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31 minutes ago, Sidney the robin said:

Chuffed for Rowe arnieg being a Swindon asset i  want him to progress how did he do.? Be great if Gary May sticks with Atkins/ Rowe all season it will be worth it longterm.Workington showed that with young Bickley a bit of faith in someone works glad Kyle has started this year well onwards and upwards for him.

Ive known Anders since he could hardly sit on a bike,from his early days at Weymouth.

Over the last 2 weeks, Ive watched him ride at Plymouth,Kent, Berwick and Somerset. Good performances everywhere except Berwick,where most struggled anyway. By far his best was at Somerset.Always in the mix doing a great job at reserve. Pleased for him and enjoyed chatting with his grandparents too.

I agree that Rebels should stick with the reserves all season. They will only get better.

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10 hours ago, Najjer said:

What’s happened to the track again - in the week we had ‘great action’ which a few years ago wouldn’t of made the top 100 races in a season list, now from reading the updates if you move off the white line you go backwards?? Perhaps someone who was there could clarify.

Spot on Najjer , first time at the OTA this year for me.

Racing wise the track was terrible anyone who went wide went backwards.  Don't know if the possibility of rain influenced the way it was prepared. they used to rip up the outside before the start to create dirt ... not last night though. 

Rowe had a good meeting

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8 hours ago, arnieg said:

This was supposed to be a celebration of 20 years of speedway at Somerset but the atmosphere was very flat, not a particularly good crowd either.

Only Bates, Atkins and Rowe performed creditibly for the Rebs.

Best race was Jenkins holding off Todd Kurtz in ht 8

That’s both sad and worrying to hear. People perhaps just aren’t prepared to pay £16 for Chanpionship after paying near as damn it the same for Premiership speedway. As last night proves the gulf in class between the two is huge.

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1 hour ago, BobC said:

Ive known Anders since he could hardly sit on a bike,from his early days at Weymouth.

Over the last 2 weeks, Ive watched him ride at Plymouth,Kent, Berwick and Somerset. Good performances everywhere except Berwick,where most struggled anyway. By far his best was at Somerset.Always in the mix doing a great job at reserve. Pleased for him and enjoyed chatting with his grandparents too.

I agree that Rebels should stick with the reserves all season. They will only get better.

I would like to think Anders will be in the Swindon side in about 2/3 three years time.I have followed his progress since first seeing him on the mini Swindon track and i believe technically he is a very good rider.I want all the young Brits to push on and we are getting some numbers through now which is great.

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No interest in this meeting at all for me, so I stayed away. I went to the Eastbourne match but didn't enjoy the racing up to usual standard as very little outside line then. I'm not a fan of the composition of the Somerset side this year. 

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5 minutes ago, speedybee said:

No interest in this meeting at all for me, so I stayed away. I went to the Eastbourne match but didn't enjoy the racing up to usual standard as very little outside line then. I'm not a fan of the composition of the Somerset side this year. 

You and me both - it’s acrually probably the most ‘un-Somerset’ team there has been since we had Steve Johnston at number 1.

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1 hour ago, Najjer said:

That’s both sad and worrying to hear. People perhaps just aren’t prepared to pay £16 for Chanpionship after paying near as damn it the same for Premiership speedway. As last night proves the gulf in class between the two is huge.

Despite Somerset tracking 2 established Premiership heat leaders, one of which was being touted heavily as 'should have been Poole's number 1' during the winter!!!

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20 minutes ago, Skidder1 said:

Despite Somerset tracking 2 established Premiership heat leaders, one of which was being touted heavily as 'should have been Poole's number 1' during the winter!!!

Chris Harris let us down numerous times last year, he only ups his game for Poole , championship for him is to try things out , has more mechanical breakdowns in championship than premiership

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1 hour ago, Skidder1 said:

Despite Somerset tracking 2 established Premiership heat leaders, one of which was being touted heavily as 'should have been Poole's number 1' during the winter!!!

But compare the reserves, that’s the main difference. Also Somerset fans were watching the World Champion last year. For a minimal reduction that equals a big come down, especially if the racing isn’t cutting it. 

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12 minutes ago, Chris116 said:

The photo on the BSPA site with the results from this meeting show a race with the riders lined up Red, Blue, White, Yellow at the gate. Did this happen or is the photo from another meeting?

Must be another meeting as Red and Yellow have the Rebels bibs on

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14 minutes ago, Sings4Speedway said:

Must be another meeting as Red and Yellow have the Rebels bibs on

That could be from last night. 

The line up for the memorial race after ht 15 was: Todd, Brady, Holder, Harris

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42 minutes ago, Chris116 said:

The photo on the BSPA site with the results from this meeting show a race with the riders lined up Red, Blue, White, Yellow at the gate. Did this happen or is the photo from another meeting?

Heat 16 at the Oaktree last night - won by Jack Holder! :t:

They drew for gate positions.

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14 hours ago, Najjer said:

That’s both sad and worrying to hear. People perhaps just aren’t prepared to pay £16 for Championship after paying near as damn it the same for Premiership speedway. As last night proves the gulf in class between the two is huge.

I agree the gap is huge,it's certainly killed off any promotion and relegation, remember that ?

I remember a few seasons back (,before i stopped going 5 or 6 years ago) when Rebels were in the second division, the current Poole side would have been a second division side, we had Nick Morris, Josh G, and Doyle, now you are paying more for a lot less with a 38 point limit. At the end of season with the team average risen to 45 or more and riders on a false average compared to their ability,  you will weaken it further the following season.I wonder how many pensioners still go with no OAP discount? When i last attended, apart from Najjer all the people i used to see an stand with 20 or even 10 years ago no longer attended, and they can't all be dead. very sad !:sad:

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25 minutes ago, oldtimer said:

I agree the gap is huge,it's certainly killed off any promotion and relegation, remember that ?

I remember a few seasons back (,before i stopped going 5 or 6 years ago) when Rebels were in the second division, the current Poole side would have been a second division side, we had Nick Morris, Josh G, and Doyle, now you are paying more for a lot less with a 38 point limit. At the end of season with the team average risen to 45 or more and riders on a false average compared to their ability,  you will weaken it further the following season.I wonder how many pensioners still go with no OAP discount? When i last attended, apart from Najjer all the people i used to see an stand with 20 or even 10 years ago no longer attended, and they can't all be dead. very sad !:sad:

They were the days when the 2nd division was quality - we were spoiled with a great racetrack and watching a quality team of racers too. Add Charles Wright and Alex Davies to the riders you’ve named too. Quality entertainment week in week out.

You’re right on that last point too - where I stood there used to be a group of 10 or more I expect and it used to be crammed for space. Last year it was just me and Willowman.

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19 hours ago, Najjer said:

They were the days when the 2nd division was quality - we were spoiled with a great racetrack and watching a quality team of racers too. Add Charles Wright and Alex Davies to the riders you’ve named too. Quality entertainment week in week out.

You’re right on that last point too - where I stood there used to be a group of 10 or more I expect and it used to be crammed for space. Last year it was just me and Willowman.

Keep going guys, very soon you will have no Somerset Speedway to moan about, some of us still enjoy our Speedway whatever!

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13 hours ago, Buttons said:

Keep going guys, very soon you will have no Somerset Speedway to moan about, some of us still enjoy our Speedway whatever!

Nothing being ‘moaned about’ in the the two posts between me and oldtimer. More a trip down memory lane with probably the best team we ever had, especially for entertainment purposes. Remember when Alex Davies flew over the back straight fence and then came back out and won 2 races afterwards. That was quality.

I am hoping to still be able to get to a couple of matches in the summer. I asked about the track earlier in the thread and have only had replies to qualify that the outside of the track is non existent at the moment. Is that right?

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On 5/4/2019 at 8:36 AM, Najjer said:

I asked about the track earlier in the thread and have only had replies to qualify that the outside of the track is non existent at the moment. Is that right?

On Wed Yes but i understand that other meetings have been different which would suggest that it was prepared with the possibility of rain 

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8 hours ago, idh said:

On Wed Yes but i understand that other meetings have been different which would suggest that it was prepared with the possibility of rain 

There was pictures on the Facebook page of the track being watered before the meeting. Wasn’t it sunny Wednesday? 

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