Steve Shovlar

Harrison for Cook cost us massively. Plus wood in place of guest Kennett. We were never strong enough to challenge a home team dialled in to their home track.

An appalling meeting but Plymouth can only beat what is put in front of them. One pass the whole meeting when Rushen battled past Gremek. A good crowd was treated to a race to the first bend. And people criticise Poole? Harrison for Cook was always a major fail. Wood was dead wood. If you didn’t gate you were stuffed. What we can take out of it is that even a weakened Poole team can run a team close away from home and will win over two legs. But being fair, well done Plymouth. Did their job. I have no gripe towards them.

Poole were slagged off on Wednesday for a crap track but yesterday at Oxford conditions were abysmal and tonight at Plymouth it’s pure gate and go.

Glad to see a decent crowd at Plymouth tonight. A shame we are not full strength. Next season priority should be Poole not some foreign club.

A shame we are so weak tonight. Harrison for Cook is not good. Wood, well the lad is a tough guy but will he threaten the scorers? Think we will come up short after last nights lethargic performance. Will be watching as always.

Thought it was an entertaining meeting with lots of passing and fun races. Berwick were bloody awful but they did gate occasionally so we could pick them off.

What a farce and unacceptable. If Lawson has signed for his Danish club before us then there’s nothing to be done but considering he has ridden for Poole in previous seasons, it has to be said it stinks. Not acceptable and my guess would be it’s his final season in the skull and crossbones.

For those interested, there’s a load of speedway programs and badges coming up for auction this weekend. https://www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/9a37cc655655f01289bbb3f3ffbb8010/0af8d24542e81eb9357e7ef448a6646f/antiques-collectables-auction-featuring-a-quantity-of-spee/

Went past Dean Court yesterday and I have never seen so many workers clambering over each other to get the work finished by the deadline. Doesn’t help with the council stipulation that there can be no weekend work. Utter building site. Building the new 7000 seater stand is going to be a doddle in comparison.

Good meeting on BSN. Belle Vue should never have lost this even with Doyle crashing out.

Head problems more likely. Nowhere in his first two then pops out to win.

Just got back. Other than Jeppersen who battled throughout, Workington were pretty awful. Good crowd in tonight but men against boys. Track on the slick side and regularly watered but dusty later in the meeting. Race of the night heat 15 with Jeppersen leading and a Lawson trying to get through up the inside. Start of lap four switched to the outside and went all the way around. Great ballsy riding to bring the house down. Nice to meet Neila before the meeting. He predicted a drubbing and that’s what was given. Safe journey back.

Shame for Bowes who tried to come back too early after injuring himself last winter, fell and hurt himself again, then tried to come back too early and was clearly in pain. There’s a talent there but he hasn’t had a chance to show it. The best bet is time out to make a full recovery. Best of luck to the lad.

Well some of you don’t like football but many of us do. I attend over 40 Premier League games a season plus a dozen or so lower league matches, plus several non league fixtures. Next season it could possibly be over 50 top flight and European matches with trips to the continent. I love my speedway and football as do many, who also like their cricket. There’s no point saying speedway should run against England in a World Cup. Unless you want to commit financial suicide.

Just read it after I posted. Correct call.

Well England play at 5pm so I wouldn’t have coming on Wednesday to Oxford as I want to watch the match (probably suffer it) with friends. Would have bought the stream for the meeting instead. Totally the right call to postpone.

I have been going to Poole since 1985. I have never heard anyone say what you have said you heard. In general Poole fans are plenty, knowledgeable and fair. For it to happen twice in your two visits is frankly ridiculous. You over egged your made up story.

Here’s the first running of heat ten last night. Cooper Rushen doesn’t kick Etheridge at all, just outgated him and Etheridge falls. All four back fair decision.

Hey Siri, show me something that never happened.

Should imagine the rule makers will be summoning Etheridge to explain himself. Throwing a punch at a minor carries a severe penalty.

I remember Berwick v Poole at Berrington Lough where Poole’s John Gould’s bike cleared the safety fence and narrowly missed the fans standing there!

For those that haven’t seen the Rushen / Etheridge incident.

Financially Plymouth v Berwick is not what the Plymouth promotion wanted. Only a handful of away fans at each meeting while Poole would have bought down a lot of fans and vice versa. But there is clear lethargy in the Pirates camp. Clear for fans to see. Worst effort I have seen in many seasons. In fact since Brady Kurtz and Jack Holder went on the piss the night before we rode at Ipswich in the 2019 playoff semi final second leg.

Havvy not mixing his words.

Well done Berwick fully deserved. Best team over two legs.