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Post by mike on Jul 26, 2019 21:09:11 GMT
Where do you start,I suppose the track will be the starting point,heats 1-8 were not great unless your a Plymouth rider,heats 9-16 were so much better why oh why can we not get the track right from race 1 god knows why Thomas didn’t even try to even ride ,but it was so stop start please someone explain to me why?,I’m assuming a lot of these riders will be going away with not very complimentary comments about the track,it was a 4s event and we had god knows how many 2 rider or 3 rider races,I can’t imagine Kent are very happy as they seemed to be the ones punished the most by this and they still have there home leg to come it could be financial suicide for them because of what there team did tonight.every meeting is so stop start why can things just not run like they used to as we never used to have problems with the track like we have this season.the riders think there. Is a problem surely they can’t all be wrong.
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Post by rogerdevil on Jul 26, 2019 21:11:05 GMT
Gentlemen reference the track: The fastest heat of the evening was the first. No complaints then. It appeared to me that several of the visitors had difficulty with our smaller track and got their approach into the bends wrong, possibly being used to wider sweeping bends.
I'm not sure what the problem was when coming on to the start/finish straight and manage to crash!
I heard that a visiting team was seeking to have the meeting called off in a fit of sour grapes after our lads were roasting them. With this format all have a home meeting so that should balance any advantage up.
Well done to all our riders on a great performance.
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Post by mike on Jul 26, 2019 21:33:21 GMT
Yes roger very well done to our riders,and if another team was trying to get it called off that’s out of order as there all trying to run businesses my only gripe is why was the track so different from the early heats to the later or is it all in my head.but the delays in the meetings are becoming a bit to frequent for my likeing but guess what I’ll still be back for more next week.
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Post by coypool55 on Jul 26, 2019 21:36:09 GMT
I'm not sure what the problem was when coming on to the start/finish straight and manage to crash! Looked to me like 747 just carried too much speed off the last corner. Shame he did as his presence later in the meeting would have evened things up. Gilkes very lucky things weren’t far worse. The work on the start finish straight was mainly to reduce a ridge....fine if there was a consensus amongst the riders that this was a problem but I’m not actually sure it had caused a particular problem up to that point...or were hulme and verge blaming it for their offs? Wonder what old Len Silver made of it all!
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Post by helenc on Jul 26, 2019 21:44:04 GMT
The track appeared fine, it seems a lot of riders just want a very slick track and are afraid to get into the dirt. That's fine - but it's not gaining them a great deal of experience to progress further if they are afraid to attack the track. What will they do if they go to a really grippy track; refuse to ride? Over the years the tracks have got slicker and slicker. Gone are the days of really grippy tracks that need real skill to ride and give lots more passing opportunities. Remember the P.L. days when riders would go high and wide and get some grip and fly past other riders around the bends? Maybe some riders just need to 'get a grip' on things. I remember back about ten years ago when fans and riders used to complain about tracks being too slick; Newport for one, when the National League side took to the track after the Premier League meeting and all the dirt had gone from the track. It just seems some people are never happy.
Mark does a great job and the track and works all hours and does his utmost best to get the track right. Young Jordan Palin did alright with no complaints, he's a rider who will go places. The Gladiator quartet rode the track well, also without complaint and their scores proved there were no issues - Well done boys!
Also a huge 'Well Done' and round of applause to Mike Baxendale for keeping the meeting updates running smoothly from the centre green.
Will we gain our second piece of silverware - who knows, but it is possible after tonight's performance. Once the meeting got properly under way it was actually a great meeting. I hope Mattie can now go home and celebrate his 30th birthday feeling happy!
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Post by johnno on Jul 26, 2019 21:59:56 GMT
What were the scores tonight? Sorry greenlander I’ve found your updates now. I was looking in the Plymouth section not the Fours. Meeting seems to have generated some opinions online!
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Post by mikeonthemic on Jul 26, 2019 22:05:44 GMT
We dropped 4 points all night. Andrew's pass to win on the line was outstanding. Bad points. Tannoy system went down which through me into a panic so I was receiving text messages on official times and results. With manoeuvring the centre green speakers I hope you got all the info required. Our 4 riders want the track set this way every week. Why wouldn't they? Imo good riders adapt. Ben Morley didn't seem to be too bothered. I'd question the commitment of other riders. Disappointed with a few that withdrew from the meeting. 2 teams wanted the match abandoned. Fairplay and hats off to the referee. He took time to meet all the team managers. His decision was to sort out bend one. My opinion at the time was crack on with the meeting. After a long frustrating delay we got on with it and it turned out to be reasonably good. Imo that does not reflect the clubs views is.....get on with it....sometimes it's too easy to blame the track especially when I see Jordan Palin aged just 15 attacking the race whilst other more experienced riders complain cos it doesn't suit their riding style. Seeing a rider on the track with a rake!!! What is that all about?? If a track is dangerous then fairplay but I saw enough of the riders cope with it without issues. Being a speedway rider is choice, and I suppose walking away from a meeting is also choice....but it doesn't help the sport. I'd be very interested in what Len Silver has to say about tonight's meeting....on the face of it I reckon your boys bottled it
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Post by greenlander on Jul 26, 2019 22:19:27 GMT
What were the scores tonight? Sorry greenlander I’ve found your updates now. I was looking in the Plymouth section not the Fours. Meeting seems to have generated some opinions online! Ha - yes, hidden away wasn't it. I hate doing meetings like this one as I never do a programme and so have little idea of the line-up for each heat and who is what number/ colour. With the PA going down I was at a loss for a couple of heats (5 especially where all I got was the winner) which probably explained why there were moans about the lack of updates for a while. Obviously I say what I see (and hear) but trying to capture all I want in a text (and remember the score) often leads to confusion. It seems someone got the wrong end of it when I commented that riders were working on the track when it was basically Adam or David raking away at one particular patch to help Mark (and I guess ultimately themselves) out. That (and the fact the meeting was moving along quite quickly be the end) was the reason I gave up on more detailed comments.
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Post by mikeonthemic on Jul 26, 2019 22:30:24 GMT
Haha. Thanks for clearing that up green lander about the riders taking the track. I think it was David Wallinger who was indeed helping Mark. Although I do find it strange that a rider is doing that job when there are rakers on the green
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Post by Mark Phillips on Jul 26, 2019 23:39:06 GMT
Haha. Thanks for clearing that up green lander about the riders taking the track. I think it was David Wallinger who was indeed helping Mark. Although I do find it strange that a rider is doing that job when there are rakers on the green David Wallinger is a landscaper, paving slabs, resin drives , tarmac etc , he loves a rake
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