Hackett

Sure I saw some overtaking in the Norway SGP ...... No, No sorry my mistake ... The riders were on there way to the tapes from the pits. If benfield want series to be more competitive lay a better track. The gp was toilette pour homme. Congratulations to Crumpie on being world champion. Well deserved. Congratulations to tricks on 2nd overall and winning the Norway sgp. Congratulations to greg on his 3rd overall. Congratulations to ole olsen and benfield for making the last 2 sgp s like formula 1 ... No overtaking and boring Zzzzzzzzzzzzz.The only incidents being on the first corner. If they want to make the sport appeal to the non speedway supporter and fill stadiums as small as Hamar they need to look at the track and make as many racing lines as possible. So that we get overtaking, passing and close fought racing. Not the procession I watched on staturday and endured for 3 hours ........ The conclusion of the World Championship a battle for 3/4 th place. Drama as riders hoped to qualify for next years series and it proved to be the biggest anti climax and a complete crock of rubbishe !!!!

Basically it says that due to the fact that these venues have no roof, and a temp track is vulnerable to hard rain, they are thinking/decided to move the GP's to permanent track's. Eskilstuna and Avesta are likely to stage these meetings next year. Nothing to do with the cost of hiring such venues and the crowds numbers reduced from last year !?!?!!

Take it Hans wont be back at Poole next season then .....

Thought the lads rode there hearts out but congratulations to Sweden who in the end had a little too much for Team GB ...... As for venting anger perhaps that should be done to the fool with the camera !?????

Salty asked if prices were too high .... Very much so, 40 quid for seats for the final and 35 for the play off ... I think in Pboro it was 25 for the final and 20 for the play off so quite an increase ....However i still think the crowd on sat will be ok purely for the GB factor and that the swedes are through ... which will keep the Poole faithful happy.

I was furious that a cracking meeting could of been ruined by the poxy JOKER rule ...!!!!!! Fortunately justice prevailed with Tomasz Gollob riding his socks off to beat Crumpie in the last heat .. well done Poland {who dont have a hotel booked} and Sweden ... Excellent meeting ... AJ balls of steel fella .... Gollob the best racer in speedway ... added to an excellent meeting Come on Team GB.

Storms in London ..... what is the weather at Poole looking like ...

Definately not red ...she got a face like a slapped ###### !!!

Screenie has stated from the off that Poole is not one of his favourite tracks ... although if selected he would not let anyone down. Havvy will give it a go at Poole and should know how to set the bikes up for there and was impressive when guesting for Eastie recently. Whoever is in the team wont let us down for trying.

Who took the dirt off Arlington !! Looked like a minie Wimborne Road

The riders selected are Scott Nicholls (captain), Mark Loram, Lee Richardson, David Norris, Gary Havelock, David Howe, Stuart Robson, Joe Screen, Danny Bird, Chris Harris, Chris Neath and Dean Barker. Middleditch said: "The squad is in no particular order and I have an open mind about the starting line-up at this stage. Having seen Deano's recent Alington efforts I am surprised he has been called up into the squad ...

It is woeful .... that would not entice ONE person to the SWC who isn't a speedway fan !! Shocking effort.

Considering nicki's bad press was surprised to see him chase his bike down the straight and drag his bike off the track. BUT fair play that was genuine sportmanship considering his crash. Also applaud Jason Crump who went in Hans Andersen pit and patted him on the soulder following his 2x ef. However all in all felt this SGP was poor in comparison to Cardiff ... in terms of racing ..although the Danish crowd seemed to be making quite a good atmosphere.

When interviewed during the meeting Scotty even mentioned that Greg Hancock hit a rut straightened up .... and that he dcould of bailed out but he is a racer !!!

Following the current trend , I would imagine that it will be young guns rather than old hands. Perhaps David Howe , Chris Neath are two that spring to mind. Chris Harris seems to be struggling that takes him out of the equation. However with the qualifiers this weekend a good perfomance from Norris or Robson could push them into the reckoning.

Adams is pretty reasonable odds for this weekends SGP as well. I managed to get 6/1 . Which on current form could be a snip !!

At £18 for a ticket and in the region of £5 for a programme. Think I will give it a wide berth especially with only 1 Brit .....

I personally wish that Ole Olsen would leave the track alone after practice ..... All the riders said it was better in practice. Crumpy claimed there were plenty of lines around the boards or on the inside in the afternoon. Ole must of thought it was a one day track again .. :-))) there was only one racing line last night ... Although the Aus vs GB battle was intruiging. What a crock crowd ... if the Denmark team had not turned up ... there would of been more officials and riders than crowd .. No wonder nobody wants to sponsor the event !!!