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Thank you , Mr Shovlar. Well, rushings from gate 1 was unable to hold his line into turn 1 , in order to avoid his team mate in the white helmet colour, chose to change directiom and take a very wide line out of turn 2. So from gate 1 he ended up on the extreme outside of bend 2. the yellow helmet rider was left with no where to go after rushings sudden change of line out of turn 2. Was it deliberate - I don't think so - but in the first running of the heat he allegedly kicked out at etheridge ? He needs to keep his right leg on the footrest - not showboat around the track like a rodeo star. Something for his coach to tell him. The only other possible decision the ref could have made was "all 4 back" but after rushings effort in the first running , guess the ref had seen enough ... and Poole were the away side. The handbags afters - ha ha . Rushings is in with the big boys now ... not in schoolboy racing. If he dishes it out he can expect it coming back to him. He stuffed Luke Harrison earlier in the season ... word gets around in this sport. Refs are clearly watching out for the tasselled cowboy 🙂 🙂 Any news of whether Lawson will be suspended for withholding his services last Wednesday in Denmark - and was a guest facility actually allowed for a rider who missed the meeting for "illness" ?????

Poole promotion have only themselves to blame for the aggregate loss. Signing a rider who then commits to another Wednesday night club. It's laughable. Then he doesn't ride for the danish club ??? Should a facility have been given to Poole - he was withholding his services ?? Bit silly on Wednesday prepping a slick dustbowl with Harris as a guest. Unsurprisingly he didn't score heavily. Dumping Dan Gilkes unceremoniously with indecent haste in favour of the rejected Kyle Newman .... little sympathy for the promotion on that one. Billy Cairns off in a circus qualifier 😞 Gust failed to deliver even on a Poole's pay. Copper Rushen ... that's 2 referees in 4 days he has got on the wrong side of. one at home one away. I cannot comment. My only video footage shows the lad's recent altercation with Luke Harrison. Coooper "boring" down the backstraight and he should have been excluded then.

Yes, I miss one off 20 heat individual meetings.PERIOD. this modern nonsense of semi finals and last chance race offs with riders who finish 8th then "winning " the meeting have spread like an epidemic to all levels of individual meetings, wherever they are staged. .

I have to say Wembley, in its later years wasn’t the greatest track for racing ! To be fair with the modern style of speedway , the Manchester raceway is the best track for racing that has been used in the UK. As a “stadium” honestly Wembley has to be the best - with its huge capacity and atmosphere, and ability to handle the huge crowds. manchester is only half a stadium and has little atmosphere in comparison with industrial units surrounding half the site, and poor crowd capacity leading to high ticket prices. Glasgow is mooted - good track but again poor crowd capacity leading- high ticket prices . with a 6 team premier league lucky to have 2 GPs in the UK tbh.

Poole signed 2 of the top prospects in British speedway , once again they will win everything in the championship. Everyone wants to ride for Ford and Middleditch. Maybe they pay them top dollar , maybe it’s the workshop facilities at Baillie House They always get the top youngsters. As long as their supporters turn up in numbers to watch the one sided drubbings handed out every week , they cannot fail.

Yes, and it gave some very strange outcomes…… First bend bunching didn’t happen with the outside riders just riding off the track and being excluded . Martin Goodwin excelled at giving a shove to move riders off the track and being excluded 😂 As riders left the track the race continued. A real trick track.

Says much about the state of British Speedway when you don't know whether the CEO is still in post. A chap called Ivan Mauger once said speedway is a sport with professional riders managed by amateurs. For my two pennorth , Pghil Morris has been great for the Speedway Grand Prix, where he is giiven the authority to manage the show . In British league speedway... didn't really stand a chance .... most promoters aren't interested in change.

Always said that th metal I beams that protrude around the outer perimeter were a major issue. Yet to see a photo of anything resembling a safe speedway track emerging . Good hot dog stall . Without those beams, a riding test of the track would have been possible as Lakeside ran for many seasons with white sticks marking the outer boudary of the track. Picked up a copy of Speedway Star from Sainsburys this week . Occasionally grab a copy when I see something of note , and the reopening of the Brafield Foxes speedway gained my interest. Interested to see that he track operated as a training facilty . With so little time before the opening night, I beams still to be cut off and no air fence yet delivered, you can see a delay occurring.

Shocking from the Poole team manager , allowing Bowes to cheat in the pits , warming his tyre. Does a TM do anything useful these days other than fill in his programme and choose who rides in heat 15. Newman just 3 more weeks before he is offski and Poole strengthen up their away side. Lawson and his “ rocket🤣” need to calm down , and get some more meetings in early doors before going 110% . Good showing from Rushden, who is settling well at the Championship level. Biting off more than he can chew committing to Poland IMO .

Ha ha ha ,,, so all your fellow Poole supporters around you thought Thomsen was at fault ... you do make me laugh sometimes . Just the referee then differed - he excluded Lawson. !!!! Certainly helped out Poole tomight in their quest to win the lot again in 2026.

Good grief, Lawson excluded for stuffing away rider into the fence, and the home fans cry “harsh decision “ ! Quelle Surprise . ( Memories of Dugard doing the same most weeks at Eastbourne 😂) Makes the return leg a formality today ….. and the Poole Fans will be on their way to another “win everything” season.

I have to ask whehter the young lad is taking on too much far too soon in his career ? He's just turned 16 and seems to have gone into major league speedway with both boots, racing in both Poland and 2 English leagues. Coupled with all the silly U18 U19 U21 championships now held in every country he will be totally overwhlemed with bookings. Expecting an awful lot of the youg lad, and I just hope and pray that he doesnt competley exhasust himself both physically and mentally in his first season of serious competitive racing.

Good to see our old friend R/R making an appearance so early in another exciting season of UK speedway. Even in a challenge match they couldn't find a real rider to havea spin. ????

dohhh, you know who I mean Daniel BEWLAY ... the bloke who rides for Belle Vue. Connor Rushen is always being mis-spelt. Along with that Australian fella Sedgeman ..I always got his name wrong.