Peterborough v Ipswich KOC semi-final 1st leg Monday 8th May.

[Flappy 1,605]

This could become very embarrassing yet again 

[Mick Bratley 474]

1 hour ago, Flappy said:

This could become very embarrassing yet again 

It was the right call, the forecast was horrendous.

Anyway it’s raining in Alwalton now, not a lot, but it is raining.

Riders often have a rain off guarantee written into their contracts (if they’re smart ) to cover any wasted travel costs should they arrive in the country before a meeting is postponed. It used to be (not sure if it still is) that if you call a meeting off post midday you still had to pay rent to the Showground. It can be very expensive to call a meeting off after midday.

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

Edited May 8, 2023 by Mick Bratley

[Flappy 1,605]

1 hour ago, Mick Bratley said:

It was the right call, the forecast was horrendous.

Anyway it’s raining in Alwalton now, not a lot, but it is raining.

Riders often have a rain off guarantee written into their contracts (if they’re smart ) to cover any wasted travel costs should they arrive in the country before a meeting is postponed. It used to be (not sure if it still is) that if you call a meeting off post midday you still had to pay rent to the Showground. It can be very expensive to call a meeting off after midday.

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

The forecast has been wrong most of the last 2-3 weeks. It was a guess

[bigcatdiary 3,165]

2 minutes ago, Flappy said:

The forecast has been wrong most of the last 2-3 weeks. It was a guess

Not your daytime job is it Flappy, Weather Forcasting.

[NeilWatson 1,988]

34 minutes ago, Flappy said:

The forecast has been wrong most of the last 2-3 weeks. It was a guess

This was a local derby fixture on a Bank Holiday, with three Grand Prix riders in the line-up, and you think the meeting was abandoned based on guesswork? No Promoter would willingly lose such a plum fixture. 

[Flappy 1,605]

7 minutes ago, NeilWatson said:

This was a local derby fixture on a Bank Holiday, with three Grand Prix riders in the line-up, and you think the meeting was abandoned based on guesswork? No Promoter would willingly lose such a plum fixture. 

It's currently sunny with a bit of drizzle in the wind.  

[Flappy 1,605]

38 minutes ago, bigcatdiary said:

Not your daytime job is it Flappy, Weather Forcasting.

No that's a darts player 

[Aries 440]

2 hours ago, Mick Bratley said:

It was the right call, the forecast was horrendous.

Anyway it’s raining in Alwalton now, not a lot, but it is raining.

Riders often have a rain off guarantee written into their contracts (if they’re smart ) to cover any wasted travel costs should they arrive in the country before a meeting is postponed. It used to be (not sure if it still is) that if you call a meeting off post midday you still had to pay rent to the Showground. It can be very expensive to call a meeting off after midday.

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

It was a bad forecast, but the decision was made more than 24 hours before the meeting. Every man and his dog knows how the forecast changes throughout the day. It’s always more accurate on the day, so if the forecast was still the same early this morning (which it wasn’t it had obviously changed) then they could still have made an early call off to save people from travelling. 

[IronScorpion 1,407]

7 minutes ago, Aries said:

It was a bad forecast, but the decision was made more than 24 hours before the meeting. Every man and his dog knows how the forecast changes throughout the day. It’s always more accurate on the day, so if the forecast was still the same early this morning (which it wasn’t it had obviously changed) then they could still have made an early call off to save people from travelling. 

Take Fridays example at Scunthorpe.

The roads were wet when I got up & a further forecast was for possible rain from 3 till around 6pm. Well that was wrong because we had temperatures of 17C & t shirt weather. On Scunthorpe twitter, Rob even had to go out & water the track at 4.30. What we didn't expect was the thunderstorm that came down after 6.30, flooding the roads & it lasted  about 30 minutes before blowing over. Look at Scunthorpe facebook to see the damage done in 30 minutes.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't!!!

[Aries 440]

Just now, IronScorpion said:

Take Fridays example at Scunthorpe.

The roads were wet when I got up & a further forecast was for possible rain from 3 till around 6pm. Well that was wrong because we had temperatures of 17C & t shirt weather. On Scunthorpe twitter, Rob even had to go out & water the track at 4.30. What we didn't expect was the thunderstorm that came down after 6.30, flooding the roads & it lasted  about 30 minutes before blowing over. Look at Scunthorpe facebook to see the damage done in 30 minutes.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't!!!

I’m not against an early call off based on a weather forecast, but again, at least wait until the morning of the meeting to get a much more accurate forecast. Are we now at a stage where we’re all accepting and happy for meetings being postponed more than 24 hours in advance based on a ropey forecast? Never used to happen. 

[maneacat 473]

Looking at the latest Metoffice forecast from 8pm tonight is 90% chance of rain - right call imho.  
 

 

[LagutaRacingFan 1,936]

Heavy rain in Peterborough.

Good call by the management.

[Mick Bratley 474]

The hindsight weather forecasters will be disappointed to learn that it’s been chucking it down in Alwalton since 7:30pm.

[Hodgy 976]

3 hours ago, Flappy said:

It's currently sunny with a bit of drizzle in the wind.  

Totally missed the board again. 

[Flappy 1,605]

15 minutes ago, Hodgy said:

Totally missed the board again. 

First decision they've got right this season tbf credit where it's due