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Rotten luck for young Tom Brennan - broken collarbone practising in Poland!!!

If Stadia UK give back the lease then the Council will be encouraging developers to show interest. Richard Carr anyone!!!!!!

Another 'Trumped up' and false allegation!!!

As the Council leader said today in her weekly Q&A on facebook - Stadia UK still have a 'longish' lease on the stadium but if a developer were to come along with a properly funded scheme to develop the site, to include a new or revamped stadium, then the Council would consider it as part of the usual planning process. There is no scheme currently on the books and there is currently no intention to lose the stadium facility which belongs to the people of Poole!'

New team jackets being held over for the start of 2021. Mine's on order.

New-style Pirates merchandise launched this week shows a lot of confidence. Many items sold out already have to be re-ordered!!!

2010 Eastbourne v Poole in the KO Cup Final first leg on Pirates re-wind Wednesday 12th AUGUST.

BS Group changed their name in 2004 when Clark Osborne's company Toklon took overall control. I seem to remember a revised 25 year lease was negotiated then, but may be wrong?! Not sure that the stadium could take Poole Town FC without some major redevelopment - not just removing the dog track but also the glass-fronted restaurant/stand. Apart from that Poole Town FC would have to repay all the loans made by the FA to improve their current home. In any case all this is irrelevant until GI actually decide to give up the stadium lease which is by no means certain yet.

Wishing the Matt Ford Consortium all the best in taking on and developing the whole stadium! Just think with 'money no object' and income from a 7-day a week operation, Premiership speedway (and even a NDL side) could be back. www.bournemouthecho.co.uk today.

I wonder what odds you would get against Matt Ford's consortium containing at least one developer?!

Not quite the same is it?! we're talking the whole stadium now not just the speedway. Lots of options for additional usage if you have 7 days a week including weekends without dogs.

The old Poole Council (now BCP Council) had identified part of the disused office space on Wimborne Road and part of the car and lorry park at the stadium for potential housing. No developer identified but if one did come forward with with the finance and any proposal to build on the whole site, then an alternative site for the stadium would have to be found elsewhere. (Yes I know I've heard it all before, but.....) Not sure if the new housing targets have changed with the new BCP Council?? The only Housing Action Plan I can find identifies the railway goods yard adjacent to the stadium - nothing mentioning the stadium at all!! There was a scheme about 5 years ago to re-model the stadium on the same site which would require a 90 degree turnround to house speedway and at least one other sport, but not speedway, dogs and footie together!!!! (Poole Town FC are somewhat between a rock and a hard place as they have had so many financial loans from the FA to develop their Tatnum ground that if they moved they would have to repay all that money!! --- and they are skint with the begging bowl out on many recent occasions!!!) Tha remodelled stadium would have meant missing out on speedway for at least a year which MF wasn't keen on.

Bearing in mind the potential League Sponsorship deal is being negotiated by a business contact of Adrian Smith so I think his immediate future within the BSPL is assured.

Well done Adam Ellis for getting the British nomination for the GP Challenge on 22nd August.

One meeting a month from October through the winter according to Danny Ford in the Speedway Star today - subject to getting the right permissions from BSPL/SCB/ACU!! Blue Riband and New Year Classic mentioned as possibilities.......

Maybe didn't want to clash with the SEC final this evening?!

Wrong again! SoN at BV October 24/25 as previously announced. SGP series in Poland and Czecho late Aug/Sept/early Oct. Eight rounds across 4 Fri/Sat weekends.

You never know, Poole could be asked (bribed?) to go back to the Premiership in 2021 if there is any danger of a drop in the number of Premiership teams?! I guess the AGM will answer those questions and more. Hopefully fans will not have to wait til November................??!!

Promoters Q&A this week via Twitter and facebook. Not sure if this is to be a 'live' interview (Zoom?) instead of the usual Wednesday rewind meeting?? Watch this space I guess.

Surely most speedway stadia have an H&S maximum capacity?

Pirates have an office in the stadium which presumably they pay an annual rent for? As with most clubs they would have had to shell out on signing on fees, lease vans, accommodation(?), insurances etc

Scunny!!

Theres a sort of update on the BSPL site.

I thought FIM had confirmed SoN at BV on 24/25 October!!!? They could of course move it to somewhere like Rybnik where there has been no Covid-19 flare-ups!!? Oh but hang on.........................!!!

I think its a bit unfair to criticise the new BSPL Management Board (Godfrey, Damian Bates, Debbie Hancock, Chris Louis and Stewart Dickson) who have updated their intentions/actions regularly on their website and in Speedway Star, including the political lobbying, subject to Govt permissions. All promotions have been praising their efforts and been kept in the loop with weekly 'Zoom' meetings. Not sure what else they could have done.