Steve Shovlar Posted August 27, 2021 Report Share Posted August 27, 2021 Next Wednesday instead of heading down the road to Wimborne Road we head up north to Birmingham. This could well be a very close and tough encounter. Brum are good around their patch. Hopefully a decent amount of Pirates fans will be making the 3 hour journey north to swell the crowd. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisa-colette Posted August 28, 2021 Report Share Posted August 28, 2021 10 hours ago, Steve Shovlar said: Next Wednesday instead of heading down the road to Wimborne Road we head up north to Birmingham. This could well be a very close and tough encounter. Brum are good around their patch. Hopefully a decent amount of Pirates fans will be making the 3 hour journey north to swell the crowd. School here is going back on 2nd Sept, not sure if it's the same in Birmingham which might affect attendences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSL84 Posted August 28, 2021 Report Share Posted August 28, 2021 Think in Birmingham the kids go back to school the week after. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skidder1 Posted August 28, 2021 Report Share Posted August 28, 2021 (edited) New September averages mean Bomber goes at 1 for Brummies. Poole should be the same 1-7 riding order. Edited August 28, 2021 by Skidder1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted August 28, 2021 Report Share Posted August 28, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Skidder1 said: New September averages mean Bomber goes at 1 for Brummies. Poole should be the same 1-7 riding order. I don't understand how Ben Cook is still on a 4.00 ave, must have done 4H+4A by now surely? Edited August 28, 2021 by szkocjasid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobC Posted August 28, 2021 Report Share Posted August 28, 2021 28 minutes ago, szkocjasid said: I don't understand how Ben Cook is still on a 4.00 ave, must have done 4H+4A by now surely? Ben has only ridden in 3 League away meetings. Glasgow, Plymouth and Redcar. Edinburgh was his 4th. His home match average is 8.94. His away average before Edinburgh was 5.88 Include Edinburgh it goes up to 5.92. All unofficial figures just a quick look via Speedway updates webpage. I stand to be corrected on any issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisa-colette Posted August 28, 2021 Report Share Posted August 28, 2021 7 hours ago, Skidder1 said: New September averages mean Bomber goes at 1 for Brummies. Poole should be the same 1-7 riding order. Interesting, I thought they may have swapped around a bit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted August 29, 2021 Report Share Posted August 29, 2021 Will this meeting be on Birmingham radio.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skidder1 Posted August 29, 2021 Report Share Posted August 29, 2021 I guess Poole will run r/r for Basso on Wednesday as his Danish team are in their play-off semi finals. Danny, Stefan, Ben and Danyon can take the rides - better than a very limited choice of possible under 5 point guests! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickie Head Posted August 29, 2021 Report Share Posted August 29, 2021 2 minutes ago, Skidder1 said: I guess Poole will run r/r for Basso on Wednesday as his Danish team are in their play-off semi finals. Danny, Stefan, Ben and Danyon can take the rides - better than a very limited choice of possible under 5 point guests! Might be wrong but I thought Ben Cook would have a ‘proper’ average calculated and declared in time for this meeting, probably moving him out of reserve and into the top five. That may alter Skidder’s thinking on Basso’s cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobC Posted August 29, 2021 Report Share Posted August 29, 2021 31 minutes ago, Dickie Head said: Might be wrong but I thought Ben Cook would have a ‘proper’ average calculated and declared in time for this meeting, probably moving him out of reserve and into the top five. That may alter Skidder’s thinking on Basso’s cover. No he doesnt! His 4th away meeting for Poole was at Edinburgh, which was AFTER the cut of date for September. See my post above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skidder1 Posted August 29, 2021 Report Share Posted August 29, 2021 (edited) 36 minutes ago, Dickie Head said: Might be wrong but I thought Ben Cook would have a ‘proper’ average calculated and declared in time for this meeting, probably moving him out of reserve and into the top five. That may alter Skidder’s thinking on Basso’s cover. Yes could be but I doubt it. His 4th qualifying away meeting was Edinburgh on Friday, so any new 'proper' average would come into effect 7 days later, ie for Poole's home meeting with Glasgow, when Stefan Nielsen will probably drop to reserve with Danyon. The issue for Matt/Danny/Middlo will then be which Ben rides at 2 & 4, I imagine. Edited August 29, 2021 by Skidder1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted August 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2021 59 minutes ago, Skidder1 said: I guess Poole will run r/r for Basso on Wednesday as his Danish team are in their play-off semi finals. This does ask the obvious question. Why bother with a young Danish rider whose club rides on a Wednesday causing a direct clash with our home meetings? There’s no doubt he is a talent and a top rider in the future, but if he can’t ride in the U.K. on Wednesdays during the Danish season, he’s going to be of little use to our club. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisa-colette Posted August 29, 2021 Report Share Posted August 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Steve Shovlar said: This does ask the obvious question. Why bother with a young Danish rider whose club rides on a Wednesday causing a direct clash with our home meetings? There’s no doubt he is a talent and a top rider in the future, but if he can’t ride in the U.K. on Wednesdays during the Danish season, he’s going to be of little use to our club. Well the promotion think it's worth the risk? And if he is missing and we are using r/r, then that is a bit stronger than using riders on 3.75 or below or whatever it was before. Even though they all did really well and it was good seeing more brits in the Poole side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted August 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2021 (edited) I don’t want to watch a team with r/r for the majority of home meetings. Edited August 29, 2021 by Steve Shovlar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisa-colette Posted August 29, 2021 Report Share Posted August 29, 2021 Poole could always use a guest but Skidder seemed to think there wasn't many riders available. With having good reserves it shouldn't be too much of an issue. Nothing stopping Poole riding weekends apart from other teams riding on Sat and Suns who we still have to ride against I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinBSN Posted August 30, 2021 Report Share Posted August 30, 2021 15 hours ago, lisa-colette said: Poole could always use a guest but Skidder seemed to think there wasn't many riders available. With having good reserves it shouldn't be too much of an issue. Nothing stopping Poole riding weekends apart from other teams riding on Sat and Suns who we still have to ride against I suppose. You can only use a guest for your top 3 in averages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilWatson Posted August 30, 2021 Report Share Posted August 30, 2021 52 minutes ago, Marshall07 said: You can only use a guest for your top 3 in averages. Or a missing reserve, or one of no 4 & 5 in averages if both are missing.In certain circumstances it is possible to have seven guests if riders are fulfilling official fixtures elsewhere! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilWatson Posted August 30, 2021 Report Share Posted August 30, 2021 19 hours ago, Skidder1 said: I guess Poole will run r/r for Basso on Wednesday as his Danish team are in their play-off semi finals. Danny, Stefan, Ben and Danyon can take the rides - better than a very limited choice of possible under 5 point guests! The use of under 3.75 average guests was under a 'no facility' facility, any absence now of Basso would attract a normal facility which would be RR if he is the only rider absent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Najjer Posted August 30, 2021 Report Share Posted August 30, 2021 1 hour ago, NeilWatson said: Or a missing reserve, or one of no 4 & 5 in averages if both are missing.In certain circumstances it is possible to have seven guests if riders are fulfilling official fixtures elsewhere! Worst idea ever. Should only be guests for reserves and then if two or more riders are missing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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