Poole 2026

[Bitza]

1 hour ago, Steve Shovlar said:

Battle for young top Pirate has heated up a notch after tonight’s British Final. Wills will not like Coops coming to his home track and getting all the plaudits, especially as he had a bit of a duff meeting. It will just make them go even harder at it, to the benefit of us fans.

Not sure on this one, my gut feeling is that Cairns has the greatest potential, but there's no denying that Rushen stepped up another level tonight (except for gate selection). Still Rushen seems to struggle as 4 for the Pirates while Cairns flourishes at 2, sure Lawson looks after Will while Kerr seems more in competition with Cooper. But with young lads in 6 months everything could change dramatically anyway.

[Supersub]

Good meeting for both our teenagers. Hard to predict who will be the better of the two, but both should have very bright futures. Strange decision of Coops to take gate 3 in Final, was Havvy there?!! Flint gated from 1 so if Coops had taken 1, he may well have been on the rostrum. Let's hope he can take that form when riding for Poole. We still look a very hard team to beat in the Championship.

At the end of the day Lambert was a different class.

IMO, our only league defeats this season have been to poor tactics, dubious ref decisions & engine failures.

[geoff100]

54 minutes ago, Supersub said:

Good meeting for both our teenagers. Hard to predict who will be the better of the two, but both should have very bright futures. Strange decision of Coops to take gate 3 in Final, was Havvy there?!! Flint gated from 1 so if Coops had taken 1, he may well have been on the rostrum. Let's hope he can take that form when riding for Poole. We still look a very hard team to beat in the Championship.

At the end of the day Lambert was a different class.

IMO, our only league defeats this season have been to poor tactics, dubious ref decisions & engine failures.

Or how about u were beaten by better riders !

[foreverblue]

26 minutes ago, geoff100 said:

Or how about u were beaten by better riders !

Shame we dont ride against Workington more often, they dont have any better riders!!!

[Supersub]

38 minutes ago, geoff100 said:

Or how about u were beaten by better riders !

That's your opinion, not mine

[Supersub]

1 hour ago, geoff100 said:

Or how about u were beaten by better riders !

Not sure if any of your riders , on a rider for rider basis would make the Poole team.

[geoff100]

1 hour ago, foreverblue said:

Shame we dont ride against Workington more often, they dont have any better riders!!!

The sun wont always shine out of pooles arses 😂

[geoff100]

1 hour ago, Supersub said:

That's your opinion, not mine

Ditto

[Pirates Of Poole]

We are lucky to have them both at Poole and I’m sure team building has been built around them 2 for 2027. They are a massive part of the club and keeping them is essential 

[therefused]

1 minute ago, Pirates Of Poole said:

We are lucky to have them both at Poole and I’m sure team building has been built around them 2 for 2027. They are a massive part of the club and keeping them is essential 

Not if Poland have there way, you can wave goodbye to both of them 👋 

[SteveLyric2]

21 minutes ago, therefused said:

Not if Poland have there way, you can wave goodbye to both of them 👋 

That, unfortunately, could well be accurate despite what they are both currently saying!

[Neila]

1 hour ago, Supersub said:

Not sure if any of your riders , on a rider for rider basis would make the Poole team.

It wasn't like that last year when you took Bowes and looks what happened there 🤣🤣

[STEVEHOLS54]

14 minutes ago, SteveLyric2 said:

That, unfortunately, could well be accurate despite what they are both currently saying!

Hopefully not.

I assume they will both continue in their respective POL EXL U24 sides for 2027 and will both be only 17 when season starts. Didn't think the rule was extended to the U24 Lge.

Also both have add the odd ride as overseas junior riders for their respective POL EXL main sides but think it would be crazy if they extended the 2 league limit to yound riders who may have got 1 or 2 rides every 4/5 meetings.

[poole keith]

If poland bring in those conditions and if they apply to the league they're both riding in and if it's only  one league not one country (lot of iffs)do we think they would chose prem or championship?

[Bagpuss]

Just now, poole keith said:

If poland bring in those conditions and if they apply to the league they're both riding in and if it's only  one league not one country (lot of iffs)do we think they would chose prem or championship?

Prem I would have thought seeing as both have done so well in it this year.

[LisaColette]

17 minutes ago, Bagpuss said:

Prem I would have thought seeing as both have done so well in it this year.

True, i agree to an extent. But is that because they have the Championship to fall back on when they have an off meeting in the prem so confidence doesn't have time to dip. 🤷‍♀️

[Neila]

26 minutes ago, Bagpuss said:

Prem I would have thought seeing as both have done so well in it this year.

Premiership allows easily travel to a certain extent no Friday or Saturday fixtures so can get to Poland for the full weekend . 

[Pirates Of Poole]

1 hour ago, therefused said:

Not if Poland have there way, you can wave goodbye to both of them 👋 

Under 24 league is not included in the rule and both riders will remain in that system. Meaning they can do Poland, Prem and Champ 

[Bagpuss]

54 minutes ago, Pirates Of Poole said:

Under 24 league is not included in the rule and both riders will remain in that system. Meaning they can do Poland, Prem and Champ 

I suspect they may get used more often in the Leszno & ZG senior sides.

[SteveLyric2]

2 hours ago, Bagpuss said:

I suspect they may get used more often in the Leszno & ZG senior sides.

...and therein is the potential problem - depending what it states in their respective contracts?!

Edited 2 hours ago by SteveLyric2