Bavarian Posted August 6, 2023 Report Share Posted August 6, 2023 On Friday and Saturday of this week, the second edition of the FIM Women's Speedway Academy was held at the National Speedway Stadium in Manchester. https://www.fim-moto.com/en/news/news-detail/article/fast-females-take-centre-stage-at-atpi-fim-womens-speedway-academy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazS Posted August 6, 2023 Report Share Posted August 6, 2023 when are they having one for the transgender brigade 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 6, 2023 Report Share Posted August 6, 2023 Looks like it was well attended, it'll be a while before any home grown talent makes the grade I suspect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted August 6, 2023 Report Share Posted August 6, 2023 13 minutes ago, DazS said: when are they having one for the transgender brigade Soon I hope Just so I can see all the dinosaurs have apoplectic fits. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazS Posted August 6, 2023 Report Share Posted August 6, 2023 who funds all this agenda to get women doing all these mens sports, they will never compete at top level with men, but you can get transgender men competing at top level with women. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 6, 2023 Report Share Posted August 6, 2023 21 minutes ago, DazS said: who funds all this agenda to get women doing all these mens sports, they will never compete at top level with men, but you can get transgender men competing at top level with women. If it means more exposure for Speedway who cares really? It's not right but we don't live in a meritocracy anymore, so you either play the game or sink without a trace in the media Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted August 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2023 Did the women actually have a race meeting or was it just practising? Were spectators allowed to attend the event? Was anybody there who can tell us about it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil The Ace Posted August 8, 2023 Report Share Posted August 8, 2023 On 8/6/2023 at 10:17 PM, Bavarian said: Did the women actually have a race meeting or was it just practising? Were spectators allowed to attend the event? Was anybody there who can tell us about it? No racing no fans wasn’t allowed to attend. It was all behind closed doors sadly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted August 9, 2023 Report Share Posted August 9, 2023 Was this a rider funded event or sponsored and rider invites issued? Certainly don't question the motives and exposure but maybe a bias on funding ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted August 11, 2023 Report Share Posted August 11, 2023 (edited) On 8/6/2023 at 9:24 PM, DazS said: who funds all this agenda to get women doing all these mens sports, they will never compete at top level with men, but you can get transgender men competing at top level with women. Irrelevant in speedway as men and women compete on equal terms. So if a transgender woman did ride it wouldn't be an issue. Personally, because of that, I don't really see the point of having woman only events. It just comes across to me as a gimmick. I know that Sophia Floersch, the first woman to ever score points in Formula 3 car racing, was very much against the woman's car racing championship and decided not to compete in it as she felt it was a backward step and limited the progression of women in the sport. There is also Ana Curasco, who rides in Moto GP3, and Celina Liebman, who has ridden in SGP2, who are competitive in their sports racing against men, so why restrict them to female-only racing? Edited August 11, 2023 by Grachan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazS Posted August 11, 2023 Report Share Posted August 11, 2023 2 hours ago, Grachan said: There is also Ana Curasco, who rides in Moto GP3, and Celina Liebman, who has ridden in SGP2, who are competitive in their sports racing against men, so why restrict them to female-only racing? yes they are competitive, ( at the lowest mens level.) eh but good luck to them. but there is a bigger agenda to this.! and I'm not talking about women in mens sport.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted August 11, 2023 Report Share Posted August 11, 2023 (edited) Well, if Bill Gates and George Soros are pumping money into speedway, all i say is 'welcome to the Woke Championships' If there really is a Big agenda, then i doubt speedway will be invited to dine at the table Edited August 11, 2023 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazS Posted August 11, 2023 Report Share Posted August 11, 2023 (edited) you could say they are useful idiots+ they do know how too use idiots very well., and the idiots dont even know they are being used Edited August 11, 2023 by DazS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS50 Posted August 11, 2023 Report Share Posted August 11, 2023 7 hours ago, Grachan said: There is also Ana Curasco, who rides in Moto GP3, and Celina Liebman, who has ridden in SGP2, who are competitive in their sports racing against men, so why restrict them to female-only racing? 4 hours ago, DazS said: yes they are competitive, ( at the lowest mens level.) eh but good luck to them. but there is a bigger agenda to this.! and I'm not talking about women in mens sport.. Ana Curasco is a former world champion, at Supersport 300, level, competing against the men. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazS Posted August 11, 2023 Report Share Posted August 11, 2023 yes will be looking forward to seeing her in moto gp. can you let me know when she makes it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted August 12, 2023 Report Share Posted August 12, 2023 You never know if women's speedway caught on it may even make the BBC TV schedules considering we have women's football, rugby league, cricket, netball and golf getting extensive coverage? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrs Posted August 12, 2023 Report Share Posted August 12, 2023 14 hours ago, DazS said: yes will be looking forward to seeing her in moto gp. can you let me know when she makes it. Shes been racing against the guys in Moto3 which is certainly not racing for the faint hearted person to be in for about three years maybe more now. She regularly beats one of our British guys in that class and is better all round racer than Josh Whatley who is supposed to be one of the budding stars in UK racing. You can watch her at 1000 next Sunday morning at the Austrian grand prix, Will somebody one day give her a very top bike to ride and see what happens ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazS Posted August 12, 2023 Report Share Posted August 12, 2023 moto 3 is for the kids, listen I'm not against women competing in mens sports, no women will compete at the highest level of mens sports and win ,its not how they are built. stop falling for the feminism bullrubbish. there are woman who compete at isle of man tt. thats not for the faint hearted . 2 hours ago, jrs said: Will somebody one day give her a very top bike to ride and see what happens ? if she had the equal talent of a male rider she would be given 1st choice just because she's female. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wembleyfan Posted August 13, 2023 Report Share Posted August 13, 2023 22 hours ago, jrs said: Shes been racing against the guys in Moto3 which is certainly not racing for the faint hearted person to be in for about three years maybe more now. She regularly beats one of our British guys in that class and is better all round racer than Josh Whatley who is supposed to be one of the budding stars in UK racing. You can watch her at 1000 next Sunday morning at the Austrian grand prix, Will somebody one day give her a very top bike to ride and see what happens ? Just pointing out Josh Whatley is 17 with little experience internationally, Ana Carrasco is 26 and has much more experience, having won the 300 championship. Neither are in very top teams so at this stage she should be beating him, but they both have similar results at the moment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrs Posted August 13, 2023 Report Share Posted August 13, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Wembleyfan said: Just pointing out Josh Whatley is 17 with little experience internationally, Ana Carrasco is 26 and has much more experience, having won the 300 championship. Neither are in very top teams so at this stage she should be beating him, but they both have similar results at the moment. I accept he is young as is Ogden but they are in their second full season racing in the elite World Championship in his class, despite Ogdens good qualifying at Silverstone l don’t think either of them have made any great steps forward as many of the other youngsters in moto3 have this year which is disappointing. As an example Alonso who is just seventeen was only in his fifth race when he won last weekend. Far too much media pressure was put on Ogden and Wheatley when they came into Moto3 series from the likes of. BT TV as it was then, and the commentators. They, are not on the very top bikes and it would be interesting to see them on one. But for me neither has really progressed much over the last eighteen months. They will probably find their levels in BSB or similar series eventually. Ogden seems to be able to run at the race pace, whereas Josh is always a few seconds down. As for Carasco she has been a figure head flag carrier for women in the sport but at her age I think she hits the age limit in Moto3 so what does the future hold for her , probably a national series. Just my opinions. Edited August 13, 2023 by jrs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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