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Poole V Coventry Select. 19/4/17 7.30pm


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I will be going to the meeting although some earlier clarity in the price of admission would have been helpful. I hope to see the Bee's back in Speedway soon and good luck in sorting out all the nonsense and politics that has been going on.

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Decent meeting played out in front of a smaller than average crowd. These meetings are put on for the Coventry fans. Such a shame so few fans made the effort to attend. Spoke to Silver Bee before the meeting who was gutted hardly anyone from Coventry turned up.

 

The meeting was played out ona much better track with some good racing from Hans, Brady and Jack ~holder, who probably had his best meeting in Pirates colours.

 

For Poole.

KK seemed better tonight. Absolute garbage from the ref in heat 13 allowed King the flyer of all flyers. KK pulled up immediately thinking it all 4 back but ref let it go! An unbelievable call to be honest but perhaps he should have waited for the red light. 2.5/5

 

Jack Holder was stuck in and fast and agressive. Much better. 3.5/5

 

Kerr was trying so hard. Lost points with two falls. Can't fault his efforts. 2.5/5

 

Brady class again. Would have been a max but fluffed his heat 15 and Harris and king spent three laps team riding him out until he got through for third on the line. 4.5/5

 

Hans. Class again from the captain. Some good hard riding. Good form. 4.5/5

 

Klindt battled and made some good passes. Had one bad ride. 3/5

 

Shaney tried his heart out and battled all the way. Cant ask for more. 3/5 for effort alone.

 

For Coventry.

King started well before fading.2.5/5

Neilson tried. 2/5

Garrity didn't do much. 1.5/5

Bjerre gated twice and battled with Holder well. Best Coventry rider. 3.5/5

Harris blew his bike but didn't get close to a race win. 2.5/5

Sarjeant was poor. 1/5

Bates won one race. 2/5

 

Shame Coventry fans didn't turn up in any decent numbers. Felt like a challenge meeting, low key inthat respect. Bates and Shanes back next week fir the under 21's.

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enjoyable meeting,track best its been this yr i thought.whats driving a lot of people mad this yr is the incessant playing of very very loud club music at every spare second,even when the green light is on,so loud you can hardly talk to the people around you,and the presenter needs to turn his mic back,when he starts shouting in his dorset agricultural tones its unbearable,but like i say was agood meeting

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......Steve Shovlar......Decent meeting played out in front of a smaller than average crowd. These meetings are put on for the Coventry fans. Such a shame so few fans made the effort to attend. Spoke to Silver Bee before the meeting who was gutted hardly anyone from Coventry turned up.

 

Hardly surprising is it on a Wednesday night with the majority of people working? I know if I went I'd want to spend a week there on holiday to make the journey worthwhile. :lol: There was a good attendance at Peterborough because the match was held on a Sunday afternoon and no doubt lots of Coventry fans will be at Leicester too on May 13th as it's a Saturday. Mid week meetings are difficult unless one is self employed and can afford to have two days off.

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Fair meeting for a challenge, and nice to see so many Coventry fans making the effort. :t:

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Hardly surprising is it on a Wednesday night with the majority of people working? I know if I went I'd want to spend a week there on holiday to make the journey worthwhile. :lol: There was a good attendance at Peterborough because the match was held on a Sunday afternoon and no doubt lots of Coventry fans will be at Leicester too on May 13th as it's a Saturday. Mid week meetings are difficult unless one is self employed and can afford to have two days off.

Trouble is greyhounds tend to be on at the weekend, not a lot the promotion can do about that. Plus Peterborough and Leicester are a lot nearer. I'm not sure if it was on a Sunday at Poole it would make that much difference with the distance.
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I thought there was reasonable contingent from Coventry. Vocal at least. It is a bit disingenuous to suggest that loads of people could go to a mid week meeting 3 hours away with work and families to consider. I was one of the lucky ones. And I was given a lift. A big thank you to those concerned. I was pleased to be there and enjoyed some good racing.

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Fair meeting for a challenge, and nice to see so many Coventry fans making the effort. :t:

S.S says the opposite? As Gemini stated it is midweek and most people have gone back to work. My other half was able to go and said the track and racing were good in the first half of the meeting before the track became slick. I think Cov. fans really are trying hard to attend as many meetings as possible but Poole on a Wednesday after the Easter break was always going to be a tricky one --- not everyone is retired.

 

Edited to say there wasn't a blue groove -- the track just became very slick. Apologies to Poole.

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S.S says the opposite? As Gemini stated it is midweek and most people have gone back to work. My other half was able to go and said the track and racing were good in the first half of the meeting before the blue groove set in. I think Cov. fans really are trying hard to attend as many meetings as possible but Poole on a Wednesday after the Easter break was always going to be a tricky one --- not everyone is retired.

I saw plenty of Coventry fans come in over the new grandstand side..

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Enjoyed it myself. A decent Coventry contingent around us and we enjoyed a good night's racing.

 

Andersen superb for Poole. Looks like a new man. Blew King away in 13.

 

Great battle between Bjerre and Holder as well.

 

Thanks to Poole for their hospitality. Not too bad a crowd I didn't think. Reckon the meeting might just about have paid for itself which is about all that can be hoped for from a challenge these days.

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Trouble is greyhounds tend to be on at the weekend, not a lot the promotion can do about that. Plus Peterborough and Leicester are a lot nearer. I'm not sure if it was on a Sunday at Poole it would make that much difference with the distance.

Well, it wouldn't for me as I'd still want to stay for the week if I did that journey. :D

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Right, I wanna back KK but this needs to change.

 

This team is looking really good apart from KK.

Kerr could easily have had 8 points tonight. Holder looked much better tonight and Hans and Brady are so fast.

 

But what are the options for KK.

Vaculik i would love but already said he won't ride here but you never know.

Lindback would be solid but who knows with him does he really want to do it,

Shamek P= Best option, is about to be a GP rider in the next couple of years. Would be a really good number 1.

 

Surely Matt will be making some calls. Also part of me thinks he will stay away from Polish riders.

 

 

Another question. What to do with Kerr. We surely let Newman get back to full fitness before bringing him back in.

 

This is why we need a squad system. But any ideas for who we could have for KK??

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If we're looking for non-Poles as a replacement for the disappointing KK, what about Michael Jepsen Jensen or Mikkel Michelsen? Tomas H Jonasson is still an asset... and of course Lindback, although I'm not sure Tonio is one to rely on after last year's debacle.

I'd say the best options would be Vaculik, one of the Pawlicki's, or Dudek though. Well, Magic of course, but he doesn't fit.

Not sure what Hampel and Sayfutdinov's averages are either...

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Hans on a new engine last night - looking really good

 

Could well have been Kerr's last meeting last night if Kyle is fit to return in a couple of weeks. (Kyle not quite there with his physio to have a spin last night, but not far away!) Kerr will not be at Rye on Saturday due to Scunny fixture and with Poole's next meeting after that not til 1st May, Kyle may well be back for that!!

 

As others have said some great racing last night, which leaves MF and Middlo with a bit of a dilemma re KK. I can't see any potential replacement from the GP series, unless they don't have too many other foreign league commitments. Outside of the GPs who else might there be that isn't Polish and who could be a Number 1?

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