TheScotsman

That's just unreal. A health & safety issue it says. From their website............. PETERBOROUGH have been forced to postpone their eagerly-awaited Premier League showdown against Edinburgh tonight (Tuesday). The East of England Showground clash has been called off due to a healthy and safety issue which is unlikely to be resolved today. Co-promoter Trevor Swales said: "It is a very unfortunate situation and we are absolutely gutted that we cannot race tonight. "It is no-one's fault but a health and safety issue has arisen and we don't expect to be able to rectify it in a matter of hours.

Having ignored all food outlets, based on previous experience, I thought it was an average kind of day. The racing was - average. Nothing great to write home about. Gates 3 & 4 were the places to be. So why did Panthers choose 1 & 3 in heat 15? Only Ostergaard had done anything from there and that was in the previous heat. The track was - average. Not that much in the way of passing. I'm sure the regulars can tell me the facts, but there appears to be a bit more banking on turn 2 - is this correct? Not that was much in the way of overtaking round the outside. At least they kept the dust down apart from on bends 3 & 4. What is the rule on tape touching with your helmet? I thought that was allowed nowadays? Bowen seemed to catch the tapes with his lid in heat 10 but was thrown out despite trying to show the ref it was his lid that touched them. And below average - the presentation. Gawd it's dull over there. Long silences, long periods with just music. No interviews. Very little announcer chat. Not good enough in this day and age, especially on a hot day. And above average - we won the 50/50 draw so ended up with a small profit to cover the costs of Rye plus Peterborough in one week!!

That was stupid. Did you not read previous forum comments about them - especially the fish? That's fish with a small f!

Yep if Wee Joe could come back in then we might have a chance. I fear Stevie is going to suffer burn-out sooner rather than later. His schedule is just insane.

Sounds like a very tight affair and got there in the end despite a few dodgy moments on the way Still don't see us winning the league though.

Another good reason for getting rid of Tactical rides then!!

Helmet colours are in such varying shades nowadays that even they are not a reliable guide for colour blind folk like me. At least the old yellow/black was a good identifier in the past. But now just plain yellow could be anything heading towards orange. As could the red. So I give my big shout for individual rider colours, not the all clones together team race suits Especially under the grim lighting at Ippo!!

Oh damn. Plough fest it might be then. I suppose Cookie's moto x background might be a help then!!

I think Crazyb meant 1500 in the stadium rather than just the stand. I reckon the stand was about half full so 1500 overall sounds fair.

One of the advantages of televised speedway is that it allows the promoter to actively market the event in the way that Peterborough did yesterday. A coupon in the local paper allowed entry for a fiver as did buying tickets through Sky Tickets. That would have enticed a fair few newcomers to come along, as was commented on the night by Mick Horton (?). I don't know how much the promoter gets from Sky for hosting the event but I'm sure it goes a long way to balancing the reduced admission charge. And if you put on a show like they did last night, that's the way you are going to get newcomers coming back which is what it's all about. It was a reasonably smooth run last night, with only the Rosen crash understandably causing much of a delay. Even in the couple of unsatisfactory start races, all 4 were straight back to the tapes without revisits to the pits to check their make up! The interval after heat 10 was restricted to 5 minutes as planned too. Just need to cut out the gardening time now!!

But it's the same if you watch football live at lesser grounds. We have got so spoiled by tv that as soon as there is an incident we want to see the action replay. Go to the match live and your first thought is - I need to see that incident again, but you can't because there's no facility there. What's the incentive to go to a televised speedway match. No action replays, slo-mos, any of that. Chilly nights, less than ideal surroundings. Watch it on the tv and you can see an incident from half a dozen camera angles in slo-mo again and again. You would never have caught that if you were there live because of the speed involved. I thought the Fish may not have given Lindgren enough room in heat 13 last night when Ludde clattered the fence on the home straight. The tv replays on my phone showed that Fish was nowhere near him and Ludde hat clattered it all on his own. (He did incredibly well to stay on and just about nick it on the line.) Tv has probably contributed to the demise of speedway, but more because of its very existence than because some matches are on the box each week.

Most matches on tv show the crowds to be pretty meagre. The problem Peterborough has is that most of the punters are housed in the huge stand which I think someone said holds about 2000. They prefer to sit in the half just after the start so any focus on the other half or on the rest of the ground will make it look very sparsely attended. I would estimate that there were a good 1000 in the stand and a few hundred around the ground which I would think is a decent attendance for a match that is on tv/streams though entry for a fiver was a phenomenal deal.

Fantastic night's speedway. Not as Baltic as in previous weeks - biggest disappointment was the length of the queue at the fish & chip van - only 1 lady serving instead of the usual 2, BUT the big plus was that it meant I was still in the queue when Queenie's song came on so I didn't have to stand up again or get glared at by the locals. No-one in the queue seemed to take any notice of it, so I felt I was amongst friends! Track was the best I have ever seen it racing lines everywhere after the first few races. Strange therefore that gate 1 was so dominant - 9 winners (gate 2 = 3; 3 = 1; 4 = 2). Lindgren rode reasonably well - 6+1 away from home pretty much matches his average. Great to see ex-Monarch Christian Henry ride so well - equaled track record in heat 1 (did he say he had a puncture or something? I couldn't quite catch the announcer.).Should never have let him go! Robson was very entertaining but not that dominant, though he was having a mighty battle with the Fish in heat 10 till Fish came off. Kerr was a disaster. As others have said, did he only have 1 bike to try? Ridiculous to have the same problem in 4 races, all when in a good position. Pretty damn dangerous too given how close the others were to him each he packed up. Rosen didn't really get a chance to show how good he is. Very very nasty crash. Amazed he was back up and planning to fly from Stansted that evening! Schramm was the bam as always. Pulled off an amazing recovery in heat 2 when he reared up coming out of bend 4 and then in heat 9 he reared in bend 2 and collected Rosen. Otherwise he rode ok. Rose - not sure what to make of him. Being a Kings Lynn rider, I expected his to be completely at home at the Showground. 4 points from 6 rides would suggest he wasn't and certainly in his first 3, he wasn't on it all. But in the rerun of heat 9, standing in for Rosen he rode really well to keep Dryml behind him. Jury's out!! The Fish was very entertaining. You certainly don't see him running a last in heat 1 very often. 3 wins plus the big battle with Robson (on a t/r) in heat 10 when he lifted and baled out on bend 4 but had the presence of mind to keep both hands on the bars and get up and continue for the single point after yet another Kerr ef. Blackbird rode well for his 8, especially when he kept Robson behind him in that heat 10. Dryml rode well - a couple of lightning gates and a decent score of 9 and the only real blip was finishing behind Rose in heat 9. Ostergaard was ok - he had a couple of good wins in his 3rd & 4th outings (the last one after a last minute change of bikes) which probably gave him the heat 15 gig, Dunno which bike he was on in heat 15, but it promptly died just after the start!! Jacobs was better than usual.and couldn't have been expected to get any more than his 6+1. Greenwood continues to impress and looked very determined in his first 2. Unfortunately his bike gave out a big cloud of smoke in his 3rd ride and he then finished his 4th behind Robson and Schramm the bam. So next week should be the big test against the mighty Monarchs. I hate to be disloyal but I can see Peterborough winning that one!! I think the big track advantage will be too much.

OK - we can exchange details nearer the time, It was indeed fantastic racing last night - by far the best of the season. Hope they can keep the track the same.

Yes I'll be there on my own so No problem. Where are you staying at stansted?

But my offer still stands too.

They just kept it quiet, raced behind closed doors and haven't published the results. I hear it was a good meeting. I will be going past Stansted on my way back from the meeting, but only if it's on 6th May!! I could give you a lift back if you are interested.

Good business move by Sheffield. It's a results business.

Devils = a pretty impressive 3 man team!! 1. Ben Barker - 2, 3, 6!, 3, 0 = 14 2. R/R for Kyle Newman - (BR - 0, KK - 0, RJ - 2, RB - 0) = 2 3. Roland Benko - 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 = 0 4. Rasmus Jensen - 2, 4!, 2, 1, 2', 2 = 13+1 5. Sam Simota - 1, 0, 2', 0 = 3+1 6. Kalle Katajisto - 3, 0, 1, 1', 3, 2, 3 = 13+1 7. Ben Reade - 0, 0, 0 = 0 Read more: http://speedwayupdates.proboards.com/thread/13247/scunthorpe-plymouth-pl-27-3pm#ixzz306fgjWXA

If everyone put the clown on ignore like I have, I wouldn't have to see his inane posts when you reply to him!! Of just don't reply to him. One day he'll grow up and move on.

Hmmm - Kalle let me down badly. Only 14 tonight but with 2 big fat zeroes as well.

You haven't seen this then......... http://www.edinburghmonarchs.co/emtv/player2.asp?cat=Racing_2013&id=100086 EDINBURGH 'Scotwaste' MONARCHS...49 1. Craig Cook 2,3,1¹,1,3 = 10+1 2. Max Fricke F,1,1,2 = 4 3. Theo Pijper 3,2,1¹,2,0 = 8+1 4. Jozsef Tabaka 2¹,1¹,2,2¹ = 7+3 5. Claus Vissing 2,3,0,0 = 5 6. Josh Bates (G) 0,1,3,3 = 7 7. Derek Sneddon © 3,1¹,3,1¹ = 8+2 SOMERSET 'Cases' REBELS...41 1. Jason Doyle © 3,3,2,3,2 = 13 2. Kyle Newman 1,FX,2,1¹ = 4+1 3. Josh Grajczonek 1,2,3,3 = 9 4. Alex Davies 0,0,F,1 = 1 5. Nick Morris 3,2,3,2¹,1¹ = 11+2 6. Stefan Nielsen 2,0,0,0 = 2 7. Simon Lambert 1¹,0,0,0 = 1+1 Heat 11 Vissing, Bates, Doyle, Newman Result: Bates, Doyle, Newman, Vissing (58.1) 3-3 (37-29) Bates bursts to the front and holds on manfully !! Meanwhile Vissing goes missing and goes 2nd to 4th (perfect tactics) Massive pressure from Doyle late on. What a race from the wee man. Heat 14 Tabaka, Bates, Davies, Lambert Result: Bates, Tabaka, Davies, Lambert (58) 5-1 (46-38) Great 1st turn from the Monarchs and another win for "The Master" take a bow son. Info courtesy of Edinburgh Monarchs and Monarchs Chatzone.

Just found out how to Ignore him!! Bliss!!!

Easy for Plymouth. 15 point max for Kalle!!

Is Lanham an Ippo asset? Only asking!! (He certainly was last night!!)