LisaColette Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Bojangles said: He beat King, Lawson and Worrall when he visited with Oxford. You got other heat leaders we don't know about? He didn't say they hadn't. Just that he doesn't expect him to tomorrow. But to answer your question, yes we have a fourth HL, Ben Cook!! Been riding like a No1 at Poole last month or so. Edited October 25, 2022 by lisa-colette 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 5 minutes ago, Bojangles said: He beat King, Lawson and Worrall when he visited with Oxford. You got other heat leaders we don't know about? Yes he beat them all once I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 (edited) 18 minutes ago, lisa-colette said: See all the Poole HLs are getting a practice session at Leicester tonight! Surprising Wolves aren't using Nick Morris, although Wolves are quite far behind anyway. That's good we need the practice Edited October 25, 2022 by foreverblue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bojangles Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, foreverblue said: Yes he beat them all once I think. That's two wrong 'thoughts' in the space of two posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 9 minutes ago, Bojangles said: That's two wrong 'thoughts' in the space of two posts. Not necessarily I did say I didn't think Scott would not expect to beat our heat leaders tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justathought Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 2 hours ago, lisa-colette said: See all the Poole HLs are getting a practice session at Leicester tonight! Surprising Wolves aren't using Nick Morris, although Wolves are quite far behind anyway. Not tonight they won't. It's been called off. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishersGate Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 With track looking an absolute mess today and probable rain coming again how is it going to be raceable for Saturday? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 7 minutes ago, FishersGate said: With track looking an absolute mess today and probable rain coming again how is it going to be raceable for Saturday? Been a good day, dug and raked 5 veg beds so far and 3 more still to go. The ground's improved massively since when I started. Air temperature's up near 15 and should stay that way for rest of the week. There'll be more rain for sure, just needs to avoid heavy stuff and it'll be ok for Sat I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 15 minutes ago, FishersGate said: With track looking an absolute mess today and probable rain coming again how is it going to be raceable for Saturday? Why can't Leicester sort this out, Kings Lynn had stock cars and heavy rain so I am told over the weekend and they managed to get their meeting on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 Perhaps the track is a mess. Perhaps Leicester do not want under any circumstances, Poole riders on their track before Saturday. Been dry again all day. Track must have been under a foot of water. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 3 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: Perhaps the track is a mess. Perhaps Leicester do not want under any circumstances, Poole riders on their track before Saturday. Been dry again all day. Track must have been under a foot of water. Poole Speedway twitter has just asked for fans to be there tomorrow night to support the team so no hint of any postponement from the club, let us hope for a dry day and a great meeting. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 10 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: Perhaps the track is a mess. Perhaps Leicester do not want under any circumstances, Poole riders on their track before Saturday. Been dry again all day. Track must have been under a foot of water. It’s ok to have all the conspiracy theorists , but these days if the track is the least bit patchy or wet the riders just won’t entertain it as has been proved a few times this season at various venues.Refs just have to agree on health and safety rules.Definitely a dry summer sport nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 15 minutes ago, Fromafar said: It’s ok to have all the conspiracy theorists , but these days if the track is the least bit patchy or wet the riders just won’t entertain it as has been proved a few times this season at various venues.Refs just have to agree on health and safety rules.Definitely a dry summer sport nowadays. Yes agree we never see riders going ahead in conditions where in the past a meeting would have gone ahead. But for the second time in a week, a meeting has been called off at Leicester with a completely dry day to sort it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirates Of Poole Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 Clearly the material is so thick it isn’t drying, unless this is scrapped of completely and fresh put down I doubt that we will be seeing a meeting on Saturday again. I guess they probably don’t want to scrape the surface off as then all home track advantage is lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur54 Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 Sounds like Nicholls in for Howarth tomorrow night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 38 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: Yes agree we never see riders going ahead in conditions where in the past a meeting would have gone ahead. But for the second time in a week, a meeting has been called off at Leicester with a completely dry day to sort it out. There does seem to be a material problem at Leicester that they can’t cope with much rain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 We had a heavy shower yesterday afternoon and even the footpath outside my house (in the shade) hasn't completely dried out! That's why nobody outside our country runs important Speedway matches at this time of year, there's just not enough hours of daylight for conditions to dry out before the next dollop of rain arrives 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted October 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 9 minutes ago, iainb said: We had a heavy shower yesterday afternoon and even the footpath outside my house (in the shade) hasn't completely dried out! That's why nobody outside our country runs important Speedway matches at this time of year, there's just not enough hours of daylight for conditions to dry out before the next dollop of rain arrives Lovely day here in Poole today! Not just daylight but decent sunshine too. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
False dawn Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 10 minutes ago, Fromafar said: There does seem to be a material problem at Leicester that they can’t cope with much rain. There have been several rain affected meetings at Leicester this year that have been completed quite successfully. But let's get serious. Planning to run the play off finals at this time of year is madness. Not only is the weather generally wetter, the air temperature is a lot lower meaning tracks don't dry out. Have you noticed that "certain riders" become available to be signed this late in the year? Why? Well their "main" (foreign) club's playoffs have been completed. When are we going to stop this madness? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 9 minutes ago, False dawn said: There have been several rain affected meetings at Leicester this year that have been completed quite successfully. But let's get serious. Planning to run the play off finals at this time of year is madness. Not only is the weather generally wetter, the air temperature is a lot lower meaning tracks don't dry out. Have you noticed that "certain riders" become available to be signed this late in the year? Why? Well their "main" (foreign) club's playoffs have been completed. When are we going to stop this madness? It all about certain riders “having their cake and eating it” and it really has to change regarding fixture planning in GB.Very few Teams can run weekly due to lack of availability of key members because of their foreign commitments.Clubs are struggling to run 15-20 meetings in 6 month season.I don’t know if crowds levels have suffered much because of lack of weekly fixtures but 4-5 weeks gap certainly didn’t help at the end of the season.While Weather can play it’s part but in UK you really don’t know what each month will bring.Clubs really have run weekly to make up for fixture backlog if the weather doesn’t play ball.Can’t really see things changing though.Unfortunately.Everything seems rosy to the people running the show. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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