giant 'hairdryer' designed for the BSPA a few years back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff100 Posted June 13, 2022 Report Share Posted June 13, 2022 5 hours ago, stevehone said: what happened to the giant 'hairdryer' designed for the BSPA a few years back? He's the chairman now! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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