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Don't think so Conkers.German tv doesn't seem to be as good on that as the Beeb.I looked at the weekend on another channel for the facility,as i just caught the end of the preview for the indoor meeting at Kiel.Wanted to see if they had it on the web.They didn't.Had a look around the Bayern web-site and although they do podcasting,they won't be doing this programme.As far as i can tell.But i used to be able to get loads of german channels on Sky when i lived in london,so it should be possible to get the channel.Just the fact that they do 2 sports programmes.North and South Bavaria.Which one you will get i haven't they foggiest.Maybe both.Our local tv channel splits into 4 regional programmes,but luckily we get them all.So if there is a bit of speedway over in Teterow or south in Neuenknick or even north from Brokstedt i can see that

Seems not.From what i have seen he only withdrew from the meeting as a precaution.A wise decision in my opinion Must admit i was worried though when they took him off the track on a stretcher and then said the meeting would be held up while the Doctor took him to hospital.Glad to hear he is ok

There is something planned.Here.But it isn't likely to be more than 5 minutes,most of which will be made up of crashes and an interview with Günther Bauer or maybe Franky Zorn Not even sure if i will be able to see it as the channel splits into regional programmes,as you can see.Not sure which one we get up here in the North

That is going to be hard in Saransk.Only 5 places and 4 Russians in the line-up + Posa and Aakko

Booked accomodation and transport for Berlin finally

Just seen the group of riders Kristian Lund is getting together for the Danish 80cc squad Simon Fischer Outrup speedway klub Michael Jepsen Jensen Silkeborg speedway klub Kasper Lykke Nielsen Fredericia speedway klub Nicklas Porsing Silkeborg speedway klub Mikkel B. Jensen Midtsjællands motor klub Mikkel Michelsen Slangerup speedway klub Marc Randrup Midtsjællands motor klub Rasmus Jensen Holsted speedway klub Michael Vissing Holsted speedway klub Confirms that Liglad is staying in the 80cc class.Change of team though by the looks of it.Some good riders.I said a couple of years back to look out for Simon Fischer,but the 2 riders that really stand out are Mikkel.B.Jensen + Mikkel Michelsen.Watch out for these two in the future.Mikkel.B was one of the few riders to go to Vojens and really give the home riders a problem.

At 6am!!! You can get from London to Scotland in about 5/6 hours.You should be able to get to Cardiff in under 6 hours from anywhere in England surely

Have they got it wrong and mean the quali for the individual U21s.There would be 4 rounds in that.Can't see there being enough teams for 4 rounds of the U21 Team Championship

They are trying to rectify the British Final problem by asking that it becomes a quali for the Cardiff wildcard.But i agree on the other points.EL pairs,EL Riders Championship

Your assumption is wrong.Peaked a while back.GP attendances

There is no way Matten Kröger will be competing.Unfortunately he is currently in Kiel hospital with a few bones broken in his knee after a crash at the indoor meeting in Kiel

First time i have seen it tommy and i wouldn't rush to see it again.Pity,because we now have 4 indoor venues in the North of Germany.Kiel,Neustadt,Schwerin and Rostock.So there is the possibilty of a small indoor series in a way,but the Neustadt venues is a Horse jumping hall.So that suffers as the track is very soft.That means the gaps between heats is quite long as they have to prepare the track after every 2 heats.Plus Kiel is very difficult as well,this concrete surface took a lot of getting used to.Infact the juniors seemed to get to grips with it better.There wasn't an awful lot of close racing.They were talking of doing it again next year though.Schwerin + Rostock i haven't been to,so don't know what or how the tracks there hold up. As for concrete tracks,as TMW said the indoor track at Wembley was concrete.Not sure if that was the only one.Maybe TMW knows more.I thought Ivan Mauger and Barry Briggs were experimenting in the 70s with surfaces,when they seemed to be taking speedway around the world

Can just tell how it was the other way round.Marlene Dietrich returned to Germany to do a concert tour in about 1961.So,some time after the war.But obviously it was well known being far more famous than Fay,that she had become an American citizen and supported actively the war efforts against the Nazis.She was met with large numbers of protestors with placards saying she wasn't wanted here,traitor,go back to America etc.Plus one young girl who probably wasn't even born during the war and must have been put up to it by her cowardly parents came up to her and spat in her face.I don't think Marlene ever returned to Germany until after her death.Maybe we in Britain are more forgiving?I would tend to think that the people in the crowd at New Cross didn't know the full details,if any details

Yes,i can't for one minute imagine those in the crowds,who would be mainly people that fought against the Nazi's or suffered the Blitz would have been very sypathetic to her if they knew what we do now

day 2 Preliminary heats 1. Katt 13. 2. Wölbert 12 3. Smolinski 11 4. Skornicki 10 5. Busch 9 6. Petersen 8 7. Bager 7 8. Hülshorst 6 9. Fabriek 6 10. S. Walker 5 11. Danielczik 5 12. Haupt 4 13. Hougaard 4 14. T. kröger 3 15. Tebbe 3 16. Stanek 3 17. H. Møller 2 1.Semi:Katt,Bager,Skornicki,Petersen 2.Semi:Wölbert,Smolinski,Busch,Hülshorst Final:Katt,Bager,Wölbert,Smoli Racing wise disappointing on the concrete surface.Plenty of spills.Henrik,Roberto Haupt Jörg Tebbe and Simon Walker failed to finish the meeting The speedway became a bit drawn out.But Smoli and Stephan Katt must be commended for getting the crowd going.Smoli conducting a mexican wave from the top of the Freestyle jump ramp Stephan Katt complained a bit at the end that the atmosphere was only going for the jump guys,but i do have some understanding for that as they had 5 sections of about 10 minutes and it was action all the way.Those guys are amazing.Whereas the speedway was,well,a bit boring.A lot of people went out during the interval and never came back.Oh,just to add that Adam looked great in his first 3 heats winning them all,but had a spill and looked in a bit of pain in finishing the meeting.Kept out of harms way in the semi And an update on yesterdays injuries.Seems Tobi has broken a couple of toes and Matten has quite a few broken bones in his knee as well as others.Like i said yesterday,speedy recovery Some photos here

Think it is 5+1 Conkers.From what they said in Kiel today Max Niedermaier is reserve.Bloody well done for getting a reserve place anyway

results from inspeed.de Semi 1: 1.Katt 2 Møller 3. Smoli 4. Janoschka Semi 2: 1.Skornicki 2. Wölbert 3. Bager 4. Tebbe Final: 1.Katt 2.Møller 3.Skornicki 4.Wölbert Couple of injuries to Matten Kröger and Tobi Kroner Speedy recovery to both

And what about this meeting in Stockholm planned for March?Any info on that Liverstam?

Taken from the Stralsund web-site In answer to your question TMW,it says here that the concrete floor of the hall will be used.And so that means the riders won't be using speedway tyres,but normal street tyres.Matten Kröger has tested it and everything is good.As it was i just caught a bit of a tv report from the test run,but only saw the freestyle jumps and a bit of an interview with Egon Müller.I thought the track looked very firm And there seems to be plenty of padding around the outside,rather than the wooden boards that are there at Neustadt for the NOS.I hope if they done a preview of the meeting,the tv crew will be there during the weekend and show some of the action sunday or monday

Mmmmm i wonder where she gets it from

Maybe.I am not in a position to know what they thought and what they knew.I also don't know immigration policy from the time,but i would imagine Nazis were allowed,even taken to America after the war. That in no way answers my question though

Ha,ha,ha Honestly don't know TMW.This is the first time speedway has been held there.From what i have heard it is usually just the freestyle jumps,but they decided to put speedway on as well.Will be going on sunday so i will find out then

I wonder if we had a rider saying "I love the Taleban and their leader and this war seems terribly unfair."Would speedyguy say they were far from being a nasty piece of work?I think not

This weekend we have the 2 day Indoor Speedway/Freestyle MotoX meeting in Kiel.Plenty of action.Looks like 5 hours each day,with an International freestyle tournament,junior speedway,sidecars,a Germany v Denmark match of sorts.The main attraction is a good quality line-up including Smoli,Bager,Skornicki,Møller,British interest in Simon Walker,indoor specialist Stephan Katt plus Night of Speedway winner Tobi Busch More details here

Or here.Some answers on Berlin.As to the format it should be 20 heats then A,B,C and D finals,each day.