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Very difficult to quantify one’s feelings at a time like this.Somehow we wish we could turn the clock back and stop it happening, then somehow convince ourselves that it won’t happen again, but at the same time secretly knowing that it always will. However long we follow the sport the pain we all suffer when this sort of thing happens never gets any easier to deal with. Motor cycling in all its different forms is a very special sport. I wouldn’t swap my time on bikes for the world, but it is so sad to lose young men this way.

Plus they had dirt too rake back in.

People still go on about the Under 21 meeting and how good the racing was, hard to imagine that was in 2013. The track prep that night was different with the tractors doing figure of 8's to bring the dirt back, plus track staff had rakes them days to also help bring the dirt back from the fence.

Most clubs have 2 ambulances, Plymouth is close to the hospital a&e department, no excuse should be compulsory if anyone can afford it Poole can.

I can't imagine that Lahti or any other riders not based here for that matter have any interest in riding in the UK at the moment.

Personally I think its mainly down to rider skill or lack of. The best meeting I ever seen at Shielfield was the round of the U21 World Final a few years back. I think as Fromafar eludes to alot of the modern day riders are as quick as each other when in front but couldnt pass wind behind.

I've witnessed riders who struggle to deal with dirt but look comfortable when tracks are slick. I would imagine the best gaters prefer slick as such conditions appear to make it harder to overtake. In my opinion too grippy a track isn't great while sometimes slicker conditions can produce good racing . Tracks prepared with enough dirt to produce a good outside line along with adequate moisture level to prevent a track becoming too slick seems to produce better racing in my subjective view. Consistent tracks, prepared with the sole aim of facilitating entertaining racing should be the ultimate aim because fans pay their money to be entertained.

Should have made it top 2 non GP riders.. One night each.. Keep more riders interested as they go into the semi final...

Another Schroecker potentially! I also think Middlo probably gaffed with the TS though going one race too early.

Kerr and Starke not up to the job.

I was almost about to compliment Schroeck till I saw he replaced McDiarmid with Killeen in heat 12. McDiarmid had just got a 5-1 in heat 11 & scored 9+1 from 4 rides, beating Starke, Marson (2), Lawson, Cook & Kerr. While Killeen had scored 3+1 from 3 rides beating Starke & Marson (2). Was Schroeck trying to throw it away? Luckily for him Oxford still won.

you can't put a price on someones life or serious injury no matter the distance to the hospital just to save money !!!

I agree. You get a fully-equipped private ambulance, complete with paramedic, for much less. Presumably even in Dorset!

Either way,it's wrong to gamble on only one ambulance, if it gets awarded I would imagine the knock on effect will cost Poole alot more than a grand. Even little ole Plymouth has 2 ambulances!! Should be compulsory imo.

Hopefully they've got Sweet Caroline on repeat to help pass the time.

Meeting likely to be abandoned if 2nd ambulance has not reached the track by 9.30pm! Result to be awarded if so.

With Poole always portraying themselves are the ultimate professionals you would have thought they would have two ambulances at the track like several 'smaller' clubs do. Hope Gilkes is ok.

Surely Poole can afford a second ambulance/paramedic like the majority of clubs in the Championship

Other one ain’t been born yet

Snooker Monday, Darts on Tuesday, Bingo on Thursday, Lawn Bowls on Friday. Compulsory night in with the missus Saturday and finally Football on Sunday.

Regardless of what format you use over an extended period ( 10 GP'S ) unless there is a consistent run of bad luck the cream will always float to the top !

🤔 Big brother has been at work

I don't think anyone from Lynn has blamed the track for the defeat, if anything it helped us get a very respectable score considering Ipswich's power this year. But those who paid for an afternoon's racing and got a blue groove are perfectly entitled to criticise from a VFM point of view. It's unusual for Foxhall and there were obviously meteorological reasons for it so hopefully lessons will have been learned. Telling people to deal with it doesn't really help anyone going forward.

Simple answer is Schroeck is absolutely clueless

I’d imagine if he wanted to come he would be over here right now. He used to ride here regular. But not for many years now.

Promoters want home wins as that keeps their crowds... Entertainment is very much a secondary (if that high), factor...

The main factor at Glasgow looks like the shape and width. It will always be difficult at Shielfield to replicate this

Most of the meetings I've seen live this year have been processional mostly. But then maybe the same could be said in previous campaigns when tracks had more material. Glasgow seem to have it right with the track prep and the riders who are willing to race.

I'm at the British semi-final qualifier at Leicester, it's 24 degrees, probably one of the best nights weather wise we'll have this season, with some of Britain's brightest young speedway talent on show, battling it out for a place in the British Final... but the crowd is about half what it would be for a league match, WHY? What makes people turn out to watch team racing, often contrived, in favour of what I'd suggest is a more pure form of the sport? There's even 10 riders in the field that have connections to Leicester present or past yet it's been given a major thumbs down by the punters 👎🏻 For those that didn't attend the British semi they missed a night of proper Speedway!

Poor from Poole and well done to Oxford. Kerr continues to disappoints as does Starke. Surely there’s a better rider in the national league than Marson. He’s no where near the pace. And I don’t see him beating an opposing rider unless that rider hits the deck. Hugely disappointed that Masters was allowed to move at the start of the all important heat 15. Blatantly moved and all of us in the stand saw it, could not believe the ref didn’t put his red lights on as Masters then made the gate. Shocking from the ref but a deserved loss from the 4 man team pirates

Indeed. They already had several sponsors on board, but still recruiting more. You see, this is how you run a successful business. They deserve any success that comes their way.

Any Poole supporters wish they'd stayed at home and watched a team they don't support get knocked out in the SF of the Champions League ?

that seems like an expensive ambulance

And I see today that Ipswich have attracted another club sponsor in an international freight company. Louis is clearly doing something right.

And the rest… Paramedics are the biggest cost besides the riders. There are also different levels of paramedic licensed to give certain medication etc, so it’s not just a case of having an ambulance.

Reached heat 10 result can stand

The product has been ‘inferior’ for years and will continue to head that way in this country, it has nothing to do with the strength of the Ipswich side this year.

I agree the disjointed fixture list doesn’t help regarding regular attending.Even though there are less Teams they really need to plan it more regularly (ie fortnightly at least)This 4-5 week break in the middle of summer (for some teams)is killing the sport.Enthusiasm is waning for a lot of fans,especially is the Team is struggling and they drift away with the irregular fixture list IMO.

World No.2, World No4., Six former British Champions. Apart from the injured Tai Woffinden, who else exactly do you want in there?

Turns 15 next January.

Worst british final line up ever

And you know this how? Was it from the same source that told you a 2024 Ipswich rider was “guesting” for Kings Lynn in this fixture?

To be honest I didn’t expect Ipswich to do what they did with the track to enable them to win. I thought they were better than that, in every sense of the word.

For what reason? I wasn't criticising the track, the track team or the volunteers!

Fiffty years old on November 10th.

Between Tolley and L.R it would seem they couldn’t run a raffle.An Expensive one in Tolleys case.

Vuolas as far as I know is uk based for the season

Sorry Rich but in my experience of Grass Track meetings from some years ago, the top riders just took the mickey out of the qualifying heats, playing the system by taking it easy in the qualifying heats. There was no point in them racing flat out until the last races of the meetings. Seems its still the same. The SGP seem also to be following the same route.

Interesting comment from a Poole Pirates fan

Just wait until Paco gets given a place in the GP 😂