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Hook scored 021ex2 in today's NSW state Championships. Not a patch on the top 8.

Masters and Pickering were 2nd and 3rd behind Jack Holder in today's NSW State Championships.

Great effort considering he was up against far more experienced riders. Zach (spelled ZAC in the racecard!) did well too and should both hold their own as second strings in the Championship.

I think any brown bags are far more likely to be going TO France rather than from!!!!?

Gaming International - not Poole Speedway - charged £2.50 per car on speedway nights. They run the car park on behalf of the Council as part of the stadium lease. The car park is used for office workers, shoppers and hospital workers during the day.

Heard a whisper - not from a reliable source - that Ablitt is being considered.

R.I.P. Sarah - Tom Brennan's Mum!

Wow this all appears to have kicked off a bit in the past 24 hours or so!!! Nothing more relevant to report (or spin) from this 'mouthpiece' at the moment (sorry Lewy!), as those of us in regular contact with the club have given all the latest updates already. I can't wait for the season to start to be honest and look forward in 2022 to keeping up with our 2021 unbeaten home record, so in the meantime its back to my Pirates Double-winning 2021 DVD.

Gary May!!

It does/did!

Matt Ford told me last week that he was hopeful of the rent issue being sorted shortly after Christmas. As soon as he had received written confirmation which had been delayed due to 'people being away on holiday'. I would expect the rider announcements to begin thereafter. It'll be very interesting to see the football club's stadium plans next month as well as the BCP Council's revised 'big plan' to regenerate various areas of the conurbation with reduced housing targets. The previous Poole Council had earmarked a section of the Poole Stadium Car/Lorry park and vacant office block backing onto Wimborne Road for housing development, which could have been achieved without having any major impact on the Stadium itself.

Yet it was Osborne's decision to stop the greyhounds and leaving speedway as the only tenant towards making the stadium all-year-round unviable?!

Adam Ellis has not (yet) got a Danish league team place in 2022.

Sorry if I missed it but has Adam Ellis got a Danish League team place in 2022?

Correct - and maybe for how long? NB. Any proposals for a new stadium from the football club and/or whoever will take years to reach fruition - assuming its agreed? - whether its on the existing stadium site or elsewhere. The Council today say they are due to announce their revised 'local plan' next month with a dramatic reduction in the number and type of new homes required, so pressure on sites such as Poole Stadium should be less.

Jason Crump!?

Maybe he could 'double' up?!

The interview said the new stadium would be for football and 'community use'.

So is Cook 8.79. Doesn't Bailey have British parentage and therefore a 2.5% reduction?

Yes maybe, but its not the amount its the guarantee of actually being paid regularly!!

If its to be near the town centre where on earth could the site be? They are hardly likely to put it in Poole Park!?

Turn the track through 90 degrees, knock down both stands and replace with something far more suited to modern day viewing for both sports, add more terracing and community facilities - job done! Where's the man with the money and time to get it all done so that speedway doesn't go missing for 2-3 years?!

Oh well I'll bite. Poole aren't in limbo!! They are just in legal negotiation over the imposed rent increase and not naming riders until its sorted. Nowhere has it been said that Poole won't run - but it may be a reasonable negotiating position with either the Council and/or the Stadium management to give the impression that racing is under threat?!

Interesting - and possibly unrelated - news item on the local radio this morning that Poole Town FC (with a new chap on board who has Football League ambitions apparently) are looking at a new 'community stadium development' and have already been in discussions with developers and the local authority to move things forward.? Goodness knows where the site might be and although these things will always take a lengthy period of time to progress it'll be interesting to keep an eye on any updates - and whether it will/might impact on the future of Poole Stadium in years to come?!

There is also the Day Nursery on site which uses the Champs Function suite. No idea what they are charged.