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Have France dropped out?

Chris,i am a bit reticent to describe Klindt,as since i described Patrick Hougaard as a gater he has looked more a racer but Nicolai is also an exciting racer from what i have seen.Must say though i have as yet not seen him this season and speaking to someone at Vojens saturday he has improved unbeliveably from last year.Will have to wait until the Superliga next week before i get to see him this season.You can be sure he has had offers.As for more info try www.nicolaiklindt.dk(cheeky bugger!just seen he has used 4 of my photos without asking )

Don't think you have the correct info.Here are all the dates for Mecklenburg(the area that covers Güstrow,Parchim and Ludwigslust.The meeting is 02.09.06. The track is a bit out of the town.One of the guys i know goes by train and said it takes at least 30 minutes to walk(If you know where you are going ). It's a good track,one of my favourites.Sadly they have little money and the Longtrack by the speedway track is wasting away.Heard great tales of meetings where the riders had a combined Longtrack/Speedway competition.If you are still interested in going there sometime i could maybe take you out there from the town,if i'm going.

Looks like it will be very close.Nikolai Klindt seems to be flying so far this season and Morten is getting his form back .Denmark should win,but Germany or GB could spring a surprise.I think Hefe,Stange and Wölbert are capable of beating all the opposition and Tobi and Max(not sure if his form is so good this year) are also capable of winning heats.

@TJI, If you read what i said,i was comparing the rain that i was going through on my way to both tracks.Not at the tracks.The first paragraph is a general comparison,the second a specific couple of incidents where i had to make a decision...push on or turn back.On both occasions i made the right decision,so how you can say i am wrong is beyond me.

I came over to see if you were there garf,unfortunately you had more important things to do.Had a good chat with Kenneth and Lasse's father.He said he only spoke a little english.You can tell him from me he spoke perfect.Will have to start learning Danish,i guess . The Vojens team looks very strong,with World Champ Simon Nielsen being the lowest scorer.René Bach looks a good tip for this years championship. Yogi was off to Poland after the meeting.Hope it all goes well today

Pity that Germany lacked support for the top 3.Thought Katt would do better.A shame that German Champ,Matze Schultz isn't in great form this season and Kevin Wölbert is still a bit too young.Next year

Holsted 42 D.Søderholm (1,3,1,e.f,3)8 J.Raun (2,3,3,3)11 C.Vissing (3,3,3,3)12 C.Wortmann (3,3,3,2)11 Vojens 23 P.Nørgaard (1,F.X,2,3,2)8 M.Ebaek (3,2,0,2,)7 H.Bos (1,1,2,0)4 E.Pudel (1,1,2,F.X)4 Holstebro 20 S.Andersen (2,e.f,3,1,2)8 M.Bjerk (2,0,0,1)3 M.Georgsen (0,0,1)1 K.Arendt (2,2,F.rem0,3,1)8 Fjelsted 17 T.Irming (0,1,1,1)3 J.Kristiansen (0,1,0,0)1 C.Hansen (0,2,1,2)5 M.Gorm (3,2,2,1,0)8 --------------------------------- 80cc Vojens 45(R.Bach 15) Fredericia 25(K.L.Nielsen 9) Slangerup 18(M.Michelsen 8) Holsted 14(N.B.Jakobsen 5) A few photo's here

Yes,i must say i was impressed with both the track work and the riders.Never seen anything like it before.Even here in Germany,maybe because most tracks only have 1-3 meetings a year,they don't seem to know what to do when it rains apart from call it off.A few years back when i first started going to speedway here i went to a meeting on what was a pretty nice day,only to find out it had been called off about 4 or 5 days earlier.I have now seen meetings get called off here sometimes a week in advance Seems there is a lot that can be learnt from some clubs/countries attitude.I was extremly lucky as i was thinking of turning round and going home,but i thought "I've taken a day off work and come this far i might as well get to the track" Last year for a big meeting at Güstrow in less rain i did turn back and made the right decision as it was cancelled!

Very nice collection of photo's Gemini.The main stand looks very nice.Some of those riders in the 1949/50 pic look scary though

Well i guess British clubs could learn a thing or two here.Was a wet afternoon,but cleared up an hour or so before the start.Then about 15 minutes before the presentation a big black cloud came over and the heavens opened.It poured down for a good 30 mins.The riders came out to look at the track,then the staff went to work.Scraped off the slime and relayed a track.The meeting went ahead about 50 minutes later than planned Holsted 54 P.Ljung (2,0,1*,3,2*)8+2 H.Møller (0,3,2,1*,2)8+1 N.K.Iversen (3,2,1,3,3,2)14 U.østergaard (1,3,0,0,3)7 J.Raun (2,1,2*,2,0)7+1 P.Hougaard (ret,2*,3,2*,2*,1*)10+4 Brovst 45 R.Kosciecha (3,3,3,0,0,f)9 M.Risager (1,2,2*,1*,6,3)15+2 P.Hlib (0,1,3,2,1)7 J.Kristiansen (2,1,0,0,0)3 L.Hansen (3,0,1,1,1)6 A.Andersen (1,0,0,3,1)5 Den Staerke Partner M.Risager bt J.Raun Publics choice for best fighter P.Hougaard Must say despite being sceptical about the meetings chances of going ahead the track staff done a great job and all the riders put on a fantastic show.It was hard to pick any riders as they all deserve praise,but Puk,Morten and Patrick Hougaard were superb.Kosciecha looked unbeatable in his first 3 heats,then in his 4th he gated then Puk came round the outside.After 2 laps Hougaard came through the inside then as Robert tried to stay with Patrick he lost control on the next bend and coasted home in last place.After that he couldn't regain the superiority he had in the early heats.The rain started again for the last few heats and i was really surprised they ran the "staerke partner" heat. A few pics here

Last heat clash with Jonsson,saw them both go into the fence and Jonsson excluded.Misses today,Tomorrow and the eastbourne meeting,but don't think it is anything serious

Nicki was injured in Poland,sunday.Sadly he will miss the Holsted meeting tomorrow as well As Bjarne will be riding for Poole don't know who will be riding,if it goes ahead

And the line-up didn't include the likes of Klindt,Madsen,Raun.......

Not sure how they got sidetracked onto that,but i'm sure we would all agree that we desperately need a rider of their quality at the moment,regardless of which one was your particular favourite. Doubt though that starman saw PC in the 70s though as he was pure excitement.There was a buzz in the stadium before he came on the track

results from Elgane web site Patrick Hougaard, Dan 3-3-3-3-2 14p Morten Risager, Dan 3-3-2-1-3 12+3p Lars Hansen, Dan 3-2-2-3-2 12+2p Ricky Kling, Sve 1-2-3-2-3 11p Kenneth Hansen, Dan 3-3-1-0-3 10+3p -------------------------------------------- Klaus Jakobsen, Dan 2-3-0-2-3 10+2p -------------------------------------------- Robert Pettersson, Sve 2-1-3-3-1 10+1p Jan Graversen, Dan 1-1-3-3-2 10+dp Linus Ekløf, Sve 0-2-2-2-1 7p Tomas H Jonasson, Sve T-2-2-1-2 7p Robert Henderson, Sve 0-1-1-1-1 4p Joni Kitala, Fin 2-0-0-1-0 3p Robin Tørnqvist R-R-1-2-0 3p Aarni Heikkilæ, Fin 1-1-1-0-0 3p Robin Aspegren, Sve 2-N-N-N-N 2p Ari Tuomisto, Fin 1-T-0-0-1 2p

Think it must be the bloke at Mac Motors,Tooting.My bike went like Lee's after i had taken it to him

If he carries on like that,Shovlar will disappear for a couple of days again.Hurra!!!!

Maybe even Nigel Boocock or Ken McKinlay might have given him a contest in the popularity stakes.Nothing against Mark at all,may i add

Yes,i wonder where that came from?Surely someone like Tom Farndon,Jack Parker,Freddie Williams were far more popular considering the amount of fans watching speedway then compared to now

Draw for semi(taken from Holsted site) Leszno: 1. Frederik Lindgren S 2. Krzysztof Buczkowski PL 3. James Wright GB 4. Daniel King GB 5. Ricky Kling S 6. Pawel Hlib PL 7. Lars Hansen DK 8. Thomas Stange D 9. Karol Zabik PL 10. Dario Galvin USA 11. Lubos Tomicek CZ 12. Andriej Karpow UKR 13. Jason King GB 14. Pawel Miesiac PL 15. Sebastian Alden S 16. Chris Holder AUS 17. Steve Boxall GB 18. Kjastas Poudzuks LET

Stayed in one right by the station last year(might have been the Nebo,not sure)and it was great.Very good breakfast and the room was clean.Must say i was a bit worried at first because the area around the station looked a bit down-at -heel and i could sense my girlfriend was a bit worried.Was perfect for them to visit the amusement park and all

No way!He still hasn't received his from last year yet.After all that baloney about waiting for his Hungarian pass,he has been named in the Slovenian squad for the SWC

I would pick the 5 who go well at Reading,whoever they may be

A few foto's here As to the meeting.Because of the cold,windy,sunny weather,track was slick and dusty so it was mostly won from the gate.Very few good heats.I can think of maybe 4,with the race between Kling and Hougaard probably the best,passing each other a few times.Lindbäck passed Risager,while he was lying in third and cut back well on the first bend to pass Aldén.Would say Møller,Aldén and Lindgren were the best riders,but Sebastian fluffed it in the final.The Finns and the Norwegian rider looked outclassed on this occasion