Sheffield v King's Lynn 17/08/26

[Dornier]

7 minutes ago, Gaz said:

Let’s have a speedway riders benevolent fund collection on a night it’s meant to rain. 😔

They started late then wasted more time doing the ben fund,  rain was always likely.  they picked the ben fund collection on a night when attendance was going to be down due to it being on the telly. very poor from Sheffield.

[40-38]

Shocker of a move from Etheridge, he was never going to turn back from there without ending up on the infield at best.

[nw42]

6 minutes ago, Dornier said:

They started late then wasted more time doing the ben fund,  rain was always likely.  they picked the ben fund collection on a night when attendance was going to be down due to it being on the telly. very poor from Sheffield.

Yep, shortchange the punters by a heat and expect them to tip up more of their hard earned for the Ben Fund, typical British speedway.

To clarify, was the correct decision to call it off but could so easily have been avoided with a little foresight.

[GeneralMelchett]

Most bizarre exclusion for Cook - Lynn unlucky there. I think refs should  explain why some decisions are made, i presume Lynn raised the issue over the phone etc, or does that not happen now??  - not seen the full stream nor was at the match but seeing the replay it seem Etheridge out was the only choice 😶

Its really peeing down now, first proper rain in Sheffield for weeks!! 

[Steve Shovlar]

Just played catchup and the decision to exclude Cook was appalling! Where on earth is he meant to go when Etheridge was locked up and out of control?

Ref completely bonkers decision and did Etheridge even bother to come over and apologise to Cook after he caused the smash that wrecked a bike?

[marko]

Track was bone dry, they could have waited a while and graded it again once it stopped, or is it like I said, riders are no longer interested unless it’s a dust bowl?

[kelvinht]

What is stopping the Sheffield track being widened by a few feet onto the infield? Would potentially make it a much better spectacle with more racing lines and safer. Every meeting I've seen, after first few races the only place to be is millimeters from the fence?

[RS50]

32 minutes ago, kelvinht said:

What is stopping the Sheffield track being widened by a few feet onto the infield? Would potentially make it a much better spectacle with more racing lines and safer. Every meeting I've seen, after first few races the only place to be is millimeters from the fence?

Seem recall hearing that previous promoter Neil Machin wanted to do this, but was refused permission from Stadium owners.

[tellboy]

Thought the referee made a shocker of a decision.Im not sure it was Craig Ackroyd making that,it was more like Dan Ackroyd.

[foreverblue]

10 hours ago, Steve Shovlar said:

Just played catchup and the decision to exclude Cook was appalling! Where on earth is he meant to go when Etheridge was locked up and out of control?

Ref completely bonkers decision and did Etheridge even bother to come over and apologise to Cook after he caused the smash that wrecked a bike?

No I don't think Etheridge said anything to Ben, Etheridge looked a liability all night.

[gjcone44]

he ended cooks night and Jenkins too.

[marko]

Jye is a classless punk for having two riders off and not checking on them or at least apologising, i mean for christ sake, he is supposed to be team mates with Jordon at Berwick.

[Steve55]

1 hour ago, foreverblue said:

No I don't think Etheridge said anything to Ben, Etheridge looked a liability all night.

Etheridge has had a shocker of a season with Sheffield, thought they would've sacked him early doors but who was available on such a low average to replace him? He's a rider with absolutely no confidence in himself when riding in the Prem. 

When he downed Jenkins it was the start of lap two, he'd been all over the back of Jenkins up to then and was obviously faster than him, all he had to do was bide his time and he'd have passed him easily. The incident in heat 11 was abysmal, both from Etheridge and the referee. Riding a wide line he was well behind Fricke and there was room for him to continue that line as Fricke wasn't that close to the fence. Why he chose to change his line, across the front of Cook, only he'll know. The same applies to Ackroyd as to why he excluded Cook....unbelievable!

Don't know what Etheridge was on last night, but his head wasn't right, he came out in heat seven with the wrong helmet colour, pity he had to have three rides! 

[mikebv]

14 hours ago, nw42 said:

Yep, shortchange the punters by a heat and expect them to tip up more of their hard earned for the Ben Fund, typical British speedway.

To clarify, was the correct decision to call it off but could so easily have been avoided with a little foresight.

Why not give the BEN fund the money the teams saved not forking out for Heat 15?..

[Odds On]

9 minutes ago, mikebv said:

Why not give the BEN fund the money the teams saved not forking out for Heat 15?..

that would be the difference between the owners making a loss to a bigger loss!

[The Cheese]

Unfortunate the rain came as it had been a decent meeting up to that point, certainly far more entertaining than the one between these two last month.

Difficult to understand just how anyone could come to the decision to exclude Cook, would have been a shocker even without the benefit of replays.

 

[RS50]

In view of the rain being forecast, it should have been tapes up at 7.30 ( not rider introductions), and get on with it a bit quicker.

Owner's may have saved on wages, but I am now considering not going to the Belle Vue match. I pay to watch speedway, not for the introductions. How many others feel the same?

Could have been an interesting finish. Could Sheffield have got the aggregate point? Could there have been a superheat for the aggregate point?. Could Kings Lynn have got a draw. We'll never know. 

[bringbackHalifax]

The refs decision is consistent with many other decisions made during racing incidents and non incidents. Let me explain. Last night Ben ran into Jye and crashed and was therefore the cause of the stoppage. Straight forward and as per the rules and not controversial. However the root cause of the crash was Jye pulling a locker. I have seen many occasions when a rider in front gets into trouble, clearly impedes the rider behinds race but never gets pulled up if no crash. There was a Worky v Scunthorpe mtg and one of the Comets was all over the place and nearly took out Steve Worrall. Luckily Worralls experience avoided a crash, but left him stone last whilst the Comet on the bucking bronco continued. At Berwick 2 weeks ago Reid Battye reared on the back straight, caught the fence and bounced across the track hitting teammate Palovaara and Workys Jeppersen ending the Danes race. Battye still won the race, but he impeded an opponent and went un punished. The root cause of incidents should be targeted not the outcome.

[marko]

Also Cooper Rushden at Northampton when he veered to the left and this sent a rider behind (Luke Harrison?) into the deck, i think also on that occasion the fallen rider was excluded much to many peoples expectations, least not Jan on comms.

Honestly think Ref's should spend a day or two learning how to ride a speedway bike just for the experience so they can better understand race situations, or even have a rider from the riders association give a talk to them pre season so they could help identify some of the nuances of racing.

The ref's read the book as its wrongly written, "the leading rider can choose his or her line"

[bringbackHalifax]

The refs decision is consistent with many other decisions made during racing incidents and non incidents. Let me explain. Last night Ben ran into Jye and crashed and was therefore the cause of the stoppage. Straight forward and as per the rules and not controversial. However the root cause of the crash was Jye pulling a locker. I have seen many occasions when a rider in front gets into trouble, clearly impedes the rider behinds race but never gets pulled up if no crash. There was a Worky v Scunthorpe mtg and one of the Comets was all over the place and nearly took out Steve Worrall. Luckily Worralls experience avoided a crash, but left him stone last whilst the Comet on the bucking bronco continued. At Berwick 2 weeks ago Reid Battye reared on the back straight, caught the fence and bounced across the track hitting teammate Palovaara and Workys Jeppersen ending the Danes race. Battye still won the race, but he impeded an opponent and went un punished. The root cause of incidents should be targeted not the outcome.