After a call off on Monday Belle Vue were at Winbourne Road at the Poole pirate speedway club.

Unfortunately on Tuesday one of the double up riders Claus Vissing took another knock by getting a collar bone injury in the premier league meeting of Ipswich v Somerset, where there was an incident between Dakota North and Claus. So Craig Cook was the replacement for Vissing.

Poole did not get it their own way all the time. The aces put up a fight in that the pirates were not cruising in all 15 heats. Although heat 15 was the decider with the return of turbo twins Chris Holder and back from injury Darcy Ward.

There was another incident which involved Sam Masters who has consequently injured his wrist.

But the scores on the doors was not enough for the aces to get a point with the score being 49-41.

Weather permitting Poole will face Belle Vue again at Kirkumshulme Lane.

Last night at Belle Vue there was another rain off, disappointing I know but things like this happen we all know, but it seems to be a lot at the moment. So having withdrawal symptoms from being spoilt from the speedway world cup there was some premier league action with Ipswich witches v Somerset rebels. 

So sky did their bit with the premier league. The weather was dry and with some good racing going on, everything was fine, until the rain came….

It seemed to rain from no where, although the riders agreed to carry on. Jason Doyle from Somerset was on fire, he got a paid maximum and was one of the cleanest there. Due to the rain it caused a lot of dirt into mud in a way and if you were not in front you would get very dirty indeed.

Although there was an incident between Dakota North and Claus Vissing where it turned out Claus had a suspected collarbone injury, so he did not ride for the rest of the meeting. So that is a blow. 

The Aussies were there in full force, the young one like Cameron Heeps and Rohan Tungate did extremely well in the muddy and slippery conditions. But to all the lads on both teams going out there and having a good go of it and a win for Ipswich as well, seemed a good home win!!

So first of all apologies to all my readers that I have not posted a while.

But here is a week round up of all speedway related things. 

Firstly we all know the tragic news of Lee Richardson and blessings to his family and friends.

In response to this tragic news there have been silences for the Lakeside Hammers captain. Social media was flooded with messages to Rico and it just shows how dangerous the sport really is. It then annoys me when you see a footballer on the floor from a tiny touch, whereas riders get thrown  of the bike and get up and are fine. I know two different sports with different risks but he point is the same in comparison of injuries.

So in terms of racing what has been going on?………

It begins with Belle Vue, the team that have not had lady luck on their side. They were hosts to Eastbourne Eagles where the aces lost by two, unfortunately.

On sky there was some premier league action with the Somerset Rebels vs Ipswich Witches. Both teams had rider replacement. But the racing was amazing!! It was nice to see a change in leagues. In one heat all reserves were in a heat and it was a British v Aussie race with Tom Perry and Kyle Newman representing the rebels and the Brits and for the witches team aka Aussies there was Rohan Tungate and Cameron Heeps . 

Back tot the elite league and the one and only Poole pirates. The team were very busy with Poole riding on their usual day on Wednesday against Peterborough, this is where the amazing turbo twin duo were beaten by Linus Sundstrom. A rare occurane, but one that is positive, to know it is possible to beat the turbo twins.

Saturday was the night for eurovision, football and yes the Swedish GP in Gothernburg. With semi finals causing controversy between Nicki Pedersen and Thomas H Jonasson. The wildcard of Thomas made it fourth in the final with the winner being Freddie Lindgren, Greg Hancock and Chris Holder. 

After that a bit of eurovision with a Swedish winner so eurovision will be in Stockholm in 2013.

Next time there will be a write up of Belle Vue Aces against Swindon Robins. 

So as a Belle Vue fan myself I am happy at some of the signing, but unsure of some of them in how they can perform in the elite league, but only time will tell!

Anyway the important bit. The three signings to finish the line up is another Australian Travis McGowan (who I have heard of by the way). Also joining the pack of cards will be doubling up riders Ulrich Ostergaard and Claus Vissing.

Ulrich will be riding between the aces and Redcar bears in the premier league. Whilst Vissing will be doubling up with Somerset as well as the aces.

The full line up is Rory Schlein, Patrick Hougaard, Josh Grajczonek, Adam Shields, Linus Eklof, Charlie Gjedde, Travis McGowan, Ulrich Ostergaard and Claus Vissing.

That is the full deck of cards which make up the Belle Vue Aces of the elite league 2012 season.