Toady Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 On 5/3/2024 at 7:54 AM, Skidder1 said: At Poole the car park is run by the stadium leaseholders- Gaming International who set the charges - and is nothing to do with Poole Speedway! Is that not what Essex said Poole who charge assume they don't own the car park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 We are down a rider but Sam Hagon is doing brilliantly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 Terrible track like a motorway.Only Borke got the B#lls to ride the fence,taking big chances though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BacktrackBandit Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 Track is woeful. How can we expect riders to pass with such little dirt. Borefest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 17 minutes ago, BacktrackBandit said: Track is woeful. How can we expect riders to pass with such little dirt. Borefest. Lawson managed it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 Great win Pirates! Great fightback once dialled in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 3 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: Great win Pirates! Great fightback once dialled in. Yes great win after a poor start, Sam and Richard were brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 1 minute ago, foreverblue said: Yes great win after a poor start, Sam and Richard were brilliant. Deserved win for Pirates if the home riders can’t figure out the track conditions what chance do they have.Terrific riding from Sam Hagon a 3 pt reserve on paper. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screm Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 46 minutes ago, Fromafar said: Terrible track like a motorway.Only Borke got the B#lls to ride the fence,taking big chances though. 30 minutes ago, BacktrackBandit said: Track is woeful. How can we expect riders to pass with such little dirt. Borefest. Couldn't disagree with the two of you more, I thought it was an excellent meeting. Don`t mind losing meetings when the racing is as good as that, value for my £18. Credit to Poole on their win and their match winner in Sam Hagon who really came up with the goods, especially after his side went down to six riders. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur54 Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 33 minutes ago, foreverblue said: Lawson managed it! And he's supposed to be a gating tart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur54 Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 That's 2 nights on the trot, no Trackrat 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 21 minutes ago, Arthur54 said: And he's supposed to be a gating tart He is a great gater but he can battle from the back when needed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Stewart Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 One of the most under-appreciated things I believe is the huge difference that unequal starts can make to a match. Most of all if it is either gates 1 and 3 or gates 2 and 4 which are dominant rather than eg gates 1 and 4. I quite often check to see what the balance is and the trigger for having a look is when matches swing one way then the other. Tonight at Berwick was an example with Berwick going 10 ahead then finally losing. I checked the gates over heats 1 to 14 and found: Gate 1 29 pts, Gate 2 11 pts, gate 3 27 pts, gate 4 17 pts. In other words gates 1 and 3 totalled 56, gates 2 and 4 totalled 28. I can’t remember seeing a more unbalanced set of gates and it explains almost totally how the match went. Berwick should have capitalised on having gates 1 and 3 in the last heat but they fell just short. Last night at Edinburgh gates 1 and 3 totalled 50, gates 2 and 4 34, and again it explains the course of the match. Usually the gates at Edinburgh are more even than that. Generally matches will be close when gates are uneven because both teams get an equal chance at the favourable gates. That is NOT the same as saying “It’s the same for both sides” because unequal gates work against the stronger team, the one likely to win if gates are even. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catch Me If You Can Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 No question Hagon was Pirates match winner. Only one poor ride in his races. On the other side of the Pits after a good one last week Kemp had poor night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthegearbutnaeidea Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 Fantastic ride by Borke in heat 8, but deserved win for Poole in the end. Pickering very hit and miss unfortunately, we’ve been lucky with Lawson recently, and he proved that tonight. Well done Sam Hagon, brilliant meeting from him. Track seemed awful, and completely different to other meetings this season. Kemp let us down, but could see he wasn’t interested after a shove from his teammate in heat 5. Hume inconsistent, Jye average, Schlein lacked speed. Well done Poole on the win. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSC67 Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 It's been said plenty times , reserves win meetings and that was proved true tonight, added to the fact that the home team only provided 6 heat wins. You ain't going to a meeting with those stats . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 The 2023 Bandits would’ve lost this by 8-10 points, so some improvement. Worth coming just to see Bastian Borke. As a neutral I’ve been well entertained at Shielfield this season. No complaints 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandit59 Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 Well that was disappointing to say the least throwing a ten point lead away apart from Borke the Berwick team to inconsistent , thought we had a real chance tonight but Poole were up for it more as previously said didn't seem to be much shale on it,what a prospect Sam is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 28 minutes ago, Bandit59 said: Well that was disappointing to say the least throwing a ten point lead away apart from Borke the Berwick team to inconsistent , thought we had a real chance tonight but Poole were up for it more as previously said didn't seem to be much shale on it,what a prospect Sam is. We seem to need 4 heats to warm up! Was down by 8 at Edinburgh last night and ten tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 1 hour ago, Al Stewart said: One of the most under-appreciated things I believe is the huge difference that unequal starts can make to a match. Most of all if it is either gates 1 and 3 or gates 2 and 4 which are dominant rather than eg gates 1 and 4. I quite often check to see what the balance is and the trigger for having a look is when matches swing one way then the other. Tonight at Berwick was an example with Berwick going 10 ahead then finally losing. I checked the gates over heats 1 to 14 and found: Gate 1 29 pts, Gate 2 11 pts, gate 3 27 pts, gate 4 17 pts. In other words gates 1 and 3 totalled 56, gates 2 and 4 totalled 28. I can’t remember seeing a more unbalanced set of gates and it explains almost totally how the match went. Berwick should have capitalised on having gates 1 and 3 in the last heat but they fell just short. Last night at Edinburgh gates 1 and 3 totalled 50, gates 2 and 4 34, and again it explains the course of the match. Usually the gates at Edinburgh are more even than that. Generally matches will be close when gates are uneven because both teams get an equal chance at the favourable gates. That is NOT the same as saying “It’s the same for both sides” because unequal gates work against the stronger team, the one likely to win if gates are even. How many points did each Team get out of Gates 1-3 matters though,if the were that unequal. who were the stronger Team is also the question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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