Call me wolfie 677 Posted June 11, 2019 11 hours ago, Col said: Still dry, there is no way this meeting couldn't have been completed. Quite surprised about that, I live about 10 miles away and it started raining about 6.30pm and hasn't stopped since Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Col 850 Posted June 11, 2019 Well I do live about 5 miles North-East of Monmore, but took the dogs for a walk in East Park which is right by Monmore after work. There was certainly not a spot of rain while I was there, a bit of a shower on the way home but then nothing until 22:00 when it did start hammering it down. I do understand why the club cancelled the fixture considering the forecast. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris116 755 Posted June 11, 2019 The problem the clubs have is the large cost of having a meeting postponed after all the riders and staff are present. If a meeting is rained off we have all seen posts wanting to know why they didn't cancel earlier, very often those posts are from people who also object to an early cancellation! On the other hand we have all seen forecasts that show dreadful weather and the club cancel early only for the forecast to be proved totally wrong at which point the posts flow saying they were wrong to cancel so early! Seems the promotions are damned either way! 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Call me wolfie 677 Posted June 11, 2019 2 hours ago, Chris116 said: The problem the clubs have is the large cost of having a meeting postponed after all the riders and staff are present. If a meeting is rained off we have all seen posts wanting to know why they didn't cancel earlier, very often those posts are from people who also object to an early cancellation! On the other hand we have all seen forecasts that show dreadful weather and the club cancel early only for the forecast to be proved totally wrong at which point the posts flow saying they were wrong to cancel so early! Seems the promotions are damned either way! Given the awful forecast it was the sensible thing to do Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NeilWatson 1,988 Posted June 11, 2019 2 hours ago, Chris116 said: The problem the clubs have is the large cost of having a meeting postponed after all the riders and staff are present. If a meeting is rained off we have all seen posts wanting to know why they didn't cancel earlier, very often those posts are from people who also object to an early cancellation! On the other hand we have all seen forecasts that show dreadful weather and the club cancel early only for the forecast to be proved totally wrong at which point the posts flow saying they were wrong to cancel so early! Seems the promotions are damned either way! 6 minutes ago, Call me wolfie said: Given the awful forecast it was the sensible thing to do A key issue is whether the fans would turn out given consistent awful weather forecasts. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris116 755 Posted June 11, 2019 2 hours ago, Call me wolfie said: Given the awful forecast it was the sensible thing to do I totally agree with you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites