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And he was at the Motocross at Winchester too. Maybe he's an 'illegal' and jumped on a lorry at Calais?!

MPT is riding for Holsted according to the Danish league website!!

Such a shame Birmingham are racing as you could have used James Shanes??!!! ;-)

Not true - and nothing on his twitter!! Everyone who applies for a UK work permit/visa needs to have their application 'sponsored' or supported usually by the employer before it can be processed. It also requires no other 'complications/objections/issues' to be part of it. The employer for the GPs is BSI who I am told submit a 'block' application for all GP riders. That may not be 100% correct but its part of what I'm told!

Pretty sure Poole's 1-7 are in riding order! - unless Middlo makes a late change! Kings Lynn won't be because we don't yet know both guests.

Not sure what websites you are looking at? Its been on Poole's since yesterday - albeit not necessarily with the correct line-ups!!

Simon Lambert guests for Kasper Andersen.

With Matt still negotiating with the Aces to retain Richie Worrall for more than just the initial 28 days, he has said he wants to give the current 1-7 the chance to perform. New (July) averages will be calculated after only 2 more Poole meetings (1 Home 13/06 and 1 Away 20/06/18) so it will give a clearer picture of what changes he can make in July. Whispers that MF is in negotiation with one of the SON riders!! (MJJ might be worth a try on 6.54 average from 2012!!)

Yeah they used the big 'irony' on the roller to smooth the new track surface out and pack it down!! PS. It would seem NKI is not riding for Torun today after his op, so I wonder if he'll risk it for Wednesday?!

Is NKI coming back already for Torun after his surgery?

That'll be Stewart Dickson (formerly from Glasgow) for the uninitiated!!

Rumour has it that Stewart Dickson, the former Glasgow Promoter/Team Manager/ Track curator etc etc is overseeing the track work this time.

Volunteers who also have day jobs presumably - like most other clubs!!

They did have to get a new track curator - not something to be done overnight. Not sure who it is but today was the earliest he could make himself and the equipment available.

Perhaps he'll come over to commentate with BT then?! NB. Major trackwork being done at Poole today. This is a photo taken from one of the Facebook groups of some hefty equipment.

At least the track work has been carried out today. Some major equipment brought in!!

Sheffield and Leicester would simply have swapped.

I was under the impression that visa/work permit applications need to be supported/ sponsored usually but not always by the rider's employer ie in most instances, his club?! For the SGPs it would be BSI For the Speedway of Nations it would be either the FIM or the rider's home association.

I can think of a few!!!

Its not the assets that won't/can't ride in the UK that he's commented on especially - its the assets that do race in the UK for other teams.

For the GPs doesn't BSI get 'blanket' visas for all riders for all rounds? Or something similar?

Even before the end of the 2017 season fixtures, word went around to the Poole sponsors and commercial partners that racing in 2018 would be Mondays and Thursdays!!

Thats because he's the only Aussie with personal complicating issues!!

Anyway back to the thread - anyone know yet how many Danes and others might be missing from this meeting?!

That is totally incorrect as far as MF was concerned. The objectors were 2 of the 3 Thursday tracks from the Championship who threatened to pull out of the league altogether. (No problem for the Sheffield/Leicester owners as if Thursdays were confirmed then Sheffield would have been SGBP and Leicester SGBC). If you want to use the 'toys out of the pram' analogy then look no further than Chris Louis!! Thursdays were more than acceptable to Poole as it is and has always been their official published 'rain-off' day. Mondays and Wednesdays were only proposed to get over the impasse as the Championship clubs stuck together.