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  1. OveFundinFan

    Moto Gp, 2 And 3

    I doubt it. BT had the contract, That part of BT now joined into Discovery owners and called TNT. They have big football contracts that cost them a lot of money, so TNT charges to the punter are not cheap. Of course "not cheap" to one person is easily affordable to another. Discovery+ gives me all the speedway GPs for £6.99 per month, plus the speedway world cup (or whatever called this year, the British Final plus other bits, and world superbikes (all rounds), then I watch snooker, arious ski sports, cycle cross, mountain bike and such like. Good value for money IMO.
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    Moto Gp, 2 And 3

    It's usually the season. Should be on tonight, I not checked yet but the whole of the races were on over the weekend....that is rare.
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    World Superbikes

    Last night, Sunday, I watched the two Sunday WSBK races. Fantastic stuff. What with MotoGP,2,3 races on ITV4 (the whole lot, very rare, and WSBK and it's supporting races (paid for via Discovery+ £6.99pm) I have had a feast of tarmac racing this weekend on two really good tracks. Roll on speedway GP's come the end of April, can't wait. Again viewed via Discovery+, about 5 weeks to go.
  4. OveFundinFan

    Sheffield Tigers 2024

    Same story every beginning to a season....arrange to hold speedway in March and be prepared for cancellations galore.....it's inevitable......until global warming alters things for better weather. And many times April is not much better.
  5. OveFundinFan

    World Superbikes

    What a fantastic race track is Portimao, scene of this weekends MotoGP, 2 and 3. All three class races today were thrilling, some fantastic youngsters on their way up. Today those youngsters were learning how important tyre management is.... some flunked the test and learned the hard way....losing out on the trophies.
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    World Superbikes

    A good race. Is Bautista the only rider that has had to increase weight of rider/machine?
  7. Is Sam Hagon any relation to Alf Hagon or his descendants.?? Good to see the young ones shaping so well. Impressed With Cook and the two Connors. Initially looked like Blodorn had took a leap forward. Re Celina, she is having a go at a sport she loves, just like many other youngsters. Nothing wrong with that. How far will she develop……who knows. What I havnt seen in any video clip etc is she mixing it on the first corner (in a tough way). She has got speed and very steady. I give her 10/10 for the courage to have a go.
  8. That obviously implies people living and working in Poland don’t earn a good income yet the commentator said at the beginning of the meeting, as the camera was scanning the back straight stands, some fans had travelled from Poland. So some Polish residents can afford to come to UK for a meeting so a £15 stream must be well affordable.
  9. There was comments on here 4-5 years ago that £10 to watch a speedway stream was too much….. time has moved on and, unfortunately, prices of EVERYTHING have gone up.
  10. Well I paid the £15 to watch it from comfort of my own home and I am happy I did. The meeting was presented well by BV and as expected and the riders rose to the challenge and provided top notch racing. Quality of the stream was very good, the camera angles very adequate, the commentary was ok. Negatives of the meeting in relationship to the streaming was the seemingly lack of knowledge of how great Ove Fundin was and the battles he and Peter Craven had…..but then I am an Ove Fundin fan. My other moan, not the fault of the stream company, BSN, was the length of time grading the track after every four races. Thankfully BSN covered the time with an interview, but there again, if I had been at BV and not streaming then that excessive tractor grading would certainly have been very boring. I wasn’t there….maybe the time spent was necessary. So, I spent £15, I sat in the comfort of my own home, no petrol money spent, no hassle travelling 30 mile each way in rush hour traffic (it was 7 o’clock start), I could easily have spent £8-£10 on a fish and chip supper on the way home, and risked a call off meeting due to weather (but it was BV and the track is more weather friendly because it was built right). £15 well spent in my opinion.
  11. Its been a dry day and sunny, washing out on the line. Sunday was not too bad either, not as good as Monday but not too bad. Personally, knowing its BV track, I think the track will be fine. I wouldnt have the same confidence about other tracks.
  12. OveFundinFan

    World’s best 15?

    So he did, apologies……I just don’t rate him yet…….but he got the points needed - others didn’t.
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    World’s best 15?

    You could well be right, though I think Fricke was better then some others who are in.
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    World’s best 15?

    2024 GP line up includes riders included not because they qualified on the track, but chosen for “political” reasons. It’s obvious the powers that be have tried to expand the number of different nationalities, so Kvech is included. Milik is no longer a GP contender but a GP is held in Prague, so stick a Czech in for the whole season. Personally I don’t think he ready yet. Lebedevs is the first rider to represent Latvia for a whole GP season. On “his day” he probably capable of winning a GP, but he has to prove he can cope with 10GPs, it’s a tough ask. It’s difficult job the selectors have, it’s probably true you could take 10 riders out, put a different 10 in and the racing will be just as good. Missing from last year of notable worth is Fricke ( and that was a surprise to me”, Anders Thomson, Janowski (yes he had a bad year but…). Let’s not forget riders have 2 different events that they are able to qualify from….. 4 GP places for the following year, that’s over 25% of the field. Add in the fact BSF members have been shouting for new faces in the GPs for a few seasons now, well this year the selectors have put in new faces…..and immediately BSF member were complaining they were the “wrong” new faces. Who would be a selector if they were not thick skinned to take all the flack.
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    World Superbikes

    I watched all 3 WSBK races and the 2 SSP races, enjoyed every one of them. Not always been a fan of WSBK/SSP, but not able to watch MotoGP full meetings (not paying BT money) and Speedway GP not starting for some weeks yet I gave it a go. Wanted to see how Toprak did on the BMW, Rea on the Yamaha Sam Lowe moving over from Moto2, and how Bautista got on with 6.5kg weight penalty. Plenty of excitement, surprised how last years SSP champion, Bulega, got on, and Alex Lowes performance now he doesn't have Toprak as teammate. The whole track relaid and immediately the track record was broke virtually by all WSBK riders. Ianone, after being of competative racing for 4 years went extremely well. There was an amazing pass by ALex Lowes did an amazing pass on the last lap of a race going round the outside of Bautista, very brave move. When Bautista gets rid of his neck injury from last year, and gets used to carrying an extra 6.5 kg penallty that will be good. Rea will sort his bike out, the other Yamahas were going ok, Toprak gets used to the BMW, Ianone gets fully race fit I think we in for a mighty fine season. Too early to prdict title winner but Bulega looks very promising.
  16. OveFundinFan

    Pits crew attire

    No reason why pit crew attire should cost a lot. Traditional mechanic attire has always been one piece overalls. It’s not a fashion show. Relatively cheap and practical. Doesn’t matter what colour so long as each pit crew is the same. In hot weather standard men’s under garments would be ok. Sorted.
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    Speedway on film

    No, not seen it. Any good? Where is it available?
  18. OveFundinFan

    SGP Sprint

    The most sensible part of this new idea is that it is only for two meetings, then hopefully it will be dropped.
  19. OveFundinFan

    Belle Vue 2024

    Zmarzlik is a throttle jammer, tends to go where he shouldn’t but gets away with it. But has finesse as well. One day it may all go wrong. I hope I am wrong n that.
  20. OveFundinFan

    Moto Gp, 2 And 3

    I convinced myself that Jake Dixon is not going to make it to MotoGP, after watching him on Sunday. Inn what should have been a defence of his 3rd place in tha championship a young but talented youngster pinched it off him. Not enough fire on his belly to make it in MotoGP. MotoGP, pity Martin couldn't take this race to Bagnia like he did Saturday. Another spectacular high side from MM. DiGi did well, again, and pleased he got a Ducati ride for next year, though he still will be a year behind machinery wise.
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    Moto Gp, 2 And 3

    Managed to see the Moto3 race. After last weeks terrible show to stop Sausalito winning he got revenge this week with a win, but still he lost the chance to be world champion in his last season in Moto3. Will have to catch up tonight (Monday) to see highlights of Moto2 and MotoGP.
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    Moto Gp, 2 And 3

    Managed to see the GP race today. Really good, could have done with DiGi getting In front of Bagnia but but to be. Quartararo does amazingly well on a bike that's not fast enough, all he can do is ride every race to the limit, today it didn't pay off. All Martin can do tomorrow is get to the front and slow the race down, difficult I know, and other riders put the pressure on Bagnia. I always like different riders to win world titles. You may only get one chance and if Martin doesn't get it this year things may go completely different next year.
  23. OveFundinFan

    Moto Gp, 2 And 3

    Some fantastic racing in all 3 classes. Moto3 is as hairy on those bikes as it was back in the days of 125cc. Is it now 2 years or 3 the two Brits have been in Moto3? Whatever, seems slow progress, they don’t seem to be moving forward and full of excuses for not improving. Moto2, I come to the conclusion we not going to see Jake Dixon in MotoGP any time soon, going to need to focus on another Brit hopeful, and it doesn’t look like it will be Bradley Ray either. MotoGP, gutted for Martin, clearly fast in the Saturday race, then clearly in trouble right from the start in Sundays race. I hope it really was a bad tyre from Michelin, though it looks like one bad in the whole weekend……what chances of that. I would hate to see any fiddling going on to help Bagnia been WChamp again. Can’t believe DiGi winning, well deserved, but where was he earlier on in the season? I know it is only his 2nd year in top class so perhaps it was a case of “gain the experience then it all comes together”. But, you can see a pattern with some other riders. They get to the second half of the season when contracts are due, then they improve. I know not many contracts were expiring 2023 but look at Alex Marquez. Ever since Marq has been signed to the same team for 2024 Alex has taken a massive leap forward. As if “oh I better perform better, big brothers coming and he will be fighting up front, and I am going to look a wally and loose my seat fro 2025”. I’m glad Alex is up there, but just saying. Overall, I hope MotoGP,2,3 is not going the way of F1…… a travelling circus. Since the F1 fiasco of 2021 when the last lap of the last race was fudged I hardly watched F1 since. If the bike GP turn into a circus show then I could easily move away from that too.
  24. The last two years I have paid £60 each year for 12 months access Discovery+ ie Entertainment and Sport. Hugh amount of entertainment and sport wasn’t shabby either. Speedway GPs, plus whatever flavour the world pairs/team was on, British championship, good number of British Premiership. No MotoGP, but can’t have everything. So with the link between BT Sport (which did have MotoGP but not speedway, for £30 per month) I was a bit worried what the charges would be 2024 to watch speedway GP’s etc. Thinking it could be anywhere between £60 per year to £30 per month or maybe more! Pleasantly surprised to receive a notification this afternoon with a link to what is happening at TNTs, the new enterprise that encompasses BT Sport and Discovery+.. see the link I got today www.cordbusters.co.uk and scroll down looking for…. Discovery+ UK Revamp: Bigger Bills Ahead For Sports Fans There is now 3 packages available : Basic (no sport), Standard (formally Entertainment+Sport) £6.99pm, gives Basic with additional Sports content from Eurosport, Premium £29.99pm, gives Standard plus TNT Sports. So for two years been paying £5pm, for 2024 will be paying £7pm. Happy with that, really did think it was going to be well above my affordability. For Discovery+ you can use app on your mobile, tablet, computer. I recommend a ROKU streaming stick, needs a HDMI connection on your TV. Hope this helps
  25. OveFundinFan

    2024 Discovery+ Sport

    That’s good to know. rev your last comment……they all do it, so if you move from Virgin it’s highly likely the “new” supplier will be doing the same. It’s crazy and needs sorting but I won’t hold my breath.
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