Poole 2026

[Weeyin]

1 hour ago, ASpeedwayfan said:

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. If rumoure
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

If rumours are true that only 1 rider with over an 8 average per team then Jeppesen wouldn't fit unless you dropped Richard, which is highly unlikely

[STEVEHOLS54]

A bit of a random one would be.

Law/Rowe/Cook (or Kerr if Cook drops Champ)/Morris on his bargain 6.86/Cairns/Rushen/Ritchings (very exposed bottom end though but a great top 4.

[STEVEHOLS54]

Question re Anders Rowe.

Was he carrying an injury for a portion of the second half of 2025.

Saw various comments on the forum that he may have had a leg or groin injury that was affecting his performances in some meetings. Even saw comment/s that he had to be helped on/off his bike in one meeting due to pain/discomfort.

Could that have affected some of his consistency/scoring. I also read on the forum re a food poisoning situation in a recent meeting meaning he had to drop out of his last scheduled ride.

it's the injury that intrigues me. Is it still ongoing and if so is he hoping to get it sorted close season if it is.

[LisaColette]

1 hour ago, ASpeedwayfan said:

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

Jake Allen at Poole? Really? Nothing against him personally but not had the best of times at Poole recently. Although everyone always says Poole is difficult to come to as an away rider, even Darcy said that when he was with Swindon. 

Happy to have Kerr back and glad to see him do well now especially as I had to defend him to SS and FB for doubting him! There was one Poole fan on X who used to moan about him non stop and during his rants found out it was because he just didn't like him (fair enough as impossible to like everybody!) But also because apparently he 'didn't care' which I think we can call out as complete BS. If he didn't care why would be hiding for first half of the superheat because too worried to watch or whatever. 

 

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1 minute ago, LisaColette said:

Jake Allen at Poole? Really? Nothing against him personally but not had the best of times at Poole recently. Although everyone always says Poole is difficult to come to as an away rider, even Darcy said that when he was with Swindon. 

Happy to have Kerr back and glad to see him do well now especially as I had to defend him to SS and FB for doubting him! There was one Poole fan on X who used to moan about him non stop and during his rants found out it was because he just didn't like him (fair enough as impossible to like everybody!) But also because apparently he 'didn't care' which I think we can call out as complete BS. If he didn't care why would be hiding for first half of the superheat because too worried to watch or whatever. 

 

Well I dont remember you being critical of any rider but on his current average Kerr is worth a place. If we could fit Lawson, Zach, Kerr,Rowe, Cairns, Rushen and Bailey that would be  decent team but maybe over the limit although we dont know what the limit is yet.

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12 minutes ago, STEVEHOLS54 said:

Question re Anders Rowe.

Was he carrying an injury for a portion of the second half of 2025.

Saw various comments on the forum that he may have had a leg or groin injury that was affecting his performances in some meetings. Even saw comment/s that he had to be helped on/off his bike in one meeting due to pain/discomfort.

Could that have affected some of his consistency/scoring. I also read on the forum re a food poisoning situation in a recent meeting meaning he had to drop out of his last scheduled ride.

it's the injury that intrigues me. Is it still ongoing and if so is he hoping to get it sorted close season if it is.

Pretty sure he is over the injury now, he did have a sickness bout during a meeting but ok now and seemed fine in the final.

[szkocjasid]

11 minutes ago, STEVEHOLS54 said:

Question re Anders Rowe.

Was he carrying an injury for a portion of the second half of 2025.

Saw various comments on the forum that he may have had a leg or groin injury that was affecting his performances in some meetings. Even saw comment/s that he had to be helped on/off his bike in one meeting due to pain/discomfort.

Could that have affected some of his consistency/scoring. I also read on the forum re a food poisoning situation in a recent meeting meaning he had to drop out of his last scheduled ride.

it's the injury that intrigues me. Is it still ongoing and if so is he hoping to get it sorted close season if it is.

Anders, has actually been very consistent, but not scoring double figures. By my fantasy league stats (including bonuses) he's not scored double figures in his last 18 matches, which sounds astonishing for a heat leader in an (almost) treble winning team!

Scoring between 5 & 9, averaging 6.7 points a match, he's found the consistency so many riders talk about.

Of course I'm sure Anders & Poole expected more from him, it almost seems like he runs one last race per match and never gets into heat 15s, so never reaches double figures any more. Yet his green sheet average didn't seem to drop much!

[SteveLyric2]

15 minutes ago, STEVEHOLS54 said:

Question re Anders Rowe.

Was he carrying an injury for a portion of the second half of 2025.

Saw various comments on the forum that he may have had a leg or groin injury that was affecting his performances in some meetings. Even saw comment/s that he had to be helped on/off his bike in one meeting due to pain/discomfort.

Could that have affected some of his consistency/scoring. I also read on the forum re a food poisoning situation in a recent meeting meaning he had to drop out of his last scheduled ride.

it's the injury that intrigues me. Is it still ongoing and if so is he hoping to get it sorted close season if it is.

Anders has a groin injury which won't improve without treatment and rest. He also injured his left arm which was so swollen he had to be helped with his kevlars. Also he did have a stomach upset during a recent away meeting, threw up and needed to be helped back into his pit bay.

The groin injury isn't helped by Anders' riding style of coming from the back ( because he can't gate for toffee).

[STEVEHOLS54]

23 minutes ago, SteveLyric2 said:

Anders has a groin injury which won't improve without treatment and rest. He also injured his left arm which was so swollen he had to be helped with his kevlars. Also he did have a stomach upset during a recent away meeting, threw up and needed to be helped back into his pit bay.

The groin injury isn't helped by Anders' riding style of coming from the back ( because he can't gate for toffee).

Hopefully he will get both after Wed/Fri 😀. 5 months will hopefully help sort it.

[Paul Johnson]

Think Jake Allen will be at Redcar as he lives in Middlesborough

[TheWellBehavedWorrall]

Need to build a higher fence around the track if Allen’s going to Redcar.

[SteveLyric2]

56 minutes ago, Paul Johnson said:

Think Jake Allen will be at Redcar as he lives in Middlesborough

Good.

[STEVEHOLS54]

May be worth a read. Posted on Speedway News.PL this afternoon.

https://speedwaynews.pl/zuzel/zaskakujace-doniesienia-jednak-nie-dojdzie-do-rewolucji/

Seems the Poles happy to give fans an indication of how things look currently on 2026 UK League make ups.

 

Edited 4 hours ago by STEVEHOLS54

[YeOldPitGate]

3 hours ago, Bagpuss said:

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.

Was it really only three seasons Bagpuss ? I thought he was there for a bit longer but I was getting more interested in night clubs at that time, I seem to remember Knight going to Berwick to make way another Mike Lee comback but that season the old Mike was long gone I remember him following Andy Meredith in one race when Andy was essentially a wobbler, Mike kept lining him up but just didn't have the bottle to make the pass.

[YeOldPitGate]

29 minutes ago, STEVEHOLS54 said:

May be worth a read. Posted on Speedway News.PL this afternoon.

https://speedwaynews.pl/zuzel/zaskakujace-doniesienia-jednak-nie-dojdzie-do-rewolucji/

Seems the Poles happy to give fans an indication of how things look currently on 2026 UK League make ups.

 

Doesn't read well does it no tv deal at the moment a possible 5 team premiership , that can't be feasible and even five sounds dubious, the championship should be okay if Mildenhall enter into it.

Hopefully something will be pulled out of the bag but being realistic what can they do if no tv deal no money for top men they can't go three home and away that would be suicide but it seems its going to be more sticking plasters on the same old format.

[LisaColette]

3 hours ago, foreverblue said:

Well I dont remember you being critical of any rider but on his current average Kerr is worth a place. If we could fit Lawson, Zach, Kerr,Rowe, Cairns, Rushen and Bailey that would be  decent team but maybe over the limit although we dont know what the limit is yet.

I haven't been critical of anyone! 😁 I have a saying of what a family member used to say if I got frustrated during a meeting 'I'm sure they are trying their best...' Sticks in my head tbf..

35 minutes ago, STEVEHOLS54 said:

May be worth a read. Posted on Speedway News.PL this afternoon.

https://speedwaynews.pl/zuzel/zaskakujace-doniesienia-jednak-nie-dojdzie-do-rewolucji/

Seems the Poles happy to give fans an indication of how things look currently on 2026 UK League make ups.

 

Interesting it says Ipswich and Leicester are definites. But BV are doubts with other two! But seems to hint at one over 8 for Prem not Champ as talking about BK and Bewley being split up. 

Love the bit at the end about us having to sort things out quicker lol. Though I'll take it with a pinch of salt as the Polish media couldn't  predict the right GP wildcards 😉

Edited 3 hours ago by LisaColette

[Youhave2minutes]

Tassel boy hopefully stays in East Anglia

[Biffa]

Out of interest regarding Zach/Anders, when they switched riding positions did one drop off & one go better? Just people saying about Anders not hitting double figures much, obviously heat 13 on outside gates is rough some time to score points from

[CTD26]

On 10/19/2025 at 4:36 PM, STEVEHOLS54 said:

Zischke would be my ideal signing. After the financial issues at Worky last season. The temp suspension and questions on what they might or might not be able to afford for 2026 could he seek guaranteed regular income from the Ford's at Poole. Was rumoured as on way to Poole back in 2023 before Ward suggested Worky would be a more ideal track to start his UK career. His Aussie accident then intervened which wiped out 23 except limited POL U24 in July then his almost career ending 24 season not long after it started, certainly hampered his development. He sits on an arguably low av IF he rediscovers the form that made Belle Vue sign him.

IF Cook was leaving you would think he would announce at the end of WED Final meeting similar to what Ben did in 2024. That would get it out the way for planning in 2026. Hope not the case though.

I already aired my thoughts on Bowes. Not a fan and gave my reasons on earlier post/s.

Mcdermind has lots of potential at still 17 off back of his first season and may well be Leszno choice of foreign U24 rider in POL EXL for 2026. My fear is if it was with Cairns/Rushen & Bailey we could be exposed where Zischke added with those 3 is a bit more experienced with a full season in Prem/Champ.

Where you getting financial issues from? Honestly you lot live in cuckoo land! If you’re getting anyone it’ll be Bowes.

[2ndbend123]

Fraser Bowes has already agreed terms with Poole that was common knowledge at Workington towards the end of the season.

Also Zischke will be back at Workington he solely relies on 1 guy who he lives with and he drives him everywhere.