False dawn Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: The track was very bad ....... It was unfit for racing. And so it proved as there wasn't any. Sorry to say Steve, but you could have been quoting me after the Poole Leicester match Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, Trackrat said: What are you on about??? Ha ha ha ha . Your point you made. But I'm not surprised you don't know what it is! Lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackrat Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 5 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: The track was very bad but I had no idea Pirates wanted it off. Completely understandable though as it could have caused serious injury. It was unfit for racing. And so it proved as there wasnt any. Perhaps Danny said to the riders to stay safe and come away in one piece. Wasn’t worth risking an injury. Didn't know you was a qualified referee, every day a school day, glug glug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebaker Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 (edited) "Trackrat", obviously has a reason for not liking Poole. Why, though. Is Avatar showing a Poole Suppoters Club Badge. Edited September 10, 2021 by mikebaker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 1 minute ago, False dawn said: Sorry to say Steve, but you could have been quoting me after the Poole Leicester match May be so. As you know I have been critical of the Poole track. Tonight it was drenched by heavy rain and deep. No parade or intro of riders. No chance of a rider to do a lap before the meeting. Riders behind were visibly slowing and trying to see, coming out of the second bend. A shame as it was the biggest crowd this season at Scunthorpe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan555 Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 15 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: Well what a shame to travel so far for what was the worst meeting of the season. 14 heats and not one pass. I witnessed the Brum meeting a couple of weeks ago but this surpass that. I will say Rob Peasley said there was one pass on the third bend of lap one but I dont recall it A river running over the first bend on our arrival showed what the track was like and it was a snooze fest of gate and go. Riders who missed the gate were plastered in dirt had no vision and tailed off. Scunthorpe were quicker out the tapes and it was over on the second bend. When a Poole rider tried to make a pass like Basso, the Scunthorpe rider fell off. I had heard this track was meant to be good but sorry to say I was completely unimpressed. Awful stuff. The Ref was useless. Allowed Ellis and Jorgensen massive rollers unpunished. Havvy was useless. Decided to do a t/r in heat ten against Ellis when heat nine he left Gilkes in for what would have been an easier race. Got lucky when Ellis fell when well clear. Basso, Cook and Hume struggled badly in the treacherous conditions. Congrats to Scunthorpe though. They had their bikes setup to gate and go and thats what they did. Think you’ve got to consider the torrential rain many people say it’s one of the best tracks in the country and so saying it isn’t after one rain affected meeting is a bit unreasonable on a night like tonight come back in a dry evening and witness some great racing ( I realise you probably can’t given your distance ) but it was one of those nights that the meeting just had to get through Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 The track was bad. Clearly calling it off to come back would have been sensible and fair. No visiting team could have coped with that. And I say that with a 11 hour round trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
False dawn Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 1 minute ago, Steve Shovlar said: May be so. As you know I have been critical of the Poole track. Tonight it was drenched by heavy rain and deep. No parade or intro of riders. No chance of a rider to do a lap before the meeting. Riders behind were visibly slowing and trying to see, coming out of the second bend. A shame as it was the biggest crowd this season at Scunthorpe. To move the conversation on. Do you not think that meetings like tonight's (and no, I wasn't there) are more a product of the perennial poor fixture planning than poor track preparation? There is a complacency every year during the early months of the season and then late on we're almost forced to run meetings that no one in the right mind would run. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.D Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 13 minutes ago, Trackrat said: Didn't know you was a qualified referee, every day a school day, glug glug. It would be better if you are funny but your not, thats from an Eastbourne fan too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, False dawn said: To move the conversation on. Do you not think that meetings like tonight's (and no, I wasn't there) are more a product of the perennial poor fixture planning than poor track preparation? There is a complacency every year during the early months of the season and then late on we're almost forced to run meetings that no one in the right mind would run. This was already a restaging, I guess they are worried about not doing it before the cut off. No one got hurt, that is the main thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 32 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: I had heard this track was meant to be good but sorry to say I was completely unimpressed. Awful stuff. It's one of the best in the country, would be a bit silly to judge it on a wet night don't you think. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montie Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 3 ways to beat Poole 1;add dirt and flood track 2;Pray Havvy is the team manager 3;Pray Havvy is the team manager again 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillwhitewasmad Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 Track was good until rain hit prior to start and was probably the worst meeting I have seen for several years at scunny . However only one team wanted to race the majority of the other just rode . Tac sub heat 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackrat Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 9 minutes ago, M.D said: It would be better if you are funny but your not, thats from an Eastbourne fan too Yeh, your right, I'm not coming on the forum anymore. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tosh1218 Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 34 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: Well what a shame to travel so far for what was the worst meeting of the season. 14 heats and not one pass. I witnessed the Brum meeting a couple of weeks ago but this surpass that. I will say Rob Peasley said there was one pass on the third bend of lap one but I dont recall it A river running over the first bend on our arrival showed what the track was like and it was a snooze fest of gate and go. Riders who missed the gate were plastered in dirt had no vision and tailed off. Scunthorpe were quicker out the tapes and it was over on the second bend. When a Poole rider tried to make a pass like Basso, the Scunthorpe rider fell off. I had heard this track was meant to be good but sorry to say I was completely unimpressed. Awful stuff. The Ref was useless. Allowed Ellis and Jorgensen massive rollers unpunished. Havvy was useless. Decided to do a t/r in heat ten against Ellis when heat nine he left Gilkes in for what would have been an easier race. Got lucky when Ellis fell when well clear. Basso, Cook and Hume struggled badly in the treacherous conditions. Congrats to Scunthorpe though. They had their bikes setup to gate and go and thats what they did. Basso rode well , I’m as afraid Poole we’re beat before they started they didn’t fancy it from the start . Also people calling our guest but Kasper was quality from the start so much so I went into the pits on the way out and shook his hand and you could tell he enjoyed his self out there well done Kasper and all the Scorpions Tommy 4 ride maximum and Simon a load of points from reserve the Pirates ship definitely sunk tonight 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 11 minutes ago, False dawn said: To move the conversation on. Do you not think that meetings like tonight's (and no, I wasn't there) are more a product of the perennial poor fixture planning than poor track preparation? There is a complacency every year during the early months of the season and then late on we're almost forced to run meetings that no one in the right mind would run. The meeting wouldnt have survived under normal circumstances. A shame I never photoed the track but clearly they didn’t want anyone on it before the first race. Pressure of the cutoff date clearly influenced Scunthorpe who knew running the meeting would favour them and they took full advantage of it. But all it really did was gift them the three points and seriously short change the paying public by serving up garbage. Perhaps if there was no pressure of cutoff the meeting would have been pulled. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillwhitewasmad Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 1 minute ago, Steve Shovlar said: The meeting wouldnt have survived under normal circumstances. A shame I never photoed the track but clearly they didn’t want anyone on it before the first race. Pressure of the cutoff date clearly influenced Scunthorpe who knew running the meeting would favour them and they took full advantage of it. But all it really did was gift them the three points and seriously short change the paying public by serving up garbage. Perhaps if there was no pressure of cutoff the meeting would have been pulled. In fairness the track prior to the start was only slightly wetter than it would be for a meeting on a hot summers evening. Poole were the ones who short changed the public with there lack of drive to race. Remember the ref makes the call if it's fit to race and fair play to him . Could of been a better meeting but not everyone is a classic. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyfan Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Trackrat said: Hello 4 5kin. Trouble is you have to ride away from that dump in Poole to win the play offs, not looking good is it glug glug. How do you think Ipswich will do in the play offs?…..oh dear!!…. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaizer Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 Obviously wasn't there but times are comparable to the week before up until heat 14. If was so bad wouldn't expect that. End of day we're heading into a British autumn weather not going to get any better so if the track is safe then meeting should go ahead. Can't expect to turn up every week to a car park Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackrat Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, scottyfan said: How do you think Ipswich will do in the play offs?…..oh dear!!…. Not an Ipswich fan, anyway they're in the top league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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