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To be fair, I think SS was 100% correct with his forecast.. It can only be presumed therefore that it was the weather that was wrong....

It shouldn't be rained off , I'm here at home 160 miles away from Wimborne Rd and i can say there's no reason to call this off.

Can't be off surely? My wonderful thing called technology (copyright Steve Shovlar) says Poole is currently experiencing a 30 degree heatwave & is being assessed to be classed as a desert.

I’m hundreds of miles away and the weather is fine. It’s ridiculous this meeting has been called off

We have had heavy rain this morning but sunny and dry now in the West Midlands. Disgrace that Poole have called this off so early. Perhaps they are running scared?

Certainly an abundant supply of hot air down there. I take it the weather radar's been switched off

Bit racist

What's happened to freedom of speech your democratic right ?. Thought it was just Scotland that has Sturgeons nanny state with her storm troopers kicking doors in if you say something she doesn't like. Looks like it's spreading.

Scandalous!! There's a good 8 hours of 'drying time' remaining.

This forum seems to be hitting new lows

And I am right there as well. Anyone with any savvy knows Brexit is a disaster for every UK citizen. If anyone actually believes Boris and Farage they are mentaly deranged!

One of the most comical threads on Poole for a long time. Shovlar completely showing himself up on here over about 6 pages makes for very comical reading. Firstly telling everyone that the meeting at Wolves should have gone ahead because from his home in Dorset he knew the weather in Wolverhampton Secondly then telling everyone that this meeting would be on because guess what 'technology' said it would be Thirdly the meeting is off because guess what...'technology' got it wrong. Shovlar can tell what the weather is in Wolverhampton form 180 miles away but cant get it right when its outside his front door!! Surely he must be sick of everyone laughing at him on here

I appreciate and understand what you are saying GRW but I just think clubs nowadays can ill afford to risk incurring the cost of a rain off or a low crowd through dodgy weather. As improved as the weather has been over the last couple of days there is still an awful lot of water and saturation around and with heavy possibly thundery showers forecast for this afternoon it would only take one of those to knock things on the head even if the track could have been sorted for tonight. Factor into that the reluctance of modern day riders and machinery to get stuck in on a wet track and Liverpool v Man City on telly I think it was the only sensible decision really, as frustrating as it is.

Kevin Long on the Mic tomorrow as Wayne Bavin is “unavailable”.

Good morning Rob, Time to get realistic, the promoters have load a shed load of cash with the new TV deal and as the attendance at Speedway is not sufficient to pay for the stadium other revenues are needed or its Brandon/Hackney Wick time. As an old traditionalist I like a grass centre green but if the choice is Bumps and Speedway or Grass and new housing estate then its the first every time.

Pretty much. In a world where the women make up more than 50% of the population, the number of women involved involved in speedway, and in the hands-on end of the sport is tiny. Yes we know about Marta in Poland, like we know that Peterborough, Buxton and Somerset have (or had) a female involvement in the promotion, and we know of 3 or 4 female referees. Add them all up and you still have some spare fingers on your two hands. The place where women are most visible are on the start lines. Take them away and to the untrained eye, speedway becomes a big boys club. where the only women you'll see to do with the running of the show will be those selling 50-50 tickets, those serving behind the bar, and those cleaning the loos. Charming. I've heard from some ladies for whom "promotion" is a job and a way of life that they actually enjoy. They earn good money, get to travel to places that you and I can only dream about, and live in some comfort. Has anyone ever asked them how they would feel about being handed their P45's because someone elses socio-political values deems their work to be non-grata any more?

Isn't the first, won't be the last time he makes an idiot of himself on this forum

Not a wind up he's only repeating same lines certain Poole fans were spouting on Monday.

No he's right surely, saw the weather forecast yesterday for today and said there's no way it would be on. You been going by the same radar as Shovlar?

What’s happening like?

That track pic is exactly how Paulco and Willie see it towards the end of the evening

Not if they were left around here. Chomp chomp chomp...

Also, don't forget the engine tuners, who are raking it in from riders income.

This, and talk of gaps, reminds me how times have changed. Just been digging through some old programmes from the 70s. Here's one: 'Meeting No.34' - the 34th home meeting of the season, running every single week from mid-March to the end of October. Count them. More than twice what you get now. And of course you had second halfs then, too. I recall it raining on occasion, but not that many rain-offs. Back to 2018, and I was really hoping to travel to several meetings over the past week. All postponed!

shame on you poole calling off so early.

What a crap weekend it has been for speedway in the UK in general. Teams have missed out of potential good crowds over the Easter period

Should be a walk in the park for the magnificent 7 really. Pooles 1 and 2 should outscore Leicesters and although Poole look weaker at the number 3 spot they have a superstar Pole in reserve who should easily outscore Newman. Could depend on how Sundstrom goes against Palm Toft. You would think this should be Poole by 10

I'm sure they will be manip ,oh sorry monitored ,bloody keyboard

I do think there is interest with this being Craig's first time as a GP rider. It well known he suffers from depression too so if things fail in Poland and a poor GP showing it could see him throw it all in. Last season he went AWOL with his issues. There will be fears things could become to much for him and affect his position with Belle Vue.

My arse speaks with more intellegence than most on here.

You are so predictable Steve get it all wrong and still argue black is white lol

It is also possible that the car park is waterlogged, if not flooded. I'm not that much in favour of early call offs but think this one is justified.

Stick to the Telly pal, never mind the tellytubbies. Any Sport Live cannot be beaten.

That's a cracking pic of the car park...probably the best I've ever seen in all my time as a speedway fan.

The water table is currently very high which means that ground is already very waterlogged and only a small amount of rain will just sit on top and not drain away. It's about sensible risk management

Rybnik can`t put a team out today - so it`s Leszno v Torun start time 4pm UK time- might be shown here https://www.youtube.com/user/unialesznotv

Horns will have to be extra loud then...and have to get more involved

New system is all around and also zonal so individual area volumes can be adjusted. I popped in stadium and had a chat with the guy who just happened to be installing them that day.

I thought your forecasts were the accurate ones. Technology eh.....................

THANKS to everyone for their comments here. I speak as someone who (other than sanctioning the cost!) had nothing to do with its production. I'm very proud of the of the people who did the hard graft and know they appreciate how well it is both perceived and received.

Either way the club made a wise decision calling it off when they did in my opinion. Lets look forward to next week now and get some better weather and get our home season under way with a win .

They do, and the reflection is also wearing a BSPA blazer.

Ah The Good Old Days

we are so popular, that's why we get the biggest crowds, and the most popular post's on here, we are the giants of speedway

You've hit the nail on the head Speedy69. People keep trotting out the line of 'It's 2018, not the 1970's' just because they've read it somewhere. Actually stop, engage your brain. What is happening is minority groups with no interest are dictating what others should or shouldn't be doing and embarking on hate campaigns if companies don't tow along with their views/policies.

I suppose somebody will be moaning they called it off to early !!!

Is there stocks on 28th? If so the 21st not an option as stadium use is limited to 2 meetings in any 8 day period

When this meeting was called of on Monday, my initial thoughts were, That's abit early. giving me the impression, they want it to be cancelled. If we are going to cancel meetings days before the event, we have to ask the question 'what's the point'. Yesterday was a good drying day, today is planned the same, If we continue to follow this procedure of cancelling meeting on a whim, then we leave ourselves open for another fiasco like last year when some clubs were doing 3 and 4 meetings in a week. just to get the fixture in. We wont have that luxury this year with only selected race nights.. It may well turn out to be the right decision, it may not. Probably, although it is not planned, it may rain tea time and the meeting would have had to be cancelled , but lets wait until the reason is evident rather than what might be. I'm sure getting a weather forecast for the next 3 hours is far more accurate than one asking for the next 3 days away... Cancelling a meeting in the afternoon of the event is acceptable and would alleviate most people travelling. Cancelling a meeting 3 days earlier leaves a bad taste in your mouth, especially when it turns out it could have been run anyway, similar to those last year. It was dry enough last night to run a meeting, tonight looks to be about the same. I started this thread knowing how wet is has been, but looking at a few local forecasts I could see a window of clear weather ahead and thinking there was a chance this meeting would be on, but in truth it was doomed from the start. This meeting was never going to happen........ whatever the weather.... And we wonder why people lose interest in the sport.......

Charity Shield.

And so it begins...... Shovlar saying Wolves will have the advantage lol you couldn’t make it up but it’s exoected. All pre season we hear how Poole will blow the opposition away.......first meeting at home and the opponents have the edge lol. Priceless comedy