Falcon Hammer 576 Posted October 8, 2014 https://mobile.twitter.com/MikkelBechJ https://twitter.com/MikkelBechJ "So I heard they will make the British league on Wednesdays only next year. That's true or?" Yippee - no more problems with guests & hopefully more top riders able to commit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
New Science 1,059 Posted October 8, 2014 https://mobile.twitter.com/MikkelBechJ https://twitter.com/MikkelBechJ "So I heard they will make the British league on Wednesdays only next year. That's true or?" Yippee - no more problems with guests & hopefully more top riders able to commit Not good news for about 15 Danes who want to ride in Elite league and Danish league Not good news for about 15 Danes who want to ride in Elite league and Danish league 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aaron Reuben Smith 37 Posted October 9, 2014 Wednesday is usually speedway night at Lynn unless we want to use our Danish riders, in which case we ride Thursdays Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CUFC_Brummie 132 Posted October 9, 2014 Let's hope so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrMungo 708 Posted October 9, 2014 Not good news for about 15 Danes who want to ride in Elite league and Danish leagueNot all Danish meetings take place on Wednesdays. Some take place on Monday, some on Friday. Their equivalent to Premier League takes place on Saturdays (sometimes as early as 10am!) aswell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
James Taplin 13 Posted October 9, 2014 Is this for real? Wednesday are they mad? Is this 100%. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paul90210 40 Posted October 9, 2014 This won't happen. Too many clubs don't own their own ground, so have to ride on various nights determined by the ground owners, or the promotion will know that changing race night to a Wednesday will be like a death stroke to their business so will opt not to run 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skidder1 7,634 Posted October 9, 2014 If its true - and I hope it is (although I heard it was the aim for 2016!!) - then presumably the 8 EL clubs have been involved in the decision!!? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pandorum 1,259 Posted October 9, 2014 The last desperate throw of the dice by a truly desperate organisation. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TitusTokio 43 Posted October 9, 2014 From what I heard, a single race night won't even be on the agenda at the AGM! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
INCOGNITO 357 Posted October 9, 2014 It will only be in the Elite League if they did go with one set night but there could be a compromise with Sky by having half the fixtures on a Monday and half on a Wednesday which would allow tracks more chances of a guest if required while giving the riders like Woffinden, Janowski, Iversen etc the one night a week they want. MONDAY; Wolverhampton V Coventry and Lakeside v Swindon WEDNESDAY; Poole v Kings Lynn and Leicester v Belle Vue following week MONDAY; Belle Vue v Poole and Swindon v Leicester WEDNESDAY; Kings Lynn v Wolverhampton and Coventry v Lakeside Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikebv 10,270 Posted October 9, 2014 Possibly linked into the aces new track....??? Seem to remember within the planning, wednesday is one of the agreed nights..... They run wednesday now as and when required... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomkat12 12 Posted October 9, 2014 If thats the case thats me and the family finished with speedway. We travel to Leicester Lions on a sat so theres no problem with the kids staying up as no school the following day but wednesday......no chance and no doubt it will be the same for other young families. If the sports to have any future its got to attract kid and a mid week date is not really compatible with school the following day. Midweek also often clashes with other childrens passtimes like brownies cubs dancing etc. Speedway needs to think long and hard about its future supporters and not just what night the riders can fit in riding in the UK. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skidder1 7,634 Posted October 9, 2014 Possibly linked into the aces new track....??? Seem to remember within the planning, wednesday is one of the agreed nights..... They run wednesday now as and when required... For some weird reason BV wanted Friday nights for the new stadium!!? But Wednesdays were also an option. In fact anything but Mondays!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sancho 28 Posted October 9, 2014 It will only be in the Elite League if they did go with one set night but there could be a compromise with Sky by having half the fixtures on a Monday and half on a Wednesday which would allow tracks more chances of a guest if required while giving the riders like Woffinden, Janowski, Iversen etc the one night a week they want. MONDAY; Wolverhampton V Coventry and Lakeside v Swindon WEDNESDAY; Poole v Kings Lynn and Leicester v Belle Vue following week MONDAY; Belle Vue v Poole and Swindon v Leicester WEDNESDAY; Kings Lynn v Wolverhampton and Coventry v Lakeside Out of those 8 only Wolverhampton and Swindon would have to ask stadium owners for a change of night. Poole & Kings Lynn already ride on Wednesday. Leicester & Belle Vue (soon) own their own stadiums. Don't see any problems with Lakeside & Coventry (at the moment) changing to Wednesdays (no clashes with stocks). We no longer have the luxury of trying to dictate to the wider speedway world Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
