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OveFundinFan last won the day on August 14 2022

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  1. OveFundinFan

    Moto Gp, 2 And 3

    I doubt it. BT had the contract, That part of BT now joined into Discovery owners and called TNT. They have big football contracts that cost them a lot of money, so TNT charges to the punter are not cheap. Of course "not cheap" to one person is easily affordable to another. Discovery+ gives me all the speedway GPs for £6.99 per month, plus the speedway world cup (or whatever called this year, the British Final plus other bits, and world superbikes (all rounds), then I watch snooker, arious ski sports, cycle cross, mountain bike and such like. Good value for money IMO.
  2. OveFundinFan

    Moto Gp, 2 And 3

    It's usually the season. Should be on tonight, I not checked yet but the whole of the races were on over the weekend....that is rare.
  3. OveFundinFan

    World Superbikes

    Last night, Sunday, I watched the two Sunday WSBK races. Fantastic stuff. What with MotoGP,2,3 races on ITV4 (the whole lot, very rare, and WSBK and it's supporting races (paid for via Discovery+ £6.99pm) I have had a feast of tarmac racing this weekend on two really good tracks. Roll on speedway GP's come the end of April, can't wait. Again viewed via Discovery+, about 5 weeks to go.
  4. OveFundinFan

    Sheffield Tigers 2024

    Same story every beginning to a season....arrange to hold speedway in March and be prepared for cancellations galore.....it's inevitable......until global warming alters things for better weather. And many times April is not much better.
  5. OveFundinFan

    World Superbikes

    What a fantastic race track is Portimao, scene of this weekends MotoGP, 2 and 3. All three class races today were thrilling, some fantastic youngsters on their way up. Today those youngsters were learning how important tyre management is.... some flunked the test and learned the hard way....losing out on the trophies.
  6. OveFundinFan

    World Superbikes

    A good race. Is Bautista the only rider that has had to increase weight of rider/machine?
  7. Is Sam Hagon any relation to Alf Hagon or his descendants.?? Good to see the young ones shaping so well. Impressed With Cook and the two Connors. Initially looked like Blodorn had took a leap forward. Re Celina, she is having a go at a sport she loves, just like many other youngsters. Nothing wrong with that. How far will she develop……who knows. What I havnt seen in any video clip etc is she mixing it on the first corner (in a tough way). She has got speed and very steady. I give her 10/10 for the courage to have a go.
  8. That obviously implies people living and working in Poland don’t earn a good income yet the commentator said at the beginning of the meeting, as the camera was scanning the back straight stands, some fans had travelled from Poland. So some Polish residents can afford to come to UK for a meeting so a £15 stream must be well affordable.
  9. There was comments on here 4-5 years ago that £10 to watch a speedway stream was too much….. time has moved on and, unfortunately, prices of EVERYTHING have gone up.
  10. Well I paid the £15 to watch it from comfort of my own home and I am happy I did. The meeting was presented well by BV and as expected and the riders rose to the challenge and provided top notch racing. Quality of the stream was very good, the camera angles very adequate, the commentary was ok. Negatives of the meeting in relationship to the streaming was the seemingly lack of knowledge of how great Ove Fundin was and the battles he and Peter Craven had…..but then I am an Ove Fundin fan. My other moan, not the fault of the stream company, BSN, was the length of time grading the track after every four races. Thankfully BSN covered the time with an interview, but there again, if I had been at BV and not streaming then that excessive tractor grading would certainly have been very boring. I wasn’t there….maybe the time spent was necessary. So, I spent £15, I sat in the comfort of my own home, no petrol money spent, no hassle travelling 30 mile each way in rush hour traffic (it was 7 o’clock start), I could easily have spent £8-£10 on a fish and chip supper on the way home, and risked a call off meeting due to weather (but it was BV and the track is more weather friendly because it was built right). £15 well spent in my opinion.
  11. Its been a dry day and sunny, washing out on the line. Sunday was not too bad either, not as good as Monday but not too bad. Personally, knowing its BV track, I think the track will be fine. I wouldnt have the same confidence about other tracks.
  12. OveFundinFan

    World’s best 15?

    So he did, apologies……I just don’t rate him yet…….but he got the points needed - others didn’t.
  13. OveFundinFan

    World’s best 15?

    You could well be right, though I think Fricke was better then some others who are in.
  14. OveFundinFan

    World’s best 15?

    2024 GP line up includes riders included not because they qualified on the track, but chosen for “political” reasons. It’s obvious the powers that be have tried to expand the number of different nationalities, so Kvech is included. Milik is no longer a GP contender but a GP is held in Prague, so stick a Czech in for the whole season. Personally I don’t think he ready yet. Lebedevs is the first rider to represent Latvia for a whole GP season. On “his day” he probably capable of winning a GP, but he has to prove he can cope with 10GPs, it’s a tough ask. It’s difficult job the selectors have, it’s probably true you could take 10 riders out, put a different 10 in and the racing will be just as good. Missing from last year of notable worth is Fricke ( and that was a surprise to me”, Anders Thomson, Janowski (yes he had a bad year but…). Let’s not forget riders have 2 different events that they are able to qualify from….. 4 GP places for the following year, that’s over 25% of the field. Add in the fact BSF members have been shouting for new faces in the GPs for a few seasons now, well this year the selectors have put in new faces…..and immediately BSF member were complaining they were the “wrong” new faces. Who would be a selector if they were not thick skinned to take all the flack.
  15. OveFundinFan

    World Superbikes

    I watched all 3 WSBK races and the 2 SSP races, enjoyed every one of them. Not always been a fan of WSBK/SSP, but not able to watch MotoGP full meetings (not paying BT money) and Speedway GP not starting for some weeks yet I gave it a go. Wanted to see how Toprak did on the BMW, Rea on the Yamaha Sam Lowe moving over from Moto2, and how Bautista got on with 6.5kg weight penalty. Plenty of excitement, surprised how last years SSP champion, Bulega, got on, and Alex Lowes performance now he doesn't have Toprak as teammate. The whole track relaid and immediately the track record was broke virtually by all WSBK riders. Ianone, after being of competative racing for 4 years went extremely well. There was an amazing pass by ALex Lowes did an amazing pass on the last lap of a race going round the outside of Bautista, very brave move. When Bautista gets rid of his neck injury from last year, and gets used to carrying an extra 6.5 kg penallty that will be good. Rea will sort his bike out, the other Yamahas were going ok, Toprak gets used to the BMW, Ianone gets fully race fit I think we in for a mighty fine season. Too early to prdict title winner but Bulega looks very promising.
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