Jump to content
British Speedway Forum

Poole Pirates Vs Workington Comets 23rd July Championship


Recommended Posts

2 hours ago, szkocjasid said:

 

Another way to look at it, Starke beat Harrison, which Cairns couldn't do in heat 2.

Starke then had a second place behind Steve Worrall.

Starke then had the struggling Declan Kennedy taken out of a heat & lost to Zaine & Mountain.

Starke then faced Mountain & tac sub Worrall!

Who should Starke have beaten that he didn't? Worrall or Mountain (who Cairns didn't meet)? You wouldn't expect a 4 point away reserve to beat a 5 point home reserve (Zaine)!

Now Cairns obviously came on string as the match went on, beating Zaine twice, which is brilliant for a 2 pointer, I take nothing away from him.

But you can't deny Starke had harder rides & scored the same. That's not saying Cairns should have done better, just that Starke is being harshly judged imo.

As the senior reserve Starke should be outscoring Cairns plus he did not beat Zaine and Cairns did.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

6 minutes ago, allthegearbutnaeidea said:

What was said?

Something about it being slick, gate and go, tyres wearing out, losing the coin toss. All the excuses were coming out.

https://www.poole-speedway.com/news/view/20250712-reaction-disastrous-start-left-the-pirates-trailing-the-comets

Anyone who was there or streamed it saw exciting racing, what caught Poole out was not knowing what lines to ride. Vinnie, Tate, Fraser, Antti all made great overtakes that night and some in multiple races.

On a side note it was mentioned that 300 purchases were made for the live stream that night. Seems to be a success so far.

  • Like 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites

13 minutes ago, Marksman said:

Something about it being slick, gate and go, tyres wearing out, losing the coin toss. All the excuses were coming out.

https://www.poole-speedway.com/news/view/20250712-reaction-disastrous-start-left-the-pirates-trailing-the-comets

Anyone who was there or streamed it saw exciting racing, what caught Poole out was not knowing what lines to ride. Vinnie, Tate, Fraser, Antti all made great overtakes that night and some in multiple races.

On a side note it was mentioned that 300 purchases were made for the live stream that night. Seems to be a success so far.

Yes some great racing. Having watched it back, I must admit it came over very well on the stream and a great advert for British speedway, compared to some of the racing which has been televised lately. Wonder if the Redcar meeting will be streamed?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

15 minutes ago, magnus said:

Yes some great racing. Having watched it back, I must admit it came over very well on the stream and a great advert for British speedway, compared to some of the racing which has been televised lately. Wonder if the Redcar meeting will be streamed?

Probably not, said they would stream long distance meetings ie Oxford and pilots . Redcar meetings usually have a lot of bears fans coming over to Northside. Think the last bears meeting was streamed by comets TV but was a test streaming to make sure everything worked. Apparently 300 streams were sold for the pilots meeting 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Wad coming down for the original scheduled meeting,  but due to wife's birthday can't make this one  for some reason she doesn't fancy a 800 mile round trip for fish and chips on Poole Quay, and a evening at wimboard Road.  Can see a fairly close meeting on the bonus point decided in heat 15 UTC 

  • Sad 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

The poole post stated it was "gate and go". Were they watching the same meeting as me? Yes, when we (comets) gated, we usually won. However, when we didn't, we also passed a lot to get amongst the points, something Poole failed to do.

On another note, I'm unsure how today will go. Our best result last season at Poole was 52-38 in the play offs with Starke top scoring i believe. I expect a loss but not sure how much it'll be.

Edited by Woke23
Link to comment
Share on other sites

13 minutes ago, Woke23 said:

The poole post stated it was "gate and go". Were they watching the same meeting as me? Yes, when we (comets) gated, we usually won. However, when we didn't, we also passed a lot to get amongst the points, something Poole failed to do.

On another note, I'm unsure how today will go. Our best result last season at Poole was 52-38 in the play offs with Starke top scoring i believe. I expect a loss but not sure how much it'll be.

biased and sour grape filled garbage

would expect nothing less 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

13 hours ago, Marksman said:

Something about it being slick, gate and go, tyres wearing out, losing the coin toss. All the excuses were coming out.

https://www.poole-speedway.com/news/view/20250712-reaction-disastrous-start-left-the-pirates-trailing-the-comets

Anyone who was there or streamed it saw exciting racing, what caught Poole out was not knowing what lines to ride. Vinnie, Tate, Fraser, Antti all made great overtakes that night and some in multiple races.

On a side note it was mentioned that 300 purchases were made for the live stream that night. Seems to be a success so far.

Dont forget the hot humid weather that tired the poor lads clean out on the drive up .

Link to comment
Share on other sites

15 minutes ago, ruckerroo said:

Dont forget the hot humid weather that tired the poor lads clean out on the drive up .

Hot humid weather up north? Surely not. 😯 

 

49 minutes ago, Woke23 said:

The poole post stated it was "gate and go". Were they watching the same meeting as me? Yes, when we (comets) gated, we usually won. However, when we didn't, we also passed a lot to get amongst the points, something Poole failed to do.

On another note, I'm unsure how today will go. Our best result last season at Poole was 52-38 in the play offs with Starke top scoring i believe. I expect a loss but not sure how much it'll be.

It was a quote from Zach. Sure he'd be happy to have a conversation about it with you 👍

  • Haha 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

5 minutes ago, LisaColette said:

Hot humid weather up north? Surely not. 😯 

 

It was a quote from Zach. Sure he'd be happy to have a conversation about it with you 👍

I did not think gate and go was mentioned. just it was slick and they had wrong set ups etc. I think he actually said gate and hold the inside. Riders always have excuses why they did not perform like looking down at your bike when you are at the back.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue. Privacy Policy