Pirate Baz

No Swedish speedway in Eurosports schedule for next Tuesday. Just an hour of highlights (!) last night. Anyone know what is planned going forward?

You can only ride what's put in front of you Steve, and in that respect the Aces were unlucky not to get the win. Zagar's bike problem and a couple of borderline decisions by Dave Robinson that could have gone the other way. Too early for Poole to press the panic button though. Missing Magic big time, especially using Lawson as a guest. Just 10 points from Magic (compared to Lawson's 4) would have got us a 12 point win. Track was poor again with a yard of racing line around the fence. I understand that it was so rough that Kyle snapped a footrest in one race when hitting a rut (bump?). Chris Holders comments at the post match interview spoke (hinted) volumes. Anyway yet again I have to give congratulations to the visitors for a battling performance. Zagar with a classy pass in heat 15 to get the draw, and probably Craig Cook's best ever performance at Poole in the Elite League.

Sun and blue Skies here in Branksome (about 3 miles away) at 3:40.

Poole forum suggests Richie Worrell.

Light rain, but light is the operative word, about 3 miles away.

I'm about three miles from the track and it's not raining and hasn't been since I got up at 6:30. As posted on the Poole site my barometer is over on the 'Fair' side not 'Rain', although Radio Solent says more rain later. I'm feeling positive.

Has the Speedway Star got the play off dates between the Elite League and the Allsvenskan League mixed up? They are opposite to what has been posted earlier on this thread.

Why only PL guest? Has the rule changed again?

Jack Holder is a 7. Had he been a 5 he'd have been at Somerset.

Just asking (not stirring) but where do you get Stuart Robsons 4.63 from? His greensheet average at Newcastle last year was 7.56, which factored at 1.6 makes 4.73.

Still no official statement from the BSPA. It would be nice to know the facts, and the riders affected. Lots of speculation and guesswork at present.

Dual nationality ? British grannies ?

Perhaps you'll use Jack Holder now? Bit of a gamble but it could pay off.

Which way round are they for the second legs ?

I've been told from someone who is out there that it's rumoured to be re-staged after the Torun GP.

Wish you'd make your minds up.

How did Kyle's accident happen ? I heard that it was on the straight.

Thanks mate. That's brilliant.

Does anyone know the format this year? Presumably 16 heats with all riders meeting each other, then I'm gusssing four more heats starting with the lowest scorer in each team progressing to the highest. Good guess or not? Better still does anyone have a programme format for those of us watching on Sky?

Great info, thanks. It also works on the 'old' Sky boxes as well. Must be a new feature from Sky. This answers all our problems, but for anyone still intending to record the Sunday repeat, it on the Sky site as 3 hours but in the planners as 2. Guessing it will go onto the red button two thirds way through.

I posted on the other thread on this subject (this now seems to be the main one) about the difficulties in booking the tickets I wanted. Online would not let me book a particular block and every time I tried to speak to a human being I was cut off due to 'high call volume'. Well eventually I got through to a very polite and helpful lady who got me the tickets I wanted and took great delight in telling me that there was no handling charge on my tickets this year. There was however £5+ postage to be paid. This morning I went on to my BT account online and found out that the phone costs for booking these tickets, including all the times I connected and was cut off came to another £5. I take it everyone realises that these are premium rate numbers, and even if you have one of these 'all inclusive' BT packages the British GP numbers are still chargeable. Fortunately I got through in about 30 minutes but if you are on longer be aware that it will mount up.

Doing my Victor Meldrew again, but does anyone else find difficulty in getting the tickets they want from Ticketmaster? They push you towards booking online, but there is no facility for choosing a specific block, i.e. the one we had last year and every year. Price ranges yes but then you cannot be certain what the charge is for your particular block. If you reject those seats you start again and then get offered the same seats. Try to speak to somebody on the phone and get "Sorry but all our operators are busy. Pleas try later. You are about to be cut off."

If you can get through! I am old fashioned. Due to experiences of aquaintances I don't like giving card details over the web. OK last century I know, to you youngsters out there. However I have tried three times. Got the message that calls cost 10p per minute. Waited for a maximum of 10 minutes each time (listening to that plinky plonk music) and rung of after my maximum patience i.e. 10 minutes. So far I have spent £3 and got absolutely nowhere. They are taking the.....mickey aren't they. To be serious I am considering giving it a miss next year as this sort of service winds me up. By the way my wife calls me Victor Meldrew.

But it's only scheduled for 1:30 to 2:30. Then I guess it's on the Red Button. So it's be in to watch it live, or avoid the result somehow until it's rerun in full at 11:00 on Monday morning.

Someones got to be first. I assume the limit is £190,000 as per last year ? 3. Emil SAYFUTINOV - £50,000 6. Nicki PEDERSEN (Captain) - £45,000 9. Freddie LINDGREN - £35,000 12. Chris HOLDER - £35,000 13. Jarek HAMPEL - £25,000