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Was going to say,if he is going to Lonigo,then he has been given a WC through to the semi.Hardly being messed around

Barry Briggs did have his record shop in the 50s.Not sure if it lasted into the 60s or exactly when it closed

Weren't the or at least one of the Templeton brothers farmers?Maybe Andy Meldrum as well.I seem to remember at least one rider who used to miss southern meetings at certain times of the year because of work on the farm.....

Was this a rider who had everything arranged by his club I wonder?Just that I have a Polish colleague who's son had to go into a Polish hospital on one of their holidays last year and he said the place was terrible and was glad to get back to Germany

Not at all.As a title/competition I think it is well down the pecking order.Never been a fan and have said so many times on here.As a meeting it could though provide some great racing looking at the line-up.Just trying to answer a question put on here.Maybe,and it is a big maybe they could sell it to a tv company.I gave them the benefit of the doubt that they signed a contract with not too much time to get this on tv.Next year they have more time and no excuse

They do that in the Bundesliga,and you know what,we still get good and bad heats and good and bad meetings........not saying it wouldn't make a difference,but not a great one from what I have seen

It is being run by another company who have to market it.Think it was stated they tried without any luck to get tv interested.Guess they didn't have too much time and maybe next year will be different? It is also the question of is it easier or harder to get a tv deal with a one-off meeting rather than being able to offer a series of meetings that will fill space?Tv companies probably like being able to do deals for more rather than 1 meeting.They then have to do loads of deals with loads of people to fill the time with lots of one-offs

But they have been at loggerheads for years now.A decade or more with the elder brother at least.They even stepped in to stop him getting a GP wildcard from Latvia,so I guess if that is their wish they will do the same here.Something is definitely not right in Russia and it isn't easy to knw who is in the wrong....guess you are going to side with the federation,whilst most fans will side with the riders

It never is for me when I am next to someone who is smoking

Going to have to be lucky as all those cities are in for rain tomorrow.It is what NASA predicted after all.....

You can't really say Peter Karger has let you down,because he isn't very good and is getting a point or two and that is his level.Whoever went out and signed him has let you down.Karger has been around for quite a while and never done that good,so why someone thinks he is PL level is beyond me

Used to travel quite a bit with the bike.Like I said,it was fairly easy from work to Hackney and Arena.They used to let me in with the bike.I'd also ride over to Croydon and then down to the station near Eastie and ride to the track and from inside I could keep an eye on my bike.Sometimes when the weather was good I would ride from South London all the way down and back.Remember Eddie Toogood would pass me going over the hills before East Grinstead.Would also do Rye House on the bike. Then I got a motorbike,but was a bit reluctant to go to hackney as one of my work mates told me he had his battery nicked from his bike at Hackney and also had his car broken into in the car park as well.....

Yes,must admit they had some great riders down the years and most came through the ranks

Used to enjoy my trips to Arlo,but that was back in the days when they had some great riders like Gordon Kennett,Colin Richardson,Martin Dugard,Dean Barker,Dean Standing etc and also used to be a regular at Arena for the first couple of seasons.Used to work in Covent Garden,so it was pretty easy on the push bike after work to Arena or Hackney

Sounds like it might all be ok,just as long as Shovlar doesn't spoil it and tell us the result

Thought it was a great idea in Gelsenkirchen.Remember one of my German friends asking me what Freddie Williams looked like.I had to tell her I had no idea unless he still looked like he did in the 50s,as I hadn't seen a photo of him from any later

Why do you think that????

Oh my....Finland with less slots than Ukraine,France and Hungary....now on a level with NZ and Belgium etc.I know you have mentioned that they have financial problems,but I am seriously surprised.Took my eye of the ball and now looks like you better get that track up and running before the sport dies a death like it has in Austria.....

So,are you gonna tell us who is riding in King's Lynn clever clogs

1988 was a significant season for me.Last time I went to Hackney.I think the signing of Mike Bennett had something to do with that

Be interesting to see the Timo v Joonas result

Hmmmm,better get on the phone to NASA and ask them then.They are looking like right mugs with their prediction I guess?

I agree Keef,but you can't even start to make a judgement on the Poole v Bournemouth situation yet.The PL season started just as the speedway season finished and so they have hardly had 3 months of being in competition..........

Wish all the lads success,but to me it seems the title winner has been given the hardest task in Pocking.Thought the British champ would get the home meeting

There is no doubt Ford is a god promoter.I am not sure anyone really has argued otherwise.Fact is there is no point in bringing the recent success of Bournemouth into this.They have played 90% of the time in the bottom 2 leagues and average generally around the 4-6,000 mark.Only in the last couple of season have they found success and only in the past season have they been in the PL,but Poole have been successful for much longer than that.Bournemouth 5 years ago,wuld have had little impact on Poole and that is or even before that,when the argument appeared that Poole have little competition.It will of course be interesting to see if continued Bournemouth success has an impact.It is though far too early to judge the situation