SteveLyric2

As much as the Aussies are based over here for the season and can be loyal to our domestic league set-up - if they get offered a team place abroad you know where they will go when there are fixture clashes - especially if a new 'one league' set-up races on any night that suits each individual club! A one league format (+ National league) of approx current championship level or below, will lose not only the top riders but also many of the non-British/Commonwealth 3rd heat leader/2nd string riders too! Trying to propose a financial structure for all teams in such a league would be difficult if not impossible due to most clubs having different cost and income bases. For example, what works fincially for say Eastbourne or Kings Lynn who own their own stadia, would not necessarily work for say Poole, Peterborough or Sheffield who have to rent their facilities and who don't get the benefit of any food/beverage/parking revenues.

I have no issue with riders who choose to take part in their own country's national championship eg Denmark, and that those championships (semi-finals and Final) should take precedence over league meetings anywhere. However its the Danes decision to run the semi and final on 2 Thursdays that ought to be challenged as its not an FIM-agreed priority racenight in Denmark.

The comments by Matt Ford about costs of bringing over foreign riders were made before Poole got a 2019 main team sponsor. However much they are putting in - along with several other corporate sponsors - I'm sure that doesn't make up for the 2 long term sponsorship deals that have been put on hold for this season due to their own separate business demands, Having said that I can't see any uninforced changes during June!!

...to keep this forum going for one thing!!!!!!!

A bit late to the thread this morning but can't really add too much, other than why all this KL stuff on the Pirates v Panthers thread? Good meeting last night and well done to the Panthers who thoroughly deserved the win as they attacked the track much better than the Robins on Monday. Track was better although still needs work, which I'm told is scheduled for the 2 week break before the next Cup fixture (interesting reading the 2 articles in the Speedy Star this week by MF and Middlo!!). More importantly for the speedway purists, there was some superb racing last night with overtaking, undertaking and (I think) only 2 falls - Starke and K,Anderson - the latter being way out of his depth!!. A couple of very strange 2 minute disqualifications by the ref - Ronnie Allen - one for each side, Nicholls and Covatti, both of which got the grandstand on their feet?! Nothing further to say about the Pirate guests other than it was Ellis or King? I think after Monday most would have rightly gone with Adam, but hey ho some you win some you don't. A final well done to Jack, Josh, Hans and BWD for making it a super exciting meeting. Lets hope the track works don't play too much into KL's hands on 13th?!

Not really, I just don't like being called a liar when it was the open topic of conversation around the pits. I have no agenda on the matter - Rosco and Julie are friends of mine. Don't shoot the messenger.

With Rosco out of the country on a family holiday and not back til Saturday, I can't believe anything will be announced about Zach until Rosco has had a face to face with him?!

With Lampart already missing (no guest), if Tobi had turned up and didn't/couldn't race at the last minute then Swindon would not have had a facility or a guest available. He had to take at least one ride in order for IRR to be utilised.

Theres a second half for Thursday with Weymouth Wildcats v Carmarthen Dragons in the Southern Development League - no extra charge!!

Maybe he has contacts with the Programme Contributors or the printers?

Well he should know where any of the infamous ruts, holes, wavey bits or deep stuff are?!! (Although I didn't think there was any deep stuff on the Poole track at all.)

Great post and I agree about the number of Perks rides - I had him down as 8 rides too?! As for Matt's programme notes, he stated that at the recent Ipswich home meeting he made a minimum £10k loss.. That can't continue otherwise we'll see another track disappear. At least today's announcements that the track will be sorted should be well received by most.

Panthers will be stronger if the get a decent guest for Master Bates.

Good knowledge. Welcome back Adam - more of the same as Monday please.

Very sensible by Brady - doesn't want to be like Musielak and end up only taking one ride!

I don't recall any Poole fan - Shovlar and me included - saying that the Poole track is fine? It isn't. As for agreeing to go on after heat 7 for the fans - if the track had been heavy and wet and 'dangerous' then the two captains would have called the ref down to express their view and get the meeting called off. As others have said, at no time was the ref called down and at no time did any Poole riders or guest say it was too dangerous to continue. Musielak's withdrawal was pre planned. He was intending to slide off in heat 3 - everyone in the pits knew it - but unfortunately it ended far more spectacularly than he intended. I'm hearing Adam Ellis may be guesting on Thursday................!!

Except Ellis!!

Ellis and Starke if an earlier post is to be believed. At least if true Ellis got stuck in on Monday!!

Not forgetting that Brady could also still be out?! Still its the only SGBP fixture on Thursday so theres a few guest options - obviously excluding any Swindon riders!!

Very happy with 2 points actually! Which 2 Swindon riders did Poole's track take away? Doyle injured his arm at Swindon when he hit the first bend hole and Musialak was carrying the injury from previous meetings - he jarred it again in Poland - and was unfit to ride when he turned up at Poole. He was only sent out for one race when it was decided in advance that he would lay the bike down and withdraw from the meeting so that Swindon could use IRR, otherwise they wouldn't have a facility for him!!! It was the talk of the pits before the start!! Fact not opinion!

No I didn't. Part of my attending Poole every meeting requires me to go into the speedway office before the meeting begins and before I take my place. Its then that I see Matt (and Middlo yesterday) as well as often Danny Ford. Danny spent some considerable time on the centre green talking with some of the track guys so as Steve Shovlar has already commented, I expect some serious track work to be undertaken in due course. Yes the track was poor yesterday but not as bad as Good Friday. With some saying its 'been bad for ages' I'm surprised the Swindon riders didn't come crashing down then as they clearly knew how to avoid any ruts, bumps or holes on that occasion!! The big racing difference between the Good Friday and BH Monday performances was that the Pirates seem to have learned how to get their set-ups and gating right! Still not seen any Poole riders complain about either track other than Josh's wrist injury from the big flying stone at Blunsdon. But work to be done at both tracks.

Probably the better choice to avoid the first bend hole?! Poole were never once in the lead so to get the away draw was a fine performance.

Never ever claimed that. Both tracks were poor today but only Swindon seemed to suffer from it.

Theres much more to being professional than matching kevlars.

Sorry, which Poole riders struggled exactly - apart from Josh who got clouted by a stone from the Blunsdon track?