Poole 2026

[Paul Johnson]

It will be 6 teams in Prem, 1 team moving up and 1 coming in to replace i reckon

[foreverblue]

1 hour ago, Fromafar said:

That was not the impression he gave,he said he would like to come back if they wanted him.He has already signed one contract already though.

Be surprised if he isnt back at Glasgow. He may have signed for a premiership team already.

[Bagpuss]

8 minutes ago, foreverblue said:

Be surprised if he isnt back at Glasgow. He may have signed for a premiership team already.

The contract already signed could be for his French club!

[foreverblue]

8 minutes ago, Bagpuss said:

The contract already signed could be for his French club!

May have re-signed for the stars.

[Bagpuss]

5 minutes ago, foreverblue said:

May have re-signed for the stars.

I'd be very happy if he did.

[HGould]

Personally I think Poole would be crazy to let Lewis Kerr go , especially if Zach Cook does not ride Championship.

Lewis can be high maintenance and his confidence levels can drop, especially when he keeps getting messed about by PL Clubs chopping and changing.

He would be ideal though with Lawson and Rowe as a spearhead and there would be none better. 

[Bitza]

29 minutes ago, HGould said:

Personally I think Poole would be crazy to let Lewis Kerr go , especially if Zach Cook does not ride Championship.

Lewis can be high maintenance and his confidence levels can drop, especially when he keeps getting messed about by PL Clubs chopping and changing.

He would be ideal though with Lawson and Rowe as a spearhead and there would be none better. 

Have to agree, should continue to improve and gives good value for his GSA. 

[foreverblue]

28 minutes ago, HGould said:

Personally I think Poole would be crazy to let Lewis Kerr go , especially if Zach Cook does not ride Championship.

Lewis can be high maintenance and his confidence levels can drop, especially when he keeps getting messed about by PL Clubs chopping and changing.

He would be ideal though with Lawson and Rowe as a spearhead and there would be none better. 

Kerr has certainly been impressive lately and I would not be against having him back especially as his average has dropped. I would say he wasnt messed about by Premiership clubs but more that he let himself down by poor performances which led to him getting dropped. If Zach is not at Poole then it has to be Lawson,Kerr,Rowe, Cairns, Rushen as a start.

[poole keith]

14 minutes ago, foreverblue said:

Kerr has certainly been impressive lately and I would not be against having him back especially as his average has dropped. I would say he wasnt messed about by Premiership clubs but more that he let himself down by poor performances which led to him getting dropped. If Zach is not at Poole then it has to be Lawson,Kerr,Rowe, Cairns, Rushen as a start.

Blue you did spend most of the season criticising kerr and starke,saying they shouldn't have been signed,  even wanting rid,glad you've been won around and appreciate the riders 

[Bagpuss]

1 hour ago, foreverblue said:

Kerr has certainly been impressive lately and I would not be against having him back especially as his average has dropped. I would say he wasnt messed about by Premiership clubs but more that he let himself down by poor performances which led to him getting dropped. If Zach is not at Poole then it has to be Lawson,Kerr,Rowe, Cairns, Rushen as a start.

Not sure I'd agree with that, he averaged five and a half which I would say is about right for him in the Prem nowadays. I suspect Morris' availability had more to do with it.

[foreverblue]

1 hour ago, poole keith said:

Blue you did spend most of the season criticising kerr and starke,saying they shouldn't have been signed,  even wanting rid,glad you've been won around and appreciate the riders 

Kerr was criticised because he was riding poorly and seemed to have a lot of bike issues which is why he didnt last long at his premiership teams, unlike the premiership teams we kept him and recently he has been very good, the form he is showing now I did not think he had in him anymore. I do not blame any club getting rid of an out of form rider. 

As for Paul Starke he is still not riding well but I suppose my expectations were too high as he has increased his average and we all remember how good a rider he used to be.

[foreverblue]

19 minutes ago, Bagpuss said:

Not sure I'd agree with that, he averaged five and a half which I would say is about right for him in the Prem nowadays. I suspect Morris' availability had more to do with it.

His home form was ok I think but some away performances were not great apart from one amazing meeting at Kings Lynn!

As you say probably a lot to do with Nick Morris being too difficult to turn down. Would not mind him in the Pirates team next season either.

Edited 5 hours ago by foreverblue

[STEVEHOLS54]

15 hours ago, SteveLyric2 said:

Zischke is too much of a risk imo.

Any thoughts on who would offer scope to improve with less risk if we did have 5.89 left available IF we signed the other 6 I mentioned.

Besides Mcdiarmid has a lot of potential but still only 17.

On the who's  within that points range mentioned on page 1 by A Speedway Fan there isn't much that inspires me.

Of course there is Kevin Juhl Pedersen who made a short visit in Oct for The Blue Ribbon plus a Worky Ind event. But he has ridden for Holsted in DK last 4 years which of course is a Wed night. His Av in 3rd tier of POL for Landshut was only 4 points per meeting from 12 meetings so arguably even worse then Bowes who at least rode one decent meeting at Poole. I think Pedersen would be a worse signing than Bowes in my opinion.

Would point out we can all get it wrong. I thought when Ben Cook came over in 2020 (before season cancelled  for Covid) that ba\sed on his Aussie form that he would struggle in UK. Fair to say I got that thankfully horribly wrong 😃. He av 5.31 or 6.11 incl bonus in that first season from 15 meetings as missed some with injury. The rest is history.

Anyway do you have an idea who would be ideal bearing in mind that if we do sign Bailey/Rushen with Cairns they would all be very young at 16 when season starts.

[foreverblue]

51 minutes ago, STEVEHOLS54 said:

Any thoughts on who would offer scope to improve with less risk if we did have 5.89 left available IF we signed the other 6 I mentioned.

Besides Mcdiarmid has a lot of potential but still only 17.

On the who's  within that points range mentioned on page 1 by A Speedway Fan there isn't much that inspires me.

Of course there is Kevin Juhl Pedersen who made a short visit in Oct for The Blue Ribbon plus a Worky Ind event. But he has ridden for Holsted in DK last 4 years which of course is a Wed night. His Av in 3rd tier of POL for Landshut was only 4 points per meeting from 12 meetings so arguably even worse then Bowes who at least rode one decent meeting at Poole. I think Pedersen would be a worse signing than Bowes in my opinion.

Would point out we can all get it wrong. I thought when Ben Cook came over in 2020 (before season cancelled  for Covid) that ba\sed on his Aussie form that he would struggle in UK. Fair to say I got that thankfully horribly wrong 😃. He av 5.31 or 6.11 incl bonus in that first season from 15 meetings as missed some with injury. The rest is history.

Anyway do you have an idea who would be ideal bearing in mind that if we do sign Bailey/Rushen with Cairns they would all be very young at 16 when season starts.

Zach Cook rumoured to be not doing Championship, isnt he one of the 6 mentioned? 

[SteveLyric2]

18 minutes ago, foreverblue said:

Zach Cook rumoured to be not doing Championship, isnt he one of the 6 mentioned? 

Zach holds his cards very close to his chest - either by design or instruction - but several of the pits personnel reckon he'll stay despite getting a contract with Lodz!

I would expect an announcement on Wednesday - or whenever the last meeting takes place!

If he does go, I wonder if he and brother Ben will have to seek alternative accomodation??

[TheWellBehavedWorrall]

18 minutes ago, SteveLyric2 said:

Zach holds his cards very close to his chest - either by design or instruction - but several of the pits personnel reckon he'll stay despite getting a contract with Lodz!

I would expect an announcement on Wednesday - or whenever the last meeting takes place!

If he does go, I wonder if he and brother Ben will have to seek alternative accomodation??

I thought Ben lived in a shoe box, no?

[Fromafar]

37 minutes ago, SteveLyric2 said:

Zach holds his cards very close to his chest - either by design or instruction - but several of the pits personnel reckon he'll stay despite getting a contract with Lodz!

I would expect an announcement on Wednesday - or whenever the last meeting takes place!

If he does go, I wonder if he and brother Ben will have to seek alternative accomodation??

Would think Poole would like him to stay.He was the go -to man when a big race was required last season (Lawson accepted).Still improving and stylish. His performance was the difference in Pirates winning the League IMO.

[YeOldPitGate]

17 hours ago, Bitza said:

While I understand people's enthusiasm for young up and coming talent. But you have to remember that riders who excel at say 16yrs don't inevitably continue to excel in the same way as their careers go on. So when it comes to building a team, getting a balance of proven and potential talent right, is crucial. I'm thinking having two young riders is probably the maximum, any more is a gamble. 

Agreed but Beau Bailey does look the real deal and one hell of a racer, Cooper another racer reminds me a bit of Kelly Moran and should have a massive future, don't know much about Cairns but again seems highly rated, if you ended up with them three and the Fords could tempt someone like Bastian Pederson over also and give them a track you could really race on you would get 2-3k in per week.

When I was young and used to attend Speedway at Lynn we got stuffed most weeks but Loram and Henka were starting out and just witnessing those two pull off incredible moves was worth the defeats as they were so great and exciting.

I always thought Henka was a more natural talent than T.Rick but ultimately Tony had that extra 5% grit that separated great riders from Speedway legends.

[ASpeedwayfan]

If Zach does decide to drop the championship. Maybe we could temp Jonas Jeppersen to Dorset? Good guesting for us against Glasgow. Would leave little over 5 points left to get the last rider should ride in the 4 position. 

or beef up the 3 and 4 position with Kerr and then Edwards or Allen?

lots of options if Zach isn’t returning, hopefully he does. 
I struggle to see us keeping Zach and Kerr with the other 4 riders who are very much expected unless it’s Ritchings at reserve and Cairns at 2

[Bagpuss]

1 hour ago, YeOldPitGate said:

Agreed but Beau Bailey does look the real deal and one hell of a racer, Cooper another racer reminds me a bit of Kelly Moran and should have a massive future, don't know much about Cairns but again seems highly rated, if you ended up with them three and the Fords could tempt someone like Bastian Pederson over also and give them a track you could really race on you would get 2-3k in per week.

When I was young and used to attend Speedway at Lynn we got stuffed most weeks but Loram and Henka were starting out and just witnessing those two pull off incredible moves was worth the defeats as they were so great and exciting.

I always thought Henka was a more natural talent than T.Rick but ultimately Tony had that extra 5% grit that separated great riders from Speedway legends.

Henka was a bit too fond of a beer to be World Champion. Still the most exciting rider I've ever seen or ever likely to see though, those three seasons he had at Lynn were incredible.