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Post by tyretrax on Jan 5, 2011 19:11:50 GMT 1
Maybe peple would stay and watch if they were told who was racing and their times like they do at other tracks ! Then people could follow a riders progress.
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Post by davie on Jan 5, 2011 19:48:51 GMT 1
totally agree tyretrax i have often asked why it is not done but never have had a decent answer im quite sure if someone offered to do the announcing after the main meeting it could be arranged as the person that does the referee's box for the juniors isnt the referee unless its an official meeting so a volunteer to do this would be a good thing in fact if anyone is interested in doing so come and see me on the first meeting this year im sure i could get it to happen
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Post by poncho on Jan 6, 2011 14:00:32 GMT 1
There are a number of trotting tracks about Stirling but i'm not sure they would be suitable for speedway training never mind a track but who knows. I have always thought that the likes of Ayrshire or Stirlingshire would be a good place to start up a new track but it would obviously be a big risk for anyone to take on
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Post by margaret on Jan 6, 2011 21:56:51 GMT 1
some poeple should get their facts straight and also keep their ear to the ground before making comments regarding comitment about any junior rider our son Dale Lamb who has 39 nuts and bolts holding his pelvis together after a speedway accident through no fault of his own which would have put most riders off riding again but against doctors advice he went down to Redcar training most Saturdays last year with most of the other scottish juniors then he went to Stoke for a practice first time ever at the track and was asked by the promoter to take part in a full amateur meeting the following week he won the meeting with maxium points and the fastest time of the day that was in sep 10 went down again october 10 with other scottish juniors and won it again the reason he was not at Glasgow or Edinburgh so much last year was that he was so commited down south as the level of racing is a far greater standared at his level and the help and advice he receives is at a greater level which there is none available up here in Scotland . Dale is still in full time education so all the costs are down to his father and me which we gladly give him we would give the shirts off our back to get Dale to were he wants to be and Dale appreciates the comitment we have so for anyone to come on this site and say there is no commitment with the juniors they dont know what they are talking about . there is no point in a junior going to Glasgow and Edinburgh for second halfs when half the time they dont get out or if they do get out it is just the same old faces week in week out and they dont learn anything its just four laps as quickly as it can be done
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Post by davie on Jan 6, 2011 22:55:54 GMT 1
you are entitled to your opinion as am i , i have been around speedway longer than i care to mention and the standard is no where near as good as it used to be that is a fact like it or not
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Post by tyretrax on Jan 6, 2011 23:24:40 GMT 1
Dale obviously is commited to racing, comments were being made about the need for this kind of commitment by all juniors if they want to make progress. I did say it is an expensive sport
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Post by margaret on Jan 6, 2011 23:32:04 GMT 1
this is true but the comitment from the promoters is not the same as it used to be like it or not as in the past they used to have structured 2nd halfs and if a rider showed promise he would get a chance in the 1st team the following week but now the big teams have no time to help the guys coming through and it is a bad state of affairs when scottish guys like cal adam dale have to go down to England to improve themselfs when they would be more happier riding in Scotland . regarding 2nd half racing at the end of last season after gary beaton retired it now only leaves 3 true young 2nd halfers so were does that leave Scottish speedway in the future ?
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Post by Graham on Jan 6, 2011 23:39:43 GMT 1
Linlithgow's team was run and staffed predominantly by Edinburgh people and it was no coincidence that most of the decent riders that the club produced (Campbell, Scott, Tully, Sneddon and perhaps a few others) graduated to Edinburgh as their first senior club. They definitely benefitted more from that track than Glasgow did.
As far as I'm aware Corbiewood Stadium is the only trotting track in that area.
It's a venue which has been apparently been looked at before. I think it would be an ideal place for third-tier speedway - centrally located, near motorways and main roads and distant from housing. It has also been used for motorsport in the past - stock car racing was held there in 1973. With the right people doing the right things speedway could be accommodated there.
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Post by poncho on Jan 7, 2011 2:37:10 GMT 1
There are other tracks about but it could well just be practice tracks as there is certainly no stadia about them.
It would be great to have another Scottish team but I really can't see it happening.
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Post by jim on Jan 7, 2011 12:42:43 GMT 1
There are a number of trotting tracks about Stirling but i'm not sure they would be suitable for speedway training never mind a track but who knows. I have always thought that the likes of Ayrshire or Stirlingshire would be a good place to start up a new track but it would obviously be a big risk for anyone to take on A pic of Corbiewood img827.imageshack.us/img827/6444/corbiewoodbannockburn.jpgwww.scottishharnessracing.co.uk/tracks.html gives a list of tracks. The two other tracks near Stirling look as though they have no infrastructure and are little more than tracks carved out of a field. The Musselburgh track is on the racecourse. Agreed that Scotland needs some sort of training facility but in the present economic climate that would seem unlikely unless one could be found which would need comparatively little by way of running costs.
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Post by herbie on Jan 7, 2011 13:19:35 GMT 1
I'm no expert in this field but is there no way something like a Lottery Fund bid could be put together by someone? Seems to me that the aim is perfectly clear and sustainable-to develop junior talent within the sport in Scotland-and when you see some of the bids that are successful you are inclined to think that something with a clearly defined outcome would surely have a chance of success, rather than depend on someone putting the readies together to do it, which quite honestly is never going to happen.
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Post by jock on Jan 7, 2011 13:56:05 GMT 1
There was a demo of some type at Corbiewood in the 1970s. I know one rider was Johnnie Rodger and I believe the other one was probably Mitch Shirra. The track which I stopped and looked at a few years back is VERY long perhaps over long even for speedway practice. In my opinion the trouble with speedway training in Scotland is the training circuit/set up always gets allied to a BIG team. The best idea would be a 100% independent training circuit/set up producing speedway racers with nowt to do with either Glasgow or Edinburgh.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2011 14:05:16 GMT 1
are they not a training track in workington area
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Post by mufc on Jan 7, 2011 14:27:44 GMT 1
are they not a training track in workington area Yes there is a training track in the workinton area i think it's either called northside or in northside.
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Post by jim on Jan 7, 2011 18:46:10 GMT 1
are they not a training track in workington area Yes there is a training track in the workinton area i think it's either called northside or in northside. Been on Google Earth again to get a view of Northside. What can I say. It's been a slow day. img262.imageshack.us/img262/5663/workington.jpgHaven't been to the training track myself, but it looks as though that will be it at the top left hand side of the pic.
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