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Any of those would be OK, bands were just an example. My point is you cannot expect people to pay today's prices for 15 races of what is often far from exciting sport. I'm pretty sure P/borough do do interviewsetc before the meeting, certainly they do during it. As I said speedway is supposedly a professional sport but rarely does it live up to that word. For all you dislike BSI, and I have some sympathy with that, they are professional. They put on a show.....and make sure the riders play their part in that too.

It would help if the track was ready and pristine before punters entered, you don't see grounds man painting white lines at PL footie matches when e stadium is open. Speedway is supposed to be a PROFESSIONAL sport after all. Pre match entertainment of some kind, there must be local bands who would jump at the chance to perform publicly, for instance. The biggie is the riders, they need to realise they sure being paid to entertain the paying public for more than 4-5 one minute duration races. Wave to the kids as if they mean it, cknowledge the cheers and a few more might actually bother to cheer which would help the atmosphere you think the fans alone should provide. I could go on, but if speedway wants to be a professional sport and charge the prices they do, it has to start providing more than just 15 separate minutes of track action. It will not survive solely on people like yourself who are satisfied with what they provide now.

Ta muchly might give it a go if the weather is as bad as they say.

Now come on Semion evenyou must get excited when you get to the stadium and the tractors are still laying the track to the sound of banal "music" and not much else. Cheers your socks off at their formation grading for 30-60 minutes depending on what time you get there and even you will be all warmed up to cheer and shout at the riders whilst they do a couple of laps of the track with their arms at a 90 degree angle pretending to acknowledge you. When the meeting proper gets under way you can cheer and wave at the race winner and you never know if he's from the away team he might even wave back at you

Try reading this, I've highlighted the appropriate parts just in case you have a problem finding them. By the way, it's part of the official statement from Belle Vue issued on March 21st. Certainly read to me that Colin Meredith (and indeed anyone else from BV) are not allowed to do anything other than advise.

I dont want to be seen as kicking BV when they are down but I recall reading posts on Sat night and Sunday from their fans asking why people supposedly in the know didn't publicly say there were problems with the track. Some of those same people have since complained that Edinburgh, Cradley and Wolves announced Friday was off before Belle Vue is. Anyone else see double standards here? Far better to call off any meetings until the track has been properly tested so that only good news comes out of Manchester.

Thanks for the clarification Philip. Maybe Fred flange would like to say he was wrong, only needs one word. Starts with S and ends with Y

Correct me if I'm wrong but weren't we told that Meredith was only allowed to advise, not "lay the surface"?

Forgive my ignorance of live streaming but is this a "lift" of a professional filming or something arranged solely by Davey Watt. Will this be a single camera or multi camera. Will there be commentary in English? I'm sure for people who regularly view streams my questions seem stupid but if you dont ask you dont find out

Probably the most sensible suggestion to date, which is why it will never happen.

i thought I read that Buster wasn't going down the squad route this year. I could have been dreaming tho cos the season so far in this country has been a bit of a nightmare

Posted Today, 12:42 PM PHILIPRISING, on 22 Mar 2016 - 08:49 AM, said: So would it be correct to assume that the other rider didn't think it was fine? because that's what your statement implies Just thought I'd re-ask this one, in case you missed it Phillip

So would it be correct to assume that the other rider didn't think it was fine? because that's what your statement implies Really after what happened to Chris Louis when a cone was left on a track!

The BSPA are not the SCB (altho their members do overlap somewhat) and it is the SCB that issued the licence not the BSPA. Therefore the BSPA as an organisation had no power to stop the meeting going ahead. Whether the BSPA should have made representations to the SCB is another matter. IMHO they should have, but having read thro the speedway regulations the actual condition of the track is not mentioned, so I'm not entirely clear on what grounds the SCB could have refused to issue the licence. All in all it's a mess that no one comes out of with any credit and once again the issue of an independent governing body with the power to make such decisions needs looking at.

Presumably because according to the BSPA statement a licence only covers the length, width of track and the safety fence but crucially not the track surface. Something that in my view is wrong. Relevant sentence from statement below. Having gone thro the SCB track regulations (pages 19/20) there is absolutely no mention of the raceability or even rideability of the track.

As chairman , it's his job and I cannot believe that the rest weren't aware of what he was going to say. If they didn't I'd suggest his tenure as chairman will be a short one. For years folk have moaned that the BSPA fudged things, glossed over them etc. this statement doesn't do that. People can't have it both ways.

I wonder if the tone of the BSPA statement is coloured by the reported warnings from various riders/officials etc that all was not good. It's even been said that BV were warned to cancel earlier in the week but chose not to. IF, and it's conjecture, they were warned and so advised, you can understand the frustration of their fellow promoters. I doubt the fans will ever know the truth.

Me neither but a simple statement saying basically what they have now said, issues 2-3 weeks ago would have been the sensible thing to do. Some fans may have been disappointed but would have been kept informed. Those last two words are the crux of all this. Fans simply have not been kept informed for months. I'm not sure if it's because 1 the media guy is crap (which I doubt, stuff he does publish is good) 2 the promotion simply don't give him the tools (i.e. information) to be able to do his job properly 3 the promotion simply don't care what the fans think as long as they turn up and pay their £17 every week. It's a very sad state of affairs for a club that for five decades has always had the fans at the heart of it.

It's not just P & P tho. It's the whole attitude towards the fans that's the issue.

Not sure if it was Waggy or Brian G who said when promoter that they were only custodians of the club. It actually belongs to the fans. Doesn't look as if Buster agrees, sadly.

Shame it took a mini campaign from fans before anything was said tho.

Appears to be a dearth of interest from Lynn fans less than 24 hours ahead of this. Maybe it's the cold weather!

Mimmo. , check the fixtures on the website mate. More changes !!!

Her tweet said she will be hosting a couple of events so my guess is Cardiff and the SWC. The other GPs could well depend on where she is in the world doing Moto GP.

Seems he had an op on the nose area to help his breathing and the doctors advised any "off" might damage the work they had done. But full marks to him for going anyway.