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So they should get an initial 28 day facility from the date of his sick note.

MPT has a policy that he has shared on Facebook..........

21 year old Slovenian, Anze Grmek to replace TvT.

Surely the only people saying that 'speedway at the Abbey was financially unviable' were Osborne (the stadium owner - who also ran the greyhounds) and the previous speedway promotion of Russell and Park. Maybe there was some sort of financial incentive (brown envelope?) offered to Russell/Park to say that speedway was unviable at the Abbey. And surely it would only become 'unviable' because of the exorbitant rent and stadium costs charged to the speedway promotion by the owner (Osborne)?! Pure supposition on my part of course....!😉 NB, Hasn't Rosco declared he would be in a position to front a new consortium with financial backing, for the Robins to continue at the Abbey - assuming of course that the running costs (stadium charges etc) were of an acceptable level?!

51-39 seems a popular scoreline all around this week.

I don't recall them 'smoking' Harris and Howarth?! Lawson and Cook simply outgated them and they couldn't find a way past. It was a 'super' heat though with Poole worthy winners. Aside from Glasgow supporters, who will remember the runners-up?

Lawson could still be feeling a little 'second hand' after his recent falls and machinery damage?

Even Killeen saying the track was 'terrible'. (He used a worse phrase but you know what Aussies can be like)🤣

Well after a poor night for the Pirates, at least a win in the home leg will see us through to the BSN Series semis.

So Oxford missing Eric Riss who is 'ill', replaced by Justin Sedgman!! I hope its not a recurrence of the 'dizziness' illness from previous seasons?

The original Poole preview text had Cook at 3 and Kerr at 5, but it was changed/updated later.

So do Oxford still have all the equipment to 'work on the track'? There were reports that equipment had been removed.....

Although only 16 y.o. he's not stupid!!🤣

If you've ever met or spoken with Cooper, the one thing he's not lacking is confidence! He may be lacking consistency in his gating but that will come. His overall bike skills are remarkable for a 16 year old. Imo it will be his physical condition towards the 2nd half of the season which may affect him. In the meantime we watch and wonder.....

There WILL be KO CUP, BSN and the Harbour Masters Challenge fixtures to be slotted in. The latter probably dependent on getting enough young riders to commit to a midweek meeting!?