FishersGate Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 2 minutes ago, Lenny Lion said: Leicester vs Belle Vue is postponed due to a poor weather forecast. Good decision I reckon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 Another case for track covers with rain due to only be between 4 and 6... yet again all of a clubs efforts into an opening night gone to waste! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cross Roads Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 Meeting Postponed due to weather forecast.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishersGate Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 3 minutes ago, iainb said: Another case for track covers with rain due to only be between 4 and 6... yet again all of a clubs efforts into an opening night gone to waste! I definitely think leicester should consider it, but if it rains when the fans are just arriving, there isn't many areas of shelter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 2 minutes ago, FishersGate said: I definitely think leicester should consider it, but if it rains when the fans are just arriving, there isn't many areas of shelter. Track covers aren't going to save every meeting, but they certainly will when there is just 1 band of rain sweeping across the country, which is often the case. Complete rain outs they're never going to save. You would have needed a small dingy to have crossed the massive lake in front of the entrance anyway 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish McRaker Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 The stupidity of scheduling league matches before April. Problem is the saturated ground that even relatively small amounts of rain will leave water on the top. They never learn 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 9 minutes ago, Hamish McRaker said: The stupidity of scheduling league matches before April. Problem is the saturated ground that even relatively small amounts of rain will leave water on the top. They never learn Track was in top notch condition last night, forecast rain between 4 and 6 shouldn't be enough to postpone a meeting in 2024, but sadly we all know it is. So a day spent yesterday telling all the press that speedway is back tomorrow night, getting their message out there for people to come, all for nothing... again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 1 hour ago, Hamish McRaker said: The stupidity of scheduling league matches before April. Problem is the saturated ground that even relatively small amounts of rain will leave water on the top. They never learn Yes but they struggle to fit everything in before end of October, so need to start a bit earlier! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 Just now, lisa-colette said: Yes but they Leicester struggle to fit anyeverything in before end of during October, so need to start a bit earlier! Amended 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Lion Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 Here we go . Riders should be on parade . No more than 10 minutes of drizzle in the past 24 hours . Tactical call off by Stewart you heard it here first . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 47 minutes ago, Lenny Lion said: Here we go . Riders should be on parade . No more than 10 minutes of drizzle in the past 24 hours . Tactical call off by Stewart you heard it here first . You have to question why Oxford has gone ahead while Leicester hasn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishersGate Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 13 minutes ago, iainb said: You have to question why Oxford has gone ahead while Leicester hasn't. I think the club is wary of the backlash from last year's rain offs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Hunter Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 1 hour ago, iainb said: You have to question why Oxford has gone ahead while Leicester hasn't. I don't know where you live Lenny but at 6pm and 4 miles from the track it was raining heavily. Half an hour later it was still raining heavily in South Leicester. It was still drizzling at 9.pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 valve Posted March 15 Report Share Posted March 15 (edited) 11 hours ago, iainb said: You have to question why Oxford has gone ahead while Leicester hasn't. Maybe because there hadn’t been any significant rain in Oxford for at least a day, whereas by 6.30pm the Leicester track was totally unridable. Edited March 15 by 1 valve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted March 15 Report Share Posted March 15 32 minutes ago, 1 valve said: Maybe because there hadn’t been any significant rain in Oxford for at least a day, whereas by 6.30pm the Leicester track was totally unridable. The meeting was called off way before 6:30 though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted March 15 Report Share Posted March 15 30 minutes ago, iainb said: The meeting was called off way before 6:30 though In which case they deserve credit for getting the call right and saving everybody loads of time, effort and money I'd have thought? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted March 15 Report Share Posted March 15 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Bagpuss said: In which case they deserve credit for getting the call right and saving everybody loads of time, effort and money I'd have thought? And Oxford? Criticised for going ahead in less than ideal conditions? I wasn't at Oxford but reading speedway updates it seems that it was raining right up until start time and raining heavily during heat 1. The efforts of all their off season promotion paid off though with a home win in front of a good sized crowd... Leicester? We were all sat at home watching updates from Oxford wondering what the difference was. Edited March 15 by iainb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanBrannan Posted March 15 Report Share Posted March 15 35 minutes ago, iainb said: The meeting was called off way before 6:30 though It was based on a weather forecast, speedway clubs pay for personalised forecasts quite often, this was the exact term used on the call off notice: The decision has been made after consulting weather forecasts, which indicate a high chance of rain in late afternoon heading up to the time of the meeting. Leicester’s track has or did have quite a high clay content (not all do) so any water getting into it so soon before means it becomes dangerous to ride by being too grippy, even if it might look alright Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiveusaB Posted March 15 Report Share Posted March 15 5 minutes ago, iainb said: And Oxford? Criticised for going ahead in less than ideal conditions? I wasn't at Oxford but reading speedway updates it seems that it was raining right up until start time and raining heavily during heat 1. The efforts of all their off season promotion paid off though with a home win in front of a good sized crowd... Leicester? We were all sat at home watching updates from Oxford wondering what the difference was. Oxford did go ahead, but it wasnt great...imo! Rideable, but not raceable!! Leicester got it right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted March 15 Report Share Posted March 15 3 minutes ago, IanBrannan said: It was based on a weather forecast, speedway clubs pay for personalised forecasts quite often, this was the exact term used on the call off notice: The decision has been made after consulting weather forecasts, which indicate a high chance of rain in late afternoon heading up to the time of the meeting. Leicester’s track has or did have quite a high clay content (not all do) so any water getting into it so soon before means it becomes dangerous to ride by being too grippy, even if it might look alright The same forecast as Oxford, I was watching the rain track across the country on the weather radar apps throughout the day (exciting I know!) and the weather in Leicester and Oxford was pretty much the same. All, I'm saying is questions should be asked why one went ahead and the other didn't. You may have identified a potential reason in the make up of the track surface, I don't know if Oxford use a different shale to Leicester but after another winter of work on the track it still seems to be blighted by any sign of water on the horizon of the radar. Thank goodness the season has at least started so we can have some good healthy Speedway debate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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