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  3. Posted · Edited by mikebv

    Looks like they haven't released all the tickets on the fouth bend...

    Only those at "camera" level for the front shot of the start line are currently able to be purchased..

    Front and middle available only. Meaning the most filmed part of the track will look full..

    We got an "upgrade" last time from our standing tickets, with some flags to this section to ensure 100% full...

    Thus giving a positive message on the TV, and it created some great atmosphere..

    (You do need the Poles there though)..:D

    Maybe they will do the same again for those buying standing tickets? 

    Hopefully some "touts" might get involved (misguidedly), and there will be a bargain or two on the days as they scramble to offload as much as they can...:D

  4. Posted

    14 minutes ago, topaz325 said:

    Similar line up for a GP and on a good track , so £85.00 is about right , but I can see if paying for a family could be prohibitive .

    £85 for a tiny minority sport is "the very top end" I would think..

    £50 cheapest seat would be a tad "more realistic" I would suggest..

    There is also no longer a "novelty value" over here anymore in watching many of those expected to be there on "Final Night", which may also impact the perceived value in paying the prices sought..

    Lets hope it is a great success though, and generates lots of publicity for UK Speedway, and full houses at each event reflects it in a good light..

  10. Posted

    16 minutes ago, Bagpuss said:

    I'd say for a lot of the time sobe folk have been saying it's too grippy and needs less material.

    I think that's the trouble with the dark, clay based shale, prep needs to be spot on for decent speedway. Not a lot of leeway either side.

    Spot on..

    Even the NSS when "running slick" delivers much better racing than "being grippy"...

    Given the handling of the bikes these days, grip can make it as near to "running on rails" as a speedway bike can get.

    Fast for sure, but very processional, as all follow the same "sweet spot" around the bends..

    I would think a clay based surface would be specifically difficult to get right, particularly when moisture is either within it, or in the air...

     

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  12. Posted

    7 hours ago, Teromaafan said:

    Is my understanding correct that referees are only paid their expenses? If that is the case, I do not think that The SCB should have gone public with the suspension. I’m all for ensuring that correct decisions are made in sport and the referee definitely  got things wrong in this meeting, but this could easily have been dealt with internally without having to explain the referee’s absence for a few days. Nobody is going to query this referee’s short officiating absence. If this is the way they treat ‘volunteers’, what a great way to encourage potential officials into the sport! Premier League football refs consistently get brown stuff thrown at them, but they are on £100k a year. I’ve seriously considered taking steps to become a speedway referre myself but this has made me realise how stupid this would be.

    It isn't as if there are "millions of pounds" riding on their decisions is it? 

    Refs in other sports get well paid, and even get someone else watching a monitor to advise them if they get things wrong...

    Speedway refs are more like "Sunday League" officlals who do it as they enjoy being involved..

    And, like it or not, the rewards for winning  titles in UK Speedway are more "Sunday League" than even "Conference League"..

    If they make decisions that could recklessly impact safety of the riders then that is a different issue, and disciplinary action should be taken and be severe..

    Otherwise, common sense, and perspective, should be used..

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  13. Posted

    For the aggregate bonus point, should the return match only take the result after 14 heats ?

    In this instance, it might not matter, but in others it may..

    In a sport with such home team advantage, the extra heats (up to 5 if called off after Ht 10), could make a big difference....

     

  14. Posted · Edited by mikebv

    1 hour ago, Technik said:

    I understand the frustration about the testing procedure but what if the rider be allowed to participate in the meeting after providing a non-negative result & then is involved in a track crash with the other rider receiving injuries that mean he must miss a few events. How then would the insurers look at our procedure if we knowingly allow a test failure to race in the event. how would the 13 other riders feel about taking to the track with a possible drug user. i understand that as a paying spectator you expect the perfect event each time but what of the others involved within the sport that work hard to produce the product you come to watch. The rules may not be perfect but if we are call bound by the same rules then it must work.

    100%...

    Litigation would be enormous if anything happened which COULD be attributed to someone who has just not passed a drugs or alcohol test..

    The ref and the clubs complicit in letting him ride, could face prosecution, as could the governing body...

    Even the rider himself could sue if he got injured as "you let me ride"...

    You don't pass, you don't ride...

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  15. Posted · Edited by mikebv

    2 hours ago, 1Tsunami said:

    Yes. I am vey puzzled by Mulford. I used to see him riding for Belle Vue Colts regularly when I used to take Archie down and he was tremendous right from his first meeting. I thought he was going to be the next superstar. I speculated that he would be out of the reserve berth and straight into the team at Redcar last year, but he really struggled and stayed in the reserve berth and had a very low average. On song he is powerful and fast and could be a top rider, but he doesn't look like making it big time. It is a shame as he has got what it takes.

    His gating was poor v the higher level rider when I watched him...

    However, whilst behind, his speed was very much on a par with the higher standard in front of him and, only very rarely did he get cut adrift from the rider in third, and often, by the end of the race, would have closed down the distance he had given away before bend 3 on the first lap..

    When in front, he had some real speed and control of the bike at that speed..

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  16. Posted

    21 hours ago, TheReturn said:

    Not sure if this was the late 80s or 90s, but Frenchman Thierry Hilaire for Long Eaton. Came in with bit of a fanfare, and at times we were not even sure if he knew how to turn the bike. Don't think he lasted long.  I think he rode for another British club after us, with similar results. 

     

    Thierry Hillarious as he got renamed...:D

  18. Posted

    Very sad news...

    One of the best English riders ever, and won many times, both individually and as a team man, domestically and internationally, in an era with many of the best riders who ever rode a speedway bike...

    Condolences, and Best Wishes, to Chris and the rest of the Louis family...

    R.I.P. "Tiger"....

  21. Posted

    30 minutes ago, 1Tsunami said:

    I think Stoke lost their track due to the expansion of the industrial estate. They only rented their land. 

    Dave did an incredible job for many years to keep Stoke running and competitive...

    A true unsung stalwart of UK Speedway..

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