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  3. Posted

    2 minutes ago, szkocjasid said:

    Still waiting for the people demanding the meeting be postponed due to the weather to pop up & admit they were wrong / congratulate the track staff / promotion for ensuring the meeting went ahead.

    And those that didn't go because of the supposedly poor conditions missed a quite entertaining meeting. (Unless of course, they bought the stream instead).

    Conditions at the racetrack were so bad that it meant that they had to water the track during the meeting! B)

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  5. Posted

    39 minutes ago, chun said:

    two formula 1 cars from the same team collide on the run in to the line and crash out of the race.  the referee doesn’t award either car points so why does he need to here?  was the race actually stopped?  i don’t recall the red lights coming on.  maybe the Lynn rider was past the stricken Leicester duo before the ref had a chance to put the red lights on.  i can see your point of view for sure.  another grey area is where two riders from the same team collide on the opening corner yet both are reinstated for the re run.  i don’t think the rule book is definitive in these kind of scenarios.  i doubt very much that the investigation will focus on heat 2.  for me the incident with the starting gate post will be the focus as this is clearly a safety issue where the heat should have been stopped immediately.  also the ref should have used the tv footage to catch kemp touching the tapes but this heat 2 incident is far too subjective IMHO

    Perhaps the Referee did not have access to the TV footage?

  6. Posted

    1 hour ago, iainb said:

    You are right, clubs are always going to get criticised, it goes with the territory and you can argue the toss until the cows come home on the merits of whether meetings should have gone ahead or not. I think we a can all agree that meetings have run in the past where they certainly wouldn't do today, whether that be to do with the bikes, tracks, financial risk, whatever the reason. The thing is it is now 2024 and as far as I can tell absolutely nothing has been done to try and remedy the situation at all. The only "improvement" has been the proliferation of weather "forecasts" (and you can really take your pick there as to which service you use and whether you think that is accurate or not) which can often just add confusion to a situation and the dalliance  with track covers occasionally at some tracks.

    Comparing the Oxford and Leicester matches, the circumstances were very similar, they're only 80 miles apart have had pretty much the same weather recently and were both going to cop some rain on their opening night. The track was in perfect condition at Leicester the night before, yet Leicester elect to cancel and Oxford don't. Both had the press at their stadiums the day before saying there's going to be Speedway tomorrow night, Speedway is back! You only have to look at Oxford's TwitterX feed to see the size of the crowd they pulled in.

    At the Leicester P&P the riders were advised not to ride the inside line on the bends, and they all heeded that advice. You don't get that option when there are 4 riders on the track.

  7. Posted

    NO APPEAL FROM BRANDON ESTATES! 

    As posted by the SCS group.

    WE have now received official confirmation that stadium owners Brandon Estates have not chosen to pursue a High Court challenge to the outcome of the recent planning inquiry.
    The appeal against the refusal of planning permission, arising from the November 2022 Planning Committee decision at Rugby Borough Council, was dismissed by inspector Helen Hockenhull in mid-January, after evidence from all parties had been heard last autumn.
    The remaining option available to the appellants would have been a Judicial Review based on a legal challenge (rather than a challenge to the decision itself).
    We understand speedway and stock car fans, and local residents, have been eager to know what might happen next, and there has been plenty of speculation; however, we had to wait for a six-week period to expire, which was the window in which the High Court challenge could be submitted.
    Recent correspondence with the Planning Inspectorate has confirmed there has been no challenge.
    We are naturally delighted that this marks the end of this particular part of the process, and also that our approach to each stage has been vindicated.
    We must once again place on record our thanks to everyone from the sporting and local community who stepped up in such spectacular numbers last summer to assist us with the cost of legal representation.
    Anyone who watched the planning inquiry, and will therefore now understand the way it was conducted, will have seen how being represented in this manner was crucial to our chances of success.
    Likewise to our witnesses and those who spoke in support of the stadium at the inquiry, your honesty and passion shone through under difficult scrutiny, and it is sincerely appreciated.
    There is now much for us to consider as a Campaign Group, doubtless with further meetings to be arranged over the coming weeks.
    At this stage it is too early to give any clear indication over what is to follow, or any timescales, other than to say that at every stage of the planning application we have worked through potential scenarios and considered our strategy under every likely circumstance.
    We thank everyone for their support – it has been hugely appreciated, and never more so than during the time of the Appeal – and can assure you that with this huge hurdle cleared, we retain an unstinting commitment to get speedway and stock car racing back to their rightful place at Brandon Stadium, and finally bring this saga to an end for the benefit of both the sports and the local community.

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  10. Posted

    1 hour ago, Technik said:

    The rule always used to be "At the tapes ready to race at the expiry of the 2 minute allowance" but this was never enforced & gardening time was allowed & as the meeting went on 2 minutes gets closer to 5 minutes as we reach the big races.

    The clock has been about for a good while & is used to great effect in the FIM events as well as Polish Swedish & Danish leagues but as our TV meetings have shown it gets turned off if it nears 15 seconds whilst the riders continue to dig their start area & the time is extended.

    If it is used correctly all races will start within 2 minutes & the regular offenders will soon fall into line as they have in other leagues.

    I beg to differ. The old rule was that a rider had to be on track and making his way towards the tapes.

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  12. Posted

    6 minutes ago, chunky said:

    Really sad. A very underrated rider, and I'm sure that a lot of modern fans don't know that he was a World Finalist.

    A very likeable character who partnered Ron Mountford in a Garage in Bloxwich. If my memory serves me right I recall that he had a troublesome shoulder injury that hampered his progress.

    Didn't he dislocate it one time in a fall at Coventry and put it back in place by running into a wall? (Or something like that?)

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  13. Posted

    41 minutes ago, Ray Stadia said:

    Because the stadium owners and it has been speedway promoters in the past, like Sandhu, looking to 'cash in their chips'! Promoter stadium owners, pretending they have speedway's best interest, when the only interest they have, is in themselves! Another example, the Pugh's, Cradley Heath! 

    I thought the situation was that Sandhu had been 'forced' to sell as a Bank had called in a loan/mortgage on the site?

  15. Posted

    2 hours ago, enotian said:

    Something to rattle the purists but with Poland likely to dominate any world cup in the future and the unsavoury jingoism of international competition would the speedway world cup be better made up of twelve teams representing each of the star signs (or calendar months if you don't subscribe to that type of gubbins).

    Might bring the sport some notoriety and even up the competition (unless all the best speedway riders were born at the same time of year?)

    After all everyone in the entire world has a star sign so you could naturally migrate to support your own team even if none of its riders were from the same country as you.  Afterall if you believe in star signs then you probably have more in common with someone of the same sign that you do with someone from the same country :D

    With nationality becoming increasingly more fluid anyway would you support a twelve team star sign world cup? Who'd you support and who'd be in the team?  

    I think that all that talk of Star Sign defining how people think, live, act etc. is just a load of baloney. But then again, that is typical of us Capricorns.

  21. Posted

    Just now, GS550 said:

    I said the more professional business-like promoters voiced that this holiday jolly to Tenerife is totally unnecessary.

    Obviously they were in the minority and the amateur majority voted for it.  Its Mickey Mouse run by amateurs that haven't a clue how to conduct themselves.

    So how did the more professional business-like promoters allow themselves to be outnumbered by the MM amateurs?

  22. Posted · Edited by Gambo

    10 minutes ago, GS550 said:

    You haven't got it so I'll repeat.   There...  is.... NOTHING...  left...   to...   discuss!!!!!!!

    What part of "there is nothing left to discuss" are you not getting?

    They discussed everything at the p-re-meeting.  This is only a jolly.  They've no intention of discussing anything meaningful.

    The more professional business-like promoters voiced that this holiday jolly to Tenerife is totally unnecessary.

    In any case, if there are problems to sort out then it should be done in a business-like manner.  Not on a holiday jolly to Tenerife.  It's Mickey Mouse run by amateurs that haven't a clue how to conduct themselves.

    If they want a holiday then fine but do so with their wife or family privately same as everyone else.

    Make your mind up!

    Are they Mickey Mouse amateurs, or 'more professional business-like promoters'?

    Would be interesting to see which promoters YOU put into each group!

  23. Posted

    9 minutes ago, Neila said:

    The 1k is for one promoter some teams have joint promotion so both go (2 x 1k)  to make sure correct decisions are made correctly. 

    A run to rugby £125 in petrol for Scottish promotions, 2 nights in Premier Inn £175 job done at less than a  third of price to going to tenerife!!

    And why shouldn't they go to Tenerife?

  24. Posted

    So blinkered, some posters!

    Are promoters not allowed to have a working holiday, or even a holiday then?

    If they have made a 'profit' from their Speedway business, how do they plow even a penny back into facilities at a stadium where the majority are merely tenants?

    If the costs are, as someone suggested around £1000, to attend, what difference would that mean, adding £1000 to a track's overall budget for the year?  That £1000 (and more) can be wiped out in quick time by a rain off.

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  25. Posted

    47 minutes ago, False dawn said:

    My fear is that Oxford will announce they are running the play off meeting on the same day. Given that 6 of the Cubs team are named in the U19 line up, this might cause a bit of a problem.

    Not to mention the fact that I want to support the Cubs and I've got my readmission ticket for the U19 meeting. 

    Now to be re-staged Saturday 21st @Cowley. 7:45pm.

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