BackInTheDHSS

Are you okay? You seem to be having a meltdown!

I don't need a caravan. I'm currently living rent-free inside of your head.

I don't think Scunthorpe are that great, and if Oxford can run Workington pretty close, I'd fancy Poole to beat them. Poole are miles clear of everybody else in my opinion.

Same riders - not same event. Big difference. One has been staged every year since 1994 (bar 2000 and 2001) in one form or another and carries some cachet with former winners such as Tai Woffinden and Dan Bewley. The other is a completely new and unheralded series, and this is only one event of said series.

Ah the Swindon bully is back....paid the bill and got internet again?

Jesus, you Poole fans are touchy. Only you lot could argue over a compliment. That might be the only point Poole drop in the league all season. That better?

He was ahead of Masters because he pushed through and took him out. Simple. But as I said, a bad referring decision didn't cost us thankfully, so we can let it go.

Awful decision to allow Brennan back in the super heat, but at least it didn't cost us. That might be the only match Poole lose in the league all season.

Ah okay. Nah I would have said it was bigger, not that it matters much. Certainly the best Cheetahs crowd I’ve seen in a while.

They weren’t at home on Eurosport last week, unless you’re referring to the King’s Lynn crowd?

No it’s not! All Spires meetings have been bigger than this. Although tonight’s crowd is bigger than I thought it would be.

The words of somebody who has never tried to contact Oxford speedway! Haha. I've never had a response to an email, and this forum is full of other people who have never had a response either.

You know false advertising is an actual law, right? The first line of which reads: "Marketing communications must not mislead the consumer by omitting material information" You can't just ignore it because you're taking the financial risk of hosting an event and don't want to lose money! That's now how laws work.

Because many Oxford fans are disgruntled at the refund given, myself included. I've decided to suck it up and keep going, but I know at least two people who are boycotting because of it. And I'm not sure why you think there's a difference between Championship and Premiership when it comes to this? Do you think there are Cheetahs fans that don't support the Spires, and vice versa?

A refund of £4 was given.

Will be interesting to see what the crowd size is like for this after the Ipswich refund debacle. I normally go with four other people, but two of them aren't coming this time as a result of that.

Can easily see the Spires finishing bottom the way things are going, especially with Lynn and Birmingham improved.

I very much doubt many riders own the van outright. Most likely on a business lease (if they've got any financial sense) and therefore they are not the owners of the van. Said van would most likely be driven by somebody else as well. The rider is merely a passenger travelling with their luggage. A big can of worms has been opened.

Remember Oxford gave a full refund after the Newcastle meeting was cancelled after 4 heats two years ago. Money must be tighter this year… but now I certainly won’t be going again if the weather looks dodgy. Turns out I paid £3 per heat to watch that farce. Not to mention the fuel money of travelling there and back.

Haha, okay, maybe not literally….be certainly felt like when I read the email.

Has anybody had an email from Oxford about ticket refunds? I’m literally stunned as I will getting £4 back…. No wonder they were so keen to stage the meeting. Utter disgrace. Is this normal? “As it was necessary to abandon this meeting before the completion of heat 10 due to rainfall, each adult ticket holder is entitled to a refund of £1 for every heat not completed prior to heat 10.A total of 6 heats were completed before the abandonment announcement, therefore a refund of £4 per adult admission ticket will be issued via Ticketsource.”

Typical Poole fan thinking Workington are not playing ball by cancelling their trip to Oxford and riding at Poole instead. Naughty Workington!

You're still confused. It's the NLRDC that's staged over a series of meetings, not the NDLRC (which is not even taking place this year, I presume).

I don’t think the rain ever stopped. It certainly eased up a bit at one point and then returned again. Almost like the expected rain at 3pm arrived five hours late! It could be argued the meeting could have continued before it was called off, but the track was only getting worse. Heat 10 seemed a long way away unfortunately.

1. There was plenty of effort to remedy the track. The tractor did almost as many laps as the riders tonight. 2. Where was this clear weather window exactly? It's still raining now.