Leicester Lions 2021

[IronScorpion 1,407]

11 minutes ago, iainb said:

Yes it was... but that was cancelled in April

And the fixtures came out in February.

In the past, how many meetings have run on the Friday, Saturday & Sunday of the British GP weekend?

[IronScorpion 1,407]

12 minutes ago, StevePark said:

See my reply above

Flogging a dead horse Steve?

[iainb 4,962]

3 minutes ago, IronScorpion said:

And the fixtures came out in February.

In the past, how many meetings have run on the Friday, Saturday & Sunday of the British GP weekend?

Pairs at Somerset? 4's was due to be on the Sunday at Leicester last year. Obviously nothing on the Saturday.

Everybody has had 3 months to organise an event of some sort somewhere... yet nothing

Edited July 14, 2021 by iainb

[StevePark 2,780]

10 minutes ago, IronScorpion said:

Flogging a dead horse Steve?

Seems like it! ......

9 minutes ago, iainb said:

Pairs at Somerset? 4's was due to be on the Sunday at Leicester last year. Obviously nothing on the Saturday.

Everybody has had 3 months to organise an event of some sort somewhere... yet nothing

 

[DSC67 1,465]

35 minutes ago, IronScorpion said:

And the fixtures came out in February.

In the past, how many meetings have run on the Friday, Saturday & Sunday of the British GP weekend?

There Used to be a Friday night meeting at Newport before the pairs moved to Somerset,  the Welsh Open was held on the Sunday afternoon after the  Cardiff GP 

[Tsunami 10,219]

3 minutes ago, DSC67 said:

There Used to be a Friday night meeting at Newport before the pairs moved to Somerset,  the Welsh Open was held on the Sunday afternoon after the  Cardiff GP 

Yes and Glasgow was often the visitors on the Friday night. Titanic struggles between Shane Parker and everyone else.

[StevePark 2,780]

6 minutes ago, DSC67 said:

There Used to be a Friday night meeting at Newport before the pairs moved to Somerset,  the Welsh Open was held on the Sunday afternoon after the  Cardiff GP 

We used to go to Carmarthen for the NL Individual Meeting.

[DJC 250]

14 hours ago, DSC67 said:

There Used to be a Friday night meeting at Newport before the pairs moved to Somerset,  the Welsh Open was held on the Sunday afternoon after the  Cardiff GP 

We used to have a Conference league match on the Firday after the Pairs went to Somerset too.

 

Some great weekends over the years, miss not being able to roll home from those meetings

[Lenny Lion 138]

I think the simple fact is the fixtures were done before Cardiff was cancelled.
 

I can assure you Leicester have tried to manoeuvre the fixtures around for weeks to get a fixture in the height of summer but no club were willing to come this Saturday for one reason or another but mainly rider availability .
Like Kent for an example after the match was cancelled a few weeks ago Leicester offered them this Saturday but they refused to come because Scott Nicholls was unavailable hence the date in September.

[iainb 4,962]

My criticism isn't directed at Leicester specifically but speedway in general. There must be a few clubs operating that are nowhere near covid capacity due to the size of their stadium.

Why is the BU21 being held on a Friday night in Redcar for example. An actual meaningful fixture that could have been held at say Ipswich on a Saturday night and promoted correctly could have drawn a decent sized crowd. 

... or any postponed league match could have been slotted in, stadium availability permitting. Better to have it on a Saturday in the summer than a wet Tuesday in October.

Edited July 15, 2021 by iainb

[HGould 2,213]

It would seem the only tracks interested are Leicester (who couldn't find an opponent), Eastbourne (who presumably could have ridden at home on Saturday or Sunday but accommodate a fellow Saturday Track on Sunday) and Mildenhall.

As I said elsewhere, hopefully those 2 Tracks get rewarded with bumper crowds.

[iainb 4,962]

1 hour ago, Lenny Lion said:

Like Kent for an example after the match was cancelled a few weeks ago Leicester offered them this Saturday but they refused to come because Scott Nicholls was unavailable hence the date in September.

How ridiculous... sounds like the tail is wagging the dog down there. 

[Sings4Speedway 3,246]

1 hour ago, iainb said:

How ridiculous... sounds like the tail is wagging the dog down there. 

Who in their right mind would turn up and watch a match that featured Kent without Scott Nicholls right now? It certainly would have been cheaper for Len to agree to the date, book an average guest and have to pay out 30ish (being optimistic) points worth of monies. I can't see the draw for the Lions either and only the happy clappers would have turned up with those who have an interest in contested speedway staying away until actual opposition arrives. By September Kent may have strengthened up or the play off run in might add to the interest, either way its naive to think a poorly supported big home win is in the best interests of Leicester. 

[iainb 4,962]

29 minutes ago, Sings4Speedway said:

Who in their right mind would turn up and watch a match that featured Kent without Scott Nicholls right now? It certainly would have been cheaper for Len to agree to the date, book an average guest and have to pay out 30ish (being optimistic) points worth of monies. I can't see the draw for the Lions either and only the happy clappers would have turned up with those who have an interest in contested speedway staying away until actual opposition arrives. By September Kent may have strengthened up or the play off run in might add to the interest, either way its naive to think a poorly supported big home win is in the best interests of Leicester. 

My point was that basically there's nothing on at Leicester on Saturday night because Kent signed a rider who has put his "TV Career" ahead of his speedway one... the exact reason why he's not signed back at Leicester ironically. 

[bigcatdiary 3,164]

New declaration from Leicester today with Zaine Kennedy replacing Jake Knight.

Leicester look a very tidy team now, it will be interesting to see just how good Kennedy is.