SteveLyric2

Don't know, you'll have to ask your promoters.

Interesting choice of words in the statement ie 'reaching a commercial agreement'!!?? I wonder if that is in any way a temporary situation, similar to what Buster did with Leicester after the Hemsley debacle? Ged Rathbone staying on is a complete about-turn for him based on his previous statements.

Where's Incognito when you need a comment (or retraction)?! ha ha.

Not sure the 2.5% reference is clearly stated on the official AGM statement? No surprise there. We usually have to wait a couple of days for the follow-up statement that seeks to clarify any misunderstandings from the main statement plus anything that they forgot to include. :-)

It was stated publicly at the R.E.F. function last night (relayed by Matt Ford) that there would likely be 2 Monday tracks an 5 Thursday tracks (possibly 3M and 4Th). Poole will run mainly on a Thursday although for TV it'll be Mondays. There will be the occasional Wednesday meeting due to when all the Thursday tracks are against each other, if that make sense. Poole will continue with Good Friday and BH Mondays. The first home meeting is likely to be around the 10/11 April 2019. The club will announce 2 new co-promoters (not owners - Matt will still own the club) around the end of this month - they are expected to be officially licenced by the end of November. Expect the first rider announcement to also be around the same time. NO mention of a new club main sponsor as yet.

More likely Hans Andersen, Hans Fan!!

You do know its still 42.5 points for team building don't you?! (PS. I think JD will be at one of the other clubs up that way!!)

Chris Louis is still running the Witches - he is the designated Promoter, even though Buster is the new owner.

Really looking forward to visiting the Showground again!

C'mon Mods/Admin - change to the Championship section now. The BSPA website have already made the changes. I can't believe the speed of it.

Rice??!

2 NL teams to go up to the Championship?! Who is that going to be - Birmingham plus.......?

Just for clarification, are Gaming International the housing developers or just the Stadium owners?! Or both?! Confused.com?!

Apologies. I thought the tone of your post was banging the nail further into speedway's and greyhound racing's coffin?!

Who is ivy?

What? At Stadia uk prices. It's a REF event to raise money for riders. Ps great news from the Swindon stadium planners today. Hope they can get a move on now.

Poole Keith won't be happy judging by his post.

The Premiership trophy will be on display at the REF video night on Wednesday 14th. Photo opportunities will be available.

Those that asked the question!!

Its no secret to those he's told!! Its not as if I'm divulging who, what where etc.

Mr and Mrs Ford would be based in Europe. The new venture is in partnership with a venue/hospitality business. Thats probably enough info for this forum. It wouldn't be unusual, after all The Lakeside owner Stuart Douglas lives and works in the USA. However Matt's keenness to sell for a decent amount is probably so that he can invest in the new business on par with his partners.

How can one league be more 'efficient'? Aside from theoretically ruling out some higher averaged riders, the 'new' heat leaders will automatically demand heat leader deals unless their costs are dramatically reduced. Whether it be North/South or not, the clubs with more assets or money will still be stronger and more successful, meaning that the weaker teams will just languish in the lower half of the league. Teams with no realistic chance of winning anything and go on a lengthy losing streak will soon lose more fans and money. I can't see any efficiency in that scenario.

Everyone is entitled to an opinion but in Gavan's case its just so repetitive. He seemingly can't help himself whenever it has anything remotely to do with Poole!! Yes he checks the stats, results, scores, performances - in fact anything that shows Poole in a poor light or Poole's opponents in a better light. Its just so transparent. I understand not everyone has a degree in psychology but its so obvious even to the layperson.

Similarly, reading the various fan comments in the SS, there are no easy fixes to satisfy all fans. Their comments are wide and very varied.

Things can change over the course of the 3 days. What someone says on day 1 can change dramatically by day 3. Thats why in the past someone has supposedly 'leaked' some detail which then turns out to be inaccurate I'm all for a well-worded, fully informative press statement at the end of the AGM.