SteveLyric2

The local Echo speedway reporter has stated CH will not be riding on Thursday as his personal issues are still not resolved.

...maybe because his issues are not in Poland?? We,ve heard he's now got his new passport (Australian?!) - maybe his visa for the UK is still only a 'visitor visa' rather than a work permit?! Maybe the visa/work permit rules for Poland are different to UK.. Maybe maybe not.

Most weather tends to come from above, so I tend to always look upwards!!

...and with the number of away meetings to come before Poole complete their 4 homes, it'll be end May/early June before new averages kick in!!

Whats all this about KL introducing 4 riders from each team each doing an individual lap before the meeting to see who gets the fastest time?? Or is this just a way of seeing if the track prep is acceptable?

...and is on the Speedway Control Bureau!!!

Lets not forget Mervyn Stewkesbury, Pete Ansell and Alan Hodder for that matter!

Some might say thats a good thing??! How about DJ Jean - 'The Launch'?!

Definitely Yes!!! My son and his best mate - both late 30/early 40 and regular fans over several years - attended their first meeting of the season on Wednesday. When the parade began and the music started, they both looked at each other and burst out laughing - and that was before we got tonked on track!! Personally although of pension age myself, what happened 70 years ago means very little to me and I really hope that after the Birthday meeting on Thursday, we can move forward. MF has mentioned 'changes to the presentation' a couple of times and I sincerely hope there are to be things of a more modern era in the pipeline.

In and out all the time.

The 2 Poles plus the 2 Aussies and 1 Swede may not find it to their liking!!! Love to be proved wrong but if we can't gate then we won't pick up anything especially at Monmore. A minimum 10-12 point win for the Wolves.

SB why don't you start the Wolves v Pirates thread so you can continue comments about Poole underperforming??!!

Absolutely!! But I'm sure CH wouldn't want to risk Buster providing a dodgy track again nor to be responsible for increasing attendance and putting more money into Buster's coffers!!

Holder's hoped for return is Poole's 70th Birthday meeting on 26th - but even that is not confirmed as yet. PK's minimum 28 day cover wouldn't have commenced until Poole's first scheduled meeting - albeit postponed - on March 30th.

Poole only proposed Wednesdays (rather than Thursdays) when there was an impasse at the AGM because 2 Championship clubs -I assume Ipswich and Redcar - threatened not to run if they weren't allowed Thursdays!! Thursdays have always been Poole's official 'rain-off' day so no issues for them.

Apologies. As a sponsor myself I was advised by a fellow sponsor that such a conversation had taken place. I presumed it was prior to the meeting but maybe it was on an earlier occasion. In any case I had no issue with the watering, it was the number of racing lines that was being suggested.

First chance to get on the forum since last night. What a disappointment for Pirate fans. Pirates were well beaten by the Robins in virtually every department - aside from PK (and he's a Swindon asset!!). I congratulated Rosco last night and don't think I can add anything else to this thread other than to question all the flack about Linus?! At least he scored in every race albeit against 'less-skilled' riders. Incidentally Glyn Taylor spent some considerable time pre-meeting chatting to some of the sponsors. In his opinion the track has several racing lines - even though they weren't apparent last night. The track prep was very different to last week due to the weather so maybe Glyn needs to sit down with the Poole riders and explain how their set-ups should be. Anyway haven't heard how Josh G is after his crash. Hope he's not injured - although if MF needs to make a temporary replacement, he has one ready made for another 28 days at least!!

I do think the 4 clubs currently occupying the top 4 positions in the Premiership table - albeit after only 1 or 2 meetings - are highly likely to be the 4 play-off teams!!!

So Rosco changes the riding order putting Bellego at 2 and Ellis at 4. Not sure if that makes any difference? Another 50-40 will do me.

Don't disagree with a home win but where does 'this Poole team will be too inconsistent' come from after just one meeting with a 10 point win?? 'This Poole team' won't even be 'this Poole team' in a week or so!!

You just have to admire a deluded wind-up!!! ps. I see Cook is missing again from the Rybnik squad today - compassionate or just not good enough?

The meeting v BV was an OK first meeting. The track alterations were good but the surface was simply too 'claggy' with all the rain, although it did get better as the evening went on. For Poole Kurtz looked the business with the others doing ok especially as the track dried out a bit (Woryna did comment beforehand that he wasn't happy with his bikes after the afternoon practice!). For BV Fricke was the clearly the star having his best performance (I think) at Wimborne Road. Ably supported by Bewley and Starke but without much support from the others (Batch and Tungate were dire!!) It may have been a little different if Cook and Worrall had ridden but then Starke and Fricke may not have scored as well. No real incidents requiring referee (Ronnie Allan) intervention - Batchelor sliding off on his own and getting off the track not even requiring a restart. Not the best meeting for a more than decent crowd but slickly presented and all done by half nine.

There's a 22 minute video on the Pirates Twitter and Facebook platforms showing interviews before the meeting with home and away riders plus the referee, followed by some action, interviews at the press conference which includes4 Poole riders, Middlo and Matt Ford.

It was originally stated it was to cover 4-6 meetings, which if it weren't for the rain-offs would be done by now!!!

I do love a bit of irony!!