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Weather for tomorrow in Scotland not looking great.

Poole have no value, no security,nothing to sell,matt ford had it for sale,no takers

My thoughts exactly

Yes, the gp challenge was awful but thankfully the track is a lot smoother now.

I would guess Poole! He doesn't get much credit at Ipswich.

Good job ITV weren't at Northampton tonight

Good job main stream TV wasn't there tonight

I wonder which track Richard Lawson would rather have as his home track, Poole or Ipswich

Fair post from you Gavan. Although about the world cup, i would say plenty of people moaned about the track at the time. But i guess that is just comparative to how tracks were prepared then. Although Poole was dusty last night (what can be done if riders don't want it watered) it wasn't deemed unfit like tonight at Northampton and bet no one moans about that!

Yep despite all the positives so far this really is a massive shooting in the foot.

Postponed now. Not cheap when you are flying riders over for it.

Purposely didn’t buy the stream as we knew the racing would be garbage Cant blame the Poole fans for going though as I go to Ipswich when I can but wouldn’t expect a neutral fan to buy a meeting from Foxhall Trouble is Poole fans are just in their own bubble …can’t criticise the track can they Poole only want to win we have seen that over the years and they will do it any cost …. The fans are notoriously fickle as proved in the early 90’s when they couldn’t get anyone through the gates As for riders these days they wag the tail they are happy for slick tracks with no passing set the bike up to gate and game over Riders back in the day were far more skilled than the current crop you had natural motorcyclists who could ride anywhere not just the big fast tracks Joe Screen….Mark Loram and latterly Darcy Ward…. These guys could ride anywhere … the only one close to them is Bewley I always remember seeing an interview with Todd Wiltshire a few years ago saying the best rides he had seen were Mark Loram Darcy Ward and Andrew Silver at Arena Essex and the skill involved….and then seeing Loram race the boards at Exeter Poole used to be good …. Find the race between Havvy Loram Hancock and Hamill on you tube or the World Cup at Poole The fact is Poole is run as a business now and it wasn’t back then … to keep the Poole fans coming they have to win which means making the track crap to suit the likes of gaters like Lawson and Kerr Poole look after their riders no question but it would do Cooper the world of good to have a better home track

Will Northampton be back? Nothing but problems with the track and as I write this their home meeting with the Stars is currently delayed because of an issue even though juniors were racing on it only hours before.

That's not the same thing though is it??

Totally disagree with you. The day the British final was on ITV I was at a friends bbq. Speaking about the speedway being on tv that evening they were might give it a look but don’t the riders all ride for different teams how can you take it seriously?? I then pointed out that it was the best uk riders in an individual event to decide the British champion.

Nonsense. 😲 It is obviously a second half final. 😉🙂

Eric "Why buy a programme , I know who is going to win"

Do you mean Championship?

Your first post isn’t all that clear,but since it is about dry dusty tracks I’m sure Poole are not the only one that is dust bowl.Again it is the riders preference.IMO

We are going to find out who the best rider in the world is over the next two weekends. Can't wait for the final!

This weekend in Torun will crown who the best rider in the world is. Artem Laguta vs Emil Sayfutdinov in the Polish League final is going to be box office.

The first thing we need to sort out in 2027 is we need to get the fun factor back into British speedway, it is sadly lacking in modern speedway and fans (those left ) feel it

Other than Poole, Ippo or Belle Vue most other speedway clubs have near zero value and given Buster must have chucked in hundreds of thousands over the years he won't let it go for buttons and I can't see anyone willing to take it on either. To be fair on paper team looked decent this year but again just hasn't happened.. Re rising stars great idea but at championship level not premier level.

I think people are getting confused about the nexus of the issue, it’s not about tracks being slick, it’s not about tracks having home advantage, it’s about the practice of clubs allowing the track to be a dust bowl which does not do anyone less the sport any favours.

Jason Doyle has twice helped Sheffield reach the play offs in the last few weeks.. Best to not take it too seriously, just like those who run UK Speedway, and just watch the racing...