Bavarian 767 Posted August 6, 2023 On Friday and Saturday of this week, the second edition of the FIM Women's Speedway Academy was held at the National Speedway Stadium in Manchester. https://www.fim-moto.com/en/news/news-detail/article/fast-females-take-centre-stage-at-atpi-fim-womens-speedway-academy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DazS 430 Posted August 6, 2023 when are they having one for the transgender brigade 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iainb 5,017 Posted August 6, 2023 Looks like it was well attended, it'll be a while before any home grown talent makes the grade I suspect. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arnieg 3,643 Posted August 6, 2023 13 minutes ago, DazS said: when are they having one for the transgender brigade Soon I hope Just so I can see all the dinosaurs have apoplectic fits. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DazS 430 Posted August 6, 2023 who funds all this agenda to get women doing all these mens sports, they will never compete at top level with men, but you can get transgender men competing at top level with women. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iainb 5,017 Posted August 6, 2023 21 minutes ago, DazS said: who funds all this agenda to get women doing all these mens sports, they will never compete at top level with men, but you can get transgender men competing at top level with women. If it means more exposure for Speedway who cares really? It's not right but we don't live in a meritocracy anymore, so you either play the game or sink without a trace in the media Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bavarian 767 Posted August 6, 2023 Did the women actually have a race meeting or was it just practising? Were spectators allowed to attend the event? Was anybody there who can tell us about it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil The Ace 2,860 Posted August 8, 2023 On 8/6/2023 at 10:17 PM, Bavarian said: Did the women actually have a race meeting or was it just practising? Were spectators allowed to attend the event? Was anybody there who can tell us about it? No racing no fans wasn’t allowed to attend. It was all behind closed doors sadly Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sings4Speedway 3,247 Posted August 9, 2023 Was this a rider funded event or sponsored and rider invites issued? Certainly don't question the motives and exposure but maybe a bias on funding ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grachan 7,362 Posted August 11, 2023 (edited) On 8/6/2023 at 9:24 PM, DazS said: who funds all this agenda to get women doing all these mens sports, they will never compete at top level with men, but you can get transgender men competing at top level with women. Irrelevant in speedway as men and women compete on equal terms. So if a transgender woman did ride it wouldn't be an issue. Personally, because of that, I don't really see the point of having woman only events. It just comes across to me as a gimmick. I know that Sophia Floersch, the first woman to ever score points in Formula 3 car racing, was very much against the woman's car racing championship and decided not to compete in it as she felt it was a backward step and limited the progression of women in the sport. There is also Ana Curasco, who rides in Moto GP3, and Celina Liebman, who has ridden in SGP2, who are competitive in their sports racing against men, so why restrict them to female-only racing? Edited August 11, 2023 by Grachan 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DazS 430 Posted August 11, 2023 2 hours ago, Grachan said: There is also Ana Curasco, who rides in Moto GP3, and Celina Liebman, who has ridden in SGP2, who are competitive in their sports racing against men, so why restrict them to female-only racing? yes they are competitive, ( at the lowest mens level.) eh but good luck to them. but there is a bigger agenda to this.! and I'm not talking about women in mens sport.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,986 Posted August 11, 2023 (edited) Well, if Bill Gates and George Soros are pumping money into speedway, all i say is 'welcome to the Woke Championships' If there really is a Big agenda, then i doubt speedway will be invited to dine at the table Edited August 11, 2023 by iris123 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DazS 430 Posted August 11, 2023 (edited) you could say they are useful idiots+ they do know how too use idiots very well., and the idiots dont even know they are being used Edited August 11, 2023 by DazS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RS50 359 Posted August 11, 2023 7 hours ago, Grachan said: There is also Ana Curasco, who rides in Moto GP3, and Celina Liebman, who has ridden in SGP2, who are competitive in their sports racing against men, so why restrict them to female-only racing? 4 hours ago, DazS said: yes they are competitive, ( at the lowest mens level.) eh but good luck to them. but there is a bigger agenda to this.! and I'm not talking about women in mens sport.. Ana Curasco is a former world champion, at Supersport 300, level, competing against the men. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DazS 430 Posted August 11, 2023 yes will be looking forward to seeing her in moto gp. can you let me know when she makes it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
