Tuesday 6th September - Playoff First Leg - Plymouth v Poole

[HGould]

35 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said:

The track might cop a heavy shower later but they should be able to deal with the occasional heavy shower. Forecast is far worse tomorrow.

What is the Plymouth off race day? Sundays forecast is decent.

Ypu seem to have this bizarre notion that it can rain for a week but the minute the sun comes out it's ok to play. 

Stuff the riders safety

Stuff supporters and the spectacle

Speedway on a dangerous MX tracj

Win at all costs money the only motivation. 

Steve Shovlar Mr Poole Speedway Club Ambassador living the Poole / Ford / Middle "ditch" dream. 

 

[Fromafar]

1 minute ago, HGould said:

Ypu seem to have this bizarre notion that it can rain for a week but the minute the sun comes out it's ok to play. 

Stuff the riders safety

Stuff supporters and the spectacle

Speedway on a dangerous MX tracj

Win at all costs money the only motivation. 

Steve Shovlar Mr Poole Speedway Club Ambassador living the Poole / Ford / Middle "ditch" dream. 

 

Tarmac the track is the only answer.!!
These weather situations are dragging the sport to oblivion.

[HGould]

1 minute ago, Fromafar said:

Tarmac the track is the only answer.!!
These weather situations are dragging the sport to oblivion.

What has 2001 legs and 100 x 20 pack of discarded lilets

The main Stand at Poole at start time 

[Steve Shovlar]

H Gould. A very sad troll slagging Poole off at every opportunity. Join Trackrat and Gavan as blocked. Your posts are just filled with Poole hate. Not worth responding to your moronic posts.

Edited September 6, 2022 by Steve Shovlar

[Fina]

20 minutes ago, Fromafar said:

Tarmac the track is the only answer.!!
These weather situations are dragging the sport to oblivion.

Dont bank on tarmac as your answer  - the road racing rarely runs in wet conditions any more either.  

[Mike0310]

Bang on queue it’s raining in Plymouth.

[Trackrat]

29 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said:

H Gould. A very sad troll slagging Poole off at every opportunity. Join Trackrat and Gavan as blocked. Your posts are just filled with Poole hate. Not worth responding to your moronic posts.

Oh the irony. The biggest troll moaning about trolls. Has always shown that he doesn't like the banter back.

[HGould]

34 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said:

H Gould. A very sad troll slagging Poole off at every opportunity. Join Trackrat and Gavan as blocked. Your posts are just filled with Poole hate. Not worth responding to your moronic posts.

The one trait if a bully is that they don't like to be stood up to and outed. 

You are a Bully

Im quite happy for you to block me as you certainly can't enter in to any form of rational debate. 

I'm quite happy to stand by my record as an overall constructive and fair minded poster prior to standing up to the bullying of me and others by you and your sycophants. 

I'll not bother replying to any response as by blocking me you won't see it actually will you! 

 

[MalDon45]

1 hour ago, iainb said:

I know the British like to talk about the weather but this must be the longest thread ever about the topic!

I wonder if on the British Weather Forum, they’re chatting about Speedway?? May head over and take a look.

[phillipsr]

1 hour ago, Mike0310 said:

Bang on queue it’s raining in Plymouth.

It cant be… Poole fans have said its fine so you must be seeing things 

[marko]

It’s not the weather per’se, it’s the inability of Plymouths track to be able to take much of the wet stuff.

As it’s only a tiny track, I would have thought some tarpaulins would be a potential answer? You wouldn’t need as many as a track like Berwick or Belle Vue.

I guess they can try next week, but then what if it’s the same? Until you fix the underlying issue of the track not draining well enough, you will end up going around circles (pardon the pun) has to be a cut off at some point,  the winners could be about who gets their home leg on and who doesn’t, with the non raced leg forfeited. 
 

You can be a great artist, but if the canvas is unusable, you won’t be able to paint thing.

[Fromafar]

2 hours ago, Fina said:

Dont bank on tarmac as your answer  - the road racing rarely runs in wet conditions any more either.  

 

2 hours ago, Fina said:

Dont bank on tarmac as your answer  - the road racing rarely runs in wet conditions any more either.  

That’s rubbish,you obviously don’t see much road racing.

[SteveLyric2]

2 hours ago, Mike0310 said:

Bang on queue it’s raining in Plymouth.

Clearly the postponement announcement didn't reach all supporters then?! Hope the 'queue' doesn't get too drenched!!

[HGould]

2 hours ago, marko said:

It’s not the weather per’se, it’s the inability of Plymouths track to be able to take much of the wet stuff.

As it’s only a tiny track, I would have thought some tarpaulins would be a potential answer? You wouldn’t need as many as a track like Berwick or Belle Vue.

I guess they can try next week, but then what if it’s the same? Until you fix the underlying issue of the track not draining well enough, you will end up going around circles (pardon the pun) has to be a cut off at some point,  the winners could be about who gets their home leg on and who doesn’t, with the non raced leg forfeited. 
 

You can be a great artist, but if the canvas is unusable, you won’t be able to paint thing.

I am happy to be corrected but I understand the biggest issue that some have touched on is the water table there. 

There's a tidal river right by the track and that creates a big problem at high tide periods in March and September and the majority of the moisture is from underneath and not above. 

I guess some daming or even looking eventually for a new site may be the long term answer with sea levels rising. 

[LisaColette]

3 hours ago, HGould said:

The one trait if a bully is that they don't like to be stood up to and outed. 

You are a Bully

Im quite happy for you to block me as you certainly can't enter in to any form of rational debate. 

I'm quite happy to stand by my record as an overall constructive and fair minded poster prior to standing up to the bullying of me and others by you and your sycophants. 

I'll not bother replying to any response as by blocking me you won't see it actually will you! 

 

So you troll anything to do with Poole and yet everyone else is a bully!! Lmao! Dictionary needed for you. 

Actually I've quoted it so Steve will see it! Oops sorry Steve! 

Edited September 6, 2022 by lisa-colette

[Sherborne Green]

With regard to the water table you must remember the stadium is next to the River Plym and the name of the area could give a clue. Marsh Mills.

 

[crescent girl]

Moving along, how's the forecast for Poole tomorrow?

[marko]

I hope they can find ways to improve the tracks ability to cope with the elements, but just having taken a look at the radar, that area is about to get a serious deluge that would wipe any track out, send it towards Essex please

[LisaColette]

2 minutes ago, crescent girl said:

Moving along, how's the forecast for Poole tomorrow?

Just saw a local one on telly when waiting for the speech to come on and might get lucky with showers missing -ish. Couple of heavy ones might hit in the morning. Depend how heavy and how long they last. Forecast feels very similar to the one vs Redcar.

Edited September 6, 2022 by lisa-colette

[Mike0310]

It’s very very heavy rain here now I’ve just got blooming soaked.