iris123

Correct me if I am wrong but you said team/track...Edinburgh is another

Cardiff is also a capital city of sorts

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfslake_Falubaz_Berlin Ok it isn't really in Berlin,but try telling the marketing people.Just like the aborted Champions League was advertised as being in Berlin.Or just like Ryanair advertise their airports as being in certain cities when they are miles away.Then again isn't it London Gatwick airport?

Yes,it was part of the South Bank festival area along with the Royal Festival Hall

Does seem a bit amateurish to not even get a visa when you are one of the guys standing by......ho hum

Or even Egon Müller in The men from K3,a speedway based murder mystery http://www.tvspielfilm.de/kino/filmarchiv/film/die-maenner-vom-k3-augen-zu-und-durch,1309289,ApplicationMovie.html

Do you mean visa,rather than via?

Not sure if he is still riding.I saw something a week or so ago,that he was doing an officiating job next season.Looking after German youngsters or something like that. Maybe I got the wrong end of the stick though and he is still going to carry on

Depends on what you mean.The park was there for a hundred years or so,but was turned into a major attraction for the Festival of Britain in 1951,with funfair etc.I went a couple of times before they closed the funfair down in the 70s.Also remember going to some Easter Parade,i think it was through the park with floats and people all dressed up Used to get the 220 bus from Tooting to White City.First season I was a fairly regular visitor,but the place was a bit stale in terms of atmosphere(that clip from the Sweeny had only a little bit less atmosphere than a league meeting lol) and I went less regularly after that.Think the old frying pan,packed to the rafters in the good old days would have been something to witness

Yes it is normal for Denmark(leagues at least) to have a summer break,so everyone can enjoy a holiday Might be something.There is often junior speedway at least.Youth Gold Trophy or European championship,but I haven't looked in that sort of detail

Remember you doing that once a few years ago and getting a few tough Russian ice riders called 'Basil'

You would hope so and try to plan for that,but I have had to leave before the meeting was finished and I know another year my friends from Bochum also had to leave before the end,because if you get a few crashes then the meeting drags on.The next year I planned for a bus an hour later and what happened?The meeting went through without problem and I ended up waiting around for about two hours for my connection.Don't forget that track prep takes a bit longer on ice than it does at a dirt track,

http://metalspeedwayleague.dk/forside.aspx

Fixtures out now

Two day final,that both count towards the GP.There is no qualifying,but Friday they hold a practice session like speedway GPs and Thursday they have the German championship.So 4 days of action

If I remember rightly Svensson Pletschi Niedermaier Ebner No Finns this year.....

Yes.They were announced yesterday See Shishegov has got the wc for Astana with meeting reserves 17. Vladimir Cheblakov (Kazakhstan) 18. Pavel Nekrasov (Kazakhstan)

Well I do work with 4 polish guys who are under 40 years old.One as you mention does come from a place near Bialystok.Not really speedway country

Does that matter?You still have to look at the topic and ask yourself 'is there a point worth discussing'?I agree with Halifaxtiger,that some people have aimed abuse at scb for no real good reason As I have said,if the oap reduction is a sort of mark of respect for all the years of service to club and country,then I wouldn't argue against it

I think he saw what he thought was a relevant article in the news and then made a thread out if it,like many hundreds of others have done on different topics.That is to an extent what this forum is about,surely?

I'd laugh my balls off if Bauer didn't get a wc,but expect he will.Won't be long before he has no chance though........ I see that he has had to have 28 stiches in his foot because he left his leg trailing and rode over his own foot in the run-off and then had to wait ages for medical attention!!! also see St.Johann next week has been cancelled!!!

One of the best and as ever from you,fairest posts on the thread. It is a reasonable topic to hold.It is fair to ask why a certain group in society receive such a benefit across the board.I mean a millionaire pensioner gets in at a reduced price,not only for speedway,whereas someone of say 30 years old who is working in a poorly paid job has to pay full whack.We even get,although I guess it was tongue in check,someone saying kids should also pay.Students also often get reduced prices,but some students are sons and daughters of millionaires and some even millionaires in their own right.The fair way would be to have people pay at the level their bank balance allows,but is impossible to police. You do also point out that some,like your friends think,maybe rightly, that reductions for pensioners are has more to do with recognition of their contribution to society.Maybe that was one of the reasons years ago to do with those who fought for the country etc.But a lot of those benefit scroungers from the 70s are now pensioners,who hardly contributed a thing to the country.If they take their reduction away,as you say,regardless of their wealth,they won't go.Rather like some of these ex-riders,who maybe turned out half a dozen times for a club won't go unless they get in for nowt!!!

Yes,but presumably now it will be a stylishly cool Italian scowl instead of that nasty cold German one

Yes,i go to Denmark sometimes for league speedway and it is totally different to Germany.Because Denmark have a proper league with a number of home meetings it is the short,sharp night,whereas in Germany as most tracks only have two or three meetings per season it is the day out,take your time and bring your picnic,sort of occasion.I would say the crowd in Denmark is generally a younger one than attends in Germany

I'd agree with that.The thing about ice hockey and arena jumps motox is the whole presentation is super.There is plenty of action going on and often something in the breaks,which come in handy for going to the loo or getting something to eat.The trouble with speedway,is it is outside in a poor stadium and the action to break ratio is way too far over on the nothing much is happening side.......