SteveLyric2

So now we've had 'Zagar-gate'; 'Goggle-gate' and now 'Tun-gate'!!?

Well done Bjarne getting 5th!!

...but Brady was also in the Poole pits with Jack Holder for many of the Pirates meetings last season - and they have a little more(?!) short term security over their track plus of course he is under Darcy's wing and lives at Middlo's!! :-) :-) :-)

I wonder what the Robins recent new 50% owners think about the latest news?! ...And as prominent local business people, do they have any positive influence with the Planners/developers/councillors?

Yep great innit?! 5th in the Danish Championship yesterday and reserve for a couple of weeks in June/July! :-)

...and we are assuming that Issue 15 is all correct?! ;-)

Poole haven't any meetings til 29th so at least one more set of averages to take effect, to include Wednesday's meetings.

I thank you sir!!

Strange then that 'Updates' were reporting a hole on bends 3-4!! When I first read that, I thought it said 'tissues' - and assumed he was upset at having to leave?!

There won't be any new meetings in June. Anything not currently in the fixture list will be late in the season, if at all!!!

It was a struggle to get a decent enough field of quality riders. Many of the top boys already have a full diary and even if they are able to fit it in their money demands might make it unviable for the promotion and the fans?!

you can get injured riding anywhere.. How's the shoulder Tai??

MF looks in the same places as CVS, Rosco and Hemsley - but the cupboard is bare!!

So are the rumours true? Have Wolves seen the last of Bech?

There was some talk about a Team GB v Aussie mini series but not sure if its happening? Darcy's meeting will take place (in August I believe) on one of the currently spare dates. Other than those, once we are into July then I don't see many 'open' dates other than the usual WC week?! Perhaps its to get a feel for a 'one league' set-up with more fixtures or running a reduced EL schedule plus a PL (not NL) team?!

With more to come!!!

I thought the current SGP leader got on with it very well at both Swindon on Monday and Poole last night!! As was stated a few times on the Sky meeting yesterday, if the track is below par and unusually prepared (too much rain etc) it usually benefits the away team as evidenced at Wimborne Road last week (A result I have no qualms over---- but Poole did have Kylmakorpi guesting!!) I admit to finding it a little strange that Peter Adams singled out former Lakeside rider Bech for not being able to give advice to his fellow riders but did not have a similar go at former Lakeside -and more experienced - rider Kylmakorpi?! If I had been in Adams shoes I would have told him shut the f#*k up and get on with it. A bit like MF told all the Poole riders!!

Just to give a slight clarification to Matt Ford's programme notes referred to by Shovy - What was actually printed was "This is our last home meeting for a long time and at some point later in the season, we plan to gather the thoughts of our supporters as to whether or not you would like to see more speedway. ...Of course, we realise there are financial implications. If we ran more often, would people be able to afford to attend the extra meetings? I would be interested to gauge the feeling." To me this reads more like sounding out the fans for next season rather than this. Maybe all clubs will be seeking their fans opinions as to how speedway might be structured in the future. Many have been questioning the longer term sustainability of the EL in particular - maybe fans views will be fed back to one of the BSPA's pre-AGM meetings.??

Well everyone has to have 2. For the likes of Poole, Wolves, Leicester and Swindon there just aren't enough decent quality Brits around!! Although quite what that has to do with anything I'm not sure??

Just watched the meeting on 'Catch-up' as I was out watching some other decent speedway at Wimborne Road. It struck me that as good a rider as Kylmakorpi can be, he seemed like 'the bad apple' in the Wolves team. Complaining about the track and clearly very vocal in the pits, is that why Wolves fell away in the latter stages? Having chosen to voice his 'concerns' to the Sky audience about the tracks at Poole and Lakeside, I was reminded of exactly 12 months ago when he led the infamous Coventry riders' refusal to ride in the rain-affected defeat to Poole!! I wonder how many more guest bookings he'll get this season? Oh and by the way he top-scored for the Wolves!!!!!

Poole were trying to rearrange their home meeting with Leicester for Monday 20th June - everything agreed between the 2 clubs and no objection from Wolves (the senior Monday club), BUT it was then pointed out that England are playing Slovakia in the Euros with a 8pm start!! If Poole's opponents had been anyone other than Leicester, I'm sure MF would have taken the risk?! ;-)

Buzz scored 7 + 2 and deservedly picked up the Meridian Lifts Rider of the Night award. The track had been bladed and was very smooth. After Poole's away win on Monday the riders asked for the track to be prepared very slick - which it was!! When interviewed at the end, all riders said how good the track was, with many racing lines as was evident from the racing in several heats. Now we have 4 weeks off with no meetings home or away!!!

Really??!! 4 miles in which direction?/ Its dry as a bone 5 miles eastwards at 3.55pm!! Latest local forecast was no rain at all.

Apart from last Monday, Poole have performed pretty well on it considering. Unfortunately what Chris says about 'Away teams adapting to a track once or twice a year' doesn't really hold up for Poole's own away performances prior to Swindon - which is what MF was giving most of the verbal rollicking for.

Should be ok for Steve Worrall then - last week's Rider of the Night!!! :-)