| Witches on fire 09:28 - Jun 21 with 1546 views | woodbridge_blue |
If you want entertainment on a Thursday evening head to Foxhall Stadium.
A right thrashing of Leicester Lions last night, everyone scoring well, good racing, a top of the league team that is getting better with every meeting.
Lovely stuff. |  | | |  |
| Witches on fire on 09:47 - Jun 21 with 1481 views | tazdac |
I don’t think the lions got out of the wardrobe! ;o) | | | |
| Witches on fire on 10:08 - Jun 21 with 1426 views | ITFC_Forever |
Keep meaning to go, but daughter's sporting commitments getting in the way.
Sayfutdinov is class, as is Doyle - or at least he was until he got injured.
The Witches are having a great season - but speedway in the UK is very strange and a sport that lurches from one ridiculous episode to the next. |  |
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| Witches on fire on 10:25 - Jun 21 with 1383 views | gainsboroughblue |
When ITFC are good, so are the Witches. In fact, I'm sure around the end of the 90's, they were the best team in the world.
But you really have to savour these moments in speedway. As said above, you can go from world beaters one year to nothing the next due to quotas, regulations etc that I don't particularly understand as a layman. |  |
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| Witches on fire on 10:46 - Jun 21 with 1346 views | woodbridge_blue |
| Witches on fire on 10:25 - Jun 21 by gainsboroughblue |
When ITFC are good, so are the Witches. In fact, I'm sure around the end of the 90's, they were the best team in the world.
But you really have to savour these moments in speedway. As said above, you can go from world beaters one year to nothing the next due to quotas, regulations etc that I don't particularly understand as a layman. |
Part of the 90s were certainly good, particularly when we had Rickardsson, Gollob, Louis and Nicholls in the same team.....but I prefer the mid 70s, when we were undoubtedly the best club side in the world.
As you say, that also coincided with a great period for Town so there certainly appears to be some correlation.
As to the overall management of the sport, I have never known a sport like it to shoot itself in the foot on so many occasions....but when it all comes right it's great to watch. | | | |
| Witches on fire on 11:36 - Jun 21 with 1275 views | ITFC_Forever |
| Witches on fire on 10:46 - Jun 21 by woodbridge_blue |
Part of the 90s were certainly good, particularly when we had Rickardsson, Gollob, Louis and Nicholls in the same team.....but I prefer the mid 70s, when we were undoubtedly the best club side in the world.
As you say, that also coincided with a great period for Town so there certainly appears to be some correlation.
As to the overall management of the sport, I have never known a sport like it to shoot itself in the foot on so many occasions....but when it all comes right it's great to watch. |
You wouldn't think it would be so hard to arrange race with four competitors in a race, and then extend that into a match and season. | |
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| Witches on fire on 11:50 - Jun 21 with 1211 views | Meadowlark |
I don't understand what they mean when they say his "paid' score. |  | | |
| Witches on fire on 12:36 - Jun 21 with 1175 views | Trequartista |
| Witches on fire on 11:50 - Jun 21 by Meadowlark |
I don't understand what they mean when they say his "paid' score. |
If you finish either a) third, immediately behind your team mate, or b) second, immediately behind your team mate, you get a bonus point that doesn't count towards the team score.
Therefore if you score 6 points and pick up 2 bonus points during the meeting you get "6 points, paid 8". I think this refers to you being literally paid for how many paid points you score, but they may have changed since I last went. [Post edited 21 Jun 2024 12:36]
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| Witches on fire on 13:04 - Jun 21 with 1115 views | woodbridge_blue |
| Witches on fire on 12:36 - Jun 21 by Trequartista |
If you finish either a) third, immediately behind your team mate, or b) second, immediately behind your team mate, you get a bonus point that doesn't count towards the team score.
Therefore if you score 6 points and pick up 2 bonus points during the meeting you get "6 points, paid 8". I think this refers to you being literally paid for how many paid points you score, but they may have changed since I last went. [Post edited 21 Jun 2024 12:36]
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Spot on. | | | |
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| Witches on fire on 20:18 - Jun 21 with 923 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Witches on fire on 12:36 - Jun 21 by Trequartista |
If you finish either a) third, immediately behind your team mate, or b) second, immediately behind your team mate, you get a bonus point that doesn't count towards the team score.
Therefore if you score 6 points and pick up 2 bonus points during the meeting you get "6 points, paid 8". I think this refers to you being literally paid for how many paid points you score, but they may have changed since I last went. [Post edited 21 Jun 2024 12:36]
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The reason being to prevent them racing against their own team mate in order to get more money and end up crashing out/taking each other out, I believe. |  |
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