FishersGate Posted August 20, 2022 Report Share Posted August 20, 2022 Looking forward to this meeting just cause it's a different format than the usual championship stuff. Expect the twins to do the business but hoping it's more close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishersGate Posted August 20, 2022 Report Share Posted August 20, 2022 It's the Twins show. Everyone else had given up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spittaler Posted August 20, 2022 Report Share Posted August 20, 2022 4 hours ago, ScottyJ said: Looking forward to this meeting just cause it's a different format than the usual championship stuff. Expect the twins to do the business but hoping it's more close. Afraid it foregone result unless falls or retirements They were likely favourites without it being held at Leicester But it needed held somewhere or not at all as Pairs never well supported Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbw Posted August 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2022 Well done to the Thompson's Twins on winning the NDL Pairs albeit a foregone conclusion Heat 2 was a classic, needs to be on a 'wot happened next?!' 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Posted August 21, 2022 Report Share Posted August 21, 2022 4 hours ago, Turnip said: Well done to the Thompson's Twins on winning the NDL Pairs albeit a foregone conclusion Heat 2 was a classic, needs to be on a 'wot happened next?!' One of the most bizarre races I’ve seen. Even Jason Edwards tried to get in on the act with a 360 coming off the 2nd bend when miles in front. I am not sure that 1 camera could have covered everything that was going on though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike0310 Posted August 21, 2022 Report Share Posted August 21, 2022 I would like to say I’m more than happy with Plymouth’s performance and I’m not knocking Leicester winning it fair play to them but it should have been on a neutral track. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronScorpion Posted August 21, 2022 Report Share Posted August 21, 2022 WOW, WOW, WOW! ......... What a surprising result! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
False dawn Posted August 21, 2022 Report Share Posted August 21, 2022 17 hours ago, Spittaler said: ........But it needed held somewhere or not at all as Pairs never well supported The crowd wasn't bad for an NDL meeting (the 50-50 was £265) and I saw fans from several "away" tracks. Not sure what was happening early doors. Apart from the twins, hardly anyone seem to be confident to attack the corners. The track wasn't doctored and later on there were several riders posting good times and racing hard. Elliot Kelly certainly gave the twins something to think about in the final. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Posted August 21, 2022 Report Share Posted August 21, 2022 9 hours ago, Mike0310 said: I would like to say I’m more than happy with Plymouth’s performance and I’m not knocking Leicester winning it fair play to them but it should have been on a neutral track. Rhys Naylor looked neat & tidy until his fall in the semi final. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted August 21, 2022 Report Share Posted August 21, 2022 47 minutes ago, Elmo said: Rhys Naylor looked neat & tidy until his fall in the semi final. Only time neat and Rhys has been used in the same sentence . Seriously though he beat his opposite numbers in the qualifying heats so definitely did his job. Frustrated in the semi final but should still hold his head high. The comeback has definitely gone better tha expected. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimmo Posted August 21, 2022 Report Share Posted August 21, 2022 I think Armadale must have shocked a few people, me included. Obviously the Thompson twins were a class act, but thought the meeting was pretty poor really. Goodness knows what was wrong with the second bend, but hey ho, it was the same for everybody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Dodds Posted August 22, 2022 Report Share Posted August 22, 2022 On 8/20/2022 at 10:17 AM, RoundTheBoards said: Seven pairs of National League riders take on a pair of Championship riders who have the advantage of racing on their own track with its huge home advantage. Great work BSPL. This could have been a good meeting if staged at Sheffield or Scunthorpe or King's Lynn or Peterborough etc etc. Instead it's a borefest where we already know the winners. Give it a swerve. Presumably Sheffield, Scunthorpe, King's Lynn and Peterborough showed no interest in staging the meeting whereas Leicester did - and also invest in the expense of running a team in the league which none of the four do. Also why pay money to landlords at Owlerton and Peterborough who have done few favours to speedway this season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotteringAround Posted August 22, 2022 Report Share Posted August 22, 2022 40 minutes ago, George Dodds said: Also why pay money to landlords at Owlerton and Peterborough who have done few favours to speedway this season? In what way is paying money to the landlords of Leicester any different than paying to the landlords of Scunthorpe or King's Lynn? (Surely they're all owned by the promoter?) Or Redcar for that matter, which would have been another good choice? At least it would have been a neutral (and better prepared) track. Bit of a joke holding it at the home of two Championship riders. And we wouldn't have had the farce of a race where 2 riders fell, 1 spun 360, and one gave up. The one who spun 360 winning, and the one who gave up then restarting when one of the other 2 fallers got back on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skodaman Posted August 22, 2022 Report Share Posted August 22, 2022 15 minutes ago, PotteringAround said: In what way is paying money to the landlords of Leicester any different than paying to the landlords of Scunthorpe or King's Lynn? (Surely they're all owned by the promoter?) Or Redcar for that matter, which would have been another good choice? At least it would have been a neutral (and better prepared) track. Bit of a joke holding it at the home of two Championship riders. And we wouldn't have had the farce of a race where 2 riders fell, 1 spun 360, and one gave up. The one who spun 360 winning, and the one who gave up then restarting when one of the other 2 fallers got back on. Leicester is not owned by the promoter!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skodaman Posted August 22, 2022 Report Share Posted August 22, 2022 (edited) 21 hours ago, False dawn said: The crowd wasn't bad for an NDL meeting (the 50-50 was £265) and I saw fans from several "away" tracks. Not sure what was happening early doors. Apart from the twins, hardly anyone seem to be confident to attack the corners. The track wasn't doctored and later on there were several riders posting good times and racing hard. Elliot Kelly certainly gave the twins something to think about in the final. The twins and Jenkins attacked the bends whereas most of the others didn't. Edited August 22, 2022 by Skodaman Typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Dodds Posted August 22, 2022 Report Share Posted August 22, 2022 3 hours ago, Skodaman said: Leicester is not owned by the promoter!! granted but it is a speedway-only facility Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
False dawn Posted August 22, 2022 Report Share Posted August 22, 2022 1 hour ago, George Dodds said: granted but it is a speedway-only facility It's a bit of a coincidence that you should say that. One of the staff told me on Saturday that the council won't allow car racing of any kind at Beaumont Leys. Odd really, as you'd need binoculars and a very tall set of step ladders to see the nearest house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Stewart Posted August 24, 2022 Report Share Posted August 24, 2022 Can anyone tell me if the NDL Pairs was filmed for DVD? I'm trying to contact Clean Cut but haven't heard back from them yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Stewart Posted August 25, 2022 Report Share Posted August 25, 2022 I have heard from Clean Cut now and it was! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortythirtyeight Posted August 25, 2022 Report Share Posted August 25, 2022 On 8/22/2022 at 3:52 PM, False dawn said: It's a bit of a coincidence that you should say that. One of the staff told me on Saturday that the council won't allow car racing of any kind at Beaumont Leys. Odd really, as you'd need binoculars and a very tall set of step ladders to see the nearest house. That’s the reason Buster sold it on quickly to the Bates, he wanted to run stock cars but was told that would never be allowed so moved it on . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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