Steve Shovlar

Raining again. Lol! swindon and Wolves must be rubbing their hands together knowing the winner will have Ipswich. Should make next week a battle!

Way it goes sometimes. Outgated and once Riding wide its game over. That rain killed it for us. Same for both teams though.

Men against boys. Race times 3 seconds slower than usual.

Got to say that shower has changed the track and Ipswich mullering us and going straight to the fence. Then there’s no chance of catching them. They fully deserve it.

No Iversen slowed and covatti couldn’t do anything. Poor from ref.

Wtf? Iversen caused that! He miscounted and caused Covatti to lay it down.

They were watering the track with the dirty rain cloud approaching. Track looks ok. Tiny crowd. Less than last week. All watching it at home.

Just had a sharp heavy shower at the track. Cleared now.

Yes a nice mostly dry day, if breezy forecast.

Reading through this thread I feel I went to a different GP to most on here. I thought the GP was OK. Not a classic by any means but certainly I found it entertaining and never once did I think the meeting was a complete duffer. There have been far worse GPS this year. No, it wasn’t as good as some previous Cardiff GPs but certainly there was plenty of passing. I also thought the crowd was larger this year, which is a good sign. Definitely swollen by the amount of Poles now making the trip. 5 years ago there were just a few up high on the third bend. Now there are thousands all around the stadium. Certainly adds to the already excellent atmosphere. I always buy tickets on the day but this year all the cheap tickets had sold out with cheapest on the day £50. Had to use a tout to get a cheap ticket. The city was absolutely heaving before the meeting and great fun. As for a second GP at Belle Vue, there is no chance whatsoever. Until Cardiff sells out anyway, which is not likely to happen. Why on earth would BSI run another British GP which would reduce the attendance of Cardiff? Never going to happen. NSS not big enough anyways and even if they did it with temp stands, who is to say they might get the track completely wrong just like they did in the SON semi final Friday meeting a couple of years ago? I for one thoroughly enjoyed Cardiff this year. Sure we have seen better meetings there but I came away knowing I will be back in 2020.

Looks like a 49-41 type score line. Depends if the Wolves reserves can keep up their high scoring form and Masters shows he hasn’t been affected by sleepless nights.

Thursday a dry day with sunny periods after an odd morning shower. No problems.

He seems to think if he says it enough times we will believe him. Instead we just laugh at his continuous guff.

Wouldn’t be ironic at all. It would be fine as he is an Ipswich rider. Clearly with all the bleating you are doing about hoping he would ride for Eastbourne so that in your mind Ipswich could gain an advantage with r/r, it isn’t going to happen. Tough luck. He is riding for Ipswich. Both teams at full strength.

Common sense from all involved.

I hope Lawson is available to ride. Would be ridiculous for him to miss a playoff meeting. Though at the same time why should Eastbourne miss out?

Sensible call. There was no point waiting for tomorrow and then cancel once the cameras had arrived and were in place. Saturday to Ipswich. Should be fun and hopefully produce a bigger crowd.

Now we are a day away the forecast is much more accurate. Not much chance of this going ahead so best to cancel now and re-arrange it for possibly next Sunday afternoon. Don’t think any rider is elsewhere?

Was selling by the ton yesterday in Cardiff, discounted from £16.99 to £15. But a heads up. But it can be picked up in Argos and Sainsbury’s for £8.99 https://www.argos.co.uk/product/2912859?gclsrc=aw.ds&&cmpid=GS001&_$ja=tsid:59130|acid:289-152-2757|cid:599609992|agid:24126986217|tid:pla-344528829103|crid:94168542777|nw:g|rnd:8135964876105954999|dvc:t|adp:1o9|mt:|loc:9045715&gclid=Cj0KCQjwt5zsBRD8ARIsAJfI4BhEgUrEOyFrGwAIUrnFisoNXedSa8G5AVu3D93FrFmoGMdJrryKpMoaAh3rEALw_wcB

£19 was cheapest last year.

Shock horror cheapest tickets left are £50. Had to buy off tout. £55 ticket for £30. First time that has happened. Town very busy.

Monday is still too far away to be accurate on the forecast.

Gavan doesn’t know is ass from his elbow. Swindon said they would pick Poole. Now we have given them something to worry about having to face Wolves in the semi.

I paid £19 on the day last year from the ticket office. They will have thousands of cheap tickets. Always do.

Perhaps not but both rides Poole like heat leaders.