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Hardly just a few dozen. The queues were out to the main road at one point. Biggest crowd at Poole since the last big crowd! PS a good night for the SRBF collection too!

What a great meeting that was!! Fastest heat times of the season again! Poole looking very strong - even Dak who had bike problems in his first 3 heats was not far off the pace. No-one could live with Holder and Janowski. Well done too Agent Ward, the first part of your 2015 mission is complete. We will see you in 3 weeks for part 2. (Just for the conspiracy theorists!) Terrific atmosphere and only one (very) poor refereeing decision - in heat 8 by Tony Steele.

Hit the nail on the head there C4G. Where Darcy or Chris or Magic ride next year will be down to what the team building rules are and where the riders themselves want to ride - UK or not?!. Swindon at the moment (or from 1st August at least) have a similar problem especially if the 'only 2 over 7 points rule' is retained? If Swindon attempt to manipulate Batch's end of season average, then that may not do their play-off chances any good!! As far as Poole are concerned, as Matt's preferred starting option for this season was Darcy and Magic then I don't see his mind changing much for 2016!!

He was $#it hot - so maybe there was some of that Polish sausage left in them!!

Jon Cook has said 'in excess of 2000'! Very pleased he was too!

No quibble there - Poole and Darcy! Will probably have a beer with Rosco too.

So I guess Rosco will try to get Hans again for Morris? The reserve is anyone's guess. With Davey not 100% and Zengota flying - this could be very close.

Just as a matter of interest, last Saturday Poole's Matt Ford was on BBC Radio Solent's Sports show for over an hour. During the discussion he mentioned that there was a promoter 'actively pursuing' the Oxford licence, with a view to reintroducing speedway sooner rather than later!!

Anyone got Mr Trumps' number??!!!

I've told everyone before - Havvy and Middlo have it all agreed!!

wooooossshhhh!!

I hear the BSPA may do away with the rule of only 2 x 7+ pointers for the 2016 team building - in the interest of strengthening the EL!!!?

Just as well theres no Swindon meeting that Thursday!!

Including the T/R?!

He did blow an engine and had a fall in Poland yesterday whilst scoring 8 points.

Sky have started their live Monday Night footie games by then!!

What do you mean IF he wants to return?!

Excellent post - 100% agree. ps. re KK's 'slump' - does anyone really know whats going on with him? Is he refusing to do interviews? It would make a good article for the Star to run. Love him or loathe him I'm sure most fans would like to know.

You can get that from the Crystal Maze can't you?!

I find that amazing as Kyle Newman has been having his worst spell for a while - still if that's what the administrators are saying.....!

Ah yes the old 'independent management' argument solves everything!!? Nobody has been able to name anyone (either individually or as a committee) that is truly independent ie without any allegiance past or present to any club!!

I presume the FIM have offered no objection to his immediate return to league racing in 3 countries as its within the respective organisations rules and regs for him to do so. Same thing applies to BSI if they so wish!

Of course it discredits the sport - breaking the rules always runs the risk of discrediting a sport. The issue of whether the meeting should have started and whose responsibility that falls to for Sky meetings, is why I have support for Coventry's stance on that matter (see my post). Once both teams had agreed to start the meeting then other rules come into play, including a result standing once heat 10 is reached if conditions are deemed unsafe/waterlogged/ whatever. Mick Horton was clearly seen on Sky saying that if an inspection was going to be held after heat 9 then 'we might as well go on to heat 10'!! Chris Harris was clearly ready to go out for heat 10 but was instructed by the management not to - thereby breaking the rule for which the SCB hearing was held. Poole did absolutely nothing wrong in those circumstances - something that Havvy and Horton both stated subsequently. Its not Poole that have publicly prolonged this sorry episode - its the Coventry management. In fact when their appeal to the ACU fails, I wonder if there could be a further fine for bringing the sport into further disrepute?! Just to repeat myself again, I fully support Coventry's attempt to get clarification of where the responsibility lies in calling off a Sky meeting - assuming of course that they and all other clubs don't already know the answer - because I find it very difficult to accept that this situation would not have been discussed and procedures agreed when the Sky contract began or was renewed - but that's just my opinion?!

So breaking the rules and punishing the culprit is now a 'petty issue'?! As far as any attempt to overturn the decision and match result is concerned, I just think its foolish. As I've said before why would the ACU overturn a decision made by a panel including 2 ACU members? What I have every sympathy with Coventry for - as it will affect all clubs - is their attempt to have clarified and confirmed whose responsibility it is and when, if a Sky meeting is to be called off for bad weather?! I hope the answer to that is made fully public so that we all know once and for all!

Happy 50th Birthday today Rosco.