Normski Posted May 12, 2025 Report Share Posted May 12, 2025 3 hours ago, TheWellBehavedWorrall said: I miss the days when there was a sufficient amount of clubs to have northern and southern tours. Am I correct in thinking the northern tour for most southern clubs would involve Armadale on a Friday night, Shielfield on a Saturday night and Ashfield on a Sunday afternoon? Busload of us Bandits fans went on a southern tour in 1987. Tuesday Milton Keynes v Berwick, Wednesday Wimbledon v Berwick, Thursday Arena Essex v Berwick, Friday Peterborough v Berwick, Saturday Canterbury v Berwick, Sunday Rye House v Berwick. Tragic thing is we are the only ones currently running. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandit59 Posted May 12, 2025 Report Share Posted May 12, 2025 1 hour ago, Normski said: Busload of us Bandits fans went on a southern tour in 1987. Tuesday Milton Keynes v Berwick, Wednesday Wimbledon v Berwick, Thursday Arena Essex v Berwick, Friday Peterborough v Berwick, Saturday Canterbury v Berwick, Sunday Rye House v Berwick. Tragic thing is we are the only ones currently running. What year was it that included Weymouth, Oxford and Ellesmere Port can't remember the other meetings included think maybe Poole? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted May 12, 2025 Report Share Posted May 12, 2025 12 minutes ago, Bandit59 said: What year was it that included Weymouth, Oxford and Ellesmere Port can't remember the other meetings included think maybe Poole? One year included Weymouth and Exeter.The year George Hunter rode for Berwick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinny Posted May 13, 2025 Report Share Posted May 13, 2025 12 hours ago, TheWellBehavedWorrall said: I was suggesting, I was asking.😂 In the early to mid 2000s - when these sort of tours happened - our home meetings took place on a Sunday afternoon. Newport used to come up and race at Glasgow on a Thursday night , Edinburgh Friday and Berwick Saturday before usually having a home meeting in the Sunday. Great days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthegearbutnaeidea Posted May 13, 2025 Report Share Posted May 13, 2025 The normal northern tour was Edinburgh friday, berwick or worky saturday, glasgow or newcastle sunday 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normski Posted May 16, 2025 Report Share Posted May 16, 2025 Been over this morning to the stadium for my dogs morning chase a ball, and a lot of the car park area has been fenced and roped off for the motor cycle rally. Had this been the Glasgow meeting this would have been a nightmare. Free Saturday last week and 2 more free Saturdays on the 24th & 31st surely could have been better planned. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catch Me If You Can Posted May 16, 2025 Report Share Posted May 16, 2025 9 minutes ago, Normski said: Been over this morning to the stadium for my dogs morning chase a ball, and a lot of the car park area has been fenced and roped off for the motor cycle rally. Had this been the Glasgow meeting this would have been a nightmare. Free Saturday last week and 2 more free Saturdays on the 24th & 31st surely could have been better planned. Commonsense never prevails Only plus a few of them might boost speedway takings 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted May 18, 2025 Report Share Posted May 18, 2025 (edited) Well done to Sam today hung in for good win,hope he has turned a corner now after a good meeting last night.think a bit dirt on the outside line at Berwick makes for good racing for the fans,but I’m hearing some riders don’t like it that way !! Edited May 18, 2025 by Fromafar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthegearbutnaeidea Posted May 18, 2025 Report Share Posted May 18, 2025 What a difference it was last night. Enjoyable meeting, dirt on the track, Hume and Hagon going much better, along with Woody and Smith looking good when they weren’t throwing points away. For all Cook wants his slick consistent surface, last night proved that a bit of dirt certainly doesn’t go amiss, and we shouldn’t cater to one rider. That track provided more passing, more entertainment, and the best team result we’ve had this season, end of. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandit59 Posted May 19, 2025 Report Share Posted May 19, 2025 On 5/18/2025 at 8:06 PM, allthegearbutnaeidea said: What a difference it was last night. Enjoyable meeting, dirt on the track, Hume and Hagon going much better, along with Woody and Smith looking good when they weren’t throwing points away. For all Cook wants his slick consistent surface, last night proved that a bit of dirt certainly doesn’t go amiss, and we shouldn’t cater to one rider. That track provided more passing, more entertainment, and the best team result we’ve had this season, end of. Totally agree was standing just after second bend and before racing we were saying that the outside seemed to be well ripped up some very good racing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catch Me If You Can Posted May 20, 2025 Report Share Posted May 20, 2025 (edited) On 5/19/2025 at 8:53 PM, Bandit59 said: Totally agree was standing just after second bend and before racing we were saying that the outside seemed to be well ripped up some very good racing Sadly though crazy fixtures again Not another home for 3 weeks especially as team on high after Saturday 2 home 2 away for each been better giving 16 home league ? And scrub early league cup Edited May 20, 2025 by Catch Me If You Can 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normski Posted May 20, 2025 Report Share Posted May 20, 2025 14 minutes ago, Catch Me If You Can said: Sadly though crazy fixtures again Not another home for 3 weeks especially as team on high after Saturday 2 home 2 away for each been better giving 16 home league ? And scrub early league cup Yet we get told clubs can't do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted May 20, 2025 Report Share Posted May 20, 2025 (edited) Very sad to hear the passing of Lacey Louden , with her husband Jim and Geoff Coulston they were instrumental in organising the memorable Berwick Supporters Bus in the original Shielfield Days in the 70’s/80’s,as well as stalwarts of the Club with all their work behind the scenes. RIP. Edited May 20, 2025 by Fromafar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normski Posted May 21, 2025 Report Share Posted May 21, 2025 2 weeks in a row Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM95 Posted May 21, 2025 Report Share Posted May 21, 2025 3 hours ago, Normski said: 2 weeks in a row BSN is a great service but their match selections are mind boggling sometimes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandit59 Posted May 21, 2025 Report Share Posted May 21, 2025 10 minutes ago, GM95 said: BSN is a great service but their match selections are mind boggling sometimes. Yes think they would have done matches with teams further afield, these fixtures mean some" nearby supporters" may not make the journey. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normski Posted May 21, 2025 Report Share Posted May 21, 2025 3 minutes ago, Bandit59 said: Yes think they would have done matches with teams further afield, these fixtures mean some" nearby supporters" may not make the journey. We normally get better crowds against the likes of Redcar & Workington, will BSN coverage make people think twice about travelling ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted May 21, 2025 Report Share Posted May 21, 2025 47 minutes ago, GM95 said: BSN is a great service but their match selections are mind boggling sometimes. It’s surprising that the Berwick Promotion would agree to Stream BSN when it local rivals visiting might affect travelling fan numbers,but these days it’s maybe not such a big deal.BSN do a great job though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTD26 Posted May 21, 2025 Report Share Posted May 21, 2025 1 hour ago, Normski said: We normally get better crowds against the likes of Redcar & Workington, will BSN coverage make people think twice about travelling ? I was thinking of coming up for when the comets visit but with me paying for bsn I’ll save myself the fuel and admission costs. So you’re point is bang on 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM95 Posted May 21, 2025 Report Share Posted May 21, 2025 1 hour ago, Fromafar said: It’s surprising that the Berwick Promotion would agree to Stream BSN when it local rivals visiting might affect travelling fan numbers,but these days it’s maybe not such a big deal.BSN do a great job though. Very surprising from the Berwick promotion. It would be more understandable if these meetings were months apart, but two local-ish derbies in a row is madness imo. Hopefully it doesn’t affect the numbers through the gate. It’s also hardly exciting for the regular BSN viewer to watch the same track two weeks on the bounce. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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