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Good idea Rabbit, I usually use the large multi storey on my trips to Poole. Being a Sunday, they should be quieter, but also free.

For a moment I was nearly tempted, but I think I'll wait 'til nearer the time. Out of the line up, surely it's only Nicki P and Greg Hancock, and possibly Scott Nicholls, that won't be riding in the UK this year ?

Yep, Kevin Coombes, he's good isn't he ?

Gotta be GB and Denmark, the 2 teams with the the most strength throughout all 5 riders. It will be close though, depends which Gollob turns up, the "wind it on, round the outside, I'm coming through" or "this tracks to small, I can't be bothered" Gollob could make a difference. Hancock and Hamill will go well for USA but they'll be scraping for 3rd place at best.

OK so thankfully it came alive in the last half of the meeting, the first half was very boring and probably showed speedway at it's worst, especially to any newcomer- processional and not very professional - was it 57 minutes for the first 3 heats ? Massive contrast in racing and coverage when compared to Sunday. Luckily the last 10 heats provided some overtaking and great racing form Pedersens, Lindback and Gjedde. The ref called the wrong result in the Lindback / Gjedde issue, again showing that there's room for some technical help to make the sport more professional. I think Sweden deserved to go through, they put the points on early and hung in there despite a great rally from the Danes;USA were always going to be 3rd and the Czechs 4th. As far as commentary goes, I much prefer Pearson with support from Kelvin, Chris L or perhaps David Norris, sorry Johnno "mate", no offence and that's probably a "disappointment" to Millard..... Concerned that there was no air fence though, thought the start line girls looked fabulous, but what about the outfit the start marshal was wearing for the first few heats, long tailed frock coat and a bandanna - looked like a cross between an orchestral conductor and an extra from Pirates of the Caribbean......