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Kyle Newman to receive a donation from the Poole Riders Equipment Fund before the BV meeting on Wednesday. The donation will then be enhanced by Hans and Nicolai (and maybe the rest of the team?!) each donating one point from their night's earnings to the donation. Great gesture and great team spirit already!!

Definitely the Mail on Sunday - and on a prominent right hand news page too!!

Dates and meetings should be available soon. The proposed list has been sent to the clubs and there will need to be a few fixture date changes to be sorted out before the schedule is made public.

Thought this had all been sorted for speedway!!?

Amongst the several comments made by Swindon's Colin Pratt in this week's Star was the statement that the new (revised) team building limit after the first set of new averages has yet to be decided!! Apparantly someone within the BSPA hierarchy has been appointed to set the new figure but nothing has been announced or advised to the clubs as yet!!

£2.50 from next week Starry - according to the guys on the gate!!! Shame the money doesn't go to Speedway, who have no control over the car park as you know?!

Of course they do. The site is theirs to manage as they see fit. I believe there is also a car boot on Sundays. There is also a Day Nursery attached to the Champs Bar. Don't know how much the Council charge them for the lease?

Good news from Kyle thank goodness - only 4-6 weeks out with minor muscle tears around the fractured shoulder blade. No op required - just a fitness and physio plan.

Stadia UK have the lease to manage the whole site. They take all the revenue from parking, bars and the restaurant. The car park is used substantially during the day time by lots of different office and hospital staff and usually clears out from 5pm onwards to allow the speedway parking to commence on meeting days.

According to Colin Pratt in the Speedway Star this week the whole BT Sport TV schedule has been issued to clubs, although not seen anything publicly as yet other than the British Championship in June. It would appear that BT want quite a few meetings in school holidays - presumably to get big(ger) crowds.

What price is parking at Blunsdon this season? Stadia UK increasing the charges at Poole to £2.50 for Speedway from April!!!

Incidentally, I found out Wednesday that as KK missed official Polish practice earlier in the week whilst riding for Poole at Monmore, he was instructed to practice on Friday after Thursday's Golden Helmet qualifier and before Saturday's meeting.

Ah yes I see Gav's back from his 'sabbatical' and straight onto the Poole threads!!! Nice hols Gav???

Not sure if KK is available for the away leg or the Leicester meeting the day after. Results in Poland will determine that.

Well I was more than pleasantly surprised with last night's Poole performance, having previously suggested that this 1-7 (Newman aside) were unlikely to make the playoffs imo!! The heat one 1-5 reverse added to my fears. As far as the track was concerned, with rain at around 5pm and the continued chance of showers all evening and the debacle of last Friday, much of the 'sludge ' had been taken off leaving a very slick and dusty surface, even producing the return of the infamous 'blue groove' which has not been evident for a couple of years!!! No holes or bumps in evidence around the track and the crowd were treated to a strong Poole performance especially by the reserves. As others have said, what a home debut by young Shanes. Looking forward to seeing him under the 2017 race format.

He has a meeting in Gdansk at 2.30 pm on Saturday - so maybe a flight issue. Same reason why Lebedevs was not originally included in the Leicester pairing?!

They forgot to install a 'Turn Left' sign on the 1st bend!!!!

What would happen if Police find there is a criminal case for Sandhu to answer and he's then found guilty? Presumably Brandon Estates could claim for full re-instatement of 'as new' fixtures and fittings as well as costs/damages?!

Welcome Lewis Kerr. Lets hope his most recent crash in his 2nd ride at Peterborough last week - where he failed to score - sees a quick recovery from his hand/wrist injury!!

Despite now having nothing to do with the Poole programme for at least the past year, (apart from getting one each meeting!! ) I am told that they will stick with the same format as Wolves used - even though Wolves sent the correct format to the printer, but it came back with last year's!! ps. Is it Nigel Pearson that co-ordinates the Wolves programme?? As I believe he may have something to do with this season's Poole production?!

Yes what about the criminal damage too??!!

Lewis Kerr (5.98) would be an obvious choice unless MF is looking at Nicolai Klindt moving up and going for another temporary reserve? Someone like Joe Jacobs possibly?

Don't say I didn't warn you?! Jack Holder and Kurtz for the Pirates.

Kyle's injury seems very similar to that which Jason Doyle suffered way back when he rode for the Pirates. He never progressed until he had the op!! So what Brits are available with Kyle's average of up to 6.69? Lewis Kerr?? James Sarjeant?? If it didn't have to be a Brit then Lasse Bjerre or even Kacper Woryna would have been possibles......

Chris Holder's latest comments about the KL track suggest he hated it as a visiting rider. He will not want too much grippy shale on it and certainly no bricks!! As for the Poole track, I can't comment from Friday as i wasn't there (for once) but photos from earlier in the day on twitter and facebook showed the track surface looking pretty good - smooth and dry!! However there was clearly a lot of water-sodden shale underneath from the torrential rains earlier in the week which the evening's cooler temperatures brought to the surface when racing began. As has been stated earlier, the track was worked on, repaired and smoothed out after the home defeat to BV on May 23rd 2016. Since then there has been nothing but great racing - even with positive comments from the likes of Chris Holder and others!! With the weather forecast looking quite good for the next few days the track should be in good nick for Wednesday's retention of the Elite Shield. ;-) It is Poole Council's stated intent to build several thousand new dwellings throughout the Poole area by 2025 (I think). One site of many that have been identified throughout the borough is on the edge of the Council-owned and Stadia UK-leased Poole Stadium site and which extends partially into the area currently used for lorry/car parking. It has been suggested that the stadium MIGHT be redeveloped for Speedway and Greyhounds (not football). This would mean giving it a different 'footprint' within the existing site - although there are no public plans available yet as to how this might be achieved. Any upgrade of the facilities would be welcomed by all - but I know MF is keen NOT to have to miss a season whilst any work does go on. There was any earlier proposal - with public plans - from renowned (if that's the right word) local property developer Eddie Mitchell to totally rebuild the whole stadium to include football - BUT THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN. (Mr Mitchell was at the time seeking a home for Poole FC who have now decided to stay where they are and are improving their own ground to meet FA requirements).