89buttons Posted November 27, 2024 Report Share Posted November 27, 2024 18 hours ago, LagutaRacingFan said: Why are on earth are they not allowing drinks and snacks? I would understand if there was a policy to stop alcohol being brought in, but soft drinks and food should be allowed. When I used to go to the Showground, me and my girlfriend used to visit Marks and Spencer. We used to buy ready to eat king prawns and M&S triple chocolate cookies. *My girlfriend and I 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted November 27, 2024 Report Share Posted November 27, 2024 54 minutes ago, 89buttons said: *My girlfriend and I Not sure he would be allowed to carry his girlfriend into M&S ( unless she was deflated). 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racin Jason 72 Posted November 27, 2024 Report Share Posted November 27, 2024 6 hours ago, kevin bass said: If i remember rightly Hume chucked away 2 or 3 points when in scoring positions in the home leg of the play off final against Sheffield the season before last that in the end made the difference between Ipi holding on for the aggregate win come the second leg at Sheffield, all ifs buts and maybes after the event tho you could say. I think it was 7 points from memory. Leading heat 8 at home and under no pressure whatsoever and falls off. same rider as Carl Wilkinson Chris scramm Kim jansson Paul Starke. Can’t fault the effort of them all but likely to fall off at anytime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted November 27, 2024 Report Share Posted November 27, 2024 4 hours ago, Fromafar said: Not sure he would be allowed to carry his girlfriend into M&S ( unless she was deflated). I expect most would feel deflated after meeting him! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Connor Posted November 27, 2024 Report Share Posted November 27, 2024 Hume is a likable relatable rider. I think he could be a fans favourite. You've a team with a lot of egos. Hume is the opposite! As an outsider I hope he does well for you. (Hope the other 6 flop mind you) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted November 27, 2024 Report Share Posted November 27, 2024 10 minutes ago, Danny Connor said: Hume is a likable relatable rider. I think he could be a fans favourite. You've a team with a lot of egos. Hume is the opposite! As an outsider I hope he does well for you. (Hope the other 6 flop mind you Hume is a very likeable lad and I am sure his family would have kept him grounded, I believe when he rode for Poole he worked for his dad when he could. I thought at the time he had potential but it seems he has found premiership level a bit tough in recent years and it will not be easy for him to score many points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted November 28, 2024 Report Share Posted November 28, 2024 12 hours ago, foreverblue said: Hume is a very likeable lad and I am sure his family would have kept him grounded, I believe when he rode for Poole he worked for his dad when he could. I thought at the time he had potential but it seems he has found premiership level a bit tough in recent years and it will not be easy for him to score many points. Danyon is a nice guy 100%effort.Thought his equipment let him down a number of times last season though, needs to sort that out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted November 30, 2024 Report Share Posted November 30, 2024 On 11/28/2024 at 9:26 AM, Fromafar said: Danyon is a nice guy 100%effort.Thought his equipment let him down a number of times last season though, needs to sort that out. Poole will do that ..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted November 30, 2024 Report Share Posted November 30, 2024 26 minutes ago, Trees said: Poole will do that ..... Explain that comment please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4BenMoran Posted December 9, 2024 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2024 Interesting that Woffinden says he’s now 100% fit and elbow all healed up, wonder if he’ll have a spin whilst in Aussie? Still think it’s a massive risk having him in the team coming back from such a big injury 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedway fan Posted December 9, 2024 Report Share Posted December 9, 2024 On 11/26/2024 at 6:14 PM, LagutaRacingFan said: Why are on earth are they not allowing drinks and snacks? I would understand if there was a policy to stop alcohol being brought in, but soft drinks and food should be allowed. When I used to go to the Showground, me and my girlfriend used to visit Marks and Spencer. We used to buy ready to eat king prawns and M&S triple chocolate cookies. stadium and landlord's rules Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris116 Posted December 9, 2024 Report Share Posted December 9, 2024 4 hours ago, Speedway fan said: stadium and landlord's rules In the last five years of stock cars at Wimbledon they checked bags for food and drink but it never stopped my father and I getting a thermos of coffee plus sandwiches in. Great having deep inside pockets and a bag with my programme board and extra warm clothing which they checked carefully and there was never anything of interest to them. The bag did a great job hiding the bulge in my coat caused by the thermos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted December 10, 2024 Report Share Posted December 10, 2024 On 11/30/2024 at 8:04 AM, Trees said: Poole will do that ..... As he hasn't ridden for Poole for about 3 years not sure what you mean. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur54 Posted Thursday at 08:18 AM Report Share Posted Thursday at 08:18 AM Poole have turned down the invitation to ride in the premiership KO cup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted Thursday at 08:22 AM Report Share Posted Thursday at 08:22 AM 3 minutes ago, Arthur54 said: Poole have turned down the invitation to ride in the premiership KO cup Because they weren't allowed to bring their own food? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted Thursday at 08:38 AM Report Share Posted Thursday at 08:38 AM 17 minutes ago, Arthur54 said: Poole have turned down the invitation to ride in the premiership KO cup Tigers fans breathing easier now that Poole have not taken up the ko cup invitation. Back to the really important issues of how to smuggle their own food and drinks into Owlerton!!🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluPanther Posted Thursday at 02:05 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 02:05 PM Poole probably couldn't find any riders not racing in the UK who were prepared to risk getting injured on the Owleton wall of death...🤪 4 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4BenMoran Posted yesterday at 02:49 PM Author Report Share Posted yesterday at 02:49 PM Danyon Hume at the STAARS meeting this Thursday 16th Jan at New Barrack Tavern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thbender Posted 6 hours ago Report Share Posted 6 hours ago On 1/9/2025 at 2:05 PM, BluPanther said: Poole probably couldn't find any riders not racing in the UK who were prepared to risk getting injured on the Owleton wall of death...🤪 Getting a bit fed up now with the groundless insinuations about the Owlerton track being a danger. All speedway tracks have their moments of horror, but Owlerton is no worse than any other. This myth seems to have kicked off because Ben Cook had a shocker on bend two which knocked him senseless. But, to be fair, he was racing again ten days later. The only other accident of note at Sheffield during the 2024 season was the one which finished Emil Sayfutdinov's season, which occurred NOT on the allegedly "notorious" bend two, but on bend four, and was put down to Emil's over-exuberance to catch the race-leader (i.e. his own fault, rather than any fault of the track). Every venue has its share of bangs and scrapes every season, but nine times out of ten, riders get up and walk away, albeit licking their wounds rather gingerly. But for the record, the last time the Sheffield track saw a rider incur "life-changing" injuries was 2014, when Taylor Poole fractured a femur, causing him to draw a premature veil over his racing career (and that wasn't on bend two either). Speedway can be a dangerous sport at any venue and all tracks make every effort to ensure that rider safety is the paramount consideration. The problem is not helped by alarmist voices making baseless "wall of death" insinuations. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 1 hour ago, 4thbender said: Getting a bit fed up now with the groundless insinuations about the Owlerton track being a danger. All speedway tracks have their moments of horror, but Owlerton is no worse than any other. This myth seems to have kicked off because Ben Cook had a shocker on bend two which knocked him senseless. But, to be fair, he was racing again ten days later. The only other accident of note at Sheffield during the 2024 season was the one which finished Emil Sayfutdinov's season, which occurred NOT on the allegedly "notorious" bend two, but on bend four, and was put down to Emil's over-exuberance to catch the race-leader (i.e. his own fault, rather than any fault of the track). Every venue has its share of bangs and scrapes every season, but nine times out of ten, riders get up and walk away, albeit licking their wounds rather gingerly. But for the record, the last time the Sheffield track saw a rider incur "life-changing" injuries was 2014, when Taylor Poole fractured a femur, causing him to draw a premature veil over his racing career (and that wasn't on bend two either). Speedway can be a dangerous sport at any venue and all tracks make every effort to ensure that rider safety is the paramount consideration. The problem is not helped by alarmist voices making baseless "wall of death" insinuations. They just need to rake back the dirt that builds up near the fences.. You want riders to "fly around the outside" when watching Speedway... At Sheffield the dirt becomes too deep about a metre away from the fence to encourage riders to do that .. Or, the true racers, try to use that dirt and are never really 100% in control... The reputation gained isn't so much the crashes as they are infrequent when in context, its more the fact that when you watch riders trying to use the outside they "buck and rear" more than they should.. The track would deliver better racing if they just "thinned" the dirt up by the fence out a bit... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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