True....brain fog! 😄 Although I'm guessing it would be easier to maintain a higher average ? (not having to compete against the best 2 riders in Heat 15?)

They didn't confirm at the time they were definitely going to do it 

There are track working gangs starting this week with a large number of tasks needing to be done for the 2025 season, I am sure your help would be appreciated. One thing you can be assured won’t be replaced is the track lighting , that is because the whole stadium had brand new floodlights installed for the start of last season so they are only 12 months old. There has never been any complaints from riders about visibility due to the lack of light .

Tigers fans breathing easier now that Poole have not taken up the ko cup invitation. Back to the really important issues of how to smuggle their own food and drinks into Owlerton!!🤣

I would say the opposite really  Personally I think Poole should be hammered for this, why even accept the invitation (or if never formally done so say you would) allowing press releases and fixture planning etc to be carried out then pull out, it is a nonsense! The viability of accepting the meetings should have been looked into prior to doing so rather than months later once everything else was in place as you now have another club and fans in Sheffield impacted also. I’ve never understood the Poole bashing before as I’ve thought of them as the gold standard, a tidy and full stadium every week and levels of success that would be the envy of most clubs in any sport let alone speedway but I can now see the self interest and quite frankly f you attitude to everyone else in the sport others talk about.

https://www.poole-speedway.com/news/view/20250107-club-statement Sounds like the guests would have been ones that don't normally ride UK. Shame in a way as would have been a decent crowd.