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Are you not embarrassed that your figures add up to 41.99.

Maybe call the stand the legends stand and do a online vote to establish ten riders who deserve a place and have ten large photo boards mounted in the stand. be handy if you are meeting someone at the stadium as you can say I’ll be in the south stand in the Chris Morton section. a club of such heritage in a modern stadium should remember the history like they do for Peter craven.

1. Edinburgh Monarchs ….the rest

That should shut trackprat up

Interesting that Wolves were aware of his intentions and said no to a rider on a complete steal of an average. That sounds to me like he is asking for terms well above what clubs will now pay, if he eventually does do a deal somewhere I hope we don’t see another club going to the wall trying to pay it.

Wonder if his name stands for Triple Threat Troll? lol

glad you are running for this year at least, hope to make at least one long weekend of it down there

Change the record, same old dribble

At least it's only short-term stability. Enjoy your final season in the Sport.

That’s Luke confirmed now… I would imagine Mason being no.6 but like you say it leaves us under the limit… could Ben possibly head to Armadale for small track experience and we fit Danny Phillips in to get us close to team building limit? I personally ain’t fussed… I just enjoyed the bullets for what it was meant to be last season… the chance for the future to progress locally as well as some spectacular sights displayed by Greg Blair!

https://www.poole-speedway.com/news/view/2022-01-07-pirates-management-happy-with-talks Statement from today unlike TTT's year old ones!

As ever, thanks Islander for setting it up - hopefully next season we can all enjoy a NDL season with more meetings throughout the year, and no early season ending injuries for those we pick!

Typical speedway…..we don’t know how it will work and neither do the people who brought it in, it will just get made up when it suits them .

anyway predictions are just for fun so i will go for top four not in any order oxford poole glasgow plymouth

I understand and sympathise!!! However if you are seeking a warmer climate and more enjoyable times, the answer is simple - move to Poole!! In the meantime enjoy your snowballs!

Couldn't agree more, for first time under the facenna ownership we have 4 riders in the team with potential instead of the potential to be the rider they used to be. 4 guys under 23 and Hume starting to reach his potential after years of gettin left on the scrapheap. Sure be ups and downs along the way but the entertainment value should be right up there

I’ve got and read both books and the second one is even better as it’s got more of his career content in it.

Congrats to Hawks who is the winner and was the last person to pick a team! 1. Hawks 1975 53.84 2. Islander15 53.56 3. Iron Scorpion 52.32 4. Sings4Speedway 50.93 5. DJC 50.86 6. Reginaldspeed 50.80 7. Technik 50.58 8. Flipper11 50.27 9. Hunters 49.56 10. Bloom89 48.48 11. Potteringaround 48.29 12. Secsy1 45.67 A lot of people chose Atkins or Freeman whose averages didn’t change due to injury.

Please don't ask for a link, as I had a computer crash, when I was checking possible ice racing options for this winter. Subject to there being no or limited restrictions on attending events the Finnish final is proposed at Varkaus on 26th February. Sadly the airport closed a few years ago to passenger flights so would be a difficult journey from UK for us. Not asked for but Weissenbach, which we have done by public transport, are similarly awaiting details from the Austrian government but seemingly have a plan in place to run if they are allowed the crowd level. I can find no info regarding potential events in Czechia.

As a Poole fan looking in on the the Glasgow have built,am a bit jealous tbh looks quality strength in every department and definite improvement with Brennan potentially going upto atleast 7,basso upto 6-7,think Nicol could we'll get upto a mid 6 aswell. And to take into Consideration that the reserves will improve no doubt also and that alone takes bundles of pressure of ostergaard considering he's coming back from injury and Cook aswell with so much scoring power throughout this team.

Great to hear some positive vibes from the meeting today.

At least we know you are only short term!

I don’t think the club will be bothered that much about the points limit, BEN and MASON will be nailed on imo.

doesn't matter when his brother-in-law is a tattooist

Which would the lead to average fixing so not an answer at all ( yes, it has gone on ). The NDL is supposed to be a ‘ development ‘ league not a ‘ boost your earnings ‘ league so, if your good enough , move up a league and give another ‘ novice ‘ a chance of a team place in the NDL. There’s riders already declared in the NDL AND Championship who say their disappointed to not yet have a Premiership place, which is ridiculous. We only have a small amount of NDL teams so a small amount of places to develop , so let’s use them wisely.

Top 4 for me = Poole-Glasgow-Redcar and Plymouth. I think our aim (Bham) will just be, to finish the season

A member of the green party looking out for the interests of motor sport wonders never cease!

True . Out of all declared riders so far thought, Doyle would be my number one choice. Full of effort, entertaining , points machine and actually enjoys riding in the UK. Loved him in his half season at Newport.

Not sure if Nicol isn't one of those riders that flatters to deceive and just flat lines around 6 points. Occasionally brilliant, occasionally dross, solid second string overall. Still he won't have the responsibility of scoring big every meeting that he may have elsewhere and that may help him. Basso looks an outstanding typically Danish prospect. If he can dial in to Ashfield and stay fit he could be the new Ramus Jensen for the Tigers. Hume and Bailey can both add a point at least. Brennan looks the next big British rider after Tai, Lambert and Bewley. Although not in the way planned getting away from the comfort zone of a track like Eastbourne may be the making of him. Riders like Gordon Kennett, Martin Dugard and others have all admitted in hindsight they should have sought experience on bigger tracks sooner and riding Belle Vue, Glasgow and in Poland will improve him immeasurably. His links with Craig Cummings will also be a big and massive boost, the mentorship of a professional guide who has excelled on the SGP stage. Craig Cook can still be the out and out best in the CL and everyone will wish Ulrich all the best. The ones to beat for me.

They're the Belle Vue of the championship

Very true, but I'm sitting in the middle of a snowstorm trying to envisage warmer more enjoyable times ha. And it's just a bit of fun

I think it's fair to say that most Glasgow fans don't think we'll win the league. However we do think we are in for a fantastic season of exciting speedway. Last year we wondered whether Ulle, Ricky and Justin would do the business or would they play safe and settle for the position they were in after the 2nd bend. Ulle was unbelievable and refused to believe he was beaten. Ricky and Justin were predictable. Sam Jensen was spectacular when the track was grippy and I hope he is not lost to speedway in the UK. However their replacements Tom, Benjamin and Danyon are committed exciting young riders who will more than replace the outgoing trio. Add in the quality of our track staff and a brilliant track, which has been praised by many other riders and officials, and you can see why Glasgow fans are looking forward to a season of brilliant racing 'out of the top drawer'.

I imagine there is very little more scary than some of the throttle jockey polish juniors sitting on rocketships when they make a start and you're going shoulder to shoulder with a guy who doesn't even know where he's going on the track.

I'd put Basso and Nicol in the bracket too. All ought to be able to step up although can't obviously do it at the same time! Unless Cook and Ostergaard went backwards of course which is highly unlikely. But all have the potential and ability to step up to the next level.

Wouldn't disagree with you there, I think if ulle can come back and average anything over 7 be happy with that given the potential elsewhere. I think the big hope would be that Tom can step up to genuine heat leader in 2022. Had more of a steady season as first out of reserve berth but still increased average slightly, and now dialled into the track sky's the limit for him... Hopefully

Kieran Douglas confirmed as fourth Bullet

Raising his average, to say, 8 or 9, would not prevent him returning.

Thanks as ever Islander. Did much better than usual last year (even if 4th-8th is covered by less than a point so maybe im just luckier)

That's fair enough. Enjoy 2022. What happens will happen so worrying about it isn't going to change anything.

I filmed the event in Sweden today. Here are a few clips from the event https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKJp69OCzio

I don’t think Trackerman has to make anything up. He was track curator for the second half of last season and it doing the track at Poole in 2022. So pretty sure he hears/knows things straight from the top. And if you are not happy or are very happy with track conditions this coming season, you will be able to discuss it directly with the main guy.

Don't think I have seen him on a 500 but looks good on his 250. He had some good races with Luke and he is the 250cc champion. If he makes progress through the season then that's the main thing. If he has half as good a season as Sam McGurk has just had he will be doing his job in the team.

I'm sure I've seen her at Lynn while she's been staying at Sandringham, wading through the puddles in the back straight car park and queueing for a burger and a pint during during the interval. I wonder if she pays the extra pound to sit or likes to stand on the bends and get a scalp full of shale?

I disagree about the negative PR bit. Although Dan (and others) are named as #8 for PL sides, they are not guaranteed any outings! So Dan (and others) are predominately going to be CL & NDL riders with the occasional PL outing. Are you saying that Dan (and others) should miss out on potentially 10+ confidence boosting NDL meetings in favour of a few (if any) PL meetings?

Nothing personal against Dan - But it looks like he will be riding in all 3 leagues! This gives G.B. speedway no credibility & shows what a bunch of incompetent "persons" we have running our sport. With many riders riding for 2 different teams that is so negative P.R. as it is - But 3 different leagues, totally bonkers.

Imagine the scenes Fricke Wright Tai Becker Kurtz 3.22 left Brennan

Maybe a conversation needs to be had with the excellent councillor Swindon had who promised housing development wouldn't effect the Robins racing. That's gone well hasn't it. If you trust these people, more fool you

I understand it was the opportunity to ride at the Leicester practice sessions that convinced Vinnie and his dad to join Leicester for 2022. With regards to other riders on that low average Leicester will have two 3point reserves to start the season and there really isn’t many more that are up to NL standard yet From the clubs point of view I do remember Stewart Dickson seeing him ride at Leicester for Kent and being very impressed with his raw talent and hopefully with some guidance can become more settled if not the Air Fence repair company are going to have a busy year from Leicester meetings also it has to be remembered if he is found to be out of his depth then Max James becomes an option in July

Good luck Rob and the rest of the team and hope to see Rye House back on track soon

Dan Gilkes Kent 8.00 Joe Thompson Leicester 6.48 Henry Atkins Eastbourne 5.86 Dan Thompson Leicester 5.50 George Rothery Armadale 3.00 Jake Mulford Kent 3.00 Nathan Blitt Eastbourne 3.00 34.84