Ipswich ‘Witches’ vs King’s Lynn ‘Stars’ - Monday 5th May

[Gavan]

A good win with Doyle and Emil on form against a team of 3 ex witches and Kvech and Klindt who fly round here 

It’s not about the strength of the opponent it’s how the go at the track…. Belle Vue are a better team than Kings Lynn but they have riders who can’t ride Foxhall and Lynn have riders who go well there so at home I think Lynn and Leicester will be our hardest opponents…. 
 

Sheffield normally thump us at their place and vice versa …. If their are no injuries or significant changes then it’s Ipswich v Sheffield final 

[Aries]

2 hours ago, Bald Bloke said:

On the other hand, not so good for our No.1

Was never going to suit him this track today. Had nothing to race on unfortunately. 

[Aries]

1 hour ago, Bald Bloke said:

The track caught the Ippo boys out early doors, i'd say. Sounds like the track man was caught out by the weather as well, crap track apparently.

He’s one of the best in the business. It pi$$ed down this morning. Hiding to nothing today. Got to say though, I’ve been coming to Foxhall for nearly 50 years and plenty of day meetings too, but I’ve never seen the track like that. Massive blue groove and dust city. 

[Baldyman]

It looked like there was very little material on the track to begin with,, so already fighting against keeping moisture in. The track was looking okay at one point,, then was left to dry out pretty quickly half hour before meeting. By then I guess it was too late and was more or less bone dry after heat one. It's prob the worst I've ever seen it though. Luckily for Ipswich Klindt run out of puff. Not sure what's up with Boughen,, he showed so much promise as a 15/16 year old,, now looks scared

[Baldyman]

1 hour ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said:

Must be the biggest and widest blue groove I've ever seen

[Aries]

1 hour ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said:

Can better that one..

 

[BluPanther]

A decent daytime track is very rare when it's been a windy/sunny day, especially with the 'clay shale' being used these days...

[Baldyman]

1 minute ago, BluPanther said:

A decent daytime track is very rare when it's been a windy/sunny day, especially with the 'clay shale' being used these days...

Correct, but it went off really quick today. 

Quite funny watching the grader go round grading basically nothing 

[cowboy cookie returns?]

These day time meetings ate never the best. However it’s still worth the promotion doing as the attendance is still clearly well up on a normal Thursday night. 

There were a few decent races & signs that the winter track work will supply more lines & lead to better racing.

Lynn were by far the best team we have seen so far & i expect the KO cup semi final to be a decent meeting.

 

 

 

[cowboy cookie returns?]

These day time meetings ate never the best. However it’s still worth the promotion doing as the attendance is still clearly well up on a normal Thursday night. 

There were a few decent races & signs that the winter track work will supply more lines & lead to better racing.

Lynn were by far the best team we have seen so far & i expect the KO cup semi final to be a decent meeting.

 

 

 

[Aries]

There was definitely one dodgy call for me, possibly two. The possible one, was the call back when Lynn were on a clear 1-5. I had a seat in the stand so if I’d have stayed there would have had a better idea, but I needed a Jimmy Riddle and walked across to the gents and watched the race from a head on view from the tapes. Did Klindt jump? Difficult to tell from where I was but looked like an even split and if he did jump, the red flags came out very late!! Boos from the Lynn fans and I don’t blame them. 
 

Second one was Brennan. Saw that one close up and he definitely spun and went down on his own and should have been excluded. No way was that an all four back. 

[Whathappenedwas]

Decent effort from the boys today. 

Shame Klindt and Kvech couldn't maintain their performance all the way through the meeting.

As for Boughen, i'd replace him immediately. He may be quick on a track on his own but he needs to realise there are 3 other riders in a race. Shutting down and totally bottling it!

Him staying in the team will do no-one any favours.

I'd go for Joe Thompson - can't be any worse! 

[ShanoXtra]

2 hours ago, old bob at herne bay said:

Daytime meetings in the UK are a waste of space. Never ever remember a good one in a lot of years watching speedway. &nbsp
 

The track “material “ just doesn’t hold the moisture. It’s either a dust bowl or verging on waterlogged ( like Landshut SGP) 

Worst comment on this thread, this was the best meeting at Foxhall, maybe not purely for racing but the fact more people come and provide an actual atmosphere makes daytime meetings superior! I’d rather another day time meeting over a Thursday with that crowd any day.

[ShanoXtra]

19 minutes ago, Aries said:

There was definitely one dodgy call for me, possibly two. The possible one, was the call back when Lynn were on a clear 1-5. I had a seat in the stand so if I’d have stayed there would have had a better idea, but I needed a Jimmy Riddle and walked across to the gents and watched the race from a head on view from the tapes. Did Klindt jump? Difficult to tell from where I was but looked like an even split and if he did jump, the red flags came out very late!! Boos from the Lynn fans and I don’t blame them. 
 

Second one was Brennan. Saw that one close up and he definitely spun and went down on his own and should have been excluded. No way was that an all four back. 

Klindt jumped that heat for sure as I was sitting in the stand and in line with it, I think they let the race go for two long before calling it. I would have to agree with you on Brennan situation, that would never had been all four back in Poland. If you fall on your own it’s your bad luck! 

[bigcatdiary]

1 hour ago, Aries said:

He’s one of the best in the business. It pi$$ed down this morning. Hiding to nothing today. Got to say though, I’ve been coming to Foxhall for nearly 50 years and plenty of day meetings too, but I’ve never seen the track like that. Massive blue groove and dust city. 

The track looked ok prior to the meeting but it clearly hadn’t had enough water put down either yesterday or this morning especially considering it rained early doors, the stadium and car park was dry when we arrived at one although it was watered prior to the meeting starting.

What affected it badly was two crashes that caused some delay to the reruns and it should have been watered as they waited, it wasn’t and it dried out in the sun, it must have been somewhat embarrassing for Louis who was on track speaking to the track man during the meeting on several occasions.

After that the blue grooves appeared on bends 1 and 3 and despite some regular grading and watering it quickly re appeared and was dusty.

Lynn did well early doors and Kvech and Klindt both took advantage of early inside gates as they won the toss and took 1 and 3 but once it turned to Ipswich turn for the inside gates they quickly turned it around and pulled away for an easy win in the end as Kvech Klindt and co run out of steam.

The track didn’t suit Harris at all and Bougthen never finished a race but once Ipswich saw Lynn faltering they took full advantage, fantastic crowd and the match was entertaining but the racing wasn’t up to much.

[Aries]

10 minutes ago, bigcatdiary said:

The track looked ok prior to the meeting but it clearly hadn’t had enough water put down either yesterday or this morning especially considering it rained early doors, the stadium and car park was dry when we arrived at one although it was watered prior to the meeting starting.

What affected it badly was two crashes that caused some delay to the reruns and it should have been watered as they waited, it wasn’t and it dried out in the sun, it must have been somewhat embarrassing for Louis who was on track speaking to the track man during the meeting on several occasions.

After that the blue grooves appeared on bends 1 and 3 and despite some regular grading and watering it quickly re appeared and was dusty.

Lynn did well early doors and Kvech and Klindt both took advantage of early inside gates as they won the toss and took 1 and 3 but once it turned to Ipswich turn for the inside gates they quickly turned it around and pulled away for an easy win in the end as Kvech Klindt and co run out of steam.

The track didn’t suit Harris at all and Bougthen never finished a race but once Ipswich saw Lynn faltering they took full advantage, fantastic crowd and the match was entertaining but the racing wasn’t up to much.

Good summary. I actually thought the racing picked up in the second half of the meeting which is unusual considering the conditions worsened. Very good crowd which makes a world of difference to the entertainment factor. 

[ouch]

28 minutes ago, bigcatdiary said:

The track didn’t suit Harris at all and Bougthen never finished a race but once Ipswich saw Lynn faltering they took full advantage, fantastic crowd and the match was entertaining but the racing wasn’t up to much.

What happened to make it entertaining as we need to replicate that at other tracks in the top league due to the preference for gate’n’go heats?

[Bash]

1 hour ago, Aries said:

There was definitely one dodgy call for me, possibly two. The possible one, was the call back when Lynn were on a clear 1-5. I had a seat in the stand so if I’d have stayed there would have had a better idea, but I needed a Jimmy Riddle and walked across to the gents and watched the race from a head on view from the tapes. Did Klindt jump? Difficult to tell from where I was but looked like an even split and if he did jump, the red flags came out very late!! Boos from the Lynn fans and I don’t blame them. 
 

Second one was Brennan. Saw that one close up and he definitely spun and went down on his own and should have been excluded. No way was that an all four back. 

I sit right inline with the start line on the home straight and Klindt was definitely rolling when the tapes went up. The red lights came on when they were between bends one and two but were very hard to see, so the riders didn't stop until the end of the first lap. Couldn't see the Brennan one as too much dust, just thought he got taken wide, maybe the ref thought that too!!! There was one other with Dan T in heat 12, he had a nibble at the start but had come to a stop before tapes went up. Surprised to see it not stopped but as he was not moving when the tapes went up the ref let it go? Kvech was not happy and gestured to the ref. 

Thought KL use of Klindt  wasn't the best as he run out of puff after 4 races, too many races too early. Can't see how Boughen is keeping his team place as he looks devoid of any confidence and couldn't even be bothered to finish any of his races, such a shame as he has the talent.

The weather really affected the meeting today, especially the wind as never seen the track so bad on an afternoon meeting and the last few races being over 60 secs.

[Aries]

2 minutes ago, Bash said:

I sit right inline with the start line on the home straight and Klindt was definitely rolling when the tapes went up. The red lights came on when they were between bends one and two but were very hard to see, so the riders didn't stop until the end of the first lap. Couldn't see the Brennan one as too much dust, just thought he got taken wide, maybe the ref thought that too!!! There was one other with Dan T in heat 12, he had a nibble at the start but had come to a stop before tapes went up. Surprised to see it not stopped but as he was not moving when the tapes went up the ref let it go? Kvech was not happy and gestured to the ref. 

Thought KL use of Klindt  wasn't the best as he run out of puff after 4 races, too many races too early. Can't see how Boughen is keeping his team place as he looks devoid of any confidence and couldn't even be bothered to finish any of his races, such a shame as he has the talent.

The weather really affected the meeting today, especially the wind as never seen the track so bad on an afternoon meeting and the last few races being over 60 secs.

Brennan should have been excluded. I hate the fact the referee’s always thinks when a rider goes down on the first bend then it’s all four back. There was nobody near him he spun off on his own. 
 

I was very surprised to see Kvech in heat 1. Made more sense to put Klindt in 1 seeing as he was always going to get seven rides. 

[bigcatdiary]

1 hour ago, ouch said:

What happened to make it entertaining as we need to replicate that at other tracks in the top league due to the preference for gate’n’go heats?

The close scoreline for the first 11 heats kept it entertaining, the fact that Lynn were in front until heat 10 also played a part, as did track conditions.