SteveLyric2

So with the Polish Extraliga agreeing to start racing in June behind closed doors and riders having to commit to staying in Poland - what will the likes of Doyley (Pedersen, Kurtz etc) do if British Speedway is allowed to start in say July/August/September? I mention Doyley in particular cos he lives in the UK.

I guess you won't want to watch next Wednesday 29th April then? Its the 2008 play-off final 2nd leg Poole v Lakeside. Still I hear that Corrie is good?! Enjoy...

As good a job as the Glasgow promotion have currently done with their stadium, their recent video shows that attendances have not grown substantially and they are still losing £100k a year. Surely not the basis to consider a 'natural' progression to be a top division team?!

Whilst there is no 'live' action taking place at the moment, it surely can't be outside the marketing capabilities of either the BSPL or the several video companies to put together a decent 'highlights' package of several meetings - with a decent commentary - to be available to the wider audiences - including some of the Sky and BT league coverage as they don't hold any rights now!!. We all know that however good a particular meeting can be there will always be some duff heats, which even the most supportive afficionados wouldn't want to see again, let alone any potential newcomers. Include a few 'handbags' or controversial moments as well as some brilliant actual 'racing from the top drawer', together with a list of tracks where and when speedway can be viewed (post Covid-19 obviously), and make it available on every social media platform, forum and You-Tube etc and to every club to use as a promo in their own locality.

Apparently its in response to the Polish Prime Minister's speech yesterday?! Its translation has been posted on facebook.

So any truth in the rumour that the Polish authorities have banned all 'large gathering' events for the whole year. Speedway clubs to run in closed stadia??

2018 Premiership Riders final from Poole on Monday 20th April. Followed by Poole v Wolves 2004 Elite League Final 2nd leg on Wednesday 22nd April.

Apologies, I didn't realise. So if I've understood you correctly, the Dugards no longer have any involvement in the running of the speedway then? How come a number of them got involved in the Glasgow fracas last season?

and Somerset get all the revenue (less VAT) as they own the stadium (and food and beverage outlets as far as I'm aware). Similar to Eastbourne. With clubs like Poole and others who rent their tracks, their only income is at the turnstiles, Advertising/Merchandise, Sponsorship and programme sales - everything else, parking, bars, restaurant income goes to the stadium owners.

Iwatched the film yesterday and also enjoyed it. Well done to the Facennas for everything they have achieved to date. Could any Glasgow fans give an estimate as to what attendances have been achieved. The film commented that new fans were attending every week, but the various camera shots didn't give a particularly good indication of 'big crowds' - in fact attendances looked quite sparse at times apart from the very vocal group of 'super fans'!!!

Virgin Media are offering a 'Sports Pause' facility for Sky Sports and BT Sport. Easy to do online and they will re-introduce automatically when live sport resumes. Bill is reduced within 24 hours.

I wasn't knocking Eastbourne - full credit to them. Its also about trying to reach a wider audience rather than just the club's own platforms. Full Poole back page in the local Echo today, continued inside too.

Also on the Speedwaygb website. Good to see other clubs than Poole keeping the publicity going!

New layout and new numbering for the different regs. There doesn't seem to be any obvious 'bold' lettering to indicate any key changes from the 2019 regs?! This means you have to go through the whole lot and read (and understand?) thoroughly

The video also stated that crowds were much bigger when Pirates were last in the '2nd division' back in the early 90's. They dropped considerably when Poole went British League!! And that is definitely true cos I was there. In the modern era the Holder/Ward/Janowski teams brought the crowds back.

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Poole website and SpeedwayGB have the interview with Matt Ford from last evening. Its a good 30 minutes or so.

Ok, I was only asking. Your post suggested you might have purchased while on ssp?! No insult intended. Hope you stay safe and well

:Poole to offer free admission to any NHS worker for the 2020 season if/when the season starts!!

With due respect, if you are living on £94 pw sick pay, why/how would you buy a season ticket?? In the meanwhile stay safe.

ACU just announced that racing licences are suspended til end May 2020.

From the PirateCast facebook page. ‪Ok so all being well #PirateCastCV19LockdownChroniclesLive will debut tonight LIVE on my twitter page (https://twitter.com/PirateCast)at 6:30pm‬. You do not need to sign up for an account to watch/listen. ‪Who else would I be talking tonight but Neil Middleditch on the day of his planned testimonial. I was planning audio only (unless you want me on video!!) get your questions in oh and spread the word please!

I would think that if/when the season starts, Championship fixtures will be reduced from the original number to what is considered viable depending on dates. So refunding now and resuming with a new price if/when the new number of fixtures is confirmed is likely by most clubs I reckon.

Top Class were race sponsors last season!! Looks as though Matt & Helen's French Chateau adventure may not be featured in the current series of 'Escape to the Chateau' starting on Channel 4 today, as filming is not yet complete and the TV crew have been summoned back to UK due to the current coronavirus situation. Doubtless Matt will give an update in the first of Poole's weekly video Q&A's on the club website and social media platforms.

Great to see more sponsor logos being added to the club website despite everything else going on!!