Winter Meetings

[SJA 40]

I am surprised that a club has not tried to organise a meeting over the festive period. I always liked the New Year Classic at Newport and it always appeared well supported.

Besides the weather I wonder what puts a club off trying it?

[piston197 194]

The New year classic at Newport was an eagerly anticipated event and was staged in a variety of conditions due to the time of year, but Tim Stone always managed to select a bunch of riders who were prepared to give it a go regardless of the conditions, not always the best line up, but no prima donnas who were not prepared to give it a go, it produced a few non-fancied winners like Lee Smart, although even back as far as 2004, 2005, 2008 Chris Harris was a winner and that says it all !

[1stbender 18]

This time of year a lot of the Non UK Riders have returned home so for example a lot of the Aussies are back home and doing meetings in Aus. I guess the cost also for European riders to come for one event wouldn’t be worthwhile unless big money is on offer - it would be great to have a event during this period but don’t think it’s viable anymore. 
 

[DJC 251]

13 minutes ago, piston197 said:

The New year classic at Newport was an eagerly anticipated event and was staged in a variety of conditions due to the time of year, but Tim Stone always managed to select a bunch of riders who were prepared to give it a go regardless of the conditions, not always the best line up, but no prima donnas who were not prepared to give it a go, it produced a few non-fancied winners like Lee Smart, although even back as far as 2004, 2005, 2008 Chris Harris was a winner and that says it all !

God I miss those wet, baltic Sundays in Jan. How they managed to get the track to stand up to some of the conditions still baffles me to this day.

 

[piston197 194]

21 minutes ago, 1stbender said:

This time of year a lot of the Non UK Riders have returned home so for example a lot of the Aussies are back home and doing meetings in Aus. I guess the cost also for European riders to come for one event wouldn’t be worthwhile unless big money is on offer - it would be great to have a event during this period but don’t think it’s viable anymore. 
 

Was not the case back in 2010  1 Aussie, 2 Swedes  3 Danes

1. Chris Neath (Rye House) 2. Chris Mills (Unattached) 3. Ricky Ashworth (Sheffield) 4. Kevin Doolan (Kings Lynn) 5. Ben Barker (Coventry) 6. Adam Roynon (Workington) 7. Steve Boxall (Unattached) 8. Andrew Tully (Edinburgh) 9. Brent Werner (Unattached) 10. Andrers Mellgren (Newport) 11. Mads Korneliussen (Swindon) 12. Robert Henderson (Sweden) 13. Carl Wilkinson (Scunthorpe) 14. Niels-K Iversen (Peterborough) 15. Jerran Hart (Scunthorpe) 16. Daniel Henderson (Sweden)

Meeting reserves: 17. James White-Williams (Newport) 18. Tom Young (Newport)

 

Full article New Year Classic – super line-up set to thrill fans | South Wales Argus

[SJA 40]

9 minutes ago, DJC said:

God I miss those wet, baltic Sundays in Jan. How they managed to get the track to stand up to some of the conditions still baffles me to this day.

 

I recall driving through snow on the way to the final one I attended which I think could have been the last meeting at Newport.

[iainb 5,017]

I used to enjoy them, I think Sheffield put one on once too. These days though most, so called, promoters won't put anything on other than a league match. They won't even hold international test matches, so no chance of a Christmas/NY meeting

[piston197 194]

I also enjoyed the Telford "ice Speedway" meetings, not much of a spectacle, but a good day out and some interesting distraction watching the "Dancing on ice" half time entertainment, enjoyed  the likes of Tony Atkin and Wayne Broadhurst showing some of the young bucks how to do it by exercising throttle control .

[bruno 1,790]

Went to one at Sunny it was that cold I left before the end

[RS50 359]

35 minutes ago, bruno said:

Went to one at Sunny it was that cold I left before the end

Couldn't have been too Sunny then.

[bruno 1,790]

44 minutes ago, RS50 said:

Couldn't have been too Sunny then.

Lol. Scunny 

[Dickie Head 247]

There was a multi-discipline meeting last Saturday on the Isle of Wight which, according to their website, looks to have been well received.

[piston197 194]

Yes and there is that man Wayne Broadhurst winning again at the age of 56, 63 riders at Isle of Wight and 40 races, sounds like a good day out and giving the spectators value for money  most league speedway track spectators just see 15 minutes of racing,

it is time the SCB realise the spectators paying £20 + programme + food and beverages ,want a lot more than the 2 hours of standing around to watch 15 minutes of racing !

[*JJ 512]

If you want to see some speedway, there is usually amateur racing at Scunthorpe during the winter.

[stevehone 3,429]

17 hours ago, piston197 said:

Yes and there is that man Wayne Broadhurst winning again at the age of 56, 63 riders at Isle of Wight and 40 races, sounds like a good day out and giving the spectators value for money  most league speedway track spectators just see 15 minutes of racing,

it is time the SCB realise the spectators paying £20 + programme + food and beverages ,want a lot more than the 2 hours of standing around to watch 15 minutes of racing !

was a really good day out on the Island, and with the admission only £5 too.