Falcon1983 557 Posted September 24, 2022 23 hours ago, old bob at herne bay said: Next stage in the planned demise of UK league speedway is surely home meetings every other week. Not sure this would be a demise Speedway is no longer like the 70s/80s etc there are more things to do now than back in the day Every week there is something to distract you from speedway, having less speedway could be a good thing as it may then be appreciated more by fans when its offered For me speedway every week for say 5 or 6 months would be an overkill as there are other things i like to do, if there were fewer meetings id attend then do my other interests as there would be more freedom to do them 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iainb 5,018 Posted September 25, 2022 (edited) 11 hours ago, Falcon1983 said: Not sure this would be a demise Speedway is no longer like the 70s/80s etc there are more things to do now than back in the day Every week there is something to distract you from speedway, having less speedway could be a good thing as it may then be appreciated more by fans when its offered For me speedway every week for say 5 or 6 months would be an overkill as there are other things i like to do, if there were fewer meetings id attend then do my other interests as there would be more freedom to do them Out of interest have any other sports offered more by putting on less? Switch onTV and there's ALWAYS Golf, Football, Cricket, Rugby, Snooker, Darts, Tennis on somewhere, F1 are just putting on there longest season ever, seems they all think that more is more is the way to go Edited September 25, 2022 by iainb Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Falcon1983 557 Posted September 25, 2022 7 hours ago, iainb said: Out of interest have any other sports offered more by putting on less? Switch onTV and there's ALWAYS Golf, Football, Cricket, Rugby, Snooker, Darts, Tennis on somewhere, F1 are just putting on there longest season ever, seems they all think that more is more is the way to go Alot these sports you mention are structured and are not reliant on other championships etc. Most of not all have a full years calendar which they stick to and some sports mentioned dont suffer with the elements Speedway may attract more riders by offering less meetings which is one of the issues the top riders state 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikebv 10,285 Posted September 25, 2022 9 hours ago, iainb said: Out of interest have any other sports offered more by putting on less? Switch onTV and there's ALWAYS Golf, Football, Cricket, Rugby, Snooker, Darts, Tennis on somewhere, F1 are just putting on there longest season ever, seems they all think that more is more is the way to go But those sports have major sponsorship backing Ian... Something, (whilst any rider can ride for any team, on any give night), Speedway will never have... The UK version of the sport obviously, those who run it like a "proper team event" do attract major sponsors... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wessexbobcat 13 Posted September 26, 2022 On 9/24/2022 at 9:26 PM, Falcon1983 said: Not sure this would be a demise Speedway is no longer like the 70s/80s etc there are more things to do now than back in the day Every week there is something to distract you from speedway, having less speedway could be a good thing as it may then be appreciated more by fans when its offered For me speedway every week for say 5 or 6 months would be an overkill as there are other things i like to do, if there were fewer meetings id attend then do my other interests as there would be more freedom to do them Every other week would be an improvement! Crazy people get out of the habit with these breaks.Needs to be same day every week and on a day that works for the track.Friday or Saturday to get me back too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RS50 359 Posted September 30, 2022 Anything been said about finals play off dates?. I would assume, if semis completed on time, would be Monday/Thursday 10th and 13th October. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charlieboy 412 Posted September 30, 2022 That’s the proposed dates presuming semis get finished Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NSS1 41 Posted September 30, 2022 2 hours ago, RS50 said: Anything been said about finals play off dates?. I would assume, if semis completed on time, would be Monday/Thursday 10th and 13th October. Correct Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,730 Posted October 4, 2022 I gather it could be Monday October 10th Belle Vue v Sheffield. OR Wolves v Belle Vue Thursday October 13th Sheffield v Belle Vue. OR Belle Vue v Wolves Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
