Glasgow v Scunny

[eric i]

Dress rehearsal for the play off semi final, if Scunny get bonus point they will get second leg.

[Beirao]

Don't want to jinx it, but what happens if Friday gets rained off? Does it need to be run before the play offs ?

 

[Fromafar]

11 minutes ago, Beirao said:

Don't want to jinx it, but what happens if Friday gets rained off? Does it need to be run before the play offs ?

 

Toss a coin for Play off 1st Leg (at Headquarters).Glasgow win 😂👍

[Fozzie4388]

Dan Thompson and Max Perry guesting for Howarth and Hausl

Reid Battye and Jordan Jenkins are guesting for Harrison and Hook 

[Weeyin]

19 minutes ago, Fozzie4388 said:

Dan Thompson and Max Perry guesting for Howarth and Hausl

Reid Battye and Jordan Jenkins are guesting for Harrison and Hook 

Where is Luke Harrison on Friday? Rain might win this

[ScunnyDan]

4 minutes ago, Weeyin said:

Where is Luke Harrison on Friday? Rain might win this

FIM meeting in Europe

[Fozzie4388]

6 minutes ago, Weeyin said:

Where is Luke Harrison on Friday? Rain might win this

Euro under 19s Final on Saturday so he's travelling to Slovenia (Cairns and Rushen are both in it too)

[crescent girl]

1 hour ago, ScunnyDan said:

FIM meeting in Europe

FIM Europe.  Not FIM.   Big difference!

[Neila]

4 hours ago, crescent girl said:

FIM Europe.  Not FIM.   Big difference!

Another mickey mouse meeting .

Get the young riders need to get experience abroad and racing against European riders, but yet again British speedway fans suffer for this.

[Beirao]

3 hours ago, Neila said:

Another mickey mouse meeting .

Get the young riders need to get experience abroad and racing against European riders, but yet again British speedway fans suffer for this.

Do they? It's the Championship that bears the brunt of this nonsense. Who actually pays the expenses for these jaunts? Does it come from the Team GB budget?

[SteveLyric2]

4 hours ago, Neila said:

Another mickey mouse meeting .

Get the young riders need to get experience abroad and racing against European riders, but yet again British speedway fans suffer for this.

Maybe just maybe clubs should have completed their league fixtures by end August??

[Pirates Of Poole]

1 hour ago, SteveLyric2 said:

Maybe just maybe clubs should have completed their league fixtures by end August??

Exactly! year after year it's the same clubs other teams are waiting on! As normal we get into September and the weather is getting poor un reliable, so final should be done by late October. Should be simple if the fixtures are not completed by end of August the points get awarded to the away team - lets face it clubs have had all summer to get these meetings done with large gaps of no racing for weeks. 

[mikebv]

5 hours ago, Neila said:

Another mickey mouse meeting .

Get the young riders need to get experience abroad and racing against European riders, but yet again British speedway fans suffer for this.

There is nothing more Mickey Mouse than UK Speedway's version of the sport.

Good luck to the lads broadening their horizons, as far too often you can get a false impression as to your actual level by competing against your peer group, many of whom being much less capable than yourself...

Good to see these lads test themselves. .

And, as has been said, the many weeks of venues not being used isn't their fault...

[Neila]

1 hour ago, SteveLyric2 said:

Maybe just maybe clubs should have completed their league fixtures by end August??

It's alright for you lot riding midweek these Mickey mouse meetings don't affect Poole and Oxford at home, most other clubs have had blank weekends or guest tests due to the official and Mickey mouse FIM meetings, and more and more are appearing. The majority of fans are fed up with it and are walking away from speedway due to this lack of fixtures especially in the summer. We have had one of the best summer on record, but most teams have gone several weeks without home fixtures 

 

[Neila]

47 minutes ago, Pirates Of Poole said:

Exactly! year after year it's the same clubs other teams are waiting on! As normal we get into September and the weather is getting poor un reliable, so final should be done by late October. Should be simple if the fixtures are not completed by end of August the points get awarded to the away team - lets face it clubs have had all summer to get these meetings done with large gaps of no racing for weeks. 

As I've said above Poole and Oxford are not affected by the many weekends of various European fixtures ( not polish leagues ) where weekend clubs are missing several riders or missing meetings to allow riders to travel to these events 

[StevePark]

1 hour ago, Neila said:

It's alright for you lot riding midweek these Mickey mouse meetings don't affect Poole and Oxford at home, most other clubs have had blank weekends or guest tests due to the official and Mickey mouse FIM meetings, and more and more are appearing. The majority of fans are fed up with it and are walking away from speedway due to this lack of fixtures especially in the summer. We have had one of the best summer on record, but most teams have gone several weeks without home fixtures 

 

There have been 21 weekends between 1st April and 31st August.  There was 11 home meetings to fit in (8 League 2 BSN & 1 KO Cup), giving 10 blank weekends. If clubs can't work around the "Mickey Mouse" (they aren't Mickey Mouse to the riders, I bet), especially those in September - then blame the clubs, don't blame the FIM.  The FIM fixtures are there for all to see, so there should be no clashes.   Workington, as an example, can race on any day of the week (except Monday & Thursday due to Premiership), so fixture clashes with the FIM meetings don't have to happen.  Having said that, promoters in general don't seem to want to learn, as it's the same season after season trying to fit fixtures in at the back-end of the season.  Until that changes, these types of clashes will continue to happen.

[Bagpuss]

3 hours ago, SteveLyric2 said:

Maybe just maybe clubs should have completed their league fixtures by end August??

Spot on, this meeting was in the calendar a long time ago.

And they certainly aren't 'Mickey Mouse' meetings.