Steve Shovlar

Then it should be moved to Friday or Sunday.

You were right all along Neil.

With due respect to Edinburgh, I think we will win up there and at home to them next Wednesday. Glasgow or Oxford? Oxford please so we can all go. No other reason. Glasgow too far to attend. Should be a classic battle between those two to get to the final.

Such a likeable lad, as is his father. Very friendly and chatty pre meetings. Good gater, just needs to build himself up a bit and be tougher on track.

First of all, I think I speak for all speedway fans no matter what club they support when hoping Anders Rowe is going to be OK and able to continue his impressive season. It was a nasty fall after being bashed off his bike by Mountain and the ref made a terrible call. With no IRR the situation looked bad for Pirates but both Newman, with a special mention to Joe Thompson, paid 10, dug deep. Zack returned to form at 4 with paid 10 beating Douglas and only Ben slightly struggled tonight but even he was getting stuck right in. Our top two were excellent. As Steve Worrall has just said, the injury to Anders fired the team up even more. A completely different look to their faces as they stood around after the meeting at WR looking forlorn. He said the teams has a great team spirit and it showed tonight. For Scunthorpe Douglas was good but not as good as he is around Poole. But he had no real back up. Palm Toft faded and then made a howler by rolling twice. Lambert started well but when Cook came charging under him he bailed out. I thought for a moment the ref would excluded Ben Cook but he called it right, no contact just hard racing. Allen was unlucky blowing up his bike. I watched the Scunthorpe v Glasgow meeting and Ablitt was terrific. Tonight we dealt with him with relative ease. As for Kemp. The reason Scunthorpe drew at Poole but tonight he was very poor. Completely went missing when he was needed. Some great racing on an excellent race track. Worth watching back. And looking forward to visiting for the KO Cup Final should Scunthorpe make it through.

You still here?

Well that was against all expectations. What a win. I am well know for being pessimistic and after last Wednesday and the abysmal performance I thought the writing was on the wall. So happy to be proved wrong. Now we mustn’t mess it up at Edinburgh.

Cook didn’t touch him.

Douglas fencing his own rider.

Roynon hasn’t said there’s anything wrong with the track. lost a 5-1there because of the loss of Rowe.

Make the most of it. It’s a rare occurrence.

He should know better.

Danny Ford infuriated. Ref said he didn’t watch replay of crash. Ford offered to go to ref box and show him. Ref declined.

If there was a big enough gap, why did Mountain wipe out Rowe?

Sounds like the ref has excluded Rowe! It was clear Mountain clattered into him. Looks like we are up against 8. Thought the ref had replays. Mountain took his legs away! Roynon said with speedway head on that was a very unfair call.

Rowe knocked off by Mountain heat one. Ambulance on track. Now in ambulance. Gutted for Anders, was a trump card for tonight.

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Sad to read Havvy’s mum passed away today. Havvy not likely to be there so guessing Dan Ford will step in. Best wishes to Havvy and family at this difficult time.

Clear favourites but I am sure the boys will fight.

Really? The way Glasgow were ripped a new one by the Scorpions three weeks ago?

Havvy

Completely calm on this one as I think we blew it last Wednesday. Would be a different story if we had a 6-8 point lead.

That’s the plan. Watch the stream after the football.

The issue is Poole Speedway are in the minority when it comes to AFCB. Many local sports fans support both. The issue is, you have to buy an AFCB ticket well in advance otherwise you will not get in. In fact getting a ticket is almost impossible, so I checked there was no clash of fixtures and got a ticket. Now, Poole have decided to go head to head against the football. So I will be at Vitality as I have already purchased a ticket. Very frustrating for myself and many other fans who want to attend both. As the others have also purchased AFCB tickets, the shortfall of fans will fall on Wimborne Road.

Of course I want a Poole win but I am a realist. You expect a 5-1 every heat LBW! A Poole win would be against all odds. Scunthorpe are on form, have momentum and are pretty much rock solid at home. For Poole to win, they must ride above themselves (possible) not have any ef’s or falls, (possible) and realistically very few last places (highly unlikely) our heat leaders must have the beating of Douglas, Palm-Toft, Allen and Lambert. Our reserves, or at least one of them, need to see off Kemp. (Unlikely) I will be watching it with fingers crossed and cheering on the boys, but expectation will be low to avoid the disappointment.