British final 15th August

[mikebv]

13 minutes ago, WookieboyDon said:

Charles looking very emotional.

 

I’m sure he is thinking about his Dad. 

Bless him....

A proper 100% lad for a good many years...

[Baldyman]

8 minutes ago, Neila said:

Fireworks are banned due to fire risk, did you not get the alert last night 

No,, 

[Daniel Smith]

So, serious question time.

Do you think that meeting sold it to ITV or another broadcaster to take on the sport in 2027+??

Not for me, the meeting itself was just okay (Rushen the standout), it's a shame the gulf in the line-up was so far apart.

Hopefully, ITV (or another free to air) decide on broadcasting the Premiership Play-Offs, it may give a better standard of racing for the sport to sell itself.

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv]

11 minutes ago, Baldyman said:

Oooo, nothing better than some fake fireworks on a screen🤩

 

9 minutes ago, Neila said:

Fireworks are banned due to fire risk, did you not get the alert last night 

 

Just now, Baldyman said:

No,, 

Your carrier pigeon should arrive by midday tomorrow  Baldy 😁

[LisaColette]

27 minutes ago, Fromafar said:

Surprised Cooper took 3

 

23 minutes ago, mikebv said:

Didn't want to be riding the inside...

Possibly a cut back...?

 

He is not the best at gating, which you need to do off gate 1 otherwise you are stuffed. Gate 3 has potentially more options if you don't gate imo. 

[LisaColette]

2 minutes ago, Baldyman said:

No,, 

The massive loud beeping message. Hard to miss tbh. 👀

[Aries]

How good is Emma Jones? Very professional, excellent at her job and comes across as a really down to earth nice person too.

[Baldyman]

1 minute ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said:

 

 

Your carrier pigeon should arrive by midday tomorrow  Baldy 😁

Turned government notifications off in my settings years ago

[Steve Shovlar]

Was hat the blonde presenter? Thought she was good, confident and was never flustered. Where does she come from?

[Baldyman]

1 minute ago, LisaColette said:

The massive loud beeping message. Hard to miss tbh. 👀

Nope, not heard on my phone,, all turned off

[Fromafar]

6 minutes ago, Aries said:

How good is Emma Jones? Very professional, excellent at her job and comes across as a really down to earth nice person too.

She is good and down to earth ,but trying to deal with some ignorant GP riders is a challenge but she copes well .IMO

Edited 9 hours ago by Fromafar

[bluejam]

11 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said:

Was hat the blonde presenter? Thought she was good, confident and was never flustered. Where does she come from?

A few years back she was a presenter for Championship rugby league on Viaplay Sports.😉

Edited 9 hours ago by bluejam

[Catch Me If You Can]

29 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said:

Thought is got better as the heats went on. Shocking crowd though, well empty. Management should have done something about that. Give tickets away if you have to.

Lambert in another postcode. Always going to win it and did. Well done to Charles Wright after a tough season. The tears were very raw and real.

Special mention to Coops who smashed it for a 16 year old. Mistake in the final choosing white. Red would probably have got him a podium place. Huge for the sport having him and Cairns (Kerns as Kelvin kept calling him) coming through.

Great it was on ITV. The whole country could have watched that. 

And we'll done Ace pijper

[WookieboyDon]

Emma is ace. Alongside the GPs, she does work for Leeds United and also for one of the horse racing channels.

 

Always bright, bubbly and professional. She does a mega job. 
 

I thought all in all it was a good product tonight, tv show wise. I do think a little more could have been done in commentary for anyone new to the sport but most of all…

 

…someone should have said something along the lines of “If you are new to speedway and enjoyed this evening, there are speedway clubs around the county you can visit for the first time. Go on to the British Speedway website to find out your nearest track and head down there to experience it in the flesh.”

[Neila]

29 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said:

Was hat the blonde presenter? Thought she was good, confident and was never flustered. Where does she come from?

You won't like her she's from oop north 😄 Yorkshire, done / does a lot of football stuff

[eric i]

Not a bad advert for speedway, although the racing was only average. There is quite a bit of room for improvement....

Camera work was poor 

I am surprised people like Emma Jones, she asks fairly dumb questions.

Rory struggled at times.

interviews/trophy presentation dragged on too long.

[Rob B]

It was a BVTV production for ITV. Can’t see it on ITVX yet to catchup, will check again tomorrow. 

[TTT]

Imagine if Cooper Rushen won that Final.

It could've been our Luke Littler moment that changes the game for British Speedway imo.

[tyler42]

1 hour ago, LisaColette said:

 

He is not the best at gating, which you need to do off gate 1 otherwise you are stuffed. Gate 3 has potentially more options if you don't gate imo. 

To be fair to the lad. His gating wasn't too shabby tonight. 7 wins out of one. One off of three (Lambert). If Coops had taken one, I think he would have had a good chance of a rostrum. 

[Noelinho]

15 minutes ago, TTT said:

Imagine if Cooper Rushen won that Final.

It could've been our Luke Littler moment that changes the game for British Speedway imo.

Luke Littler moved the PDC World Championship viewing figures to nearly five million, but they started at about two million.

When Sky showed Elite league speedway, viewing figures were about 80,000.

I’ve no idea what viewing figures would be now for BSN/SGP, but I’d suggest it’s likely an underwhelming fraction.

Darts had already been on the up for years with a bit of a cult audience for some events. Speedway in this country is (sadly) still trying to prevent its own death.