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http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/charlie-webster-finally-out-of-hospital-after-rio-olympics-malaria-hell-a3341591.html

Does seem to be a link with the Lancashire emblem http://www.mcnews.com.au/william-dunlop-2015-duke-road-race-champion/

I see a german site has done a poll to ask who will win the GP So far it is neck and neck between Smoli and Greg with 10 votes,then Doyle with 9 and Antonio with 8

You could say those Russian riders who had their bikes pinched before a Wembley world final were out of luck!!!

Oh dear.....if you look back someone asked a question and i tried my best to answer it.That was done and dusted and the subject was finished for a couple of weeks until someone else started it up again and i just gave some info to that.That is what threads are for.Then R&R had a light hearted pop at me and i had a go back.Nothing dramatic until the forum drama queeen came along. Phew......

Not sure what this is meant to suggest https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10210758043253524&set=pcb.10210758044053544&type=3&theater

I think i am younger than you,that is why i don't go on and on and on about the start girls

You need to look at a more up to date website.......CBL???????

Don't you pick on me or i will get all moody and threaten you with physical violence and pretend i am going to leave the forum I'll stop the interesting stuff now and let you copy and paste from sportowefakty

A little footnote to this......the 'by' in these Germanic Norse towns means something(not too sure) like village.Think it is also the same with at least one in the old Danelaw area of England(Grimsby) and getting back to speedway,possibly Hammarby?

Oh oh,just talked to a friend who is close to the teterow club and he is a bit peeved about incompetent people and when i said every time i have been there the track has been poor,he replied "It is guaranteed to be the same this time as well" Hope not for all those who have payed out for travel and tickets

Yes.The back straight also has loads of nice blue plastic seating now

Good info.Could well be right.I think in england we still use the original name Brunswick for the german city which is now called Braunschweig,so maybe that is the correct explanation for Copenhagen as well

Sorry I actually thought havn came from the german hafen.Harbour in english

Think you have misunderstood.I was talking about how we have a 'g' in Koebenhavn,not about the 'b'!!! And maybe i didn't write correctly,but at least in London when we say Göteborg i.e Gothenburg there is most definitely an 'f' there Just like when we say nothing,we pronounce it nuffink

Not really just a meeting,but a tour Boris Samorodov in the 1965 GB v USSR series fell in ht 2 of the first test at Wimbledon at that was his lot for the series

Unfortunately you are very very very wrong Take a look at the history of Schwerin and its Palace.Right at the beginning we are looking at Polabian Slav tribe of the Obotrites.Not only that but in 1167 Henry the Lion(who i think is the guy who founded Munich and is probably the reason the city has the lion symbol and the name Löwenbrau beer) gave the County of Schwerin to Gunzelin von Hagen,but the rest of the country around the city to Pribislav of the Obotrites.The Dukes and Grand Dukes were all descendants of these early slavs,right down to 1918 when after WW1 all these royals lost their position of power Don't believe me just look it up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwerin_Palace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecklenburg Also the history of Güstrow and you will see it comes from the Altpolabishen(i.e slav language) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCstrow Certinly wasn't considered Prussia for hundreds of years.In fact some areas were ruled by Sweden until 1815 when they transferred to Prussia. Anyway back to the original theme about how to spell and pronounce Togliatti and the silent 'g'......what would be a far better question is why do we have and pronounce a 'g' in Copenhagen when the danes don't.....koebenhavn!!! We could then get onto the pronounced 'f' and 'n' in Göteborg

Yes that is in the Slavic east.North of Hamburg we have the old Danish influence in the names,which means the 'y' is pronounced 'ue',which confused me at first Brodersbü instead of Brodersby for instance.Or Rieseby,Nieby,Husby..... https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brodersby_(Angeln)

Money i guess.Think the club make a mint from their Bergring grasstrack weekend A very good meeting on the friday night as well with a Peace + Friendship Cup with German and Russian riders at nearby Wittstock Team Russia Andrey Kudryashov Viktor Kulakov Renat Gafurov Emil Sayfutdinov Vadim Tarasenko Gleb Chugunov Team Germany Mathias Schultz Steven Mauer Christian Hefenbrock Matten Kröger Michael Härtel Mirko Wolter Mads Hansen (Denmark)!!!! ® Maximilian Pott Might be a change or 2.Think Hefenbrock was in hospital a day or so ago.Might be wrong there Wittstock was used by the Russians for bombing practice back in the old communist days and it is estimated that about 100,000 unexploded bombs are still in an exclusion zone there.So there are old traditions of German/Russian "friendship" which i think is what this meeting is refering to

Wasn't sure how to word it.I thought of "Individual meetings for living riders",but then they all are and "Individual meetings in honour of living riders" was too long to fit etc

Came up on another topic about Jerzy Szczakiel being shunned in his homeland,but i mentioned there was actually an annual individual meeting in his honour held at his former club Opole.Then it came to me that far from being shunned this was actually quite an honour.Maybe even unique in speedway.Generally we have memorial meetings for deceased stars,but are(were there) there any other meetings in honour of a rider still alive? Of course we have the Ove Fundin trophy for the SWC,but the actual meeting isn't named after him as far as i know,just the trophy.And if i am correct both the Ronnie Moore trophy meeting and the current Nicki Pedersen one are trophies donated by the riders themselves for young up and coming riders,rather than being in their honour.Think i read somewhere that the young Dane Mikkel Bech will also start a competition for juniors in his name.This is something different to what i am talking about anyone?

Just saying like..... Thinking about it,just how many world champs have a meeting in their honour?All i know of are the Jack Young meet in Austraia which doesn't have a great line-up and that Peter Craven meet which has been on-off over the years and i am not sure but that line-up is also not great.So Jerzy is the only living world champ to have a meeting

You make snide comments at Steve just because he has a bit more techie knowedge and tried to help people!!!Basically accused him of lying that he really could see meetings just because you couldn't.Get over yourself.How many times have you said you are leaving now?

Ignore him Steve.Another of those trolls like tremmor and gustix.

That is part of the problem Denmark faces.He probably is,which indicates for me that Denmark is at a low at the moment.No real talent on the near horizon.But it is a problem around the speedway world excluding Poland.Of course Denmark have to have probably 2 riders in the series and Iversen is probably assured of 1 of them.Just he doesn't bring much to the show for me.I want riders who add something and he doesn't apart from a Danish race jacket.He never seemed that popular as a rider,in Denmark.Behind Nicki + Hans and for me is about as interesting as Hancock without the success. If i was picking two danes then Nicki for his past success and his media/fan following and he always seems to get good sponsors because of that,and Kildemand because of his excitement/crash stuuf,which leaves Iversen as the odd man out.Just my opinion Sometimes the best riders in the leagues just don't do it on the world stage.Ok he did make 3rd and 4th,but for me i can't even see him repeating that