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Parsloes 1928 - I was in the pits on Friday for Practice or lack of! People DID appear to have what looked like programmes, but not being supposed to be in there I didnt ask too many questions as to where they came from!! ALSO- Does anyone know how to claim our `goodwill gesture`?? I have to send the tickets back to see tickets to get my money back, but how will I have any proof of having these tickets once they are sent back to claim our over generous present??!!

There were people walking around the pits on friday with which looked liked programmes, I might be wrong though. They were probably on route to Poland by Saturday afternoon!!!

Having just returned from Germany this morning with my Dad, Ill give my view on what happened / didnt happen!! We arrived on Friday morning and as our room wasnt ready we decided to go and see where the stadium was and to see if we would be able to see any practice, we went to the main reception where after asking what time practice started, some very helpful German proceeded to take us right into the press conference which included Jason Crump, Martin Smolinski, Rune Holta and Scott Nicholls!!! Once that finished me and my dad, roamed around to see there was any way we could get into the practice, and having slipped by a pre occupied security guard, we were in the pits!! A roller was going round and round the track we peered over the fence and the track was squeezing out the side of the roller leaving ruts 2-4 inches deep and it was so spongy it was unbelievable! Apparently the lorries were sinking when bringing the shale into the stadium! We spoke to a few riders and a few said it will be fine and a few were saying otherwise!! We also heard that the shale was delivered a few weeks before and that due to Shalke having a game, it was left outside and that BSI wouldnt pay for to have it covered up!!An hour or so later we still hadnt been rumbled as the only people without passes around our necks, the engines started to be warmed up, the track hadnt altered although they had tried to rip it up and roll it again, it was freezing cold in the stadium ,having just a t shirt on due to the sunshine outside, hence the track not drying out, then outcame Pedersen, Adams and Crump and 3 laps later and non really being able to turn the bike they went back in and half hour later an announcement was made that practice was cancelled till saturday morning at 10am. When we heard saturday afternoon that it was off, we could believe it but couldnt believe that an indoor meeting had been called off due to a waterlogged track!!! Whoever you spoke to no one could believe it!! We ventured down to the stadium for something to do, and there were still people arriving not knowing it was off including Germans!!! There was no trouble that we saw but maybe speedway fans are used to the unimaginable happening and the sport being run so badly!! Sat here now I still cant believe it, Its cost us a few hundred pounds each, it must have cost the riders a small fortune too, this could only happen in speedway! At least we get a refund and a FREE ticket to an event of our choice, Every cloud and all that!!