LisaColette Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 Best I've seen Drew Kemp at Poole this season! Really unlucky on his second ride I think it was. Edinburgh gated on a 5-1, he seemed to go a bit too wide and ended up being a 4-2 to Poole. A lot of the first 8 heats were like that if Edinburgh had just a tiny bit more track craft at Poole, could easily been level on the night half way through. Josh Pickering and Richie Worrall performances were better than their score suggests. Richie winning both his first 2 races relatively comfortably for first two laps but Poole heatleaders were really up for it tonight, and there is no way that Rory was giving up that trophy! No one wanted it more than him tonight! Nearly every race he won he was looking at the crowd and raising his fist going over the line and his team riding was as excellent as always! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted October 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 Just got back from a great nights speedway worthy of a final. Track in top notch shape. Well Don to Terry (trackerman) riders liked it. Pirates just too strong for Monarchs who gave it their best shot. Poole’s strength in depth proving too much. Only 4 heat winners all night tells the story. For Poole: worrall excellent. Only dropped a point Al night in heat one. Danyon battled for his points. Rory unbeaten and on top form. Paid 15. Retiring a season or two too early imo. Cook battled and improved. Unlucky to be swept up in heat 14 when just about to take the lead. (See earlier posted video) King only dropped one point. Kennedy did his job. Better than expected. Well done to him. Basso was struggling for speed but changed his bike and rattled off two straight wins. For Monarchs: Masters started well but faded Rowe struggled Thompson was not in the pace and not near a point. Pickering disappointed. Expected more from him. Better here last time. Worrall had a couple of great battles with King and his bruv. Kemp as expected was hit then cold. Fair play to the youngster. Edwards found the going a bit too tough. So the Pirates win the KO Cup in front of a noisy and large crowd. I didn’t see any Edinburgh fans but if there were few there, I am sure they wouldn’t have been too disappointed. Next up Glasgow. Looking forward to it already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Steve Shovlar said: A great meeting. Commiserations to Monarchs who battled hard but Pirates too strong. Was a good meeting racing wise I thought, glad that Ben Cook seems to be okay. Wonder what @foreverblue has to say about Zaine? He was doing better than Basso first half of the meeting! Also had a little chuckle that even though we knocked Leicester out, he still gets a winners medal! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 4 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: Just got back from a great nights speedway worthy of a final. Track in top notch shape. Well Don to Terry (trackerman) riders liked it. Pirates just too strong for Monarchs who gave it their best shot. Poole’s strength in depth proving too much. Only 4 heat winners all night tells the story. For Poole: worrall excellent. Only dropped a point Al night in heat one. Danyon battled for his points. Rory unbeaten and on top form. Paid 15. Retiring a season or two too early imo. Cook battled and improved. Unlucky to be swept up in heat 14 when just about to take the lead. (See earlier posted video) King only dropped one point. Kennedy did his job. Better than expected. Well done to him. Basso was struggling for speed but changed his bike and rattled off two straight wins. For Monarchs: Masters started well but faded Rowe struggled Thompson was not in the pace and not near a point. Pickering disappointed. Expected more from him. Better here last time. Worrall had a couple of great battles with King and his bruv. Kemp as expected was hit then cold. Fair play to the youngster. Edwards found the going a bit too tough. So the Pirates win the KO Cup in front of a noisy and large crowd. I didn’t see any Edinburgh fans but if there were few there, I am sure they wouldn’t have been too disappointed. Next up Glasgow. Looking forward to it already. I didn't see an Edinburgh fan but I did see a few Wolves ones (obv to see Rory and Sam) and a BV one (to see Richie and Steve?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted October 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 Singalong after heat 14. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 My 10yo 'what even is this song, it sounds really old' lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GS550 Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Steve Shovlar said: A great meeting. Commiserations to Monarchs who battled hard but Pirates too strong. Congratulations to Poole. PS: apologies for my earlier comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbw Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 (edited) I'm in my b&b polishing the Trophy! Oh I say matron I Knocked that one Out! Edited October 27, 2021 by PirateShip 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbw Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 5 minutes ago, PirateShip said: I'm in my b&b polishing the Trophy! Oh I say matron I Knocked that one Out! Oh you are awful but I like you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanAndersen Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 6 hours ago, PirateShip said: Oh you are awful but I like you! Forgot to switch accounts? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 10 hours ago, lisa-colette said: Was a good meeting racing wise I thought, glad that Ben Cook seems to be okay. Wonder what @foreverblue has to say about Zaine? He was doing better than Basso first half of the meeting! Also had a little chuckle that even though we knocked Leicester out, he still gets a winners medal! Yes Lisa, Zaine did better than expected but couldn't do the play off and Zach is better at Poole usually and has been saved for the final. Still have no idea why he isn't doing away leg, they obviously think Jack Thomas is better at Glasgow. Personally I would think Zach is more reliable but Jack Thomas rode well there for Birmingham. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 What a great night! Decent racing (a little processional for the first few heats imo!), teriffic atmosphere from probably the largest attendance this season so far and......superb pyrotechnics throughout and especially at the end! So the Monarchs de-throned, now to tame the Tigers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray c Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 14 hours ago, Steve Shovlar said: Just got back from a great nights speedway worthy of a final. Track in top notch shape. Well Don to Terry (trackerman) riders liked it. Pirates just too strong for Monarchs who gave it their best shot. Poole’s strength in depth proving too much. Only 4 heat winners all night tells the story. For Poole: worrall excellent. Only dropped a point Al night in heat one. Danyon battled for his points. Rory unbeaten and on top form. Paid 15. Retiring a season or two too early imo. Cook battled and improved. Unlucky to be swept up in heat 14 when just about to take the lead. (See earlier posted video) King only dropped one point. Kennedy did his job. Better than expected. Well done to him. Basso was struggling for speed but changed his bike and rattled off two straight wins. For Monarchs: Masters started well but faded Rowe struggled Thompson was not in the pace and not near a point. Pickering disappointed. Expected more from him. Better here last time. Worrall had a couple of great battles with King and his bruv. Kemp as expected was hit then cold. Fair play to the youngster. Edwards found the going a bit too tough. So the Pirates win the KO Cup in front of a noisy and large crowd. I didn’t see any Edinburgh fans but if there were few there, I am sure they wouldn’t have been too disappointed. Next up Glasgow. Looking forward to it a not sure about your comment on josh pickering i thought he worked his socks off chasing our boys to no avail 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 14 minutes ago, ray c said: not sure about your comment on josh pickering i thought he worked his socks off chasing our boys to no avail Yes, in most of his races he was only inches behind them. Any slight mistake and he would have passed them. Quite exciting viewing when sat near the 4th bend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 15 hours ago, lisa-colette said: I didn't see an Edinburgh fan but I did see a few Wolves ones (obv to see Rory and Sam) and a BV one (to see Richie and Steve?) I saw a few Edinburgh fans in the car park after the meeting. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalan Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 9 minutes ago, cityrebel said: I saw a few Edinburgh fans in the car park after the meeting. We were chatting to a couple of cracking Edinburgh fans in the bar afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbw Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 53 minutes ago, lisa-colette said: Yes, in most of his races he was only inches behind them. Any slight mistake and he would have passed them. Quite exciting viewing when sat near the 4th bend! Pickering would make a superb Pirates signing, great style, very exciting & potential for significant improvement! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 4 hours ago, PirateShip said: Pickering would make a superb Pirates signing, great style, very exciting & potential for significant improvement! Yes, I'm sure most clubs want Pickering in both leagues. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endeavour Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 16 minutes ago, lisa-colette said: Yes, I'm sure most clubs want Pickering in both leagues. Edinburgh asset 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 5 hours ago, PirateShip said: Pickering would make a superb Pirates signing, great style, very exciting & potential for significant improvement! Pickering has been at Edinburgh 5 years and although this has been his best season,his potential for significant improvement might be optimistic.He is exciting and entertaining though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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