old bob at herne bay Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 Len too slow - like me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur54 Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 42 minutes ago, old bob at herne bay said: Len too slow - like me Makes Paul Hurry look fast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVEHOLS54 Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 58 minutes ago, Jason.C said: Smetana confirmed https://poole-speedway.com/news/view/2021-17-02-SMETANA-READY-TO-CZECH-IN Well I was way out on that one with my Kennedy prediction. Been looking up his results on Speedway News.PL and he seems to have been doing ok to start with in Czech but has picked up well since season start in both Czech & more recently in a 2 meeting weekend in France. Not as good as Kvech (maybe) but at 25/26 hew is still young and his results are encouraging incl plenty of double figure scores. Looks like he could do a job in lower part of the team IF he takes to our more technical & smaller UK tracks. As always that's the big question. Has had plenty of meetings since April so hopefully can hit the ground running. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 3 minutes ago, STEVEHOLS54 said: Well I was way out on that one with my Kennedy prediction. Been looking up his results on Speedway News.PL and he seems to have been doing ok to start with in Czech but has picked up well since season start in both Czech & more recently in a 2 meeting weekend in France. Not as good as Kvech (maybe) but at 25/26 hew is still young and his results are encouraging incl plenty of double figure scores. Looks like he could do a job in lower part of the team IF he takes to our more technical & smaller UK tracks. As always that's the big question. Has had plenty of meetings since April so hopefully can hit the ground running. Saw him at the GP qualifier at Glasgow in 2019 was impressive ,think he scored 10pts.Looks a decent signing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevePark Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 44 minutes ago, Fromafar said: Saw him at the GP qualifier at Glasgow in 2019 was impressive ,think he scored 10pts.Looks a decent signing. 6 points. https://speedwayupdates.proboards.com/thread/19533/sgp-qualifier-glasgow-08-2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 20 minutes ago, StevePark said: 6 points. https://speedwayupdates.proboards.com/thread/19533/sgp-qualifier-glasgow-08-2019 My mistake,Thanks.He was decent though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason.C Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 1 hour ago, STEVEHOLS54 said: Well I was way out on that one with my Kennedy prediction. Been looking up his results on Speedway News.PL and he seems to have been doing ok to start with in Czech but has picked up well since season start in both Czech & more recently in a 2 meeting weekend in France. Not as good as Kvech (maybe) but at 25/26 hew is still young and his results are encouraging incl plenty of double figure scores. Looks like he could do a job in lower part of the team IF he takes to our more technical & smaller UK tracks. As always that's the big question. Has had plenty of meetings since April so hopefully can hit the ground running. I also have looked him up and saw that he has beaten the likes of Ellis & Berge over in France. That sounds encouraging, but as you say it is totally different over here. Fingers crossed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevePark Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 41 minutes ago, Fromafar said: My mistake,Thanks.He was decent though. From memory he was riding Ludvig Lindgren's bikes. He did OK. Always on the pace. Could be decent on his own equipment. Worth a 'gamble' on a 5.00 average, as Newcastle thought when he was originally going to sign for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 5 hours ago, old bob at herne bay said: Len too slow - like me Its the advantage of Garry May being in the Poole pits most weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted July 3, 2021 Report Share Posted July 3, 2021 A big ask in the notoriously difficult number two position and he will do well to average five.Maybe the clubs longterm objective is to only sign riders who have a longterm future at the club that seems a wise move.Keleher with his age against him was not in this category it would be interesting to see what Rew and Gilmore do in the future ? .Will the UK be in there plans in the future i felt if anyone would sign them Poole would be the club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted July 3, 2021 Report Share Posted July 3, 2021 On 7/2/2021 at 7:30 AM, ray c said: dont think he is really In all seriousness Ray the club has been turned around over the last few decades can’t knock it to fair.It always has been a great day out a lovely area and my first visit there was in 1974 v Exeter with the brilliant Ivan there the crowd was huge.Poole then always had just average sides with Eide,Lofqvist , Simmo being the stars my favourites then were Smith, Yeates, Gooddy, C.Sjosten great names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronScorpion Posted July 3, 2021 Report Share Posted July 3, 2021 Could Stefan move to no2 until he settles in with the track. Did ok for us in that position. Inside gates for heat 1 & favoured for heat 8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted July 3, 2021 Report Share Posted July 3, 2021 44 minutes ago, IronScorpion said: Could Stefan move to no2 until he settles in with the track. Did ok for us in that position. Inside gates for heat 1 & favoured for heat 8. I would keep Stefan at no4 personally. Him and Stevie are probably our best pairing atm. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted July 3, 2021 Report Share Posted July 3, 2021 Keeping Stefan at 4 would be my preference as it gives us a bit of strength in heat 14 when a meeting is close - not that that has been the case too often with the exception of Eastie away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalan Posted July 3, 2021 Report Share Posted July 3, 2021 19 hours ago, Skidder1 said: Its the advantage of Garry May being in the Poole pits most weeks. Not been in pits this season. Not allowed under current conditions 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 On what basis does Smetana qualify for a work permit? (He was only 9th in the Czech Championship last year) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 26 minutes ago, arnieg said: On what basis does Smetana qualify for a work permit? (He was only 9th in the Czech Championship last year) In the best interests of the sport no doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crescent girl Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 3 hours ago, arnieg said: On what basis does Smetana qualify for a work permit? (He was only 9th in the Czech Championship last year) Maybe he doesn't.........? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted July 16, 2021 Report Share Posted July 16, 2021 All the permissions were fine but then the Czechs changed their quarantine regulations (along with UK and other countries) the day after his signature. With committed fixtures in Czecho it has become difficult - not to say impossible - to get the Czech authorities to agree a 'special case'!! Other options are being investigated but there ain't that much rider availability in the 5.00 average range..........! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVEHOLS54 Posted July 16, 2021 Report Share Posted July 16, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Skidder1 said: All the permissions were fine but then the Czechs changed their quarantine regulations (along with UK and other countries) the day after his signature. With committed fixtures in Czecho it has become difficult - not to say impossible - to get the Czech authorities to agree a 'special case'!! Other options are being investigated but there ain't that much rider availability in the 5.00 average range..........! Must admit I have concerns over this Poole team and the club in general. Can't help thinking 1) Poole won't make the top 4 and will miss out on play offs 2) This could be the last season we see Poole Speedway at the stadium. The dice don't seem rolled in their favour. We lost Ellis before season start only to have it rubbed in as he came back to UK in Champ. His replacement has been more on his backside then scoring near max points in what little he has rode. Ellis has impressed scoring high double figures near enough wherever he has ridden. Keleher proved the flop I feared but sods law he will do well with Plymouth. Our replacement may not even ride here so the Ford's left scratching their head as what little else available at 5. Team has an annoying habit of snatching defeat/draw from victory away and seems to have been that way a few times last few seasons. Let's not forget Plymouth are joint bottom and expect them to be in that area most of the season. Not as if they are are top 4/5 team and once again Poole blew it. Ok a draw but really ????. Those are matches where you would expect the good teams to get 4 points. I don't think current lease holders don't Poole Speedway there and don't want to invest in even staffing the stadium or restaurants etc. Would not surprise me if it all closes after season ends, especially if Poole don't get close to winning anything. Public interest will drop hence attendances plus I think there will be an unwillingness from an already unwilling lease holder to extend it. Think they prefer to have empty and rake in the car parking money and hope the owners and local authority try to buy them out of the lease for the obvious housing development that will come eventually. Edited July 16, 2021 by STEVEHOLS54 typo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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