Steve Shovlar

Bewley paying too much respect to Zmarzlik. Needs to be tougher and not cower.

No joking, Give me a day on a bike and I could do as well as that Gorzow reserve. Can’t even complete 4 laps! Worse than useless.

But so what? Zmarzlik fault for cutting off Janowski and riding into his partner. Should be excluded for stopping the race. Just because his chain was damaged is no ones fault but himself.

Justice served. Should have been a 1-5 though.

Outrageous ref decision. Zmarzlik caused the stoppage by crashing into his partner!

Zmarzlik out definately. No doubt.

Hopefully able to continue.

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Gary Havelock is managing the team up north, as Middlo has business commitments on weekends.

Well done to Danyon Hume with an excellent paid 10 tonight. Good practice for this time next week.

Danyon has been a very good form. The term Rising star certainly fits. Beat Scotty Nicholls on Tuesday at Kent.

Pirates visit the old days of the club next weekend on a northern tour, taking in Edinburgh next Friday, Berwick on Saturday and finishing with Newcastle on Sunday. Rob and I are coming up for this, and will no doubt be joined by a few others. It’s a long way to come and the weather forecast, at the moment, is looking unsettled with light rain over the three days. Hopefully we won’t loose a meeting as it’s a long way for a one off and not something I would do. If you see us in our Poole jackets, come and say hello we are quite tame and friendly. I myself have never been to any of these tracks so three in three days to be ticked off. Fingers crossed for the return of Ben Cook who has been missed since his crash at Redcar a couple of weeks ago. If he is still out no doubt we will have a horses for courses guest at reserve. As for our replacement at 2, Danny Ford said on Wednesday that they were close to announcing it but nothing until it is signed and confirmed and the rider is in the country. So a guest replacement is likely. As for our chances, Edinburgh are likely to be our stiffest test. Second in the league and good home form. But I fancy our chances at Berwick and Newcastle. Two wins out of three would give us an almost guaranteed playoff berth, especially as we have so many home fixtures coming up throughout August.

I am not fighting with Gavan. Not worth it. Just showing there is nothing between the leagues and it’s time for an a amalgamation for the sport to move forward. If there was a north/south divide, then perhaps a rider could be named in both sections, though it would cause an issue should both clubs qualify for the playoffs.

You are very strange. You won’t see things for what they are. Poole are built to a lower points limit. crump v Schlein. Schlein. Rowe v Poole newcomer. Poole newcomer. King v King. Draw Allen v Neilsen. Allen Cook v Worrall. Cook Kemp v B Cook. B Cook Starke v Hume. Starke.

Yes they would. And Kings Lynn quite easily.

Kemp and Wright do not ride for Poole. They were guests last night. You need to learn who rides for Poole.

Poole would beat both of these teams. Seriously.

That is the issue which would need serious consideration. Perhaps weakening down at reserve by using NL riders. There are riders out there from the continent and Australia who have ridden here that could come back. Ellis Perks, Josh Gracjzonek etc. It could be done. A north south league with north riding against each other twice and the south once. Playoffs top 4 from each section leading to semis and final.

Both teams tonight are not as strong as the Poole team, in a lower league. This winter will surely se an amalgamation of both leagues. There’s nothing premier about the premier league bar it’s name.

Funnily enough I visited the Poole track shop last night for the first time this season. Thought I would treat myself to a Pirates mug at £4.99. Ended up being tempted by a new Pirates jacket at £59.95. A queue in there for tills 15 deep. All holding Pirates jackets and t-shirts at £29.95. Hundreds of pounds of merchandise in that one queue at that one moment. Merchandise must raise thousands of pounds for Poole over the course of the season. It’s an important income source and to lease it out to a third party is foolhardy in the extreme.

Weather forecast for tomorrow looking dodgy. Light rain most of the day. Fingers crossed it misses or blows through quickly.

This meeting is lining up to be an absolute classic. Wish I could have come but might have a chance if we meet again in the cup or playoffs.

What bump/hole? He over cooked it and slid off on bend two. Track is nice and smooth, albeit slick tonight.

Paul Hurry has been a good servant to British Speedway but his time was up. Bring in a youngster who would do no worse.

Thanks for the info. Hope you can get out there and do your job again soon. As for the PA, it really would be worth investing in a couple of decent speakers facing the grandstand. Not hugely expensive and would make things so much better. Sorry I had a go at the announcer but a muffled voice in the background is extremely poor and it needs fixing properly, not just tweaking to make it clearer. Worth doing.