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Post by admin on Jun 23, 2019 20:10:10 GMT
SpeedwayGB@SpeedwayGB (23/6/19)
APOLOGY 😐
We sold out of programmes today and left some fans disappointed.
We were stunned by the size of the crowd, we thank everyone for their support.
We studied figures from previous events before deciding on programme quantity but were way off the mark.
Sorry.
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Post by admin on Jun 23, 2019 20:13:15 GMT
SOMERSET REBELS ARE CHAMPIONSHIP FOURS WINNERS 2019
2ND: SHEFFIELD TIGERS
3RD: GLASGOW TIGERS
4TH: EASTBOURNE EAGLES
Eastbourne Eagles = 12
1. Richard Lawson - 2,2,2 = 6
2. Edward Kennett - 1,2,1 = 4
3. Kyle Newman - 0,0,0 = 0
4. Lewis Kerr - 0,1,1 = 2
RES. Alfie Bowtell -
Glasgow Tigers = 19
1. Paul Starke - 1,0,3 = 4
2. Rasmus Jensen - 3,0,2 = 5
3. Claus Vissing - 0,1,0 = 1
4. Craig Cook - 3,3,3 = 9
RES. James Sarjeant -
Sheffield Tigers = 19
1. Drew Kemp - (BN), (BN),0 = 0
2. Kyle Howarth - 2,1,1 = 4
3. Danny King - 1,3,3 = 7
4. Ty Proctor - 2,2,0 = 4
RES. Broc Nicol - 1,3
Somerset Rebels = 22
1. Rory Schlein - 3,1,2 = 6
2. Chris Harrs - 2,3,2 = 7
3. Nico Covatti - 3,2,3 =8
4. Todd Kurtz - 0,0,1 = 1
RES. Valentin Grobauer -
speedwayupdates/championship-fours-peterborough
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Post by rodders on Jun 23, 2019 21:43:44 GMT
There was some good racing at this event and the referee did his best to move things along as quickly as possible. This however was largely negated by Buster Chapmans continuing love affair with tractors.
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Post by admin on Jun 24, 2019 7:47:05 GMT
There was some good racing at this event and the referee did his best to move things along as quickly as possible. This however was largely negated by Buster Chapmans continuing love affair with tractors. Surely it was odds on that given the number of races and time of day that more tractor racing would be needed. The BSF is rather dull and quiet on this topic so it must gone reasonably well  Rigsby's law of Sunday speedway is that "speedway expands so as to fill the time available for its completion". If I'd known that they were going to get on with it then I might have gone. |
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Post by rodders on Jun 24, 2019 11:53:29 GMT
The use of tractors at this meeting was on a whole different level. Multiple marathon sessions both grading and water, paradoxically the referee was trying to keep things moving due to the threat of rain
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Post by admin on Jun 24, 2019 14:37:40 GMT
The use of tractors at this meeting was on a whole different level. Multiple marathon sessions both grading and water, paradoxically the referee was trying to keep things moving due to the threat of rain I think for 2 and a bit league meetings though on a warm humid day then that has to be expected and although it looked rain threatening at times I don't think that the threat was ever actually there, so as a non attendee I think Chapman wanted to get it right and there are not many, if any, of a similar mind. As for the programmes, now that Dick has posted an estimated crowd figure of 2000 (no idea how accurate that is) but that is neither huge nor unexpected so to be stunned by it is quite amazing if that is the number. "We studied figures from previous events before deciding on programme quantity but were way off the mark." - who was doing the studying and maths, Diane Abbott. |
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Post by admin on Jun 24, 2019 14:45:45 GMT
Rigsby's law of Sunday speedway is that "speedway expands so as to fill the time available for its completion". If I'd known that they were going to get on with it then I might have gone.
Running out of programs more than half an hour before the start. Was the crowd really that much bigger than in the past. I don't think so.
Public address system. Inaudible on the back straight, Far too loud in the main stand. 5-10 second bursts of music!!! during the actual racing (as if the DJ was cuing up his music ready for the end of the race).
Presentation:- Rider interviews too often interrupted by the two minute warning. A simple glance by the interviewer to see the tractors leaving the track would have told him to wrap it up as theracing would have been about to restart. The interruption to Scott's interview was, in my opinion, downright rude. Simply to cut in to say regulation x, y, z, or whatever was being implemented and heat 12 was being run before heat 11, was unnecessary. There was plenty of time before the race for the interview to finish and the crowd to be informed of the change (the 2 minute warning hadn't been sounded. There was enough time even if it had).
The atmosphere in the stadium seemed a bit flat, possibly due to a lack of a centregreen presenter to gee supporters up.
The pre-meeting parade. What was that all about? Where was the riders' introduction to the crowd? Team captains and manager!! your having a laff. REALLY!
And the toilets or more accurately, the lack of. There was a many people in the ONE and ONLY queue for the gents during the interval as there probably was left in the stand. Why was one of the two toilet blocks locked shut when the stand was probably at least 80% full?
This is the biggest event the BSPA put on each year (Keith Chapmans Words) and Peterborough made a bloody good p*ss poor job of the presentation/facility side
On the plus side track prep was spot on and the racing certainly didn't disappoint and the riders and track staff should be given credit for that. The meeting was progressed in good time without any unnecessary delays, or without it appearing to be in too much of a rush in view of the number of races to be run.
In short the BSPA could (and have) done better.
Oh, by the way, there was only one rubbish bin on the back straight."
A counter response to that though:"I was stood on the backstraight And didnt notice any issues with the audio. In fact, I stood in about 3 different place as I intially couldn't get a good view of the track because of the crowd, and still can't say I noticed any bother. The programme issue was unfortunate, but it happened and they responded quick with the print out. Whilst it's not perfect, it's at least something rather than nothing.
I'll agree, the initial presentation was a bit much. But other than that, I can't really fault it. It was absolutely fine and they steamed through with the meeting after that." |
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Post by admin on Jun 24, 2019 18:28:55 GMT
Somerset Rebels reigned supreme in the 34-heat extravaganza at the EoES as the top riders in the second tier of the sport did battle on the super-fast city track.
Former Grand Prix star Chris Harris, who helped Panthers to glory in the corresponding event two years ago, was among the successful Somerset quartet along with Nico Covatti, Rory Schlein and Todd Kurtz.
But there was no joy for the current Panthers men in action in front of a crowd estimated to be in the region of 3,000.
Charles Wright managed five points for Redcar, but Scott Nicholls (Leicester), Josh Bates (Leicester) and Aaron Summers (Berwick) could only score two apiece as their sides went out at the semi-final stage.
Schlein’s second place in the closing race of the 12-heat final secured the honours for Somerset with 22 points before Sheffield number one Danny King saw off Glasgow man Craig Cook in a run-off to secure second spot after both sides finished on 19. Eastbourne brought up the rear with 12.
King also had the consolation of breaking his own Alwalton track record. He clocked 57.3 seconds when winning the second heat of the semi-final stage – a tenth of a second quicker than his previous mark set earlier this season when racing for his top-flight club, Ipswich, against Panthers.
Huntingdon-based King will make another short trip up the A1 to Alwalton when Ipswich face Panthers in the SGB Premiership on Monday (July 1).
SEMI-FINAL
Qualifying teams: Eastbourne 15, Glasgow 15, Sheffield 15, Somerset 14.
Eliminated teams: Edinburgh 13, Leicester 12, Newcastle 11, Scunthorpe 10, Redcar 10, Berwick 9, Birmingham 8.
FINAL
SOMERSET (22) - Nico Covatti 8, Chris Harris 7, Rory Schlein 6, Todd Kurtz 1.
SHEFFIELD (19) - Danny King 7, Kyle Howarth 4, Ty Proctor 4, Broc Nicol 4, Drew Kemp 0.
GLASGOW (19) - Craig Cook 9, Rasmus Jensen 5, Paul Starke 4, Claus Vissing 1.
EASTBOURNE (12) - Richard Lawson 6, Edward Kennett 4, Lewis Kerr 2, Kyle Newman 0.
* King (Sheffield) beat Cook (Glasgow) in run-off for second place.
peterboroughtoday
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Post by Bigcatdiary on Jun 24, 2019 20:42:11 GMT
Somerset Rebels reigned supreme in the 34-heat extravaganza at the EoES as the top riders in the second tier of the sport did battle on the super-fast city track.Former Grand Prix star Chris Harris, who helped Panthers to glory in the corresponding event two years ago, was among the successful Somerset quartet along with Nico Covatti, Rory Schlein and Todd Kurtz. But there was no joy for the current Panthers men in action in front of a crowd estimated to be in the region of 3,000.Charles Wright managed five points for Redcar, but Scott Nicholls (Leicester), Josh Bates (Leicester) and Aaron Summers (Berwick) could only score two apiece as their sides went out at the semi-final stage. Schlein’s second place in the closing race of the 12-heat final secured the honours for Somerset with 22 points before Sheffield number one Danny King saw off Glasgow man Craig Cook in a run-off to secure second spot after both sides finished on 19. Eastbourne brought up the rear with 12. King also had the consolation of breaking his own Alwalton track record. He clocked 57.3 seconds when winning the second heat of the semi-final stage – a tenth of a second quicker than his previous mark set earlier this season when racing for his top-flight club, Ipswich, against Panthers. Huntingdon-based King will make another short trip up the A1 to Alwalton when Ipswich face Panthers in the SGB Premiership on Monday (July 1). SEMI-FINAL Qualifying teams: Eastbourne 15, Glasgow 15, Sheffield 15, Somerset 14. Eliminated teams: Edinburgh 13, Leicester 12, Newcastle 11, Scunthorpe 10, Redcar 10, Berwick 9, Birmingham 8. FINALSOMERSET (22) - Nico Covatti 8, Chris Harris 7, Rory Schlein 6, Todd Kurtz 1. SHEFFIELD (19) - Danny King 7, Kyle Howarth 4, Ty Proctor 4, Broc Nicol 4, Drew Kemp 0. GLASGOW (19) - Craig Cook 9, Rasmus Jensen 5, Paul Starke 4, Claus Vissing 1. EASTBOURNE (12) - Richard Lawson 6, Edward Kennett 4, Lewis Kerr 2, Kyle Newman 0. * King (Sheffield) beat Cook (Glasgow) in run-off for second place. peterboroughtoday I think around 2000 paying is more accurate |
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Post by Bigcatdiary on Jun 24, 2019 20:44:42 GMT
The use of tractors at this meeting was on a whole different level. Multiple marathon sessions both grading and water, paradoxically the referee was trying to keep things moving due to the threat of rain I think for 2 and a bit league meetings though on a warm humid day then that has to be expected and although it looked rain threatening at times I don't think that the threat was ever actually there, so as a non attendee I think Chapman wanted to get it right and there are not many, if any, of a similar mind. As for the programmes, now that Dick has posted an estimated crowd figure of 2000 (no idea how accurate that is) but that is neither huge nor unexpected so to be stunned by it is quite amazing if that is the number. "We studied figures from previous events before deciding on programme quantity but were way off the mark." - who was doing the studying and maths, Diane Abbott. Keith Chapman told me afterwards about 2000 paying, I regard that as fairly accurate. It’s probably fair to say a few hundred not paying with staff, riders officials and a fair amount of BSPA as well, riders guests and mechanics would amount to 150 at least. |
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Post by rodders on Jun 24, 2019 21:26:49 GMT
Buster is known for marathon grading sessions as any Kings Lynn regular will confirm. We have the Skaters waltz, can we not have the Tractor Tango or the Grading Gavotte?
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Post by admin on Jun 24, 2019 22:32:47 GMT
Buster is known for marathon grading sessions as any Kings Lynn regular will confirm. We have the Skaters waltz,can we not have the Tractor Tango or the Grading Gavotte? I tend to agree with the idea that at Lynn the more time people have spare then the more food and drink they will buy which is money for Buster. At the EoES he doesn't get anything from catering as far as I know so there is no need to drag it out with tractor racing usually, plus it buggers up the outside line. I doubt that he made anything from catering yesterday and tractor ballet was legitimate, if irritating for some, given the nature of the event. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2019 13:22:24 GMT
Buster is known for marathon grading sessions as any Kings Lynn regular will confirm. We have the Skaters waltz,can we not have the Tractor Tango or the Grading Gavotte? I tend to agree with the idea that at Lynn the more time people have spare then the more food and drink they will buy which is money for Buster. At the EoES he doesn't get anything from catering as far as I know so there is no need to drag it out with tractor racing usually, plus it buggers up the outside line. I doubt that he made anything from catering yesterday and tractor ballet was legitimate, if irritating for some, given the nature of the event. I find it works best when our meetings are run on the same evening as his faves then we don’t even have to see or hear anything of him! |
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Post by admin on Jun 26, 2019 10:20:18 GMT
there is no need to drag it out with tractor racing usually, plus it buggers up the outside line.
And to back that up from the BSF: "The inside line was overwhelmingly dominant and the regular re-grades, only succeeded in pulling the material back to the inside and preventing an outside line to develop. In short it was one liney.
Thank god it improved for the final. That was much more like it. The fact that no track grading took place in the final (only watering), must have been a contributing factor, to an outside line developing. The inside line still remained, pretty fast but now the riders had options and it made for much more exciting racing."
That's not to say that there isn't a place for grading when that outside line is the only line and just a few yards from the fence, but as a regular practice regardless then it's not required. |
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