mikeynz

Had a listen late in the day, about 4 40, punters club won nothing, never even broadcast last races from TeAroha nor Whanganui, what's wrong with these fuckers?

Senz are broadcasting the cricket, Garth Galloway and Coney are doing it amongst others, spose they are all dotted around everywhere linking up through the net, I wonder how that affects Coney on the ZB network, with the cricket going for 8 or 9 hours it's a bit disappointing they cant give a bit more time to the racing instead of running reruns after 6 on a saturday, af times like this, cricket that is that's when putting things on a app though is a good idea.

I know but it shows how easy it is to be flippant with anyone elses money.

Wasn't listening yesty, (working) did it win or not.

I spose with everyone having to social distance, then with all the people dying of covid, there will soon be a big drop in population, but for some social distancing and keeping two feet apart might a bit too much of a ask .😁

One problem regarding financial viability for trainers, maybe it's simply too expensive to live there.

Cup week will probably stay the same, the national meeting in August well that's a different kettle of fish, no Canterbury meeting this week, no reason why a meeting cant be scheduled sunday for Washdyke, maybe, there are gaps in the calandar that Timaru could race just to keep the course in business, just a thought.

It's not really racing but as no one post on sport but i spose others know the amount of sport you can watch through the website, the cricket tonight is on, sometimes the quality can be crap for some events, there is plenty there though just the same or does no one give a shit anyway?

Maybe they should give Waverly Boxing day as a replacement

Some people have two arseholes, the one they have and the one they are married too.

And how much did that win?

Personally I think senz with Ian Smith has been good radio, (i cant stand comedic radio host, Devlin springs to mind although hes not really comedic, more like pathetic) especially at a time of day where radios a bit sparse, some of the shit on zb, this is a pleasant change, the coverage, chat has been good.

What happened to the new prolific poster member, doesn't seem to have stayed long.😀

They sometime post the turnovers but I ain't seen them for a while.

Yesty a 2million buck quaddie at Melbourne and listening to senz in the afternoon you wouldn't even know, it's not engaging the punters this show, it's just light entertainment, it's kind of funny though when trackside shutdown and now this new set up has started it's actually hard to reengage with things, the thing about senz is they have a quaddie app you can download apparently so why not focus commentaries on the quaddie races, many moons ago it use to be the double and treble final leg so at least there is some benchmark as to what's broadcast and not, On a day like today why not the Quaddie races from Ascot Park and Hastings, yet they will probably broadcast race Race 2 5 7 from somewhere and forget the rest. At present it's just too airy fairy, the TAB should be seeking better. on another topic completely I tuned into senz at some odd hour and they were broadcasting some cricket, it sounded to me like the crowd was that fake crowd noise, the commentators probably weren't at the ground, it's not a easy listen, you usually hear the crowd when wickets fall and sixes are hit, this fake crowd is just consistent all the time, listening to Bryan Waddle and Coney on radio sport was gold, but that seems to have gone now too, it was a 20 20 match, frankly I can't be bothered with that form of cricket, there was and is something unique about cricket on radio if you have the right personel doing it. Gee I'm a moaning prick but what's fuckin wrong with the people in charge of some of the media, we don't want all the frilly stuff, just good basic quality broadcasting.

Maybe the funds from Forbury might help

Does Peter Lamb still start at the races, I reckon I heard his distinctive sound at Addington recently or was I just hearing things?

They will soon move on to Cameron Norrie, to be fair Andy Murray is doing well just playing to the level he is. On another note I bet Nadals arsehole is enjoying his break from the game, gee he picks the shit out if it, every fuckin serve, hes a fuckin nut but a good one just the same.

I've said before Toni Street fronted tvnz coverage of the Olympics, and I thought the coverage was very good, it focused on NZ, sorry Aoteoroa competitors and they even didn't stick the adds on lots of times either, but personally fronting a main event like yesty race with that format I would say to management , find someone else, I'd rather sit at home and watch like the rest of us. Marc Claydon working for senz would probably prefer to front the radio show just like the old trackside was, that's what we would all prefer I bet, it seemed they had a good decent number of listeners for the afternoon, I listened now and then too but to serve the punters, the people who invest their money with the TAB, the people who are in close association with senz, it needs to be better, it's not that difficult, something like the old trackside with a bit of what they have now, pretty simple. Even though we have tv yesty race at 5 probably had a large audience listening , driving, milking cows, working in shops , hairdressers, maybe even undresses lol which emphasises radios place in our society, in some ways senz is treating true race followers poorly, commentaries is what we want to go with talk, yesty which in many ways is the twenty fifth Saturday of racing for the season, Boxing Day is the 26thTeRapa had a $50000 quad die, Wingatui, 25) yet listening you wouldn't have known yet the TAB is giving away lots of 50 buck bonus bet prizes. Putting races on apps is fine to a degree but there also needs a balance of what's free to access tv1 at the Olympics,was a perfect example and racing on radio is no different, there is no clarity of what's on what's not, Sundays they broadcast the odd harness race then miss half the others, either they are doing them or they ain't, to serve the real race followers it would be nice to know what's on. As I said on another thread I'm done and dusted on this subject, ( maybe ) but my initial post about the tv coverage was based on what was said and seen last year which seemed to be a rerun again yesty. i will add I'm not bagging Toni Street at all just the presentation.

And that's what fucks me off, people sometimes in the media producing mediocrity, the radio setup isn't brilliant but I think the TAB are responsible for that, they need to push for improvements, but at least there is a starting point. Getting back to tv 1 ,someone pointed out same thing last year, if you do it do it properly. Gee even if they just had a hour long of the trackside coverage would suffice instead of adds and bullshit.

Anybody care to watch tv 1 coverage on 501, that's a hour delay, be nice to know ones thoughts.

I hope they treat the public to a better coverage than the tripe they dished up viewers last year. Senz on the radio ,hopefully they dont have someone describing the race, and we hear more from the commentator not the guy in the studio. Some of the people who are organising the media I think would struggle to organize a good shit. Good media coverage attracts new people and keeps the ones they already have.

Ellerslie should be hiring its ground for people to have picnics, they seem to be a popular pastime at present.

You know when you think of it, if they sold the whole lot and Avondale they could set up somewhere else, maybe have two tracks at one venue, or even a third AWT and use it more regularly, just a thought.

This is my last post on this subject, senz is being driven by a fair bit of TAB influence so why are they running such a average radio coverage? I think the good oil needs to be changed, they broadcast a race or two from oz but you just don't know what's on and what's not, there is no uniformity yet lots of aimless chat, tv is to entertain, radio more so to inform. The punters club they run seems to me to be a con, people willy nelly spend heaps of someone else's money , strangely the return is usually nil, coz it blows out in the last race, Sunday racing commentaries seem to be all over the place, the main races don't get broadcast yet you might get three low key harness races out of no where, then if it's a false start you don't get it at all, if the people at the TAB are happy with such a average service then maybe that sums things up nicely, I wonder what if any coverage will be on today, labour day, the TAB who are funding senz need to push for better coverage. The strange irony as one poster said how they have moved on from radio coverage, I have in some ways too, listening habits change, the problem is though that once you change habits as in shutting down the radio setup it's often hard to re engage with the races on the radio now, especially if the coverage is so average, senz is actually a good sports setup, but the racing setup is below average commentary wise, they must have turned a lot of the old trackside listeners off who were hoping for something better, such is life, maybe it will get better maybe not. Newstalk zb don't get to be number 1 station in nz with everything online, If senz or the TAB want a number 1 radio coverage then waking up is a start. Gee even running the late quaddie is a starting point, even for nz meetings only maybe on Sundays, holidays and maybe midweek for some meetings if you look at the pools they seem to attract the most interest, they are saying that turnovers are doing well, maybe , maybe not but by engaging more and more people across all media spectrums helps create more interest,and helps the radio stations viability, I'm not sure if they will last long, radio sport went belly up, the present audience is probably not much different,they do have lots of add breaks but unfortunately most of them are about senz this and senz that, the present lot I don't think can organise a good shit racing wise, others may differ. As I say I'm done with this thread, over and out.