SCS Posted 18 hours ago Report Share Posted 18 hours ago Bv tv graphics are all wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted 18 hours ago Report Share Posted 18 hours ago Just now, SCS said: Bv tv graphics are all wrong. The whole presentation is a bit crap tbh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentLurker Posted 18 hours ago Report Share Posted 18 hours ago Attended last year and was looking forward to watching on the stream this year as the first live speedway of the season… regret buying it now. Between the graphics and the sea sick inducing zoomed in camera work it is a hard watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentLurker Posted 18 hours ago Report Share Posted 18 hours ago Jesus Christ this is borderline unwatchable. What a waste of £15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted 17 hours ago Report Share Posted 17 hours ago Chris Holder rolling back the years tonight... superb stuff 👏 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted 17 hours ago Report Share Posted 17 hours ago (edited) ... and now it's raining! If they hadn't faffed about so much and started on time we'd be done by now... when will they ever learn 🤷♂️ Edited 17 hours ago by IainB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouch Posted 16 hours ago Report Share Posted 16 hours ago Decent opener dispute the weather being cold & wet. A fair few entertaining racers with an Aces/Dan win in the final. 22 heats and home for 10 to 10. Roll on the rest of the season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted 16 hours ago Report Share Posted 16 hours ago A decent (ish) crowd for a PCMT, and opening night, with the weather maybe knocking a fair few off the total, (hopefully they streamed it)... Some excellent close racing in several races, with Kurtz and Fricke showing great trust and ability to race each other so closely, and hard, at top speed... Kvech too, in heat 19 was brilliant riding around the first two turns. Not many ride that close to the fence, in the, by then, "deep stuff" and gain positions... A great final with Bewley and Holder both riding hard and fair.... All in all, a very decent start to the season, with all the GP riders having opportunities to show their higher level of capability... Roll on those two GP's... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry1603 Posted 15 hours ago Report Share Posted 15 hours ago (edited) A really good first meeting of the season for me. Bewley looked a little sluggish early on (by his standards), but what a final! The track held up to the weather very well despite the earlier rain and there was some great, brave racing. Kurtz / Fricke and then Bewley / Holder were hard but fair with each other and the meeting got better the further it went. Credit to Chris Harris as well - never gives less than 100%. Edited 15 hours ago by Garry1603 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAST GATER Posted 7 hours ago Report Share Posted 7 hours ago 9 hours ago, IainB said: Chris Holder rolling back the years tonight... superb stuff 👏 Not sure if it's true but I have been told this is his last season as a rider ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw42 Posted 5 hours ago Report Share Posted 5 hours ago Was expecting better camera work than we got, seemed to miss what little passing there was, graphics a bit of a joke, other than it was good to have speedway back. Well done Dan Bewley, hard luck Chris Holder, rode really well all night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
False dawn Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 1 hour ago, nw42 said: Was expecting better camera work than we got, seemed to miss what little passing there was, graphics a bit of a joke, other than it was good to have speedway back. Well done Dan Bewley, hard luck Chris Holder, rode really well all night. Having watched a lot of BSN meetings last year, I realised (again) what a good job they are doing. I'm sorry BVTV, your presentation was amateurish, the lead commentator didn't seem to know who was who and the camera work seemed designed to miss any overtaking. If I can't get to this meeting next year I will not be buying the stream again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 2 minutes ago, False dawn said: Having watched a lot of BSN meetings last year, I realised (again) what a good job they are doing. I'm sorry BVTV, your presentation was amateurish, the lead commentator didn't seem to know who was who and the camera work seemed designed to miss any overtaking. If I can't get to this meeting next year I will not be buying the stream again. It wasn't that much better actually being there... Parade advertised for 18:50, they came out just before 19:00, did a lap of the track on the back of fancy bikes, lined up in front of the crowd and then just got on their bikes and did a load of practice starts, Tapes Up advertised 19:00, 2 minutes went on at 19:11. The announcer reading out the line-up often only read it out once after giving the result of the previous race and often read it out incorrectly. For the first section of the meeting it seemed to be being dictated around the BVTV coverage, which we in the crowd couldn't hear anyway with the ref seemingly not knowing where the 2 minutes button was. Fortunately the Speedway was pretty entertaining... the rest, must do better! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouch Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 46 minutes ago, False dawn said: Having watched a lot of BSN meetings last year, I realised (again) what a good job they are doing. I'm sorry BVTV, your presentation was amateurish, the lead commentator didn't seem to know who was who and the camera work seemed designed to miss any overtaking. If I can't get to this meeting next year I will not be buying the stream again. Hope things improve for viewers at home. It was there seventh event and obviously first of the season with some personnel changes. When reading the Championship Streaming Channel thread, BSN had similar issues in the beginning but have improved so I’m sure things will be sorted with the streaming service soon enough. It’s a great addition to the sport and provides easy access to enjoy the racing at the NSS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sidney Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 43 minutes ago, IainB said: It wasn't that much better actually being there... Parade advertised for 18:50, they came out just before 19:00, did a lap of the track on the back of fancy bikes, lined up in front of the crowd and then just got on their bikes and did a load of practice starts, Tapes Up advertised 19:00, 2 minutes went on at 19:11. The announcer reading out the line-up often only read it out once after giving the result of the previous race and often read it out incorrectly. For the first section of the meeting it seemed to be being dictated around the BVTV coverage, which we in the crowd couldn't hear anyway with the ref seemingly not knowing where the 2 minutes button was. Fortunately the Speedway was pretty entertaining... the rest, must do better! Just to give a slightly different view of last night from an attendee. Yes, the delayed start was a bit frustrating and clubs should run to time. Yes, the centre green presenter seemed a little quiet, but Chase always makes up for that Given the amount of rain they had clearly had Andy Meredith and team provided an excellent race surface. The first few races did serve to turn the top surface over, but the racing imprived as the night progressed. Some were as good as any I expect to see elsewhere any time this season. I don't remember there being any fallers or race stoppages, other than a couple of tapes infringements. It wasn't apparent to me that there were delays in the meeting caused by catering for BVTV. Overall,I thought it was a more than acceptable first meeting of the season for me. Chris Holder exceeded my expectations, and, being an old traditionalist, I think he should have won with a 15 point max - but then we would have missed out on a top quality final with Holder and Bewley passing each other until Bewley established a lead and won. Could the whole meeting have been run better? Could all the entertainment around the racing have been slicker? Yes to both, but Belle Vue are not alone in being a bit lacking in that. If the remainder of the meetings I see this season are as good as last night then I will be happy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago (edited) 1 hour ago, IainB said: It wasn't that much better actually being there... Parade advertised for 18:50, they came out just before 19:00, did a lap of the track on the back of fancy bikes, lined up in front of the crowd and then just got on their bikes and did a load of practice starts, Tapes Up advertised 19:00, 2 minutes went on at 19:11. The announcer reading out the line-up often only read it out once after giving the result of the previous race and often read it out incorrectly. For the first section of the meeting it seemed to be being dictated around the BVTV coverage, which we in the crowd couldn't hear anyway with the ref seemingly not knowing where the 2 minutes button was. Fortunately the Speedway was pretty entertaining... the rest, must do better! I don't know.... Moan. Moan. Moan... That's all Speedway fans do... Anyhow, whilst on that topic, (and all valid comments by the way)..... You can add the Sam Masters/Adam Ellis - Who is who? Ruined a few programmes that.. Adam being in Ipswich kevlars probably the main clue it wasnt Sam.. The interviews were attempted once from the big screen but it just sounded like there was a gale force wind blowing through and you couldn't hear what was being said... So it didnt happen again.. My 22 year old lad summed up the overall presentation with this comment... "Everything Speedway does is always a little bit sh*t, but funny, isn't it?".. (He was particularly impressed with the "pallet podium").. PS. Good to see the usual taxi load (seven seater to be fair) of Sheffield fans in attendance, and they seemed to take some pleasure in giving Kurtz some stick... Hope they enjoyed the final... All in all, a good nights entertainment if you were there for the racing, and, like most Speedway fans do automatically now, made allowances for the overall presentation levels.. Edited 2 hours ago by mikebv 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilTheAce Posted 1 hour ago Author Report Share Posted 1 hour ago A decent opening night to the season. Not the biggest craven crossed I've seen but not bad for what was a very wet day which would have put of the late buyers. Regarding the presentation team. Its all new this year except for the announcer in refs box so will always be teething problems to begin with. It will get better the more Lee does it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preston Comet Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago Whats happened to Hayley on the centre green? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjcone44 Posted 51 minutes ago Report Share Posted 51 minutes ago 14 minutes ago, Preston Comet said: Whats happened to Hayley on the centre green? yes we need her so all the blind people who are there know what's going on.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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