Steve Shovlar

And vice versa. Ridiculous meeting the same club so many times in the first part of the season. At least the weather is set fair and no chance of a rainoff for either legs.

Cierniak had drifted out allowing the other rider up the inside. Tough but fair call. Think he could still win it tonight. Rowe has done good considering no prep. Blue massive gate advantage.

The right call. Harsh to either rider.

So Hancock helping Anders in his corner. But of a coup for Rowe. Seems to be listening to the 3 times WC.

Great heat 7 and ride from Pollstad. Well done to Rowe. Keeping the GB flag flying well.

Good meeting tonight played out in front of a large crowd in balmy summer sunshine, unlike last night when most were freezing their bits off. Pirates under par but way too strong for a top heavy Oxford tea . Masters was excellent but lucky to get the full Monty in heat 15 after being beaten to the first bend by Ben Cook, only for the ref to call it back as Masters had rolled. Special mention for Scott Nicholls who had a titanic race with the Cooks in heat 9. And in heat 15 when he took a purler after crossing the curb which caused him to flip. Bruised ribs the result. Pirates into the final where it will be Scunthorpe, Birmingham or Redcar. Don’t mind or care who we meet. Bring it on!

Artem Laguta named to ride!

Meeting delayed due to sun causing riders issues entering first bend.

Artem Laguta rides in Steve Worrals testimonial in two weeks time. Big coup for Steve.

Big crowd here tonight and very warm compared to us freezing last night. Tshirts tonight.

Stream Should be starting about now. The is a human help desk if your stream fails to work. Wont be an issue. Stream from iphone to smart tv via screen share.

He rolled Rob. Big time. Everyone saw it, including yourself. If he hadn’t rolled, he wouldn’t have had the advantage to take the lead. Should have been called back. Why do you think all the Poole fans were making such a racket about it after the heat? And we had a better view of it than yourself. If it was rolls reversed you would have been incensed.

Morley strengthens Plymouth at home. Very good around there. Strake’s heart just didn’t seem to be in it this season. A year too long in the sport for him?

Hope the trackman has been flooding the track today. Warm, sunny and breezy. Going to be a tough job keeping the dust at bay.

He was off gate 4 and clearly moved. You were stood with Alan who said to me after the meeting he couldn’t believe Kerr got away with that one. Check your specs!

Very good meeting tonight and they way Poole fought back when 8 down was pretty impressive. Considering 13 and 15 had Nicholls, unbeaten at that point, and Sam Masters off 1 and 3 in both, the pirates could have been looking to pull back up to 16 points in the return. But Worrall produced a great ride in heat 13 and Lawson got ahead of Masters for a surprise 2-4 to dent Oxfords hopes and in heat 14 ripped out any realistic chance with a 1-5 to go two up. Nicholls and Masters gated to win the meeting for Oxford in heat 15 but Poole had negated the risk and it would be a major upset if Pirates don’t go through to the final. Ref Durno excelled himself though in heat 9 allowing a clear and obvious flyer for Kerr. The whole stadium saw it but the ref turned a blind eye. Poor show. Special mention for Kyle Newman with his paid 13. Going to miss his scoring prowess when he swaps with Rowe.

Outrageous roller from Kerr in heat 9 which the whole stadium saw except the Ref Durno.

I was going through some old tapes when I found sone very amateur footage of the 2006 ELRC at Poole which I had forgotten I filmed from my position in the grandstand. I had no way of capturing this so steamed it to my tv and filmed off it with my iPhone. There is a little reflection but it’s watchable for standard definition. A couple of the riders are still active like Pedersen, Nicholls, KK. Many have retired but good to see Adams, Loram, Hancock, Hamill, Wiltshire, Jensen, Crump and Boyce throwing it about and Adam Shields, Simon Stead and others making up the numbers. Don’t think footage of this meeting is available anywhere else. Pretty good final as well.

All four Pirates come through tonight unscathed and in decent form. Lawson had a solid meeting and we should be at full strength for tomorrow night. Looking forward to it.

Could be excluded for that.

It’s now on!

Don’t have it. Dozens of Eurosport channels from different countries but 5 extra is not working for me.

I don’t pay for any subscription channels. Well £35 a year for a worldwide 4k streaming service of thousands of channels. Unfortunately Discovery + is not there.

Me too. Virtually every sports channel this side of the moon but not discovery plus. Been through over 1500 channels looking for it.

Well I don’t have discovery plus so that’s no use.