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OK so who? can't just leave it at that. Eastbourne? More handy for me if it were Southampton.

Thanks for the insight Beirao. Hope Lightcap didn't suffer with concussion, if it's a matter of bangs and bruises I confident we'll see him at Redcar, he's a fighter as we have all seen.

Poole should go all out for the match win, this is about building momentum, there is stiffer opposition to come I'm thinking.

Have to say I'm not bothered by a bit of dust, providing I can see the action I'm a happy bunny, shale in the face is all part of my idea of watching speedway.

I happened across a drone shot view of the Eastbourne track, what was the racing like there? It was very egg shaped sure, but the most noticeable feature was how wide the turns were, exaggerated by having the inside of the entrances & exits shaved away, making the apex very tight.

Quite possible that club's make more from their own streams than through BSN coverage. The club streams are generally pretty comparable to the BSN product, but presumably BSN has a bigger audience?

Really great to see Lawson back to his usual self, bodes well for the remaining meetings. Slater is getting better by the heat, Zac is a handful for anyone, Lewis was sluggish to start yes but got it sorted, Kyle is more than was expected, Will had issues sure but can still win heats, Rushen is pulling his weight too. None of the opposition will be taking anything for granted The knee jerk track criticism that inevitably follows any Pirates home win is just background noise, and the querying of why Pirate's fan's enjoy watching their team win is......kinda puzzling?

It's just my phone thinks it knows best.

So now with Kyle Thomson at 1 and Dan Thompson at 5, is it going to make any difference? Certainly not a game changer, but I would like to see the Rocketman win Heat 1 kind of lays down a marker.

A decent night for Richard, Zac, and Will. Will ought to be the Fords number one priority for 27. IMO

I don't forsee a walkover but I do expect a comfortable Poole win, should be some competitive racing. I'm looking forward to Wednesday, both teams at full strength and no guests would be a rare treat. Even the weather forecast is good, let's go racing.

What about Armadale?

Well have to say I'm not so sure, it's the final bit of commitment that makes all the difference, I feel he is holding back like he feels he really can't afford the risk of an injury at this time. Once you have that thought in your mind it's hard to shake, it's all about responsibilities imo. To compound matters Zac doesn't seem on fire either judging from his last few meetings. The upcoming semi/final(s) could be far tougher than expected. Time for all the Pirates to step up.

Have to agree while Poole looked solid enough in the heats, they never looked great. Had they made it through to the final Oxford would still have been my favourite to win. I kinda wonder if this evening might prove to be significant to Lawson's future at Poole, face it the semi wasn't pretty from the Rocketman's perspective, his race craft is strong but when it comes to laying it all out on the line he seems to holds back. (I do however sympathise bearing in mind his circumstances).

UK championship is a great place for young riders to develop and gain a broad experience, plus Poole is a club where you are likely to actually win some silverware. (A big for instance is Vinnie Fordd, for whom I'm guessing his half season at Poole will possibly turn our to be the highlight of his career. Sorry a bit cruel but do you disagree?).

Assuming the reasoning behind squeezing the Championship team averages down, is to create a distinct gap to the Premiership and also persuaded clubs like Poole and Glasgow to move up, so making the top League a TV viable proposition. Then it's hard to believe (except that it's UK Speedway we're talking about) that the whole matter hasn't already been decided in principle at least, with all parties concerned. Bearing in mind the size of the task/risk for clubs swapping leagues.

I'd agree with that. If Lawson stays he would surely need to knock European racing on the head. Will be interesting to see how Lawson goes against the Championship's best on Wednesday. Might be crucial in making up the minds of the Pirate's promotion on which way to go? I'm not Master's greatest fan, but he would do a job. Kerr is simply a matter of value, he has been great for Poole this year, but can't see much potential for further improvement, but might be good for consistency if there were wholesale changes. The issue with Rushen is maybe where Poole comes on his priority list, he does pack in alot of racing. Poole's biggest problem is definitely finding a replacement for Zac. Morris is I think an interesting proposition. Would be more than happy with Cairns, Lightcap and Bailey.

You could have been even more upbeat, cos Berwick are still on for a double, granted 58-31 down after BSN first leg. But after Saturday's performance skys the limit.

After three heats it seemed like Berwick were going to throw last night's match, some come back from seven points down. Congratulations Bandits, bonus point well and truly won!

Well yes I wrote Scunny off, what happened to Berwick and Plymouth I kinda thought it could be a great year for those two. In fact of course Berwick are still in with a chance of a double. (BSN 58-31 behind, after away leg).

Maybe it was just his personal take on it.... it's slick so I won't be doing any passing? 😜

Troy is talking about tyres he is obliged to race with, not the track surface.

British Speedway Promotion Ltd, well surely that name contravenes some trade description law. Seems to me that the Championship may not be perfect but it is working fairly well, a reasonable number of teams racing to a decent standard. The main problem in British Speedway that needs to be addressed, is the Premiership, too few teams, racing close to second tier standards. If the aim is to make the Premiership TV viable, improve the product. Don't stifle what's working to make a poor product look comparatively better, because the British Premiership is still going to be second rate compared to the other European leagues. Message to BSP Ltd, get off your ar.es do some promoting, work towards making the Premiership a premium product, work on the bits that are broken not the bits that work.

At last something other than a track whin.. British Speedway setting the championship team average lower in order to make the Premiership look superior is such a bad joke, it totally pathetic management. Time for a new UK Speedway Authority, or new team to manage the existing one. If the aim was to degrade the UK version of the sport you couldn't do a better job.

So what do people go to look at, the racing or the track?