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Yes well done the Aces - you deserved the win, but Poole are not yet out of it with likely r/r for Kerr at the NSS tomorrow. Kurtz looked and was really quick and a lot more 'gutsy' than last year - good improvement. Shanes worth more than what he scored. Heat winners were on average 1 full second faster than last week against Wolves!! KK managing to score more than Chris Holder at KL yet still not happy with his engine or set-up. New engine for next time!! Its not over til its over!! :-)

I'm fairly certain that the facilities at the Ricoh are far better than any British speedway venue - including the NSS. So if the 'product' includes the venue facility as well as the VFM of the racing then I would agree.

why???

Sorry to be a little pedantic Rob B but Poole's main sponsors are 'Volvo Cars Poole' so it is the "Volvo Cars Poole Pirates" rather than the "Poole Volvo Cars Pirates"!! ps. Nice dry sunny day in Poole at the moment.

I blame Kings Lynn for bringing Darcy over!!!!! ;-) ;-)

You forgot to include the emoticons at the end, Aces51!!

Surprised nobody has mentioned the likes of Gary Havelock, Steve Schofield, Scott Nicholls and the late Lee Richardson as far as Poole are concerned. How far do people want to go back? Malcolm Simmons, Michael Lee......................

Well it was BV that turned Poole over last May on a terrible track and that was the impetus that got the track well and truly sorted for the rest of last season - nice and smooth with hardly any bumps or holes! Track preparation on a meeting to meeting basis is a separate issue and can be very weather-dependant during the lead up to the day as well as on race day itself. I actually think that BV will win - just - on aggregate over the 2 legs. (Could be a battle of the rolling starts and who gets away with it most?!) :-)

Kyle Newman to receive a donation from the Poole Riders Equipment Fund before the BV meeting on Wednesday. The donation will then be enhanced by Hans and Nicolai (and maybe the rest of the team?!) each donating one point from their night's earnings to the donation. Great gesture and great team spirit already!!

Definitely the Mail on Sunday - and on a prominent right hand news page too!!

Dates and meetings should be available soon. The proposed list has been sent to the clubs and there will need to be a few fixture date changes to be sorted out before the schedule is made public.

Thought this had all been sorted for speedway!!?

Amongst the several comments made by Swindon's Colin Pratt in this week's Star was the statement that the new (revised) team building limit after the first set of new averages has yet to be decided!! Apparantly someone within the BSPA hierarchy has been appointed to set the new figure but nothing has been announced or advised to the clubs as yet!!

£2.50 from next week Starry - according to the guys on the gate!!! Shame the money doesn't go to Speedway, who have no control over the car park as you know?!

Of course they do. The site is theirs to manage as they see fit. I believe there is also a car boot on Sundays. There is also a Day Nursery attached to the Champs Bar. Don't know how much the Council charge them for the lease?

Good news from Kyle thank goodness - only 4-6 weeks out with minor muscle tears around the fractured shoulder blade. No op required - just a fitness and physio plan.

Stadia UK have the lease to manage the whole site. They take all the revenue from parking, bars and the restaurant. The car park is used substantially during the day time by lots of different office and hospital staff and usually clears out from 5pm onwards to allow the speedway parking to commence on meeting days.

According to Colin Pratt in the Speedway Star this week the whole BT Sport TV schedule has been issued to clubs, although not seen anything publicly as yet other than the British Championship in June. It would appear that BT want quite a few meetings in school holidays - presumably to get big(ger) crowds.

What price is parking at Blunsdon this season? Stadia UK increasing the charges at Poole to £2.50 for Speedway from April!!!

Incidentally, I found out Wednesday that as KK missed official Polish practice earlier in the week whilst riding for Poole at Monmore, he was instructed to practice on Friday after Thursday's Golden Helmet qualifier and before Saturday's meeting.

Ah yes I see Gav's back from his 'sabbatical' and straight onto the Poole threads!!! Nice hols Gav???

Not sure if KK is available for the away leg or the Leicester meeting the day after. Results in Poland will determine that.

Well I was more than pleasantly surprised with last night's Poole performance, having previously suggested that this 1-7 (Newman aside) were unlikely to make the playoffs imo!! The heat one 1-5 reverse added to my fears. As far as the track was concerned, with rain at around 5pm and the continued chance of showers all evening and the debacle of last Friday, much of the 'sludge ' had been taken off leaving a very slick and dusty surface, even producing the return of the infamous 'blue groove' which has not been evident for a couple of years!!! No holes or bumps in evidence around the track and the crowd were treated to a strong Poole performance especially by the reserves. As others have said, what a home debut by young Shanes. Looking forward to seeing him under the 2017 race format.

He has a meeting in Gdansk at 2.30 pm on Saturday - so maybe a flight issue. Same reason why Lebedevs was not originally included in the Leicester pairing?!

They forgot to install a 'Turn Left' sign on the 1st bend!!!!