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Redcar must have serious questions for their riders, they've just been beaten by what was virtually a three man Berwick team.

Depends on your definition of boring. Season after season of gate and go but some fireworks and a shiny trophy at the end of each season, or season after season of meetings with most meetings worthy of season finale standard? Your trophy cabinet might be bursting but your track is far from anything to be proud of. Success at the cost of the sports integrity.

Poole get biggest crowd in Champ, so they will do whatever gets people through the door. Who has the best track in the Champ? Worky? And their crowds are low. So you can have good racing but unless the team is winning, people will not go!

It’s also helped you quite a bit with the riders you have used covering for Bowes. Every team has been missing riders, it’s why it’s quite often a guest fest these days.

So Rowe of Sheffield guests FOR Ipswich after guesting AGAINST them for Leicester in the previous meeting His performance in each meeting will potentially affect who makes the play offs and in which position (including his own team) Just as well it means the lesser part of feck all in the scheme of things

Well I certainly got my £20 worth tonight 😀

What's the difference between Vatcher and Nicki? Take out the 3x World titles, 4x World Cups and countless individual achievements, there's very little in it.

GB really are not at the right level, Dan Thompson is clearly not 100%, Leon Flint seems competitive but we will just have to see how things pan out. It is a shame that the crowd is so poor. Why can this sort of meeting not be held in the UK. I am sure the influx of foreign riders would generate more interest than is seemingly the case in for example, this venue.

Didnt Rosco recently say he had a business consortium ready and prepared to 'step in'? Not sure if he meant the Abbey or the Swindon Motorsports site?

I am more than happy to keep winning,I don't want to watch Cami Brown celebrating in the George pub ever again!

Poole have only ridden 2 matches at home where their opponents have not had a guest …… can’t moan about your riders missing

When did we win the play offs without topping the league prior to the play offs? So you say Poole sponsored play offs but we would have won anyway and in 2023 when Glasgow beat us in the play offs, we topped the league table that year too. The plays offs are terrific entertainment and a great end to the season.

Well that was a cracking meeting, didn't really expect to win, but I will take that. Freddy was great, looked aggressive in his riding for a change, expensive night for him, heard he burnt 3 clutches. Kevin was annoyed at going through the tapes, it happens. Sam, what can I say, feel for the lad but he really has lost his way. Bomber and Leon fab, have got us out of a hole last 4 meetings. Thanks to Anders Rowe and Anze Grmek for guesting, done a fair job. For Poole, Cairns was very fast out the traps and I would have put him in heat 15, was impressed with Lightcap, very good points and exciting to watch. Hope the Poole fans have a pleasant journey home, managed to say hello to bluekevin at the end.

i hate that AI poster theyre using, expected better from Woffinden to be honest.

I couldn’t understand that switch, personally I’d I’ve put Morris in Ht 9

Reid had a full seven rides tonight. Jye would have been a better T/S than Victor though.

I'm definitely in two minds over the league playoffs. Logically we have a league, a knockout and a hybrid competition(BSN) three different formats kind of testing different attributes of a team. So maybe it should be left at that? BUT the playoffs give us more club speedway to watch and like TheWellBehavedWorall says has dealt up some outstanding finals, last year at Ashfield and the year before at Wimborne Road. So on balance let's carry on and enjoy the playoffs.

Would agree reality check is not the right word.We are just not good enough,but no doubt 3rd Place will be a “wonderful” result as usual.

I said I didn’t rate Rowe, based on seeing him race several times. What’s wrong with that? I was delighted with his contribution last night. Thats the beauty of sport; it’s a game of opinions.

People have been saying the GB speedway has to go back to basics to develop young talent, but it looks along way off and a hard road.Brennan,Flint and Thompson were hopefuls but it’s slow going for them.

Yes they certainly have some racers who have the desire to succeed but the rest are really so far behind it is painful to watch. Thankfully we can watch meetings from Poland and see those European riders who want go the extra mile. GB speedway is the dinosaur of European racing. Get rid of those in charge and start thinking outside the box but it won’t happen because to most in charge it is a hobby not a business or a competitive sport it simply satisfies the egos of the club owners.

Reality check for Brits.Now Dan T should concentrate on Uk instead of sitting in the Pits in Poland.

This is dreadful from GB so far. Even when we gate we don't seem to know where to ride. We shouldn't be having much trouble against Sweden outside of Henriksson.

And you moan about Poole

Yep TVP Sport

Today’s result 1st Jack Bell 25 2nd Tim Neave 23 3rd Svedik 20 4th Boughen 18 5th Hunt 16 6th Van Meer 15 Leaderboard after 5 rounds Neave 109 Boughen 104 Bell 91 Pelegrin 84 Krajcovic 84 Round 6 at Kings Lynn on Saturday 29th August start time 7pm

Both Killeen and Wood are Courtney guys. Lets be honest, Berwick have only the KOC to race for now, so why waste money on expensive guests?

You really need to read a fixture list, Redcar aren’t at home for another week

If Batch gates he will likely do well as you really have to bust a gut to pass anyone around here, I like Tate and how he rides, stick it on the kerb like he normally does and should do well hopefully.

Regarding fan numbers, I was at Scunthorpe last night and estimate the crowd to be around 350 ish, whilst the Workington crowd is 450/550 I would guess ?

That made me remember Workington winning the treble…..then what happened? Makes you wonder.……If Poole was in Cumbria instead of being a busy south coast resort, would they have the same following? 🤷‍♂️

No tac subs- 16 programmed heats and 4 nominated- 4th highest , 3rd highest, 2nd highest and top scorers.

Good riddance to this man who has destroyed many a track and the enjoyment they provided, just to feather his own nest.

Maybe Sheffield can bring him in for the Play Offs?.. Long Term injury dispensation for J Holder??... Better for the sport than using Guests...

Interesting info about tomorrow’s Gorzow v Torun match. Probably won’t happen but if Gorzow win and get the bonus - will need 53-37 or more victory they will go above Grudziadz into 5th and be able to choose their play-down Semi opponents.

Yes it has become boring hasnt it

Hodder rode well but Slater was terrific at a away track.

You do realise another 2 Plymouth riders have guested in Scotland tonight 😉🙃

Good meeting that.. Hard lines Grudziadz

Well i'm not surprised but still disappointed that the line up appears to contain no one you cant see any day of the week in the UK. Hopefully the last few still to be announced will make it special. 🤞

Excuse me!!!!

Since Doubling Up became the rule, rather than the exception, Guestfests have become the norm... When riders rode for one team only, and got injured, or were unwell, meaning they may be out of seven days or so, they had more time to be ready for their next meeting... Nowadays a rider injured on Monday can need a Guest replacement on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday... The lack of UK rider development, particularly in the 2nd tier as foreign journeymen after journeymen got brought in via a revolving door, has simply led to too few riders...

£500k of work needed was quoted in the Speedway Star..... You would think, say £3k to £5k rent from the Speedway each meeting, a fair nunber of times per season, would make it much more viable...

Considering what's happened to the other two, I'd imagine Mr Park is sh1tting himself right now!

Skidder seems to think as Cooper was a late call up he couldnt get the travel sorted in time to do Glasgow and the u24 thingy. Also was thinking, is there a requirement for one of them to attend practice? Or is that not a thing any more?

No need for psalm 23 where he’s going.😆😆

"Thankyou for that very moving Eulogy"... "And now, can I ask the congregation to all stand and join me in singing Psalm 23, The Lord is My Shepherd"...

Apparently he has, I have been told.

Both refs were apparently struggling to adapt to the supplied Sheffield blinkers, making reviewing the TV footage almost impossible.

spoken like a true authortairian.🤣 you must love government.