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Partly an image problem. It is the same with all the houses near Wimbledon tennis. They can make good money by renting them out for the Wimbledon fortnight or let people park on their property for good money every day.

Sounds about right. He won a few quali rounds. A couple at Oxford, but guess the semi finals were a big hurdle he seemed to have trouble with. But we shouldn’t forget there were some great riders at the time and the Aussies and New Zealanders were also in the mix I’d put him in the ‘could have’ rather than should have made a world final. He had the ability equal to a lot who did make it

Only made 4 British finals,one of which he qualified through to the next round.The Nordic-British at Glasgow in 1971,where he finished 15th.That was it

I'll give it a go.Unfortunately the first heat I watch it is another two heats in one.The two in front are in another class as the two at the back. One of the problems with league speedway

Isn't Gdansk the polish Leicester? Before I start watching......

Didn’t go. Would have been tempted, but other factors played a part in me not going

Ok. I am not 100% up on Polish League, but I had never heard of any of those reserves even the one listed at no. 3 who was always replaced by Holder. The only one I knew was the double barreled kid who caused confusion a few years back when he rode in Germany and people weren’t sure if he was male or female. Smektala and Kubera, I have heard of

Thought the first meeting promised a bit but failed to deliver. The reserves were terrible. Not sure if that is due to some ruling, but they looked well out of their depth. Couldn’t bring myself to watch the second match

Garratt Lane nr Wimbledon Speedway I think

I think he might have me on ‘ignore’ !!! Can’t for the life of me say why, as I don’t think I have had a Barney with him. But yesterday someone asked if there was any videos from the recent ice speedway meeting in the Netherlands, and I posted a couple. A few hours later customhouse posted that there is one on YouTube!!! The one I had already posted

It is slightly unfair to say Angermuller, Wassermann or Uhlenbrock are forgotten. Think the Reading riders are fondly remembered by their fans of the time. Seem to recall them getting mentioned from time to time and also the anniversary of Sepp’s death was reported in Germany . One such I am sure I posted here before https://www.donaukurier.de/nachrichten/bayern/Wolnzach-wochennl452014-Ein-Komet-am-Speedway-Himmel;art155371,2980946 Uhlenbrock is also possibly remembered more in the UK than in Germany, possibly because of the fake news reported at the time that he escaped East Germany with his family in a motor bike and sidecar. The work of Dave Lanning ?

Saw the line-up a few days ago. Quite impressive, but I think 100% Danes in a 4tt format, but seems the Outrup website is down at the mo One team with Mads,Mads Hansen,Liglad and Mikkel Bech One with Hans, Frederik Jakobsen,Christian Thaysen One with Klindt, Bach and Iversen One with Bjarne,Østergaard, Kenneth Hänsen and Patrick Hansen

A look back at London Speedway and Cycle Speedway Of the 1960’s. Some very familiar faces and I don’t suppose ‘young Norman’ is a regular here, is he?

Something to do with the smell?You could say the same for any fishing village as well....

Swedish nominations http://se.aktuellspeedway.eu/2019/03/28/nomineringar-till-grand-prix-kvalen-klara/?fbclid=IwAR3ryfAsfqj2hKeF9IbHmZbvqMCFNMbQOZgLX1ezRB1wz6vF1BUUJWSOz_k

But you are forgetting in the 70s heyday most top riders based their weekend around a nice trip to the continent. In fact I think Ivan Mauger signed his contract with Exeter with those meetings prominent in his mind. The downturn in business there was replaced by Poland’s rise

I cut the rest out because I didn’t think it worth quoting. Sorry but looking back at what worked in the 70s is worthless when the world and it’s uncle has moved on. You might not be interested in what happens in Germany, but British speedway riders are interested in what happens in Poland ,as are most speedway riders. An attempt to move the clock back to the 70s just isn’t going to work because as soon as a rider gets a call from Poland he is on the plane. Money talks and there just isn’t much to be made in the UK

Not sure what that brings to the debate. Sure a lot of us know what grasstrack used to be like. Just like we know Wembley used to attract crowds of over 50,000 regularly or you used to be able to attend speedway almost every day of the week in London. How does that help us with the modern situation?

It is good to hear that grasstrack is improving. But it is a sport that hosts a meeting once in a blue moon and on a weekend. Speedway isn’t the same. You can’t string out a meeting with loads of different classes, sidecars etc plus speedway is a team sport in the main, whilst grasstrack is individual. I have been to meetings that take 4 hours or more to complete and it isn’t for me.With most sports like football or ice hockey etc you know roughly within a few minutes how long it takes. One of the problems with speedway all too often is you are not even sure if the meeting will go ahead not how long it will take to complete it. And this has been a problem with the sport going back to the early days of 1930.... In fact it is rather frightening when you look back, that some of the problems today were also problems way back in the 1920s and 30s and just haven’t been solved in all those years

Mention Wulfsport and Lubos Tomicek immediately springs to mind.

Been well documented here and probably elsewhere. He is welcome, but has decided to boycott the place until all ex speedwsy riders get in for nowt

Apparently she is riding for Pila and a Czech team this season. Interview here http://www.zuzelend.com/29434,sindy-weber-imoim-celem-jest-stac-sie-jeszcze-lepsza-zawodniczkai?fbclid=IwAR20ec5qQJ4g0Vg7shU71ZD1s2uesSY5lRp2BAKwaUt4VFE3QQ9sxCERyPY

Quite interesting on Facebook that the former Wimbledon rider has his name down as Schroeck but his wife has herself down as Schrock I think