packerman

I decided at 6 that I wasn't going tonight even tho at the time it was brilliant sunshine. The forecast was awful weather all day but only had a few showers, yesterday was saying the best of the weather was going to be tonight!

Well the defence of the title begins this week for the Elite League champions Poole. With the loss of Darcy for this meeting being replaced by Craig Cook could there be an upset on the cards providing the weather dries up between now & Wednesday night.

Whats up with the Poles?

Thanks for the info Graham. As a Poole fan it is really enlightening ready your blog about track prep at Blunsdon and all the work you guys do. Keep up he good work

I think you will find that SS got the days mixed up, I believe he's referring to Saturday's fixture at Leicester

Good luck to the future return of the Islanders. Thanks for giving us Chris Holder

If you are being that way inclined I as glad the Piotr Proteciewicz wasn,t at Poole for long.

I understand about missing the gate. There is a big difference tho in just pootling around at the back, It was always 3,0,0,0.

Justine Elkins. Haaving seen him ride around Poole for about 2 years before meetings & having times 4 laps up to signing for the Pirates winning his opening heat in heat 2 what a start. Sadly that was about the highlight. Marcus Bisson might be another real exciting leg trailing rider from the Channel Islands, Saw him beat Gordon Kennet in heat 8, when Gordon was on a Tactical Substitution ride against Eastbourne at Poole but sometimes it just wasn't his night. If you went to Exeter the Martyn Yeates would get a mention. Wins heat 1 with the fastest time of the season and then trail in with 2 terrible 0's a good distance behind the rider in 3rd place.

As you can tell from above I've never to Nicki P and you can add to that list Todd Wiltshire a bit of a gating tart but I respected his return from a seriuos injury Martin Goodwin Andrew Silver Flyin Ryan Sullivan just didn't take to him even tho he rode for Poole Hans Nielsen more than likely he was just better than any Pirate in the mid 80's except Micheal Lee Eddie Kennett had the skill just seemed not to bother/try Bjarne Pedersen A great servant to Poole but at times just seemed to let others go by without any effort at defending his line

Too true Proud Panther. Heaven help the rider that dared tocharge under Nikki as he feels that it is only fair when he does it. Of course you were going through the gap as you had NO intention of turning without hitting the other rider.

I remember tat he was recalled to the Pirates team in 82 are Peter Prinsloo had a horror crash against Eastbourne. Always seemed to be a trier but Poole were an awfully poor team that year. I do recall that in heat 2 the tapes wouldn't go up correctly and the riders were caught in the remains of the tapes on a number of meeeting in the middle of the season. As I was only 13 at the time I never got to see Danny after a meeting as I had to go home for school the next day.

Half the Poole team not to ride at Eastie, Lakeside, Belle Vue & Leicester

My top 3 tracks are in order are 1 Station Road Long Eaton 2 The County Ground Exeter 3 Elfield Park Milton Keynes Hastings stadium the former home of the Saxon's was pretty good but I never saw any speedway there, it closed about 35 years before my visit to watch a football game, but you could still see 95% of the track. I suppose I should of put London stadium in my top 3 but the glass just killed any atmosphere.

This might sound like a silly question but how is the point scoring sorted in this event? thanks for any info

I think it was related to the comments that Woffy might not be racing here next year & not that he is a foreigner. Too true Gemini

It wasn't quite that bad Gemini. It is interesting reading the table & seeing what happened to Kings Lynn due to all their injuries.

This was my first trip to Perry Barr & Ithought the racing was pretty good considering the rain that had previously fallen. I would like to say that I was on the 1st bend at Perry Barr for the final. I never noticed any signs about no airhorns to be used, having said that I wasn't exactly looking for them either, where I was in my spot I could hardly see anything in my programme as the light was poor I was unable to read it. Would like to thank the Brummie promotion for putting on a good show at such short notice.

I enjoyed the meeting greatly from home as unable to make it. Feel sorry for the Robins fans that their season has come to an end, if it was for the home loss around the time of the wages lack of payment news you would/could of got top spot & chosen to face Wolves instead of Birmingham getting the choice. I still struggle to see why the Robins owners chose to ride at home first as it normally seems easier to reign in a lead than to defend it most of the time. Looking forward to getting down to the Stadium next week for only the 2nd time this year due to work commitments.

Having just gone on to the greyhound website for Birmingham they race all weekend which would be another obsticale. It is great news we have the challenge meeting down here so hoping to be able to attend.

I hope that Exeter do return to the track 1 day. I have many fond memories of the County ground and being very fortunate to be one of the several thousands to attend the final meeting. At least speedway is being kept alive with Plymouth & I hope it stays that way for many a year to come.

Martin Yeates riding for Poole at Exeter was the same when I saw him. Fastest time of the season when winning heat 1. Then in his other 3 or maybe 4 rides tailing away in a last place by almost the lenght of a straight.

I think that with 2 major sporting events taking place in Cardiff with the cricket finals just up the road that would force up hotel prices. Just need to get the M4 to operate properly so you can get out of Wales swiftly!

Nothing wrong in Agent Pedersen from where I stand. Very similar to Agent Watt in the past

That might be true but at least Holder leaves some room to race unlike Nicki, Having said that there is nothing in the rules that state you have to leave racing room & Nicki does just that. With the Holder Bjarne collision I believe that the Ref called it correct there might of been some room but not enough to get a bike & rider through it, Having seen Nicki ride over the years he would of been through the space like a shot & taken all of Bjarne's space too just ask Matej Ferjan for that one. Again Nicki took the urine with his antics with Emil after there race had finished. In the Semi's Nicki & Holder both deserved their EXC's but Nicki needs to learn to stick to a line & not use them all. As for heat 22 Emil was struggling to get control again & was going too slow & Bjarne had 2 choices either try & avoid Emil which he did of go through him (not the wisest move). Better luck next time Emil