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Thanks Christine Hope you have a great time

Is any of the international sites running updates on this? Would really like to link over to them if so from the Updates site....plus of course I want to keep a check on how Danny King does.

Just checking there has been no changes and that we are still having an academy meeting at Ippo tonight. If so, anyone know the line up? Thanks Also if it is on....Updates will be available Here

I think we should all take pity on Nicki and start a thread up for him......I miss the good old days of Nicki bashing

Thanks Shirls

Is there anymore news on Lee Richardson?

Riding Line-up for this round: 1. Antonio Lindback 3 1 1 0 3 (8) 18 2. Nicki Pedersen 1 X X 3 2(6) 3. Leigh Adams 2 1 3 3 3 (12) 4. Tomasz Gollob 0 2 2 2 0 (6) 5. Matej Zagar 3 3 2 1 1 (10) 20 6. Adrian Rymel 1 1 0 0 X (2) 7. Hans Andersen 2 2 3 2 3(12) 25 8. Bjarne Pedersen 0 1 X 1 X (2) 9. Piotr Protasiewicz 1 0 1 3 0(5) 10. Niels Kristian Iversen 3 2 F 2 1 (8) 11. Jarek Hampel 0 3 2 0 2 (7) 16 12. Ryan Sullivan 2 3 3 X 2(10) 13. Andreas Jonsson 0 2 1 2 2 (7) 14. Jason Crump 3 3 2 3 3 (14) 15. Lee Richardson 2 Fx 0 1 N (3) 16. Greg Hancock X 0 3 1(4) Reserves: Lubos Tomicek 1 1 2 Sam Simota 0 0 Weather Update: It's raining in Prague! Heat 1: Line-up Lindback - N Pedersen - Adams - Gollob Result: Lindback. Adams. N Pedersen. Gollob Comments:Lindback made a great start off gate 1, Adams was with him the whole race. Gollob was 3rd for 3 laps until Pedersen passed him Heat 2: Line-up Zagar - Andersen - Rymel - B Pedersen Result: Zagar. Andersen. Rymel. B Pedersen Comments:It is becoming clear that gate 1 is the gate to have! another great start off this gate, this time by Zagar. Pedersen did not make the gate and got filled in very quickly at the back, unable to pass Rymel. Heat 3: Line-up Iversen - Hampel - Protasiewicz - Sullivan Result: Iversen. Sullivan. Protasiewicz. Hampel Comments:You guessed it, another good gate off 1, this time for Iversen. Sullivan passed Pepe going into the 3rd lap and caught up with Iversen too, but unable to pass him! It was stated that Sullivan is the only rider on the new Barum type, wonder if this helped?!? Heat 4: Line-up Richardson - Crump - Hancock Tomicek - Jonsson Result: Crump. Richardson. Tomicek. Jonsson Comments:Hancock touched the tapes, excluded from re-run! replaced by Lubos Tomicek Crump hit the 1st bend in 1st place! Jonsson seemed to go backwards! Heat 5: Line-up Jonsson - Lindback - Zagar - Protasiewicz Result: Zagar. Jonsson. Lindback. Protasiewicz Comments: Zagar had another fantastic race. Lindback was last but passed Pepe on the 2nd lap. Jonsson had no answer for Zagar in front. Heat 6: Line-up Crump - Iversen - N Pedersen Simota- Rymel Result: Crump. Iversen. Rymel. Simota Comments:N Pedersen excluded for tapes offence! This was not a good decision as Rymel moved first off gate 4, making Pedersen move off gate 3! Nikki in good spirits in the pits over this! Sam Simota takes gate 3 now Pretty much from the gate, Simota was in front of Rymel with Rymel coming under him at the end of 3rd lap, Simota fell but remounted at the back. Heat 7: Line-up Hampel - Richardson - Andersen - Adams Result: Hampel. Andersen. Adams Comments: Richardson fell at the back on lap 3! Hampel was way out in front at the time, Andersen had cut up Adams at the end of lap 1. Ambulance on track at the moment! Richardson taken from track in the Ambulance, will update when I hear more! Hampel made the gate for the 2nd time of asking! Andersen chopped across in from of Adams for the 2nd time too! Heat 8: Line-up Gollob - B Pedersen - Sullivan - Hancock Result: Sullivan. Gollob. B Pedersen. Hancock Comments: Fantastic start off gate 3 for Sullivan. Pedersen all over Gollob but no way past. Hancock kept lifting at the back, never challenging Heat 9: Line-up Rymel - Hancock - Lindback - Hampel Result: Hancock. Hampel. Lindback. Rymel Comments: Hancock made the gate and stayed ahead of the others. Lindback tried various ways past Hampel but to no avail. Heat 10: Line-up Sullivan - Zagar - Richardson - N Pedersen Richardson will take his ride, he has groin and jaw injuries! Result: Sullivan. Zagar (only 2 finish) Comments:Pedersen excluded, 2nd lap he was coming up the inside of 1st/2nd bend in 3rd place, Sullivan was wide in 2nd place. Pedersen basically cut across and took Sullivans front wheel! Richardson was in front at the time (can he do it again?) Sullivan made a fantasic start! Dubious start between Zagar and Richardson, clashed as they came away from the tapes, Richardson came to a stop, Ref never stopped race. According to Johno - Zagars foot rest ripped out loads of the spokes from Richardson's rear wheel! Heat 11: Line-up B Pedersen - Protasiewicz - Adams - Crump Result: Adams. Crump. Protasiewicz Comments: This started as a fantastic race, Adams flew round the track past the lot! Crump made a bad start but on the first lap he had gone past Pepe and was just coming round the outside of B Pedersen, at the same time Pedersen hit a dodgy bit of the track, straightened up and hit Crump who bounced off the airfence! Pedersen excluded from the re-run. Adams from the gate again. Heat 12: Line-up Jonsson - Gollob - Iversen - Andersen Result: Andersen. Gollob. Jonsson. Iversen Comments: Andersen didn't make the gate off of 4, so he cut back and coming out of the 2nd bend he just swept across in front of Gollob! Typical Andersen move is how I would describe it! Iversen fell at the back on the last bend. Heat 13: Line-up Andersen - Sullivan Tomicek - Crump - Lindback Result: Crump. Andersen. Tomicek Comments: Sullivan excluded under the 2 minutes! very harsh from the ref as Ryan was at tapes as the time ran out! Tomicek takes his place in the re-run Crump took lead from the start, coming off 4th bend of 1st lap, Lindback took 2nd place from Andersen, lifted and took off towards the fence, he got up and got bike off track before race was stopped. Heat 14: Line-up N Pedersen - Jonsson - B Pedersen - Hampel Result: N Pedersen. Jonsson. B Pedersen. Hampel Comments: Great race between Nicki and AJ with Nicki coming off the winner! Hampel had problems with his first bike and changed it with 23 seconds to spare! Not a good bike change! Heat 15: Line-up Hancock - Adams - Iversen - Zagar Result: Adams. Iversen. Zagar. Comments: Hancock had e/f on start line JASON CRUMP - WORLD CHAMPION 2006 other than that, great race by Leigh Adams Heat 16: Line-up Protasiewicz - Rymel - Gollob - Richardson Result: Protasiewicz. Gollob. Richardson. Rymel Comments: Great ride from Pepe! Richardson tried to pass Gollob but to no avail! Heat 17: Line-up Lindback - B Pedersen - Richardson Simota - Iversen Result: Lindback. Tomicek. Iversen. Simota Comments: Lee Richardson advised by Doctor not to take any further part tonight, his place taken by Simota. B Pedersen bike packed up at gate, ran back to get on other bike, skidded to tapes at time ran out but ref excluded him! (I am seriously fed up with this ref.) Tomicek will replace him in blue! The re-run was pretty much from the gate! Heat 18: Line-up Protasiewicz - N Pedersen - Andersen - Hancock Result: Andersen. N Pedersen. Hancock. Protasiewicz Comments: A good battle between the two Danes, Nicki made the gate but Hans went by on the back straight of the first lap! on the 3rd lap it all went "iffy" for them both, Nicki on the inside went wide, Hans still going for the pass on the outside, how they both stayed on is beyond me! all seemed friendly though after the race Heat 19: Line-up Adams - Sullivan - Jonsson - Rymel Result: Adams. Jonsson. Sullivan. Comments: Race to be re-run, Rymel locked on the 1st turn, Jonsson caught the side of him and down went Rymel. Rymel excluded from re-run Adams way out in front, good battel between Sullivan and Jonsson Heat 20: Line-up Zagar - Crump - Hampel - Gollob Result: Crump. Hampel. Zagar. Gollob. Comments: Crump out and out winner of this race, the battle behind between Zagar and Hampel went throughout the 4 laps, with Hampel taking 2nd place on the line SEMI FINAL 1: Line-up Zagar - Crump - Lindback - Iversen Result: Lindback. Zagar. Crump. Iversen. Comments: Crump did not make the gate. Lindback swept around Zagar down the back straight! Lucky he is feeling better huh!?!? SEMI FINAL 2: Line-up Adams - Andersen - Sullivan - Hampel Result: Andersen. Hampel. Sullivan. Adams. Comments: Difficult for me to comment on this one, too angry and fed up here! Adams lead from the start, Hampel and Andersen battling for 2nd place. Then on the 3rd lap Adams bike starts to slow, and one by one all the riders pass him! FINAL: Line-up Andersen - Zagar - Lindback - Hampel Result: Andersen. Zagar. Lindback. Hampel. Comments: Andersen led from 1st bend. The other 3 battled with each other for 3 laps, with Hampel dropping off at the back to leave just Zagar and Lindback to battle for 2nd place. Courtesy of Speedway Updates

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Excellent news that one is being held at Ippo, can't wait for it. What more could I want, a meeting to watch while standing outside the bar enjoying my cup of tea....bliss.

Updates on this meeting will be available Here Thread not set up yet but it should appear in the Under 15's section of the site, if not, it will be in the IoW section.

Is there anyone going to this meeting who would be able to text updates to the updates site? If so, could you please either leave a message here or send me an email or pm. Thanks

And for once got mine sorted! Plus our annual holiday very quickly re-arranged.

Arggghhhhhhhh that is the first day of our annual holiday!! Oh well, will have to go away a week later next year.

They were both as bad as each other!! Hans with his 6ft wide elbows and trying to get on Scott's bike on the home straight and Scott for the hefty thump and taking Hans leg away into the corner. It reminded me of the kids arguing over a toy....it was bound to end in tears. Excluded? If they were my kids, both would have sent to their rooms with the loss of pocket money!

Personally I think they were both as bad as each other!!!

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I have decided not to go to this now....wanted to but flights are now too dear and its not the same on your own. Plus of course I may be doing something rather special around that time

Oh dear......you are not making yourself very popular here are you? There have been plenty of comments from males about this very same matter, something which you seemed to have ignored. I would hope that I have (and every other female come to that) respect on this and any other forum and indeed in general life outside of it, we are not all dizzy airheads just like not all blokes are w*****s. I have taken a lot of time and effort to learn the rules of speedway (hard when they change them all the bloody time), I leave personal thoughts of a riders physical attributes at the door when commenting on matters. Your post (trying hard to attack the post and not the poster here) leaves me with the impression that you believe that just because you have a larger appendage down below, that that gives you the right to know it all and that all females (most who have larger appendages at the top) are silly little girls who only think of bums and really have no idea of anything else. Oh and I also know the offside rule in Football!!! I am also a huge fan of boxing, Formula 1, athletics etc...just call me my fathers daughter even though he is the biggest chauvinistic person I could ever meet but at least he did me the one favour of treating me as an equal when it came discussions regarding sport!

And this is exactly the reason why I didn't want Chris to take part. I knew that if he didn't show well that all of a sudden those who were calling for his inclusion would then also make him the scapegoat. As General Melchitt has said, look at who he was up against in quite a few of his heats....I really can't see how Stead could have done better against that opposition and I must admit to saying to myself when I saw the heat line ups...oh bugger, Chris is going to get it in the neck now. At least he tried all the way, not gave up and trailed around at the back like some I have seen over the years.....Chris gave 110%. I did text to another forum member after Chris' first heat....oh bugger, wait for everyone to start slating him and then when Bomber came last twice and Scott once, I said what about them!!!

Absolutely disgraceful behaviour......and the sort that is bound to get the Brit supporters a bad name.

But a damn sight better than last!!

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To put it into context.... I was willing to pay out £55 for me and the boys to get in tomorrow, add in drinks,food and any other merchandise and you would be getting close to the £100 Instead they are getting nothing from and I doubt I am the only one who has now made the decision not to go at the last minute because of the high child prices.

Hmm well that has made my mind up..... I was not going to go at first because funds were limited and I wasn't sure GB would get through to the final (plus the fact of limited drink/food and toilets in the stadium), then when we got to the race off, I thought, I could go to this and started making plans to go to the race off last night. Stuff happened which prevented me but as funds have improved (thanks Standard Life)and because it looked a great atmosphere last night, I had all but decided to go tomorrow, I had even got to the stage of working out what time to leave!! Unfortunately now though, at £25 a ticket, it will cost me £100 (1 adult and 3 kids), so I think I will say up yours BSI, I'll watch on Sky thankyou very much and treat me and the kids to a slap up chinese meal, get some decent wine in and still be quids in. To my view, if an event has been publicised at a certain price for adults,children and OAP's then those prices should remain the same. If they are likely to change just 1 day before the event (because they think that some of us are a bit stupid and will spend silly amounts of money because Team GB are there) then they should state that on the advertisements...but then of course they wouldn't do that would they? Nah, they would be accused (quite rightly) of money grabbing.

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