Steve Shovlar

Well that clearly shows the gulf in the quality between the two teams. Poole could easily have had 60 points tonight. Wolves were just completely and utterly blown away and never looked like a team who could defend their first leg lead, even after a heat 1 5-1. From then on it was a rout with Wolves riders fighting over the scraps. For Poole. KK said in the post meeting interview his first bike was spinning upso he switched to his second bike which was better. Rode well. 3/5 Holder got his first race win and was a solid team rider. Fought well in one heat to defend his position. 3.5/5 Kurtz was fast and really going for it. Ran a last when the track had completely slickened off but it was all over by then anyway. Good stuff. 4/5 Andersen was very hard and agressive with some Tomasz Gollob style dive bombs off the third bend, very good stuff. 4/5 Klindt just blew away most of the opposition. Went through the tapes when his cable fell apart and said in the interview he didn't feel safe trying to pass Greaves so sat safe. 4.5/5 James Shanes. What a home debut. Said he couldn't believe it in the post meeting interview but it was fully deserved. He made some cracking gates, rode fast and aggressively and held off Thorsell with relative ease by chosing the right lines and blocking. Might not repeat this anytime soon but the lad has ability on a bike. MOTM. 5/5. For Wolves. Lindgren started and ended with a win but didn't do much in between. 2.5/5 Howarth started well with a paid win but that was about it. 1.5/5 Skornicki looked very poor. Either not fit or just not on it anymore. Had a second but that was about it. 1/5 Thorsell was the opposite of Monday where he was unbeatable. Beaten by a young junior making his debut. One heat win in heat 14 when it was all over. 2.5/5 Masters. Pretty poor all night and not close to winning a race. Outfought. 1.5/5 Clegg was not close to beating a Poole rider. Looks out of his depth. Beat Greaves in heat 2 and gifted his other point. 0/5 Greaves. Same as Clegg, except he did manage to beat Klindt who had gone through the tapes. Chopped up Klindt twice and Klindt then decided to be sensible and stay clear. Finger wagging after the race. 0.5/5 Wolves have made a howler in not having a scoring reserve. They are stuck with them and they will never score enough for one of the top five to drop down. Whist it is only a matter of time before Klindt moves up, he will be replaced by Kerr, who will still be a very decent reserve compared to who he will have to beat. Whether Shanes continues to score we will have to wait and see but tonight Poole fans were treated to one heck of a debut. As for the track, no spongy bends but got dusty and could have been watered a lot more. Plenty of passing though.

Stuffing them out of sight. Wolves are complete pants. And I say this at the interval. Out fought, outgunned, no answer. What a debut. And playing to the grandstand after his heats. Saw off Thorsell with some brilliant riding. A smoky bike though! Won't be long before a Championship club come knocking.

Shanes beats Thorsell easily. Star!

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Why don't you come on down and watch for yourself. You can even cheer on Poole now as we have a Coventry rider.

James Shanes.

I have found a new one but not at home at the mo. I will post it when I get back probably tonight. Has nsport etc.

From Bournemouth Echo. PIRATES chief Matt Ford has challenged Lewis Kerr to give him a selection headache after completing the signing of the British flier on an initial month-long deal. Ford was forced to act by the absence of Kyle Newman, who sustained potentially long-term shoulder injuries in Friday's abandoned Darcy Ward Invitational. With the SGB Premiership season just 10 days away, the Poole promoter was delighted to secure the services of Norfolk-born Kerr, who has ridden for Lakeside and King's Lynn in the top flight. Ford told the Daily Echo: "Lewis's contract is a minimum of 28 days but I have made it clear to him that we will review the situation with Kyle and the team-building situation. "At times, riders may step up to the plate and make it very awkward for you to leave them out and that's for Lewis to prove. "He is a confident lad and I would urge everyone to get behind him. He's quick from the gate and is tough to beat. "This move has not come with the circumstances I wanted and it was doubly upsetting being this early in the season. But you have to deal with what's thrown at you." The 27-year-old Kerr has linked up with the Wimborne Road club on a 5.98 average and is due to make his debut in the Knockout Cup first-leg clash with visitors Belle Vue a week today. The flashpoint of his career came in the Premier League Fours at Peterborough in 2015 when he sustained severe head injuries in a horrifying crash. Having been airlifted to hospital, Kerr was placed in an induced coma for five days. Two years on, Ford revealed he felt Kerr had the potential to produce the best form of his career in Pirates leathers. Ford added: "A couple of years ago, Lewis was on the verge of becoming a top rider but suffered multiple injuries. "It has been steady progress back. He did fairly well for Lakeside last year but the truth is I have always felt he has got more in him. "He contacted me on at least a dozen occasions out of season and sometimes a rider makes himself so available to you and is so desperate to ride for you, that you do feel that should anything occur, they would be a very adequate replacement."

Standing in front of the starting gate on the terraces you could hear the center green guy ok, but the other guy who announced the scores and times was like a timid mouse and people were shouting for him to speak up.

Worse case scenario is the whole season. Likely to be months. Disastrous for him, the fans and club to be honest. I think most people, including Kyle were expecting to see a huge stride forward in his career. Lets hope for a speedy recovery and he will be back racing this season.

Forecast is for a dry day tomorrow if overcast. The track should have nicely recovered from the pounding it received last week and we should hopefully see Poole lift the first trophy of the season. I guess its going to have to be r/r for Kyle again. Be interesting to see if Wolves gamble with Skornicki or stick with r/r who should get them extra points with Masters and Howarth able to take rides. With KK likely to score double figures, backed up with Andersen, and Klindt at reserve able to take 7 rides, we should be able to pull back the deficit. James Shanes has yet to do one single lap at Wimborne Road so I hope there's a behind closed doors session for the lad tomorrow afternoon. Only 12 quid to get in tomorrow as well. Expect a few coaches coming down from Wolverhampton in the hope their team defends their lead?

Still trying to gloat about beating half a team in the playoffs? Only way you won last year is because we had riders out and you know it. Make the most of it cause Wolves ain't going to win anything this season. Lol!

Its certainly not Pooles reserves that need protecting. wolves reserves must be the weakest in the league. They both need all the help they can get!

R/r can be used as Newman rode for us last season and is part of the team. Hiwever a change is happening because we can't go with r/r and expect to cover like last night at other tracks. Whoever it is coming in they wont have the scoring potential of Kyle. Let's hope he can get mended before the end of the season.

Sportsmania working very well.

One thing this injury has done is taken us from favourites to strugling to make the playoffs. All before a league meeting has taken place. What about Stefan Nielsen? Think he would fit but clearly not the scoring ability of Kyle.

why would we replace Shanes? Did a great job tonight on a tricky little track, beating both Wolves reserves. KK has Poish Golden Helmet on Good Friday so we are stuffed with every team riding bar Swindon. Rumour is Nick Morris replacing KK.

Just got back and pretty well pleased with the result. All to play for in the second leg with Poole far far superior at reserve and KK will come to play on a more regular speedway track. Good weather if cold. Meeting dragged out far to long. No need for an interval after all the delays with riders having two or three on the trot. Think Poole are unlucky to be ten down. Holders move under Clegg was fine but Clegg bailed it knowing he had lost the spot and vardy fell for it. The wolves fans all around me were suprised Holder was excluded. Kurtz was leading one heat when Andersen was clipped by Howarth and in the rerun completely missed the start. Also thought Shanes got Clegg on the line by half a wheel but was at 45 degrees to the starting gate. With Poole always having a strong reserve it gives us a decent advantage over team lie Woves who have two sitting ducks. Some decent racing with Thorsell untouchable tonight. May be a different story in 48 hours time. Special mention to Shanes who looked lie he was crapping hiself before the meeting but rode like a little bulldog. Fully desered his points. If the Poole program is already printed it will be in the new format, which will make everything ludicrous. How the hell can Wolves let this happen?

Well considering Wolves are also using rr and its not a league fixture I doubt it matters this time. Welcome to top flight racing Shansey with a well earnt point passing Max Cleg on lap 2.

Poole have already signed areplacement I have heard. I don't know who so don't ask!

Problem is Rob any of the other riders a replacement would be easier. Kyle is on a low average with potential to improve it greatly. Hear Poole have already made a move for a rider but doubt on the points available he will have the scoring potential of Kyle. Just been at the pits and Shansey looks like he is crapping himself. Just hope he can get round the track tonight! Disappointing. Poole second strings now. Polish practice? Wouldn't suprise me. Or a tactic by Matt as KK is missing for the two meetings on Good Friday and gives these two boys some track time.

Losing Kyle has completely stuffed us and he must be gutted. The one rider who is irreplaceable in the team. R/r all the way so Klindt needs to stand up and be counted with 6 rides a meeting. Lets all hope the diagnosis for Kyle isn't as bad as being touted.

Kings Lynn have form for this. Last years U21 went on and on and on..... watching online it was way after 11. Problem is Kings Lynn have no curfew to speed things along. Pity the poor souls that attended the U21.

Why are fans saying the Poole track is in bad condition? Because it was spongy due to the rain. If they attended every week and it was like this they may have a case. But normally the racing is great. No need for anything to be done to it other than for it to dry out. As for Holders comments, he slated every track in the UK. And he was certainly getting a dig in at Matt Ford. He has to ride in the UK, especially so nowadays with brexit. No UK berth no visa, no Sweden and Poland and no seeing his son, which is clearly his priority in life and rightly so.

I think the worst track was when it was moved out to accomodate the football team who needed a bigger pitch. That track was dire and only Marvyn Cox could just about pass on it.