Jump to content
British Speedway Forum

Recommended Posts

Speedway Star did a piece the other week questioning speedway clubs' season-long chopping and changing of riders. The article was bang on. The season is just a continuation of practice matches. Perhaps if sides lost a certain number of match points for every change they made, they wouldn't be so hasty.   

  • Like 3

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
12 hours ago, PHILIPRISING said:

OR it could be that tracks racing on a Bank Holiday hope for bigger than usual crowds and don't want TV to affect that.

So . . a confession from Mr R that televised speedway DOES affect attendances trackside

I’ve said this all along, and I still see no benefit to the sport in having league matches televised live in the UK

It’s not as if it’s a great product to advertise to the wider public in the current format

Much better would be a carefully edited weekly highlights package - just show the races, and sensible interviews post-meeting instead of the gap-filling chats as at present 

Put together a package that just might attract new spectators and ex-attendees to the tracks

 

 

  • Like 6

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
5 hours ago, Midland Red said:

So . . a confession from Mr R that televised speedway DOES affect attendances trackside

I’ve said this all along, and I still see no benefit to the sport in having league matches televised live in the UK

It’s not as if it’s a great product to advertise to the wider public in the current format

Much better would be a carefully edited weekly highlights package - just show the races, and sensible interviews post-meeting instead of the gap-filling chats as at present 

Put together a package that just might attract new spectators and ex-attendees to the tracks

 

 

Me and you same...I've being saying it for years. Who is the target audience? Those who already go or to attract new fans or indeed new sponsors?

Edited by steve roberts
  • Like 2

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
On 7/26/2019 at 6:45 PM, steve roberts said:

If I recall it was 1996 although they had been banned from the British League for a year but, as everything, got overturned and hence costs spiralled even more out of control.

from what i can make out of these lay down engines , they look like uprights (poss same) but with engine plates made up to put the engine on a forward tilt . inlet/exhaust manifold and exhaust need re tweaking . other than that . looks like a bog standard speedway engine . there is no reason why the cost of speedway should be rising so quickly .

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
15 hours ago, steve roberts said:

Me and you same...I've being saying it for years. Who is the target audience? Those who already go or to attract new fans or indeed new sponsors?

Those who already go are probably best suited to introduce new fans. I was introduced by a current fan. I introduced my youngest brother when he was 11, giving him a blank programme and showing him how to fill it in before he even attended a match. As he has said a few times, if he didn't know what it was all about and didn't know the scoring, he'd probably have not returned. That is why live matches on TV might not be encouraging new fans. It is a great spectacle but after a while, even cake becomes boring.  New fans have got to understand the scoring system. Forget the rules, as they would have new fans running to the hills.

Edited by moxey63
  • Like 2

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
Guest

Neither my sons or grandsons have ever show interest in speedway despite my taking them to meetings several times. I particularly recall one meeting at Wimbledon. We were  upstairs in the stand with a wonderful view of the track and the racing. My sons spent most of the evening kneeling on the floor racing toy cars! 

Another time I was there with two grandsons who kept asking "...how long does this all go on for..." and conceded "we keep seeing four men ride round on motorbikes. What else happens?"

Edited by Guest

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
23 hours ago, moxey63 said:

Speedway Star did a piece the other week questioning speedway clubs' season-long chopping and changing of riders. The article was bang on. The season is just a continuation of practice matches. Perhaps if sides lost a certain number of match points for every change they made, they wouldn't be so hasty.   

I blame forums like this as much as anything for team changes. There are loads of pages full of "we need to replace xxx". 

  • Like 2

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
16 hours ago, steve roberts said:

Me and you same...I've being saying it for years. Who is the target audience? Those who already go or to attract new fans or indeed new sponsors?

PROBABLY three times as many people watch British speedway on television than actually attend. TV is good for general awareness that speedway still exists and for sponsorship both with riders and tracks. 

  • Like 2
  • Confused 1

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

A full list of all the team changes this season are available to view as I keep the SGB Premiership, Championship and National league pages upto date on Wikipedia.

SGB Premiership https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGB_Premiership_2019

SGB Championship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGB_Championship_2019

National League https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_National_League_speedway_season

Edited by Robbie B
  • Like 3

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

I genuinely label speedway in the same bracket as wresting, or even when Popeye steps in to save Olive Oil from the hands of Bluto in the vintage cartoons. In wrestling, the guy who is being thrown about like a Bonfire Night Guy, but summons enough strength in the end to win the day. We know it's not real, genuine. Popeye's the same. He uses his available tin of spinach and comes come at the end. The good guy always wins.

Speedway has gone the same.

I'd say (usually) Poole have fathomed out the precise time to use the spinach, having gone much of the summer looking like that home-made Guy doll. 

Edited by moxey63
  • Haha 1

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
5 hours ago, PHILIPRISING said:

PROBABLY three times as many people watch British speedway on television than actually attend. TV is good for general awareness that speedway still exists and for sponsorship both with riders and tracks. 

But most homes don't have BT Sport. They had a bigger audience on Sky. So less than 50000 watch on tv?

I've attended 2 Swindon matches this week, neither on tele, good crowds and good racing, in good weather. Was VFM. And thrashing the top 2 Poole and Ipswich made it more enjoyable!

Edited by auntie doris

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
1 hour ago, auntie doris said:

But most homes don't have BT Sport. They had a bigger audience on Sky. So only around 60000 watch on tv?

I've attended 2 Swindon matches this week, neither on tele, good crowds and good racing, in good weather. Was VFM.

ONLY 60,000. Is that bad?  I basically only with BT for the speedway, it doesnt cost much for a BT TV box, and we watch "normal" tv programmes through freesat.

When you say they had bigger audiences on SKY. Maybe, but SKY didnt want British speedway, fortunately BT picked it up.

I not willing to pay £20 plus travelling (an hour each way) to my local team no matter how good the racing is there (BV). In fact, if only the GP's were on BT then I would still subscribe.

The other benefit of me being with BT is I am one of the 7% in the UK who get fibre to the house. I went from 1.2mbps to 52mbps (and more if I wanted to pay for the speed).

Edited by OveFundinFan
  • Like 1

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

I really do hope that the BSPA see sense and do not allow Eurosport to get the British Speedway broadcast rights as it will be a budget production gone will be your UHD coverage with multiple camera angles they will look at doing a more remote production with around 4 cameras and commentary done from London to save costs.

As much as it pains me to say it but BT sport have done a good job in broadcasting Speedway since taking over with new innovation and fresh sense of broadcasting  

Edited by flagrag
  • Like 4

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
6 minutes ago, flagrag said:

I really do hope that the BSPA see sense and do not allow Eurosport to get the British Speedway broadcast rights as it will be a budget production gone will be your UHD coverage with multiple camera angles they will look at doing a more remote production with around 4 cameras and commentary done from London to save costs.

As much as it pains me to say it but BT sport have done a good job in broadcasting Speedway since taking over with new innovation and fresh sense of broadcasting 

 

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

got to love all the replys about having no tv coverage how about us people that work odd hours and cant get to live matches as often as we would like or the fan thats house bound through injury or illness we apprieciate tv coverage as it keeps our interest in the sport alive i hope it can stay on bt for a long time to come 

  • Like 1

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Please sign in to comment

You will be able to leave a comment after signing in



Sign In Now

×

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue. Privacy Policy