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Vincent Blachshadow

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  1. Vincent Blachshadow

    Gorzow GP Saturday 24th June 2023

    Ah, right. Thanks. I'm sure I can recall the winner (first in the final) getting fewer points than the runner-up at least once some years back.
  2. Vincent Blachshadow

    Gorzow GP Saturday 24th June 2023

    So how does that work then? (first GP I've watched for a few years - since I stopped going to them, in fact). Four wins and a third place = 13 in the heats, a win in the semi and final = 6. Where does the extra point come from?
  3. Vincent Blachshadow

    Gorzow GP Saturday 24th June 2023

    19. Came third in his first ride,
  4. Vincent Blachshadow

    Jason Crump

    Todd Wiltshire made a comeback in 2006 after having had a farewell meeting in 2004.
  5. Vincent Blachshadow

    Speedway's future IMO

    But would that bother them seeing as they quite often ride in matches (as guests) that could knacker their own team's season.
  6. Vincent Blachshadow

    Peterborough Panthers 2019

    Respect a man that aided others in an attempt to close the club down is asking too much.
  7. Vincent Blachshadow

    Tracks around football pitches

    Hull reopened at Craven Park in the mid 90s, which was also around a rugby league pitch, Hull Kingston Rovers this time. Never went to The Boulevard but I was told that Craven Park wasn't quite as narrow. I've seen some good meetings at Derwent Park, Workington, which was around a rugby pitch.
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    Belle vue v Peterboro 13th june thursday

    Well, certainly not at speedway meetings any more anyway. More's the pity.
  9. Vincent Blachshadow

    Belle vue v Peterboro 13th june thursday

    Oh I know people all right. I know people who stopped going because the last time they went the away 'team' included five guests and R/R. I know people who stopped going because they supported Wednesday and Saturday teams but now have to go Monday and Thursday. I know people who packed up when they saw how easy some promoters will gang up to try and put a couple of rival tracks out of business. I know a couple who packed up because they saw riders riding for opposing teams one day then in the same team the next a division lower. There's other reasons people I know have packed up going too but hey, in your little world all people have stopped going because of poor teams. Fix that, heaven knows how these better teams will be paid for, but get these riders back and all will be well! At least I concede a few probably stopped going because of poor teams (some who know you, apparently) but you seem to have a blinkered view where other motives are concerned. And, since a good proportion of speedway fans in this country watch all three levels of the sport , why would the concept of 'poor teams' bother them unduly as long as the teams were reasonably well matched and conducive to good racing.
  10. Vincent Blachshadow

    Belle vue v Peterboro 13th june thursday

    We need more than just the ones who've left because of poor teams back because, in my experience, they won't make much difference. With no particular team to call my own to support I've been watching my speedway wherever took my fancy and met several people around the country I chatted to at their tracks. Many have stopped going and not one of them has cited 'poor teams' as their reason for packing up going to speedway. I don't doubt some have stopped going for that reason, but, as I posted, I don't know of any.
  11. Vincent Blachshadow

    Advertising in ASDA 2019

    It wasn't the parents my mate was referring to. You can't go into a school and start giving tickets away without permission and the reasons given (late nights and no homework time) were what he was being told when denied permission by head teachers to give tickets away.
  12. Vincent Blachshadow

    Advertising in ASDA 2019

    One of the problems with giving away free tickets in schools, according to a promoter friend a few years back, is that it's a midweek sport. Out straight after tea and not back till after ten isn't conducive with getting homework done and going to bed at 'a suitable time' (his words) for many schoolchildren. Then there's the holidays, of course. A football-attending friend of mine tells me that the free tickets for matches are invariably for weekend games (at his club, anyway).
  13. Vincent Blachshadow

    SPOTY

    Well, the full title of the award is 'BBC Sports Personality of the Year' so it seems reasonable to give it to someone from a sport they actually cover.
  14. Vincent Blachshadow

    Swindon 2019

    Don't you just wait till March 1st when any rider not being used is fair game? Seem to recall this precedent being set by some club or other four or five years back.
  15. A referee, however powerful he might be within speedway, can't over-rule a curfew and allow a match to carry on. In this instance, wasn't he fed the line that there was a curfew therefore he had no alternative but to stop the racing?
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