SteveLyric2

Any updates on the injured riders? I note Lambert is due to ride in Latvia today?!

Well if we don't get something out of Monday's meetings then our home league season comes to an early end on Wednesday 30th. OK KL home and away plus Rebels away still to come, might just give us a reason not to book any holidays in September!!?

I think it will all be very much clearer for most teams after all the Monday meetings. At the moment I'm just pleased Poole are holding 4th place with a 4 point gap - albeit with some others having a meeting in hand.

Unlike you Gav I don't have time nor inclination to go back and look at every post. Even though I no longer have a family that prioritises my time, I do have a life!!

Oh the irony!! Talking about Swindon on the Rye House v Poole thread!!? 'If you're not intelligent enough.......then best not to comment at all'!!

Gates open 0930 for the 11 am start. Expect a quick meeting on an ultra slick track so the team (and fans) can get on the M3/M25 to Hoddesden in time for the tv!! :-)

C'mon the Rebels!! ;-)

It doesn't look as though Sweden will run a 2nd league next year according to this week's Speedy Star!! They are really up $#1t creek in Sweden and are having enough issues with their Elite league!! I have replicated most of the article in the 'International Speedway' section of this forum.

The 'Sweden' round-up in this week's Speedway Star (w/e 26th August) paints a very bad picture of Swedish League speedway in the future!! I'll try to reproduce most of the article as follows:- 'The crisis in Swedish speedway continues and in the space of 24 hours last week, it was announced that 2 more clubs were in trouble. Elite League Piraterna were among the favourites for the title this year but have endured a poor season and will almost certainly miss the play-offs. With one round left (written before this week's fixtures) there is even the chance that the Motala club will be relegated. Following the team's poor performances, crowds have gone down to an average of 2500 which is 500 lower than budgeted. As a result Piraterna have been unable to pay their riders!! Meanwhile, Allsvenskan League Ornarna are in an even worse position and have confirmed they are withdrawing from any league racing after this season. ....Interest in the Elite league remains at a high level but teams are mainly made up of foreign riders and many clubs are struggling to make ends meet. Both Smederna and Indianerna should, in reality, have folded during 2016 but they were finally able to continue after what many regarded as questionable solutions. Speedway is experiencing problems all over the world but in no other country has the sport lost so many clubs and riders in such a short time. ....It must now be doubtful if there will even be a proper 2nd tier in 2018!'​

If you just have one home/one away plus a well-structured cup competition or 2 and 6-team play offs, it might just work. Start at Easter and go through to August BH Monday before sorting the play-offs in September and the final as this season in the first week of October. Otherwise if there are a handful of clubs who want and are able to afford the top riders then let them form a small 'Super/Elite League' in say April/May (with a play-off later in the season) and then those same clubs (without the top riders) join a Championship level, 2-division Championship league for the rest of the season.

Aside from the obvious and understandable fan frustration over fixtures - I haven't seen anything anywhere that attempts to give any official explanation as to why most Premiership teams went several weeks in May/June/July without a home fixture. One might understand Swindon wishing to defer some fixtures to later in the season in the hope that they would have possession of a new stadium - but doesn't explain the situation with other clubs?!

Absolutely. after the season Poole fans have had to endure, if Poole manage to retain 4th place then that'll be considered a reasonable result all things considered - but Rye certainly look the 'form' team at the moment. If Poole manage to win Monday morning(?!) keep it close on Monday night and snaffle an away point then I'll be very happy - and incredibly relieved!! Well I know about one - whose the other?

....and there's nothing wrong with that - unless the other promotions start adding new/different rule changes to the AGM agenda to those already discussed and informally agreed!! ;-) ;-) I'm sure MF won't make too many more announcements til the AGM is done and dusted!

Swindon fans on facebook/twitter were very quick to post pictures of the excellent crowd numbers on Monday as a result of their great £5 promotion. I wonder if they will be just as quick to post pictures of tonight's crowd?

One league of 18(?) teams would mean 126 riders. Even assuming both reserves were NL riders that still needs 90 riders who are prepared or can afford to only race in one league?! That would also likely mean some sort of rider control, dictating where riders will ride. Can't see it somehow. A Premiership of 10-12 clubs with Mondays/Thursdays as the fixed race nights would work. Although fixture planning will once again prove to be a challenge with the footie World Cup taking place next year?!

So will Fricke be back from his injury? Will Cook be serving his SCB punishment for his 'fours discretion'?? The silence is deafening!!

Hougaard is missing Somerset's Wednesday and Friday meetings due to Danish commitments!! Will he come back over for Thursday?

C'mon the Wolves!! ;-)

....and Jason's grandfather did too!! ;-)

I'm only sharing what was going around amongst some fans and sponsors last night!! I guess we'll have to wait and see as in every season. You never know, some of the current Championship Thursday tracks may well be looking at Premiership status next season eg Ipswich, Sheffield?!

When in doubt bring out the "I have a family to worry about which is far more important to me than any speedway meeting" quote!! I'm really amazed that your family feature much much lower on your priority list than the amount of time you spend on every and any Poole-related topic on this forum!! Good to know your obsession with Poole is more important than your family.

I think that should say ' with Swindon thanking the BSPA for insisting that Somerset take the fixture - albeit with up to 5 guests!!'

I agree!!

I think the majority of Poole fans would agree Gavan - preferring that you trek to Belle Vue, Somerset or Wolves I mean!! BTW how were the likes of Glasgow, Sheffield, Workington, Redcar etc this season for the avid Ipswich fan?? Assume you went of course?! lol

I gather BT aren't keen to do what Sky used to do with the semi-finals ie show both on the same night!!