Bagpuss Posted May 4, 2024 Report Share Posted May 4, 2024 On 5/4/2024 at 11:07 AM, Paulco said: Young Zischke really did impress on his first visit to Ashfield . The last young Australian I can remember having that immediate wow factor on his first laps of the Ashfield track was Darcy Ward Expand I think I might have been standing next to you that day. Broke the track record in heat one didn't he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted May 4, 2024 Report Share Posted May 4, 2024 On 5/4/2024 at 11:40 AM, TheWellBehavedWorrall said: I think it’s naive to blame the referee here. I too would have preferred to see Harris and Cook going toe-to-toe in the opening heat, but what’s the referee guilty of? Implementing the rule book? In response to your first sentence, I paid to get in and was cheesed-off that Cook withdrew from the tapes as the other three were poised to begin. An entirely correct exclusion. Expand That's a great response, not fair to blame the ref for following the rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted May 4, 2024 Report Share Posted May 4, 2024 On 5/4/2024 at 11:07 AM, Paulco said: Young Zischke really did impress on his first visit to Ashfield . The last young Australian I can remember having that immediate wow factor on his first laps of the Ashfield track was Darcy Ward Expand I wonder if Darcy gave him some advice, as he said in the past Glasgow is a tough place to ride for the first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulco Posted May 4, 2024 Report Share Posted May 4, 2024 On 5/4/2024 at 1:21 PM, Bagpuss said: I think I might have been standing next to you that day. Broke the track record in heat one didn't he? Expand Yes he did indeed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz325 Posted May 4, 2024 Report Share Posted May 4, 2024 Charles Wright excluded today at Workington in a similar way that Cookie was last night, refs seem to be firm on start times, which is fine as long as they are all consistent . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted May 4, 2024 Report Share Posted May 4, 2024 On 5/4/2024 at 11:40 AM, TheWellBehavedWorrall said: I think it’s naive to blame the referee here. I too would have preferred to see Harris and Cook going toe-to-toe in the opening heat, but what’s the referee guilty of? Implementing the rule book? In response to your first sentence, I paid to get in and was cheesed-off that Cook withdrew from the tapes as the other three were poised to begin. An entirely correct exclusion. Expand In such a tiny sport where the result wont resonate past a few thousand at best, the entertainment factor is paramount.. "He pulled away from fhe tapes, he should be excluded, hooray he is!! Great! That's that race knackered"... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWellBehavedWorrall Posted May 4, 2024 Report Share Posted May 4, 2024 On 5/4/2024 at 5:27 PM, mikebv said: In such a tiny sport where the result wont resonate past a few thousand at best, the entertainment factor is paramount.. "He pulled away from fhe tapes, he should be excluded, hooray he is!! Great! That's that race knackered"... Expand I’m afraid this debate appears to be between defined reality and your deluded utopia. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelShoe Posted May 4, 2024 Report Share Posted May 4, 2024 On 5/4/2024 at 5:27 PM, mikebv said: In such a tiny sport where the result wont resonate past a few thousand at best, the entertainment factor is paramount.. "He pulled away from fhe tapes, he should be excluded, hooray he is!! Great! That's that race knackered"... Expand Bit like VAR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff100 Posted May 4, 2024 Report Share Posted May 4, 2024 On 5/4/2024 at 4:05 PM, topaz325 said: Charles Wright excluded today at Workington in a similar way that Cookie was last night, refs seem to be firm on start times, which is fine as long as they are all consistent . Expand From the ref( scottish) who delayed a meeting over 15 mins to allow a van to turn up! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noelinho Posted May 4, 2024 Report Share Posted May 4, 2024 On 5/4/2024 at 6:57 PM, geoff100 said: From the ref( scottish) who delayed a meeting over 15 mins to allow a van to turn up! Expand He delayed it with agreement of both teams, which showed both good sportsmanship and consideration for everyone who had paid to see it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazc Posted May 4, 2024 Report Share Posted May 4, 2024 (edited) On 5/4/2024 at 6:57 PM, geoff100 said: From the ref( scottish) who delayed a meeting over 15 mins to allow a van to turn up! Expand Only after Edinburgh agreed to it first ,you missed this important part out. If Edinburgh insisted it started on the scheduled start time it would have. Edited May 4, 2024 by Gazc 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyretrax Posted May 4, 2024 Report Share Posted May 4, 2024 On 5/4/2024 at 6:57 PM, geoff100 said: From the ref( scottish) who delayed a meeting over 15 mins to allow a van to turn up! Expand If three riders were at the tapes at 7:30pm Harris would've been disqualified. It was agreed to delay the meeting for fifteen minutes, so the problem never arose of him delaying the start of the race. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted May 4, 2024 Report Share Posted May 4, 2024 On 5/4/2024 at 8:38 PM, Gazc said: Only after Edinburgh agreed to it first ,you missed this important part out. If Edinburgh insisted it started on the scheduled start time it would have. Expand It was also in the Edinburgh programme that Alan Dick phoned the Edinburgh ProMotion earlier in the day to warn them about the problems on M6 and let their riders know if any were travelling that way.So perhaps there was Co-operation between Promotions given the circumstances. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wow68 Posted May 4, 2024 Report Share Posted May 4, 2024 On 5/4/2024 at 1:21 PM, Bagpuss said: I think I might have been standing next to you that day. Broke the track record in heat one didn't he? Expand Actually It was young Pearson ( not Tate ) who broke the track record in his very first race for Glasgow, which was his first win for Glasgow and it was against Edinburgh and was a 5:1 with Bomber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted May 5, 2024 Report Share Posted May 5, 2024 On 5/4/2024 at 11:33 PM, Wow68 said: Actually It was young Pearson ( not Tate ) who broke the track record in his very first race for Glasgow, which was his first win for Glasgow and it was against Edinburgh and was a 5:1 with Bomber. Expand Think your getting mixed up.Think they are talking about Darcy Ward from years ago.In reference to Tate. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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