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Hope this is okay to post on here -Just had 2 of my freinds have to drop out from coming out to Torun. I have 2 tickets in section E (Upper Teir row 1). Open to offers. Face price is 220zlCheers Andy

Hope this is okay to post on here - Just had 2 of my freinds have to drop out from coming out to Torun. I have 2 tickets in section E (Upper Teir row 1). Open to offers. Face price is 220zl Cheers Andy

I know of someone who was looking at Sponsoring Poole before Volvo picked it up as a tax break and after looking at the demographic of the supporters and speaking with another big firm who sponsor another club/riders they decided that putting money into the sport would not reflect well on there company. One thing he said to me was after reading message boards (It was the poole one at the time) was that it was like listening to kids squabble in the playground. I had a meeting with him for some projects i have with them in the next few months and mentioned in passing that the club was for sale - He laughed and said no fool will buy it - Cant really argue with it can you. Hopefully someone will though as it would be a shame to see it disapeer.

Risky move if the Poles hold firm though! Seems silly to make it public if they decide not to lift there rule - Unless Matt thinks a bit of pressure from a local paper will sway there descion!?!

Am i the only one on here thinking the Poles are not crazy with this whole situation regaurding 3 league limit?? They have the best league in the world, the best riders and solid teams, the best stadiums and the most supported meetings - Why wouldnt they want to protect there product? Okay it sucks that we miss out, but Speedway in this country has been miss managed for years and the product has been cut so much that we now have 2nd division team line ups in the top flight. You cant blame the riders for putting the most effort/resources into a job in Poland as the rewards are far more than they could ever expect over here. Good on the Poles for making a stand i say!

Theres a joke in there about certain speedway riders who have been lucky not to have been drug tested!

Social media will always win over a coffee shop - To do retail well costs a lot of money and with speedway as its primary focus you will put a lot of people off who arnt into or dont know about the sport off going in in the forst place. Social media is very affordable and can be managed for a low cost, then you let your fans do the bulk of the work. One thing i know they do in Poland is visit Schools and charitable organisations and give back to the community - This obviously isnt just good will but it shows kids the sport and all of us who have kids know they have dragged us along to stuff we didnt really want to go to! Give out a few free kids tickets and they will have to come with a parent - May hook a few long term supporters too.

I havent heard plans to - Think the cost involved is too much for them to consider. Short sighted in my opinion - Maybe someone needs to drop a copy of field of dreams over to Matts! If you build it they will come. Everyone wants a good race track, after all without it you will struggle to get good racing. I work in the motocross industry and those who dont invest in there tracks do not see a good return. I know Matt has been offered help in the past with various improvements and promotional ideas but they never get implimented due to either short term costs involved or lack of effort. Its a shame as it seems ego has got in the way at times.

I wouldnt see that as a trolling post. Im a Poole fan and have spent plenty of time on the centre green over the years and id agree with you - The same holes have been there for years and its not a lot of riders favourite place to race - I think its fair to say there is room for improvement!

I dont think the track is even the main problem - I gather there were a lot of personal issues going on with CH that Matt didnt agree with and was pretty blunt over at the end of 2016 and think thats not going to be fixed over night.

From what i gather from speaking to one of CH's sponsors, he has no intention in riding for Poole again. Has Matt made the call to KK yet!?!? ;-) What average is Bjane on!?! ;-)

I havent posted in quite a long time as life is pretty hectic, but i have just read through a shed load of pages on this thread to catch up - Seems everyone is freinds as usual! ;-) Its a shame it looks like Hans wont be back - Nice guy and very experienced. As for CH seems thats looking doubtful - I was chatting with a customer of mine who has helped him out over the years and he said he doubts he will be back at Poole - disapointing as he is on a bargin average for the amount of talent he has - Shame to see his personal issues look like they have got in the way over the past few years. As for the first 4 signings they look pretty good - Poles tend to be a risk but like many i remember the year matt had Hans and Krystoff Cigeilski (SP) at reserve (from memory) and that panned out alright! Nice to see Josh back - very nice lad and has a good racing head on his shoulders - Hopefully Matt can pull a "Big" name out the hat to take the pressure off Brady. Andy

Personally i think they should ban him too - If it means he gets a wake up call it can only be a good thing. He is out of the hunt to be world champion now so what else has he really got to race for?? A couple of things that seem odd to be about the incident- 1- Obviously he has said he had bad family news and thats why he had a drink, but im surprised he wasnt with anyone who could have stopped him. 2- Having obviously had a few the night before he must have known he was likley to fail the test, so why not cry off with a fake injury and save himself all this drama? Rules are rules and im sure we'd all be up in arms if he had hurt someone as a result of riding with drink in him. In my younger days when i raced motocross i went out the night before and had a few and we went out testing the next day and i felt fine - After a lap or two the adreniline kicked in and i felt pissed again - needless to say the bike went back in the van and i learnt a lesson. It would be a shame if he pissed his talent up the wall, but unless he has good people pointing him in the right direction i fear he could throw it all away.

Thanks for that - Would be good to find another meeting, or i can see we are just going to have to sample the local beer on sunday instead!!

Hi all, Im taking my Dad, brother and brother in law over to Torun for our first overseas SGP (finding a time when were all available has been a nightmare!!). We have tickets, flights and hotels all booked and were due to come home Monday Morning, but have heard that Torun often run an invitational meeting on the Sunday? I havent been able to find any info on it though? Would be nice to catch another meeting while we are out there. Anyone have any details of a meeting either in Torun or Gdansk (where we fly back home from) on the Sunday after the GP? Thanks, Andy