Poole Pirates Vs Plymouth Gladiators 26th August Championship

[Bitza]

21 minutes ago, foreverblue said:

Track was slick but produced some great racing, Zach's passes on Batch in heat 13 and 15 were top drawer. 

Well I enjoyed myself, there were plenty of passes, riders were riding different lines, no particular gate became a graveyard. The track did deteriorate over the evening but then which track stays great all the way through? Complaining about the track seems to be some people's standard reflex post, regardless of the racing. They are of course welcome, but it never adds much interest.

Poole finish top of the league, regardless of whatever other teams do. Two things are significant, first the points difference Poole's is over plus 200 while other playoff teams are around 50, the second fact is that Poole won all available bonus points. Bring on the play-offs.

[foreverblue]

3 hours ago, Neila said:

Maybe not as high scoring as usual due to average manipulation 🤔 good luck Plymouth 😄

We seem to have forgotten to do the average manipulation!!

[Supersub]

1 hour ago, PhilTheAce said:

Disgusting track conditions at poole 

 

[Supersub]

But it did produce some great races with lots of ppassing 

[Bitza]

4 minutes ago, Supersub said:

But it did produce some great races with lots of ppassing 

So what do people go to look at, the racing or the track?

[LisaColette]

42 minutes ago, Magicmike said:

Congratulations to Poole i don’t no what the track was like but it’s there home track so they do what they want to suit there riders, like all other tracks do, if there paying public are happy with that it’s fine, I’m not so sure i would be but that’s beside the point, there the best team in the league by a country mile and good luck to them, make the most of what you have got but sadly that team will have to be broken up, here’s just another thought to make it interesting how about whatever pooles averages are adding up to at the end of the season that’s what everyone can build there points to, they don’t have to break up there team and maybe others could make it more competitive 

 

31 minutes ago, SteveLyric2 said:

Rumour doing the rounds tonight is that 38 point limit is being discussed for 2027.

So a fan suggests working to the top of leagues average which atm is around 44.7 ish. But instead looks like we are working to a little bit lower than the bottom teams average of 38.9 that is Worky btw @Neila 😄👀

[Arthur54]

1 hour ago, PhilTheAce said:

Disgusting track conditions at poole 

But plenty of overtaking, just ask Zach 

[Neila]

5 minutes ago, LisaColette said:

 

So a fan suggests working to the top of leagues average which atm is around 44.7 ish. But instead looks like we are working to a little bit lower than the bottom teams average of 38.9 that is Worky btw @Neila 😄👀

By all means use poor old worky as an example 😭.

But imo if you lower the team building average, what riders do ride in a weakened league will have a very false very  high average at the end of the season, then where do you go. Also a weakened product should have a lower price to attend, but no them in charge dictate that the minimum admission price is £20, promoters are not allowed to charge lower than this, even if they wanted to try and attract more fans by saying have a meeting at £15.

So if 38 limit is used looks like Poole will have Lawson cairns Rushen lightcap as the basis of the team, that's if Poland don't bring in the Poland plus 1 other league rule

[Arthur54]

1 hour ago, lewy said:

Wow.lol

 

1 hour ago, lewy said:

That must be the tarmac on the car park surely?

Not as bad as that excuse for a track last night 

[Magicmike]

56 minutes ago, LisaColette said:

Are you Matt Ford?  He used to say that a lot especially in the Prem days. 

I wish I had his money Lisa 😂😂

[Steve Shovlar]

Cracking meeting tonight played out in front of what was probably the biggest crowd of the season? 

Loads of great racing all through the meeting.  Batchelor the stand out for the visitors. Best he has been at Poole for years. 

Zack Cook star of the show two weeks running. 

[Arthur54]

45 minutes ago, foreverblue said:

We seem to have forgotten to do the average manipulation!!

Neil's nightly dig at Poole, getting very tiresome now 🥱

[Arthur54]

23 minutes ago, Bitza said:

So what do people go to look at, the racing or the track?

In Neil's case the track, not a lot else going on 

[Bitza]

11 minutes ago, LisaColette said:

 

So a fan suggests working to the top of leagues average which atm is around 44.7 ish. But instead looks like we are working to a little bit lower than the bottom teams average of 38.9 that is Worky btw @Neila 😄👀

At last something other than a track whin..

British Speedway setting the championship team average lower in order to make the Premiership look superior is such a bad joke, it totally pathetic management. Time for a new UK Speedway Authority, or new team to manage the existing one. If the aim was to degrade the UK version of the sport you couldn't do a better job.

 

 

[Magicmike]

2 minutes ago, Arthur54 said:

 

Not as bad as that excuse for a track last night 

Why do you have to go on attacking Plymouth what have they actually done to upset you personally? Your track your business our track our business were you there last night? I doubt it, were you watching on tv if you were and our track is so crap why were you watching your insults are quite silly aren’t they, who on earth would A/comment on something they were not there to witness

B/pay money to tune in to watch something whic in your eyes is crap, you would not part with your money at the cinema if you thought something was crap, so why would you part with your money to watch something which in your eyes is crap on tv.or is it just your twit for tat childish attitude, I hope your team win the league good luck to them I just don’t think you need to lower yourself to the insults I’m sure your better than thst

[Arthur54]

2 minutes ago, Magicmike said:

Why do you have to go on attacking Plymouth what have they actually done to upset you personally? Your track your business our track our business were you there last night? I doubt it, were you watching on tv if you were and our track is so crap why were you watching your insults are quite silly aren’t they, who on earth would A/comment on something they were not there to witness

B/pay money to tune in to watch something whic in your eyes is crap, you would not part with your money at the cinema if you thought something was crap, so why would you part with your money to watch something which in your eyes is crap on tv.or is it just your twit for tat childish attitude, I hope your team win the league good luck to them I just don’t think you need to lower yourself to the insults I’m sure your better than thst

Probably a lot to do with your number 1 fan (Lewi) constantly coming on Poole threads moaning about our track week after week 

[WeymouthPirate]

I’m not a huge fan of the track, speaking to a recent former Poole rider over the winter, the track is set up for however Zach wants it apparently with little input from the others (clearly working for him!)

 

However, tonight there was some excellent racing, many an overtake and wasn’t all just from the gate.

 

Speaking to one of the stewards tonight, he said the door count was just over 2,300, which for a nothing meeting is truly exceptional. No wonder every other club wants to be us 

[False dawn]

On 8/24/2026 at 8:40 PM, False dawn said:

You just don't know what Troy will do, period

I'm actually doing a bit of a mini southern tour. Plymouth tomorrow, Poole Wednesday. Hoping for two good meetings. Do you want me to bring a bucket of shale on Wednesday?

I have to say that the track was a lot better last night than the last time I visited. Several outside overtakes.

But I do have a serious question. As some of you will know, I'm a big fan of men or ladies, with rakes. I think we've lost a lot by not raking the corners AND the starts between every race. I don't know any club that rakes the starts anymore. Sad really when some (several) meetings are seriously influenced by strong or graveyard gates. But credit where credit is due. Nearly. Poole do have rakers on the bends. But I do have to ask. Why do they simple pull the berm from the foot of the air fence and pull it in two or three feet? Great for adding to the outside run but does nothing to improve the area of the track down low that develops the inevitable blue groove from about heat 8. Spray the raked shale across the full width of the corner galls and guys and then let the tractor grader spread it out evenly. You might just end up with two or more racing lines!

[szkocjasid]

5 hours ago, Magicmike said:

Congratulations to Poole i don’t no what the track was like but it’s there home track so they do what they want to suit there riders, like all other tracks do, if there paying public are happy with that it’s fine, I’m not so sure i would be but that’s beside the point, there the best team in the league by a country mile and good luck to them, make the most of what you have got but sadly that team will have to be broken up, here’s just another thought to make it interesting how about whatever pooles averages are adding up to at the end of the season that’s what everyone can build there points to, they don’t have to break up there team and maybe others could make it more competitive 

If there was an unlimited list of riders wanting to ride in GB I'd agree with that. But feel that limit would make the league a lot more uneven.

 

[mikebv]

7 hours ago, Magicmike said:

Congratulations to Poole i don’t no what the track was like but it’s there home track so they do what they want to suit there riders, like all other tracks do, if there paying public are happy with that it’s fine, I’m not so sure i would be but that’s beside the point, there the best team in the league by a country mile and good luck to them, make the most of what you have got but sadly that team will have to be broken up, here’s just another thought to make it interesting how about whatever pooles averages are adding up to at the end of the season that’s what everyone can build there points to, they don’t have to break up there team and maybe others could make it more competitive 

A suggestion which seems to be made every single year, to aspire to something and stimulate growth...

Yet, instead, we dumb down every single year...

Maybe using the mean average of all the teams would be a compromise?..

Meaning the lowest teams have head room, (but not unreachable head room), to improve, and the top teams don't have to decimate their septet by reducing loads of points...