Mr Snackette

Having just returned from watching the fireworks in Sydney Harbour, may I be the first to wish everyone a very Happy New Year. I look forward to greeting TP clients old and new in 2008, and may those who wish travel independently do so and enjoy it also.

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I think you would probably have to lend him a ladder!! Poor old Spanner appears to be one of these people who likes to tell people how to do things, and then derides them if they choose to do things their own way. It is very disappointing that he didn't take the opportunity to apologise to other Forum members for his insulting remarks, and can only assume that the money he saved over the years, hasn't been spent on a book of good manners!!! Despite an invitation to provide our trip to Slany for £2 per head, as per our specification, we are still waiting to hear. As they say talk is cheap, which in Spanner's case probably makes him very happy!!! Anyway back to more pleasant issues. I am currently in Oz with the TP Group, and for those that may be interested, photos of our Sydney City Tour & Harbour Cruise may be found here: http://www.travelplusontour.fotopic.net/c1431671.html

As someone closely involved I’ve sat back and watched the various comments come in. Clearly there are people who enjoy doing there own thing, whilst others prefer to have it all done for them. There are room for both. On a personal level when I’m flush with cash there is nothing better going to see my little man in Jermyn Street, who will run me off a quality hand made suit. Sadly most of the time I have to settle for a good old M & S job. Now in both cases the suit does the same job and meets the basic need of covering my bits and keeping me warm, and in my case that takes a lot of cloth!!!! But the hand made “whistle” just has that extra edge, which makes it worth paying three times more than the M & S version. It all a question of how someone chooses to spend their disposable income. What I do find offensive is someone like Spanner 47, referring to TP clients as “stupid”. A lot of these people are contributors to this Forum and I don’t think it’s too pleasant to refer to other Forum members in this derogatory way. However Spanner 47 you are clearly an expert in Czech travel. So I will be asking Mr Easter to send you a PM so you can organize our next trip to Slany for £2 per head, which represents fantastic value. The spec we require is as follows and matches exactly what we did before: 1. Luxury coach (please send full spec within 14 days) plus 2 others on standby. We will confirm exact numbers 24 hours prior to event. Coach(s) from hotel to Slany. 2. Admission and programme to Slany Speedway, and reserved seats (if required) in grandstand. 3. Full 3 course meal at hotel on way to venue. Please send choice of three menus within 28 days for approval. 4. Choice of drinks at restaurant, please send with menu options available. 5. Use of local guide. Please provide full details of the guide’s experience and qualifications. 6. Name of contact at the stadium, and confirmation of bus parking facilities. All this for £2!! Fab!!!!!!!!! On a more serious note, best wishes, and compliments of the season, to all those who have travelled with us this year, and I look forward to greeting many of you again in 2008. In the meantime it’s off to the Colonies, to try and bring a little culture and sophistication to the locals. I may be a while!!!!!!!!!!

Dissapointing that no Ekstraliga fixtures are planned for the Sunday after the Leszno GP. Do any of our Polish friends know if any meetings are planned for Sunday 11th May?

I have received a couple of PMs requesting details of the available accommodation. Go to the following link for full details: http://www.tptours.co.uk/CardiffHotels2007 I hope this helps. Brian

Whilst I can fully understand the concern about foreign individuals being invited to take part in a national championship, I must say that I was delighted by the news of young Sitera's inclusion. The Travel Plus European Tour 2006 took in meetings at Brezolupy, Slany, and Divisov, and on each occasion Filip was the star of the show. Very much a crowd pleaser, he became a firm favourite with the travelling entourage. Indeed his popularity was reinforced this year, when the TP Group saw him win the Kasper Memorial at Mseno on the eve of the Czech GP. If there are any other non Australians to be invited how about the boy Pavlic? Now a series with him, Sitera, Batchelor and Noddy all doing battle, would certainly go some of the way to compensate for the absence of the super stars. Plans for the TP Tour to Oz are now well advanced, and we will be taking in the series from Round 2 onwards. Naturally we are all eagerly looking forward to meeting up with some old friends, and running through the highlights of the English rugby team’s victory in the quarter final of the World Cup!!! Obviously anyone caught gloating will be severely censured!!! Brian

Simota rode at Divisov on Sunday, may not have been available for Mseno. As for the GP, I reckon he ranks well behind Tomicek, Franc, Kus, Rymel and Sitera in the Czech pecking order.

Just back from Divisov where the pairing of Rymel and Tomicek turned out to be quite comfortable victors, beating the Franc / Kus partnership in the final. 3rd place went to Sam Simota and Adam Vandirek, who beat off thye challenge of the Travel Plus sponsored Jan Holub & Michael Hadek. Young Holub (part of the Holub dynasty) was called in to replace Filip Sitera, who was required by Wroclaw following Crump's withdrawal (yet another reason to dislike the Ginger One ). Young Hadek is the son of the former Exeter Falcoln, Bo Hadek, who was in the pits lending the boy a hand. Pictures on TP's dynamic duo can be found here: http://www.travelplusontour.fotopic.net/p43594759.html http://www.travelplusontour.fotopic.net/p43594757.html The Divisov club looked after the TP Group extremely well, laying on a very nice BBQ. On the way back on the busses the race jackets were raffled, and some memorablia provided by the Divisov track was sold off. This raised approximately Kr 11,000 (around £270), money that will be donated to the Garry Stead Fund.

To be technically correct heat 21 was a run off with three riders tied on 14 points. Indeed it provided the best race of the night with Sitera beating Rymel from the gate, only to be be passed and then repassing to take the victory. Saw the boy at Brezolupy, Slany and Divisov last year, and he is certainly a crowd pleaser.

The line up for the Czech Pairs meeting at Divisov on Sunday, has been posted at the following link: http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/ind...showtopic=36181

Line ups for the meeting on Sunday: Group A: PSK Olymp Praha 1 Adrian Rymel 2 Luboš Tomíček 21 Richard Wolff ZP Pardubice 3 Marián Jirout 4 Hynek Štichauer Liberec 5 Vladimír Višváder 6 Matyáš Hlaváček PDK Mšeno 7 Jakub Hejral 8 Jaromír Otruba AK Divišov 9 Filip Šitera 10 Michael Hádek Group B: SOND PO Miletice 11 Adrian Szewczykowski, PL 12 Pawel Zmarzlik, PL Markéta Praha 13 Josef Franc 14 Matěj Kůs 27 Pavel Ondrašík ZP Pardubice 2 15 Pavel Fuksa 16 Jaroslav Petrák AK Březolupy 17 Martin Málek 18 Martin Gavenda HBC & Rarach Team 19 Zdeněk Simota 20 Piotr Dym, PL Once again the TP group will be there "en bloc". The Divisov club are very kindly providing a BBQ for the group, and in return Travel Plus will be sponsoring one of the pairs. Looks like a fun day.

The line up for the Toni Kasper meeting at Mseno, has been posted at the following link: http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/ind...showtopic=36180

Line up for this meeting has been posted: 01 RYMEL Adrian PSK Olymp Praha 02 ŠTICHAUER Hynek ZP Pardubice 03 MÁLEK Martin AK Slaný 04 ONDRAŠÍK Pavel PSK Olymp Praha 05 VANDÍREK Adam AK Markéta Praha 06 KOSCIUCH Norbert Polsko 07 JIROUT Marian ZP Pardubice 08 VACULÍK Martin Slovensko 09 TOPINKA Tomáš PDK Grepl Mšeno 10 WOLFF Richard AK Markéta Praha 11 PETRÁK Jaroslav ZP Pardubice 12 SZATMARI László Maďarsko 13 HÁDEK Michael AK Plzeň 14 ŠITERA Filip AK Plzeň 15 VIŠVÁDER Vladimír PDK Grepl Mšeno 16 HEJRAL Jakub PDK Grepl Mšeno ------------------------------------- 17 ROZENBERG Sjoerd Holandsko 18 OTRUBA Jaromír PDK Grepl Mšeno The Travel Plus group will be there in force, supporting this worthwhile event. No doubt many of our party will be following the progress of Filip Sitera, who became a big favourite with the group during last year's tour.

I will be there along with around 80+ Travel Plus clients. Apart from the GP itself, a full programme has been organised with visits to Meseno for the Tony Kasper meeting on the Friday, and then off to Divisov on Sunday for the big Czech Pairs event. As they did last year the Divisov club will be laying on a barbecue for our clients, and in turn TP will be sponsoring one of the pairs. Let's hope the weather holds up this year!!

Should be around 70 or so of us on the Travel Plus trip. We will be there for both the run off and the final. Will be staying in Poznan, and on Sunday will be at the Poznan / Intar meeting.

I had the pleasure of visiting the Rwaicz track on Thursday, and thoroughly enjoyed the meeting. One area that I would like clarification on concerned the event s at the start of the meeting. In heat one Rawicz scored a 4 - 2. In heat two, with Rwaicz on a potential 5 - 1, an Opole rider fell resulting in the race being stopped. The referee ordered a re - run, excluding the rider that fell. However because, in the opinion of the referee, the fallen rider had not made an attempt to clear the track, he then amended the result from heat one, awarding it 5 - 0 to Rawicz. Not surprisingly subsequent fallers were quick to remove themselves from the track. I wondered if this scenario is a common occurance in Polish League fixtures?

Saw the boy ride on Sunday for GTZ, in their meeting against Ostrow. Looks a fine prospect, although I was very dissapointed by the overall performance of the Ostrow team, who looked anything but title challengers. Certainly based upon his performance on Sunday, Mikael Max would not appear to be the answer to Ipswich's problems.

I'm sure Bydgoszcz will be great, and will be looking forward to going there for the GP in September. But this trip is take in a couple of new tracks, which in addition to Grudziadz, will also be taking in the meeting at Rawicz on Thursday. Will be watching the GP in a bar in Torun. It will be interesting to see the reaction to Nikki P from the locals!!

Thanks for that. I am in Poland this weekend, and thinking of going to the Grudziądz v. Ostrow meeting. Do you know the start time? Thanks.

Popular misnomer. Copenhagen is certainly no more expensive than London, with food prices certainly less than the capital. Popular bars for Brits are the Scotch Bar on the Rhadplast, and the Irish Bar along the Stromsget (please excuse the dodgy spelling). However there are many others with prices that are reasonable As for eating out why not try one of the Italian or Chinese buffets. These are usually a fixed price (around £7 to £8) and you can eat as much as you can. Something I think of as a challenge!!! So don't go out there thinking it will all be too expensive, it just rumours put about by those who don't know any better.

I'm not sure that he would want to ride in the Premier League, or whether his assessed average may prove rather restrictive in putting a competitive side together.

Whilst the track may be in the middle of nowhere, I do find it very agreeable indeed. I will be there with a good number of Travel Plus clients. We arrive on Tuesday to take in Vetlanda / Dackarna, with planned visits to Linkoping for Fibyterna / Eldarna on the Wednesday, and on Thursday it's Solkatterna / Valsarna at Karlstad. So if you see a group of Brits at any of the above meetings, pop up and say hello. Brian

For those who have an interest in matters which extend beyond the price of a beer, I strongly recommend a visit to the Panorama. This large painting is a representation of the Battle of Racławice and is absolutely stunning. The painting can be found on the ul. Purkyniego, and is well signposted. And don't forget Wroclaw was also the venue where Bobby M won the World U21 Final.

Rumours for those going to Lonigo that pre meeting entertainment will come from the legendary "Carlo e Davido". No doubt spectators will all join in with the classics: "Coniglio", "Borda Laterale", "Nessun soddisfacendo voi" and "Gertcha"!!!! Quanto meraviglioso.