Ryan555 144 Posted May 19, 2022 (edited) 36 minutes ago, eric i said: Seems they have changed their mind and its just a guest booking now. Yeah weird one because Alcock shared it on his Instagram. The only reason why wouldn’t want to officially sign him is if we don’t want to redeclare and risk not being able to bring Kinsley back in with rising averages everywhere else in the team, I believe I’m recalling the rules correctly ?! Edited May 19, 2022 by Ryan555 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OldtimerRay 89 Posted May 19, 2022 7 hours ago, eric i said: Joe Alcock for ryan, RR for Palin. I never heard of the European under 23 team championship. Got to be honest, I have never heard of Joe Alcock, I must get out more. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lucifer sam 3,953 Posted May 19, 2022 Yeah, just a misunderstanding. Now told Rob G where the incorrect information stemmed from, so he can also make sure there's no further misunderstanding tomorrow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NeilWatson 1,988 Posted May 20, 2022 6 hours ago, Ryan555 said: Yeah weird one because Alcock shared it on his Instagram. The only reason why wouldn’t want to officially sign him is if we don’t want to redeclare and risk not being able to bring Kinsley back in with rising averages everywhere else in the team, I believe I’m recalling the rules correctly ?! An injured rider may re-take their position, dictated by their MA (with their replacement being released) regardless of average. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Johnson 285 Posted May 20, 2022 https://britishspeedway.co.uk/homepage/ apparently its off as rain expected 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IronScorpion 1,407 Posted May 20, 2022 Probably best as I saw forecast yesterday & thought similar & looking at this https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/map/gcx8c5kxh#?map=Rainfall&zoom=8&lon=-0.65&lat=53.59&fcTime=1653001200 the heaviest rainfall will be between 5 & 7pm. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Johnson 285 Posted May 20, 2022 cue the "its not raining now" brigade 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IronScorpion 1,407 Posted May 20, 2022 (edited) Considering what Rob said in the clubhouse after last weeks meeting that it was almost called off after he put new shale down & it did not bed in & turned to mush, what would the track be like after a possible deluge for the riders & fans. We do not want to see/read "from the gate after bend 2 after being filled in. Some riders packing in as could not see." It is not about the "now" but track prep & conditions later. Edited May 20, 2022 by IronScorpion 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soupy 556 Posted May 20, 2022 50 minutes ago, IronScorpion said: Considering what Rob said in the clubhouse after last weeks meeting that it was almost called off after he put new shale down & it did not bed in & turned to mush, what would the track be like after a possible deluge for the riders & fans. We do not want to see/read "from the gate after bend 2 after being filled in. Some riders packing in as could not see." It is not about the "now" but track prep & conditions later. Pity they never thought about that when Poole where in town last season Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan555 144 Posted May 20, 2022 7 minutes ago, soupy said: Pity they never thought about that when Poole where in town last season Possibly because the fixture deadline was looming and Poole had some of their fixtures still to complete Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soupy 556 Posted May 20, 2022 8 minutes ago, Ryan555 said: Possibly because the fixture deadline was looming and Poole had some of their fixtures still to complete Probably but track was rideable and I visited that day and was not impressed at all as was staying at Mablethorpe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Johnson 285 Posted May 20, 2022 And there was no issues with the shale then Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lbw 869 Posted May 20, 2022 15 hours ago, OldtimerRay said: Got to be honest, I have never heard of Joe Alcock, I must get out more. It's Alcock & Bull, aka Ant & Dec! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IronScorpion 1,407 Posted May 20, 2022 2 hours ago, soupy said: Pity they never thought about that when Poole where in town last season From what I remember, the track was wet but Poole just were not interested. The race times were not too slow(around 59-60 seconds) & as others have said, it was towards the end of the season when Poole had quite a few more meetings to race so just got on with it, hoping to be in front after heat 10 so the result could be declared. Was it not, also, the meeting when the away manager tried to use a TS in heat 8? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan555 144 Posted May 20, 2022 (edited) 18 minutes ago, IronScorpion said: From what I remember, the track was wet but Poole just were not interested. The race times were not too slow(around 59-60 seconds) & as others have said, it was towards the end of the season when Poole had quite a few more meetings to race so just got on with it, hoping to be in front after heat 10 so the result could be declared. Was it not, also, the meeting when the away manager tried to use a TS in heat 8? Yes it was quite funny when he sent Ryan Douglas who was guesting out in heat 8 as a tac sub Edited May 20, 2022 by Ryan555 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites