chun

poor refereeing in ht 2. the plymouth pair had made the start

another one sided meeting in the offing. such a shame for BSN. their coverage started so promisingly but now they are being let down by the quality of the product

half the problem is the lack of competitiveness of the group riders. the standard goes from near development league up to premier league heat leader

this oxford side starting to look very poor

cue the 15 min delay for the sun to go down

punters still pouring through the turnstiles

looks like there is plenty of water down at least

fingers crossed BSN get a decent meeting as recently most broadcasts have been let down by the product, the u21 final aside. hopefully the track has been well watered and is suitably maintained through the meeting

the ref is in a very difficult situation to be fair. at least the spectators can see the riders have given it a whirl before it’s been called otherwise it looks worse

i have no problem with the meeting being called off but the way this has developed makes plymouth look very amateurish. if they know the sandy base doesn’t hold up to a lot of rain then surely this should have been called off earlier today

must use only the best washing powder to get the sweat patches out of his finely pressed shirt.

clerk of the course. haven’t heard thst in a while

looks like he has a point to prove

i thought he was advocating consistency in the way meetings were run, eg mandatory track grades after a set no. of heats. So why is he out here marshalling riders when there is no such official at the other meetings?

the guy is a show pony

are they going to swap kevlars

yet more virtue signalling in the absence of new news. let’s hope the photographer had not strayed into an unauthorised area. surely it’s safer to be on the centre green where you have an unobstructed view of the racing

i was hoping to watch the incident back on BSN this morning to see what happened but they haven’t released the stream. I expect there is a good reason for this. Was a terrible meeting up until that point with the home side in particular struggling to get to grips with the track.

oh dear so one sided

is buster using an inferior quality product on the track then

wasn’t laguta world champion not so long ago

batchelor and riss fighting it out for last place

did they scrape the top layer off after rain and it was deemed unsafe?

looks like the rain is closing in

inferior quality teams are best served putting their trump card at reserve and then using their tacticals amongst the ‘best of the rest’ to stay in touch, holding the reserve back for the final heats. bit of a stupid format to be honest.