bigcatdiary

My first visit to Owlerton for a while and it was worth it to see Panthers record a great win in the end and a very welcome 4 points. Their seemed less places to watch from the last time we were there and we ended up on the 3rd/4th bend which was cooler and had a welcoming breeze. I must be honest and thought it was a better racing track than that but the actual racing was pretty dire, most races were pretty much done and dusted by the second bend or back straight on lap one and it was follow the leader after that. Bomber was the only rider who made a decent pass early doors. For Sheffield Ellis was quick, Howarth good value and Morris was ok but the rest were pretty poor and Batchelor looks like his confidence is shot, the reserves were woeful. For Panthers Bomber was excellent and really attacked the track, Andersen and Pedersen both started well but faded and Palm Toft and Nicholls were solid rather than spectacular, nice to see Palin score a few and Ostergaard was excellent after blowing a bike up in his second. I also thought Rob Lyon did a cracking job in getting Panthers home with a full 4 Points. All in all a cracking effort after Monday’s woes at Alwalton.

I think somebody wants to tell the track curator that one. We had tracks like this the other year, the bloody racing was crap then as well. ITS NO GOOD MAKING THE WHITE LINE EXTREMELY GRIPPY, IT JUST TURNS MEETINGS INTO TRAPPING COMPETITIONS

They have in the past but not seen one this year

Will need a work permit for U.K. and equipment, sounds like a lot of aggravation and expense for what exactly. That’s of course assuming he would say yes.

Not necessarily, he could get a flat rate whatever he scores, it’s not that uncommon.

New declaration from Leicester today with Zaine Kennedy replacing Jake Knight. Leicester look a very tidy team now, it will be interesting to see just how good Kennedy is.

I knew he had crashed Theresa I just didn’t know what his injuries were until the Sheffield website did an update this morning. Scooby got it right, maybe I wasn’t specific enough.

Latest Lynn news suggests he is taking two weeks out to help his shoulder heal

So the Sheffield press release on this fixture is woefully out of date, no update on Holder, what exactly is wrong with him, who is riding at no 7 for the Tigers and now RR for Heeps.

It’s completely frustrating for everyone whom meetings are postponed for the club, it’s riders and supporters, I do have some experience of trying to get race days at the Showground and it’s not as easy as it used to be because of other events on those weeks and health & safety issues which affect whether speedway can run alongside other events, mostly they cannot. The track had clearly taken an excessive amount of rain on Friday and even getting it on having had no more would be have been a major task but the forecast was dreadful and quite rightly and likely to save considerable expense if nothing else the decision to try and run was correctly declined. In years gone by Promotions were not required to pay the full cost of renting the stadium and travel costs for riders and officials including flights etc if matches were postponed late but those days are gone and they now are which clearly comes into the equation. I dare say if you ran Peterborough Speedway things would be different but thankfully you are not and this way no one is unnecessarily inconvenienced other than you.

Just ignore him like the rest of us do

It was but an early call off is the right call.

I will be very surprised if he isn’t at Leicester tonight.

I can see the similarities but I don’t think those who run the sport are as bright as those who ran the sport in the 70s, 80s and 90s, so consequently the ideas for change are not properly thought out and how many 5 year plans have we had that only last 1 year. (Rising Star Plan being the latest) The rule bending unfortunately still applies ( but it does appear not quite as regular) but the saying, the answer depends on whose asking seems to still apply. I did smile when I read Jitendra Duffil’s rant the other week, I can still remember the fall out following the Redcar v Glasgow fixture a few years ago, a little bit of selective memory there. This sport’s history is littered with young promoters who arrive on the scene promising to do change everything and do things properly and leave a few years later disillusioned having done nothing but make things worse. Covid hasn’t helped but the collective desire for a better run sport just doesn’t seem to exist. Although the SCB and Under 21 development is now starting to show some progress.

You could apply that logic to a few on here but unfortunately their is always a few that respond. Surprised to learn he is retired, his posts suggest he is the same age as another who changes his name regularly but always talks utter crap.

And did you get a reply ?

Except of course for Issue 3 which Ipswich were allowed to ignore in signing Craig Cook

Allen, Starke & Kemp, makes Ipswich stronger providing the real Allen turns up.

Indeed

What you mean like he cleaned up for Glasgow yesterday.

But surely they must win at some point. Its been one hell of a poor spell.

Stars need their reserves scoring. I sincerely hope this is still on Eurosport, I certainly don’t want to see another Monmore borefest.

Which ones are you missing ?

The 2020 rulebook was revised by the SCB Chairman and others, proposed changes and ideas come from the BSPL via their directors. The SCB are not powerless although some parts of ratify undoubtedly happens. I wouldn’t argue with your third point in principle apart from the rulebook is in his head.

As I raised on the thread it’s bloody ridiculous that a rider who wasn’t selected as a RS by Ipswich ( I accept he is on the list) was then allowed to guest for a rising star (who in all probability shouldn’t have been) when he had an official MA which was above both the RS he was replacing and another rider in the teams 1-5. Its this skewed rule bending where one rule says he can do it and another says he cannot that infuriates me and our authorities allow it to happen. The SCB official should have said no and that’s the end of it. As has been said not only that but it further shafts his own team Ipswich who are now struggling to catch Sheffield to make the play offs. Some could argue that it’s swings and roundabouts especially after the last episode which allowed Cook & Starke to sign for Ipswich in the recent declaration as Cooks July GSA was ignored in favour of his June figure. But personally I like to see things done properly and without the underhand tactics this sport of ours is continually blighted by. Rowe’s guest bookings going forward are surely going to be busy now as he undoubtedly will replace Bates, Brennan and Mountain as regularly as his other team commitments allow, with the aforementioned trio likely to be unluckily smitten with various injuries and illnesses as and when the situation arises. I dare say the BSPL PR manager will surely come on to say it’s perfectly within the rules as they are written but when the rule book throws up anomalies like this it should be sorted and quickly by the SCB. I think going forward it would be a good idea if the BSP suggests rule changes to the SCB that they want, but these are then written by an SCB official not connected with any club.