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  2. Posted

    15 hours ago, scoobydoo said:

    https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/politics/council/council-set-to-step-into-battle-over-future-of-speedway-in-peterborough-4437626

     

     

    Peterborough City Council Leader Mohammed Farooq is set to meet with the current owners of the Peterborough Panthers speedway team to discuss the club’s future.

     

    Set to meet with Keith Chapman? Could be a short meeting if Buster isn't really interested in the club's future.

  4. Posted

    I was there last night and thought the attendance was disappointing. Car park was easy to get in and out of, back straight wasn't particularly populated and the main stand looked about a third full (just a guess!). 

    Possible reasons include one or a combination of: the meeting being televised, disappointment about how the Panthers have started the season or, more worryingly, the 'cost of living crisis' causing spectators to decide travel and admissions costs can't be justified so pick and choose matches to attend.

    Sorry if this has been covered elsewhere, but under the terms of the latest Eurosport deal do clubs receive any funding to compensate for reduced crowds at televised matches?

  5. Posted

    1 hour ago, KeirStarmerFan said:

    If Sayfudinov and Laguta are banned from riding in Poland, BV would be silly not to try and sign one of them.

     

    You posted a similar comment recently and received a great deal of opprobrium, yet you come back and try again. From their comments and behaviour it is clear that both riders abhor and condemn their country's egregious actions. Both are decent men who face having their livelihood taken away from them through no fault of their own.

    Only 5 countries, Russia itself, North Korea, Eritrea, Syria and Belarus, voted against the U.N. resolution condemning Russia's actions. Any decent person will feel sad, helpless and also admiration for the brave Ukrainian people's resistance and for their immense suffering and also support the West's isolation of Russia.  Yet you post a truly pathetic post once again saying Belle Vue should capitalise on the situation.

    I think you must be a despicable lowlife to attempt to troll decent people on this forum in such sad times. It's not 'banter' or 'just having a joke mate lighten up'. You are a sick individual who should think long and hard about why you post what you do.

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  6. Posted

    On 11/5/2021 at 8:56 AM, bigcatdiary said:

    All the speedway owned equipment is in the speedway compound.

    I'm surprised that there hasn't been more comment on this. I know we'll just have to wait and see and that there's no point speculating, but the sale of all those tractors and the haste for the items to be removed from the Showground looks very worrying to me. 

  12. Posted

    23 minutes ago, jeffster said:

    £50 ?!

    I paid £19 last year, £20 last night, and £20 for next year earlier this morning, in block U15 on level 6 in the upper tiers.

    That block is positioned just as the riders exit the 4th bend.

    This was approx 13.30. Told all cheaper tickets had sold out.

    I understand why they do this. I'm just saying that it's a short term policy. I wouldn't go again on the spur of the moment.

  15. Posted

    25 minutes ago, AFCB Wildcat said:

    Due to circumstances beyond my control I will need to buy tickets on the day from the WRU office.

    I've seen conflicting posts on here regarding this in that some have said they buy the cheapest on the day and now I've seen that there are no cheap ones on the day.

    Okay 'cheapest' and 'cheap' are  2 different things I accept, but how much generally are the cheapest on the day?  Also is the ticket office open right up to start time as I don't know what time I will get to Cardiff.

    Thanks in advance if anyone can offer advice based on previous experience. 

    I'm in the same boat, needing 2 tickets at short notice so interested in any advice provided. 

    Also, is there any obvious place anyone with spare tickets would be found? Fan zone? Outside the Cardiff ticket office?

  16. Posted

    Attendances haven't gone up at Rye House despite more big names being on show. I suspect that if they returned to the Championship the crowds would not fall so people aren't just going to watch Doyle, Lambert, Cook etc. If anything they make the racing more predictable as the top riders rarely make a mistake.

    If you could take up the sport on a relatively low cost, part time basis combined with it being easier to get a team place (remember 'Vultures' races?) more individuals may well be inclined to give it a go therefore increasing the supply of riders. How about appealing to existing moto-cross riders in the same way that grass track riders used to be encouraged to give it a go. Make clubs more like clubs so a longer term view is taken of riders' development. 

    It's first and foremost a team sport for me.

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  20. Posted

    Kent made a profit again in 2017 as it has done every season so far, Len said in his end of season speech.

    I'm sure that is right but based on what I saw at Rye House it is achieved by an endless downward spiral of spending as little as possible on facilities, the track and riders. The spectator experience gets worse and worse each year until you are left with just the hardcore supporters who will put up with anything - but who have a growing sense that they are being taken for mugs.

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  21. Posted

    The BT deal works for those promoters and riders who have the vision and drive to capitalise on a broadcast meeting as an excellent opportunity to showcase sponsors. If they just sit back and don't make the effort then they would be out of pocket. I'm think BT are realistic in sort of saying that they are providing the platform but the sport needs to make an effort too, not just sit back and wait for a cheque.

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  23. Posted

    Well that's a first for me - refused admission to a speedway meeting! "I can't let you in unless you have the correct money as I have no change".

     

    With adult admission prices of £16 and £14 (seniors) it is entirely forseeable that more coins will be needed to be handed out as change that will be collected. First match I've missed at Rye this season. Unimpressed.

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