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Speedway should be marketed as an extreme sport, not a family sport or anything of the like. When you hear the intro music being described as 'jolly' it really does make you cringe.

Just waiting for the Poole 2019 thread to appear.

You were saying.....hahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahahaha

To the over cocky Poole fans (you know who you are) - your boys took one helluva beating! Maybe your mighty team isn't as good as you thought it was and hopefully you have come back down to earth with an almighty bang! Hahahahahahahaha! Well done to the Robins - you certainly showed those pesky pie rats! Every other teams fans will also enjoy this moment!

Always liked the Stars, hope they have a decent season.

Shocked and saddened to read this, seeing him at Berwick was all to brief and all to rare but he was a thoroughly decent guy. RIP Martin.

That 1940’s marching music the riders come out to at the moment is an embarrassment that needs to be binned. Now. Don’t know what the tune is called but it’s worse than the crap Coventry came out to for years.

First meeting of the season and it pretty much had everything I reckon. Some close tight racing (albeit a slow start, the first 4 heats being from the tapes). After the first track grade, the meeting exploded into life! After their collision in heat one, Allen and Newman continued with their shindigs with a brilliant race in heat6 with Allen charging hard under Newman on the third bend. The race ended with Newman snapping at Jake”s heels as they crossed the finish line. For some reason Ref Dave Robinson awarded third place to Newman, which baffled the crowd and caused much programme altering, before the score was adjusted several heats later. What happened after the race was truly inexcusable, as Newman, clearly irked by the young Aussies hard riding, rode him out to the fence, causing Allen to take avoiding action Not to be outdone, Allen took his revenge by intentionally swerving his back wheel towards Newman’s front tyre, dumping the former Rebel and his machine onto the track No action ensued from the Ref, but certainly tempers were raised in the pits, with several people being restrained by officials As the track became more to the Rebels liking, they slowly got back into the match with some determined riding from the aforementioned Allen, Charles Wright and BWD, who was most unlucky to be excluded in heat 8 surely this trio are going to be an exciting spectacle this season at the OTA Wright was a revelation, riding defensively in heat 9 to keep Andersen in third, allowing Holder his first win in Rebels colours at his new track, then team riding with BWD in heat 12 for a vital 5-1 Not often seen by Wrighty , certainly from this poster! For the Lions, Pieszcek was most impressive, looking perfectly at home on a track he has probably never seen before Hans Andersen was good value too for his paid 8 points, once again using his track guile and experience to either assist his colleagues, or to keep opponents at bay Newman had his best meeting at the OTA for many a year, and looks like he won’t be in the reserve berth for too long This Leicester side has an impressive look about it even without their number one, and I expect them to be in the mix at the end of the season A new era for Somerset with the Wednesday night meetings, and certainly the crowd looked pretty decent to me

A wonderful tribute to Ivan Mauger in today's Star with great words by people who clearly knew and loved the man himself. Made it very difficult to read this morning But brilliantly put together by the whole team. Looking forward to next week's issue which is promised to offer even more and, hopefully, by then the emotions of his death will be a little less raw for us all. I particularly appreciated the chequered strap at top and bottom across the pages ... a great touch. And I have to say the new style Star front page combined with the stunning 1970s photos of Ivan look just beautiful. Thank you to all involved.

Personally I think it's wrong/unfair that swindon are allowed to race Thursdays. If anything happens to any of the riders (hope it doesnt) and they need to have a guest they will have a bigger pool of riders to choose from unlike the rest who are limited because of set nights. Tnoughts

A nice minutes Round of applause tonight from everyone at the meeting giving the memory of Ivan Mauger massive respect.

If KL can get Iversen going then they have the makings of a good team. Lambert and Kerr prob put in their best Blunsdon performances and Proctor was decent. Looks like Poole have a new rival for 4th!!

At least we rode to the teams average ... Pity it was their ages

Can’t take it with you haza

Wonder what Batchelors thoughts are about this crap Stars team.

How about “Don’t You Want Me, Brady?”

Thought it was this.

Drozdz will be back. But he can come.back till the 28 day replacement is over which is Wednesday. So Monday will be starke last match and then the return of the pole

Well I just got home from Poole and I have to say I really enjoyed the trip. The meeting may not have been the best ever, but we were treated to one or two superb rides. Swindon were far superior on the night and thoroughly deserved their win, which everyone acknowledged with good grace. I was particularly struck by the size of the crowd, which was a lot better than the numbers we get at Lakeside. I also cannot imagine Jon Cook and co doing a public post match press conference, which I think is a terrific way to increase fan involvement in the club. I want to say a big thank you for the wonderful warm welcome I received. I spoke to lots of Poole fans, including several forum members, and I can say that every single one was friendly and good company. The recommended Lakeside fish and chips was excellent too.

Swindon won't get carried away with that result and I think it is just down to the start of season "rustiness" for certain Poole riders. Swindon caught Poole with their trousers down and that won't happen easily again with the team that Poole have assembled. Who would have thought Josh would fail to score and Brady would only score 3? At the start of seasons, you often get shock results and I think that is what last night was. Rosco did brilliantly putting Nick and David together for heat 1 - both are on-form and when you start with a 5-1, the team's confidence grows. Swindon's top 5 looks pretty solid but they will have off-nights (hopefully not all at the same time like Poole last night). Well done Swindon and commiserations to Poole.

I could have gone to this meeting, but thankfully chose not to! Instead I went to the British U21 semi final at Birmingham. Some decent speedway, although I have seen better there. The 2 biggest cheers of the night? The presenter announced that Poole were currently losing 27-39 and the Final score from Poole!

The man is an absolute tool. Did he expect we'd just turn up and say thats okay? The sooner he f=-=s off out if thus sport the better it will be for everyon REF above the track was watered at the request of the Teams NOT the track Curator As usual a keyboard warrior who has not the nuts to go and ask the man himself !! I was in ear shot of the pits so heard the discussion first hand ACEF No dummies were even in sight ! You talk b*ll*cks - hot laps passed by SCB - no dummy thrown out - track was watered slightly at request of teams. As usual keyboard warrior who was no where near King’s Lynn and makes false accusations

Thoroughly enjoyable evening as previously mentioned on here. Good weather, good racing and all in all, a good night! Fortunate enough to be able to watch from the centre green for the first time, and even more fortunate it was for heats 11&12 - What a race in heat 12. I took 3 people along with me who'd never been to speedway before, and I'm pleased to say they will all be back for the Poole meeting next week! Full marks for a brilliant start - best wishes to Lewis Rose for a speedy recovery.

If Poole keep chucking in these type of performances on a regular basis it won’t take long for you to have toured the whole of Italy. After last season, there can’t be many places left?

Heats 5-14 inclusive, but excluding Heat 8

what you know about speedway can be written on the back of a postage stamp with a marker pen

Brady Kurtz has been nothing short of poor. Poole must regret getting rid of Hans for Sundstrom. The poles flaky at the moment. And the best rider is leaving soon for a rider in Holder that nobody knows how he will perform When you have idiotic Poole fans before the season going on and on about how they will walk the league it gives me great pleasure nights like these. That’s not aimed at the decent Poole fans just the ones giving it large before a wheel has been turned

I should give up this predicting lark as you have not got a clue.

COULD be called the Ivan Mauger stadium. That might swing a few votes...

don't wish her ill but waiting for her to backtrack on her Ched Evans hysteria now that he's been cleared.

T/S can be used only once at any point from heats 5 to 14 (apart from heat 8) when a team is 6 behind. They're allowed in the group stage but not in meetings over 2 legs (Semi-Finals and final plus the KOC) is how understand it

Good idea. Yeh things work slower for me..

It's a nostalgia year live with it and enjoy

Just to set the record straight . I did not speak to any sponsors last night. The track is still soft in parts so it very difficult to water on such a warm and windy day.

Got a feeling he got your post and my post mixed up because i haven't got a clue when he answer me ?

Success for me is a sustainable business where we participate to the best of our ability with three objectives - to win, to be solvent (and therefore continue) and most importantly entertain. Success is when people shake my hand and thank me for a great night, win, lose or draw... success is watching our kids from the school progress, success is building a team of volunteers with a common objective, success is knowing that I could not do another thing to make it better... (when I say I, I mean Martin and I). What success isnt is going bankrupt to win, buying victory, or not entertaining, in my view.

Just dug this thread up from the archives to help the Pugwashes remember their last win.

Or next week as well, IMO if we can't have weekly speedway early season when most people are looking forward to watching to see how a season will go, we should start later in the month/year. Not having a go just an opinion

What can I say out trapped and out classes tonight. Apart from PK the rest of the heat leaders went awol! How Brady can look such class last week then 3+1 tonight! Josh first 2 rides very poor too. Wake up call I hope. Well done to Rosco and the Robins, great win for them! And thank to PK for entertaining us with some great racing!

Well it's been a long old wait, but finally got our first home meeting of the season done and dusted... and very good it was too! Fair to say it had a little bit of everything, the Allen/Newman incidents, including some great races between the two of them, good racing (full marks to the track team for track prep), close scoreline and more importantly a Rebels win. Gets a TEN from LEN!

I think you’ll find, PK, only signed for Poole for this meeting so he could have a good laugh with Rosco and the Swindon boys.

Great planning by the Robins promotion to start the league campaign against one of the lesser teams in this season’s competition. The Four Point Arena is very aptly named and clearly many of the riders from last season’s Championship squad have enjoyed familiar territory. I was hoping that Matt had put together a decent side over the winter but clearly he hasn’t, and frankly its getting a bit boring now keep spanking Poole in their back yard. Good job the Swindon asset was trying, otherwise, it could have been even more embarrassing...

Ole Ole Ole Ole Champions Champions! Have some of that Shovy!

I bet there are loads of Swindon fans on here regretting not making the trip down here tonight. Let me tell you that the Robins have given Poole a lesson in gating and deservedly are smashing us. Brady doing wheelies at the back sums up our efforts as Swindon took an early lead with the gate advantage of 2 and 4 (gifted to them) and never looked back. Well done to them. Our track might be smoother but racing has been dire.

That's just rubbish. As Sidney has rightly pointed out many foreigners have been employed when Brits just as good or better have been available. I understand your philosophy of win at all costs but it is just plain wrong if you want the sport here to prosper. It was no coincidence that the last boom in the 70's coincided with a period when British riders were the best in the world. A successful British team gets the national media interested, which increases crowds. The selfish attitude of we've got a full trophy cabinet does nothing for anybody other than your team and now the novelty has worn off and the running streak faltered your crowds are also suffering.

Prediction - Poole 51-39 Swindon Kurtz 11/Grajczonek 10+1/Szczepaniak 9+1/Kildemand 8+1/Sundstrom 7+1/Woryna 4+2/Shanes 2+1 Morris 9/Musielak 8/Batchelor 8/Ellis 7/Bellego 4+2/Davey 2+1/Zach 1

Redcar had a rider in their team who was in the same position as ty . Redcar signed him but were unable to use him due to the same paperwork issue . does that make Redcars team illegal as well . think holder is having the same probs as well . Poole not playing by the rules , surely not !

Ellis smashing double figures well he can only score 15 at best unless a tac sub then 18 but then you’ll be getting beat. I think he will score a 7-8 and you’ll be beaten 51-39

Not going to happen. 5/1 Poole heat 1.