Swindon v Belle Vue // Premiership // 6.9.18

[ouch 1,191]

Forgotten what?

[ZagarRacing 117]

1 hour ago, ouch said:

Forgotten what?

Swindon v Belle Vue will be forgotten and not restaged.

[Steve0 5,517]

5 hours ago, hyabb17 said:

THE Swindon Management have confirmed arrangements following Thursday's (Sept 6) abandoned meeting v Belle Vue and will offer prices which are an improvement on the official BSPA policy.

Supporters who purchased tickets at the stadium will be able to use their re-entry vouchers to obtain a discount of £6.00 for either the King's Lynn meeting on Monday 10th September or any other Speedway meeting held at the Abbey Stadium in 2018. Adults tickets will cost £11.00 and concessions £8.00, children (11-16) will cost £3.00.

Not getting at Swindon (because they say it is better than the agreed BSPA rate) but no wonder people don’t see Speedway as VFM!!  15 heats in a meeting and it costs joe public £11 to  watch 6 heats (of poor racing because of the rain) and the remaining 9 heats are only worth £6!! Really?!?!?!  There can’t be much more room to put another nail in the coffin of British Speedway.

[auntie doris 2,342]

Quietly sweep under carpet or award to Vue

[tyler42 150]

On 9/6/2018 at 5:17 PM, waiheke1 said:

His old man a slow burner?

As a 17yo i recall him beating a peak mike lee. In his 2nd full season he was an england international. In his 3rd he was a meeting away from the world final, beat a world class field to win the peter craven memorial and was a genuine top flight hl while still a teenager.

Yes injuries slowed his progress and he was 23(?) before he made his world final debut.

But really he made an instant impact. 

Totally agree. I'm sure Smudge along side Tatum both made their Division one debuts in 1983.

Both went straight into the top league without any 2nd division Experience. 

As you say Smudge was anything but a slow burner

[waiheke1 4,295]

3 hours ago, tyler42 said:

Totally agree. I'm sure Smudge along side Tatum both made their Division one debuts in 1983.

Both went straight into the top league without any 2nd division Experience. 

As you say Smudge was anything but a slow burner

Mostly correct.

Smudge made a handful of appearances for the aces end of 1982 once he turned 16.

Everything else you say is spot on

[waiheke1 4,295]

On 9/7/2018 at 10:41 PM, acef said:

 

Not necessarily making reference to his immediate impact, more the tenacity of his riding, gating etc.

What does slow burner mean in terms of tenacity of riding?

There wasn't a more tenacious rider than a teenage Andy Smith.

Maybe you could use it with regards to his gating, which did improve over time (could hardly have got worse, he followed the footsteps of collins and mort in that regard!)

Still think it is one of the last terms i would use to describe Andy Smith, and really dont see the similarities between his and Jack's careers so far?

[acef 795]

57 minutes ago, waiheke1 said:

What does slow burner mean in terms of tenacity of riding?

There wasn't a more tenacious rider than a teenage Andy Smith.

Maybe you could use it with regards to his gating, which did improve over time (could hardly have got worse, he followed the footsteps of collins and mort in that regard!)

Still think it is one of the last terms i would use to describe Andy Smith, and really dont see the similarities between his and Jack's careers so far?

Horses for courses. 

We all see things differently. 

[Gavan 5,050]

10 hours ago, waiheke1 said:

What does slow burner mean in terms of tenacity of riding?

There wasn't a more tenacious rider than a teenage Andy Smith.

Maybe you could use it with regards to his gating, which did improve over time (could hardly have got worse, he followed the footsteps of collins and mort in that regard!)

Still think it is one of the last terms i would use to describe Andy Smith, and really dont see the similarities between his and Jack's careers so far?

Hugely under rated rider who i think many mock due to his gp record, but he qualified on merit every year.

5th and 7th in two world finals

3x British Champion in a row against such takent as Havvy, Dugard, Screen , Loram , Louis, Tatum, Doncaster was no mean feat.

Cant see how Jack Smith will even come close to a career like that but wish him well

[ouch 1,191]

Confidence thing with Jack, everything else is there. Riders and fans alike say how races are won and lost in the mind. I’m not sure it the new UK set up have got hold of him yet but it would be interesting to see if they could help turn things round. 

[A ORLOV 8,628]

On 9/7/2018 at 7:09 PM, ZagarRacing said:

Swindon v Belle Vue will be forgotten and not restaged.

Wrong as usual 

Meeting scheduled Sept 20th

[A ORLOV 8,628]

Meeting date now changed to Sep 27th

[SUPERACE 440]

On 9/7/2018 at 2:16 PM, hyabb17 said:

THE Swindon Management have confirmed arrangements following Thursday's (Sept 6) abandoned meeting v Belle Vue and will offer prices which are an improvement on the official BSPA policy.

Supporters who purchased tickets at the stadium will be able to use their re-entry vouchers to obtain a discount of £6.00 for either the King's Lynn meeting on Monday 10th September or any other Speedway meeting held at the Abbey Stadium in 2018. Adults tickets will cost £11.00 and concessions £8.00, children (11-16) will cost £3.00.

Season ticket holders will be able to use their re-entry tickets to obtain free re-entry for either the King's Lynn meeting on Monday 10th September or any other Speedway meeting held at the Abbey stadium in 2018.

People who purchased tickets online have two options:

Option 1 - bring your receipt from Thursday’s meeting and pay the reduced rates shown above on the gate.

Option 2 - Receive a refund of £6.00 from their ticket purchase. Persons choosing option 2 should email this preference to -email-.

Anyone who cannot attend in 2018 can receive a refund by sending their re-admission tickets and a SAE to Swindon Robins, Abbey Stadium, Lady Lane, Blunsdon SN25 4DN

That's shocking how can they charge more than 50% admission for only 6 heats which is clearly less than half a meeting.  The fans got less than £7.00 of action so they are owed at least £10.00 so it should be £7.00 for adults to go back in.  The rules stink.

[Wee Eck 703]

On 9/7/2018 at 2:16 PM, hyabb17 said:

THE Swindon Management have confirmed arrangements following Thursday's (Sept 6) abandoned meeting v Belle Vue and will offer prices which are an improvement on the official BSPA policy.

Supporters who purchased tickets at the stadium will be able to use their re-entry vouchers to obtain a discount of £6.00 for either the King's Lynn meeting on Monday 10th September or any other Speedway meeting held at the Abbey Stadium in 2018. Adults tickets will cost £11.00 and concessions £8.00, children (11-16) will cost £3.00.

Season ticket holders will be able to use their re-entry tickets to obtain free re-entry for either the King's Lynn meeting on Monday 10th September or any other Speedway meeting held at the Abbey stadium in 2018.

People who purchased tickets online have two options:

Option 1 - bring your receipt from Thursday’s meeting and pay the reduced rates shown above on the gate.

Option 2 - Receive a refund of £6.00 from their ticket purchase. Persons choosing option 2 should email this preference to -email-.

Anyone who cannot attend in 2018 can receive a refund by sending their re-admission tickets and a SAE to Swindon Robins, Abbey Stadium, Lady Lane, Blunsdon SN25 4DN

This is WORSE than official BSPA policy. If a meeting is abandoned before heat 10, you should get in to the restaging or another meeting for £1 per race staged. So, if only one heat, then admission is £1, if 9, then £9, so, as abandoned after 6 heats then admission should be £6. There is no logic to offering £6 discount as that would mean, the more heats run the greater the amount of money off.