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  2. Posted

    6 hours ago, The Voice Of Reason said:

    What 'new site' Liam?

    Can you honestly believe a single word that comes out of Jon Cook's mouth?

    There won't ever be a new Lakeside track in Essex. 

    Doubt it? Answer me this. Where's the money going to come from? Lakeside have kept the current place running for years thanks primarily to cable-ties!

     

    The new site which will be built on the current Arena Essex land. I don’t think a new track will be built and I never have, who would want to build a track for a dying sport with crowds decreasing every year and teams struggling to make money. Jon Cook can say what he likes but I don’t see speedway ever returning to Essex. The club will move to Rye House and that’s where they’ll stay.

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    1 hour ago, Daytripper said:

    My understanding is that Thurrock Council want Speedway to continue and planning permission for the site includes a speedway track . The trouble is, redevelopment of the site doesn’t look like starting for some time yet.

    Using Rye House would be a short term solution for the foreseeable future. Whether BMR want to get back into speedway and want the track back or whether they will want some kind of partnership with the Lakeside promotion is something that only time will tell.

    Are you sure the new site is going to include a track? Iam not sure about that.

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    6 minutes ago, marko said:

    Whilst using Rye is needed to help complete the meetings, the final meeting should have been held at Arena Essex, even if it’s not an official fixture, the way this has been done just buries everyone, it’s not like the stadium won’t host any motorsport after the 14th of September.

    I agree aswell if we made the play offs or final then that should have been run at our track.

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  13. Posted · Edited by liam

    14 hours ago, Speedwaycrazy said:

    Another Jon Cook bashing!!!!!

    Change the record mate!

    I’ve been using different forums for about 5 years and it’s been no different, he’s still upset his services were no longer required at Lakeside and Jon Cook never used to supply tea or sandwich’s lol. Have to say that is a fantastic little story though it really is amazing what you can think up after a shandy or two.

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  19. Posted

    Just now, marko said:

    According to LakesideLive the track was "rideable" there is a big difference between rideable and raceable, fans pay to watch riders race, not ride, not blaming them, they have to follow the narrative of trying to entice people to go, even if its under a false pretence.

    With all due respect how would Lakesidelive know? They are a couple of fans.

  20. Posted · Edited by liam

    9 minutes ago, marko said:

    I think this was nothing more than a desperate attempt to get fans money and try and limp to ten heats no matter how farcical the racing got, ignore the fact fans pay to watch 15 heats of RACING, not ten heats of RIDING.

    Even though any crowd was most likely to be low and calling it off has probably cost the promotion thousands I really doubt that was the case. My guess is why the track was raceable they thought let’s try and get the meeting on and hope the rain misses the track.

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  22. Posted

    4 minutes ago, cityrebel said:

    To open the turnstiles when the meeting is in doubt, is bad enough. To then send the kids out to test the track, while the senior riders stay in the pits is a disgrace. To try and get the last two home meetings on, despite dreadful forecasts, has done more damage to the club, who seem determined not to race on off nights.

    I personally have no problems with the rain off, we all have eyes and access to weather forecasts so can make our own mind up if we want to go and as halifaxtiger said they are not always right as proved with Scunthorpe last night. I made the decision to go last night by the way. 

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  23. Posted

    7 minutes ago, Halifaxtiger said:

    Not true of Scunthorpe. They had had showers all day and the last one was about 6pm.

    In my experience Met Office forecasts (and the BBC get theirs from Met Office) are accurate about an hour before hand. Give it a half a day or more, and they are anything but.

    Last night at Scunthorpe they definitely got it wrong because in the afternoon they were predicting showers up to 8.00pm.

    On only rare occasions are postponements caused by malpractice, incompetence or underhand tactics. The cost of calling off a meeting with the riders at the track is huge so it will only be done early if there is a strong chance of racing not going ahead or at the time if conditions make the track unfit for speedway. 

    Be careful you don’t want to end up being called a brainwashed automaton mate lol.

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  24. Posted

    5 hours ago, The Voice Of Reason said:

    Lakeside's PROMOTION - basically, hang your heads in utter shame.

    When Gerald Richter was track curator, Lakeside used to pay for a pretty accurate satellite weather forecast (that gave 15 minute forecast updates). Now, whether the current promotion pays for this service (unlikely), who knows. Suffice to say, sitting here in the Midlands and (from experience) a very accurate BBC forecast, heavy downpours were due from 8pm (the last time I checked, whilst sitting at my Mother-in-Laws was at 4pm). Or, in other words, I'm over 100 Miles away and could have called this one.

    Suffice to say Lakeside Speedway are I assume, now in debt through hire of the stadium PLUS 14 riders' travelling expenses (minimum)? Is it any wonder that Speedway Clubs' haven't got a pot to p!ss in?

    This cancellation appears on the back of weeks of the most glorious weather the UK has seen in years. Seriously?

    But no. Jon Cook clearly only wants Friday Meetings.

    The guy is an utterly useless PR!CK who has basically delivered mediocrity and utter failure during his tenure at Lakeside. Those who still believe otherwise are basically brainwashed automatons.

    Meanwhile, here's a song for the utter tw@t:

     



     

    The lesson here is don’t use the internet when drunk lol.

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