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The only date confirmed is the 2008 World Under 21 Final, by the FIM... As the World Under 21 Final is to be staged at Pardubice as part of the 60th Golden Helmet celebrations, unless there are any sudden drastic changes, that also gives a very large clue to the dates of the Golden Helmet weekend

Tommy, I guess it all depends on whether Jawa / The Pardubice Club would rather have the likes of Adams, Crump, Andersen missing from a Sunday staging of the Golden Helmet, as per this year, especially as it will be the 60th anniversary of the meeting next year. Doubtless, the full confirmed schedule will be released in the fullness of time, but at least we know which weekend the meetings will be staged on…

Looking at the dates on "Speedway A-Z" (http://www.speedwaya-z.cz/view.php?cisloclanku=2007102301), The 2008 World Under 21 Final is currently penned in for Sunday 5th October... I am guessing the meeting will be brought forward 24 hours to Saturday 4th October, with the 60th Golden Helmet taking place on the Sunday itself EDIT - On Second Thoughts, I see the weekend panning out like this : Friday 3rd October - Czech Gold Band (Junior Helmet) Saturday 4th Oct - 60th Czech Golden Helmet Sunday 5th Oct - World Under 21 Final The above schedule would allow the top riders to compete in both the Golden Helmet and the Polish League Play-Offs on the Sunday...

Due to a "major plumbing problem" at the Penzion Zelena Zaba, Chris, Neil and I are now staying at the Hotel Euro, the same as Chris Brown and the Cheetah's crew... Luckily, we managed to get to get the last two rooms in the Euro.

Just a note that the qualification rounds apparently start at 10.00 AM, again according to "Speedway A - Z"

13.00, according to http://www.speedwaya-z.cz/kalendar.php

Looks a nice place from the website, Chris : http://www.hoteleuro.cz

Chris, found a way to sit on the train last year - Go into the restaurant car, and buy "Hemenex" (Ham and Eggs) for just over £1 a plate...Delicious it was too Oh yeah, the Castle, "The Zamecek" ? How could I forget ? Had insect bites to prove that we stayed there....LOL This year we are staying at the "Zelena Zaba" (Green Frog) - www.zelenazaba.cz in Pardubice

The Czech Golden Helmet is on Sunday October 7th at Pardubice.... Its the Golden Band (Junior Golden Helmet) on Saturday October 6th.... As you say, the Lubos Tomicek Memorial (Grandad of new Hammer Lubos...) is in Prague on Monday October 8th... Trains from Pardubice to Prague are very easy..... I have been going to the Golden Helmet every year since 1997, and there are others on the forum with great experience of travelling to Czecho... Email me if you want further info, etc : jeff (at) jeffpovey (dot) com Jeff

Try this as well as Tomaz' suggestion : http://www.speedwaya-z.cz/kalendar.php I dont think the Czech League fixtures have been announced yet, though...

I am with Grachan 100% on this...

I am sure I read in the Reading Chronicle a few weeks back (possibly when I went to the Reading FC V. Hull City game), a quote from John Posselwhite along the lines of "We have a million and one things to do before the season starts, not least of which is getting the stadium ready for the World Cup".... While the article didnt actually say that Reading would be hosting this years World Cup, why bother "getting the stadium ready for the World Cup" if it isnt being staged at Smallmead ? RacerX, can you confirm or deny my thoughts ?

Roosty Dude, How many times do I have to tell ya, dont beat around the bush, and tell it like it is ! Top post mate, as I couldnt understand where Berthoven was coming from either... After all the rumours I had heard on the lists, its nice to finally see the story out in the open mate..... Oh, by the way, your latest vid clips are OK, I spose.....Nah mate, seriously, they are top shelf as usual

Ladies & Gents, The letter below has just landed in my inbox, courtesy of "SpeedwayA-Z" (http://www.speedwaya-z.cz/) Jeff : Dear Sir or Madam, Following the approval from the FIM Management Council, the CCP is very pleased to announce the reintroduction of the Qualification system for the Speedway Grand Prix. In order to be able to start already in 2006, we would need your kind co-operation. We kindly request you to return to us the attached form duly completed and signed. Please ensure that this information reaches the FIM Secretariat at the latest by 18 November 2005. This Qualifying system will consist of at least 2 Qualifying Rounds and a Grand Final. We strongly suggest that you give priority to talented riders with SGP capabilities and be realistic in the number of riders requested, because the number of Qualifying Rounds is limited. Full details and the exact number of meetings of this Championship will be announced as soon as we know the exact numbers or riders requested by each Federation as well as the interest shown by the organisers. The first three riders from the Grand Final will be qualified for the 2007 Individual Speedway World Championship Grand Prix (SGP). You will also find attached the “Candidature for the Organisation of FIM Championship or Prize without a promoter” form which has to be used if your Federation is interested in organising a Qualifying Round or the Grand Final. Please be aware that the dates for the Qualifying Rounds are 8 or 9 July 2006 and the date for the Grand Final is 19 or 20 August 2006. These dates are fixed and cannot be modified. The deadline to send this document is also 18 November 2005 at the latest. Thanking you in advance for your co-operation, With our best regards, Yours sincerely, Christian MERCIER

You would think so, wouldnt you, and having watched the last 9 Golden Helmet meetings, I would love to see a GP at Pardubice, but... I have been told for the last two years while out in Czecho that the Pardubice Club do not think it would make good financial sense to stage a GP at Pardubice... Go figure, as I personally think they would pack the place to the rafters... Hopefully, that situation / thinking will change in the future... Tell you what, though - If ever a GP is staged at Pardubice, you will have to book your accomodation VERY early, or stay in Prague / wherever, and take the train to Pardubice...

The meeting is being held next Saturday, in Pardubice, Czech Republic

FINÁLE MISISTROVSTVÍ SVĚTA DRUŽSTEV JUNIORŮ TEAM SPEEDWAY JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - FINAL ŠVÉDSKO / SWEDEN 1. LINDBÄCK Antonio 2. ANDERSSON Eric 3. LINDGREN Fredrik 4. DAVIDSSON Jonas 17. KLING Ricki POLSKO / POLAND 5. KOLODZIEJ Janusz 6. HLIB Pawel 7. REMPALA Marcin 8. KASPRZAK Krzysztof 18.ZABIK Karol DÁNSKO / DENMARK 9. RISAGER Morten 10. HOUGAARD Patrick 11. LUND Kristian 12. MØLLER Henrik 19. KLINDT Nicolai ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA / CZECH REPUBLIC 13. TOMÍČEK Luboš 14. ŠITERA Filip 15. SIMOTA Zdeněk 16. SUCHÁNEK Tomáš 20. MÁLEK Martin

Here is the lineup for the 2005 Czech Golden Helmet, which was announced at 1500 CET on Monday 15th September (Taken from http://www.speedwaya-z.cz/view.php?cisloclanku=2005091604 with the permission of Antonin Skach) : Pardubice – 16. září Zlatá přilba, tradiční plochodrážní svátek české sezóny, se kvapem blíží. Dnes ráno byla zveřejněna aktualizovaná podoba její startovní listiny. A jako první si ji mohou vychutnat čtenáři magazínu speedwayA-Z. Předběžná startovní listina – stav 15. září (15:00) 1 ADAMS Leigh, AUS JAWA 2 CRUMP Jason, AUS JAWA 3 JOHNSTON Steve, AUS JAWA 4 WALLNER Fritz, AUT GM 5 PAVLIC Jurica, CRO GM 6 7 ANDERSEN Hans, DEN JAWA 8 PEDERSEN Nicki, DEN GM 9 HARRIS Chris, GBR JAWA 10 NICHOLLS Scott, GBR JAWA 11 GBR 12 SMITH Andy, GBR JAWA 13 STEAD Simon, GBR GM 14 BARTH Robert, GER GM 15 KUGELMANN Joachim, GER GM 16 SMOLINSKI Martin, GER JAWA 17 MAGOSI Norbert, HUN GM 18 TIHANYI Sandor, HUN GM 19 CARPANESE Mattia, ITA GM 20 MILANESE Alessandro, ITA JAWA 21 HAMPEL Jaroslaw, POL GM 22 WALASEK Grzegorz, POL GM 23 DARKIN Sergej, RUS GM 24 FERJAN Matej, SLO GM 25 ZAGAR Matej, SLO JAWA 26 27 JONSSON Andreas, SWE GM 28 KARLSSON Peter, SWE GM 29 LINDBÄCK Antonio, SWE GM 30 ERMOLENKO Sam, USA GM 31 DRYML Aleš, CZE GM/JAWA 32 DRYML Lukáš, CZE GM 33 JIROUT Marian, CZE JAWA 34 SUCHÁNEK Tomáš, CZE JAWA 35 ŠVÁB Antonín, CZE GM 36 TOPINKA Tomáš, CZE JAWA

This years event takes place at Pardubice during the first weekend of October : Saturday 1st October 12.30 Zlata Stuha (Junior Golden Band) 16.30 Inaugural World Under 21 Team Cup Final - Czecho, Poland, Denmark & Sweden 18.30 First Qualifiers of the Zlata Prilba (Czech Golden Helmet) Sunday 2nd October October 12.30 Zlata Prilba (Czech Golden Helmet) *** PLEASE NOTE THAT START TIMES ARE MY OWN GUESSTIMATES, BASED ON PREVIOUS YEARS I am currently trying to find out which riders have been invited to the meetings. Costs ? I reckon a two day ticket will cost around £15 - £18 ***The Lubos Tomicek memorial meeting takes place at Prague's Marketa Stadium on Monday 3rd October, in honour of the grandfather of the current Newcastle rider of the same name "Speedway A-Z" is a Czech Langugage website (http://www.speedwaya-z.cz) , but the Kalendar / Calendar of events is very useful...

Yes, its illegal, but I cant help thinking this point has been a little overblown - having gone to Czecho at least once a year since 1997, I have never been approached to change money with someone standing on a street corner, etc. I think this issue was more of a concern in the communist era, but is very rare to the point of being almost non-existant now....

Check out this page : http://www.mesto-pardubice.cz/en/about_cit...st/acomodation/

How many rounds are there in this years championship ?

Ekstraliga fixtures here : http://www.sportowefakty.pl/index.php?dysc...00&dzial_id=358 1st Division here : http://www.sportowefakty.pl/index.php?dysc...01&dzial_id=364 2nd Division here : http://www.sportowefakty.pl/index.php?dysc...02&dzial_id=370 *** Fixtures = Terminarz March = Marzec April = Kwiecien May = Maj June = Czerwiec July = Lipiec August = Sierpien September = Wrzesien

I remember reading in the SStar that the UK round would be at Coventry