Ipswich V Kings Lynn Ko Cup Semi Final June 5th

[Aries]

1 minute ago, Bash said:

There have been plenty of postponements over the last few seasons due to weather forecasts the day before a meeting.

At Ipswich? That’s not something we generally do in my experience.

[castrolargh]

6 hours ago, Daniel Smith said:

Buster's played some iffy moves with postponements so no King's Lynn fan has any right to call 'foul' on this one.

Very true,just as in future , Billy big b0ll0cks , sorry I mean the ipswich team manager should be less " openly critical " of what happens at lynn but I bet he isn't!

[tellboy]

6 hours ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said:

Let's hope so - I've got a few spare hours now - evening bbq anyone? 

Back into your speedway again?

[ShanoXtra]

Think Ipswich are being fair. Giving Lynn a chance to get Ashton fit and healthy as well for the re-run! 😉 

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv]

2 hours ago, tellboy said:

Back into your speedway again?

Just taking the opportunity for a wind up 

Still watching and following from a short distance 

[89buttons]

9 hours ago, Daniel Smith said:

I agree, but sometimes "what goes around, comes around" is justified for some.

Saying that though, with the state of British Speedway today, if the weather is predicted to rain, postponements should be made prior to match day.

Expenses to club & rider has to be protected, plus, more importantly, the costs to all the volunteers & any travelling fans whether it's 1 guy & his dog or 100.

In 2025, people just don't have the patience or affordability to be at stadiums watching track work for an hour only to be sent home anyway. These things are far more damaging than any early postponement for everyone involved.

It’s unsettling how balanced and pragmatic this post is, I fear if the forum continues in this vein the space time continuum may implode…

 

quick someone say something to rebalance it - like why don’t Ipswich get artem laguta over for 28 days, he’s got bikes ready and waiting for the call to come! 🤣🤣🤣

[89buttons]

3 hours ago, castrolargh said:

Very true,just as in future , Billy big b0ll0cks , sorry I mean the ipswich team manager should be less " openly critical " of what happens at lynn but I bet he isn't!

🤣🤣🤣

[JamesB]

For me, speedway has rightly gone past the approach of ‘can we somehow get the meeting on’ even if conditions are borderline and poor for both riders and spectator’s.

There is also the economic angle. Ipswich are a generally well supported team, but a home semi final against local rivals is likely to create an above average attendance. If the weather is inclement during the day with a threat of rain in the evening as well, then inevitably people will decide it’s not worth the risk resulting in a poor crowd and a lost revenue opportunity.

Louis will want to maximise the income opportunity from this fixture.

 

[JamesB]

4 hours ago, castrolargh said:

Very true,just as in future , Billy big b0ll0cks , sorry I mean the ipswich team manager should be less " openly critical " of what happens at lynn but I bet he isn't!

I have to say that Monday’s meeting took place on a good track and was enjoyable, however the running of it was hardly an exemplar:

1. The good people of Norfolk failed to work out that there may be ‘quite a good crowd’ for a local semi final clash and decided to turn up at their normal time. The rest of us had to sit around whilst they were accommodated.

2. It was great that so much time was spent preparing the starting grid and just beyond, but not testing the starting tapes until heat 1 was a bad decision which resulted in another lengthy delay.

3. There was less tractor racing in Prague on Saturday night than there was in this meeting.

Let’s face it, in excess of 2 1/2 hours to complete 15 heats of speedway cannot be acceptable on what was a lovely evening.

[Bash]

10 hours ago, Aries said:

At Ipswich? That’s not something we generally do in my experience.

It wasn't about Ipswich just generally across speedway in this country. I've often turned up to Foxhall and then the meeting gets called off at the last minute

[Aries]

14 minutes ago, Bash said:

It wasn't about Ipswich just generally across speedway in this country. I've often turned up to Foxhall and then the meeting gets called off at the last minute

That’s an impossible situation though tbf. You can’t call off a meeting when it’s bone dry with possible showers in the afternoon. You HAVE to give it every chance. If the heavens then open late on then what can you do. I’ve also been there sitting in the car park waiting to go in before it got called at 7pm, most of us probably have. It’s just one of those things where you’ll probably be wrong whatever you do.

[Arch Stanton]

Had some rain this morning, stopped now though and it’s a bit of a scorcher. Taps, have you got any of that factor 50 I can borra? Don’t wanna burn me bald bonce 😁

[Bald Bloke]

2 hours ago, JamesB said:

For me, speedway has rightly gone past the approach of ‘can we somehow get the meeting on’ even if conditions are borderline and poor for both riders and spectator’s.

There is also the economic angle. Ipswich are a generally well supported team, but a home semi final against local rivals is likely to create an above average attendance. If the weather is inclement during the day with a threat of rain in the evening as well, then inevitably people will decide it’s not worth the risk resulting in a poor crowd and a lost revenue opportunity.

Louis will want to maximise the income opportunity from this fixture.

 

You can't call a meeting of because the crowd might be down a little. It's not as though you struggle for fans through the gate, if posts on here are to go by. Neither acceptable if you think you might get beat, which is the real reason..

You sound like Matt Fraud 

[hammer1969]

29 minutes ago, Bald Bloke said:

You can't call a meeting of because the crowd might be down a little. It's not as though you struggle for fans through the gate, if posts on here are to go by. Neither acceptable if you think you might get beat, which is the real reason..

You sound like Matt Fraud 

We may or may not have got beat I think it was right to call it off with the weather forecast its pouring down at the moment where I am in Essex and I was 50/50 as to whether to make the 90 minute journey tonight.  That aside it could be that Ipswich were also just trying to give you a bit more  to get a full team for the meeting as you are also missing 2 riders at present, Ben Cook and Ashton Boughen.

[Bald Bloke]

17 minutes ago, hammer1969 said:

We may or may not have got beat I think it was right to call it off with the weather forecast its pouring down at the moment where I am in Essex and I was 50/50 as to whether to make the 90 minute journey tonight.  That aside it could be that Ipswich were also just trying to give you a bit more  to get a full team for the meeting as you are also missing 2 riders at present, Ben Cook and Ashton Boughen.

Oh come on. Doyle and Thompson V Cook and Boughen . Your a long way from the Foxhole, and it might or might not  be a washout later. But the call of was to early imho and it's not a thing Ippo tend to do.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Bash]

I'm only 30miles away near Colchester and it has been heavy rain all morning and still is, and heading towards Ipswich, maybe if KL hadn't pulled the Boughen/Kvech switch the other night it might not have been called off early.😜

Edited 23 hours ago by Bash

[Hawk127]

I’m in Westerfield but a few miles from Foxhole and it is tipping it down. Might clear up later though.

[ShanoXtra]

It has been continuously raining on the stadium this morning and still drizzling now. I think the call was the right one, even if they re-run the match without Doyle and Thompson it would be better on a drier day than this to go and watch.

[JamesB]

1 hour ago, Bald Bloke said:

You can't call a meeting of because the crowd might be down a little. It's not as though you struggle for fans through the gate, if posts on here are to go by. Neither acceptable if you think you might get beat, which is the real reason..

You sound like Matt Fraud 

My comments were in the context of the weather forecast for today, which was/is rain showers throughout the day extending into the evening.

A Speedway Promoter is the owner of a business. In my experience, where you have weather conditions as described then the attendance is diminished probably because people are concerned about paying their money to get in only for the meeting to be cancelled or a mad rush to Heat 10 on a borderline track with reduced value for money both in terms of heats completed and quality of racing.

What business owner in their right mind would want to go ahead on that basis?

Also, from a customer experience perspective, what would you rather have:

1. A meeting completed on a borderline track with processional racing due to the conditions.

2. A meeting rushed through to Heat 10 to get a result.

3. The meeting postponed and rearranged for a nice sunny and warm evening.

I know what my preference is, but each to their own.

 

[Aries]

1 hour ago, Bald Bloke said:

You can't call a meeting of because the crowd might be down a little. It's not as though you struggle for fans through the gate, if posts on here are to go by. Neither acceptable if you think you might get beat, which is the real reason..

You sound like Matt Fraud 

And they’d be correct BB. Nobody in the top tier get better crowds than we do. We’ve always been a big Speedway Town. Even back in the old National League days the crowds would have put some of the top leaguers to shame.