I agree a Wednesday night at Poole is not good planning but the crowd would still be bigger than if it was held at Belle Vue on a Monday.
You only need to look at the crowd for the British Final or the failure to sell out the GP’s at Belle Vue to realise it wouldn’t make financial sense to hold every big meeting at that track.
Belle Vue for the pairs would not draw much of a crowd, it needs to be at a PL track to make it financially viable.
A reasonable turn out last night considering the weather conditions.
It’s also helped you quite a bit with the riders you have used covering for Bowes.
Every team has been missing riders, it’s why it’s quite often a guest fest these days.
In a sport that power to weight is paramount the size of a rider and the very top level will make a massive difference.
You only had to listen to Tai’s interview the other day to hear about the lengths riders are going too to cut more weight.
I agree and what worries me for Cooper is the size of him and he’s only 16, he looked bigger than than all the other riders in the final on Saturday when they were picking the gates.
The way you worded it did not come across that way.
That’s fair enough and makes sense to why he couldn’t ride on Saturday, so why not just say that anyway.
Maybe that would have been a good idea?