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  2. Posted

    3 minutes ago, Eric said:

    I stuck up for Starman2006 when people were siding with Phil. I was alerted to Phil's comments on twitter. So I posted those tweets for 3 reasons.

    1. To give Starman a break from having to defend himself against the select group of people who were siding with Phil. 

    2. I wanted to show the select group of people who were defending Phil's earlier comments about Starman's illness to make them realise that Phil mentioned the illness deliberately as part of an attacking reply to Starman.

    3. I felt the need to step in personally as I felt very uncomfortable with people sticking up for PhilTheAce because I knew about the tweets Phil posted about Starman on twitter.

     

    Anyway case closed now. Best wishes to Starman. 

     

     

    Who are you, the BSF police?

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  4. Posted

    23 hours ago, Steve Shovlar said:

    I don’t. He spent 95% of his time on here being abusive to nearly all and sundry.  Puts himself on some kind of pedestal when in fact he is nothing more than a speedway fan, like the rest of us. 

    Calling people names in virtually every post that are brimming with venom. Not a nice person.

    Absolutely bang on. 

  5. Posted

     

    If that's the case then he's the perfect replacement for Pedersen then, like for like.

     

    Dickhead. :rolleyes:

     

    So you're saying they just put in the same 15 every season because they're all in the top 15? :o

     

    Not your best argument SCB.

     

    Surely some of the riders outside the series (e.g. Lebedevs) are better than those in the series. So are the riders in the series REALLY in the top 15?

     

    Fresh blood is needed each year. If all four wildcards go to riders already in the series, then it will quickly become a closed shop.

     

    All the best

    Rob

     

    Surely it's time for Matthew Davis to get a wildcard?

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  6. Posted

    seems simple to me... you set the points limit at 45, maybe 46, that's what it takes to draw/win a match. Why over-complicate it? unless you are deliberately trying to weaken the league and drive riders away

     

     

    Aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  10. Posted

    The stupid thing in all of this, in my opinion is that a rider who is thrown out of a race for 2 starting offences CAN ACTUALLY BE REPLACED. If the rider had just been excluded and not replaced that would count as a ride. For messing about at the start why should they be replaced ?? it`s not as if we are going to have loads of 3 rider races because of it !!!!

     

    No, the stupidest thing in all this is that people still believe that speedway is a professional sport.

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  14. Posted

    YES he is but if you think I am stupid enough to let that colour my judgement you are sadly mistaken. As for naming more, that would be easy. Suffice to say that both Pearson and Tatum (also a mate) are highly rated in the TV industry. Just because a few on here seem to have personal agendas it won't change the opinions of those that matter and from my own experience of talking to people who watch speedway on TV that they are a great combo.

     

    If you enjoy inane drivel, constant mistakes and screaming and shouting then "Kelv" and "Nige" are the men for the job.

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  17. Posted

    It's ironic that on this thread there is a sensible discussion that is only just beginning to scratch the surface on some elements of rider costs, the SVEMO and DMU agreements are significant when looking to engage a rider who is registered with those federations. When it comes to PZM the "Premier League" as was had to insist on an ACU licence or no Polish riders the pull/pressure to ride in Poland was so great but the "Elite League" lived with the demands of the Polish federation which in turn created mayhem with EL fixtures.

     

    Other threads are extolling the virtues of non UK riders to build a winning or competitive team and others are indirectly supporting the demise of clubs without any understanding of the operating costs and the necessity to rely on the fans to try to make ends meet. Those who love their Speedway should endeavor to attend as often as they can to make a contribution to the losses generally incurred and extend the life support for the sport. Quarreling across the piece, regardless of where blame lies, will continue to batter the sustainability and negatively impact on the uninitiated, the undivided and the naive who know no better other than to follow the sport with enthusiasm and passion.

     

    This forum can be exceptionally good for the sport but when it ain't it's gonna bury what's left.

     

    What a load of sanctimonious bollox. The only people who are going to bury British Speedway are the jokers running it, not a bunch of nomarks on a forum.

  18. Posted

    First one since 76, make the most of it...

     

     

    Ha ha, i don't count there Wembley visits, moron.

     

     

    Jump on the bandwagon prat, why dont you...Yeh, thats as good as you are. turn up and jump on the first post you see. We've been to Wembley twice sinse :icon_smile_clown:

     

     

    Not there visits :icon_smile_clown: You've just proved what a prat you are..

     

     

    So Blazeaway is also orion...

     

    You are without doubt the stupidest man I have ever come across. I'm speechless! :rofl:

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  21. Posted

    "Maybe no British league speedway, but BT do the GP's (as well as Moto Gps)

    Problem last 12 months has been Sky do British league, Eurosport doing Euros, and BT doing the World GP's

    To get all you had to pay into at least 2 of them, the cost to many is a breaker."

     

    I agree OveFundinFan. My solution was to have BT Infinity Broadband, so I get BT Sport 1 for free and Eurosport for free. I then bought myself an Amazon Firestick preloaded with Kodi, and watch Skysport and hundreds of other channels and films for the one off cost of the Firestick. It works pretty well for me, as I have a fast 52 Meg download speed, and like you I couldn't justify the cost of paying for Sky Sport, for the odd occasion I watched Speedway. Sky do Now TV which I have tried for a 24 hour sport pass, but that was £6-99 last year. I used it before getting the Kodi and it worked fine, but once again more expense for an old age pensioner!

     

    Bye the way, I was having lunch with Ove Fundin at the World Speedway Riders Dinner in Norwich last October, what a lovely guy he is, and looking so well for his age.

    So basically you're a thief.

  24. Posted

    For anyone interested this is the report from the GOM .

     

    I arrived at the stadium at 10am, firstly checking that all paperwork was in place and that the facilities in the pits were all completed, secure, dressing rooms ready etc.

     

    I spoke to Chris Morton about the detailed running order of the day, as there were some points I wanted to clarify before our staff meeting, when he mentioned that the 3rd and 4th bend were still not as compact as he would have liked. He confirmed that Colin Meredith the track curator would continue to roll and tyre pack this part of the track for the rest of the day.

     

    I attended a full staff meeting which was ran by Ian Cochrane at 12pm. (Ian being integral to the planning of stadium events for the Grand Opening meeting.) This covered schedules for the running of the meeting. It was confirmed that I would hold more detailed meetings with pits and track staff.

     

    I walked the track with the meeting referee Graham Flint at around 1pm. We walked anti clockwise from bend 1 and the track was very firm until bend 3. At this point, although the top layer was dry, the track was not completely solid. It seemed that there was softer material below the visible track surface.

     

    We discussed this and considered the implications of the track 'cutting up'. I can not remember if it was at this point when I discussed the track with Colin Meredith, or if this discussion was later, but he confirmed that he would continue tyre packing, and that if we had any issues during the meeting, he had sufficient equipment and staff that he could very quickly bring the rollers onto the track between each heat if necessary.

     

    I held a meeting with pits staff at around 2.20pm. This mainly concerned details of pits access, rules of the stadium, signing on, safety and running order. I then checked that all fire extinguishers, flags, waste oil container and air compressor were available before allowing the pits to be opened to riders.

     

    I was asked by Chris Morton to keep the track gate closed as he wanted to talk to the riders about the track. Not all riders had arrived at the stadium, but some were very keen to get access to the track, so I invited them to the meeting room to be addressed by Chris. Approximately half the riders had arrived at this point. Although I can not remember exactly who was in this meeting, Danny King, Andreas Johnson, Jason Doyle, and at least one of the Worrals made up part of the group.

     

    Chris talked to the riders about the track and explained the area of concern. He invited them to look at the track, he emphasised the importance of the evening and encouraged them to engage with myself and Chris as much as possible. It was a positive meeting and I walked around the track with the riders to gauge their feelings. Although there were a few concerns, the was no direct negativity and I chatted to a couple of them about grading between every heat if necessary and they all seemed relatively settled. At this point Nikki Pedersen arrived at the stadium and onto the track, where I gave him a briefing of the earlier discussions. He walked around and looked at the third bend and said "Ok, it's not brilliant, but we'll all be riding the same track." At this point I did not think that there was a real threat that the riders would not ride the track.

     

    I held a meeting of the track and start marshals at 4pm and continued with the usual pre-meeting CoC duties.

     

    A rider briefing meeting had already been planned with for 4.45pm with myself, Graham, David Gordon and Chris Morton. As Mark Lemon was present we asked him to join us. Tai Woffinden had not arrived at this point but I believe all other riders were in attendance.

     

    It was suggested that the riders should be allowed to have a practice on the track before the main meeting. Riders voiced their concerns about the track being inconsistent but the discussions were all constructive. They agreed with Graham Flint that they should have a controlled practice with two sets of four riders, the track rolled, then the remaining two sets of four riders would get the same track time.

     

    This practice ran successfully. After all riders had completed the track time, ***** came to me privately to say that he did not want to ride. At this point a few other riders had formed a group in the middle of the pits and in the interests of discretion I asked them to make their way to the meeting room. I asked Chris to join me and we began discussing their concerns, still with the hope that the issue could be resolved. At this point, only ***** had said that he did not want to ride, but had not to my knowledge said this to the other riders.

     

    Without having time to bring Graham Flint completely up to speed, I sent him a message asking him to make his way to the pits where he joined the discussions. All riders comments remained constructive but the longer the discussions continued, the level of concern about the track cutting up and safety fears grew. The riders asked to have a private discussion where I requested that Mark Lemon be able to stay, as I believe all the riders have respect for Mark and we would be able to get an honest report of their opinion.

     

    I rejoined the meeting where it had been agreed that myself and Mark would discuss with Colin Meredith any possible solutions. We looked at the track briefly again before returning to the meeting room with Colin. During this discussion, it was apparent that no solutions the riders would be happy with could be completed in a realistic time frame, and the riders were unanimous in their decision that they did not want to ride. Chris, David and Graham arrived back in the meeting room and it was agreed that we had no choice but to abandon the meeting.

     

    Thoughts?

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  25. Posted

    For anyone interested this is the report from the GOM .

     

    I arrived at the stadium at 10am, firstly checking that all paperwork was in place and that the facilities in the pits were all completed, secure, dressing rooms ready etc.

     

    I spoke to Chris Morton about the detailed running order of the day, as there were some points I wanted to clarify before our staff meeting, when he mentioned that the 3rd and 4th bend were still not as compact as he would have liked. He confirmed that Colin Meredith the track curator would continue to roll and tyre pack this part of the track for the rest of the day.

     

    I attended a full staff meeting which was ran by Ian Cochrane at 12pm. (Ian being integral to the planning of stadium events for the Grand Opening meeting.) This covered schedules for the running of the meeting. It was confirmed that I would hold more detailed meetings with pits and track staff.

     

    I walked the track with the meeting referee Graham Flint at around 1pm. We walked anti clockwise from bend 1 and the track was very firm until bend 3. At this point, although the top layer was dry, the track was not completely solid. It seemed that there was softer material below the visible track surface.

     

    We discussed this and considered the implications of the track 'cutting up'. I can not remember if it was at this point when I discussed the track with Colin Meredith, or if this discussion was later, but he confirmed that he would continue tyre packing, and that if we had any issues during the meeting, he had sufficient equipment and staff that he could very quickly bring the rollers onto the track between each heat if necessary.

     

    I held a meeting with pits staff at around 2.20pm. This mainly concerned details of pits access, rules of the stadium, signing on, safety and running order. I then checked that all fire extinguishers, flags, waste oil container and air compressor were available before allowing the pits to be opened to riders.

     

    I was asked by Chris Morton to keep the track gate closed as he wanted to talk to the riders about the track. Not all riders had arrived at the stadium, but some were very keen to get access to the track, so I invited them to the meeting room to be addressed by Chris. Approximately half the riders had arrived at this point. Although I can not remember exactly who was in this meeting, Danny King, Andreas Johnson, Jason Doyle, and at least one of the Worrals made up part of the group.

     

    Chris talked to the riders about the track and explained the area of concern. He invited them to look at the track, he emphasised the importance of the evening and encouraged them to engage with myself and Chris as much as possible. It was a positive meeting and I walked around the track with the riders to gauge their feelings. Although there were a few concerns, the was no direct negativity and I chatted to a couple of them about grading between every heat if necessary and they all seemed relatively settled. At this point Nikki Pedersen arrived at the stadium and onto the track, where I gave him a briefing of the earlier discussions. He walked around and looked at the third bend and said "Ok, it's not brilliant, but we'll all be riding the same track." At this point I did not think that there was a real threat that the riders would not ride the track.

     

    I held a meeting of the track and start marshals at 4pm and continued with the usual pre-meeting CoC duties.

     

    A rider briefing meeting had already been planned with for 4.45pm with myself, Graham, David Gordon and Chris Morton. As Mark Lemon was present we asked him to join us. Tai Woffinden had not arrived at this point but I believe all other riders were in attendance.

     

    It was suggested that the riders should be allowed to have a practice on the track before the main meeting. Riders voiced their concerns about the track being inconsistent but the discussions were all constructive. They agreed with Graham Flint that they should have a controlled practice with two sets of four riders, the track rolled, then the remaining two sets of four riders would get the same track time.

     

    This practice ran successfully. After all riders had completed the track time, ***** came to me privately to say that he did not want to ride. At this point a few other riders had formed a group in the middle of the pits and in the interests of discretion I asked them to make their way to the meeting room. I asked Chris to join me and we began discussing their concerns, still with the hope that the issue could be resolved. At this point, only ***** had said that he did not want to ride, but had not to my knowledge said this to the other riders.

     

    Without having time to bring Graham Flint completely up to speed, I sent him a message asking him to make his way to the pits where he joined the discussions. All riders comments remained constructive but the longer the discussions continued, the level of concern about the track cutting up and safety fears grew. The riders asked to have a private discussion where I requested that Mark Lemon be able to stay, as I believe all the riders have respect for Mark and we would be able to get an honest report of their opinion.

     

    I rejoined the meeting where it had been agreed that myself and Mark would discuss with Colin Meredith any possible solutions. We looked at the track briefly again before returning to the meeting room with Colin. During this discussion, it was apparent that no solutions the riders would be happy with could be completed in a realistic time frame, and the riders were unanimous in their decision that they did not want to ride. Chris, David and Graham arrived back in the meeting room and it was agreed that we had no choice but to abandon the meeting.

     

    Thoughts?

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