Gazc 6,976 Posted September 27, 2019 Meeting rearranged for Tuesday 1st October 7.30 start. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paulco 7,047 Posted September 27, 2019 1 hour ago, crescent girl said: Who was the ref? Michael Breckon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jenga 2,998 Posted September 27, 2019 so the ref called it orf. did the riders have any input into the decision ? honest question ....... Honestly Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fromafar 10,226 Posted September 27, 2019 It’s not difficult to see why fans can’t be bothered attending anymore.Blame the ref. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fromafar 10,226 Posted September 27, 2019 4 minutes ago, jenga said: so the ref called it orf. did the riders have any input into the decision ? honest question ....... Honestly That’s the Party Line.Riders had no say. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
highroad119 101 Posted September 27, 2019 Reasonable day weather wise, loads of dark clouds. Sunshine around 5pm. 5.30 pm clouds open for 15 minutes or so. Feel sorry for any travelling fans. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fromafar 10,226 Posted September 27, 2019 3 minutes ago, highroad119 said: Reasonable day weather wise, loads of dark clouds. Sunshine around 5pm. 5.30 pm clouds open for 15 minutes or so. Feel sorry for any travelling fans. Very difficult to understand why they could not have bladed the track in the 1.1/2 hours before the meeting was due to start.No effort to do anything doesn’t sit well with me.Certainly it was not flooded and did not look like it was going to rain.Scunthorpe scenario springs to mind.Having watched the Newcastle match a couple of weeks ago,something doesn’t add up.History now though.Another nail for the sport though. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MD 1,299 Posted September 27, 2019 Looking at Twitter quite a few fans arrived to an empty stadium. Never good. So we roll into October again for the playoffs. Pack your thermals. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fromafar 10,226 Posted September 27, 2019 11 minutes ago, MD said: Looking at Twitter quite a few fans arrived to an empty stadium. Never good. So we roll into October again for the playoffs. Pack your thermals. Met a few, not happy bunnies .Dont blame them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MD 1,299 Posted September 27, 2019 So its on to Tuesday, rarely a good night crowd wise and MBA goes to reserve. Hopefully the weather sorts itself. M'on the Tigers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MartinBSN 617 Posted September 27, 2019 55 minutes ago, MD said: So its on to Tuesday, rarely a good night crowd wise and MBA goes to reserve. Hopefully the weather sorts itself. M'on the Tigers. Think you need to look again, MBA doesn't go to reserve as he can't drop below 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrizHeathen 37 Posted September 29, 2019 A very late postponement, meaning riders and a lot of fans had travelled. There is a lot of merit in early call offs, it is a risk because weather does sometimes improve but it saves everyone a lot of time and money. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SharpenRake 1,480 Posted September 29, 2019 49 minutes ago, BrizHeathen said: A very late postponement, meaning riders and a lot of fans had travelled. There is a lot of merit in early call offs, it is a risk because weather does sometimes improve but it saves everyone a lot of time and money. There is a lot of merit in an early postponement but not when all forecasts suggest it will be dry from lunchtime on wards. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Taylorj 1,000 Posted September 29, 2019 15 minutes ago, SharpenRake said: There is a lot of merit in an early postponement but not when all forecasts suggest it will be dry from lunchtime on wards. Seems it was dry not that long before start time with fans in the stadium or queuing , was it raining when the ref called it ?? Even Paulco seemed shocked it was called off Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gazc 6,976 Posted September 29, 2019 50 minutes ago, Taylorj said: Seems it was dry not that long before start time with fans in the stadium or queuing , was it raining when the ref called it ?? Even Paulco seemed shocked it was called off There was a shower around 5.15 pm which lasted for about 15 mins it was torrential for that period , this probably ruined all the hard work the track staff put in getting the surface into a raceable condition. Unfortunately these things happen and remembering the track took on a lot of rain during the week , british weather tends to do this at this time of year. Paulco i doubt would have been shocked at the call off he would probably have expected it after the heavy shower but i will ask him , don't think i have seen him shocked at anything , so maybe a slight dramatisation there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites