SteelShoe

Another very entertaining meeting with some great Speedway, well done to both teams for that. The difference today was Monarchs reserve Jordy Loftus who scored more points than the total accumulated by Batch, Vinnie, Niklas and Max for the Comets. Huge thanks to guest Nicolai Klindt who was quite simply different class today, he tried single handedly to get us over the line but as a collective we were not up to the task. If Jonas had been riding today I believe we would have suffered our 4th defeat at home in the league from 6 meetings. There is still time to make team changes and I wouldn't blame the management for going down this avenue. We scrapped well to salvage a point with the 5-1 in heat 15 so well done Nicolai and Drew Kemp for that because it would have been harsh to get nothing from the meeting and was at least some consolation for the home fans.

Aye you got more than a brief mention on BSN last night as well during the Scunny v Redcar meeting . Something to do with having the same name as someone famous. No mention of any royalties though. 😂

dry at the track for last couple of hours and no rain forecast for rest of day on weather channel.

yeah, there probably won't be enough rain to preclude watering so think Steve will need to be busy as usual with regards this.

We definitely need a win right now which will require a collective pulling together to achieve that objective. Getting turned over again at home is not acceptable so it is up to the team to give the fans something to shout about which generally hasn't been the case in the last two home meetings. Come on you Comets lets have some fight . 👊

Me too.

Not quite sure how that could have been missed over here. Shocking if it was.

I wasn't being picky mate, just thought you would want to know bearing in mind the circumstances .👍

Did you have your glasses on when you compiled this Neila . Think an edit is in order marra , it is Jay not Jat and Cartmell has 2 L's .👍

Craig was nominated for a Golden Double ride in heat 18 because his team were more than 6 points behind. It looked like Craig thought he would be starting from the tapes but the rules stated 15 metre handicap. He came off gate 4 and stuck to the outside line getting nowhere on what was a track slicker than usual compounded by challenging weather with sun and strong breeze. Don't think Craig finished the race. He didn't come out for his final race in heat 20 and took no part in the semi finals. Charles Wright also took no part in the semi finals but his team Deadfire Demons won the team event with 30 points. He was impressive being unbeaten in his 4 rides. Of the Scandinavians 21 year old Dane Rasmus Pedersen (9 points) was the pick on the day imo with fellow Dane 18 year old Patrick Kruse (7 points) along Swedish riders 25 year old Anton Karlsson and 22 year old Ludvig Selvin with 6 points each not far behind.

Probably true now JJ has found some form, he fits for Bowes, that new engine must be a good one.

Choice of guest a little surprising. Must have been an acute shortage of available candidates. Bomber admits he is not a gater which is so important at Poole, also usually a critic of track prep at Wimbourne Road ie too slick for him to gain up lost ground. Troy Batch may well have returned more points but that is also not a given. Good to see Berwick keep it tight and I think the momentum could well be with the Bandits now but you never know in Speedway, team circumstances and fine margins come to mind. Should be a good contest on a track where fast gating is also very important, who will have their gating gloves on ? .

16 points down after 7 heats we never gave ourselves a chance. 8 points from our top 5 in 10 races to start the meeting as opposed to 25 from the Tigers top 5 was an inexplicable hard watch. The next 10 races in comparison delivered 19 including a retirement from Drew Kemp. The Tigers came out meaning business and quite simply left us for dead. Some great races in the second half of the meeting helped ease the pain but the deficit was never less than 12 points. Overall it was a disappointing team performance . Drew Kemp had a Comets debut that he will want to forget as it certainly was forgettable. Well done the Tigers easily the best team today.

Yeah, quite an intriguing fixture this. I'm sure the GT Tyres arena track will suit the likes of Mario Hausl and KJP, while Bomber, Howarth and Flint need no introduction. Freddie Hodder will also be full of confidence after his top performance in the win at Oxford Wednesday evening. Going to be another close encounter I fancy. Hopefully Vinnie can be solid in the difficult No 2 position. Jordy Loftus in as a guest for Niklas has shown decent form for the Monarchs at Northside so a repeat will be most welcome and I'm looking forward to the battles between the reserves. A repeat of the form shown by Comets debutant Drew Kemp for the Berwick Bandits last season will hopefully help get us over the line . UTC !!!

Pleased we have managed to secure a really solid rider at championship level to replace Craig. Can have mechanical issues at times and be a little guilty on occasions of retiring prematurely but he has a bit of class when he is in the mood. Looking forward to seeing him round Northside a track he goes well at.