IainB Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 Obviously I'm not there but considering they were watering the track before the start it didn't take for much rain to get this one called off. There didn't appear to be any torrential downpour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 Just now, foreverblue said: If Harris says its not raceable its not raceable. He agreed it was rideable though...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 5 minutes ago, Gavan said: Nope it’s all about the mindset and unfortunately a lot of riders wimp out these days Its meant to be a race meeting, you cant race in those conditions with modern machinery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 1 minute ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: He agreed it was rideable though...... Not raceable, nobody wants to see riders go round half throttle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chun Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 maybe an scb investigation into why the track was watered so heavily is in order 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuffolkWitch Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 With our position in the table I’m hopeful this won’t come back to bite us. However, the lack of effort to even try to continue the meeting because the home team were getting whooped is pathetic. Rider safety always has to come first, I also get the it probably wouldn’t have been a great watch but to not even try to get to a point where a result was viable was very poor with one half arsed lap with the tractor in the middle of a downpour as opposed to when it stopped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavan Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 Watered the track before the start with rain forecast who decides that!!! The track was rideable look at Emil and Ellis …. Seen many meetings back in the 80’s and 90’s with sawdust down and riders struggling but it carried on Today most riders are too precious … kind of sums up society in a way 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 3 minutes ago, foreverblue said: If Harris says its not raceable its not raceable. Sayfutdinov looked far from comfortable also and if riders of that calibre are struggling, as disappointing as it is, the correct decision was probably made. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceBelle Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 Just now, foreverblue said: Its meant to be a race meeting, you cant race in those conditions with modern machinery. Correct decision fans moan about paying high admission and they want to see speedway on a wet track no thanks I wittensed the Aces/Sheffield disasater we don't need another one of them thanks 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavan Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 1 minute ago, foreverblue said: Not raceable, nobody wants to see riders go round half throttle. Irrelevant I’ve seen many meetings in the 40 years I’ve watched Speedway where it’s poor wet conditions The sport is just in the doldrums and all of these farcical rain offs just help hammer the nail in 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTT Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 Somebody would've got badly injured if they continued imo. More than likely Wright considering he likes to play ten pin bowling with a motorbike. 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavan Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 Either the track is dangerous or it isn’t I’ve seen GP’s (Berlin 2001) … play off matches (Poole v Belle Vue) as examples where the meeting carried on and was far far worse than tonight I remember England v Australia at Foxhall (1989?) torrential rain and we stopped for an hour and got the track rideable … this doesnt happen these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 1 minute ago, AceBelle said: Correct decision fans moan about paying high admission and they want to see speedway on a wet track no thanks I wittensed the Aces/Sheffield disasater we don't need another one of them thanks Well this meeting now going to cost the Oxford fans about £40 given the reduction for the re-run will not reflect fairly the early call off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 And on, and on, British Speedway goes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 2 minutes ago, Gavan said: Either the track is dangerous or it isn’t I’ve seen GP’s (Berlin 2001) … play off matches (Poole v Belle Vue) as examples where the meeting carried on and was far far worse than tonight I remember England v Australia at Foxhall (1989?) torrential rain and we stopped for an hour and got the track rideable … this doesnt happen these days They had world and international class riders in them though, not Dan Thompson, Boughen and Jenkins etc. Sometimes you just can't beat the weather. It was still dusty during heat 1 after the watering. Until there is some kind of plan (if that word want being used enough at the moment!) To refer to when weather isn't great this kind of thing will keep happening. Track covers, proper grading equipment, wet weather setups for the bikes etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chun Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 both tungate and wright had avoidable falls. boughton made a schoolboy error and kerr was badly off form. as such oxford didn’t fancy it so no effort was made to remedy the track. it was still early in the evening and a clear weather window was approaching. maybe the sparse crowd had something to do with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIRKYLANE Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 16 minutes ago, foreverblue said: If Harris says its not raceable its not raceable. Sometimes a track is not raceable but it is rideable. If it is rideable then they should continue…. If it is dangerous to the riders then it should definitely be off. It would be interesting to know from the ref why it was abandoned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldHawk Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 Whilst the standard of weather forecast is awful that makes decisions tougher. ALL weather forecasts today said this would happen so for me Morris needs to introduce some standards for watering and/or how and when to call meetings off in advance because its all over the place. Lynn call it off days before (sometimes right/sometimes wrong), Ipswich and Oxford (to name two) drag fans to the track despite the forecast. (again sometimes right/sometimes wrong) All a bit rubbish in my view and not at what people expect from a professional sport. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie456 Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 45 minutes ago, Gavan said: Disgusting by Oxford trying to get this abandoned because they are losing … Tungate pathetic Well he is a pathetic little s--t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceBelle Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 13 minutes ago, KIRKYLANE said: Sometimes a track is not raceable but it is rideable. If it is rideable then they should continue…. If it is dangerous to the riders then it should definitely be off. It would be interesting to know from the ref why it was abandoned. BSN said the refferee called it on a unfit track ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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