bigcatdiary

With only Ipswich not racing and Nicholls already committed to Wolves it always looked like King would would have been the obvious other choice, I can only assume he said no or they feel RR is as good or better. BSN it is then.

Now that’s a surprise isn’t it.

Pretty much most of the clubs in this country are staged in old run down stadiums with very little facilities for supporters like seats or shelter from the elements some of which have been staging speedway for decades but they continue to run because they clearly get attendances which covers the costs for whatever the league they are in. Your point about the lack of young fans is however a good one, few tracks offer cheap admission for children under the age of 11.

Doesn’t fit on the starting GSA The evidence suggests Tomalin wanted Holder and Tungate.

Voting with your feet is never the answer, thats the main reason speedway clubs fold. I would have thought that was obvious to a Rye House fan.

Can I suggest you do what a lot of other Panthers supporters do and just ignore the idiot.

1. 60.6, AW, 59.6, 58.4, 59.0, 59.2, 58.7, 59.7, 59.4, 59.9, 58.9, 59.2, 58.9, 59.2, 59.1.

RISS missing through being unwell, team was built top heavy so most affected by their fourth rider being unavailable and having to be mostly covered by the bottom 3, that’s the chance you take, I certainly don’t think it’s down to just Danny King.

Probably the same reason nobody wants Craig Cook or Troy Batchelor

Damp track and damp atmospheres.

Probably because most of our retirements were in good scoring positions at the time they broke down

The track was in a pretty dire condition and the racing was pretty non existent but the closeness of the scores kept it reasonably entertaining, although the constant breakdowns from Peterborough riders favoured Leicester. The referee didn’t help either, heaven alone knows what he was watching when Lawson clearly slowed in heat 5 and Basso ran into him but he excluded the Dane whilst Lawson had similar bike problems in the rerun. The only genuine overtake was Fricke over Iversen in heat 13, all the rest of the action was finished at the conclusion of bend 2 lap one. Leicester did just enough to hang on for the win but it could have been a different story if the Panthers had a full 1-7. Sedgmen was the Leicester match winner whilst Worrall and Cook did their best to keep the scoreline respectable, but it was all about trapping and it was that which ultimately decided the result. Allen had 6 starts and trapped once, winning at a canter in his best effort but looked hopeless in his other 5 rides which gives a good indication of what it was like. Iversen just isn’t quick enough at the moment but the real problem is at no 1, Pedersen quitting has left a large hole and his big average isn’t covered by either RR or a bang average guest.

My understanding is the SCB are controlling the rule book this year with the manager Neil Vatcher ruling on facilities for missing riders and how long they apply. I haven’t read the new regulations cover to cover but it’s available to read following a download from the SCB website.

They have

Not really, because in recent years the club officials, referee and SCB use a speedway line ups website which lists both teams line ups which has to updated several days in advance of the fixture so any problems which are raised are resolved prior to the match date. Well that’s the theory anyway.

Nicely explained by Wolves in todays news, so they knew Saturday but for whatever reason declined to share it. That’s crap PR

Iversen is 7.17,

It’s been raining in Peterborough since first light and it’s still raining quite hard now.

The heat 7 interval was too enable both teams to put on new tyres

Everyone has that problem, including referees.

Their are always disadvantages to whatever way you build a team, you can only ever cover injuries the best way you can, unfortunately its part of the sport, you cannot cover every possibility.

Edwin’s Retired after 4 decades.

Nicki was complaining before the match started that it was too grippy which is why they changed the white line, their was definitely a rut on the exit of bend two which most of the Panthers team collected at some point during the match, and all of them lost points and ground because of it. The track clearly wasn’t at its best and with the loss of Pedersen and the other woes, Ipswich took advantage, it’s not the end of the world and it’s still early doors, the meeting itself wasn’t too bad all things considered, the crowd was pretty exceptional though with spectators from various clubs and not just Peterborough and Ipswich. No panic just yet.

Correct (19.7.21)

Weather is fine and sunny at present and the forecast is good with no rain.