Steve Shovlar

Neither are anywhere near good enough imo. The opportunity to get a place in Poland is difficult in the extreme. Brennan has been around for quite a few years now and won’t get to the level of King, Lawson or Wright. He would have broken through by now. Flint certainly won’t. Both championship riders. Brennan will get further than Flint but when you compare them to Polish riders at the same age, well they are well behind the curve. People moaned left right and Center about Poole’s bumpy track, so they took out all the bumps, and now people moan about Poole’s perfectly smooth and fast track. Just perhaps they moan for moanings sake, as it’s Poole. The track was fine last night. There were some great races. Didn’t the Lawson/Batchelor/Wright race thrill? If not, then perhaps the sport is no longer for you? The track is there and allows riders to produce great races, if they wish to go for it. We see it often enough in league meetings here. Just perhaps, riders not in contention were not pushing it as they had nothing to gain? And Riders like Masters, Pickering, King, etc are very hard to catch if they gate? Pretty sure the crowd there last night enjoyed the whole meeting, even if it was too long and drawn out. Blame the ref not the club.

Well done to Sam Masters on his win. Never really in doubt once he had proved his fitness at the start of the meeting. The fact that he loves it at Poole just added to the likelihood of him being the winner. Big well done to Danny King on securing second spot and to a deserved Louis Kerr third. Unlucky in Douglas who had to withdraw from the final. The meeting was played out in front of a good crowd. Perhaps a tad down on last weeks league meeting but still very good. No other club would have got close to the attendance so it’s no surprise it ended up at Poole. The crowd were appreciative of all the riders and all received warm applause all evening. I thought the meeting could have been pushed on at a faster pace by ref Christina Turnbull. It was an extra 7 heats so the parade should have been at 7.20 with first heat at 7.30. With track grades every 4 heats and an interval at heat 12 it was always going to finish late. Add to that riders changing their back tyre for the semi, the add on a demolition of the safety fence in the final and it was a long night. Luckily the atmosphere and racing was good enough to keep everyone in the stadium very happy. Not the best meeting at Poole this year but certainly not bad. Of course meetings like this are not the same passion wise as a proper Poole league meeting but that’s how these meetings go. Masters a worthy winner if it was expected, and a Pirate finishing runner up. Next week is Middlos testimonial. A very good lineup and fingers crossed for decent weather and a big crowd.

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Nasty crash in final. Been a cracking meeting in front of a good sized crowd. Some very tough and aggressive first bends. Great nights entertainment. Delay in final as the first bend is demolished.

Being Champions.

Dry all day. Plymouth track is a disgrace. When Poole were down there a hole appeared on the third bend with billowing dust for the last few heats. The track man down there should be sacked. Clueless. Imagine the frustration of the Glasgow fans who have made the huge journey down? And don’t come back say the Poole track is crap blah blah blah.. Plymouth should hang their heads in shame.

All day to fix a track, get a big crowd in, and then call it off. Shocking stuff.

Leicester would choose us at their peril. They won’t repeat their win earlier this season. And Poole’s record at Leicester is very good.

Enjoyable meeting that. Made hilarious by Havvys comments.

Jordan Jenkins take a bow young man. Excellent performance.

Nasty crash for Cook there. Just a racing incident with Wright. Cook has been on great form tonight.

That’s a disgraceful decision to exclude Kerr. Makes no sense however you look at it.

Leicester will never pick us in the semis. Not a chance.

I quite fancy finishing third and getting 2 extra meetings. Keeps the boys active and race fit.

Redcar are terrible. Making a weak looking Glasgow team look good. Really poor from Redcar. Fancy our chances against them. No worries of finishing third. Poole will be very hard to beat over two legs. Fancy a Leicester v Poole final.

Havvy sounds ill. Not healthy at all. Wish him well.

Maybe so but is a waste of a rider slot.

No have to suck it up but brings nothing. A rider well past his prime has a good meeting to the detriment of the event.

Nowhere near GP rider quality. Be as bad or worse than Bertzon. Appalling qualifier.

Bewley will qualify on merit anyway. Lambert might get a call as wildcard.

Nilsson offers nothing to the series. Disasterous.

Forgot it was on until 5 mins ago.

Bloody KIM Nilsson is going to qualify. Terrible.