Steve Shovlar

If they are both out big advantage Wolves. Howarth can have a ride for Wolves. Skornicki so far looks like he should have remained retired.

The track was put right last year. Guess we will see if anything needs to be done after Wednesday.

Lynn is gate and go for the ladt few years, Monmore is slowway, passing yes when the away rider wobbles around as its so small. Will witness it tomorrow night and probably watch top riders like KK wobble like a novice, not my cup of tea. Peterborough can be great not in the top league though no point comparing. May as well say Polish tracks. We are lucky at Poole to have a good home track, regardless of what others say.

Its not "a pile of poo". Its a good racetrack. It was waterlogged on Friday. As long as we get no rain before Wednesday we will likely see good racing against Wolves on Wednesday. The amount of rain we had last Tuesday put the track underwater, stopping practice. Unfortunately it still hadn't dried out enough by Friday night. Whether the promotion knew of the problem or were unaware is a different issue, though the riders were all happy to start the meeting. If you actually think Poole is a bad racetrack, you need to venture to some away meetings where on some tracks you will be lucky to see much passing. We are lucky in that the Poole curcuit produces fast racing and plenty of passing. Only track I would trade Wimborne Road in for is Belle Vues, which is head and shoulders better than every other track, possibly in the world.

Kyle hoping to be fit to ride tomorrow. He has a badly bruised shoulder.

Last season saw plenty of brilliant racing at Wimborne Road. The track did have an issue over a year ago on the first bend but that was corrected, as was the dip entering the third bend. Wimborne Road has a good shape which allows passing on all four bends. There's always a ton of passing at Poole. Even on Friday every race had passing. Sure it could be smoothed out but would that take away some home advantage? And if it was so bad, why don't the riders get together and refuse to ride until it is sorted? Stadia UK do not own Wimborne Road. But you knew that.Oh hang on you can't read this as you have blocked me.

Great final but mostly pants meeting. A meaningless competition. This competition is completely floored due to being nothing more than a sponsor fest. The fans need more than to just cheer on a couple of riders riding for a company. They need allegence. Either club pairs, or better still, country pairs. A good lineup but half empty stadium backs this up. And where are the Brits? Every other nation more or less represented except us. Again.

He's been very fast and impressive so far.

Disagree. Time for a new broom to sweep away everything that was bad about the old Belle Vue. Whilst I am sure Chris Morton is a very decent man, he was part of the disastrous previous regime which nearly ended in the demise of the club. The new promotion should distance themselves from any attachment to what went before them.

You got to be kidding. Skornicki looking pretty terrible so far, against a rider who had Woffinden for breakfast from the back on his own patch.

Possibly no Newman which is a bigger disaster for Poole, as Newman is quite brilliant around Monmore. Guess we will have a better idea tomorrow.

https://www.periscope.tv/w/a6RDKjFtTUVQZVdxTm1RR2J8MWRqeFh2T09kTk5HWq9Bco9A-tjRzTDWux2G7_FW0iDdCCOf17v9UBkxCqr4 Shows how the track was. Emil third to first.

Track looked absolutely fine when I arrived at 6.30. But the damage had clearly already been done earlier this week with the heavy rain. No way would anyone have wanted to call off this meeting with riders travelling from all over europe and obviously the hope was that the water table was low enough for the water to have drained away. Unfortunately it hadn't. On Wednesday after noon the teack was a quagmire and for the first time in years P&P couldn't go ahead. 48 hours later the track just wasn't ready. The racing we did see was pretty good. First bend was the main issue which got worse as the meeting went on. Water rose to the surface and riders struggled to turn there. All disappointing but the right call. Not sure if using a tyre packer on a wet track is sensible though. Surely that would bring water to the surface. A huge crowd so the main objective was done. Raising a lot of money for Darcy and in that respect a big success. Hopefully the rain will now stay away and the track will now have a proper chance to dry out before the visit of Wolves next Wednesday. Track looked absolutely fine when I arrived at 6.30. But the damage had clearly already been done earlier this week with the heavy rain. No way would anyone have wanted to call off this meeting with riders travelling from all over europe and obviously the hope was that the water table was low enough for the water to have drained away. Unfortunately it hadn't. On Wednesday after noon the teack was a quagmire and for the first time in years P&P couldn't go ahead. 48 hours later the track just wasn't ready. The racing we did see was pretty good. First bend was the main issue which got worse as the meeting went on. Water rose to the surface and riders struggled to turn there. All disappointing but the right call. Not sure if using a tyre packer on a wet track is sensible though. Surely that would bring water to the surface. A huge crowd so the main objective was done. Raising a lot of money for Darcy and in that respect a big success. Hopefully the rain will now stay away and the track will now have a proper chance to dry out before the visit of Wolves next Wednesday.

Putting a roller on a saturated track surely isn't wise? It would just bring the water to the surface.

Join me on periscope for the racing. Or not. Track waterlogged. Off.

Holder hates just about everything to do with British racing at the mo. What do you suggest Poole should have done different with the track? It looked perfect before the meeting.

Moisture coming up from all the rain. No practice due to waterlogged track. racing is good. Delays a pain. Track is not bad at all joinus on periscope some good passing. Newman out with shoulder injury. Rotten luck.

Hang on this is a fund raiser. The money raised goes to Darcy. Do you not think he is worth £20 fir the entertainment he gave during his short career? The idea is to raise money. Wont raise much if its free to get in. Get your hand in your pocket and pay an extra 20 for the good times he gave Poole fans for crying out loud!!!!

Harsh on the two who are dropped but gives jobs to British riders which can't be bad. Makes Leicester decent and away from being the whipping boys.

Shame the track was too wet but the rain was very heavy earlier on. Saw the new race siuts very smart, a more faded blue look. No more black bottoms to the suits now sky have cleared off. Very smart.

No practice too wet.

I am heading down to the stadium for 3. So if thees any track practice I will go live on Periscope so you can all look in. @stephenshovlar

More than that. I heard Matt won't do less than 100,000 a year on the main team sponsor.

Sorry but although its speedway who gives a damn? Do the powers that be actually think we are going to cheer on Boll. Whoever they are. Meaningless fixture which is no more than a practice for the riders. If the teams were countries it would be far better.

A proper name. So we are now know as Volvo Cars Poole Pirates. Better than Poole Volvo Cars Pirates! Matt Ford said last week he had received 4 offers for team sponsorship but didn't want to undersell his brand so held out. Guess Volvo have come up with the asking price. Rain has finally stopped but it has been very heavy and prolonged. Not sure if there will be enough time for it to dry out before 3 pm and practice.