ruffdiamond 6,115 Posted August 11, 2018 9 minutes ago, The Third Man said: Make it a £50 note A what ??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jenga 2,998 Posted August 11, 2018 22 minutes ago, ruffdiamond said: A what ??? thats what i was thinking , wots yan ov them when theyre oot ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arthur cross 492 Posted August 12, 2018 9 hours ago, jenga said: you are not answering the question . the q was WHY were workingtoon allowed to run friday night fixtures at the start of the season and can an OUTSIDER state the reason why we were allowed to run on fridays ? answers on a £10 note and send it to workijgton speedway .. As I understand it, once Craig Cook had qualified towards the end of last season for this year's GP-series, Workington were then keen to avoid running home meetings on GP-Saturdays as they knew (especially in borderline Cumbrian weather) that a significant chunk of their home crowd would prefer to watch Cook live on TV instead of turning up at Derwent Park and settling for a Sky-+ trip through Cook's races along with the rest of that night's GP afterwards. Hence it was reckoned Friday nights with no counter-attraction of GP-TV would be better financially for the Comets than Saturday night clashes between the two and, at that stage, the BSPA didn't seem to have a problem with such a plan and its likely scattering of a few Workington home-Fridays throughout the 2018 season. But then came the actual declaring of the 2018 GP-schedule, crucially the first such schedule to be fitted into not just a World Cup football year but a World Cup in which Poland were expected to go a long way within it (yes, I know they actually crashed out straight away but on FIFA pre-tournament rankings they were the top-seeds in Group H ahead of Colombia, Senegal and Japan). Hence there weren't many GP's (just a couple of them plus the Speedway Nations week) during May & most of June, followed by the much busier GP-schedule that began (after the football groups were over) with the Danish round at Horsens on 30-June and yet still included one of the Swedish rounds at Hallstavik on 7-July which could have been getting underway only a few minutes after a Poland-Sweden quarter-final penalty shootout if the World Cup draw had tumbled that particular way (that was the actual game in which England beat Sweden 2-0). Even once both the GP and World Cup schedules were settled (shortly before Christmas 2017), there still seemed no serious objection from the BSPA to Workington's occasional GP-swerving Fridays and that still remained the case when the Comets' fixtures were announced early in 2018 with lots of Friday home meetings for them packed into July and August rather than a wider scattering of those home-Fridays across April and May as well. Then, as has been well (and very understandably frustratingly) documented on umpteen threads on this forum, it was only decided to scupper more than just Workington's Friday-plan at disgracefully short notice when a regular Friday home-track threw all its toys out of what needs to be a rather big pram for that particular baby. Hope all the above answers jenga's question. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ruffdiamond 6,115 Posted August 12, 2018 (edited) Thats a lot of £10 notes, even with tiny writing I was gonna say something like that, but av only got a fiver Edited August 12, 2018 by ruffdiamond 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bringbackHalifax 238 Posted August 12, 2018 But according to Rob Godfrey you were told about Fridays before the season started and did nothing about it. They have only taken a tough stance because Lakeside, Peterborough and Workington did not sort it themselves. why is took 12 weeks to sort is probably because Rob couldn’t get guests as documented but due to no appeals to overturn the decision I would suggest it was in place at start of the season. British speedway is worse off under Buster and Godfrey but their ego’s won’t let them see it 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
erniew 163 Posted August 12, 2018 All the discussions about rider availability for this meeting will be academic if the rain doesn't stop soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shazza13 132 Posted August 12, 2018 Personally i hope it doesnt stop... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shaggy 62 Posted August 12, 2018 5 minutes ago, Fourentee said: Match off. Has it been announced? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jenga 2,998 Posted August 12, 2018 2 hours ago, arthur cross said: As I understand it, once Craig Cook had qualified towards the end of last season for this year's GP-series, Workington were then keen to avoid running home meetings on GP-Saturdays as they knew (especially in borderline Cumbrian weather) that a significant chunk of their home crowd would prefer to watch Cook live on TV instead of turning up at Derwent Park and settling for a Sky-+ trip through Cook's races along with the rest of that night's GP afterwards. Hence it was reckoned Friday nights with no counter-attraction of GP-TV would be better financially for the Comets than Saturday night clashes between the two and, at that stage, the BSPA didn't seem to have a problem with such a plan and its likely scattering of a few Workington home-Fridays throughout the 2018 season. But then came the actual declaring of the 2018 GP-schedule, crucially the first such schedule to be fitted into not just a World Cup football year but a World Cup in which Poland were expected to go a long way within it (yes, I know they actually crashed out straight away but on FIFA pre-tournament rankings they were the top-seeds in Group H ahead of Colombia, Senegal and Japan). Hence there weren't many GP's (just a couple of them plus the Speedway Nations week) during May & most of June, followed by the much busier GP-schedule that began (after the football groups were over) with the Danish round at Horsens on 30-June and yet still included one of the Swedish rounds at Hallstavik on 7-July which could have been getting underway only a few minutes after a Poland-Sweden quarter-final penalty shootout if the World Cup draw had tumbled that particular way (that was the actual game in which England beat Sweden 2-0). Even once both the GP and World Cup schedules were settled (shortly before Christmas 2017), there still seemed no serious objection from the BSPA to Workington's occasional GP-swerving Fridays and that still remained the case when the Comets' fixtures were announced early in 2018 with lots of Friday home meetings for them packed into July and August rather than a wider scattering of those home-Fridays across April and May as well. Then, as has been well (and very understandably frustratingly) documented on umpteen threads on this forum, it was only decided to scupper more than just Workington's Friday-plan at disgracefully short notice when a regular Friday home-track threw all its toys out of what needs to be a rather big pram for that particular baby. Hope all the above answers jenga's question. well done , well explained . so worky travel to wewc today with only 1 N.L. guest ( as of yesterday ) i dont know if they have found a rider to ride in the number 1 spot ..so it looks like Sundays rider availability could be questioned as well . not good when you cant even get a N.L. giuest . what are you going to do about Godders and Chappy ? 5 paragraphs =£50 . please forward to workington speedway ... cheers Arthur Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ruffdiamond 6,115 Posted August 12, 2018 14 minutes ago, Fourentee said: Match off. 1 hour ago, erniew said: All the discussions about rider availability for this meeting will be academic if the rain doesn't stop soon. 'They probly knew it was gonna rain',,, be interesting to learn how many idiots sent money to jenga tho Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jenga 2,998 Posted August 12, 2018 1 hour ago, bringbackHalifax said: But according to Rob Godfrey you were told about Fridays before the season started and did nothing about it. They have only taken a tough stance because Lakeside, Peterborough and Workington did not sort it themselves. why is took 12 weeks to sort is probably because Rob couldn’t get guests as documented but due to no appeals to overturn the decision I would suggest it was in place at start of the season. British speedway is worse off under Buster and Godfrey but their ego’s won’t let them see it PROOF ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ruffdiamond 6,115 Posted August 12, 2018 11 minutes ago, Shaggy said: Has it been announced? Yeah 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jenga 2,998 Posted August 12, 2018 (edited) 21 minutes ago, ruffdiamond said: 'They probly knew it was gonna rain',,, be interesting to learn how many idiots sent money to jenga tho thanks for your £10 ... ruff . Edited August 12, 2018 by jenga Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shaggy 62 Posted August 12, 2018 4 minutes ago, ruffdiamond said: Yeah The rain dance worked 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
