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My mate went and said it was well supported with lots of families attending. He said the presentation was very good, refreshments great and minimal delays and he got about 25 heats for £12. He also saw ex Glasgow promoter Gordon Pairman taking a close interest in what was going on. Well done Isle of White by all accounts.

Might be wrong but I thought Ben Cook would have a ‘proper’ average calculated and declared in time for this meeting, probably moving him out of reserve and into the top five. That may alter Skidder’s thinking on Basso’s cover.

Mmmmm........strange. I clearly remember reading that Brennan had been booked for Kent and Poole on consecutive nights this week. Wonder if the Eastbourne shenanigans or Newcastle’s budget have prompted a change of plan.

Last I heard it was only 1 guest. Tom Brennan for Stormy Wethers.

Any club / team manager worth their salt will have been recalculating the average match by match and will already know of any potential changes.

I’m surprised a Rebels fan thinks this and you clearly don’t know how Garry May ticks. If there is a way of improving the Gladiators even in the short term, Garry will find it and try and make it happen.

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Couldn’t the Scorpions use a guest.

Good guest choices by the Bandits will see them top 50 and scupper any Pirate hopes of away points.

As the Warriors are no longer a NL team, shouldn’t this topic be closed and re-established in the amateur section or similar?

James Wright to continue to guest at reserve for the Pirates for this meeting according to local paper.

Poole website reports their guests will be Jack Thomas at 2 and James Wright at 6.

Yes, get well soon Ben. Has made a positive start to his adventure. More serious for Poole is how they restructure to accommodate the new averages from next week.

I wonder if PowerfulPierre could adjust the meeting date please.

Hang on. Danno Verge is going to ride at the Isle of Wight but he’s in the ndl for Eastbourne. I thought I saw that League riders would get banned if they went over to race. Has their been a change to allow him to ride. Hope so. More could follow to help the promotors out.

So Martin Widman on Facebook is saying that NL riders can ride on the Island with written permission of their club which should not be unreasonably withheld. So the stumbling block has been switched from the BSPL / SCB to the NL clubs. Wonder have many NL sides will cooperate? Or am I barking up the wrong tree?

Live stream confirmed with Alun Rossiter as co-commentator. Purchase here: https://poole-speedway.com/pirates-tv

At the Coliseum, the referee’s position is not directly in line with the gate. Sounds like it cost Hume a point.

So with wee Flinty signing for Wolves, does he have to leave the Bullets?

Posted by Mark on Gladiators proboard forum.

Richard Lawson will be the Gladiators guest again. Details of the reserve replacement awaited.

Extract from club website preview of this weekends NDL meeting: ‘We will be issuing a Club Statement about the general situation affecting Eastbourne and all Clubs on Friday morning.’ Fingers crossed this isn’t bad news.

What chance that both Jason and Rory will be fit for this one? Be good if they were.

Hot on the heels of the Isle of Wight rumpus, looks like the BSPL have succeeded in alienating another guy with the best interests of the sport at heart.