Arthur54 Posted Friday at 06:38 AM Author Report Share Posted Friday at 06:38 AM 8 hours ago, lewy said: Good to see the new development league for next season, surprisingly Poole not supporting this or helping with the development of British youngsters, some things are more important than making a profit like the long term development of British talent The way it's looking, Plymouth look to be running 2 teams at development league level 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewy Posted Friday at 07:29 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 07:29 AM 1 hour ago, Catalan said: I'm disappointed we are not entering in development league but for some bizarre reason Poole fans don't turn out for this standard of racing. Strange really as Poole's main team sponsor is a huge fan of the development of young riders It is a strange one,I guess some fans are fans of winning, and some are fans of speedway. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted Friday at 07:30 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 07:30 AM 8 hours ago, lewy said: Disappointing attitude tbh,had enough money to take the team to Las Vegas as you hinted at on the forum clive,which must of cost at least 10k which would have easily covered 5 nl fixtures. ££££££££££££ £10k?? I bet that doesn't even cover stadium rent for 5 nl meetings let alone all other costs and a massively reduced attendance income...! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted Friday at 07:32 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 07:32 AM 2 minutes ago, lewy said: It is a strange one,I guess some fans are fans of winning, and some are fans of speedway. Shame you get neither in Devon.🤣🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewy Posted Friday at 07:38 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 07:38 AM Hilarious,comic genius 💥 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewy Posted Friday at 07:41 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 07:41 AM 9 minutes ago, SteveLyric2 said: £10k?? I bet that doesn't even cover stadium rent for 5 nl meetings let alone all other costs and a massively reduced attendance income...! Could always run 5 double headers why would this not work? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted Friday at 07:44 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 07:44 AM 2 minutes ago, lewy said: Could always run 5 double headers why would this not work? Midweek Curfew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalan Posted Friday at 08:13 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 08:13 AM 43 minutes ago, lewy said: It is a strange one,I guess some fans are fans of winning, and some are fans of speedway. I loved the 2 years of the Bournemouth Buccaneers and they were a winning team. Garry May at his best with those lads 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulboy Posted Friday at 08:23 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 08:23 AM 12 hours ago, SteveLyric2 said: ..and dear old Mark Philips and Garry May missed out on both of them!! Was it down to money or the track, or both? Strange question, obviously money with Poole and Glasgow the other two clubs involved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedwaySlider72 Posted Friday at 08:56 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 08:56 AM 11 hours ago, lewy said: Good to see the new development league for next season, surprisingly Poole not supporting this or helping with the development of British youngsters, some things are more important than making a profit like the long term development of British talent Never any surprise in Poole not supporting youth development but happy to cherry pick the work of others. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted Friday at 09:00 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 09:00 AM (edited) Unfortunately there's not a lot of encouragement for Poole to enter a development league, what have they done since they last rode in the third tier in 2010? Run one junior meeting last year (because they had to). Yet they've apparently signed arguably the most promising junior since then (Cairns) for the team in June next year. If they can spend no money on developing junior riders, yet still pick up the best prospects, what incentive is there for them to do any more (than they absolutely have to)? As much as I'd like them to enter a development league, if they run Speedway to make a profit & don't feel the need to help develop riders for the future, they don't have to. Certainly is a shame they don't. Edited Friday at 09:02 AM by szkocjasid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted Friday at 09:01 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 09:01 AM 4 minutes ago, SpeedwaySlider72 said: Never any surprise in Poole not supporting youth development but happy to cherry pick the work of others. Interesting, as I was typing a post, you've come out with virtually the same point. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJC Posted Friday at 09:18 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 09:18 AM 18 hours ago, SteelShoe said: Ambiguous statement for me regarding coming away as better riders. Perhaps you could define what you mean by better riders ?. Young riders as we seen with Max Perry get dropped if not performing he certainly didn't come away as a better rider. Vinnie showed rapid improvement in his form than he had showed in the NDL the season before. Poole tend generally to make good decisions on rider recruitment ie good eye for improvers. Such riders would become more experienced and improve wherever they ride imo. Improved, more riders come away improved than not. Especially those at the start of their uk carers. There will always be exceptions to the rule. Perry being the most recent and obvious. I do agree with your point that they have a good eye which certainly helps that though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted Friday at 09:43 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 09:43 AM 42 minutes ago, SpeedwaySlider72 said: Never any surprise in Poole not supporting youth development but happy to cherry pick the work of others. It's called 'good club management'!! Even when they ran Bournemouth Buccaneers, with Garry May as TM, and won everything, admission was £10 (reduced to £5 for main team season ticket holders), but still didn't attract decent crowds to be sustainable. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaramanga Posted Friday at 10:05 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 10:05 AM 2 hours ago, lewy said: It is a strange one,I guess some fans are fans of winning, and some are fans of speedway. And the fans use to ahigh paid winni g team shout the most when things start to go wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambo Posted Friday at 10:11 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 10:11 AM 1 hour ago, SpeedwaySlider72 said: Never any surprise in Poole not supporting youth development but happy to cherry pick the work of others. Perhaps a change of name to the Poole Parasites? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted Friday at 10:19 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 10:19 AM 32 minutes ago, SteveLyric2 said: It's called 'good club management'!! Even when they ran Bournemouth Buccaneers, with Garry May as TM, and won everything, admission was £10 (reduced to £5 for main team season ticket holders), but still didn't attract decent crowds to be sustainable. Agree,Berwick tried it with the Bullets for a couple of seasons and it didn’t attract decent crowds (with a very good Team on track ). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewy Posted Friday at 10:24 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 10:24 AM 2 hours ago, SteveLyric2 said: Midweek Curfew! What time is the curfew? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaddlebowRoad Posted Friday at 10:27 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 10:27 AM 40 minutes ago, SteveLyric2 said: It's called 'good club management'!! Even when they ran Bournemouth Buccaneers, with Garry May as TM, and won everything, admission was £10 (reduced to £5 for main team season ticket holders), but still didn't attract decent crowds to be sustainable. i personally believe its the responsibility of all clubs to do something towards youth development and its not just poole, my own club seem to be entering the trophy but havent had a young stars side for a few years it shouldn't be beyond any club to host a few fixtures even if they are part of double headers sometimes it should go beyond business/ management and just thinking about ones own club 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HGould Posted Friday at 10:31 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 10:31 AM 2 hours ago, lewy said: Could always run 5 double headers why would this not work? Unfortunately with the average age dynamic at Wimborne Road the average use time of adult nappies and lilets does not exceed the time limit to safely complete 30 heats of Speedway and the further limit of no more than 5 heats with passing* excitement (*excuse the pun) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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