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Doubt it - certainly not got any better since I retired from attending meetings 3 years ago. Hottest and driest summer since 1066 and still the same old problem trying to run meetings in early winter on c****y wet tracks in c**p weather for the spectators. Never any urgency to complete the fixtures in summer - every club trots out lame excuses. No one is interested in solving the problem as the mushrooms* that are speedway supporters will turn up regardless to fill the piggy bank of the “promoters” * fed on s**t and kept in the dark.

Somebody stop him, does he not know it's off tonight!

A bit ironic isn't it? A Speedway event without many guests......

Take it you will not be going to next seasons Farewell Meeting.

Stop talking sense it will upset ppl lol

Shovel face has too be the most obnoxious self opinionated twit I’ve ever had the misfortune to read comments from he’s also the reason many fans hate Poole speedway

Old Bob speaking 100% truth here. I've been saying for years that they should rattle through the league, and hold the play off finals on the August Bank Holiday. Can move into September as a last resort. But no. Every year we fannny about in the cold and wet when nobody is interested and the racing is a lottery because riders are rusty and conditions are poor. Sadly it will never change.

Better off ignoring him. He must have repetitive strain syndrome with the same unsubstantiated guff he writes on here. If we come to tapes in 2023, that’s all that matters.

Lambert and Bewley could have ridden in the UK instead of for Smederna if they'd wished to.

Hopefully something good will come out of this whole debacle and Play Off meeting will be arranged far, far earlier next season.

Howarth was having his stag do!!

Absolutely at every step the scs team have eviscerated the arguments of Brandon estates and shown rugby bc to be biased .

Yet he was the first to come on here with news of the postponement!!

Thanks Mike for making me laugh out loud this morning :-)

I think it goes to golden heats if it's a draw after the 30 heats.

Replay? Are you kidding? My diary has been in tatters for weeks.

Let's hope this goes ahead tomorrow and may the best team win.

Perhaps here are too many competitions placing pressure on the more successful clubs. Those who make the play-offs will invariably reach the latter stages of other competitions as well hence the situation we are in now. By contrast, those who didn't find their seasons effectively over by the end of August in some cases just padding it out by running open meetings or, those who run NDL teams, able to use some of the remaining dates. Some years ago an attempt was made to address this situation. The top six teams went into the play-offs as now and the remaining clubs entered a second competition. Perhaps this instead of a Jubilee league ( this year) or what similar event we've had in the past or in the future might be a solution.

I think some promoters do see the flaws,but they know they can use those flaws to their advantage at certain points in the season.So they choose to turn a blind eye to it and hope others don't object to it.Then if more promoters want the flawed rule than not it will be voted in anyway.This is why we need an independent body set up.

Very good. But I've heard they are going to call it "Au Revoir to Armadale" just to cover all the bases.

They'd have said he was guesting for Wolverhampton.

P*ss up and brewery spring to mind.

Unfortunately though, brown envelopes can be very persuasive

Cue Hannibal Lecter jokes.

Yeah so much more important it needs to go to a Championship track with no issues! Err oh hang on.........

I think the word you're looking for is "complacency"

Think you will find this well, attended function went down very well with those that were there, I believe the supporters club raised a fair amount of money to help the club

I share your hope, can't see anything changing though unfortunately

It is so ironic that the main stated business of the Bates's company, PBHS (or similar initials), is water collection and treatment.

Whoever made these arrangements, and I don't care if it was Poole or Leicester, really should be asking themselves why the pay off finals were not held sooner. I was shocked when I saw that Poole were riding in the KO Cup on Wednesday the 12th and the Cubs were riding at BP on Saturday the 15th... Why?!?

Don’t forget the clocks go back tonight. Some might turn up an hour late.

Sh#t stirring would be my guess.!!!

Poor that.

4 years ago tonight the mighty comets made H18TORY by winning the league UTC

So it seems the Premiership Junior League has been forgotten about. The Southern section only completed 2 out of the scheduled 6 matches & no final has been raced. It's a pretty poor effort when you consider clubs only had to host TWO six heat junior matches this season but half the teams couldn't even do that!

No Dan or Lambo. Basso maybe. Don't think he is a bargain on a 6.81 myself. Was at reserve as well

A bit of a false dawn

To be fair guys and galls I did give credit to the Ipswich website in my original post. And yes it's not a pic of the track today. I just wanted to refocus us all what is to come. The play-off final 2nd leg. We're going to decide the League's best tomorrow (and Poole are going home unhappy). Let's lighten up and hopefully get past the weather and enjoy a fair and hard-fought match between two top sides (yes, even Poole).

Nope, it was posted on the Ipswich website 2 days ago, could have been taken any time this year or even earlier

Yep, and pretty sure he criticised that one too. More so if anything.

The promotion had been told by the stadium owners that speedway would not be able to continue in 2023 so the promotion arranged a farewell meeting. So far totally reasonable. Then the stadium owners realise that their plans are not going to happen and the speedway promotion also find their plans for a new track are sunk without trace. So reasonably the two sides have talks how how both can help each other out. Date for the farewell is getting very close but no agreement so it is not unreasonable to go ahead with the farewell meeting. Now we have the good news that both sides think an agreement is going to be possible but it has not been signed yet, so running the farewell meeting still makes sense as it is still possible that no racing for Edinburgh will be possible in 2023. Many tracks and promotions have been in a similar situation in the past and sadly many will face the same problems in the future. How many farewell meetings for both speedway and stock cars were held at Boston. There it almost became an annual event and if the stadium still existed I am sure many fans would be happy to still be having a farewell meeting every year!

Give it time.....

Are you Middlo in disguise? Do you not know anybody from up t'North you can send instead?

Not at the end of October when there has been heavy torrential rain every day for a couple of hours.

You only have to watch him to see how talented he is,superb style and in control of the bike.He will go far with the bit of luck you need in this sport IMO.

Bit of a recurring theme this, another shambles. What was the point of having the qualifiers if we don`t get a final.

So, why hasn’t Shovel been banned for his sweary outburst? @Phil double standards on this forum stinks.

But they are talking about Zach and you are talking about Ben, so is going to get confusing very fast!

9pts for Ace Pijper tonight ar Redcar great show.

Thanks for coming on here & giving us all a genuine insight as to the difficulties faced in the last week. Those of us that live locally know just how much rain has fallen, how little chance there has been for any drying of the track to take place. Appreciate all your efforts & hope we can have some racing tomorrow night