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Poole Pirates Vs Berwick Bandits 29/6/22
Steve Shovlar replied to Shaleshifter's topic in SGB Championship League Speedway
Now withdrawn from meeting. -
Poole Pirates Vs Berwick Bandits 29/6/22
Steve Shovlar replied to Shaleshifter's topic in SGB Championship League Speedway
Danny says he hopes to ride again tonight. Nasty and fast crash. -
Poole Pirates Vs Berwick Bandits 29/6/22
Steve Shovlar replied to Shaleshifter's topic in SGB Championship League Speedway
He’s up and in ambulance. Holding arm. Hit grip and straightened up. -
Yes I will come up if Workington are in the same league, and will introduce myself. So you are saying fans are going to be allowed to stand right next to the track? I somehow doubt it. There has to be at least 8-10 metres between track and where fans can stand. Looking at the photo that would roughly be at the bottom of the earth mound. So the earth would have to be cleared away. Not sure why you have taken offence at the bleeding obvious.
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Looking at the photo, the second safety fence would have to fit in around the bottom of the earth mound. So all that pile of earth needs to be cleared away, the trees demolished and a stand erected. Lots of work to do!
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There was no contact. You are seeing one part of a bike behind the other bike. I am not trying to defend the undefendable. There were some terrible calls last night. Heat 8 when Poole on a 5-1 and ref calls it back as Plymouth rider rolled and ends up a Plymouth heat advantage. Heat 14 when I expected Ben Cook to be excluded. Heat 14 when Poole were called 5-1 when it was almost impossible to call it. In heat 15 I actually expected Lawson steel shoe to fly off and bring down Hans, such was the way the meeting was going. Well done to Plymouth on the draw. Deserved against a mis-firing Pirates team who are not showing what they are actually capable of at the moment.
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Sorry I am standing my ground here. Lawson comes in hard under Toft, Toft gives way as can be seen, then he loses it and hits fence. No contact, very hard riding granted, but watch Toft. Gives way then his berm and straightens. Like I said I can understand watching live why the call was made, but video proves it was wrong call.
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No he didn’t there was always a gap. I am not saying it wasn’t very hard but at least this shows Toft back wheel hit the dirt berm which threw him to the fence. He saw Lawson, gave a little way, then with Lawson charging under, hit the berm and lost it. In real time it’s easy to see why the ref excluded Lawson, but he and the crowd were fooled by the speed of the incident. No wonder Lawson when interviewed straight after the heat was so incensed.
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No he wasn’t rightly excluded For what? Hard but fair riding? Hard move granted and he ran Toft out wide. Toft has a throttle. No contact. In Poland Toft would have gone. I have only just caught up with last nights meeting on streaming as I was having a sensational evening at Ashton Gate watching Elton John along with 35,000 others. What a night. What a superstar. What a performance! Quite a bit on controversy last night at Poole. Pirates starting very slowly again and this has to be tackled. Giving the opposition a head start again nearly always leads to failure. A trainee ref making a huge blunder in heat 8 cost Poole dearly. If a rider moves at the tapes but penalises themselves, for gods sake keep you finger off the button until they have got to the back straight before putting on the red lights. A 5-1 gets swapped with rolling rider winning it. Plymouth had the perfect guest in Howarth and I expected the worst in heat 15. But we’ll done to Lawson in seeing off the Andersen and Howarth with his steel shoe hanging off. Here’s a clip of the crash. As can be seen, no contact although they get close. Palm Toft hits some dirt which throws him out to the fence.
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Newcastle now closed !!!
Steve Shovlar replied to Phil83's topic in SGB Championship League Speedway
Very sad but so predictable. -
Championship Riders Final
Steve Shovlar replied to Gambo's topic in SGB Championship League Speedway
Manchester is right up north. Not central at all. Holding the event at a neutral venue will not attract many local fans. Holding at Poole will guarantee a pretty full stadium just from the locals. Add in many travelling fans for a day out at the UKs premier resort will pack the place out.