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Well had a visit today for a cuppa of our very own Chris Schramm.... He was looking well... still got that beaming smile and we had a good chat and a better laugh... He's doing well... keeping fit and busy.... and two hours went over in what seemed like 10 minutes... really pleased to see him and it brightened a crappy Monday... Regards THJ

never really watched polish speedway till this year dont know what all the fuss is about to be honest quite boring at times .

But he’s a liar and I’m not sure about you

He’s a good lad ,glad to hear he is doing well.

PENNIKET, Geoffrey (Geoff) Born: May 22, 1936, Merton, London, England,* Geoff had a career spanning over a decade and was based mainly in the south of the country. He was an armchair stylist and often under rated but could regularly turn in some decent performances against some of the leading riders in the sport. He started out as a rider in 1960 at Rye House and Rayleigh with his league debut coming for the Essex side the following season. He was understandably inconsistent in his debut year but showed what he could do with a paid maximum at home to Middlesbrough in mid-season and an 11 point score at Newcastle towards the end of the term. After spending the majority of the 1962 season without a team place Geoff joined New Cross and, after the mid-term closure of the ‘Rangers’, had a spell at Long Eaton before finally settling at Newport in 1964. It was at Somerton Park that Geoff really made his name and he was a popular member of the side that won the Provincial League Knock-Out Cup in the club’s first season. He continued that popularity in the British League with the ‘Wasps’ in 1965 and rode at the top level of speedway for the first time. A maximum against Wimbledon proved that he was a respected performer and, although he never made an international appearance or got near to reaching a World Final, he was the kind of rider that opponents knew they had been in a race with and were glad to have beaten. After leaving South Wales at the end of the 1966 season, Geoff’s career went into a gradual slide until he dropped into the Second Division with Long Eaton in 1969. He proved to be a great asset in that division, initially for the Station Road club and then for Romford and Workington, showing the way to the younger element and supplying some first class scoring in the process. Geoff’s career was sadly brought to an end by serious arm injuries suffered in a crash at his home Derwent Park track on May 14, 1971. Year Club Division M R P BP TP CMA FM PM 1961 Rayleigh PL 12 37 40 5 45 4.86 - 1 1962 Plymouth PL 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1963 New Cross PL 19 72 82 11 93 5.17 - - 1963 Long Eaton PL 6 22 17 3 20 3.64 - - 1964 Newport PL 24 97 135 27 162 6.68 - - 1965 Newport BL 35 134 164 33 197 5.88 1 - 1966 Newport BL 37 154 186 23 209 5.43 - - 1967 Poole BL 38 129 120 31 151 4.68 - - 1968 King’s Lynn BL1 35 117 106 21 127 4.34 - - 1969 King’s Lynn BL1 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1969 Cradley Heath BL1 3 7 3 0 3 1.71 - - 1969 Long Eaton BL2 24 107 215 6 221 8.26 3 - 1970 Romford BL2 7 28 57 2 59 8.43 - - 1970 Workington BL2 28 119 195 20 215 7.23 1 1 1971 Workington BL2 7 27 26 2 28 4.15 - - Team Honours: Provincial League Knock-Out Cup winner 1964.

Or if you just see the movement chuck them out, no 15m handicap in Britain. I've watched over 100 meetings online during lockdown and we didn't have the current problems once the tape touching rule was created. It seems to have steadily grown in Britain to the point where it is becoming a major disruption to meetings. You look forward to a race, off they go, on go the red lights and you find something to do for five minutes. Eventually you just want the race over. This wasn't the problem when the first rule was created, so why now? This is one aspect of the sport that the Poles have exactly right. No need for hi-tech, just use the eyes of the ref. Works in Poland.

Reading the details of the medical professions reluctance to clear such places as theatres and live music venues to resume, it appears that a noisy environment encourages people to shout and raise thier voices and increase the risk of spitting virus particles into the atmosphere. All spectator sports encourage the crowd to produce an "atmosphere" and shouting and cheering your team. Based on that I really don't see spectator sport reopening soon.

You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to work that out....Chapman that’s why! Its probably because the moneys all gone and he’s hiding and hoping the problem will go away, no other explanation.

Speak to friends. That's why, for me, nothing compares to live speedway. Watching it on TV doesn't really appeal. Watched a couple of the Polish matches on freesports and can't get excited about it. For me, its all about the social aspect.

Like you say interesting opinion ,but it is MY opinion.It is a forum.

That's my view, especially with speedways meagre attendances.

March 2021 is most realistic start date sadly

Defo keep that in mind but i was thinking maybe 50 acres

Speak for yourself... I was born, raised and been living in Bydgoszcz (not the UK) , supporting my local team "Polonia" since the time of Mieczyslaw "Mike" Polukard, hence my avatar.

Wroclaw

Know I am answering my own post,maybe I didn't word my post clearly l meant some clubs have informed supporters ,not some season ticket holders hope this clarifies things, by the way I am a season ticket holder .

Years? Robert is one year older. Bewley has stalled since his injury so unless he is able to get back on track with his potential then he can’t even be compared to the level Lambert has and is already achieving. lets hope for the future of GB he does tho.

From what i remember of 2019 - he looked really useful for Tarnow then. Mateusz Cierniak 14 52 12 4 13 20 0 0 3 0 1,115 4,07

In Poland every race starts at the end of the 2:00 clock almost without fail. It is a great system they've got in place and the referees aren't afraid to dish out the warnings to riders too.

Racecard for round 2 on Wednesday in Bydgoszcz https://www.speedwayservice.at/images/racecards/2020/SEC2020-02.pdf?XTCsid=d3fcc36bc6f0f0c44704b2e5e634abac

A lot of people on here just don't get it. They think 'wow, isn't it cheap to get in to speedway. They have priced it cheap to attract the fans. Why can't they do that in the UK?' And don't look at the broader picture. The lower wages in Poland. The totally different sporting set-up. The different league set-up. The sponsorship set-up and tv,etc. It isn't cheap for Polish fans, but they don't have too many meetings to attend, so can afford 8 or 10 meetings a year. I went to the Jancarz Memorial meeting, with a fantastic line-up and cheap prices, but the stadium was more than 50% empty. Maybe because fans don't like meaningless meetings and also possibly because they can only afford a certain amount. For someone to say, it has nothing to do with wages/cost of living it total nonsense. And to say you can fly over from the UK, stay in a hotel and get into a meeting cheap. Ok, you can, but you have still paid out way more than you do to get into your local track. Just the atmosphere is better and you are enjoying something different. We can all understand that. But don't come out with rubbish about it being cheap. It is like me saying it is cheap to buy petrol in Poland, but I have to drive a few hundred miles to the border !!! For those people lucky enough to live near the border, they can and do take advantage. Just like one or two towns south of the Danish/German border are full of Danish supermarkets, selling Danish products in Danish prices(a lot cheaper than over the border though) with Danish money, the staff talk Danish and even the traffic signs on the premises are in Danish rather than German. And the place is generally packed out, but it isn't worth driving from Copenhagen to buy beer there

To celebrate 50 years since the Crewe Kings won their historic league and cup double in 1972 a new book is due to be released in 2022, whilst the main part of the book is about the 1972 season it will also touch on the other seasons to, I am looking for any photos that can be used in the book, ideally photos that haven’t been used before but all considered, also any other material that might help too, any stories or information that can be used, also any contributions of any kind, testimonials etc, please send any info to me at robphinn@gmail.com, any contributors will be credited in the book too

You did miss it.! Bandits 59 reply to YOUR post on this page.

Easy to remedy, watch it delayed and whizz through the bits between races. I’ve watched speedway that way for years.

must have missed that. Which post suggests that some season ticket holders know what's happening?

The two Polish league matches shown Sunday evening on Box Nation absolutely board me. The racing wasn’t all that brilliant, but the interlude between each race was terrible. Ok, they show a re-run of the best parts of race just finished, then they showed rerun of the race before that, and the race before that, then start all over again. And the music that accompanied these reruns, terrible. Grump over!

It pains me to say it, but with the noises coming from the government about team sport "bubbles", I now can't see a British Speedway league starting this year

Most stadiums in Poland are multi purpose lot of them have football pitch inside (Rzeszow,Lublin,Tarnow,Krosno,Rybnik,Poznan to name a few) and one American Football field(Wroclaw)

I have on the whole staunchly defended BSI to what i consider unfair criticism, but i do think they along with the FIM and the Wroclaw club should make an immediate announcemt regarding the GP there on August 1st. It is only 3 weeks away !!!!! The announcement in my view should be made in the next 24 hours. Hundred`s of Brits have tickets, flights and hotels booked and it`s just not good enough on this occasion !!!!

I’d not disagree with that at all

Counciils do support their local teams but its TV where the money comes in big.. The TV companies have to put in tenders over there to win the rights to show the sport.. Similar to the way the TV companies do over here to win the football contracts... Some very big money is offered, such is the armchair audience potential for the meetings they show.. And with the big audience comes the advertising revenue that fills the TV companies coffers.. The TV companies even run 'magazine' type programmes on the sport on Sunday evenings, during the week, and in the lead up to the weekends action, such is the demand for the sport... Add in a major national company to sponsor the league, and you see how it's a world away from the UK's version of the same sport..

We move on to round 5 next Friday/ Sunday Friday July 10th Rybnik v Leszno programme start time 4.45pm 1st race 5pm Eleven Sport 1 and Freesports(5pm) Friday July 10th Wroclaw v Grudziadz programme start time 7.15pm 1st race 7.30pm Eleven Sport 1 and Premier Sport 1(7.30pm) Sunday July 12th Czestochowa v Lublin programme start time 3pm 1st race 3.30pm N Sport and Premier Sport 2(3.30pm) Sunday July 12th Zielona Gora v Gorzow programme start time 5.45pm 1st race 6.15pm N Sport and Premier Sport 1 ( delayed ) 12.45am Monday 13th

Had a good weekend on the betting front. Even got lucky with my bets on the Czestachowa match as was going to take a beating and they all got voided.

Maybe. But it is a different system altogether. First most clubs don’t have their own stadiums and clubs on the continent are run differently . In Poland I think a lot are sporting clubs with different sports under one umbrella just like in Germany . Bayern Munich and Barcelona aren’t only football clubs. And I think some of the Polish speedway clubs are the same and get local government support.

Don’t use facts, it doesn’t help with a lot on here

In the UK your average earnings are about 3 times of that in Poland.So logically thinking you would pay roughly 3 times more for things in the UK than you do in Poland.

Who rides for Broussard’s Dortmund.!

The pricing is low because the wages in Poland are low.If you want to pay less to get into speedway ask the UK government to lower wages in the country and low and behold everything will probably be cheaper, even speedway. That is why if you lok. at Denmark everything is more expensive as you also earn more. Nothing to do with getting the price right

Of course a bargain, unless of course you are earning polish wages or have to pay for flights and hotels

I'm sure he did wear the inflatable jacket.He has been pretty trim for a couple of years now.

Not for me. He had a decent win but that was it. Lindback is another in the same category as Kasprzak and Zagar. Come with the ‘big star’ status but way too flakey and can rarely be relied upon to bring up the goods when you need them.

Life-sized replicas of Gary Lineker. It explains why he seems to be ubiquitous.

And he has won exactly the same number of individual World Titles as every Polish rider who has ever ridden since the sport began...

Fricke has gone the same way as Kurtz. Giving up UK as well. No sympathy here.

... And David (Citreon) Berlingo

TERRIFIC obituary on Maurice by Peter Oakes, who knew him well and worked alongside him at times, in SS this week. Well worth a read.

So very sad and purely a result of greed, when a philanthropist was needed. That was my second home from 1955 to 1967 and to see all of the different parts of the stadium that I used to roam now left to die and rot away. I see Gemini's spot is still there. for me it was always the back straight. It's desecration.

No!!! . I just think that there are levels of decency honour and integrity that should be the norm for everybody. If that makes me a trouble maker I can live with that appellation.

I'm keeping my tickets, we went for the VIP ones with the buffet and free bar etc as this was out first Warsaw GP. Gutted to have to wait but I'd rather go when hopefully things are much more normal.

As I'm not savvy enough to be on facebook, twitter or any other communication outlets, I do rely on some of my info from this column which is easy to use for an old fashioned old git like me.