2ndbendbeerhut 1,781 Posted September 13, 2017 Maybe teams that don't complete fixtures should have points deducted... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spanner47 336 Posted September 13, 2017 Maybe teams that don't complete fixtures should have points deducted... Problem is, sometimes one team wants to ride and the other one doesn't. Would be harsh to penalise a team when others are refusing to ride them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2ndbendbeerhut 1,781 Posted September 13, 2017 I mean the home team loses points. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv 10,706 Posted September 13, 2017 I mean the home team loses points.would that be fair on say Sheffield if this Thursday against the Witches is rained off for the 3rd time. I dont think it would. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tyretrax 2,253 Posted September 13, 2017 I mean the home team loses points. So what if it's the away team who are refusing the fixture? That wouldn't be fair. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baldyman 6,243 Posted September 13, 2017 Maybe teams should try racing every week, instead of having loads of blank dates, which are normally during the summer, when it's best for speedway. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2ndbendbeerhut 1,781 Posted September 13, 2017 If a club can't fit in fixtures.. then tough! There's enough weeks during the season Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spanner47 336 Posted September 13, 2017 Look at our situation with Edinburgh. If someone had told us we've got to go there the previous Friday then we'd have gone with Connor Mountain, 5 guests and R/R. Nobody is saying it's easy, but someone in charge (with power) would certainly make life easier. And don't forget, we're lucky at Ipswich, it hardly ever rains here on a Thursday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fromafar 10,359 Posted September 13, 2017 No real need for awarding fixtures, just make them ride in the first place. Surely the promoters must see the problems we do, but we know the solution, but they do nothing about it. The K.O. cup is the one that always gets me, bloody obvious the teams in the play offs are likely to be the same as the ones in the latter stages of the cup, but still we wait and wait for the cup to be sorted every year. but it's obvious that the BSPA are turning a blind eye to the situation and not wanting to upset each other.There has to be a rule introduced to make they get on with it.They couldn't run a raffle nowadays. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
New era Panthers 2,055 Posted September 13, 2017 but it's obvious that the BSPA are turning a blind eye to the situation and not wanting to upset each other.There has to be a rule introduced to make they get on with it.They couldn't run a raffle nowadays. Maybe every side should have a set quota of matches per month with early season a vital time and not for meaningless meetings . Perhaps it would be a good idea to start the season with the knock cup and then straight on to league racing, all meetings should maybe scheduled to take place by mid august thus leaving 2 weeks to allow for postponements to be reorganised , any team's that don't complete there fixtures by the end of August by means of fines for non-compliance thus making teams much keener to fit in rearrangements . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Badge 5,125 Posted September 13, 2017 Maybe every side should have a set quota of matches per month with early season a vital time and not for meaningless meetings . Perhaps it would be a good idea to start the season with the knock cup and then straight on to league racing, all meetings should maybe scheduled to take place by mid august thus leaving 2 weeks to allow for postponements to be reorganised , any team's that don't complete there fixtures by the end of August by means of fines for non-compliance thus making teams much keener to fit in rearrangements .err isn't that what happened this season?? Our half of the cup draw was done and dusted before league racing started I thought. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spanner47 336 Posted September 13, 2017 Anyway, back to this meeting. Forecast still showing showers, I assume it all depends on how heavy they are. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nagy1 246 Posted September 13, 2017 Heavy showers that were forecast have changed to light rain on the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2648579 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fromafar 10,359 Posted September 13, 2017 err isn't that what happened this season?? Our half of the cup draw was done and dusted before league racing started I thought.Yip,what they don't seem to factor in is that virtually every season the same top teams of that season get to the latter stages of Cup competitions.They have to make sure the early rounds are priority over everything else.Golden Heat is a must if Teams draw on aggregate. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grand Central 2,654 Posted September 13, 2017 (edited) What is just as infuriating is that the original fixture was cancelled first thing on Sunday morning. When the forecast was much better than it is today. And on that original date we only had a shower later in the day when the racing would have been all but over. Sometimes we keep digging a bigger and bigger hole for ourselves to clamber out from. Edited September 13, 2017 by Grand Central Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
