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So were the Parker brothers i think.Pretty sure the was at least one rider going from the 20s through to the 60s.Ron Johnson? And Huszka was riding in the 70s-till now.As was Barghs NZ team mate Larry Ross and also Mitch Shirra

No.It is a football stadium amongst other things.Bit like Cardiff

I will be going.Not sure when(saturday) or how i will get there yet.Depends on the weather.Hope Lis is right. Willing to meet up outside if that is the place

There wasn't a single one of the Australian lads that had sat on an 80cc bike until they arrived in Denmark it think i am right in saying.Remember one of the fathers telling me they were put through their paces by Danish trainer Henning Clausen(?) and he was yelling that they were doing evrything wrong a few days before the competition.I think they have now brought some bikes of their own,but don't think their is still an official 80cc competition in Oz.They just do it off their own backs

Poland squad is: Damian Baliński Rafał Dobrucki Wiesław Jaguś Jarosław Hampel Rune Holta Tomasz Gollob Tomasz Jędrzejak Krzysztof Kasprzak Janusz Kołodziej Adrian Miedziński Piotr Świderski Grzegorz Walasek

It is the problem for most junior riders.Look at Kevin Wölbert,who made the 3,000km one-way trip to Balakovo recently.Luckily for him it was worth it and he made it through.But imagine if one of those young French riders ad to make such a trip!So far the Scandinavian juniors have their own zonal qualification rounds.But it seems they are soon to be scrapped.They did away with the senior Nordic quali in the European Championships this year.Would it really be worth the young Norwegians or Finns travelling down to Italy,Ukraine or Slovenia just to get 1 or 2 points? Having said that,and harking back to the dedication of the Aussies.Just look at what expense the families of those youngsters competing in the 80cc World Championships go through.Coming all the way over to Europe for a week just so their sons can compete against the best youths in the world.Fantastic in my eyes and deserves success.Then compare that to how many British youngsters enter the competition each year?

Let's not forget Boruc + Zurawski

Surprised me.Matej normally rides very strong in Germany

Not sure about Seb.It seems Morten was injured in a crash with Hefenbrock.He rode in one heat afterwards then pulled out of the meeting.

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The meeting is online.Not bad coverage.Lacks a bit of emotion,but from the little i have seen so does the racing.But coverage all the same,which is very rare from a German meeting German Open

Not sure what you mean by the first bit.Guess you meant some other nation I was also a little surprised that Andrew Tully wasn't in as replacement.He didn't look bad last week in Germany.But we can all be clever afterwards.I totally agree with the last bit though. It is like i said last week.How do the youngsters get meetings on other tracks when the demand for their services especially in the PL(and then maybe double-down in CL as well)means they rarely have a free weekend. Good to see Ricky Ashworth in Krsko yesterday.Plus i see that Lambert,Hopwood and Wrathall(guessing they are all Brits) are in Poland in a weeks time.Probably due to the promoter and Mr MSJ rather than any British initiative though And i will also repeat myself on the Aussies They also get next to no support.I remember the lads coming over for the Youth Gold Trophy all had the wrong helmets because of false info from the federation in Oz.But somehow,with no league speedway and the speedway they have is often alongside cars,so isn't the main thing on the programme(is it?)their riders are breaking through into the top.Wouldn't bet against them finishing second in this competition behind the Danes

Pretty good performance.But doubt if that will be enough.I would guess Poland and Australia will go through from the other semi with more points considering the weak Slovenian side

The Sheffield meeting: Reserves quali C.Richardson,B.Crowson,C.Bevan,T.Boyle-63.3 Junior race B.Canning,I.Williams,D.Pettican,B.Etherington-65.8 Stadium Scratch ht1 B.Sanders,L.Ross(63.6),C.Richardson,R.Wilson(ex)-63.2 Stadium Scratch ht2 D.Wyer,M.Hines(63.6),S.Salomonsson,B.Larsson-63.4 SS ht3 E.Stangeland,C.Glover(65.0),B.Crowson,C.Bevan-63.7 junior race B.Canning,I.Williams,D.Petican,B.Etherington-65.2 SS Final B.Sanders,D.Wyer,L.Ross,E.Stangeland-62.7 Exeter meeting Reserves quali R.Johns,S.Salomonsson,L.Rumsey,B.Shiletto-64.6 Junior romp R.Mutts,D.Pettican,I.Williams,B.Canning-67.8 Chalfont Coaches Trophy ht1 S.Salomonsson,P.Prinsloo(67.2),B.Shilleto,A.Diprose-66.2 CC ht2 K.Holden,C.Richardson(65.9),M.Hines,L.Rumsey-65.5 CC ht3 S.Autrey,S.Koppe(-),R.Johns,A.Diprose-64.5 Junior second chance B.Shilleto,I.Williams,B.Canning,R.Muts(fell)-66.0 CC Final S.Autrey,S.Salomonsson,C.Richardson,K.Holden(f.rem)-64.5

Yes,i thought Patrick was about to run over to Sundström when he got up off the track,but then had second thoughts.And like you said,just concentrated on doing his job.I'm sure it helped the Danes to have the experience of Stekkers and Erik Gundersen in the pits with them.And i think Danish Webmaster might have been giving a little bit of help as well Some photos here

I do wonder if going to the PL so early is doing your boys any good f-s-p Speaking to Jari before the meeting he seems a bit low in confidence.And just look at Klaus Jakobsen as well.He should be up there challenging for one of the quali spots.Jari was on the pace and Niko wasn't bad,but Kalle after his PL experience should be doing better as well.But look at Dennis Andersson.He surprised me.I saw him alongside Kalle in the YGT 2 years ago and he did look good.But i didn't expect him to do as well as he did. Wasn't a very good meeting imo.Maybe Jacky saw it different.Not sure what heppend with Sundström and Hougaard.Looked to me like Linus was a bit too reckless after Patrick passed him(and there wasn't much passing going on after the first turn)and rode straight into him.Probably just came into the bend too fast and had nowhere to go.Patrick was pretty comfortable all evening.And home rider Kildemand was also impressive.Really was a gaters track.Jari said it was slick in training.Simon Nielsen(who was also in the YGT2 years back with Kalle and Dennis)was a big surprise for me as well.He was a rider i tipped for the future,but i thought he hadn't made that much progress of late.Didn't look good for Holsted the other week.But to finish above Jakobsen,Juul Larsen and Nørgaard,as well as beating Eklöf twice.....the boy done good Was a pity Gunnestad wasn't there.Solberg was well outclassed.Not sure how much experience he has,but looked a bit of a novice Heat 6 was about the best heat(i can remember).A very close race between Eklöf,Nilsson and Nørgaard.Apart from heat 5 which was cut short by Sundtsröm's kamikaze act But like i said before.No doubt if the meeting was in Sweden the result would have looked a lot different(apart from Hougaard finishing top).

QUOTE (Robbie B @ Jun 7 2008, 12:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Has anyone got the second half details from the following 1976 Wimbledon home meetings. Vs Ipswich - Monday 19th April (GBL League Match) reserve qualifier L.Ross,R.Johns,T.Howgego,D.Gooderham-63.8 stadium scratch race ht1 J.Louis,T.Jansson(63.0),M.Lanham,T.Howgego-62.4 Dons juniors v Rye House Juniors ht 1 B.Garrod,B.Shilleto,C.Mackett,B.Canning-66.2 Stadium scratch ht2 T.Davey,B.Crowson(64.1),M.Hines,L.Ross-63.1 DJ v RHJ ht2 I.Williams,C.Mackett,B.Canning,K.Chapman(f.rem)-66.5 SS ht3 E.Stangeland,D.Goderham(64.6),R.Johns,T.Jones-63.6 DJ v RHJ ht3 B.Garrod,B.Shilleto,I.Williams,K.Chapman-65.1 SS final J.Louis,E.Stangeland,T.Jansson,T.Davey-62.9 Vs Birmingham - Thursday 29th April (Speedway Star KO Cup) reserve qualifier L.Ross,J.Gravningen,Ove Olsen-63.4 Plough Lane Scratch ht1 T.Jansson,S.Sjosten(64.9),R.Day,M.Fishwick-64.1 Dons Junior v Reading juniors ht1 B.Shilleto,I.Gledhill,L.Edmonds,T.Atkins-67.8 PL scratch ht2 R.Johns,L.Ross(63.6),A.Grahame,M.Fishwick-63.2 DJ v RJ ht2 I.Gledhill,I.Williams,L.Edmonds,T.Atkins-65.7 PLS ht3 M.Hines,A.Browning(65.4),J.Gravningen,O.Olsen64.8 DJ v RJ ht3 I.Gledhill,B.Shilleto,T.Atkins,I.Williams(ex)-66.3 PLS final L.Ross,M.Hines,T.Jansson,R.Johns-63.7 Vs Sheffield - Monday 30th August (GBL League Match) Vs Exeter - Thursday 21st October (GBL League Match) (this league match was postponed the previous week, but used the same league match programme) I cannot remember why I did not fill in the second half details in these matches, it's a long time ago. Many thanks for any help in advance. I have the other 2 meetings as well.If someone else doesn't post them i will later on

Surely a deal will be done between all 4,so they all get $50,000?

Maybe Stekkers plan will be for Denmark to go into the race-off.Britain may then be lucky and go straight through.There does seem to be an advantage in not going straight through.For Denmark both in terms of getting a better crowd for the race-off and getting important track practice

I just wanted Stoa to tell me Anyway cu tomorrow. Hopefully Rasmus will be doing updates on speedwayzone.dk At least i thought he said there would be live updates from Fjelsted on his site

Any of the Danish speakers on here going to explain what happened in Brovst last night? Problems getting a second ambulance to the track after the one there had to take Trasborg to hospital?

Is that right?

Will Niels be back for the GP or will we see Tomicek again?

Robert just needs to learn that some foreigners can understand english.When i got there i asked a friend of mine who was looking after the pits area how practice went.He told me there was a bit of trouble with riders trying to use two bikes.Which he told me wasn't allowed by the FIM! Apparently Robert was heard to say ####### Germans!

I was recently talking to a rider who regularly rides against Jurica and he told me confidently he was along with Chris Holder the rider to watch out for in the future.He was saying how he is even starting to almost play with Zagar now.I did mention Sajfutdinov to him though