What
A Farce
by AL, Posted 15/09/05
Whatever the reason, speedway was very much
the loser at Craven Park as the meeting between Hull and Glasgow ended
after only 3 heats.
In reality, the meeting should never have happened,
people should not have been admitted to the stadium and the riders
should never have been allowed to go out on track on the grounds of
safety.
The problems at Hull with the Vikings and their tennants
Hull Kingston Rovers Rugby Club, have been well documented and it
is Hulls last season at Craven Park. Rumours of non payment if rent
amongst other things have been going around for some time but to the
normal speedway fan they just went along last night to watch speedway.
However, essential electrical equipment to operate
all the track electronics had been removed and sold to Scunthorpe
Speedway by HKR, meaning amongst other things no start gates, no exclusion
lights and no red lights. Whilst a meeting can be run without according
to the rule book, safety is surely compromised as was illustrated
by heat 2 last night when James Cockle fell and it took far too long
for the riders to be made aware.
Three heats - and five starts - did take place, none
of the starts being fair. Eventually the inevitable announcement came
at 8.30 that the meeting could not continue.
The debate will continue for some time as to who
was to blame for this debacle, but more importantly speedway as a
whole has again been made to look an amateur ill-run sport.
The scorecard and heat details for the three heats
run can be found here.
Tiger Performance Points:
Obviously there are no points for this one!
| George Stancl |
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| Trent Leverington |
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| Claus Kristensen |
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| Matthew Wright |
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| Shane Parker |
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| Luke Priest |
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| James Cockle |
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