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It is, now on the Panthers website

The area took a lot of rain yesterday but the track was prepared and packed ahead of the weather. At the moment it’s cloudy but dry with light showers forecast.

Peterborough take on Belle Vue again Thursday for Premiership points and will be hoping for a much improved performance on their season opener against Belle Vue in April. Carl Johnson has stated that he thinks Bjerre will be fit enough to return for this match so expected teams are Panthers: Andersen, Bjerre or RR, Barker, Wright, Tungate, Summers & Wilson Dean. Aces: Fricke, Worrall, Bewley, Wells, Bjerre, Berge & Lidsey.

It wasn’t just a poor decision it was diabolical and quite rightly the BT panel condemned it unanimously, Rosco of course as usual saw it to his advantage so didn’t find anything wrong with it but from a racing point it of view it was ridiculous. It really is about time that the TV matches are refereed by the best referees, what made it worse was I thought I saw Tony Steele in the pits who I assumed was the second SCB official, if it was he should have been on the button.

Just out of interest who suggested this style of working out GSA

Correct Good result for Poole

Panthers twitter have confirmed its RR for the injured Bjerre tonight

Latest GSA show Andersen at no 1 and BWD ar reserve

And in my opinion their was little passing, you obviously think otherwise. I don’t, get over it.

As others have said it’s your own perspective, I had heard good reports about Belle Vue and to be fair I was a tad disappointed if I am honest, I wasn’t the only one in my party either. As you say it wasn’t a classic.

Very likely.

Yes Ged and Lisa were both there

My first visit to the NSS and it looked a very tidy stadium and track, the track looked grippy early doors but it was clear it was fairly slick and all though a few on here thought the racing was good their was little passing after the first corner. Trapping was paramount as Tungate clearly showed but him apart we lacked heat winners and that’s what cost us mid meeting. The meeting was run at a good rate and we were on our way home at just after 9pm.

It can’t happen at the moment anyway Nicholls is in the Wolves team.

No argument from me.

It should be rerun of course, Wolves should have got their finger out like Belle Vue did.

No just Premiership

Well it wasn’t given a lot of thought was it, but to be fair most of the rule book fits that category as well.

It needs the authorities to take action, Referee, SCB/BSPA. I was told yesterday that Promoters can and have been fined previously for not preparing tracks properly, just needs a consistent approach from the above. Just out on interest who was the meeting referee.

And since when have refs ever been consistent, especially Carrington. But a decent meeting with a fair result, the crowd was magnificent easily our best of the season so far with a fairly full grandstand and the fifty fifty winner got £290, another season best. Supporters hut had a few programmes left but the turnstiles sold out and not a speck of dust all night on a quite warm evening which shows it can be done if prepared properly.

4.30pm

You should always prepare a track properly whether rain is forecast or not, if rains arrives and it’s heavy or prolonged it’s off anyway, if it doesn’t arrive or not as much as anticipated you get dust and everyone attending wears the track home. Tracks like Poole produced Friday are just not acceptable. Interesting that the match report mentions dust but no apologies to the paying customers. Pretty much sums up the managements consideration for the supporters.

Peterborough host Kings Lynn on bank holiday Monday with an amended start time of 6.30pm due to Peterborough Uniteds match against Sunderland in the afternoon. Expected teams Peterborough : Rohan Tungate, Lasse Bjerre, Bradley Wilson Dean, Charles Wright, Hans Andersen, Aaron Summers & Ben Barker. Kings Lynn : Robert Lambert, Erik Riss, Ty Proctor, Lewis Kerr, Thomas Jorgensen, Michael Palm Toft & Kasper Andersen.

If properly watered you shouldn’t get dust, it probably wasn’t watered yesterday to get it into shape. No excuse for clouds of dust, poor track preparation and maintenance.

The simple answer is to keep the Premiership to Monday’s and Thursdays and Championship to the others, no clashes or double up problems, most bank holidays are on Monday’s so what’s the problem. Basic common sense to me