Steve Shovlar

Excellent news. Middlo mentioned that there was a lot of lose stuff on the bends not doing very much.

Thought it was this.

That 1940’s marching music the riders come out to at the moment is an embarrassment that needs to be binned. Now. Don’t know what the tune is called but it’s worse than the crap Coventry came out to for years.

Look at my original post. No ratings out of ten.

Oli I didn’t put those ratings in my post.

These hot laps are unfair if both teams can’t compete. No suprise bv complained.

It’s not a Poole comment.

He’s very solid and will up his average no problem.

Your a week early. I am flying to Venice next Thursday.

Just got back after witnessing the press conference which I filmed and will chuck up on youtube shortly. First of all well done to Swindon who gave us a master class in gating. They were two bike lengths quicker out of the gate in virtually every heat. At first I put it down to having 2 and 4, which were working very well. But by the time we got on them the Swindon boys were dialled in and it made very little difference. In virtually every heat Swindon got to the first bend in front and we were just chasing shadows. The track is now nice and smooth but the racing lines have vanished. Morris gated superbly, held the inside and that was that. A terrible terrible meeting to watch (unless you were one of the 4 Swindon fans I witnessed who made the trip down. Only person who showed true grit and detemination was PK who made a couple of from the back moves. For Swindon. Their whole team did well, bar Davey. For Poole Kurtz was completely off the pace. Never seen him so bad. Woryna did Ok but struggled with racing lines. Josh G missed the gate twice and then took a purler trying to get second. Bad night. Sundstrom looks a bit lightweight. PK showed class. Spanner was good. Battled to paid ten. Shanes found it tough. Took a heavy fall trying to make a pass, bruised but ok. One of those nights where one team clicks all together, and the other has a mare. Well done again to Swindon who deserved their win. Video of conference to come.

Its been men against boys out of the starts. Looking forward to the press conference later. Going to be interesting.

I bet there are loads of Swindon fans on here regretting not making the trip down here tonight. Let me tell you that the Robins have given Poole a lesson in gating and deservedly are smashing us. Brady doing wheelies at the back sums up our efforts as Swindon took an early lead with the gate advantage of 2 and 4 (gifted to them) and never looked back. Well done to them. Our track might be smoother but racing has been dire.

Reports say track is in very good order. Well watered. Lovely warm evening. Perfect night to enjoy some speedway.

Temp traffic lights straight outside stadium causing traffic carnage! Don’t arrive late!

How many titles have Belle vue won since the millenium? How many have Poole won? Its a sport. In it to win it! If other clubs want to bring on thd young Brits good for them. But I would rather have our stuffed trophy cabinet full of league titles.

This is a team sport and therefore it is important to put out the strongest 7 riders possible, regardless of nationality. If British riders are good enough they will get a team berth. If a foriegn rider gets a team spot over a Brit is is because he is a better rider. The top flight in British speedway is not a training ground. British riders don’t have some god given right to get a spot. They have to earn it.

A beautiful day today. Patio doors open into the garden. Warm and sunny. Track will need plenty of water this week. Should be a great meeting tonight.

With Bournemouth playing Man U just up the road tonight I should imagine the best way for fans travelling from the north is toncome in via Ferndown rather than the Bournemouth spur road. The match is likely to affect tonights attendance. There are quite a few Poole fans who are AFC Bournemouth season ticket holders, as well as it being on tv. A shame this clash of fixtures couldn’t have been avoided.

Then it doesn’t show much faith in Bellego!

The programme was £3.

To be fair he was trying. Just the track wouldn’t allow any passing of note.

Eat before entering the stadium. Food outlets are rubbish.

Totally agree.

Got to the stadium at 6.15. Thought we had arrived on the wrong day. Nobody there! No queues at all. Bought our tickets and went in. Last weeks program with an insert. Total rip off. All clubs do it but its mugging the customers. I understand clubs need to recoup costs but charge cost price not £3. Includes Poole who gave out the 70th anniversay program with an insert for the same price. Don’t like it. Spoke to Phil and another guy. Nice chap. Asked Phil to point out this Geoff bloke and the other guy said, why on earth would you want to meet him? The guy is an absolute pillock and an embarrassment to Belle Vue speedway. Seriously, don’t waste your time talking to him. Well it seems he is right judging by the posts he has made on here this morning. Onto the meeting. Well I have to be honest and say it was not good racing. I know the Belle Vue fans will be happy because they won, but as Craig cook said on the mic, you have to gate. The first 4 heats settled the meeting Belle Vue had their bikes set up straight away and the Poole riders didn’t, resulting in the Belle Vue boys powering away from the tapes leaving us for dead. Brady threw everything at Starke in heat one but absolutely no chance of a pass. In heat 2 Bewley flew out the traps and was gone. Spanner got second and that was that. Heat 3 saw Bjerre gate and was gone but Tungate missed it and was nowhere. Heat 4 and the Belle Vue pair gated and were ten metres up on Kildemand going into the first bend. Now the Poole riders had all had a ride, setups were adjusted but we were 10 down. Damage done. Heat 5 saw the first pass of the night. Brady gated with Bjerre second and Woryna third. Kasper stalked Bjerre and made a fantastice around the outside pass of him on the third bend lap four and then pinned him off bend four for a 5/1. Kildemand then won the next from Cook. Spanner battled but no passing. In heat 7 Fricke gated and was gone but now Poole had got their setups right nd filled in the minor places Heat 8 was a well won 3-3 with Bewley winning easy. As it was a gaters paradise Shanes had found it hard but gated ahead of Starke and held his place well. Heat 9 and time for the t/r. Kildemand got away but Brady missed it. He tried every line in the book to no avail. Could get near a pass on Tungate and Bjerre. Heat ten and Belle Vue make a howler. With Starke coming off the pace and Bewley unbeaten, I had thought it a foregone conclusion that Bewley would be out as a reserve change. But Lemon missed his chance and linus blasted from the tapes for the win. josh G chased cook all the way but not going to pass. Fricke won heat 11 after a close first bend. In heat 12 Bewley missed the gate. Result? Stone last. Shows how important it was to gate. Poole were two down and had to do something in heat 13. Fricke gated and was gone with Brady throwing everything at him. On lap three he went wide again to get some speed which allowed Cook up the inside. In heat 14 Bewley gated again and won it, with spanner second and Tungate third, after outgating Linus. So with the meeting lost and 8 points down, I had given up all hope of a point with Fricke and Cook, on 1 and 3, against Kildemand and Josh. How wrong was I? They gated and were gone. Fricked tried a big blast around the outside of bends three and 4 but as they came down the straight Josh firmly shut the door on him, nearly causing a crash. A hard move no doubt about it but Fricke had to shut off and went to the back. Cook was chasing shadows. A suprise 5-1 to Pirates and the bonus point. Chuffed after that. Overall though the track was a gaters paradise, as even Cook acknowledged when interviewed. A real shame but that’s the way it is sometimes. For Belle Vue. Cook was solid Starke gated in his first then faded. Should have been replaced in his 4th ride. Bjerre did his job. Tungate was poor. Fricke was untouchable until he missed the gate. Gappmeier scored about the same as Etheridge would have. Bewley was very good until he missed the gate. Should have had an extra ride. Poole. Brady tried all night but if you miss the starts or over try trying to pass you are not going to score many points. Woryna was good value with his best every score here. Josh was solid value. Linus battled until his last ride when he missed the gate. Kildemand scored 3 wins from the gate. Spanner was steady. Shanes gated once and beat Starke. Considering this was our first away meeting the team did well. Poole team looks good and won after the first 4 heats won the rest of the meeting by 6 points. Lots of positives to take from it. Utter nonesense to say there should be team changes. This team is still the strongest in the league and will cruise into the playoffs.