racers and royals

I think the line- ups were for the original staging

1st video posted of yesterday is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njvXSadZRYY it has no TV commentary- just the track announcements

Result from Mureck Wyniki: 1. Michael Jepsen Jensen (Dania) - 15 (3,3,3,3,3) 2. Hans Andersen (Dania) - 13 (3,3,3,1,3) 3. Krzysztof Kasprzak (Polska) - 12 (2,3,1,3,3) 4. Nicolas Covatti (Włochy) - 10+3 (2,2,2,1,3) ----------- 5. Tomas Suchanek (Czechy) - 10+2 (3,2,3,2,t) 6. David Bellego (Francja) - 9 (3,1,3,d,2) 7. Fritz Wallner (Austria) - 8 (2,1,2,2,1) 8. Wadim Tarasienko (Rosja) - 7 (1,2,0,2,2) 9. Damian Balinski (Polska) - 7 (2,3,1,d,1) 10. Kevin Woelbert (Niemcy) - 7 (1,0,1,3,2) 11. Theo Pijper (Holandia) - 6 (1,t,2,1,2) 12. Michele Paco Castagna (Włochy) - 5 (1,0,0,3,1) 13. Daniel Gappmaier (Austria) - 5 (0,2,1,2,0) 14. Rene Deddens (Niemcy) - 4 (0,1,2,1,u) 15. Ziga Kovacic (Słowenia) - 1 (0,0,0,u,1) 16. Alexander Schaaf (Austria) - 1 (1,0) 17. Denis Stojs (Słowenia) - 0 (0,d,d,0,0) Last 2 semi`s are 14.05. - Liberec - 15.05. - Żarnowica

this year it`s a building site !!!!

Looks as if Jarek Hampel is on his way back- he practised in Zielona Gora today before their home match tomorrow- it is not sure yet if he returns for that match.

Eurosport pulling out all the stops again today. Messr`s Rowe and Ermolenko are commentating direct from the landshut track.

Team news for tomorrow`s match Zielona Gora v Wroclaw http://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/wydarzenie/60624

line-up for the 2nd semi-final in Mureck Austria tomorrow Official starting list: 1. Friedrich Wallner (Austria) 2. Tomas Suchanek (Czech Rep.) 3. Wadim Tarasienko (Russia) 4. Witalij Łysak (Ukraine) 5. Damian Baliński (Poland) 6. Denis Stojs (Slovenia) 7. Michelle Paco Castagna (Italy) 8. David Bellego (France) 9. Kevin Woelbert (Germany) 10. Hans Andersen (Denmark) 11. Krzysztof Kasprzak (Poland) 12. Ziga Kovacic (Slovenia) 13. Nicolas Covatti (Italy) 14. Theo Pijper (Holand) 15. Rene Deddens (Germany) 16. Michael Jepsen Jensen (Denmark) 17. Daniel Gappmaier (Austria) 18. Alexander Schaaf (Austria)

Just watched the Eurosport 1 hour programme-and I haven`t said this too often- but well done to them. All 15 heats in a well put together programme !!!

Line-ups for Thursday Lista startowa (Landshut, 05/05/2016), godz. 15.00:- UK 2pm FOGO POWER: 1. Bartosz Zmarzlik 2. Piotr Pawlicki 15. Tobiasz Musielak MONSTER ENERGY TEAM: 3. Greg Hancock 4. Chris Holder 16. Paweł Przedpełski TRANS MF PRO RACE TEAM: 5. Martin Smolinski 6. Nicki Pedersen 17. Renat Gafurow NICE RACING: 7. Antonio Lindbaeck 8. Grigorij Laguta 18. Artem Laguta EPORT2000.PL TEAM: 9. Piotr Protasiewicz 10. Grzegorz Zengota 19. Janusz Kołodziej CITY TEAM: 11. Kai Huckenbeck 12. Tobias Kroner 20. Tobias Busch BOLL TEAM: 13. Patryk Dudek 14. Niels Kristian Iversen 21. Martin Vaculik

Any weather problems over in Sweden today ?

pretty pleased with the spreads for round 1- even though I didn`t get a mid-spread right, I got 5 riders within the spread and another 3 within a single point - which is half the field. We started with 32 and we have lost 13 !!!!! - thanks to everybody for taking part. Leaderboard after round 1 Joe Beevers £1400 CJ 69 £800 Phillipsr £700 Rico £540 Arson fire £490 Waihekeaces1 £440 Derwent £400 Anzum £400 Savalascloutingu21champ £350 A Orlov £340 Psycho3a £330 Skippy £290 Islander 15 £200 PTW £190 Macca 56 £150 Speedwaysliders £130 Davidadam £125 Icescot £100 Susans1 £100 We lose Racers and royals £0 Panthers 89 £0 Hilly £-30 J-D £-50 Maverick 88 £-100 Ozrik £-100 iand £-150 Gater 1 £-400 June01 £-400 mickthemuppet £-450 pepsi £-650 refereerick £-700 Dawkins20 £-800 should be fun working out the spread for round 2 in Warsaw May 14th-with a wildcard that will be competitive. will post spread next Monday at the latest.

Just a reminder that British Eurosport 2 will be showing 1 hours highlights tomorrow- Wednesday 4th at 7.30am and again at 1pm

The 1st showing of tonight`s Swedish league match Piraterna v Lejonen is at 7.30 am tomorrow morning the 1pm showing is the repeat.

Video of last weeks Polish world u21 qualifying final https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntE1rHP5veI

one of my favourite places I have ever been to - Charles bridge is a must, the Castle and Petrin tower also. I would recommend this restaurant http://www.butchers.cz/en/

Busy week TV wise with Swedish league 1st up on Wednesday morning 4th with 1 hours highlights of the previous nights opening league fixture Piraterna v Lejonen programme is Eurosport 2 from 7.30am-8.30am and again 1pm-2pm. Lakeside v Belle Vue is the live SKY Elite league match on Wednesday also. moving on to Thursday 5th Eurosport 2 have live coverage of the pairs from Landshut Germany at 2pm.(bank holiday in Germany ) We then move on to Friday 6th for the live Extraleague match Zielona Gora v Wroclaw -all UK times programme starts on N SPORT at 6pm with 1st race at 6.30pm. On Sunday 8th we 1st have NICE POLSKA match live on TVP Czestochowa V Krakow programme starts at 12.15pm with 1st race 12.45pm. the Extraleague 1st match live on N SPORT is Grudziadz v Zielona Gora programme starts at 3.30pm with 1st race 4pm this is followed by Gorzow v Torun programme starts at 6pm with 1st race 6.30pm. For the NICE POLSKA match the best stream is http://www.tvp.pl/pl...ideo?id=9991243 or one of the media player links http://soccer-live.p...p?id=motorsport for the 3 Extraleague matches on N SPORT best stream is http://www.telewizjada.net/ alternatives can be found http://soccer-live.p...p?id=motorsport http://www.meczyki.pl/ http://livelooker.co...7,speedway.html

Are you sure- just started watching it.

Full meeting(English) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdajMGPnMJE

Today`s results Rybnik 55 Grudziadz 35 Wroclaw 45 Gorzow 45 Zielona Gora 50 Leszno 40 Torun 48 Tarnow 42 Krosno 39 Lodz 51 Rawicz 27 Gdansk 63 Krakow 52 Pila 38 Bydgoszcz 41 Czestochowa 49 Daugavpils 52 Rzeszow 37

At least they are only racing at home !!!!-apart from the away match at Opole

sat in Ljubljana airport missing the Polish action.lukasz Benz greeted me yesterday like his long lost brother ! - he obviously remembered that i am the chairman of his uk fan club- he will be in Poznan today for the Wroclaw match

Tony Steele

Just spoken to last nights jury president at Ljubjlana airport- that rule comes into force in 2017 !!!!

Piotr Pawlicki replaces Emil in the FOGO team next Thursday 5th May