SpeedwayGB website?

[a4poster]

Hi, does anyone else get this page when they try to log on to the official SGB website? If they do, what is it and why?

[Fina]

dont know why, but yes I get that page, think started about two weeks ago

Edited June 27, 2022 by Fina
correct a typing error

[chunky]

Yep, I think we all get it...

[Chris116]

I have been getting it for about two weeks as well and the number of spam emails I get went up at the same time. 

It doesn't happen with any other sites so hope whatever bug has got in is removed soon.

[The White Knight]

Me too. not sure why though? 

[Mr. Clemens]

Why is it they don't publish GP information anymore ?

 

[racers and royals]

40 minutes ago, Mr. Clemens said:

Why is it they don't publish GP information anymore ?

 

I think it could be a policy change from the top that GP and team GB are more than adequately covered by https://fimspeedway.com/     and  https://gbspeedwayteam.com/

[TINYS]

Yes i get it, don,t know why though but you never know what's going on.

[Lefty]

1 hour ago, racers and royals said:

I think it could be a policy change from the top that GP and team GB are more than adequately covered by https://fimspeedway.com/     and  https://gbspeedwayteam.com/

So why doesn't each site have a link to the other to help promote the sport? Or have I just answered my own question??? 

[Mr. Clemens]

2 hours ago, racers and royals said:

I think it could be a policy change from the top that GP and team GB are more than adequately covered by https://fimspeedway.com/     and  https://gbspeedwayteam.com/

Thank you for the link.

 

[racers and royals]

Message and delay is a temporary security measure.

[chunky]

On 6/28/2022 at 5:10 PM, racers and royals said:

Message and delay is a temporary security measure.

Thanks; I figured it was someething like that. Still, it just seems that it's another excuse for people to complain... 

Edited July 23, 2022 by chunky

[HGould]

It can be used to prevent a DDoS attack, more usually though by financial services and key services. 

DDoS is when a rogue site hits your site with millions of simultaneous hits trying to blow your servers. 

The most logical explanation is that Sgb are using a server provider who runs some big companies and corporations. 

It's a safety net to check your browser is genuine. 

[Trees]

I get that message for starters but after a few seconds the site comes up .....

[DizzAssStar]

Yes, I get this .............ing message on screen, trouble is that 10 mins later I still have the same message on screen which periodically refreshes itself !!!

Cookies and browser cache have all been cleared to no avail ???  

[Lefty]

Is it time to drop the Promo Film ?

[Chris116]

Up until this season the news section always gave information if a match had been postponed for any reason but now all they do is remove the pre meeting promotion article and you have to go to the fixtures page to find out if the meeting has been postponed or if the website is just playing games and has lost the article for some reason. A bad case of not keeping your paying public up to date.

[uk_martin]

On 6/28/2022 at 9:03 PM, Lefty said:

So why doesn't each site have a link to the other to help promote the sport? Or have I just answered my own question??? 

The BSPZzz site only looks after its own self-interest, i.e. covering what it does, namely the British leagues.  That's it. As far as the BSPZzz are concerned, the rest of the sport can take a hike. Promoting the other aspects of the sport should be the domain of the SCB / ACU or even the FIM, in their opinion.

And this is where the media coverage of speedway in the UK falls down. There isn't a national media organisation that gives speedway the kind of coverage that say, WP does in Poland. WP (Wirtualna Polska) is like the Murdoch media empire of Poland, running TV stations, newspapers and online news too, most famously Sportowefakty which it acquired and added to its online empire a few years ago. Thanks to Sportowefakty all branches of the sport are covered, and not just in Poland but from many other countries where speedway takes place. 

If speedway were taken seriously by the general public, it too would feature in national press publications and we as fans wouldn't have to rely on the silo'd perspectives of those with only their own interests at heart. You could argue also that this is the role that the Speedway Star (at the very least) should be leading on...but hey ho..

Edited July 6, 2022 by uk_martin

[Trees]

15 hours ago, uk_martin said:

The BSPZzz site only looks after its own self-interest, i.e. covering what it does, namely the British leagues.  That's it. As far as the BSPZzz are concerned, the rest of the sport can take a hike. Promoting the other aspects of the sport should be the domain of the SCB / ACU or even the FIM, in their opinion.

And this is where the media coverage of speedway in the UK falls down. There isn't a national media organisation that gives speedway the kind of coverage that say, WP does in Poland. WP (Wirtualna Polska) is like the Murdoch media empire of Poland, running TV stations, newspapers and online news too, most famously Sportowefakty which it acquired and added to its online empire a few years ago. Thanks to Sportowefakty all branches of the sport are covered, and not just in Poland but from many other countries where speedway takes place. 

If speedway were taken seriously by the general public, it too would feature in national press publications and we as fans wouldn't have to rely on the silo'd perspectives of those with only their own interests at heart. You could argue also that this is the role that the Speedway Star (at the very least) should be leading on...but hey ho..

Are there not results in the national newspapers and a story now and again?

Surely Speedway Star does give results from all the leagues, what do you mean?

I wouldn't be promoting a company who stop my potential, self employed workforce from doing work for me either!

Do the Swedish and Danish speedway authorities give worldwide results on their websites, SVEMO don't, just looked.

[uk_martin]

5 hours ago, Trees said:

Are there not results in the national newspapers and a story now and again?  - Once in a while and when again???

Surely Speedway Star does give results from all the leagues, what do you mean? - Show me where please?  - https://www.speedwaystar.net/

I wouldn't be promoting a company who stop my potential, self employed workforce from doing work for me either!  - see below

Do the Swedish and Danish speedway authorities give worldwide results on their websites, SVEMO don't, just looked.  - see below

Your last two points show why the fans reliance on the leagues organising body's web site is the wrong way of going about it. Of course, SVEMO, the Swedish equivalent of the BSPZzz don't cover worldwide results, nor do the PZM in Poland.

Football, rugby cricket etc fans can get their news coverage from the web sites of the national papers, just like Polish speedway fans can (thanks to WP), in effect. It's just too bad that the national papers in this country don't (apart from a very "now and again") want anything to do with speedway at all let alone cover the global aspects of the sport on a serious or regular basis. British (& probably Swedish fans) being kept in the dark does nothing to promote the sport let alone any individual club.  Is it any coincidence that those sports that flourish in the UK are the ones where you can find out anything you want about Real Madrid, or Bayern Munich, or IPL cricket, or the All Blacks or Ferrari, etc. from British publications? Keeping a global interest in the sport keeps you attached to the sport and the local teams benefit from that interest and attachment. Not that the BSPZzz or the Speedway Star understand the first thing about that.