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On 3/31/2026 at 8:39 PM, mikebv said:

The Poole promotion were quoted as saying, when they signed him, that they knew he would miss some meetings at weekends but would do their best to work around it to minimise it..

Given he already had a Polish contract, Poole are secondary in priority...

The Aces ride Monday and Thursday so shouldn't clash...

Poole didn't have to sign him, knowing he would 100% miss meetings...

No one held a gun to their head..:D

 

On 3/31/2026 at 8:39 PM, mikebv said:

The Poole promotion were quoted as saying, when they signed him, that they knew he would miss some meetings at weekends but would do their best to work around it to minimise it..

Given he already had a Polish contract, Poole are secondary in priority...

The Aces ride Monday and Thursday so shouldn't clash...

Poole didn't have to sign him, knowing he would 100% miss meetings...

No one held a gun to their head..:D

Lodz are at Ostrow on August 13th, the same day as Belle Vue are due at Northampton, so I don't know what happens then.

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39 minutes ago, tocha said:

 

Lodz are at Ostrow on August 13th, the same day as Belle Vue are due at Northampton, so I don't know what happens then.

What "should" happen is that the UK has priority...

However, as we know, Poland can be "very persuasive"...😳

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5 minutes ago, mikebv said:

What "should" happen is that the UK has priority...

However, as we know, Poland can be "very persuasive"...😳

I thought the Prem didn't have priority anymore. There were a few Thursday fixture clashes last season and Phil Morris had to have talks with them to try and get them to change it. 

Or we do have priority and they ignore it ;)

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7 minutes ago, LisaColette said:

I thought the Prem didn't have priority anymore. There were a few Thursday fixture clashes last season and Phil Morris had to have talks with them to try and get them to change it. 

Or we do have priority and they ignore it ;)

As with a lot of things money talks . Oh and on the Poole thread how ironic 😜

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1 hour ago, LisaColette said:

I thought the Prem didn't have priority anymore. There were a few Thursday fixture clashes last season and Phil Morris had to have talks with them to try and get them to change it. 

Or we do have priority and they ignore it ;)

Poland were allowed to run "rearranged" meetings on Thursdays...

Which now looks like its become "arranged" meetings on Thursdays.....:D

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I have to ask whehter the young lad is taking on too much far too soon in his career ?

He's just turned 16 and seems to have gone into major league speedway with both boots,  racing  in both Poland and 2 English leagues. Coupled with all the silly  U18 U19 U21 championships now held in every country he will be totally overwhlemed with bookings. 

 

Expecting an awful lot of the youg lad, and I just hope and pray that he doesnt competley exhasust himself both physically and mentally in his first season of  serious competitive racing. 

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29 minutes ago, old bob at herne bay said:

I have to ask whehter the young lad is taking on too much far too soon in his career ?

He's just turned 16 and seems to have gone into major league speedway with both boots,  racing  in both Poland and 2 English leagues. Coupled with all the silly  U18 U19 U21 championships now held in every country he will be totally overwhlemed with bookings. 

 

Expecting an awful lot of the youg lad, and I just hope and pray that he doesnt competley exhasust himself both physically and mentally in his first season of  serious competitive racing. 

And, presumably, school work on top of all that ?

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On 3/31/2026 at 8:10 PM, Dorsetpirate said:

And in news that will shock absolutely no one! The first rider missing due to Polish commitments of the season goes to Zach Cook! Piss off and stay there!

Dan Thompson matches the achievement...:D

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18 minutes ago, Dorsetpirate said:

When will the british league stand up for itself! Im getting to the stage where I say ban the riders who take the piss out of british speedway!

You do realise Poland have priority at the weekend. Nothing anyone can do especially when it was agreed by everyone. 

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On 4/2/2026 at 9:29 AM, LisaColette said:

I thought the Prem didn't have priority anymore. There were a few Thursday fixture clashes last season and Phil Morris had to have talks with them to try and get them to change it. 

Or we do have priority and they ignore it ;)

As with a lot of things money talks . Oh and on the Poole thread how ironic 😜

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1 hour ago, Dorsetpirate said:

When will the british league stand up for itself! Im getting to the stage where I say ban the riders who take the piss out of british speedway!

To be fair, the Promoters are quite content to schedule in meetings, fully knowing riders will be missing, therefore it isn't really the riders fault clashes happen...

Given the lack of UK rider development, over the past two decades or so in particular, and the impact of Brexit and Visa changes, every club needs to use every rider available...

And....

It "kind of works", given the lack of any major prestige or financial return on winning any of the competitions, means clubs have to make do and mend, and adapt accordingly...

Clubs want to put Speedway meetings on, and riders want to earn money, with guesting being a perfect solution for both, hence the operating model is the way it is...

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