Shrimmy 143 Posted August 24, 2022 21 minutes ago, Fenway Bleachers said: Well done Captain courageous!! Highest average in the league, inspirational skipper for Monarchs and riding with dislocations, fractures and metalwork. Well deserved, for the second time, having won in 2011. He has now won everything the league has to offer in our colours. Skills and bravery on track, and at home (with another babe on the way) He will be acclaimed with much warmth when back at Armadale. Oh yes skills and bravery we see that all of the time at EWR haha 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fromafar 10,378 Posted August 24, 2022 Well done to Sam he’s not top of the averages for nothing. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Shovlar 10,439 Posted August 24, 2022 Well done to Sam Masters on his win. Never really in doubt once he had proved his fitness at the start of the meeting. The fact that he loves it at Poole just added to the likelihood of him being the winner. Big well done to Danny King on securing second spot and to a deserved Louis Kerr third. Unlucky in Douglas who had to withdraw from the final. The meeting was played out in front of a good crowd. Perhaps a tad down on last weeks league meeting but still very good. No other club would have got close to the attendance so it’s no surprise it ended up at Poole. The crowd were appreciative of all the riders and all received warm applause all evening. I thought the meeting could have been pushed on at a faster pace by ref Christina Turnbull. It was an extra 7 heats so the parade should have been at 7.20 with first heat at 7.30. With track grades every 4 heats and an interval at heat 12 it was always going to finish late. Add to that riders changing their back tyre for the semi, the add on a demolition of the safety fence in the final and it was a long night. Luckily the atmosphere and racing was good enough to keep everyone in the stadium very happy. Not the best meeting at Poole this year but certainly not bad. Of course meetings like this are not the same passion wise as a proper Poole league meeting but that’s how these meetings go. Masters a worthy winner if it was expected, and a Pirate finishing runner up. Next week is Middlos testimonial. A very good lineup and fingers crossed for decent weather and a big crowd. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cyclone 943 Posted August 24, 2022 Superb from Sam. All the more praiseworthy considering the injuries he is carrying and then being able to recover from the nasty crash in the first running of the final (courtesy of a nudge by Kerr), to win the re-run. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trees 2,814 Posted August 24, 2022 3 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: Well done to Sam Masters on his win. Never really in doubt once he had proved his fitness at the start of the meeting. The fact that he loves it at Poole just added to the likelihood of him being the winner. Big well done to Danny King on securing second spot and to a deserved Louis Kerr third. Unlucky in Douglas who had to withdraw from the final. The meeting was played out in front of a good crowd. Perhaps a tad down on last weeks league meeting but still very good. No other club would have got close to the attendance so it’s no surprise it ended up at Poole. The crowd were appreciative of all the riders and all received warm applause all evening. I thought the meeting could have been pushed on at a faster pace by ref Christina Turnbull. It was an extra 7 heats so the parade should have been at 7.20 with first heat at 7.30. With track grades every 4 heats and an interval at heat 12 it was always going to finish late. Add to that riders changing their back tyre for the semi, the add on a demolition of the safety fence in the final and it was a long night. Luckily the atmosphere and racing was good enough to keep everyone in the stadium very happy. Not the best meeting at Poole this year but certainly not bad. Of course meetings like this are not the same passion wise as a proper Poole league meeting but that’s how these meetings go. Masters a worthy winner if it was expected, and a Pirate finishing runner up. Next week is Middlos testimonial. A very good lineup and fingers crossed for decent weather and a big crowd. Would get more fans if it was held at the weekend ........ why do the BSPL insist on midweek for our big meetings 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gavan 5,050 Posted August 24, 2022 Track was awful and not good to hold a prestige meeting on a track where you can’t race … 2 passes all night wow!! I can never understand why Poole fans are so blinkered … as an Ipswich fan we all know Foxhall doesn’t often produce great racing and we admit that … Poole fans just defend the track On to the meeting and Masters and Douglas showing they are the best two riders in the league especially as Masters has basically won it completely unfit a great effort and let’s hope Douglas is ok as Wolves fans won’t want to see that … Lets hope that next year it gets moved to a track that can actually provide entertainment to reflect the nature of the event 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lbw 869 Posted August 24, 2022 Excellent win by Sam Masters especially given how beat up he is at the moment then winning after the big smash with Douglas tonight. Congratulations Sam Sam & Nick Morris compare war wounds before the meeting...... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KrisB 54 Posted August 24, 2022 Shock! A Number 1 in the Premiership wins the Championship League championship 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lbw 869 Posted August 24, 2022 1 minute ago, KrisB said: Shock! A Number 1 in the Premiership wins the Championship League championship Shocked me coz it turned me roots grey! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Justgotmecpc 1,059 Posted August 24, 2022 30 minutes ago, Fromafar said: Well done to Sam he’s not top of the averages for nothing. Top rider is Sam & a top fella 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisa-colette 6,035 Posted August 24, 2022 30 minutes ago, Gavan said: Track was awful and not good to hold a prestige meeting on a track where you can’t race … 2 passes all night wow!! I can never understand why Poole fans are so blinkered … as an Ipswich fan we all know Foxhall doesn’t often produce great racing and we admit that … Poole fans just defend the track On to the meeting and Masters and Douglas showing they are the best two riders in the league especially as Masters has basically won it completely unfit a great effort and let’s hope Douglas is ok as Wolves fans won’t want to see that … Lets hope that next year it gets moved to a track that can actually provide entertainment to reflect the nature of the event Let's hope other clubs volunteer to stage it then! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gr8scot 589 Posted August 24, 2022 What a guy, smiling Sam Masters. To be riding at all with all his injuries is a miracle but to crash in the final and get up and win it is exceptional. Huge well done lad Hard lines on Josh as there was only one line and Danny got there first Hope Ryan is ok and well done Danny King for getting that bike down 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lbw 869 Posted August 24, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Gavan said: Track was awful and not good to hold a prestige meeting on a track where you can’t race … 2 passes all night wow!! I can never understand why Poole fans are so blinkered … as an Ipswich fan we all know Foxhall doesn’t often produce great racing and we admit that … Poole fans just defend the track On to the meeting and Masters and Douglas showing they are the best two riders in the league especially as Masters has basically won it completely unfit a great effort and let’s hope Douglas is ok as Wolves fans won’t want to see that … Lets hope that next year it gets moved to a track that can actually provide entertainment to reflect the nature of the event Tell me about it! I'm so blinkered that I've been entered into the 730 at Kempton tomorrow! Edited August 24, 2022 by Turnip Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yearbyred 1,107 Posted August 24, 2022 1 hour ago, cyclone said: Superb from Sam. All the more praiseworthy considering the injuries he is carrying and then being able to recover from the nasty crash in the first running of the final (courtesy of a nudge by Kerr), to win the re-run. Bit harsh on Kerr there, he couldn’t have ridden much closer to the kerb than he did in the first running of the final. Just a very tight first corner, as you’d expect in a final. Well done to Sam, he’s a class act and well some to Lewi on another good showing. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
szkocjasid 3,044 Posted August 24, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Trees said: Would get more fans if it was held at the weekend ........ why do the BSPL insist on midweek for our big meetings I doubt the BSPL insist on midweek meetings, more likely Belle Vue & Poole preferred to race on their normal race night! Edited August 24, 2022 by szkocjasid 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
