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  5. Posted

    There is no doubt that the overall four meeting package is "just about ok' for the standing option..

    (Not quite sure the same for sitting)...

    However. The factor that is the main gamble for the four meeting option is that it only really favours Aces and maybe Sheffield fans..

    (About 3500 max between them in total if they all turn up.)

    For everyone else, 90 mins plus away from the track, four trips there and back wont be something to look forward to and will cost a fair few quid in transport costs..

    And for those further afield, the inevitable hotel costs will be another "big outlay"...

    Going to be a tough sell I feel, but hopefully wrong..

    Me and my lad will go to the final and watch the rest on TV..

    £180 or so for both of us for all the meetings and we would have gone to all four..

    The last time it was just two meetings, and, to be fair, the price per meeting isn't that much more..

    But. Getting enough to fork out for all four to make the first 3 meetings look good in TV will be the main challenge..

  8. Posted

    18 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

    I read that grudiadz we’re going to struggle to stay up this year because they have a weak team, now that may be right that they will struggle but it’s the big hitters like Doyle and fricke who are letting them down, with those 2 firing this match was for the taking but both look down on power, even when in good positions they are getting passed 

    I actually think they are more than decent..

    And not punching their weight..

    Mainly down to Doyle..

    Lidsey progressing well and his performances should be the bonus, rather than the one that keeps them in the meeting..

     

     

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  10. Posted

    7 hours ago, Technik said:

    It has been the same for everyone for many years. The sentence handed down is the maximum an individual will serve. But the term is only set for half & parole can be applied for at that point. With the time served & the offender demonstrates good behavior whilst incarcerated, shows remorse for their previous actions with a plan to improve in society & follow a set plan with a registered probation office. The sitting panel will consider all aspects & decide if the applicant is safe for release.

    100%...

    Many go into prison with alcohol/drug issues, often the issue which caused them to offend as they fed their habit, or were heavily under their influence of, on the day they did the crime itself..

    Many then also come out on probation due to "getting clean" whilst inside, with the belief that, with support continuing, they don't then reoffend..

     

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  13. Posted

    7 hours ago, Lioness said:

    As I have already said if you cared to read my posts, its horses for courses.  A school teacher can be struck off if convicted for behaviour outwith his school, you would not put a paedophile in charge of a nursery, Raith fans will tell you what happened when they tried to sign rapist David Goodwillie.   You commit a crime, you do the time.  As I have said I have no problem with him being a plumber although I wouldnt want him to be going into the homes of elderly or vulnerable.  He can be a labourer if he wants or any other number of jobs.  He has though forfeited his right to a sports position where he would benefit from sponsorship and get publicity and could possibly be seen by young or vulnerable as a 'hero' because he can ride a bike well.  He's not a hero, he is a violent thug who served time for what he did to an elderly disabled individual in their own home.  Let him get on with his life away from speedway - the sport does enough to make it less appealing to possible new supporters without the ruling body being stupid enough to see that allowing him back as a rider will give every nimby in the land extra ammunition to object to speedway and speedway tracks.  

    Hardly anyone outside the few thousand who follow the sport would even notice if he came back into Speedway...

    It isn't like any return would drive tens of thousands away...

    As that has already been done by others down the years...

    And if anyone wants to make a stand by not going should any convicted  criminal be riding then let them....

    Plenty more will still turn up regardless of his presence....

    And, if we are now only allowing ex cons to do certain jobs, why should others then be made to work with them? Other "labourer's" in your scenario may not want him there with them for example...

    Therefore, what jobs does society say ex cons can do without someone having a protest?

    The bottom line is hardly anyone in this country has heard of Speedway, let alone Jason Garrity...

     

     

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  15. Posted

    On 4/21/2024 at 1:30 PM, Robbo 403 said:

    Thanks to everyone who has taken time to object,anyone who has not now is the time.Always surprises me how few riders and officials object as they would be the main beneficiaries of a saved stadium.

    A distinct lack of any co-ordination by the governing body to the majority of closures..

    Is it because there isnt enough riders to fill any extra teams? Hence it is "better" to let some simply disappear? 

    Imagine if the dozen or so tracks that have closed in circa the last decade where still running? 

    That would need over 80 riders..:o

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  17. Posted

    48 minutes ago, Rob B said:

    Yet better racing in last 2 heats than there was in 15 heats at Leicester last week. 

    On these "grippy nights", where the racing always improves later in the meeting, why not let the riders do 6 practice laps or so each before the racing..? 

    That would be 84 laps, the equivalent of around 5 races worth of match laps..

    Moving the dirt out so, meaning the inside grip reduces, hopefully making the racing improve quicker..

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  20. Posted

    Some of our lads do appear to have a bigger expectation of them than maybe their capability level would currently warrant...

    Messrs Screen, Loram, Woffinden, Lambert and Bewley were, whilst well under 21, beating world level heat leaders regularly...

    Wouldn't be a bad thing to lower expectation, and therefore pressure, on these lads..

    If they reach HL level in Div 2 and No6/SS level in Div 1, it will be an achievement...

  23. Posted · Edited by mikebv

    4 hours ago, iainb said:

    All of this cancelling meetings shenanigans needs setting down in the rules in some way, there's far too much of it going on by many clubs in all leagues

    Just give both teams one point each...

    No one gets paid so no costs to the clubs, and also, maybe, the riders would be more inclined to ride when "less than 100%"? Which as the years go by, is becoming less and less the norm..

    Apart from obviously, in October when "all of a sudden," play offs take place in all sort of conditions...

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  24. Posted

    7 minutes ago, chun said:

    not sure why this has stoked up so much controversy.  witches clearly weakened by doyle’s absence.  no reason doyle would choose to miss the meeting.  early intervention taken by the witches management to ensure they field a competitive side…

    Two riders missing should see the match not even taking place...

    Ipswich Select is OK as a testimonial meeting team, but not OK as a team to be involved in a professional UK Sports League..

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  25. Posted

    1 minute ago, AceBelle said:

    were you on next row to him ? how would you know that ???

    I remember that photo from Matej in his Manchester hotel room the night it was rumoured he wasn't going to make it..

    Sent to social media about half ten at night..

    Luckily we had a flood so the meeting got called off anyway....:D

    Climate change hitting Gorton in isolation that night. Unlucky...

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