RebelDan

Excellent crowd and Poole can only beat what is in front of them, but it wasn’t a great meeting, not much passing as it was so on sided. Poole look very strong, Oxford look well short. Haven’t seen the Cook brothers for a while they are excellent, great to see Scotty still giving it everything at 44, top class.

Travelling from Devon for this one looking forward to it.

Attending the reverse fixture looking forward to it

There shouldn’t be. If you can’t put the ‘entertainment of the racing product first’ then you will never continually grow the sport as the spectacle won’t be there. It’s all well and good picking these nice stadiums in City centre locations, but if the track and racing are garbage the TV audience won’t be attracted. There lies the problem with the organisers, their picking good cities/locations but they’ve completely compromised the racing which won’t attract many back or support growth in global TV numbers. It needs a balance of stadia/racing quality.

A truly dreadful meeting of follow the leader on a crap track. I took two newbies to their first meeting and was royally embarrassed. The Bewley win saved the show - well done Dan. I don’t buy all the razzmatazz of “yeah but it’s Cardiff”, first and foremost the racing has to be right, and time and time again we’ve seen if you give these boys a decent track they will put on a spectacular show. The organisers really need to sort this out as it’s been happening far too long - sort the bloody GP tracks out. The crowd looked at least 10,000 down on the usual Cardiff crowd which was a shame.

Just back home. A decent meeting without being great, I felt for Oxford, as if the enigma that is Troy Batchelor of heat 9 had turned up in his other rides, Oxford would have coasted it. The other five Oxford riders were all good value. Lawson was excellent for Poole but they were there for the taking tonight. An excellent atmosphere as ever at Wimborne Road.

Thanks pal that’s very helpful. I’ll be a neutral so I’m just looking for a good meeting it’s been 3 years since I’ve been to Poole, I couldn’t get there last year as my lad wasn’t well. I’m looking forward to a good safe meeting for all involved.

I thinking of going to the return meeting at Poole tomorrow - can you pay at the gate ? Any advice on what to time to get there and where to park away from the stadium ? Thanks Dan

Every race was over after the first bend , it was 15 heats of follow the leader. The meeting was a complete borefest and like the video

I agree - Ruml was riding quite well at the end of the season and looked like he could have been a decent prospect, I can only assume Ruml and the last riders average don’t fit or maybe he didn’t fancy returning. It looks a more balanced team than last season

So “the roadblock” joins the Gladiators, Hans will be formidable at home

Probably the worst series in a while - there was what one decent GP out of the 11 rounds in Wroclaw on the 2nd night? The rest were awful mainly down to a poor choice of venue or poor track preparation the riders deserve much better from the organisers.

There is a bias by a few posters connected with Plymouth that start glowing about the track and racing even if it’s 15 heats of processional racing ! Some of the comments about last nights meeting are a classic example the above quote sums it up in contrast to certain posters. It’s like some are on the payroll! I’ve been to most meetings and I’d say the following : 1. Well done to the promotion on a slick presentation and providing competitive speedway in the south west especially after the Rebels sad demise. Thank you for live speedway ! 2. The racing is compromised by its shape and size and anyone disputing that needs to be objective and the racing is sometimes very processional , but the size does none the less keep the racing close. If the track could ever be widened that would be hugely beneficial but I expect it is cost prohibitive.I’ve seen many riders bust a gut for 4 laps on the outside and they have simply gone backwards. 3 . The people are very friendly and welcoming and it’s a very pleasant evening out - again well done to the club and all the volunteers connected with the club. Finally I wish the club all the best over the winter and I look forward to returning again in 2022.

I don’t think many of the Somerset team from 2016 have improved that much IMO in the last few years, there will generally always be exceptions like Bewley ,Lambert etc and riders on an upward trajectory. Allen, Tungate, Wright, Josh G, Strake from 2016 have all broadly found their level mainly doubling up between the two leagues over many years and aren’t significantly improved riders from 2016, but granted perhaps a little more consistent and naturally experienced.

Can’t agree the 2nd division is a lot weaker than a few years ago.The Somerset team of 2016 wouldn’t be out of place in the current top tier: Josh Grajczonek, Rohan Tungate, Charles Wright, Jake Allen, Bradley Wilson-Dean, Paul Starke, Zach Wajtknexht