Hawk127 Posted June 24 Report Share Posted June 24 38 minutes ago, old bob at herne bay said: Seems to me that the FIM and Speedway across the World need to make up their mind on this one... either men and women can compete against each other as is the case now, or they need to insist that men and women have their own separate competitions. Or they could have pairs competition with one male and one female and perhaps using a lower standard of male (by this I mean not GP level riders before anyone complains) this might help the female contingent raise their game albeit I see little wrong with the start that has been made and long may it continue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted June 24 Report Share Posted June 24 2 hours ago, old bob at herne bay said: Seems to me that the FIM and Speedway across the World need to make up their mind on this one... either men and women can compete against each other as is the case now, or they need to insist that men and women have their own separate competitions. And we would need an "Open" category for transgender and non-binary individuals... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bob at herne bay Posted June 24 Report Share Posted June 24 What rubbish chunky. No other sport has such a category. My point was that women may find a more level playing field if they ran a separate womens speedway , and were not made to compete with men. This would IMHO attract more young girls into the sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 24 Report Share Posted June 24 26 minutes ago, old bob at herne bay said: What rubbish chunky. No other sport has such a category. My point was that women may find a more level playing field if they ran a separate womens speedway , and were not made to compete with men. This would IMHO attract more young girls into the sport. Would you stop Celina riding for Workington? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 4 hours ago, old bob at herne bay said: What rubbish chunky. No other sport has such a category. Sorry to hear about your hospital stay; was it painful having your sense of humour amputated? You do realize that a number of sports are appearing to move in that direction, don't you? If you claim to neither be male or female, then obviously, you can't compete as a male or female. As crazy as that sounds, it's going to happen... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 11 hours ago, old bob at herne bay said: What rubbish chunky. No other sport has such a category. My point was that women may find a more level playing field if they ran a separate womens speedway , and were not made to compete with men. This would IMHO attract more young girls into the sport. Personally I don't see a problem... we already have category's of championships, U16, U19, U21, U23, European, British etc. This is just another category 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richspeedway Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 21 hours ago, old bob at herne bay said: Seems to me that the FIM and Speedway across the World need to make up their mind on this one... either men and women can compete against each other as is the case now, or they need to insist that men and women have their own separate competitions. It is just like motorsport as there is F1 Academy, a series for female racing drivers though you also have female drivers racing in F3, WEC, ELMS etc and have/doing a great job in them racing against men. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 (edited) Maybe former Coventry and Newcastle rider David Clarke could make a comeback to challenge Celina ? Edited June 25 by THE DEAN MACHINE 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 2 hours ago, Richspeedway said: It is just like motorsport as there is F1 Academy, a series for female racing drivers though you also have female drivers racing in F3, WEC, ELMS etc and have/doing a great job in them racing against men. Didn't Sophia Floersch, the top female racer, opt out of, and speak out against, the female series saying it undermined the effort women currently make to compete against men? I'm sure I remember reading that a while back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richspeedway Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 16 hours ago, Grachan said: Didn't Sophia Floersch, the top female racer, opt out of, and speak out against, the female series saying it undermined the effort women currently make to compete against men? I'm sure I remember reading that a while back. Yeah that is right as she does F3 now and has done Sportscars. A few others do Sportscars as well think with the same idea. I do not have anything against F1 Academy or motorsport just for women as do watch F1 Academy but like said in other posts in series where you have women and men competing together there is not a massive disadvantage and seen women win races in a grid with men Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjcone44 Posted June 28 Report Share Posted June 28 (edited) this whole conversation is mental, mean while I'm watching baby face speedway riders travelled from all over the world to compete in a world champion ship. everyone should have the right to win a world, title and if we cant just change the rules. Edited June 28 by gjcone44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted June 28 Report Share Posted June 28 14 minutes ago, gjcone44 said: this whole conversation is mental, mean while I'm watching baby face speedway riders travelled from all over the world to compete in a world champion ship. everyone should have the right to win a world, title and if we cant just change the rules. Not sure about mental, but that is unintelligible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjcone44 Posted June 28 Report Share Posted June 28 you are easy to confuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted June 28 Report Share Posted June 28 (edited) Certainly am if someone posts like a young child who knows words, just doesn't know how to compose an intelligible sentence with them Who is competing in this ship for instance. And what do ships have to do with speedway ? Edited June 28 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjcone44 Posted June 28 Report Share Posted June 28 25 minutes ago, iris123 said: Certainly am if someone posts like a young child who knows words, just doesn't know how to compose an intelligible sentence with them Who is competing in this ship for instance. And what do ships have to do with speedway ? see what i mean, your all confused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted June 28 Report Share Posted June 28 2 minutes ago, gjcone44 said: see what i mean, your all confused Exactly The idea behind a discussion forum is to get your point across to others in relatively clear english. Well that is the language i learnt. It doesn't have to be perfect grammar, but the point has to be understandable. If you have a point, which i doubt, it doesn't come across in child speak. Maybe you want to post it in the junior section ? Maybe it was meant for these baby faced people on the ship ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjcone44 Posted June 28 Report Share Posted June 28 sorry it went way over your head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted June 28 Report Share Posted June 28 Ok the alarm bells are ringing. I have a feeling you were an unintelligible conspiracy loon in a previous life I think it is time for me to abandon ship and leave you with the baby faced people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjcone44 Posted June 28 Report Share Posted June 28 yes get back to your global warming fear porn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted July 2 Report Share Posted July 2 On 6/25/2024 at 3:34 PM, Richspeedway said: It is just like motorsport as there is F1 Academy, a series for female racing drivers though you also have female drivers racing in F3, WEC, ELMS etc and have/doing a great job in them racing against men. Women are competitive in lower levels of (mixed) car racing, although there just less of them competing. There are just very few/none at the top levels for whatever reason. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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