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For anyone undecided on whether to travel or to sully themselves by crossing the threshold of the den of iniquity that is Wimborne Road for this one, it's a lovely sunny day down here with decent weather forecast for the rest of it. Could think of worse ways to spend a later afternoon and evening. Jay has actually managed to leave behind the rain in the Midlands this time.

Back to serious stuff now... Have just received confirmation that gates open at 6.30pm tomorrow as normal.

Moi? Butter wouldn't melt...honestly. I blame U3. Filthy mind these youngsters. Now moving swiftly back to topic...

Exactly!

Oh ye of little faith Jay. We've ordered a glorious sunny day for you. However, you may feel free to stand under your very own little rain cloud should you wish. No idea as yet which considering I need to be there a good half an hour beforehand isn't a good start. If I can't find out this evening, I'll be contacting the promotion tomorrow so will post it here if no-one's beat me to it. Looking forward to this one. No bloody averages involved and a fight to the metaphoric death. with several of the riders present who contributed to a cracking NY meeting, I'm hoping for a repeat. Word of warning to anyone driving to the stadium though...last week there were traffic lights and single flow traffic right outside the stadium due to the erection of the new emergency services building. I'm not certain whether these works are still there, but nothing moves fast in Dorset so be prepared...

Dropping his average mate. That's what we've been told by everyone after each Poole meeting when he's ridden. Pleased it was a great meeting. I thoroughly enjoyed my last trip to the home of muck, so it was great to see it's history celebrated today.

Thanks for the updates yesterday.

You on commission these days Mike? Correy - there's also a Holiday Inn Express which is a similar 5 min walk from the stadium. Alternatively have a look at the Arndale Court which is immediately the other side of the road from the stadium.

Hey, I bought that record.

Apologies...I wasn't intending to split hairs. I see where you're coming from, I guess perhaps I never expected Bren to qualify to the next round however much of a supporter of his that I am and misread your comment.

I can't comment about Jaimie, but for Brendan I wouldn't call it a pity. He's still 16 so to pick up 6 points against some decent opposition there was more than expected. As a sponsor, I'm more than happy with how he did, and I'm sure I speak for some of his other backers too. This was by far his biggest event in his career and he's done himself proud. Some may scoff at that, but in the context of overall experience and the result, it wasn't bad at all.

Think you've read that a bit wrong Hazzman, they've only met once in Ht 12.

Too right! Hope that darned ref doesn't cock up the meeting for anyone today though - surprised he's still doing anything after some of his GP efforts. Good luck to Jaimie too.

Plenty of 'disappointment at the back' though

Cracking result from Sayfutdinov and Freddie. Long live the new order in the GPs.

I heard you'd made some new friends there last night.

Well done Bren, 4 points tonight was a great result. Just wish I could've made the meeting with the rest of the BDJ crew there tonight.

Couldn't have said it better myself U³ - cracking and determined performance from Bren. Bet those ribs are aching today!

Perhaps my attitude appears rather harsh to some. I suppose I just don't feel much sympathy towards someone still being offered £200k in one country (and we're probably talking close to £500k overall when other countries/meeting/sponsorship deals etc are taken into account) for the amount of meetings he'd actually do. I hear all the arguments about costs etc, but we're not exactly talking about someone being forced to walk the poverty line even after all of that. I guess I'm just looking at the bigger picture rather than just focussing on speedway.

I can see where you're coming from, but we're not talking your average man on the street on £25k - 30k...this is nearly 10 times that, and that's just the reduced amount! And not just his sole income either when you take into account open meetings, GP winnings, sponsorship etc and other leagues he can ride in. Personally if my employer offered me a cut in my money but the chance to keep my current job in the current financial climate, I'd be there like a shot.

That's still approx £200,000 though - so afraid I've no sympathy. It's still a whole load of money. Do think some of these riders need to wake up and get in the real world at the moment, but that's just my opinion.

Really pleased you all had a good time Tsu. I was there in spirit, and it was a tough decision to not go last night, but in reality, it'd have set me back too much to have risked it. Hope we get to meet up somewhere this year though for a good righting the wrongs of the world again. Big thanks to Pirate Paul for deputising for me there last night - I owe you big time for helping out matey.

Nij...you forgot to mention, it's next Wednesday. I want a live weblink if that's possible, please.

Wouldn't call it an insult Pollyanna - it's often the case that not all riders will take part in a testimonial, and with all due respect to Kyle, if it was a choice between our no 7 and someone like Nicki P, I think at this stage of their careers, the fans would rather see Nicki. I'm sure Kyle won't take it personally.

Pedersen joins Diamonds shocker!!! Seriously, it looks a great couple of teams and hope the fans turn out in force for one of speedway's true gentlemen, a loyal servant and downright top bloke.