iainb
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This is not league specific, the problem runs throughout the whole sport, all 3 leagues and individual competitionsAt least he's a PL promoter at the helm - its the nearest you'll get to 'impartial' as far as the EL is concerned!!
I like him - but agree he doesn't seem to get the support he deserves. Its too much for just one person to sort out!!
Did all the previous incumbents have to fulfil these criteria?
Doesn't matter what's gone now, they should have done. It's the future we should be thinking about, or there might not be one
Why pick on him he is no better or worse than anyone else who has had that job.
Because he's the man in post
I can't recall any plan to improve speedway and have never seen any leadership from those in charge.
So let's start now
Ok Harkess goes, what then, who takes over that would make that much of an improvement.
OK let's give up
It's personal because he's the man in postSeems very personal that post.
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Alex Harkess, when are you going to step up and do something for British Speedway and step down!
As chairman of British Speedway you have presided over the continual decline of the sport over the last number of years to the point last night where we had a Wolverhampton team riding at Swindon consisting of no Wolverhampton riders and a 5 man Coventry team tracked consisting of 3 Coventry riders! We are now at a point in this country where league racing is unsustainable, there are just not enough riders available to run 3 leagues with riders doubling and in some cases tripling up with countless fixture clashes. We have the new Fast Track system in place, which at the start of the year seemed like a great idea to bring on the youth of British Speedway, but as the season as gone on this has turned into a farce, with the inevitable injuries that have occurred you now have 27 year old veterans on this list.
The season started off on a farcical note with the ELRC and the subsequent promise of inquiries etc, but to my knowledge there was no punishment dished out, the list goes on, far too many for me to list here but just browsing through the forums on the pages and pages of things that should just not be happening in a so called professionally run sport.
And what do we ever hear from Alex Harkess? What is his strategy for the improvement of the sport? Is there a plan? Where is the leadership? When is somebody going to take some responsibility?
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erm Mick, didn't you tell them there were only 3 Coventry riders that were appearingI had some fans come up to me and say that was the best performance from a Coventry team in ten years, and thats a real compliment
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The man deserves a medal, he's almost single handedly kept the elite league going this yearI think Rory has just run out of steam. Far too many guest bookings.
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If they can't be bothered to name a team, I can't be bothered to turn up
I'm out
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Well... 5pm has come and gone, but we do have an update on the website, the ELRC draw, the ELRC that was taken off of Cov because they couldn't run a in a brewery
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Less than 10 hours to go and we still don't know the line-up
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Can forget the title for this season now I think
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Barker is a PL riderwith a PL rider in place of a heat leader.
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This was never going to finish with both teams operating R/R in both matches
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I'm sure one person on this forum is Mick in disguise3 totally different stories on last night's meeting..
Did they play the theme tune to the Good, the Bad and the Ugly last night..
Looking at the updates last night, after heat 1 -- track grading.....think that says it all really.
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So what exactly are the line-ups for tonight as it stands at the moment?
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NEWS FLASH!It makes the whole of Speedway look like a "Mickey a Mouse" sport.
It is
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you seem to fail to grasp the concept of rules, so what is acceptable?You deserve to be pulled for speeding when travelling at 30.0000000001mph in a 30 zone!
30.0000000002mph?
30.0000000003mph?
30.0050000000mph?
31mph?
35mph?
40mph?
50mph?
Who decides?
2 minutes 5 seconds?
2 minutes 10 seconds?
3 minutes?
5 minutes?
Anarchy!
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Are all riders tested or is it random?
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Do you think he was drinking by himself?
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I'm watching on xbmc and all it says is that it will start shortly before the event starts
Seems like everything else with this sport of ours, it's a bit of a joke
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Looks like we'll never find out who tbc was going to be
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7:20 and still tbc at number 6! Are they going to pull somebody out of the crowd I wonder
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Where's Bomber?
Where's Pedo?
Where's Garrity?
Where's Gypo Jensen?
Who's TBC?
Hasn't Mick got it the wrong way around? Shouldn't it be a tenner tonight?
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As a Coventry fan I'll probably never get to see Craig Cook ride!
Leicester V. King's Lynn Thursday Sept 11th
in SGB Premiership Speedway League
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I have been quick enough to come on here and have moan when I've been to matches with no real racing, so I have to say how good the racing was last night, lots of close tussles and some real passes. As a neutral I really enjoyed this match, started on time, no delays and great racing, and that's all I really want from a speedway match, simple really