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Are you on the weed ?? total nonsense would Matt need to remortgage i think so let's get real.

Looked good and fast. But then everyone does when they are on there own. His style is like bewleys but more boring if you know what I mean. Fricke looked best. Looked very fast

The sadness for me is that none of this - having something to sell to Poland and having such an amazing racetrack - would have been possible had David Gordon and Chris Morton hadn’t put their lives on hold for 10 years to ensure that the NSS became a reality. One day, perhaps, their hard graft will be properly recognised and true Belle Vue people will take it over again.

Unfortunately Peter has not been well either. To correct one thing there is that I am the TM but will also be the co-promoter ...and I do know what is going on behind the scenes . There is daily contact between the key people involved with Birmingham Speedway .....and Lee Kilby gave more updates than just about sponsorship . The meeting went well and those fans there went away happy at what had been discussed and what they heard.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA AND..................................wake up pal

Well done Witches. Look good in new race suits and so more professional than bibs.

not this again

As you say why would you choose Brady over dudek if dudek was ready to come .no disrespect to Brady

My first memory of Vaclav, was seeing him take on the concrete safety wall at Romford, and win!. A real tough rider who entertained us with his all action style. RIP Vaclav.

Interesting new rule. 15.8.1 If the Referee stops a heat, following an incident or accident, where the rider causing the stoppage and his team partner were in third and fourth place and a re-run is called with one of those riders excluded, the Referee has the sole discretion to order that the remaining team partner will start on a 15 metre handicap in gate position c or d (the opposing team does not change positions). I guess this is an effort to stop riders staying down to get a rerun & gain an extra chance in the rerun.

The speedway Tavern returns tomorrow night (Thursday) at 8 til 9. We will take a look at the season ahead, for all divisions, giving our opinions and predictions (which will of course be way of the mark as usuall!) Please join in with your own predictions. We also have on the show as special guest 'Steve Williams' Speedway Physiotherapist who will answer any questions you may want to put forward. We are also trying to get another guest on the show, just waiting for confirmation. http://sports-radio.co.uk/ (Over to Webby to put on the various ways you can listen to the show.)

Agree. When you see the team written down like that it looks strong all over. As ever, the success or lack of will depend on keeping everyone fit and having a bit more luck than we had last year! If we can, then we stand as good a chance as any of winnng the title IMO. Genuinely wouldn’t swap our septet for any other.

VISITING FANS . please read about the wonderful gesture from the comets promotion about the Cumberland ClassIc . support this venture please .

Glad you got fixed up hope you enjoy your weekend

How many Poole fans are looking forward to a good season ? I am !!

Both Scottish promotions have come up with an interesting way to try and get big crowd for both legs of Scottish Cup. Glasgow fans can buy tickets for the Edinburgh leg from the Glasgow promotion and Glasgow get the money and vice versa. See this benefitting Glasgow as more Tigers fans likely to go to armadale than monarchs fans to Ashfield

But just think without the suits we could be signing Dudek

So things from the q and A are being listened too then, fair play.

Me too sid, one of my all time favourite tracks.

It might be in his club contract, that club matches always take priority... and rightly so!

Vaclav had some great years with Exeter and with Autrey they had some very good sides a massive home advantage at the scary County Ground but it took some b...s. to ride there week in week out.Exeter over the years had a great association with Czech riders i.e.) Holub, Verner, (Vac and Jan,) Dryml,Kudrna,Svab jnr) i loved my visits to Exeter.

Crikey how tall is the German lad!!

The simple plain fact is, if you disagree with the basic premise that a race is more exciting when part of a large crowd than when not then there really is little point in having any further discussion. This post of yours further amplifies that as despite much input from many posters you still don't seem to understand what the discussion was even about. Nobody has said the sport of speedway hasn't declined in the UK. That's a figment of your imagination. What has been said is the racing itself hasn't declined anywhere near as much, if at all. I have presented my argument in a clear, concise fashion, with full reasoning and examples. Even posters whom normally are on the opposite side to me such as Steve Roberts, Moxey, Tsunami etc found no fault. Only yourself and StokePotter who seem to have lived in this utopia where every race was fantastic in years gone by have piped up, but unlike myself have not provided one iota of evidence to back it up, nor any reasoning to question my argument. So here's your chance, provide me with your reasoned opinion as to why you disagree that a race is more exciting when part of a big crowd as opposed to a small one.

We all know how ruthless M F is when it comes to choosing who rides for his Poole team. If as you say "He has a 100K deal sorted for Dudek. I promise it’s not money." Then why would he choose a none GP rider,over the world No 2 who would put more bums on seats for his No 1 rider.

When a rider signs a contract for whoever the first contract he has a blank season, the second contract he can point out meeting he can't commit too ect,ect. If he signs a contract to ride in an individual meeting having checked his diary is blank on that day, then his club arrange a friendly on the same day surely he has the right to miss the friendly through contractual reasons.

Most speedway riders are soft touches and knowing Kim, as much as a decent lad he is, he would probably be one of the biggest soft touches. Time for riders to put their foot down. F$$k being owed that much for a job so dangerous. Absolute farce, Lakeside Speedway should be ashamed of themselves.

I think it's called going elsewhere for a while in order to manipulate a more attractive average

just how long can it last tho ? all those paying customers will soon get p1$$ed off and stop coming until the freebies are done away with . ..... in years to come , it will be a lose , lose situation .

There is now a concession price for the 2018 season for OAPs and students at £10.

I think the bottom line is that the fans just didn't take to NL racing and stayed at home. Not much incentive when Lakeside's bottom three were probably the worst bottom three in the league and were just a waste of space.Then when Zak got injured and Alfie was seconded to Newcastle most of the time there wasn't a lot left to get excited about.

The Glasgow meeting had great crowds when it was on tv and created a fantastic atmosphere and was an excellent advert for the sport

not sure K Newman or A Ellis will agree with you

Fans won’t support individuals if they keep watering them down into little more than unofficial practice sessions. it doesn’t have to be 16 amazing riders, just a mix of 16 riders with ideally a few from other clubs, it’s not as much fun just watching your riders race each other, we want to see our riders race other teams riders, full competitive racing.

Don’t think you understand how sponsors work.

I think most of us do especially after the dog track. You could get good racing there but it was entirely different, not fast and close with many racing lines but usually dependent on riders making mistakes or home track advantage. Nowhere near so exciting to watch and far fewer good races. A track like the NSS proves that racing can be as good today as it ever was.

sunny will probably be o.k until either garrity or auty wipe each other out in ht15!!

Every track needs its own Massif Up the Witches!!

I wonder what happens if the rider is already off a 15m handicap. I like this one: 15.16 HANDICAP HEAT RULES (for offences shown in Art 15.3, or permitted by an SR c) as per Art. 15.15.7 only the Handicap option is available. In an Individual event that permits the use of the 15-metre “Handicap” option for a Starting Offence (Art 15.3, then the ruling allows for multiple use, providing gate (d) is used, then gate (e) for any subsequent offending riders. Yeh, start 'em on the dog track...

My fav: 15.8.1 If the Referee stops a heat, following an incident or accident, where the rider causing the stoppage and his team partner were in third and fourth place and a re-run is called with one of those riders excluded, the Referee has the sole discretion to order that the remaining team partner will start on a 15 metre handicap in gate position c or d (the opposing team does not change positions).

But fair play to Tim he was always there.

I cannot believe some of the theories I read on here. Not having club race suites is a no brainer and a massive backward step in my opinion. Whatever the rights and wrongs of this idea, the only reason we are having this discussion it because Matt Ford wants to make a point. If he was doing his job properly he would find a sponsor to meet the cost and provide an ideal way of advertising for that company. But what Matt Ford wants , is what Matt Ford gets......... No, Having no Race suites is a massive backward step...... Going back in time when, Michael Lee was the only rider in the Stars team to have a sponsored covered leathers , all the rest were in black. It was thought then to be wrong, now Ford is suggesting we go back to then days.......... Yeah Right...........

I've no idea what you're talking about now ?, i didn't say i wouldn't have those guys? I said they have no relevance to this BV / Wroclaw deal. And how do you know what level Drozdz will reach ???, Ridiculous comments as usual , anything not attached to Poole Speedway always treated negatively

Guests should now be a lot less with the fixture list being sorted and anybody missing should be replaced with R/R. The idea of black bottoms a few years ago was much better and team shirts are used to keep them in keeping if guests are used. How hard can it be??

No brainer, they are a must in terms of a professional image nowadays.

Exactly. I personally think Nahlins stance is the correct one, if owed money for more than a week or two they should refuse to ride.

You can add Newcastle to that list as well. He helped others like local lad Mike Watkin, and a lot of the riders we signed had the same nationality or were friends of Ivan. Still very fond of Newcastle and every time he came into the country he made a beeline to visit our track, and just used to appear without being announced, have a chat with the Kiwis and disappear before the end of the meeting, and go and see a local family that he was associated with from his time with us. Having a Geordie mechanic, Gordon Stobbs, I asked him if he could get Ivan to come along to my training school on the Sunday afternoon. He had about 4 other events to go to, but sure enough halfway through our session in walked Ivan, and he proceeded to give a lesson in riding and how to train a rider. Never forgot his roots and the young riders, including Liam Carr, will always remember being tutored by Ivan. Pictures of Ivan and the young riders are on the Newcastle Training group Facebook account.

Utter guff waste of time tournament to massage a few corporate ego’s. Pointless event where fans have zero affinity to any team. Would be meaningful if club or country. As it stands, unless you are an employee, who cares?

And maybe Peterborough knew the rules were illegal.

Yes i remember Hennys 21 point maximum.In fact i have the leathers he wore in the meeting. I was a regular at the shay from 1967 until the ham brothers took over(1981ish . I used to help Dougie Adams (set up the pa play records) and have so many memories from the shay. Some fantastic racing and great charicters riders and referees and of course Dougie. I remember lots of incidents and the riders who took exception to a reffereeing decsion and climbed the dreaded ladder to vent there anger (Jimmy Mcmillan) for one. i remember Kenny Carter when he broke his jaw watching a meeting from the box he was the king. My personal favorite referee was John Rhodes. He was a big bloke with a personality to match. He once excluded Ole Olsen under the two minute rule when Ole tried to get some extra time for one of his team mates by siting on his bike outside the pit gates. On came the red lights on went the white and yellow and black exclustion lights. Olsen was quickly on the phone to protest he was ready to race and only waiting for his partner. John was haveing none of it the crowd where insensed pure theatre. The time when Kenny was rideing for England V Denmark and Erik Gundersun made the gate and pinned KC to the white line on bend 2 only for KC to take one hand off the handle bars and hit Erik on the shoulder that got him a good ticking off from John Whittaker. I could go on all night. Does anyone remember Mick Newtons bike setting alight at the tapes when Ivan Mauger was Lieing up for a second half race.Never seen Ivan leave in such a hurry. But i think Henny apart my personal duke was Mick Mckeon. That bloke had a heart has big has a lion. The crash at the Old Belle Vue when he and Mike Lohmann both recived very nasty injuries was the worst crash i ever saw. I remember Micks last meeting at the shay on completeing his race got a Halifax scarf from someone in the crowd and did a lap appaulding the fans. I was in tears. Great memories. So sad its lost forever.