IronScorpion
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15 minutes ago, bloom89 said:How long before the Simon Lambert announcement anyone…
He has not started the season how he finished last plus he has got his managerial duties now with the Stags/Prowlers(some Thursday's).
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Scunfield start on Thursday at Sheffield if that is any consolation.
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Well done the Scorpions. A result I never expected half way through & Redcar to pull away but the injury & resulting withdrawal was pivotal. Danny King went AWOL, Knudson eased up, Edwards was superb all night, Bailey came to the party & both reserves missed out on them 3rd places but was this because of the pressure we put on them finding our feet.
MPT had a great night again having to work for his paid max, Howarth got it together, Allen had an unexpected night going by how his season has started & being an ex Bear but all the others chipped in running only ONE last place after heat 7.
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11 hours ago, geoff100 said:Commitment or choice to be in poland,about time a number 8 should be used to take all rides.
9 hours ago, allthegearbutnaeidea said:If Poland want you, you go to Poland. Do you want to work for £10 an hour, or £60 an hour tomorrow?
7 hours ago, Yearbyred said:Well in this case Jonas had already signed for his Polish club and only signed for Redcar after TJ said he wouldn’t be fit to ride.
Probably makes the Bears stronger in this case, hopefully Connor can score some points after a difficult start for the Bears.
I think it is more this year that Poland want you for practice as well as the meetings.
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How the riders & mechanics do this job, I don't know.
From Redcar tonight, they have to fit in washing of bikes & gear, sleeping, eating, traveling, bike set up to arrive at Plymouth for about 5pm.
What track work was done because I thought I had seen it of extending & widening of bends 3 & 4 but someone told me it was bends 1 & 2 as well?
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As others have said, we have some riders that have ridden well at Redcar & similarly not so good. J Smith being brought in could be a M Clegg of last year, too rusty.
Hope for a good safe meeting for all riders but feel we may just lose this 48-42 after Redcar have had a kick up the backside.
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56 minutes ago, torpointfanatic22 said:So the Chairman of the sports governing body is allowing this to happen on his own front door step, what does that tell you about his values and care for the sport in this country. Godfrey is a disgrace.
39 minutes ago, edmon said:Hope you people in the 'Cancel Culture' don't do anything wrong or you might end up with people trying to cancel you.
I wonder how many "amateurs" turn out in meetings having taken medicines, smoked or drunk alcohol days before a meeting.
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I would think that Nathan's average would jump up to about 3.2/3.3 on 1st May due to his 12 from 5 against Redcar in the BSN League meeting. Looking back, he rode in about 15 league meetings in 2023 so unsure if 2023 BSN league meetings count in a rolling average(KO Cup still does not) plus the team average increases by 0.5 in May so a guest up to about 3.2 or a re-declaration up to about 3.7 could take place until Nathan is fit again.
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To be honest, with the team put out by Plymouth, it was a score I expected but the performance of Plymouths riders made it very hard work, non more so of the maximums of Tofty & Allen. First time we have had dust for a while probably due to the warm weather we have had up here these last few days drying the track out too much plus altering the track surface with a couple of grades(something not normally done).
Get well soon Nathan & other riders suffering knocks.
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18 minutes ago, scunny1 said:If they dredge the Humber , like they used to ,there would be no chance of flooding. As it is now, you can virtually walk over to Read's Island at low tide.
The Enviromental Agency should pull their fingers out & dredge the most severe waterways of flooding, notably River Ouse, the River Severn areas & Cambridge areas as they flood every year. Also, where cliff erosion is more prevalent, they could place large rocks, boulders or concrete near to cliff edges to break up the power of the waves.
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Be aware that there has been a couple of tidal flood warnings these last few days in Hull & the south bank from Barton to South Ferriby with the A1077 being closed. The alternative route, if used, would be A15, A18/M180 into Scunthorpe heading right at Morrisons roundabout, having the steelworks on your right following signs for Normanby.
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On 4/3/2024 at 11:47 PM, Bellers101 said:Well if history repeats itself probably not.
On 4/3/2024 at 11:49 PM, Bellers101 said:Well looking at this this clubs recent history I wouldn't bank on it.
The rules were changed last year where a 28 day facility is not extended. Both Wolves & Scunny had to adapt where, from memory, Wolves used guests up to 75% of Beckers average where we used guests for a few meetings then made 2 changes (which I was not happy about at the time)
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The riders knew about the dip, some even inspected it & with multi racing lines at Scunthorpe, could the incidents been avoided?
There has been ruts, holes, dips etc on most tracks over the years, notably Poole & Leicester.
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5 minutes ago, scaramanga said:yes he is but you nearly lost a rider
i was meaning nearly lost a rider long term due to injury
He got up & even rode in heat 15
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3 hours ago, KIRKYLANE said:Track was iffy.How much work was done before the late start.. no idea.
Some reasonable racing later on but racing was satisfactory without being able to call it a good meeting.
I have enjoyed many meetings at Sunny in the past and hope to in the future
1 hour ago, Fromafar said:A lot of work on track in afternoon.
There was a Stock Car meeting last Saturday so the track would have been scraped back of all shale then relaid after the Stock Car meeting probably Sunday. We have had poor weather, as has the rest of the country, all week so has probably not had time to bed together. The amount of rain we had Thursday night/Friday morning did not help matters.
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15 hours ago, scaramanga said:from what i saw tonight it looks more like last weeks ref was right not to allow meeting on
wasnt much track work untill they nearly lost there own rider in ht 13
also find it strange that palm toft won his 2nd ride and could be seen on track obviously discussing the poor track then pulled out
id say it was more down to not wanting to ride rather than injured
C Mountain is our own rider & he hit the soft patch in ht6 then falling.
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18 hours ago, SteelShoe said:Just bought the stream too so hope it goes ahead. Not rained all day at Scunthorpe apparently and here they are having to work on the track. Not a great look for the sport.
It rained from 7pm Thursday till 7am Friday plus what we had during the week.
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It was the referee, B Horley, that ultimately wasted everyone's time. Rob & crew did their best & the Scunny riders wanted to go out & test the track.
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On 3/30/2024 at 4:28 PM, Bear_Bottom said:Redcar's programme won't win Programme of the Year 2024.
Neither will Scunthorpe & be near the bottom again. If we could keep it at £1 with another page in with Managers view, Captain/riders view, supporters view, league table, current averages might appeal to most supporters.
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1. Poole
2. Glasgow
3. Scunthorpe
4. Redcar
5. Berwick
6. Oxford
7. Workington
8. Edinburgh
9. Plymouth
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Heavy rain forecast in the area & Sheffield, tonight, already off. The rain is forecast to end early morning so will the damage be done or will Rob & his band of merry people try, like last week, to get the meeting on as the weather is set for around 15-16C in the afternoon.
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szkocjasid, I know that heat 8 is protected but is it just the RS in the Premiership as the reserves were swapped in the Berwick v Workington & Poole v Oxford meetings?
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Again, as I said last year, the only clips you see on here is when Poole gate & go or they make passes. I can't remember any races of Ryan Douglas or the KOC v Scunthorpe last year.
There must be SOME races when the opposition pass Poole riders?
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2 hours ago, szkocjasid said:This could be a big win for Scunthorpe.
I can see it being about 47-43 or 43-47
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Scunthorpe 2024
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I have just seen it on the Scunny website that our next home meeting on the 10th May will be against Workington in the BSN Series & NOT Oxford in the League.