old bob at herne bay

Anybody on here care to guess the attendance at Wimborne Road on Wednesday ?

As I correctly predicted Poole track men prepped a slick track for the home side ... but forgot to tell their riders to GATE . Oops.

So developments to date look like Birmingham Wolves to run on a MONDAY in the PL and IMO p.off winners Glasgow joining the PL on a Monday. The CL looks to lose 2 clubs unless the Workington Comets can be helped to step up. Dont see any future for the NDL in 2024 , with Kent joining NORA after their shabby treatment by BSP Ltd this season, and surely Mildenhall will no longer continue ?

So Glasgow p.off champions and surely promoted to the PL next season, with Birmingham into the PL to take the Wolves team and crowd, all racing on Mondays. Congratulations Glasgow it’s worked out well for the PL 2024

All this nonsense about a speedway club NAME having some notional value seems a load of tosh to me. Why would Mr New Promoter need to buy a name when he could apply to open up a new track that he had just built to the required standard nearby and call it maybe Sawtry Stars Speedway Ltd. Why would you want to buy "Peterborough Panthers", or Eastbourne Eagles or Rye House Rockets or Lakeside Hammers ????? They surely are worthless names? There's all this tosh about having to have a promoters "licence " .... just send Mr New Promoter an application form for a new "licence". The asset value of a speedway business surely is limited to the value of the lights, airfence, tractors and grading equipment and some quantity of track material?

Good Luck with that one ! Shocking that they haven't found a date for this much earlier in the year after a rain off in June .

Sadly that's the most likely outcome IMO . Whatever happens to BE at this hearing , they cannot be forced to sell THEIR land and why would they want to consider renting THEIR land to anyone ? ?

Shower of rain here 5 mins ago. Looks like Poole will be OK as heavy rain forecast at 2200. Poole to win easily tonight against lets be honest a 4 man Glasgow side. R/R and 2 reserves who will do well to beat a Poole rider. A slick track with no outsied racing line should see Poole home comfortably, as I don't see Bomber making the gate more than once, Tarasenko's gating was poor on Monday. Basso shopuld be OK as a former Poole man and w2ill cope withe slick conditions. 54 - 36 Poole.

Simple solution to the situation of less than 15 heats being raced in the second leg due to poor weather ... the score at the same stage in the 1st leg should be used. Almost certain that material is being shovelled off the Poole track by the truckload as I write to give a slick surface in case of rain, oh and to prevent any outside passing lines for Bomber Harris. Gate Artists extraordinaire Lawson and Worrall will be like Pirates in a Galleon.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/forecast/gcn8db1mu#?date=2023-10-11

just the one racing line in the latter half o the meeting - 6 feet from the fence. ;-( wont be buying the BSN coverage on Weds - far too predictable at Wimborne Road.

just to spice things up on Wednesday - rain forecast in the early afternoon and evening according to Met Office forecast

Nah , he has too much speed ... he would have cut up the inside ;-)

Wow got that dreary heat 14 out of the way. Bomber Harris out again :-) :-) in 15

meeting getting more interesting - good effort from Thommo

Bomber Harris :-):-)

never give up Steve. If poole make the starts they will win races No passing.

dull as ditchwater. commentary team getting on my nerves. Sound off I think,.

splashed out on a BSN pass tonight expecting some racing ....... oh dear ..... lts hope it gets better later on ....... and Middlo gets a new watch.

Busy supervising the prepping of the starts at Wimborne Road for Wednesday ??

Good luck to all riders and travelling fans in getting to flooded west Scotland today. Especially brave ? Poole fans making the journey. Stay safe.

"Sadly, the bigger picture to the BSPL will be that it was a classic season. Underdogs reach the final, a huge comeback by Sheffield that went down to the wire. Regardless of Lambert coming in for the final, they will see it that GP riders want to be involved in British Speedway. By bringing Birmingham in to replace Wolves gives the league credibility again in their eyes, despite Brummies not being there on any sort of merit but having spent the last 5yrs flirting with the wooden spoon and survival! But still the BSPL think everything is rosy in the garden.... " yup ... sadly no need for any changes as it has been such a successful season ....... article i read in the Star quoted Birmiongham as being 80/20 likely to run in 2024 with only Mondays available thus obliging them to apply to run in the PL, and only for a 1 year lease courtesy of the greyhound promotion a Perry Barr. Hardly a a long term future, and speedway seems to stagger along year by year. Credit where credit is due though seems this season the PL p. offs and the KO Cup have been completed in a timely manner.

nw42 … agree that Lambert (R) interview whingeing was a minor incident compared to the downright disgraceful language used by Mr Woffinden. Hopefully we will not see him in British Speedway next season until the p.offs 2024, as he remains a WILD card in the SGP and will be in the Polish Leagues.

Mr. Woffinden disgraced himself again ( not for the first time) Last time he attacked a supporter, now he verbally abuses Ipswich on network TV. A very poor advert for the sport, genrating the WRONG type of publicity. A "WILD card" nomination for the SGP series is appropriate. What with whingeing Lambert (R) on Tuesday and now the swearing Woffinden, our British sports "stars" really do need to be better educated when speaking to the media.

Here we go again….. trying to run speedway in the wettest place in the UK at the beginning of winter. No doubt that Poole will find a dry Wednesday way before Glasgow have a dry day this side of Xmas. So disappointed that Oxford fell at the final hurdle - would have been a very well attended local derby vs the cheetahs, rather than a remote contest attended by a sprinkling of away supporters.