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Middle of June and I have seen Poole race in person just once. Years ago, I wouldnt have missed even a single meeting. Did that for around 25-30 years. Last week I had intended going to 4 meetings in as many days. Incredibly, there would have been 7 guests! Complete and utter madness. I accept injury cover,but I do want to watch each teams declared riders racing where possible. None of this 'because his Swedish,Polish,Danish' club needs him. WE need him. Get out of the FIM. End of. Poland seem to be pulling all the strings. That makes everyone else their puppet. Cut the strings then they have no one to manipulate. They wanted Sundays, they got it.Now they want every other day as well. So do Sweden and Denmark. UK now has so little speedway on days when the fans can freely attend, home or away. We dont need the so called 'big names'. Well, at least they dont need us, so get rid. The Provincial League did it all back in 1960 and arguably saved British Speedway. We want our declared 1-7 to be there week in week out. Give us back OUR teams. All the others get theirs, but not us. British Speedway is being raped by the Polish lead FIM. We need to stand up and be counted. Neil Vatcher,grow a pair and stand up for British Speedway. Stuff them.

The problem the clubs have is the large cost of having a meeting postponed after all the riders and staff are present. If a meeting is rained off we have all seen posts wanting to know why they didn't cancel earlier, very often those posts are from people who also object to an early cancellation! On the other hand we have all seen forecasts that show dreadful weather and the club cancel early only for the forecast to be proved totally wrong at which point the posts flow saying they were wrong to cancel so early! Seems the promotions are damned either way!

And you would be happy if two teams full of guests plus r/r plus juniors raced against each other. Throw in the dodgy weather and that would really draw in the crowds. Do you really want scunthorpe to join the ranks of former speedway tracks.

I do t think and die hard are enjoying them selves. I'm certainly not. And I'd say all die hard know the sports on its knees. Trouble is Pearson/BSPA actually think all things are rosy. They need to start looking inwards at the sport from a fans perspective and not outwards from a biased perspective

A key issue is whether the fans would turn out given consistent awful weather forecasts.

i remember him when he was a midget gem .

2002 and 2003, best prospect around at the time.

Give it a rest, its like the record that is stuck over and over again, we get it we have only read it several hundred times.

whats the score? can have a cheeky bet then......

No! You said they should have been told to race this Friday. Sadly riders are self employed and this Friday wasn't on there list of dates. It is safe to assume that both Glasgow and Newcastle wouldn't have been able to field there full team hence why they allegedly said they couldn't come. Scunthorpe have injury problems and as another poster said the track has taken a pasting from the weather hence why they appear not to be keen. Do you get it now

No doubt you`ll be first in the queue with your £10.

Regarding guests and R/R on a FRN. I think most know my take on it. Every club just ride on there preferred day and get on with it.

You might have a bit of a wait because it's not July yet.

Exactly, if the supporters cup doesn't get priority why schedule them on a day knowing that riders will not be available.

Yep, be glad when the supporters cup is done so we can have a full team back! Shame they can't have all the cup meetings on Monday's.

The major problem is that because the clanger was dropped in signing him at the start of the season it allowed the other decent 2.00 riders to be snapped up, the remaining are either not quite ready (but would benefit from the experience) or doing NL only and have deals sorted for next season already. Fortunately the limit goes up to 40 soon so will be 3 and a bit points available to replace Phillips with......lets see if that actually happens?

Not quite understanding that one, Bellego will be at home watching Eastenders

All of those are capable of winning a GP. Had he not perked up in recent years, people would have had Lindgren in the same bracket. Ditto Andreas Jonsson before he had a stormer of a year and finished second. Did you also find it a bit samey when riders like Phil Crump, Shawn Moran, Soren Sjosten, Chris Morton, Kai Niemi, Jan Andersson make lots of world finals and not win any? That's sport, not everyone can win, but you need those contenders to fully appreciate the winners. A few years ago, all those sprinters had no chance against Usain Bolt, but seeing the best of the rest trailing in his wake is what made the spectacle.

This may sound daft, but I think he was actually past his best when he won it. Certainly in the mid-to late 70s, he would have a strong case for being in the world's elite. After that, I think he was on the fringes at best. There is scant evidence from World Speedway in or around that time, except for the Norden World Final which you can hold up as evidence that he was one of the very best. It was just that everything was geared up for a Muller win for that final - his superior GM machinery, access to practice on the circuit, input into track preparation. He was also effectively seeded through with a place reserved for the leading German from the much easier continental rounds. Aside from those who battled through from the tougher (intercontinental) half, I'd have the Moran bros, Knudsen, Crump, Andersson, Schwartz, PC all above him at that time. In short, the 83 championship is probably the poorest example to choose if you were still advocating the one off World Final as the best model. For me, a backwater venue, a daytime lack of occasion feel, a tailored track and a result that didn't accurately reflect the very best in the sport, that was the beginning of the end of the World Final right there. Certainly 20 or even 10 years earlier places like Bradford, Pocking, Vojens and Amsterdam were unimaginable as World Final venues, but after Norden, the bar had been forever lowered.

Only a supreme optimist would hold out much hope for almost any meeting over the next 3-4 days if forecasts are to be believed. Some seem to think that if it's not raining at "tapes up time" all we be OK and you can just ignore 24-48-72 hours of rain and that track staff can just prepare a track at the click of a finger. I'd rather when weather is as bad as it seems in a lot of places, commonsense prevail and decisions be made the day before if the track is clearly not usable and no later than 10am on the morning as that stops all unnecessary travel and expectation. One thing you an't control is extreme unseasonal weather.

i'd say he has a fair argument to be first reserve for the final

Has the track work been completed?

Make sure you don`t tell them that the race last`s a minute.

Thursday match teams- 2 good line-ups and the Vetlanda track surface much improved this season- live on Freesports 6pm Vetlanda v Dackarna VETLANDA 1 Wozniak 2 Kubera 3 A laguta 4 Kurtz 5 Zmarzlik 6 Hjelmland 7 Palovaara DACKARNA 1 Janowski 2 Thorssell 3 Dudek 4 Berntzon 5 Piotr Pawlicki 6 Kling 7 Czaja

Buster has a total and true Iove for the Sport of Speedway ( as long as there’s a profit in it)

Oh that's pants!

a friend went to the NFL in USA where no bags were allowed. It was $10 to leave the bag in a safe room.

The plot thickens! are u saying it was called off soon last week due to guests and r-r and not the weather?

I CAN assure you that Nigel Pearson doesn't think everything is rosy.

Nothing worth reading......

What did I say, master mind?

where are the promoters standing up for brittish speedway .poole have suffered the most with Thursday night guest riders 3 maybe 4 meetings all ready I agree time to break away

This one needs the real Bomber to come to the party,,,, otherwise its looking like a new nickname is needed,,,, which sounds nearly the same,,,just change the o and spell it a bit differently

I have not been to speedway this season, I promise you it is not because of the price. When you are filling your programme in on lap 1 bend 2, there is something seriously wrong, it has become so easy to take it or leave it if there is something else to do. I don't know how to put it right, or even if it is to late to put it right, I hope it survives, but while it is the fans fault for not supporting speedway, as opposed the Promoters correcting their mistakes over a long period of time, I fear for it's future.

46-44 to Swindon It's been a great start for the Witches no doubt about it but it has to come to an end at some point and Swindon are the team to do it. Heats 13 & 15 is where the downfall begins and I'll throw in there as well that tactically the Witches will make some form of glaring error along the way

Think this will be a very very tough test for us against the team i believe will be champions Last time we won by 6 but Ellis, Shanes, Zach and Lampart only got 10 between them I would expect Ellis , Perks, Starke and Jensen to score much more I will gladly take 3 points now by any margin

Like watching the 'magazine' programmes on NSPORT and ELEVEN... Both showing tonight, one live and one from yesterday.. Not a clue what they are saying but great to watch the race highlights and key moments from those races.. Presents the sport so professionally... Can see why major companies want to be involved to sponsor it..

I don't see any alternative. I've stopped keeping programmes but my recollection is of his scoring quite heavily round BP within the last 2 or 3 years and Roy offering the view that he couldn't join us because we run on Sundays: however if I'm wrong about that, I apologize. My recollection is of him and the Australian Scott Smith doing laps in the second half around that time.

Yeah no number 1 anymore too much pressure . so we signed a proper number 1 he went to 5 was utter garbage . Then he went to number 3 and guess what still utter garbage . But yeah your right its not his fault its everyone else as normal.

Hole aint big enough

I suggest that the BSPA ,BT Sport Poole Speedway do us all a favour and switch the TV match to either of Kings Lynn v Ipswich or Swindon v Belle Vue.

I just think the club as been poorly promoted in the last two or three years and i know some people will say i am just criticizing but tha the way i see it

Ignoring the fact that the most appropriate gap of sufficient length was missed also - October til March.....

That wouldn't of suited our "top riders" Cook (who rides for Glasgow) Lambert (knows Glasgow's track after riding in the Championship) Harris (who rides in France). But lets send Charles to a track he has never ridden and see how he gets on. Lambert should of been sent to Germany tonight due to his previous upbringing on German tracks and sent Charles to Glasgow and we could of had 4 riders in the challenge rather than the 3 which I suspect we will. But I hope Charles proves me wrong and qualifies tonight.

Or... Allow the second and third best riders in the team take all his four rides between them..? Unless the manager thinks someone else might score more..? All riders below the No1 should be able take as many of his rides as needed up to a max of seven each per meeting.. At present the two Second Strings are scheduled to take two of his rides, which isn't much of a plan..

Our player Siergiej Łogaczew, who has been seriously injured in the first race of the match with the Gdańsk Coast, is still awake, but remains in the local clinic under the care of doctors. Currently, Sergey is in the Intensive Care Unit, but the state of immediate danger to life has already passed. - Sergei has trouble breathing, so he was intubated. He is conscious now. Most importantly, the doctors ruled out back injury. For now, he will stay in the hospital. We saw him, he is aware, he met us. We all squeeze our fingers for him and we believe that he will come back to us soon - says Krzysztof Mrozek, president of PGG ROW Rybnik.

Of course you can.... As said before football already does it... And you can sit next to someone in a plane who has paid more or less than you.... Also. You can be in an hotel room and the person next door can have paid more or less than you... If you want atmosphere at a sports event it is enhanced 1000% by having two sets of fans in attendance.. If they won't come because the costs are too high, admission, travel etc. Then reduce them,... Having atmosphere at a team event is a self fulfilling prophecy, the more you have, the bigger the occasion will feel and the longer it will live in the memory, Having zero atmosphere, like so many speedway meetings have, inspires very few to keep returning.. There should be no restrictions to marketing any event... Thats why innovation exists...

We are going to put in a water jump on the third bend to spice racing up a bit

Sir Shoutalot at his very loudest last night His screaming every time there's an exciting race is getting more and more childlike by each meeting Is there not a decent professional commentator available for UK TV coverage?

British speedway should have come out of the FIM years ago and done their own thing. The FIM have never been interested in the sport this side of the channel