Steve Shovlar

Like I said an opportunity for Peterborough which they took due to inept guests and r/r for Brady picking up 7 points. Congrats to Panthers on their win. They took advantage of the situation that was presented to them. Ellis. Why on earth did he take the booking when on Monday he said the track was dangerous and a rubbishe hole? Terrible effort. 3 points. Klindt has never scored so lowly. I know riders want to earn but if he was so critical of the track three days earlier he should have turned the booking down. Starke battled for paid four and although it’s less than Busk would probably have scored at least he tried. Can’t criticise the effort he put in. Brady was of course irreplaceable. 7 points scored half of what Brady would probably have picked up. Those are the breaks and Panthers were right time right place. Decent crowd tonight. Racing was good after the first 5-6 heats, with lots of passing. No dust at all and although the bumps were present it didn’t affect he riders. Only fall was first bend bunching. Poole beaten time and again out of the tapes. Seems to happen every week. Ref wanted to make a name for himself. If riders were not absolutely read at the tapes when the clock hit zero he excluded. Nicholls was first to go. Harsh I thought. Then a few heats later Covatti got the same treatment as he was a bike length back from the tapes rolling forward when the clock hit zero. Red light and out. So he was consistent. We need to be able to put out our 1-7. We are dropping points through no fault of our own and it’s frustrating. Hopefully we will be back to full strength next week, though I won’t be there or the meeting the following week, so no reports from me!

Poole look stronger? You must be on a windup. Opportunity here for Peterborough they would never have had if Poole were with their 1-7.

There’s no denying that the BV track is the best in the league. Easy to heap praise on a good new track. But we all remember the cess pit next door which often produced diabolical racing. There’s no doubt the track will be better tomorrow night. For starters the track staff won’t have the mid day meeting issues of warm sun and wind which causes the dust. I do know the promotion are trying to fix the track issues. How long it will take to source everything is anyones guess.

No Brady on Thursday. Not recovered. R/R. Ellis and Starke guest. Peterborough every chance of getting a result with this extremely weak Poole lineup. As for the track: https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/17670595.danny-ford-insists-poole-pirates-will-do-everything-we-can-to-improve-wimborne-road-track/

The ref was in no hurry. Add to that Swindon riders in heats on the trot plus a deflated airfence and extended track watering and it did drag out to 2 hours 20 mins.

No one is defending the track. It needs a major overhaul from the base up. Get the bumps out with a laser blade then get some good quality clay based shale down.

If the riders had refused to ride the meeting would have been abandoned. Although the Poole track is in desperate need of being relaid and given fresh shale, it really wasn’t as bad as those that were not there have made out. Klindt has said on Twitter that the Swindon track last night was worse than Wimborne Road. Both tracks were not acceptable and I spent £42 on entry with program and £25 fuel and it certainly wasn’t value for money.

Up to second if we win this one. Hopefully full strength soon and kick more ass!

Three points for Pirates to take us right up the league.

Lampart injury nothing to do with Poole. Rosco has said on record Musielak was injured before Poole and was only going to take one ride. He couldn’t hold onto his bike. Doyle got injured at Swindon. Of course Swindon would have won had Doyle not got injured. But not Pooles fault.

He has gone from a lad with some potential to can’t get close to a point. Never even threatened to beat a pirate last night.

Me thinks Swindon fans are trying to deflect from an abject day when they were expected to take 7 points. Last night I was more than happy to come away from Swindon with 2 points. A draw was never predicted and without our main man either. A great result for Poole. Sure Swindon lost ~doyle due to the Swindon track but it’s not our fault. I don’t believe a single Pirates fan left Blunsdon disappointed with the result. Next up Peterborough and hopefully another 3 points.

Poole missed a huge trick? Where?

I am not at liberty to say any more. Just to say they are going to do something about it. Hopefully after the Peterborough meeting. Just depends on sourcing the right equipment to do the job.

No after meeting conference today as riders had to get sorted and away for the journey to Swindon. However, I did speak to a member of the Poole management at Swindon who are more than aware of the condition of the track. They are trying to source a blade with laser which is very precise to cut the track accurately and remove bumps/holes. I also they have been trying to source fresh shale with a higher clay percentage. They might also have spoken to Buster about using him and his gear to sort the track out.

Well just got back and who would have thought at the start of the day the points would have been Swindon 1 Poole 5? Fantastic backs to the wall performance tonight from the Poole lads as they battled for everything on a track not fit for purpose. We should have won tonight as we were 60 metres clear in heat two going into the final lap when Covatti whacked into the big hole on bend one which stopped his bike dead. There was lots of track grading and Doyle was out there with a shovel. Possibly the reason he had to withdraw later in the meeting. Rosco far from happy with Musielak. Told to not come over but insisted, even though he was nursing his shoulder before the meeting. Didn’t have the strength to hold onto his bike and crashed. Rosco said they could have got a guest in. Stand up and take a bow Jack Holder. Brilliant performance tonight after hitting the hole in his first. Only 7 points tonight for Brady who would have relished the track. Both teams had riders missing though. A good haul of points. Both meetings rubbish racing wise to be honest though.

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Rosco lost for words over state of track. More blading. Tractor done more laps than the bikes.

Jensen having a blinder with three rocketship gates.

Riders struggling badly to stay on their bikes. All over the place. Not a windup. Genuinely bad track. All those moans earlier coming home to roost. This morning the Poole track was bad. No denying it. But why is this so bad tonight? Hope no one gets hurt.

Large stones on track. One flew up and injured Josh G. Reason he pulled up during heat.

Big hole appeared on first bend! Half a dozen track staff looking at it scratching their arses. Doyle out there. Oh dear.

Batchelor unhappy with track. Track is not good. Extra work taking place to try and sort it out. Overwatered. First bend issues. Riders struggling.

Arrived at Blunsdon. Two inches of snow on tge ground well, feels like it anyway. Drizzling. Bring a cost.

Really? Why is that then? Because you disagree with my thoughts on the meeting? Swindon fans expected to pick up 7 points today and it hasn’t worked out. Lunchtime meetings are notoriously slick and dusty, though the dust was kept under control until the last few heats. Poole riders didn’t have the same issues the Swindon riders. We all know the Poole track is far from perfect. I posted a clip of the first meeting and the billowing dust clouds. Unacceptable. Yes, we would like the Poole track to be nice and smooth. And it isn’t. It doesn’t seem to be the promotions number one priority. Don’t ask me why. But it certainly wasn’t as bad as has been made out on here by people who were not at the meeting. Swindon were unlucky losing the Pole. But the chances were that we would still have won. As I have said on several occasions, Swindon have weak reserves and need their top 5 firing to win. Perhaps getting rid of the flaky Pole and bringing in Jensen will give them more clout.