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JJ Can you inform us why when it was persistent rain, the Track was soaking, gale force winds, but the Birmingham Manager and Riders wanted to race, oh yes that was in September and they need to race to get in the playoffs, If you were at both meetings please tell us which was the most dangerous conditions  

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6 hours ago, Argos said:

JJ Can you inform us why when it was persistent rain, the Track was soaking, gale force winds, but the Birmingham Manager and Riders wanted to race, oh yes that was in September and they need to race to get in the playoffs, If you were at both meetings please tell us which was the most dangerous conditions  

Guess you will have to ask Tom Woolley. He was the only guy to race on both tracks. Nearly binned it on turns 3 and 4 in the first cancelled meeting. Stayed on his bike in the race he completed in the September meeting.

Doesn't make any difference either way as the first cancelled meeting was a trophy meeting not a league meeting.

Tough season to watch Birmingham, too many accidents and injuries. Glad it is over, as didn't want to watch however many guests and r/r in the play offs. 

Perhaps they should change it back to a straight league system, then no cut off date. Best team over the season wins. This season Mildenhall are bar far the best team but now have to enter the play offs without two of their top riders.

If they want to tack on a play off - gold cup type event either forget the trophy or the meaningless friendlies at the start of the season.

Good luck to Leon in NLRC. I will be cheering him on.

 

 

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20 hours ago, Argos said:

JJ Can you inform us why when it was persistent rain, the Track was soaking, gale force winds, but the Birmingham Manager and Riders wanted to race, oh yes that was in September and they need to race to get in the playoffs, If you were at both meetings please tell us which was the most dangerous conditions  

I was there for the first meeting (were you?) and watched Tom Woolley only manage two laps nearly falling: it was obvious from this that the track was not safe. The Birmingham rider who was due to try it out (Leon Flint; the others had more sense) was not allowed to try and it was the referee who called the meeting off. He could have insisted on it going ahead; referees have done so in the past.

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In fairness both Coventry and Brum need to ride at Buxton still. So had both teams got the fixture in, in all likelihood it's fair to assume the same top 4 would apply anyway. 

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