Lakeside V Poole 21/8/2015

[Bryn 413]

5pm UPDATE

 

No hint of rain whatsoever, in fact it's definitely shorts and T-shirt weather so come on down!

[Crazy robin 2,963]

Fair play to Kyle Newman but all he has beaten to get his points tonight were Kyle Hughes, Luke Bowen, Ben Morley, Kim Nillson(2) & Max Fricke.

 

Apart from Nillson & Fricke it really shows how easy it is for him as a reserve to beat such low draft riders.

[TonyE 822]

Creditable show from a four and a half man team (Kim Nilsson far from match fit) and given 'our reserves' effectively meant we started with -8, to lose by only two points was no mean feat on the night.

 

From where I was the AJ exclusion was contentious but, given that the same referee thought James Sargeant 'moved' off 15 metres at KL a couple of days ago, perhaps not surprising.

[Guest]

Friday August 21, 2015;

ELITE LEAGUE

LAKESIDE 40: Andreas Jonsson 11, Richard Lawson 9+1, Edward Kennett 8, Max Fricke 7+1, Kim Nilsson 2, Kyle Hughes 2, Luke Bowen 1

POOLE 50: Kyle Newman 15+2, Davey Watt 10+1, Chris Holder 9, Kacper Gomolski 6+2, Ben Morley 4+2, Dakota North 3+1, Maciej Janowski 3

Elite League points: Lakeside 0 Poole 4

[E I Addio 15,846]

Fair play to Kyle Newman but all he has beaten to get his points tonight were Kyle Hughes, Luke Bowen, Ben Morley, Kim Nillson(2) & Max Fricke.

Apart from Nillson & Fricke it really shows how easy it is for him as a reserve to beat such low draft riders.

True. Makes you wonder why Zengota couldn't beat the draft reserves when he guested for Belle Vue.

[foreverblue 6,096]

True. Makes you wonder why Zengota couldn't beat the draft reserves when he guested for Belle Vue.

Kyle is better than Zengota?

[E I Addio 15,846]

Kyle is better than Zengota?

 

 

He is certainly the best of the EDR riders apart from Garrity, I'll grant you that

[Bryn 413]

If you inadvertently left something to do with the Lakeside Hammers club belonging to yourself in the bar last night, message me. Bryn

[orion 7,618]

True. Makes you wonder why Zengota couldn't beat the draft reserves when he guested for Belle Vue.

The funny thing was when he rode against Belle Vue on Monday he got beat by both the draft riders there as well . bit shocked you never made comment about that .

[E I Addio 15,846]

The score sheet tells its own story:-

 

Lakeside 1-5 scored 37 Poole 1-5 scored 31

 

Lakeside EDR Reserves 3 Poole EDR reserves 19

 

That pretty much sums up all of Lakesides frustrating season at home. There are four teams whose 1-5 have averaged less than the Hammers 1-5. Still no use crying over spilt milk, just relieved to see the end of a dreadful season, although at the moment there seems to be a reasonable chance of another season at the track, although nothing is certain at this stage.

 

Apart from the fact that the EDR position made the result inevitable it was a decent meeting and I can't take anything away from Poole who do look like probably the most solid side we have seen at Lakeside this year and on this form do look like play off (or even pokc ) favourites, especially now Coventry and KL seem to be unravelling.

 

I hope ,Magic is OK after the most scary crash we have seen a Lakeside for a long. long time. Magic was leading when AJ came off bend 4 with a lot of speed and squeezed between Magic and the safety fence, Magic seemed to lean which somehow seemed to cause Magic to pick up a lot of grip and the bike reared up and threw him of. Luckily the bike demolished the safety fence going into bend one and Magic bounced along without hitting anything but it was a really bad looking one . AJ did well to miss him. Didn't do the bike a lot of good though.

 

Apart from that AJ looked a class apart and it took a terrific ride from the gate by track specialist Dave Watt to inflict his only defeat. Davy has his critics but it looked like the old Davy last night and I enjoyed watching him.

 

I was once again very impressed with Max Fricke who must surely be going on to big things in the sport. His dices with Dakota North I thought were excellent and to be fair I though that Dak was far, far better than the score sheet showed.

 

Kim Nilsson clearly not match fit yet and his gating was naff but he'll be back.

 

I have really warmed to Ed Kennett this season . He lacks self belief at times but he really wanted his win over Holder. Holder must have thought he had Nicki Pedersen inside him in the fight for the first bend.

 

So overall a disappointing result to a good meeting before the best crowd of the season, proving that even without Darcy Poole can pull the punters in so I have to wish them well for the Play-offs

 

The meeting closed with a very emotional speech to the crowd by Jon Cook thanking them for their support during what he called nine roller coaster years. According to what he said to the crowd and in the programme notes there is a fair chance this wont be the last ever meeting at Lakeside but things are still uncertain and there will be further announcements when there is more definite news. He also apologised for and took the responsibility for the teams disappointing performance this year.

 

So, the end of an awful season which we can hope wont be the last

 

Best wishes to all clubs left in the play off chase

[Lapsed Hawk 6]

The score sheet tells its own story:-

 

Lakeside 1-5 scored 37 Poole 1-5 scored 31

 

Lakeside EDR Reserves 3 Poole EDR reserves 19

 

That pretty much sums up all of Lakesides frustrating season at home. There are four teams whose 1-5 have averaged less than the Hammers 1-5. Still no use crying over spilt milk, just relieved to see the end of a dreadful season, although at the moment there seems to be a reasonable chance of another season at the track, although nothing is certain at this stage.

 

Apart from the fact that the EDR position made the result inevitable it was a decent meeting and I can't take anything away from Poole who do look like probably the most solid side we have seen at Lakeside this year and on this form do look like play off (or even pokc ) favourites, especially now Coventry and KL seem to be unravelling.

 

I hope ,Magic is OK after the most scary crash we have seen a Lakeside for a long. long time. Magic was leading when AJ came off bend 4 with a lot of speed and squeezed between Magic and the safety fence, Magic seemed to lean which somehow seemed to cause Magic to pick up a lot of grip and the bike reared up and threw him of. Luckily the bike demolished the safety fence going into bend one and Magic bounced along without hitting anything but it was a really bad looking one . AJ did well to miss him. Didn't do the bike a lot of good though.

 

Apart from that AJ looked a class apart and it took a terrific ride from the gate by track specialist Dave Watt to inflict his only defeat. Davy has his critics but it looked like the old Davy last night and I enjoyed watching him.

 

I was once again very impressed with Max Fricke who must surely be going on to big things in the sport. His dices with Dakota North I thought were excellent and to be fair I though that Dak was far, far better than the score sheet showed.

 

Kim Nilsson clearly not match fit yet and his gating was naff but he'll be back.

 

I have really warmed to Ed Kennett this season . He lacks self belief at times but he really wanted his win over Holder. Holder must have thought he had Nicki Pedersen inside him in the fight for the first bend.

 

So overall a disappointing result to a good meeting before the best crowd of the season, proving that even without Darcy Poole can pull the punters in so I have to wish them well for the Play-offs

 

The meeting closed with a very emotional speech to the crowd by Jon Cook thanking them for their support during what he called nine roller coaster years. According to what he said to the crowd and in the programme notes there is a fair chance this wont be the last ever meeting at Lakeside but things are still uncertain and there will be further announcements when there is more definite news. He also apologised for and took the responsibility for the teams disappointing performance this year.

 

So, the end of an awful season which we can hope wont be the last

 

Best wishes to all clubs left in the play off chase

Absolutely spot on with this.

Came away last night feeling more positive about the future having heard Cooky at the end compared to the

comments attributed to Duggo posted on the website earlier on in the week.

Just hope they remain in Essex.

Only get to about a third of the home meetings due to work and other commitments but thought the crowd was the largest

I have seen since Rico`s memorial meeting.

Not a bad ending overall bearing in mind we knew before a wheel was turned who was going to win comfortably last night.

[marko 956]

I know there was Poole fans there but the size of the crowd must give the promotion some positive vibes that there is a crowd base there if they can secure the venues short term future at least.

 

As i have already said it had been some time since i have visited the track and despite some of the unfortunate and unavoidable delays i really enjoyed the evening.

I never report to be a big fan of Jon Cook but his words last night were that of in my opinion an honest man, i really hope that speedway can continue at this venue for at least another season.

[Skidder1 7,648]

Severe bruising of chest and shoulder for Maciej. Will be missing on Monday v Swindon. MF trying to source a suitable guest from Coventry or Lakeside??!!!!!!

 

Might as well go with r/r at home.

[foreverblue 6,096]

Severe bruising of chest and shoulder for Maciej. Will be missing on Monday v Swindon. MF trying to source a suitable guest from Coventry or Lakeside??!!!!!!

 

Might as well go with r/r at home.

A.J or Bomber then.

[Crazy robin 2,963]

Kyle is better than Zengota?

He might be at Lakeside & Poole but can't see Kyle getting regular rides in Poland like Zengota.

 

All Kyle has done is beat riders who were always behind him in the draft since it started so no real surprise.

 

Let's see how he gets on in the main team next season.

 

 

He is certainly the best of the EDR riders apart from Garrity, I'll grant you that

Everyone said that from day 1 of last season anyway.