The future of British Speedway after the 2023 season

[Lefty 1,268]

5 minutes ago, heathen52 said:

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Monmore; Evening meetings on Thursday and Saturday, afternoon meetings on Monday & Tuesday, morning meetings on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.

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So rather ironically could Wolves Speedway go back to Friday night?

 

[Wolfie456 500]

19 minutes ago, Lefty said:

 

Or stay on a Monday night 

[Tommy Sweetman 480]

4 minutes ago, Wolfie456 said:

Or stay on a Monday night 

The excuse for being thrown out of Monmore is pathetic.Leo Walker a director at Entain,says greyhound welfare is the sole reason why speedway can longer be tolerated.   Saying to many dogs are getting injured because of the material throw on to the greyhound racing circuit from the bikes . Strange this has only just surfaced when speedway has gone side by side with the dogs for decades.Think this is a lame excuse and a deliberate lie in wanting Wolves out of the way so they can stage further meetings with more profit from online betting in the UK and South East Asia .

[Beowulf 1,513]

22 hours ago, Tommy Sweetman said:

The excuse for being thrown out of Monmore is pathetic.Leo Walker a director at Entain,says greyhound welfare is the sole reason why speedway can longer be tolerated.   Saying to many dogs are getting injured because of the material throw on to the greyhound racing circuit from the bikes . Strange this has only just surfaced when speedway has gone side by side with the dogs for decades.Think this is a lame excuse and a deliberate lie in wanting Wolves out of the way so they can stage further meetings with more profit from online betting in the UK and South East Asia .

Dont they use the track covers on the greyhound track anymore ?

[Tommy Sweetman 480]

31 minutes ago, Beowulf said:

Dont they use the track covers on the greyhound track anymore ?

To idle to sweep up the debris from the covers and because of the distance between the tracks it's only the home straight anyway.

[Barrow Boy 2 172]

On 4/17/2023 at 1:47 PM, lisa-colette said:

6 man teams? 

When teams operate RR only 6 are required  so it can be done.

[iainb 5,017]

8 minutes ago, Barrow Boy 2 said:

When teams operate RR only 6 are required  so it can be done.

We had a season with all teams running R/R and 18 heats(?)... it was a disaster

[magnificentseven 236]

On 5/23/2023 at 4:08 PM, Beowulf said:

Dont they use the track covers on the greyhound track anymore ?

They use covers - but if you watch how they put the covers down each week after they have been folded up from the previous week, they turn them upside down, thus depositing all the shale from the previous week onto the dog track to leave a clean surface on top  You just can't make it up 

[Teromaafan 586]

3 hours ago, magnificentseven said:

They use covers - but if you watch how they put the covers down each week after they have been folded up from the previous week, they turn them upside down, thus depositing all the shale from the previous week onto the dog track to leave a clean surface on top  You just can't make it up 

Just cover the straights and leave the bends. If the dogs can build up enough speed on the straights they could be trained to lean and slide the bends (they’re clever creatures you know)…….I’ll get my coat.

[Hackett 220]

On 5/22/2023 at 5:16 PM, Tommy Sweetman said:

The excuse for being thrown out of Monmore is pathetic.Leo Walker a director at Entain,says greyhound welfare is the sole reason why speedway can longer be tolerated.   Saying to many dogs are getting injured because of the material throw on to the greyhound racing circuit from the bikes . Strange this has only just surfaced when speedway has gone side by side with the dogs for decades.Think this is a lame excuse and a deliberate lie in wanting Wolves out of the way so they can stage further meetings with more profit from online betting in the UK and South East Asia .

As Martin Dugard stated a one purpose stadium is far easier to obtain planning permission for. Alternatively greyhounds doesn't need a crowd just the ability to stream racing to Asia to allow betting to take place. Just a cover up on Entain's part.