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Like this, you mean.....

Things don't dry this time of year, that's nature. Absolute insanity to be staging finals in October. Will we never learn.

So the 2000 and the 600 are all full paying adults? I don't think so. Plus how much sponsorship and advertising revenue do Oxford get? You really need to get down to Poole and see a big crowd. And once again no disrespect to Oxford who have done a great job. Long may it continue.

Quite a good one as well

Should the weather intervene again and the final cannot be contested, the title should default to the team who finished top of the regular season table. Just an opinion

Running the league play offs in September would be the perfect scenario.. Just after the summer hols and kids back at school so maximum possible adult attendance... And whilst the weather is still decent too... The Cups should take place in April and be done and dusted by mid May.. Again, hopefully in decent weather.. Spreading the competitions keeps publicity throughout the season and not just in one block when Speedway closes just afterwards.. Win a trophy in May, get some local publicity, then advertise yourself as "x" cup winners for the rest of the season.. Fans like to latch on to something successful... Run all the individual comps in October...

Anyway back to Oxford...

Good god you really are a pathetic individual as many people on here are testament to.you silly irrelevant and trivial man at least with shovlar you get a balanced view from a Poole perspective how do you see the racing with those blinkers you wear.cheats is an interesting word because you can only be referring to kennett and if that’s the case you must be referring to a member of the medical profession who must have been writing sick notes for the above mentioned and calling him or her a liar that’s a rocky path your choosing there. Or maybe your referring to the management committee of the bspa which obviously had the evidence in front of them to allow this to continue which I’m assuming pretty confidently that you yourself never saw but your promoter who is a member of said committee Has seen and didn’t have a problem with it. When your walking around your house or outside do you bump into things because I feel for you wearing them blinkers.

Jesus Christ.

Just to clarify this, the policy regarding how postponed fixtures are displayed hasn't changed for many years, although the presentation is slightly different this year since the new website came online prior to the start of the season. I took over responsibility for BSP website editorial a number of years ago now, and one of the things I was keen to bring in was that we would show a separate news item previewing (and subsequently reviewing) every fixture individually. (You may remember that in the very old days, the updates tended to be 2 brief news items per day, and the reason for that was the content was tailored to fit in with the space requirements of Ceefax/Teletext). It's always been the case that if a meeting is postponed, the news item is removed and there's then a separate section on that front page where the fixture is marked as POSTPONED, along with any other relevant info, which would typically be the re-arranged date if available. As mentioned above, it looks slightly different now to the past when it was simply a text box showing results, but that information is still on the front page when a meeting is postponed. The news item previewing the meeting is obviously removed, as to leave it there would cause confusion, and personally I wouldn't want to see separate news items reporting meetings being postponed, especially in a week like this! Individual clubs, of course, would be putting postponement news items on their own websites, but on the BSP site it is reported on the front page down the fixtures/results section on the side, which has always been the case. We've worked over the years to add a huge amount of information to the BSP site - items such as official meeting scorecards, Green Sheets, match-by-match averages, pics from the previous night's meetings rather than standard press day shots, to name a few, but we're always open to suggestions on ways in which it can be improved. We'll look all aspects of output over the winter and happy to receive e-mails to the press office with any feasible suggestions for what you'd like to see in the future.

Oh good!!

So based on that theory there can't be a winner of the jubilee trophy thingy as clubs signed up for a 3 team final.

Good to see a couple of others wanting Marcin Nowak back. He was told when we had him for a few weeks end of last season. We want entertainment and he certainly gave it. His English wasn’t great but he just seemed like a great guy to have around. No idea what he’s done this season, but if we had a full season of what he gave us a glimpse of, he’d be a very popular rider.

Correct... Should have been 2-0....

On a serious note... how on earth are clubs supposed to "promote" their biggest matches of the season at this time of year... it's totally ridiculous!

Can blame your own fans for that

For the conspiracy theorists, here’s a look at the track. It’s a swamp, everyone was ready to go but it’s simply not safe as Stewart explains in the video.. https://fb.watch/gjFLaGwnQ0/

Poole fan who doesn't know his Poole history. Suppose you only started supporting them once they became successful. The original Poole Pirates closed down in the mid-80s and racing only returned when the Weymouth Wildcats were relocated to Poole.

I've actually been to Poole twice this season (vs Oxford and vs Berwick) and the crowds were smaller than Oxford's, so not sure what you're talking about. Fair point that not all will be full paying adults, but it'll be the same situation at Poole. Can't comment on sponsorship, but doubt it's much different - at least it's not going to make up Poole's shortfall from gate receipts. Plus, advertising isn't a revenue by the way! It's a shame you feel so threatened by Oxford that you've felt the need to make it all about Poole, but that's life. Some people are just like that.

No disrespect to him but he is the kind of dross that would be employed as a number seven if Rising Stars were dispensed with.

Who will run the first leg? Very exciting isn't it?

Yeah but doesn’t it go off their most recent average achieved which would be this years Premiership converted ?

Nicholls in for Howarth tonight

Something similar has happened to me. I think it might have something to do with AdBlock. I paused it and refreshed the screen and hey presto.

Cmon Leicester you can do it.every other team bar one are right behind you.

The final should be a single match at Leicester, with no return fixture at Wimbo Road. Poole fans will moan but true pirates supposedly cope with one leg.

Be warned at some point there will be a falling out with Atkins not maybe with him but if daddy gets involved it could all end in tears because he thinks young Henry is a lot better than he is at the moment.

Having just seen the weather forecast for Sunday afternoon in East Anglia, I wonder if this double header will be a victim of the weather? The Met office has issued a yellow weather warning for the East of England, with the threat of thunderstorms, heavy rain, lightning and even hail unfortunately. It seems ironic that we seem to go weeks without any action, then leave the important matches until late October when this type of weather is always a risk.

Winning trophies is nice, but prioritising winning entertainment at home needs to be the priority. That’s what gets people to part with their cash.

Even I am too old to remember him but I have heard of him and a very good player I believe.

It does doesn't it? If the money was on England regardless of the tracks he would still be here. He goes where the money and I don't blame him. But look at Doyle this year, made a mockery of this league beating everyone in his path. He must have made a few quid and regained his confidence

Not how they don’t. It is open to all. I think over all it’ll increase revenue but no doubt they’ll have lost a bit of gate money.

Nothing wrong with that track, looked good enough to... eat Looked like a lovely chocolate cake

Isn't it quite sad that clubs feel they have to provide a photo or video to 'prove it' though!

Alan Dick's excuse for the non-participation of the Tigers in the Jubilee Cup tournament is the funniest/lamest excuse i've ever heard for cancelling a speedway tie

Haven't you heard about multitasking but joking aside your constant armchair comments to Lisa are getting a bit boring.

The cubs are meant to be riding in the final so maybe it's a double header?

If you miss a meeting through a non speedway related injury I.E Illness then its is a 7 day ban, Kyle has not missed a meeting as yet so would be able to ride Wednesday. If he missed Wednesday he would be banned for 2nd leg next Saturday

For Etheridge or Wright one assumes...

Nope, illness too

I think you’ll find his flu will last until about 7.01pm next Saturday……

Think you only have to sit out when you miss a meeting through illness. He hasn't missed one yet so should be okay?

I'm perfectly happy to debate and mostly do on here. However the things I won't condone or have any time for are . Arrogance . Bullying . Trolling People who do that don't like it back or at them. There are a number of extremely arrogant bullying trolls from Poole on here. Clearly they don't like it up em They are what they are Arrogant bullies and trolls.

Look At Me! Look At Me! Look At Me! Not Them! Me! Etc, etc, etc Ad Infinitum... Best of luck to Poole in the final... A victory for Poole will really be a "Victory for Speedway"... And resonate far and wide, bringing huge publicity for the sport.. The Dorchester Reporter could even do a half page spread just above the local Meat raffle results from the British Legion...

The final part of your post I suspect is spot on , I mentioned a while back and felt they are completely fed up with the shambles that the BSPL have presided over. I suspect we will still run but the BSPL are ripping the enthusiasm out of them.

Boris Johnson flying back in from the Caribbean I understand

You’re an idiot plain and simple and your ant-Glasgow agenda gets boring after 5 years or so. Why don’t you pay more interest in your own team there are exciting times ahead at Workington but you would rather be intent in your usual Glasgow bile. Strange obsession that now go and crawl back under the rock you came from.

Great,Hope it is a good meeting.

Nice morning here in the East Midlands. I even spotted a big bright thing in the sky

It's a very fair point, especially when you consider he was riding at number 7 which has an easier set of opponents than number 6. In theory the 7 berth was for the rising star, but Peterborough used it to their advantage with Ulle, many other teams started with the RS at 7. Ulle had a great start to the season, was high on confidence and riding very well, but no one in their right mind was ever going to suggest he could have maintained that average riding at number 1. Sure, he rode well at Sheffield, that one time at #1, but he does like that track, PLRC Champion I recall. The cards fell in Peterborough's favour and they played their hand well. Yes they were fortunate the timing of when he got injured, but they chose well in 2021. They then chose poorly in 2022, but hindsight is a wonderful thing.