Tsunami

Merry Xmas and a great Speedway New Year to all Newcastle Speedway fans. We know the team now, and all could be winners, so looking forward to a tasty season with a sprinkling of success. Roll on the last week in March. A new team, which will freshen things up, could surprise a lot of people.

Get back to your village.

But now an armchair critic with f*ck all to contribute.

He got it about right them.

Yes. It was Boxall and Armstrong and they were knocking in scores of 10 and 11 every meeting and making it a mockery. In saying that I believe that is the rule in Poland, and Zmarzlik was one of the beneficiary a few of years ago.

Like everything in life, it depends on who would pay what, so it's very subjective. In saying that it's not that hard to equate one transfer against historical transfers and not be that far out. I have been out of Promotion for a number of years now so I am not aware what the current level is.

You have to have a certain value of riders, say £15k, or deposit the value with BSPA.

You don't have to ride the stipulated 4H and 4A to make a rider an asset. If you sign a rider and bring him to this country to ride, he is your asset once the contract is signed. Similarly a junior rider riding second halfs can sign a contract to ride for the club without actually riding for them up to that point.

So what would be gained by dropping the price and the debts continuing with early closure by the promotions.

Yes, Tim could upset everyone at any time. He needed exclusive control and virtually ran a one man show. In saying that, you have to admire the total commitment and his forward planning like buying up the Somerton Park seats and storing them for years, knowing he was planning to build a stadium/track one day. I believe he had been Phil Crumps mechanic, which presumably would explain the unique relationship he had with Neil Street, who always made a point to speak to me on my visit with the Diamonds even though I usually only saw him once a year. Lovely man. As adonis has said, the track could be very problematic even for big meetings like the Premier Pairs/Welsh Open. It always had a double hollow going into the third bend, one was bad enough but a second hollow was always there as riders jumping out of the first hollow landed and created the second hole. The track material was very unique, sometime being like oatmeal in colour and packed hard, but soft only inches below the surface. I remember James Birkenshaw once tyre warming on the home straight and he dropped into a hole having gone through the top crust. Of course Tim was furious at it, and he made sure it never happened again. I personally had a lot of respect for him, talking with him for hours at the stadium, and him sharing his thoughts on setting up our original Gems team in 2002. On his advice we combined the Diamonds and Gems meetings and added a £1 on the entrance with good results. His team and the our Gems were about the only teams to stay with the original concept of why we had the Conference League, and that showed in the league positions we were in by giving new youngsters their first rides and persevering with them. We never tried to take on the moneybags teams like Mildenhall by hoovering up the top junior riders for the promoters personal glory. Tim will be remember by many for both good and bad reasons.

The most boring races you will see all year are the first heats in the GP's.

Still got time to get fixed up and also get a lot of rides in before the season starts. Soon know but on Saturday night, when the last 2 members are announced.

There's plenty of time for him to get fixed up and get stacks of rides during the winter. He has already ridden for us a couple of years ago so is no stranger to the place and had a few critical rides.

True. The guy even got the - 2.5% for Clegg wrong, so now going with Steve and 9.51 left for the two riders.

I used the teams thread on here which also shows the reductions. The post is at the top of this section.

9.97 ...and Lasse is on 7.08.

Well. who's it going to be, Ludde, Kus or Baby Bjerre. Find out at the Xmas Party at 7.30pm at the PTE Club on Sat 22nd Dec..

Matt retired last year when he was with Edinburgh.

Still do, but can lodge funds in lieu of the assets value..

Surely that can be only good for the sport to get the wages down. It's what all fans have been clambering for in debates so top marks to Buster for trying it.

I think that Leander will have noted your comment.

Now gone to Birmingham.

The link to order the tickets for the Newcastle Speedway Xmas Party on Saturday 22nd Dec at the PTE Club in Byker. has now been fixed. All future requests for tickets should be made through that link to help estimate the food requirements. Should be a goodun.

The link isn't working at the moment Steve.

I'll order them for you, and you can pay on the door. Just tell Joan they are in the name of Terrace Grumbler.