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They set the whole show up pretending it’s real and film it, I had a stall right behind them at the classic off road show a few weeks back, they turn up on the Sunday for a couple of hours, set a fake stall out, pretend to buy/ haggle with someone for their own stuff film it then film the buying a cup of tea and then pack up and leave, all done in a couple of hours

do illucidate on the fake programs comment ,

Dan Bewley replaces Piotr Pawlicki

Perhaps, but by leaving it so late he has robbed someone the opportunity to plan ahead to ride the GP season and get sponsors ready for the campaign. Actually I blame whoever thought it was a good idea to offer him a wildcard, his GP form for two seasons was average (at best) and that was before the injury. He really should not have been offered a place.

yes we need her so all the blind people who are there know what's going on..

Whats happened to Hayley on the centre green?

With no TV deal whats the point of a media day

A decent opening night to the season. Not the biggest craven crossed I've seen but not bad for what was a very wet day which would have put of the late buyers. Regarding the presentation team. Its all new this year except for the announcer in refs box so will always be teething problems to begin with. It will get better the more Lee does it

Chance would be a fine thing. The season starts in 13 days 😆

Maybe the announcements will be made on 'Media Day'!!! After all isn't that what its for........?

You’ll find out soon enough,

Yes Colin Horton took over and threw money about. But allegedly made his money through insurance fraud on containers being lost at sea.

Michelsen is probably the best rider outside the GPs apart from the Russians, unlucky not to get a wc. Will Parnitskyi do the World under 21s the day before the GPs?

Would like to know who will be riding those wheels in motion.

There is a team name, they will have race suits and the wheels are in motion.

I don't know.... Moan. Moan. Moan... That's all Speedway fans do... Anyhow, whilst on that topic, (and all valid comments by the way)..... You can add the Sam Masters/Adam Ellis - Who is who? Ruined a few programmes that.. Adam being in Ipswich kevlars probably the main clue it wasnt Sam.. The interviews were attempted once from the big screen but it just sounded like there was a gale force wind blowing through and you couldn't hear what was being said... So it didnt happen again.. My 22 year old lad summed up the overall presentation with this comment... "Everything Speedway does is always a little bit sh*t, but funny, isn't it?".. (He was particularly impressed with the "pallet podium").. PS. Good to see the usual taxi load (seven seater to be fair) of Sheffield fans in attendance, and they seemed to take some pleasure in giving Kurtz some stick... Hope they enjoyed the final... All in all, a good nights entertainment if you were there for the racing, and, like most Speedway fans do automatically now, made allowances for the overall presentation levels..

Wasn't there two Horton's and the other one took over Peterborough cleared the debts and led a successful era for 2-3 seasons before he got bored of underwriting the losses or was that the Frost fella ?

Just to give a slightly different view of last night from an attendee. Yes, the delayed start was a bit frustrating and clubs should run to time. Yes, the centre green presenter seemed a little quiet, but Chase always makes up for that Given the amount of rain they had clearly had Andy Meredith and team provided an excellent race surface. The first few races did serve to turn the top surface over, but the racing imprived as the night progressed. Some were as good as any I expect to see elsewhere any time this season. I don't remember there being any fallers or race stoppages, other than a couple of tapes infringements. It wasn't apparent to me that there were delays in the meeting caused by catering for BVTV. Overall,I thought it was a more than acceptable first meeting of the season for me. Chris Holder exceeded my expectations, and, being an old traditionalist, I think he should have won with a 15 point max - but then we would have missed out on a top quality final with Holder and Bewley passing each other until Bewley established a lead and won. Could the whole meeting have been run better? Could all the entertainment around the racing have been slicker? Yes to both, but Belle Vue are not alone in being a bit lacking in that. If the remainder of the meetings I see this season are as good as last night then I will be happy

Hope things improve for viewers at home. It was there seventh event and obviously first of the season with some personnel changes. When reading the Championship Streaming Channel thread, BSN had similar issues in the beginning but have improved so I’m sure things will be sorted with the streaming service soon enough. It’s a great addition to the sport and provides easy access to enjoy the racing at the NSS.

To up the excitement level why not give michelsen or thomsen etc a go . They’d up the viewing figures. There’s always bomber. He’d probably turn up if asked.

It wasn't that much better actually being there... Parade advertised for 18:50, they came out just before 19:00, did a lap of the track on the back of fancy bikes, lined up in front of the crowd and then just got on their bikes and did a load of practice starts, Tapes Up advertised 19:00, 2 minutes went on at 19:11. The announcer reading out the line-up often only read it out once after giving the result of the previous race and often read it out incorrectly. For the first section of the meeting it seemed to be being dictated around the BVTV coverage, which we in the crowd couldn't hear anyway with the ref seemingly not knowing where the 2 minutes button was. Fortunately the Speedway was pretty entertaining... the rest, must do better!

Having watched a lot of BSN meetings last year, I realised (again) what a good job they are doing. I'm sorry BVTV, your presentation was amateurish, the lead commentator didn't seem to know who was who and the camera work seemed designed to miss any overtaking. If I can't get to this meeting next year I will not be buying the stream again.

I not a Tai Woffinden fan but acknowledge his racing achievements, and certainly respect his decision to drop out of this years GPs before the season started.

Don’t like the look of Northamptons track surface. Resembles the moon to me.

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