Steve Shovlar

Matt usually doesn't attend the agm.

If he (Bewley) has just bashed his bollocks he should be ok in a week or two. Bloody painfull though,

But. He has to give up grasstrack and ride Championship. No good just riding for Poole. He has come on leaps and bounds but his progress will slow as he puts grasstrack and longtrack first.

Errrr.....Wolves are current Champions.

Because Adams dad posted immediately after my post!

I guess the meeting is cheaper at 25 quid for the two. A tenner for the first meeting as the deal, and 15 quid for the second.

Charles Wright? Ellis Perks?

Since the history of the playoffs, has a team qualified who has lost 5 on the bounce at home, one with a scoreline of 30-60? Not that I can recall. 5 losses at home usually means bottom of the league. But the resilience of this Poole team has suprised everyone, and the reason they go into the playoffs as the complete underdogs, and the team neutrals will be supporting en masse. Poole Pirates. 'The Peoples Team". You can almost hear the roar, "Come on Pirates", from hundreds of thousands of lounges, parlours, sitting rooms and bars right now.

Well if you and Adam haven't heard then chances are it's not true.

Just spent an hour trying to decypher wijka.pl website to pay as my subscription had run out. Finally got it sorted to discover meeting not running. Hopefully the other meetings won't be affected.

Heard from a couple of sources that Adam Ellis has just become a Poole asset. Any truth in this? Jonny the spud?

Having given it some thought I believe the only chance Poole have of making the final is if Swindon pick us. With Fricke returning to the Belle Vue side and with Bewley at reserve, they are just too fast for us on their big track. We did get a draw there in the A fixture but were well beaten in the B and just didn't have the pace of their riders. Wolverhampton are too strong at home also and we won't get close enough to them. But our boys do ride Swindon reasonably well. It's our best chance of making the final. I don't believe for a minute that we can win the title this year unless luck runs our way but we could shock Swindon over two legs. They are without doubt overwhelming favourites to make the final but there's a chance. We have nothing to fear, there's no pressure on Poole whatsoever and we can just go for it. If we fail, well we have done well in the end to have made the playoffs with this team without a number one. Bring on those Robins!

Whats Lynn said about the refund from the double header? As a Poole fan I am not interested in reduced admission for the Lynn v Rye meeting.

We have nothing to fear from Swindon. That run of wins means nothing now. A great acheivement but its the past. The run ended spectacularly last night and Rosco must be concerned with a couple of his riders looking like they are running out of steam. Against that is a Poole team who have endured a torrid mid season where our form and confidence completely deserted us. We were at rock bottom and a championship side could have beaten us. But since that horrendous 30-60 defeat we have slowly but surely come together as a team. Confidence has grown week upon week. Middlo has shown why he is revered at Poole and the riders have reacted very well to his management. In the last few meetings we have seen the Poole fighting spirit resurface. At Kings Lynn we got the 4 points, then last night in a much tougher meeting and being 10 down, the team dug deep. As English Roundabout said in his meeting summary, the Poole team just all clicked together. Middlo probably got them all together and gave a now or never talk and the team reacted in a positively. On track it was a sight to see. As the season has panned out, Swindon fans believe the Robins will win both legs of the semi quite comfortably and are probably more concerned about who they will meet in the final. They have seen Pirates off without too much bother in league meetings, bar Poole getting at draw at Blunsdon. They won convincingly at Poole in the B fixture. What is there to be worried about?

Gavan. You stated Swindon would win at Rye House last night. Can you please explain then why they were thrashed out of sight? Really, you do continue to blow a gasket on the Poole threads. You say your family are so important to you so why not take them for a day out and spend less time erupting in anger on the Poole threads? Whilst we all find your posts funny it can do your health no good at all, unless this is the way you live your life. In which case stress will get the better of you and we will read on here you have had a heart attack. God knows how you will react if Poole somehow knock out Swindon! You need to chill out. This is actually given as freindly advice and not with any animosity.

Sorry Grachan you can try and deflect but Swindon are clear favourites. And many of the Swindon fans want Rosco to pick Poole, so they can 'smash them' in both legs. Well I say, bring it on. Pirates have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

There was confusion about the coin toss. The announcer said Poole had won the toss and would consider the gates before making the choice. A few minutes later it was announced Somerset had won the toss and chosen 2-4. Clearly the home side knew 2-4 were better from previous meetings and so it proved. Gate 4 won 6 of the heats.

Lawson had been superb for Somerset and was unbeaten. Brought down and wrongly excluded in heat 13.

I had a chat with your promoter last night at Lynn and he comes across as a very go ahead chap. Doubt you could wish for a better promoter. Rye seem to be in very safe hands and for a first season have done very well. Well well well what a night of speedway which had everything! A huge crowd, Somersets biggest of the season, hundreds of travelling Poole fans making a ton of noise (at the end) and some great racing played out in a very tense atmosphere. Somerset raced into a big lead and it looked all over, but suddenly Poole got their hands on the far superior gates 2 and 4 and two 5-1s on the bounce brought us back into it. With drawn heats and the meeting running out it came down to the wire. Pirates would simply not be denied. With ruthless utter determination Kurtz led down the back straight and a great cutback from Hans brought him into second entering the third bend. Lawson battled for 4 laps but Brady was not going to be caught. With Josh G tailed off the hundreds of Poole fans erupted as we took the win. A magnificient performance of true grit and determination not to be beaten and the Poole Pirates which we all know and love showed themselves for the first time this season. For Poole. Brady started poorly but improved as the meeting went on. Starke battled for his points. Could have scored more but pulled up when third as he thought he heard something wrong with his engine. There was nithing wrong! Kennett was excellent and did a blinding third to first ride in heat 14 to draw the heat and save the meeting. Hans played a true captains role and stood up to the pressure of heat 15. Lahti was excellent. Really showing his class. Georgie Wood was out of his depth. For Somerset. Josh G was very good most of the night. Wright was unlucky not to have been in heat 15. Excellent around this track. Hougaard battled but two poor rides. Greebo was very good. Unfairly excluded in heat 13 when Josh G brought him off. Doolan ran out of steam. Kerr was consistent all night. That's what speedway is all about. Would have made a brilliant tv meeting. Speedway the winner tonight. Time for Swindon to pick us now. And more than happy if they do. We have nothing to fear from Swindon. No pressure on us at all. All the pressure is now on Swindon. They are expect to brush us aside and make the final. Let them try. Poole are not the same team that was falling apart in mid season. Our confidence has grown. The team has now gelled and is battling for everything. Swindons bubble is bursting. Rye ripped them apart tonight and although they had a couple of riders missing they are not the force many of their fans think they are. We can go into the semis knowing we have every chance of reaching the final, against all the odds. Lets do this!

So you are just unpleasant then. Hmm I can think of better words to describe you.

Yessssssdss 45-48 Poole fans invade!.

Be suprised if we can do this josh and greebo virtually ubeatable.

Swindon praying for Poole. The luck has run out.

As predicted with both rye and Somerset meetings tonight.

Big crowd here at Somerset. Still queues outside. Delayed start.