waytogo28 2,054 Posted October 28, 2017 More guests = less fans. Can't the chairman and all other promoters see that the fans are so against all the guests. Every week people come onto this forum to complain about the amount of guests, and yet the Heirarchy can't see the problem with it. Speedway rapidly going downhill until someone says enough is enough and we must listen to what the paying public actually would like. Perhaps they are much to busy to read what is posted, or they can't read so well or they are so busy marketing speedway on social media. Could be something like that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Argos 262 Posted October 28, 2017 Was there not some kind of forum in Nuneaton shortly after the AGM? From memory I remember one promoter complaining that it was very poorly attended by fans. Yes there was and I attended it,The BSPA did lots of publicity for it, but it really was very poorly attended, but in the following weeks S.Star It was Godfrey who was quoted as saying it was a big success and it will be a annual event, and of course there hasn’t been one since,says it all really doesn't it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikebv 10,258 Posted October 28, 2017 (edited) Time to go to "Year Zero" and start again? 99.9% of the population of the country has no idea who Jason Doyle is or what he achieved today... This time tomorrow evening, 99.9% of the population will still have no idea who Jason Doyle is and what he achieved today.. That is a huge untapped market to pursue, with a massive % living within 45 mins of a Speedway track.. Maybe we should just start again and build the sport from the ground up? Semi pro at absolute best? Heroes will be lost but new heroes will be made... Time for British Speedway to stand alone and make its own bed and lie in it? Riders earning in ONE night considerably more than they earned in a FIVE day week at their 'proper other job'..? Riders riding four or five times a week on the nights each track feel it's best for their business?... FIVE nights of actual racing earning much more than five WEEKS of 'normal work'? No hotel costs, no airline costs... The Sport seemed to work when it did that. .. Edited October 29, 2017 by mikebv 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
martinmauger 584 Posted October 29, 2017 This ^^.... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Theboss 727 Posted October 29, 2017 Time to go to "Year Zero" and start again? 99.9% of the population of the country has no idea who Jason Doyle is or what he achieved today... This time tomorrow evening, 99.9% of the population will still have no idea who Jason Doyle is and what he achieved today.. That is a huge untapped market to pursue, with a massive % living within 45 mins of a Speedway track.. Maybe we should just start again and build the sport from the ground up? Semi pro at absolute best? Heroes will be lost but new heroes will be made... Time for British Speedway to stand alone and make its own bed and lie in it? Riders earning in ONE night considerably more than they earned in a FIVE day week at their 'proper other job'..? Riders riding four or five times a week on the nights each track feel it's best for their business?... FIVE nights of actual racing earning much more than five WEEKS of 'normal work'? No hotel costs, no airline costs... The Sport seemed to work when it did that. .. Bang on the money, best post I have read for some while. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foamfence 2,917 Posted October 29, 2017 Time to go to "Year Zero" and start again? 99.9% of the population of the country has no idea who Jason Doyle is or what he achieved today... This time tomorrow evening, 99.9% of the population will still have no idea who Jason Doyle is and what he achieved today.. That is a huge untapped market to pursue, with a massive % living within 45 mins of a Speedway track.. Maybe we should just start again and build the sport from the ground up? Semi pro at absolute best? Heroes will be lost but new heroes will be made... Time for British Speedway to stand alone and make its own bed and lie in it? Riders earning in ONE night considerably more than they earned in a FIVE day week at their 'proper other job'..? Riders riding four or five times a week on the nights each track feel it's best for their business?... FIVE nights of actual racing earning much more than five WEEKS of 'normal work'? No hotel costs, no airline costs... The Sport seemed to work when it did that. .. Sounds almost like the Provincial League and that certainly worked. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arnieg 3,633 Posted October 29, 2017 I agree too - with the caveat that we can't recreate the seventies (or even sixties) the world has moved on. It is time to break the sport's current financial model (where the main beneficiaries are engine tuners and Easyjet) 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ch958 2,394 Posted October 29, 2017 Mike bv-every word you said is right on the money - be nice if someone listened. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skidder1 7,633 Posted October 29, 2017 Just out of interest, where has this 'we need more guests' comment come from?? Reportedly from Buster but where and when was it stated, cos I've missed it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ballinger 32 Posted October 29, 2017 If it is of interest, here's the video recording of that forum from Feb 2016. Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEPXhNEjdbI Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHzQqY3e2CE Part 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC04XGWE-Ac Part 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRSCJPjGFbg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skidder1 7,633 Posted October 29, 2017 Thanks, but no 'more guests' comment more recently than Feb last year?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ballinger 32 Posted October 29, 2017 (edited) Thanks, but no 'more guests' comment more recently than Feb last year?! Video links supplied as an entirely separate matter of interest. I'm sure someone else will be able to answer your question. Edited October 29, 2017 by ballinger Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alan_Jones 1,005 Posted October 29, 2017 Thanks, but no 'more guests' comment more recently than Feb last year?! Speedway Star I believe, about a month ago. I definitely read it somewhere after a mention on here. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hot Shoe 58 Posted October 29, 2017 99.9% of the population of the country has no idea who Jason Doyle is or what he achieved today... I had no idea of what Jason Doyle had done either until i just read this thread yet i am a speedway fan who goes to a couple meetings every week. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PHILIPRISING 7,298 Posted October 29, 2017 Speedway Star I believe, about a month ago. I definitely read it somewhere after a mention on here. LITTLE longer than a month ago but it was in SS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites