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  1. Posted

    On 2/15/2024 at 8:08 AM, King of the Boeotians said:

    It is little wonder that speedway is in the state it is when so many just bang on about fractions of points. Averages are for team managers and promoters to worry about.

    so the fans cant talk about averages at all? what a strange point of view

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  2. Posted

    On 1/29/2024 at 10:44 AM, SJA said:

    Surely those images that came out over the weekend of the excavator struggling with the conditions at Plymouth must be considered a PR mistake.

    I cannot believe more has not been made of the very poor conditions.

    Compare those images to the ones released by Leicester of their new training track and the early winter work that has obviously been going on with the main track.

    Good job the season doesnt start for two months eh?

  3. Posted

    On 1/26/2024 at 11:23 AM, bigdave said:

    Yes, because it creates publicity before the meeting and increases the attendance at the meeting. If it didn't do either, then I would have thought that Ian Thomas wouldn't have booked any interval attractions.

    i cant imagine it made much different to attendance whatsoever. 

  4. Posted

    Best bet is to do something with the fans during the interval where they could potentially win something, tickets to the next meeting or something like that.

    cuts down on paying for anything else and depending on what it is, keeps the fans in the crowd entertained 

  5. Posted

    2 minutes ago, bigdave said:

    Ian Thomas was regularly putting on interval attractions at Workington including Ken Dodd, Charlie Williams, Del Boy,  a guy who dived into a small tank of water from a great height, Ice Speedway Bike lap record etc. He certainly new how to promote speedway.

    do any of those things 'promote speedway'?

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    5 minutes ago, Marky_Mark said:

    As it’s a slow work day, I decided to sit and do the maths on this.

    So a third of that is about £650 a point, let’s just say Artem scores 10 points then £6500 plus extras (flights, mechanics etc) comes to £7500 a meeting 

    £7500 divided by £25 entry fee = 300 people through the gate just to pay for Artem and that’s before all other costs, the other 6 riders plus stadium hire etc.

    But that then got me thinking there is no entry fees when riding away so that’s another £7500 on the above assumptions so you’d need 600 people per home meeting to cover home and away costs for a number 1.

    Now I have no idea how accurate the above figure is, nor am I saying anything against the riders as they have big expenses but it just made me realise how difficult it really is for these promoters. 

     

     

    i wouldnt believe one word that poster says to be perfectly honest with you

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  9. Posted

    On 1/12/2024 at 10:56 PM, Najjer said:

    There is no way Iversen has reached the level of Andersen. Iversen is still a very capable rider in Poland (and the UK) so anybody who thinks he’ll be declining that rapidly needs a head wobble. He isn’t a Grand Prix standard rider anymore but he’s alright.

    For what it’s worth, I would be putting Iversen at no.2 - there is every chance even away from home but especially at home, he would be popping out and winning heat 1 and gives a solid heat 8 too.

    Agreed, would definitely have Iversen at two 

  11. Posted

    1 hour ago, j2ohh said:

     

    so what heats our new lady rider be in after the reserves race . please tell . i am all ears and eyes and await your findings , thank you.

    Presumably she will be number 6, so she’ll be in heat 2 against reserves, heat 7 against 3 & 4, heat 11 against 1 and 2, and heat 14 against 4 and 7.

    i think she will do well to attain a four point average but considering the fellow reserves this year, I don’t think she will be too far of the pace 

  17. Posted

    1 minute ago, Arthur54 said:

    Everyone seems so concerned Poole have balls up, why don't you worry about your own teams, surly it gives your team's a better chance of winning something if they have. Let's just wait and see how it pans out, the poor bloke hasn't been given a chance 

    he had a chance a few years ago, he was crap then too

  19. Posted

    16 minutes ago, OGT said:

    I think you need to look at the demographic of the city and look at the growth of places such as Tamworth and Lichfield to understand why the club struggles to get decent crowds.

    Then add on the fact that very few people actually like the sport anymore, which is probably the main issue. 

     

     

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