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Yes, they set fire to straw that they put on the track to try and dry it out. Apparently someone then called the fire brigade about it

That just isn't good enough. Very poor Plymouth

Seemed like a healthy crowd to me - I hope Glasgow Speedway made some money as their facilities and organisation were excellent. Why do members of this forum feel such a need to talk the sport down? The track, the fence, the delays, the coverage, the crowd, the time of the races, the format, the winner of the meeting for god's sake - all been panned in the preceding 40 pages, much by the keyboard experts who sat and watched a stream. How about taking the positives and advocating this great sport. I count myself lucky to have seen that meeting on my first visit to Glasgow and also thoroughly enjoyed my first visit to Edinburgh the previous night. Both clubs seem well run with good tracks and consequently well supported - isn't that what we all want? Sometimes it seems that the forum members hate the sport and look forward to it's total demise just to say 'I knew that would happen' - c'mon try loving the sport as it is!

He must have been the track man at Cardiff!

Every right to be tbf. Especially as we got ours on last week with an hours amount of track work.

And they have the cheek to moan about Poole and our track

Totally agree - there is 0% effort put in promoting any meeting at Lynn or meetings up and down the county cone to that by other clubs with the exception of Glasgow- they are not promotors they club owners - none of them actually promote the sport

Take too long to remove it from in between your ears.

It's funny because the BSN crew spent about half an hour telling us how good it was going to be! It's madness... you have 1 club calling a meeting off over 24 hours before it was due to start based on an incorrect forecast and another who let all the fans in and call it off without a race being run! All in the space of 48 hours

Hans Andersen there though.

Dry all day. Plymouth track is a disgrace. When Poole were down there a hole appeared on the third bend with billowing dust for the last few heats. The track man down there should be sacked. Clueless. Imagine the frustration of the Glasgow fans who have made the huge journey down? And don’t come back say the Poole track is crap blah blah blah.. Plymouth should hang their heads in shame.

What a joke, total shambles

That is 100% categorically untrue and I was good about 10 metres away. Craig's dad stormed in and told Wright to f*ck off, which upset some Redcar fans who had a go at Craig's dad. Team Manager then stormed in effing and blinding at everyone and did receive a barrage back.from the fans. Fault from both sides in my eyes, some fans did not help the situation I admit. At absolutely no point was Cook himself subject to any abuse whatsoever, and his ambulance was applauded off the track and I will happily go to any court in the land to testify to that.

All day to fix a track, get a big crowd in, and then call it off. Shocking stuff.

Never mind the announcement for Harris, how about announcing Harris isn't going to be there in the first place. There was a preview of the meeting on social media yesterday with no mention that the Berwick No1 would be missing.

Seems like the bullies who usually change half their team for the Play Offs are getting a bit shaken and stirred by the fact that someone else may be about to do the same. No doubt scratting around for replacements for Kemp and Ablitt and would even dump one of the others if they could find a viable option. Maybe Glasgow could get the prodigal back for the play offs. Corporal Middleditch yelling down the batphone to the Chateau..... "we don't like it up us"....as Matt drops the latest chandalier on poor old Helen. What's Greg Hancocks CL average , oh how loveree jubberlee that would be by Plymouth! (isn't Wilbur best mates with their media chief Jerry or is it Gerry?)

Completely agree, wolves used to be a great track when there was the Karlsson corridor AND an outside line. Now the outside line has all but disappeared it's just 4 guys fighting for the kerb most of the time. In the past used to get to around heat 6 and the outside developed and riders could ride the track "big" and then you had some terrific battles. Whilst I understand a lot of the home riders want it how it is now, and I get that winning teams and home advantage etc is important, it has lost a lot of it's entertainment value.

And people wonder why speedway is not taken seriously by major sponsors,,,mainstream media and mainstream TV. Could you imagine the laughing stock of a newspaper report,,,, tomorrow's meeting called off because it might rain.

Feel for everyone who attended tonight , yes we can blame whoever we want but as people are stating the riders don’t want to ride and I’m being serious if they feel it’s not safe then let’s leave it at that ,it’s them that are risking damage to themselves and there machinery

Having been at the track tonight, I can confirm that every effort was made to get this meeting on. Several tractors working hard on the track to try and get it in a fight state. The biggest disappointment of them all is for the riders, staff and the excellent crowd that was building for this huge meeting tonight. Mark and his track staff did everything they could but it wasn’t to be. Whilst I understand everyone’s frustrations, including everyone who was at the track tonight, we should think first before offering too broad a comment. British Speedway doesn’t need infighting, it needs supporting and offering views such as banning Plymouth or fining them does nothing to help that. Unfortunate how the evening has played out but we must move on. I accept it is not a good look to those turning up for perhaps their first meeting etc but sadly this was the hand that was dealt to us Gladiators tonight

I wonder how much it’s costing BSN too turn out each time? They’ve been hit with a fair few postponements…. Hopefully still making profit too go again next season

It,s still not raining Buster.

Well there must be something wrong if it is classed as 'unfit.'

Just logged onto the stream to hear them say the track was unfit to ride. I have to say that's pretty indefensible. But apparently that's speedway.

Here here! I was there too, my first visit to Glasgow. Good enthusiastic crowd, good organisation (entry, stewards etc) and lots of exciting racing, thrills and spills. Unfortunate that riders were injured and this was the only downside. Loved the way you could stroll right into the pits before the meeting and be up close with the riders. How many other tracks allow you to do that? Well done Glasgow!

Seems the pie rats are rattled,more posts about Plymouth on on the Poole thread than the usual trumpet blowing surely you don't see little ole Plymouth as a threat

I agree about BV getting the 4 points to a degree -but season ticket holders would lose out (if there is any ? ) and the riders losing a pay day in some ways it’s punishing those not responsible it needs to be targeted more and the owner of the club . Seems to me the reasons for call of was Jorgensen injured Eurosport camera was due to be there that = very poor crowd and lastly and the reason used poor weather forecast were no rain fell on kings Lynn - some action should be taken but should be aimed at those who called it off

The adverse camber is worse than rye house used to be, It never was like that in the past up till about 7 years ago and was quite shocked to see how bad it is today, nothing wrong with the shape of wolves but it only has 3/4 of the bends usable and imo that makes for not great racing

But as they are the governing body, I doubt anything will change anytime soon.

Engines on the bikes ??? LOL

Problem with that, is eventually teams may run out of dates & have to race when the forecast is worse than the original staging!

It’s August, it’s school holidays maybe if your club actually promoted it, put some extra entertainment on, advertise, put some special offers on. No just have a damp squib in September instead with no Tv.

I posted the forecast from an accurate source on here yesterday. There was no heavy rain or 50% chance of showers. The call off was for other reasons in my view.

It does if you're Redcar, Glasgow, Poole and a few other club's fans. Grant made a pathetic effort of promoting the club and was full of hot air.

Some amount off tossers in your support and you just happen to be another one, clown.

it wasnt meant to be offensive to our heroes of ww1, my grandad was injured in ww1, and my Great uncle was killed, my Grandad used to have a bit of banter about the ww1 trenches with his old pub pals, dont get so offended in this politically correct world full of snow flakes, I fought in the falklands as a 21 year old marine, i dont get offended by anything or what people say, it was part of my job at the time and i,d do it all over again. people need to chill out and stop being offended

But not in this day! Not sure there is any way of defending it. I must say the Speedway Shambles twitter account is having a field day with this!

I’m still at the track and for me there’s nothing wrong piss poor though people shouldn’t have been let in if there was a problem

I never saw Peter Craven ride, but pictures of him suggest a pretty modern style, he certainly looks differnet in pictures from most of his contemporaries. Soren Sjosten had a similar style. I see to recall him being referred to as a 'balance rider'. Maybe it was because they were both of small stature and bigger riders would find it hard to adopt such a style?

Could Jason Crump be tempted back?

There was a national train strike, I'm sure that had an effect on the attendance. Plus there was a stream available, why travel hundreds of miles when you can watch from home? Took me a day to recover from going to Redcar on Sunday and I wasn't even driving!

Turkeys don't vote for Xmas...

Wouldn't streaming affect the gate reciepts, maybe away fans could buy the streaming from their own club, with 50% of the reciepts going to the home club. And the home fans only be able to buy a recording of the live stream.

I was surprised at the crowd size, the PC Memorial at BV got 1,000 more than that. With Bewley and Lambert et al would have expected more, but I don’t know what the capacity at Glasgow is?

Davey Watt

That doesn't really narrow it down. An Aussie who has ridden for Poole lol.

That was worth staying in for,none of my teams lost tonight

We are spoilt with the quality of racing at Glasgow, unfortunately there is no streaming this season except from BSN, so unless you attend you aren't going to see the fantastic racing served up on a weekly basis. For some reason BSN chose to cover the totally uncompetitive Newcastle fixture in April which was actually the worst meeting of the season. However for all the hype about world class riders coming to Glasgow around a third of the riders couldn't race on the track. They looked fast in a straight line on their expensively tuned to the max engines but couldn't navigate the bends hence the numerous 60 second race times. Which are a rarity in Championship meetings. The cutthroat nature of the meeting lead to numerous crashes, nothing to do with the track or the fence. No problem with the long delays while Anders and Chris were being treated on track, the medical staff should get at much time as needed, they do a great job. But I don't think the Polish referee pushed the meeting through at the usual GP pace. What's polish for curfew? 4 hours on the couch watching a stream might be fine but some were standing at the track for much longer.

Posted by Chris Holder on Instagram, a couple of hours ago. holder_23 Well not the night I was hoping for! started the night decent, track caught me out in my 3rd heat and hit the ground pretty hard, unfortunately took a bike to the back in the process. Busted collarbone, 2 ribs and broke something in my lower back. Still in hospital, find out more this morning. Thanks for all the messages, helps in these tough situations. https://www.instagram.com/p/Chggq_ljwh5/?igshid=YTgzYjQ4ZTY%3D

Sadly not a prayer which for those of us who live here is a disappointment