Steve Shovlar

About the size of a tree trunk. I lived over an hour from Poole. Doesn't stop me going. I have a family. Doesn't stop me going. Speedway is hardly expensive, is it? If someone can't afford to go to speedway every week, they are clearly in the wrong job. Time to go back to education and train for a proper job or skill. Being Arthur Daley but working for someone is no proper job.

Reading Darcys interview in the star, he doesn't hang back in slating Hemsley. States he should have gone 2 or 3 seasons ago and was walking around lording the place with sunglasses on his head whilst not paying the riders. Now I thought Hemsley still owns the place. He is obviously going to read the interview in the star. Isn't the interview going to antagonise Hemsley in such a way he throws Darcy out? From all reports Hemsley seems to be a volatile person.

And wins it. Can hear chomping on sour grapes eminating from an east of England Ford dealership as I type this. Lol!

Halle bloddy lujah. A statement at last. I should imagine 99.9% of all speedway fans in the UK want to see Coventry come to tapes in 2017.

Starman and Gavan, this is not the place to continue your pathetic petty squabbling. Please button it. Neither Coventry fans or speedway fans in general are the slightest bit interested in your continuous boring arguments at this time. Thank you.

On top of that brexit which means our money goes less far.

Rubbish. Its his business he can say what he likes. He could release a press release saying, "as fans of Coventry bees are well aware, there has been some very delicate negotiations taking place at this time. As we cannot openly discuss the current situation, please be aware we are doing everything in our power to bring the Bees to tapes at the start of the 2017 speedway season". There you go. Easy. The fact this hasn't happens only leads to one conclusion.

What gives the game away here is one simple fact. If you were Mick Horton and the local rage called you up, asking if it was true that Coventry speedway has finished, what would you do? 1. Refuse to come to the phone and not return calls. 2. Say of course we are running, where have you heard this crock of crap from, the bsf?

Went past the place yesterday morning and quickly took a look. Nothing going on at all.

Not sure what you would have thought the bspa could have done here. Clubs are like franchises. The bspa can only report what they are told. If Horton told the bspa to stick around, and there would be more info later, thats all they knew.

I have never witnessed such a shocking performance of a speedway promoter sticking his head in the sand. Whilst hands can be tied as to what is said in the public arena, club statements can still be issued to keep the beleaguered club's fans up to date on proceedings without giving much away. The silence eminating from Mick Horton is deafening. I can't blame Neil Watson as he is an employee of Hortons. Wrong place at the wrong time for Neil. Bet he wished he was anywhere else at this time. But the dreadful way this has panned out for the fans has wrecked the name of the club and all its past history. The fans have been treated with utter contempt. Not answering the phone or returning the local newspapers calls is amateurish in the extreme. What is he frightened of? The truth getting out? Is he happy for the truth to come out in dribs and drabs as then he doesn't have to do it himself? Gutless.

Unfortunately for you he is not. He is the son of the bspa chairman Buster Chapman. I believe you can take his information as 100% correct.

Wouldn't it be funny if Sandhu's stox meetings now got contunuously disrupted by Coventry fans. Not that I would condone this in any way, shape or form.

Very sad news to lose a club. Sandhu finally getting his way. And to think some actually supported him on here. Feel for the riders, some of whom will miss out on a job, and feel for the long suffering Coventry fans who had to watch their club slowly wrecked by someone only interested in building houses. The removal of assets at Coventry Stadium was an act of vandalism with the sole purpose of bringing about this result.

Horton stood in a burning Brandon The wind was blowing a gale The arsonists had finished the job And Sandhu had nicked the shale I'll get me coat.

Shame I couldn't make the quiz last night but was in Sussex all day and due to the train strikes the roads were particularly busy. Didn't get back to Poole till gone 7 so too much of a rush. Sure I missed another good evening as the quizes Nij puts together are alwwys entertaining. As for Gavan, his attitude on the Poole threads is antagonistic and causes friction. Posts where he tries to be constructive are ruined by a dig at 'certain Poole fans', either calling them names are dissing them by saying they won't debate. The problem is Gavans viewpoint is twisted to anti Poole. Quite a few Poole fans have wised up to this. Lisa the latest victim as she has seen through him. And no matter how hard he moans about the way his posts are treated in general on the Poole threads, a change of attitude is needed over a long period of time for people to start acknowledging his posts. For me the horse has already bolted and its impossible to debate with someone so negative towards our riders and club.

Because there's no failure to get excited about.

Capping wages? Sound like left wing nonsense.

What about the local newspaper? Dont they have an investigation team? They have been in contact with Brandon estates, so who are they? Very suprised the paper hasn't reported a lot more rather than wait for information to come to them.

Whys that? Brandon Estates now building in graveyards?

Thats Gemini.

There he goes again. And he wonders why he is viewed with mostly contempt on the Poole forum. And who the hell is Alanis Morrisette? Never heard of them. Edit. just googled the name and she is a alternative Canadian/American rock singer from the 90's. No wonder I haven't heard of her. Edit 2. I have played the track Ironic, and do recognise it. Wouldn't have had a clue who the artist was though.

No one likes to hear a gew home truths about themselves, least of all sportsmen with egos larger than the averageperson. Speedway riders are no different. When a normal person gets an earful its only them and that person. With a sportsman its the world listening in and the defences come up pretty fast. Watty was abysmal and looking back now I bet he would agree. With Poole there is no hiding place. Matt will not carry a rider in the team for long and he did have awarning that his form needed to improve. All water under the bridge now anyway. When Davey finally hangs up his kevlars he can look back at his career with pride.

Hope this is true. If a rent can be set that is fair and gives the opportunity of the speedway clubs survival that would be good news. What I don't understand, however, is why the BSPA would want Mark Hennessy? What experience has this person got at speedway promotion for the BSPA to want him as their preferred option? A genuine question.

Would be more than happy to see Davey Watt have a great season in 2017. He has been constant in the EL for many years. But last year his head was not in the right place and he was woeful. It didn't improve when he went to Leicester either. Perhaps the break has focussed his mind, and being happy in life again always helps. He will always be well received by the fans when he comes to Poole. But Poole definately did the right thing in releasing him last season. Hopefully a move to a new club will give him several more seasons of racing before he calls in quits.