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Some Poole fans have such short memories yes apart from probably 3 races last night wasn't a great meeting but only a couple of weeks ago Poole v Berwick was live on bsn and that was an awful meeting which had absolutely no passing.

Am I the only one on ere that actually attended both Edinburgh & Berwick? Being there & soaking up the atmosphere, chatting to people & enjoying a fantastic Northern break makes a hell of a lot of difference to those of u that watch on a computer. Whilst streaming is a valued financial input for club's it's no replacement to actually being there. All I hear from the stay aways streaming folk is how boring yawn etc these meetings were. For me, being there made all the difference as I thoroughly enjoyed both meetings & getting to meet & chat to riders & management in the pits. Fantastic Tour

Wonder who the reserve is we had? Seems good. Could he not have had one of Masons rides also?

How many posts by shove-it-up-your-ar*e complaining about how poor the racing was? Give it a rest, you got a lucky draw. Yeah, the racing wasn’t great, but that’s been the exception rather than the rule this season.

Go and crawl back under your rock, if you’re commenting about Birmingham in such a way it’s not welcome and quite frankly it’s embarrassing. If any sports tried running next door to a once in a lifetime event for the city they would be mad, even Manchester United didn’t play few years ago when the games were at ethid, are you questioning them?? Do one idiot

The night of the men's and womens 100 metre semi finals and finals. Also 2x T20 Cricket matches at Edgbaston Anyone trying to run Speedway that night would deserve certifying. Right decision by Brummies.

Spot on.

Havvy is a terrible team manager always gets it wrong. Could have won last night with better changes.

Would definitely recommend a visit to Oxford for those fans that dont have a local speedway team to watch. Quite a few Robins fans there from Swindon and district, plus other former nearby clubs such as Reading and Coventry. A few from London and south-east as well. Good stadium, easy access, good facilities, some good racing, and big crowd around 2000 with noisy atmosphere. With Newcastle closing with crowds of less than 400, and general negativity surrounding British league speedway it's good to see this success story in central-southern England.

When speedway has fans like you in no time at all your going to be on a netball forum complaining about that because the likes of you will have finally finished speedway off and you won’t have this forum to spout your stuff, if you don’t like the way the club is run fair enough but it’s not your concern is it

It's hard not to agree with a lot of this tbh, but the biggest problem speedway has is that its a very niche and minority sport nowadays. All the PR in the world isn't going to pack stadiums out anymore, everyone knows this and this is why promoters won't throw money at it, it's a pointless exercise. The other sports you mentioned are known by nearly every person alive and that's where you get huge demand and interest. Although streaming is a modern concept for speedway, I can't see how it will attract any new people. All it will do is keep regular fans at home where they haven't got the hassle of traffic, parking, delays, rider absence at the last minute or a rain off at 7.28pm. A Barry Hearn type would fail to find anything to turn the sport around because there are so many pitfalls they wouldn't know where to start. It's probably best being an amateur sport with clubs being able to survive on the few hundred paying customers that are left and the riders doing it as a hobby with enough to cover expenses.

Basso has done what we expected but Danyon has been a revelation, loves the Ashfield track

Take your greyhound conspiracy theories to another forum ffs

pleased for Roynon, was struggling with us but will score more than either Bickley or Coles

Needs to go to 2 Leagues - A professional League of all the clubs that can afford it at a level similar to the current Championship and call it the British League. 6 man teams will help as regards the rider shortage. A second tier at a level a bit higher than the present NL retaining the NL name. Only Commonwealth and British riders can ride in this League.

No denying that Berwick were very unlucky last night not to win the meeting after Chris Harris`s clutch gave up the ghost, now to find Danny King suffered a puncture in the same race just compounds the bad luck, still never mind, you`ve got to give Poole credit fighting back from ten down to a draw. One or two iffy refereeing decisions to, I was surprised that Danny King received a warning at the start of Ht15 for moving when I saw no movement, maybe referee was just catching up with things as the same rider got away with a clear jump start in Ht3. All in all Berwick yet again failed to win a home meeting, their season is now dependant on making up the points against Redcar next Saturday.

A number of people have told you already but you are still banging the anti-greyhound agenda on a speedway forum. While you may be passionate about that subject, it is hardly a topic for this forum. We want Swindon Speedway back and that means having the dogs too - as it has been for most of the last 50 years! If you want to talk about speedway then please do but keep your anti-greyhound agenda to yourself please as you have already had more pages on the subject than I care to read!

There was a few Poole fans on back straight last night, fair play to you all, a long way, but a nice weekend for it

To be honest they should have been thinking about a replacement for Niels when he first signed.Not once was it stated he was here for the season so we could have been left in the $h!t at any point.That point has been the last few weeks and at present.Not enough forward thinking/planning which is likely to finish our season early again.With NKI present at every match we could have been doing a lot better.Most certainly would have bagged 3/4pts at Peterborough which would have made the table look much better. Personally I don't believe in too much in what Allitt says.

Only word to describe today ......awesome

And some wouldn't do that on the basis that you are telling potential car thieves how long they have before you'll be returning to your car....

15 i believe. Skill set is good and perhaps the more experienced riders should have just given him more room? Big future ahead though and will be a big signing next year for someone.

Who would Breed Greyhounds for Pets etc.? the answer is no one... I hate it when people use example of bad practice and put everyone in the same basket ..The majority of Greyhounds are well look after.. You then go about supporters not following the sport and not making money but you then support speedway that has the same problem . All your points never make any sense. All your looking to do is to get support from speedway fans for your group as you can't get enough yourself ..

But to half the clubs that were in existence when I started attending in 89 and those in attendance at the remaining venues has at least halved since then. The race to the bottom continues apace!

A little bit too much information about your nocturnal habits ! .

ROAD SYSTEM IN AREA ALL CLOSED DOWN. As explained Weds Aug 3rd is one of the main athletics events and running against it even if the roads weren't closed would be financial suicide. If you look at the fixtures Birmingham ARE running on Wednesday July 27th v Poole ._and Wednesday is ONLY race day at Perry Barr allowed !! And we are not struggling to make the end of the season .

Confirmation Krosno match will be on after Rybnik match

Just had a gander on their site. A late one for Friday First Race: 19:34 | Last Race: 22:29

He is definitely a rider I miss along with Danyon Hume.

I’m a Poole regular and most of the meetings this year has been carbon copy’s of the home Berwick meeting.

Sorry my mistake I thought it had been announced that he was missing Plymouth before he had been banned. Ok thanks

He's missing Tuesday because he has a 28 day ban. He has a 28 day ban as he didn't ride last Wednesday I'm led to believe, so don't shoot the messenger if not correct, that he had a Danish commitment on Wednesday that was called off. Hans Anderson rode on Wednesday having only been declared the night before. He however had a booking for PL on the Thursday. Vissing only has Brummies so at very short notice didn't make himself available for a match he wasn't available for until very late on Tues night. If that's the case his ban in my opinion is incredibly harsh. Two sides to every story.

well;said m8

Somebody has found the term sweaty sock offensive?? Wow!! If they are that offended by such a term is the Speedway Forum the correct place for them? There's a heatwave on this week so these snowflakes better hide away somewhere safe for a few days. Personally I would have thought the term Haggis munching, whiskey swilling kilt wearing subordinate would be more offensive to the Scots! Anyway here's a toast to the memory of Edward Longshanks and the Duke of Cumberland. Happy Sunday my Tartan Colonials.

Didn't think a draw was an unfair result tbh. Berwick's team aside from Harris was very hit and miss, whereas Poole's top 3 always kept them close. They were unlucky to lose it with Harris's ef, but then he wasn't under power first time around so that's life. Not a brilliant meeting but the second half of it was better, first live speedway for a while and I actually really enjoyed it. Will be back.

what are the changes then .and where are they coming from

We do seem to ride our luck against Berwick! They could have easily got 2 wins against us this season.

Don't entirely agree with you as sitting in the stand we were getting plastered with mud first 4/5 heats before the dust appeared. Heat 15 was verging on dangerous though, Richie can't have seen a thing coming out turn 2. Thankfully the GP challenge is a 7pm start so shouldn't have same issues

And criticising another rider for going slow is a case of the pot calling the kettle black!

I d be surprised if the wind was as strong at Oxford

They should make him revert back to his start of season average too.

7.54 8.29 Yeah, very poor

Steve Worrall says he didn't know that 3pts in heat 15 wud've got us a point! Where's communication between team manager & riders' ? Of course u wud think he would still be trying his best but it does help to know wot the score is & wot is needed! Never understand when any rider from any team is interviewed & they haven't got a Scooby Do as to the score, especially at crucial moments.

The guidelines may have changed but if Kyle feels like I do right now (positive since Weds evening) then I can understand him not riding 2nd time round for me and triple jabbed since the first infection and still feel like I've been run over by a bus!!

17 Degrees is tropical in Armadale.

I think they still are, most of them anyway ..... Shame we couldn't have had the best of 3 of these meetings. Trouble is if no more fans support this than they have the Premiership Pairs!!!!!

Difference between being a term of endearment, being offended, and just not being a snowflake really. The term Jock isn’t offensive in the slightest, and sweaty sock is rhyming slang for it. You’re the only person who has a problem with it, and won’t say why you find it offensive. Sweaty is not a swear word, or a bad word grow up, and stop using *’s in it. Hot day today, be careful your feet protectors don’t get too moist

I’ve watched several meetings via emtv over the last two years and lasts nights was probably the least entertaining racing wise but the score line kept the meeting interesting.

I would blame Westminster of course

I arrive between 6pm and 6.30pm. I put an old programme on the dSbiard and a note saying "Speedway arrived 6.30pm will be back by 10.30pm. Never had a ticket nor notified a fine. If I did I'd send a copy of my note and match programme. It's not rocket science.