Steve Shovlar

Reserve cant be any good as irr is riders below injured rider. Stefan is reserve.

Stefan Neilsen crashed with Grobauer in heat one. Stefan collarbone and ribs. Awaiting second ambulance. Nasty high speed smash for both. Grobauer help back to pits with riders holding him. Get well soon Stefan.

Jack Thomas is in fine form at the moment and is likely to be the difference. Expect him to have at least 6 rides. 4 points either way.

Yes he’s been on great form all season. Not one bad meeting so far this year. Keep it up Steve!

Forecast looks good so coming up this afternoon. Hopefully there will be a good crowd for this one. If Birmingham fans don’t come out for this there’s no chance for the sport in the city. Be there or lose it!

And about 500 people watching the gps compared to tens of thousands on a proper channel.

That’s not the point I was making. The strength of the Poole team as it stands would hold its own in the “top” flight, when in truth there’s really nothing now between the two leagues. I remember the days back in the 70’s when a NL number one struggled to hold down a second string/reserve berth. There’s no doubt in my mind we are heading for one league, perhaps with a north/south divide.

Neilsen is at reserve for Poole on Friday.

A shame he’s not available tomorrow. Think the track would have suited him. But we can cover. King, Neilsen, Cook and Hume can take his rides.

Excellent news. It looks like the shale has been lacking a decent clay percentage. On another note, when up in Berwick recently, I was take to where the old Berrington Louth speedway track was located. It was in the middle of nowhere on a single track road, then up a farmers track. Impossible to believe that such a remote spot had a top flight speedway team. Nothing now remains and it’s just farmers fields. Except for a great big pile of shale. Don’t know if the shale would be any good for anything after 26 years sitting there, but there was lots of it!

Joking aside, this Poole team would be challenging In the premier playoffs. Perhaps not quite as strong as Wolves or Peterborough but better than the rest.

He’s not had a bad meeting for Poole this season. Hopefully that will continue on Wednesday. Schlein has been the worry and has had a dip the last month. Priority on winning a title this season is my guess. Let’s be honest it’s a 2 horse race in the premier league.

Pretty poor meeting sad to say in front of a decent crowd. Usual Monmore fodder with lesser quality riders dialled in and beating visiting riders of a higher calibre. Trick track.

Funny I thought the move was completely legit as Douglas wasn’t on the line. Come in hard and move him over. This is speedway not tiddlywinks. Mind you I understand the booing from Wolves fans.

Very strange for Steve Worrall to look so poor. Hasn’t had a single bad meeting for us this season. No real difference in strength really between the two leagues so quite surprising. Saving himself for Wednesday at Brum hopefully.

Are these the same cameramen as the Russian GP? Missed the pass again! Clueless! The camera colour balance is also awful with a bright orange/red picture.

Another excellent performance from Jack Thomas, following his good effort at Poole yesterday.

And next season?

The starting gate looking like a potato field is the norm. It is ripped up on purpose. what needs to happen with the stadium is the lease is revoked from the current landlords. They are not fulfilling their obligations of providing a sports facility for the people of Poole. No dogs, no football, no five a side pitches, no nothing. They make their money charging nurses to park there for the hospital. Take the lease from them and give it to Matt Ford and a consortium to bring sport to the stadium. Matt has said previously he knows he can get a group of businessmen together to do this. Gaming International or whatever their current name is, are a failed business. Wherever they have been, trouble follows. Where is the new Swindon stadium? Where is the new Torquay Utd stadium? Thank the Lord they don’t own Poole Stadium.Matt said the council is 100% on his side.

Are you going to put in an offer? Do you know of anyone willing to put in an offer? Do you think there’s anyone at this current time willing to buy a speedway club? Even a successful one?

Think Matt said there was an issue with the landlords and that the rent for each year was always paid in advance. He didn’t go into detail but reading between the lines the landlords could be demanding a much higher rent for next season. I might be off the mark. The landlords no longer use the stadium at all and only use the car park to charge nurses to park there for work. The only people to now use the stadium is the speedway. Matt said the council back the club. It’s about time the council withdrew the lease from Gaming International.

You shouldn’t feed the troll.

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The racing at Poole is usually very good with lots of passing. This year it’s been very good up to the last three meetings where the track has been underwatered and today when this hole appeared.