Steve Shovlar

Poole's attendance yesterday was huge against Swindon.

Track was watered every four heats and Kurtz got caught out off bend four once. Track was good bar a bump on bend one.

Er, its a sport. The purpose is to win. And celebrate the win. Otherwise what is the point? Poole win. Poole fans celebrate because Poole won. End of. What would be the point of winning then not enjoying it? Your post makes no sense. Poole was packed out today and although it was a complete rout 95% of the fans left happy. Its the nature of sport.

For Swindon fans with strong stomachs ir speedway fans who want to see some of todays action it is available here. https://www.periscope.tv/w/acQzfTFtTUVQZVdxTm1RR2J8MXlwS2RlVmFCa3ZHV67ZR0DU6eKFsjLd2WBChGvDGXSwggf_tjwCOz3MPYb0 https://www.periscope.tv/w/acQ0DjFtTUVQZVdxTm1RR2J8MUJkeFliQkxNa3pLWD0G9UBKSq29HxsZRoLaAPEE1xMMZ7u_GlXroZDvRvTW

Forecast is looking ok now. I spoke to Rosco this morning and he said they were going to mKe an early call but now looking at the forcast its rain tomorrow but Sunday has a few showers and windy. Not too bad at all.

After todays meeting at Wimborne Road all roads lead to Blunsdon Stadium for the return on Sunday. Will the Robins come out with all guns blazing and get a quick revenge for what happened today on the south coast? Or will the Pirates keep up their start of the season form and take the points in this clash? Swindon have a habit of running out 6-8 point winners in this fixture but I have a feeling we might be able to put that fact in the bin and get a result. Thoughts?

Thought it was a reasonable meeting played out in front of a huge crowd. Men against boys though and Swindon were dire and outclassed for the majoity of the heats. Doyle tried his best but he had no back up and the team doesnt have any other heat leaders so it was mostly easy pickings by the Poole riders. Saw dartsman Scott Mitchell on the 4th bend in his Holder shirt. Big lad. Looked happy. Not suprising as Noddy showed real class today. Steve0, was the miserable guy sitting in front of us with his son you? Rather than just sit there moping why didnt you say hello and we could have had a chat. Shaleshifter (Rob) tried to say a few words to you but you cut him dead. Now you know where we all sit perhaps in future if you find my company irritating you can sit elsewhere. We often have fans from other clubs sitting by us and nearly always its a good laugh with some friendly banter.

Should win comfortably to be honest. Josh goes well as does Doyle and Morris but the rest should be dispatched. 10/12 point home win.

Belle Vue may have a state of the art stadium but their PR is something out of the stone age. They at least need bringing kicking and screaming into the Georgian Period.

Thanks for that but a real pain as I had freed up next wednesday for the trip. So I take it they wont now be racing on Good Friday? Sorry to say the Belle Vue promotion are not fit for purpose and of all the promoters out there, these two just don't seem to have a clue how to keep fans in the loop regarding what the hell is going on. It's as if they would be doing us all a favour by letting us know, rather than making sure their most precious asset is kept fully up to date.

Thanks for that but a real pain as I had freed up next wednesday for the trip. So I take it they wont now be racing on Good Friday?

Now Kyle is without a PL club he will be short of rides. Pretty sure he will be picked up pretty quickly though. Won't affect his Poole appearances though. Commisserations to Plymouth fans.

Is the Poole meeting definately off? I know its been removed from Sky but is it cancelled completely?

The statement put out by BV could be a legal cover for them. Imagine 50 people going to small claims demanding BV pay for their hotel, fuel etc as they knew of the problem but still allowed people to waste their money fully in the knowledge that these people were wasting their money. Do the BV two actually have any actual financial input in the club? The stadium isnt theirs, so basically they just have the lisence. By bringing the sport into disrepute can the bspa remove the licence and stick a promoter in there who could do a good job.

Ye gads!! Its like Captain Smith of the Titanic standing on the bridge as water laps around his head shouting out, "its not my fault! I was asleep in my bunk when the guy on the wheel hit the iceberg!". Sorry but the buck stops with the promoters. And unlike Captain Smith, they saw the iceberg coming from days off but still decided to steer into it!

Weather due to change with Atlantic low coming through with rain on Thursday afternoon and evening. Hopefully it will be gone well before start time. Best track watering is rain. Mid day meetings are the worst to prepare for. An overcast Good Friday wont be a bad thing.

A long way for me to go on the 30th for a cancelled meeting. Is The Poole meeting on Sky going ahead or have they pulled the plug already?

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A week ago on here I said that it was utter madness to run the meeting without riders practising on it first, and was told I am just jealous of the new Belle Vue setup. I said that a good practice session was needed because the last thing the sport needs is holes in feet and more nails in coffins. No, was the reply, the riders will not practice and the first time they take to the track is coming around for heat one. I said it was madness, but only a few on here agreed with me. You cannot risk such a shoddy plan when a six thousand crowd are turning up from around the country, have paid for hotels, time off work, fuel in cars, etc etc etc, plus paid money for their tickets. And hey presto, What has happened? The very worst possible scenario. Six thousand do turn up, then sit or stand there freezing and it turns out that the track is exactly as I thought it could be. Unrideable, or unraceable as Harris said over the mic. The BBC, ITV, Sky, radio and newspapers were all there wasting their time. As for the ticket paying public, well its even worse because there was the competely lost opportunity to get a load of new fans to the sport. I take absolutely no joy in writing this. It is a complete disaster. And it could have been completely avoidable. A call of yesteday would have been bad but not ruinous. Yes people would have been angry having booked hotels but they could have understood. But to get everyone in the stadium and then have it called off could not be any worse. Belle Vue in one fell swoop have lost all the goodwill they had generated over the last year. How they are going to recover from this is difficult to tell. At times I really despair for my sport.

Common sense prevails. Hope it rode well.

Be interested to hear how the new track rides compared to last year.

What did you expect Poole to be? First away meeting of the season and without our number one. Three points from Holders rides. Do you think he would have scored that if fit to race? If he had scored 10 Poole would have been out of sight. I keep reading people who are not Poole fans say we will go through the season unbeaten and thats nonsense. We will loose at least once. (Humour) What must worry other clubs is that Kurtz is only going to get better but will end up at reserve more than likely to take up to secen rides if we need him. All good, though not for that nights underperformer. Swindon away next Sunday will give us a tougher test. Hopefully we will be back ti full strength. Thanks for that. The footage is up until 7.30 tonight. For those that have not watched the meeting you can find it on periscope. Follow me for notifications of when I am live on periscope @stephenshovlar

I streamed the meeting live and thanks for the comments and banter along the wayfor those that joined me.heres the first heats. https://www.periscope.tv/w/abs1LzFtTUVQZVdxTm1RR2J8MXluSk9lcUJRUGxLUsYmqjdFRXypzETT3iZJEtF-34qvQzuV9cJlOnPhcKpS The rest should be underneath and if nit you can find it by looking for me @stephenshovlar or zooming in on e map to coventry stadium. The footage will be there for the next 20 hours. Lots of good racing tonight. Harris was flying from the back as was Kk until a suprise heat 15 when against all the oddsPoole went and got a shock 5-1. Track was smooth and slick. All Poole boys chipped in tonight but we only got 3 from Holders rides. Hans continues to knock riders off. First trophy in the cabinet. Loads of improvement in the team. And again when Newman met Garrity there was only one winner. Special mention to Bates who was a rocket from the tapes tonight. Hans dived under him and took him offbut really a rider of his experience should have known better and waited for the moment. Anyway its all on Periscope to watch.

Is it a complete sell out? If so thats fantastic news. Hopefully the bbc will be there to cover it and we can get to see some footage. Or are they so obsessed with football other sports dont get a look in? Weather is dry so all is good. Anyone going to Periscope the event?

A rider in the past once told me it was easier to get injured in the PL as riders tended to be less experienced and if you tried to make a pass you risked being taken out by over ambitious and out of control riders. In the EL riders were of a higher calibre, and also less of a risk on a bike so you could race in the knowledge that there was less of a chance of being injured. Perhaps, and this is only speculation, Kyle doesnt want to risk a big injury in the PL which could harm his team berths at a higher level. Especially in 2016 when he is also riding in Poland every week. Also, if I remember correctly, Nick Morris also had a much better EL average than his PL average.