Kent v Eastbourne tues 6th July 6-30pm

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12 hours ago, old bob at herne bay said:

Cannot comment on the forecasting powers of the Eastbourne weather  “guru”. Millions of pounds worth of computers have been trying to accurately forecast the weather ... still they get it wrong.  

Maybe you have Mystic Meg down at Eastbourne forecasting your weather.  

For what’s its worth very surprised that there wasn’t an early call off and a re arranged date after “covid unlock” when surely a larger crowd would be in attendance. Living just 20 miles away from Sittingbourne and it has been bright sunshine one minute  then a heavy downpour the next. 

Still, you can get your admission money back ....

The key to the Arlington weather forecast is not Mystic Meg, whoever that is, but having forecasts specific for Arlington and not for large swathes of the South East and London.

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1 hour ago, arnieg said:

One look at the rainfall radar at 5pm told me I was right not to travel. See you next Tuesday weather permitting.

That's the problem with all ticket meetings. Once you buy, you're commited to go. It's bearable, if it's local.

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While it is understandable that riders do not wish to risk injury on a  very wet track ,,It is also understandable that late call offs annoy the  fans as it costs them time and money,,,,,Speedway continues to shoot itself in the foot ,,,and that particular meeting should have been called off early morning ,,Which to be fair is what Len normally does...

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1 hour ago, waco said:

While it is understandable that riders do not wish to risk injury on a  very wet track ,,It is also understandable that late call offs annoy the  fans as it costs them time and money,,,,,Speedway continues to shoot itself in the foot ,,,and that particular meeting should have been called off early morning ,,Which to be fair is what Len normally does...

No spare dates in the fixture list. The next free Tuedsay is October 26th!. A couple more rain offs could leave the club with a major problem. In hindsight, running two teams in a shortened season, might prove to be a step too far.

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9 minutes ago, cityrebel said:

No spare dates in the fixture list. The next free Tuedsay is October 26th!. A couple more rain offs could leave the club with a major problem. In hindsight, running two teams in a shortened season, might prove to be a step too far.

Urgh what a flop up so.....Tuesday July 20th. the rearrangement of Kent TouchTec Kings vs. Eastbourne Eagles (Championship KOC First Round, second leg)

Tuesday September 21s, . Kent TouchTec Kings vs. Birmingham Brummies (Championship) [moving from July 20th.]

This means that the fixture previously scheduled for Sept. 21st., Kent Iwade Garage Royals vs. Berwick Bullets will be moved to a later date in October – Provisional 19th Oct.

Surely given the fixture congestion and requirement to actually get other rounds of the KOC completed (a competition that could have been dropped from the start) the tie could have just been handed to Eastbourne and costs saved?. As it stands there is now a dead rubber match to come in the middle of summer, a league match pushed back to unpredictable September and another Royals fixture shunted into the cold nights of October. 

It has to be said that the decision making at Kent is questionable at times....

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10 hours ago, Sings4Speedway said:

Urgh what a flop up so.....Tuesday July 20th. the rearrangement of Kent TouchTec Kings vs. Eastbourne Eagles (Championship KOC First Round, second leg)

Tuesday September 21s, . Kent TouchTec Kings vs. Birmingham Brummies (Championship) [moving from July 20th.]

This means that the fixture previously scheduled for Sept. 21st., Kent Iwade Garage Royals vs. Berwick Bullets will be moved to a later date in October – Provisional 19th Oct.

Surely given the fixture congestion and requirement to actually get other rounds of the KOC completed (a competition that could have been dropped from the start) the tie could have just been handed to Eastbourne and costs saved?. As it stands there is now a dead rubber match to come in the middle of summer, a league match pushed back to unpredictable September and another Royals fixture shunted into the cold nights of October. 

It has to be said that the decision making at Kent is questionable at times....

I agree.  They have decided to have rain, day in. day out for the last 3 or 4 weeks.  You'd think they could do better than that

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10 hours ago, East End Fan said:

I agree.  They have decided to have rain, day in. day out for the last 3 or 4 weeks.  You'd think they could do better than that

They have decided to run on Tuesdays which everyone knows is the rainiest day of the week, you would have thought by now they would have brought some track covers 

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31 minutes ago, Sings4Speedway said:

They have decided to run on Tuesdays which everyone knows is the rainiest day of the week, you would have thought by now they would have brought some track covers 

For once In agree with Sings. Track covers is a good idea and I would think it's easy enough to have 6/8 staff members standing by to install them and remove as 

necessary, removing them when it stops raining etc, just like Wimbledon tennis. As a serious comment, Kent look likely to have real fixture problems if the wet Summer

continues.

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28 minutes ago, East End Fan said:

For once In agree with Sings. Track covers is a good idea and I would think it's easy enough to have 6/8 staff members standing by to install them and remove as 

necessary, removing them when it stops raining etc, just like Wimbledon tennis. As a serious comment, Kent look likely to have real fixture problems if the wet Summer

continues.

After seeing the Goodyear Blimp last week its sparked an idea. Why don't Kent use a small airship to raise/lower the track covers as and when needed. Could be tethered to the centre green and even have some advertising upon it to cover the costs.....

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Why not go the whole hog and have a retractable roof built over the stadium, just as they do at Wimbledon and Cardiff?

In fact, why not make that a condition for all clubs to have, then we could all enjoy speedway come rain or shine….

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27 minutes ago, woofers said:

Why not go the whole hog and have a retractable roof built over the stadium, just as they do at Wimbledon and Cardiff?

In fact, why not make that a condition for all clubs to have, then we could all enjoy speedway come rain or shine….

Im not really sure why it would even need to be retractable? A large glass dome would do the trick or the poly spheres like the eden project. All tracks would be warm and humid keeping moisture in the racing surface, no chilly October nights and no rain offs.....its the future. 

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35 minutes ago, Sings4Speedway said:

Im not really sure why it would even need to be retractable? A large glass dome would do the trick or the poly spheres like the eden project. All tracks would be warm and humid keeping moisture in the racing surface, no chilly October nights and no rain offs.....its the future. 

All-year round sport. Now we're cooking with gas.

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not sure what some posters are cooking with , but i think some may have posted after sniffing some .

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9 hours ago, gee jay said:

not sure what some posters are cooking with , but i think some may have posted after sniffing some .

Great really that all Speedway fans are dreamers.  The idea of every stadium being in a dome like the Eden Project is very appealing.

Maybe Richard Branson will give up his Space Chase and invest in Speedway instead ? His fun would last a lot longer !