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Each stadium / track will have it's own for's and those that are against , at the end of the day it's another speedway track that is still open for business , like it or like it not , which we should all be grateful for with the sport as a whole in decline and very little chance of seeing new stadium development anywhere .

Relieved to read JD’s tweet.

rode last season for us i do believe. so guest i know the rules are complicated, but how do you get your reserve to drop down onto the body of the team and dan move up . we are not peterborough ya know .

Will be interesting to see who the other new riders registered will be Could it signal an intent to move up to the top league in the not too distant future? Whatever his faults (real or imagined) Ged is certainly positive and proactive in looking to develop his club - you have to applaud him for that.

As many fans now can read you like a book.The usual and expected comments from you. Poole must be the unluckiest team in the league to have to face teams at when they are at their strongest at any time in their league campaigns. Funnily enough when Poole have to use R/R or a guest they are weakened. Nice one SS same old bulls**t

The rule in which Campton has a lower average?

Yep probably on par with What Mick Horton said was break even, you can add a few more to that when weather improves. Decent meeting despite the conditions, if it was a premiership meeting I doubt it wouldve got that far. Fair play to all the riders for keeping it going.

About 350 I would guess, which considering the weather (rained all the way through) is pretty good and it will only get better once the sun starts shining and word gets around about how good the racing is. Really enjoyed it and all credit to the lads who got stuck in despite the rain and tricky track to produce some great racing which was on a par to any PL match I've been to.

He has had a racing neck brace put on so is probably out of the meeting

Kyle is a difficult one to predict. At times he looks rather ordinary, but one the other hand he popped out of the gate in heat 9 on Friday and beat the previously unbeaten Ulrich Ostergaard, and if he can pull that sort of thing off against an opposing heat leader once a meeting its the sort of thing that wins matches, and he didn't have any last places which is exactly what you want from a No 4. There is a long way to go yet but my guess is he'll stay at No4 all season , maybe with a small increase on his average . I like him though, glad we have him in the team and hope he does well. He is certainly not short of enthusiasm .

To be fair, Jonas had just drove across Stevie on the 4th corner, so Stevie would have been trying to get around him when Jonas tried it again.

Such is the strength of this Poole side, it has ridiculed the league as a competition. In there blinded wisdom of allowing out of date averages, the BSPA has all but destroyed the equality a league needs to be respectable. My plan for the coming season is to accept Poole's dominance and forget about them. In my mind the competition is about the remaining 7 teams. These are all of a similar standard where the results will be based on the racing seen on the track and not some out of date ruling that only provides loopholes for those looking to pull a fast one..

Only made it for the last 5 races, but impressed with what I saw from both sides. Really like the centre green presenter there and Neville is great. It's not just a speedway meeting there its an event for the family. Very much in the mould of the Warrior Way.

And they also have around 100 tradesmen who have offered their services to restore the stadium.

Come on people, don't feed the troll.

Excellent news. Very lucky indeed.

Most if not all neutrals are waiting with baited breath praying that Leicester beat Poole, just to throw it back to SS about his Poole team being streets ahead of any other. Leicester to sneak it 46-44

If I was a Wolves fan I'd be cringing at picking Thorssell as their No1. Terrific meeting though, Poland hardly let you down

They need to listen to constructive criticism. Some do tend to sneer at advice.

bring back Dave Goddard- all is forgiven !!!! Kai Huckenbeck wasn`t even in the race

Not feeling the british commentator, think I will swap to polish coverage on NC+

I'm sure even stevie will watch that and retract his statement about the other rider.

It’s live on YouTube for anyone who struggling to get a stream

I think we lack that at Poole I'm afraid just my opinion we never get young lads going around after the meeting anymore

Are they affiliated to the Freemasons by any chance?

To be fair I don’t see a lot of fault anywhere, just a racing incident between two riders giving it everything.

What a daft comment. What is a club supposed to do, hire riders who are no good on their home track ? Lol. More like you are just a poor loser. Get over it.

All clubs have the same chance to sign riders as any other clubs if they chose not to do so for whatever reason that’s up to them it’s not Poole fault that rider want to ride for them surely? ask any young footballers that doesn’t want to play for Man United for instance. I’m perhaps missing something but are Poole really that much stronger than the rest of the league ? as for someone saying they could do an Ipswich what they did in 98 I’d be amazed if they did - yes Poole have a good side as they do most years I’d expect nothing less .

Not at all. As with most things in life if you approach a situation looking for the positives you’ll find them, and if you go in looking for the negatives you’ll find them. The glass that’s half empty is the same glass that’s half full. I spent Friday night enjoying the meeting -both teams. I really don’t get why people spend £17 to spend the evening moaning . Maybe you ought just not go to Lakeside, not think about it, and not follow the threads. Unless of course being miserable is what makes you happy, but it seems a strange attitude to me . Life’s a bit short to go round moaning about everything all the time.

Just caught up with the Wroclaw match which I really enjoyed- massive crowd. Tomorrow we start with the Nice Polska league match on Polsat sport Lublin v Lodz teams https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/relacja/84925/speed-car-motor-lublin-orzel-odz start time 1.45 pm UK time, 2nd up is Grudziadz v Czestochowa on N Sport and FREESPORTS IN UK teams https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/relacja/84317/gkm-grudziadz-wlokniarz-czestochowa start time N sport 3pm UK time 1st race and FREESPORTS 3.30pm UK time 3rd up is Gorzow v Torun N sport teams https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/relacja/84318/cash-broker-stal-gorzow-get-well-torun programme starts 5.30pm UK time 1st race 6pm UK time Lovely warm sunny day forecast for Poland tomorrow 20/21 C http://www.soccer-live.pl/transmisje.php?id=motorsport https://www.meczyki.pl/

Remind us the last time your mighty Belle Vue won the league

It is slightly ironic of R Worrall though... Best wishes to Stevie, hard but not dirty imo from JBA.

Poole's own Comical Ali. It was only recently you were predicting an away win at the NSS and now it's a tough home meeting after we've lost Worrall, who has been showing he has moved up another step this year and has arguably been our best rider. If Poole are as good as you and some others have been claiming this should now be a relatively easy home win. Anything less and the spectre of another disappointing season may be looming on the horizon.

12474 the official attendance at Wroclaw yesterday.

Hope so I don’t like R/R.

How can you not be enjoying this commentator? He didn't even realise they'd stopped the race then and then talked about a sudden decelleration when they showed a replay. Much more entertaining then listening in Polish.

Reshaped track? When was that done?

Hope stainless enjoyed himself, he has gone very quiet

really struggling to find anything- got this http://v4.ustreamix.com/stream.php?id=polsat-sport

Why not as there is zero chance of him promoting at Brandon again and like it or not he is the owner of Coventry Bees. He'd be a bit stupid to just lose out on the money he has paid for the riders. Chris Harris would probably go for a bag of chips and a beer after his comments. Avtar Sandhu made sure he got all of his assets.

Yes, loved it yesterday. Recorded the Leszno meeting and have it set to record both Extraliga meetings this afternoon/evening.

Keep to the Sheffield threads as your boring us now with your $h..e.

So which track specialists is the team built round? The reality is that Lakesides top four scorers scored 39 points between them last night and 37 points between them at Peterborough last week. Virtually no difference there then . All four of them ride for big tracks in the Premiership League. Absolute nonsense to say the team is built round Lakeside track specialists. The three heat leaders plus Zach can ride most tracks pretty well.Its in the nature of speedway that most tracks have s home advantage which is why most meetings are wins for the home team wherever you go. The fact is that for reasons best known to yourself you have a chip on your shoulder about Jon Cook and Lakeside and are always looking to find whatever fault you can fault with the promotion and the club, never anything positive to say about anything so nobody values your opinion.

Give Craig a break knock a Brit comes to mind

Cook will get it right. He has alot of new machinery. Once he's ironed out his problems he will be fine. Touch wood anyway

If we do redeclare how do others feel about Kim Nielsen for Stevie and bringing Jack back for Jye,

Not sure about the match ups - as the riding order will be different? Think the teams will line up as follows .... ?? correct me if I am wrong .... Vaculik v Kurtz - Has to be Kurtz given his form around BP 0-1 Palm Toft v Woryna - Palm Toft given his form and BP 1-1 King v Grajzconek - Not much in it so 1 pt each 2-2 Pieszczek v Sundstrom - KP flying last week Sundstrom never been to BP ? 3-2 Andersen v Kildemand - HA shades it given experience at BP 4-2 Sarjeant v Shanes - Shanes for me as not sure about Sarj yet 4-3 Newman v Szczepaniak - Should be Newman at BP 5-3 Pooles match depends upon the two Poles Woryna who can go well and Saucepan who if he goes well can score from reserve Lions win for me though by 6 points on the night. Cheers

Developers have to prove to RBC that there is no longer a clear and identifiable need to stage motorsports events at the site. Their case has been universally rejected from all quarters. The draft local plan details posted above also dismisses the developers planning application and is very likely to be incorporated within the Rugby Borough Council local plan in due course. What the developers now know is that everything they've tried so far to persuade all parties to look favourably on their planning application has failed. If their planning application is thrown out by RBC planning committee at the end of May, then no doubt they will appeal to a government inspector to make a decision. The campaign group is now making plans to counter this scenario.

THE documents for Brandon and Bretford Parish Council’s Neighbourhood Plan application have been submitted. These are available to download from the Rugby Borough Council website. https://www.rugby.gov.uk/downloads/file/1738/brandon_and_bretford_neighbourhood_development_plan We would particularly draw your attention to section 12 (starting on page 54) concerning Potential Development Sites, which makes detailed reference to Brandon Stadium. Note particularly the following paragraphs: 12.6 In the survey circulated to residents for the development of the Neighbourhood Plan, residents were asked what uses they would like to see included as part of the future redevelopment of the Stadium site. An overwhelming majority of responses wanted to see the site retained for sporting use or for the development of community facilities. There was some support for the development of small business uses, but only a handful of responses supported any form of residential development with those responses favouring either affordable housing or specialist housing for the elderly. *This survey response is entirely in line with our own survey of local residents carried out in Autumn 2017 and indeed the overwhelming response of 1,800 objections to the planning application as part of the council’s consultation process. 12.7 The site is wholly within the Green Belt and the adopted Development Plan does not contain any policy that is specific to its existing or future use. Similarly the emerging Rugby Local Plan contains no policy that is specific to the site’s existing or future use other than general policies for the redevelopment of PDL within the District. *This is an issue which we have raised in our representations towards the Local Plan and will do so once more during the public hearings later this month. 12.8 The Government’s planning policies as contained in the NPPF contain policies on the redevelopment of PDL within areas of Green Belt and on the loss of existing open space, sports and recreational facilities and buildings. Paragraph 74 states that: “Existing open space, sports and recreational buildings and land, including playing fields, should not be built on unless: a. an assessment has been undertaken which has clearly shown the open space, buildings or land to be surplus to requirements; or b. the loss resulting from the proposed development would be replaced by equivalent or better provision in terms of quantity and quality in a suitable location; or c. the development is for alternative sports and recreational provision, the needs for which clearly outweigh the loss”. *The Parish Council are absolutely correct to highlight this section of planning policy, which is also included in our objections to the planning application. 12.10 The site has played an important role as a sports stadium for almost 90 years and is an established and valued facility within the Parish. Alongside the local and wider sporting value it has delivered to generations of people, the stadium has provided local employment and has become a valued landmark in the area. The survey of residents showed that there was overwhelming support for the retention of the site as predominantly a sporting facility whether in total or as part of the site’s redevelopment. *Again, this is entirely consistent with our own findings having surveyed the local residents. Policy PDS1 commences: POLICY PDS 1 BRANDON STADIUM As a long established and valued sports stadium, preference will be given to the continued use of the site either in whole or in part for sports purposes. Support will be given to proposals which would allow the site to remain in its current use as a sporting facility subject to acceptability with other policies in the Plan and to adopted Development Plan policies. *Interestingly, there is a brief reference to the Neighbourhood Plan within the Design and Access Statement in the Brandon Estates planning application. It states: 2.1.34 Brandon and Bretford Parish was designated as a Neighbourhood Plan area on 12th May 2016. The Steering Group are currently in the process of writing the Neighbourhood Plan for the Parish, no draft has been produced, and therefore no weight is currently given to this. *We have made reference to this brazen statement in our own objections to the Planning Application, the full text of which will be reproduced on our website next week. We have included, amongst others, the following comment: 10.6 Why have Brandon Estates suggested the decision on the planning application should be made giving "no weight" to the wishes of the local community? Is it because the local community are substantially supportive of retaining the Stadium facility?