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Whilst the whole lead up and indeed the CL season from early September onwards has descended in to a complete and utter farce you can only congratulate Poole on an outstanding season and commiserate with Leicester (as you have to with any team that wins a League but then fails to win a Play Off). The fact is, and it seems blatantly obvious, is that the Jubillee / Summer Cup totally destroyed what could have been an excellent League season, which was gaining momentum and excitement in to the driest / hottest July in years and was the n inexplicably halted for 3-4 weeks by a frankly banal / pointless hughe mistake of a "fixture filler" at a time when Fixtures did not need filling. As a "Spring "(as we saw with the Shield in 2019) or "Autumn" (as an option for those who wish to enter) regional and then one off Final based Competion it may work but PLEASE never again interrupt a League season in such a stupid way! It'll be interesting to see which Teams actually line up for 2023 with what is rumoured to be a 40 point limit. Great that Edinburgh are back in, good luck to Leicester on moving up, that releases 7 good riders, a few Clubs will have to wheel and deal to get under new limit and hopefully a more balanced league and no one else drops out! The Sport at Board / MC level (call it what you want its a Management Committee masquerading as a Board and therein I thiink lies a massive ICEBURG) needs radical members change. The issue since the BSPL became "L" and no longer "A" is that it is now run by a Board of Directors legally and not a management committee, (legally its a massive difference in terms of roles and responsibilities) and the danger is that it restricts those who may have in the past wanted to sit at the top table and input new ideas but who aren't prepared to take the financial responsibilities that now entails. Hopefully we can have a 9 Team CL in 2023 (at least 9 teams) with a League starting in April, finishing in August and Play Offs done and dusted by early September with either a Spring or Autumn regional Competition with a one off final at Belle Vue with winners of "North / Midland / South" that does not impede with the League programme. It would also be nice to schedule in a set CL Riders Championship, a set CL Pairs and a set CL 4's as one offs like in the past with Peterborough staging the 4's as a neutral venue and the others also sensibly shared out. Have a happy, safe winter everyone

The voice of common sense! Home Leg and perfectly entitled to do what Poole did before home matches e.g have practise and track prepared to their choice. They will also be entitled to use their own Start Marshalls and other Track Staff + Officials if they so desire surely?

Ablitt will have ridden at KL on GB Youth Training days and GB Youth Rounds. Doubt he's raced in senior action though. He'll have done plenty of laps there though. Same with Kemp.

Very very wise in one way. Very concerning though in another as deep concussion is not something that always (if ever) goes away. Is this the knock that occured in a Team GB Training Camp? Wish the lad all the best but he has a long life after Speedway and hopefully they will consider that.

The only thing Poole resembled before Terry was called in was a very poor BMX track

That's definitely not "down to the base". There's a fair amount of tyre packed material on there, probably more than you'd see at the dust bowl with the ruts at Poole in 5 seasons. Nice bit of material for those who aren't gating tarts to use if the weather plays ball.

Day after day, week after week, year after year, irrespective of league they are in these arrogant idiots are at it. The sooner the Barrett helicopter is spotted over Wimborne Road and the New Estate footings go in the better for the Sport in the UK Free of these insufferable serial cheats and their arrogance. Good riddence when it comes. I miss great rivals like Cradley and Coventry who were bitter rivals but they earned respect as did their supporters. Not Poole.. Hated for what they are. Arrogant cheats.

Your point is? I believe in the integrity of a full season over matches held in less than ideal conditions.

Track covers are not the holy grail Water can seep underneath making track patchy and dangerous. Water can come from underground making it similarly patchy High Southerly winds this week could mean very labour intensive job to get down and take up and tether How do you work on track with covers down. It's an absolute joke to be trying to run this now. The Champions are Leicester and the Runners Up Glasgow. The League Table does not lie.

Leicester / Sheffield ; Ipswich ; Scunthorpe ; Poole are exempt from all BSPL / SCB Regulations and able to make the rules up as they go along. I gather they will be formalising this next season with the management committee being sponsored by Fyffes.

It's at Shovlar house pumping up his backside to keep his ego inflated

As usual you totally ignore the bigger picture and think only of one club. If your club has big gates at August Bank Holiday they coukd stage play off or KOC fixture or pointless back slapping testimonials or any other contrived events on that weekend.

It's not rocket science. They try to over-accomodate Clubs. Some want to run from mid March to late October (the old Len Silver concept "every Friday at 8" ) that in days gone by worked for him. Those of us over 60 will well remember pretty much ALL Clubs did this, although there were twice as many Clubs then as now. In more recent times some Clubs actually prefer, mostly for financial reasons and gettin their optimum crowds, to run a shorter season. The Scottish Clubs with earlier main school holidays want to get as many Fixtures in July as an example, some of those in more tourist locations prefer to get there matchs in to suit (IOW when in the structure the best example) They had the balls this year to deliver a Legue programme that actually ENDED in mid August, but then totally ballsed it up by throwing in The Summer / Jubilee / what's it called this week, in July. That Competitiion not only stopped and split what was building in to a really competitive League programme but also caused the remaining league matches to increasingly become rain affected. Simple solution, allow Clubs to stage a couple of early Open Meeting (IF they wish), start the KOC at Easter weekend / week, start the League the week after, schedule ALL League Fixtures to finish by 15 August, leave 1 week in interim (April to mid August) for second round KOC for any who progress. The have PLAY OFFS mid August to first week in September. Give every team 2 x BLANK dates from mid April to mid August for rain off provision and allow them to fill in with OPEN meetings IF they aren't needed. THEN have a provision for an Autumn Competition along lines of 4 TT / Pairs for September / October ONLY for those that wish to enter and DONT penalise those Clubs who can have a voluntary "abstain" button if they don't want to run for financial / local considerations.

The track guy has already explained in detail the extraordinary lengths they've gone to in order to remove huge amounts of water from the drains. Locals have confirmed that it's rained pretty much every day for about 2 weeks.

So the one who insisted that Poole had to have choice when they raced Plymouth in the QF as Poole finished higher now changes his tune. Forum pillock Slovler. For factual reference. Leicester are League Champions, clear winners of the Championship League. They therefore carry priority to decide who has first pick in Play Off finals and are under no requirement to forgo that. If Poole hadn't put testomonial before League and Play Off this situation would not have occurred. If the Play Off cannot be completed Leicester are Champions based on League positions. Morally, ethically, pragmatically.

I'm sure every genuine speedway fan will agree with that and empathise totally with you and wish Stewart all the very best. Sadly a few morons from Poole know no boundaries of respect.

Thats where the idea came from although I thought it was 74 when Michenek won but 77 may well be right. It always seemed to be wet at The Ullevi

What's the point of putting down fresh dry material when it's raining every day at some point? Where you going to get 40 tons of such material from? The only certain thing about such a barmy scheme would be riders vanishing under or over the fence with career threatening injuries. You can't defy climate and weather. What next from the Poole trolls Should have gone to B+Q and bought wood and ply and roofing and erected a roof Should have gone to Leicester City and dug up the undersoil heating Should nip to EMA and nicked a jet engine to blow hot air on the track.

Let's go back x pages. Are we seriously believing of the allegation re the track on the basis of photos that can't be seen or evidenced, allegedly been sent by a person at Leicester to "Steve Who" Is the photo from Hans(Christian) Andersen. It's fantasy from Pinocchio with the long lens..

IF Saturday is Off and no chance of Sunday and as Monday day 31 October is official season end they could get a great crowd for the PL Pairs on Monday. Declare CL Champions and Runners Up on final League Table and present Awards before the PL Pairs. Job done

Shovlar speak...for-: I've got some more mucky photos but i've got in to bother with plod before for sharing mucky photos

Feel genuinely sad and sorry for the Promotion here. They have battled on against all the odds really to stay running as standalone NDL as they simply can't afford anything else but can make NDL work. They have to deal with Stocks wrecking the track on most Saturday nights giving them minimal time to prepare and take all the flak that generates from some keyboard warriors who haven't a clue about the work involved and the work they put in. They continue to develop talent and should be roundly applauded and supported for that. Not their fault that sometimes other clubs can't do Sundays; and they have no doubt been forced by circumstances mostly outside of their control to run what should be "seasons biggest matches" in October when it's convenient for Clubs who are running 2 teams. Lets hope they can continue and can thrive and not be another lost NDL Club like Stoke and Buxton. Iwade have shown the way and another that deserve massive credit, hopefully Workington will provide new and fresh impetus for this vital tier.

Don't forget the 30 minutes delay for a low moon

If the tie cannot be held by 31 October, because both Clubs have been unable to fulfil all fixtures it should revert to league tale Champions are Leicester Runners Up are Glasgow.

Once again the Poole trolls bully and denigrate opponents. Any gardener will understand soil. Shale on a chalk base running into a basically sand substructure will drain a lot quicker than a substructure of clay and hardcore. Thats why Poole drains more quickly than Leicester. Simple geological fact. You can't dry out clay by artificial means and the more you try to manipulate it, the worse it gets