Steve Shovlar

It could possibly have been run yesterday but the track needed to be completely bladed off. And Leicester clearly don’t have a blade and one is being shipped in this week. As the trackman has been taken I’ll, this has clearly delayed any decision making, delaying things further. As for scraping the playoffs, that is never, ever going to happen. It’s a huge money earner for promotions with huge crowds. Nearly every sport has playoffs, even football. It brings in welcome income. To say there’s a league champions and a playoff champion is utter nonsense. Agree that the season could be shortened slightly so that playoffs take place in September with the final beginning of October and the KO Cup after playoffs are completed.

Judging what’s now moving up the country, it would never have been on even if the track was good to go. Very heavy rain due to hit the area in the next couple of hours.

It seems I have upset a few on here for posting it was off as soon as I heard. Thought the point of a forum was to inform. Should I have just kept it to myself until the news was posted on official channels? Or should I give out the info so that people can change their,plans for the day? October is generally a dry month with cooler conditions. This year is has been exceptionally warmer with a low pressure system stuck to the west of the U.K. due to the position of the jet stream, and this is feeding moist air up over the U.K. and with it setting off heavy rain over the country. This happening is quite unusual but not rare. It still doesn’t look like this weather pattern is breaking down soon.

Well I posted it was off nearly an hour before it was made official. I don’t understand why there was such a delay in getting it online. Takes a few seconds to type it and post on Twitter, then a few minutes to get it on the website. Next Friday is the date at the moment though surely next Saturday would mean a bigger crowd with more travelling support. As for getting a blade in to remove the slop, why has it taken so long for the bleeding obvious to happen?

I think the Jubilee meetings are destined to be axed. As for the nonsense of running the playoffs on August Bank Holiday, what utter drivel. Why run a meeting, guarenteed to bring in a big crowd, on a date when a Bank holiday meeting will bring in a big crowd regardless of it being league, cup or testimonial? Some just don’t have any business savvy. On another note, it looks like tomorrows pairs meeting at Leicester is biting the dust. Or should I say slop?

Harris for Morris looking likely?

The Leicester track staff need to scrape off all the clay, get it back to base and run it ultra slick. Only chance they have. Alternatively, use another track like Monmore or Oxford which can cope with the weather.

It’s what’s happening. And it gets even better. Nick Morris flies back to Australia on Tuesday. The Cooks are not leaving the U.K. until the final is completed.

Now next Friday. Giving wet all week so this will be interesting.

It’s off

The staff are currently working on the Leicester track. It’s all a go for now. Just keep everything crossed we dodge the showers.

Forecast has changed overnight and now heavy rain is pushing up the eastern side of the country. Looking at its track it will hopefully miss Leicester but Met Office do say an 80% chance of rain at 3pm before leaving a dry late afternoon and evening. Of course that means all of us Poole fans will be well on our way by then and it could be a totally wasted day. Fingers crossed it misses as we really don’t want to watch 4 riders wobbling around on a wet greasy track for the showpiece Championship Grand Final. What has caused all this is the jet stream position throwing weather front after front straight over northern France and the U.K. it’s stuck and will be for at least another week. Meaning warm above average temperatures on a strong SW wind but leading to lots of the wet stuff, torrential at times. Very frustrating. We are leaving around 11 am and the coaches at 11.30.

Because Leicester wanted the second leg.

Don’t forget the clocks go back tonight. Some might turn up an hour late.

Yes we are coming up, leaving 11am.

Hopefully many Poole fans will still be able to make the trip, but clearly some will have previously arranged commitments which will stop them from coming up. Still, I shall be there with many others on the first bend and hopefully we will have a decent meeting on a rideable track.

People I know.

It’s off. Lastest is tomorrow at 5pm if they work on it all day today.

No more rain due of any consequence and a sunny warm afternoon now due with temp up to 20 degrees, which is quite astounding for this time of the year. Most Poole fans leaving around noon so if it’s going to be called off let’s hope it’s soon to save a wasted journey. What time are the gates opening? Parking might well be an issue.

You know you overstepped the mark. Most would just say so and apologise. But others show themselves for what they are and double down, even though they know themselves they are out of order.

Then have the common decency to say you accused the wrong person. Not ‘let’s blame Shovlar anyway”. I wished Stewart Dickson the very best in a speedy recovery the moment I heard about it.

So you accuse me, wrongly, of causing Stewart Dickson heart attack, have been told it wasn’t me by several other posters, yet won’t retract and apologise. is that right?

Just watched the latest forecast and it’s a dry afternoon with a fresh breeze at Leicester so a good drying wind with temperature up to 20 degrees C . The issue is rain in the early hours, clearing by 10 am to leave a dry, breezy but warm day tomorrow, so there’s an opportunity. What we don’t know is how the track has responded today and whether they have managed to dry it out. Or simply bladed the slosh off to the inside.

Spoken with common sense, unlike a few on here.

But by doing so Leicester can just say the track is not fit for the foreseeable future so we win by us (Leicester) defaulting.