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Mine too. Can remember many last minute trips over Woodhead on a Thursday night, always arrived just after the parade but I don't think we ever missed a race. The Tigers riders I remember were Airey, Haley, Valentine, Paulson, Dews, Wyer, Wilson, maybe Wyer and Wilson were after Airey had gone, unsure, was Dave Baugh another from that era, he or Paulson always wore a rugby shirt over their leathers, I think. Either way it was always a welcome change to stand on the 3rd bend, big difference to being up in the stands @ Hyde Rd, totally different perspective on the racing, seemd at least twice as fast. Even though I was only a nipper I always used to think the presentation at Owlerton was more appealing than @ Belle Vue, not sure what it was, maybe the exotic accent of the announcer, our own Ken Wrench definitely spoke the Queens English. Can also recall the smell of the bakery on arrival, the fact that the pits were more accessible for watching what went on there, almost like a show ring, very exciting as a youngster to be able to get so close. At Belle Vue the only way to see into the pits during a meeting was either through the gaps in the big concrete panels at the back of the stand or through the gaps in the floor of the stand above, such a narrow perspective either way. Anyway, sorry for the ramble but the name Jim Airey conjours up many memories for me, if only for the mad trips over Woodhead, sometimes leaving Stockport less than an hour before the start of the meeting. It also meant a late night on a school night, maybe even a chippy supper on the way home, the racing was good too though, always seemd to be close affairs.

Could go any way this one after 10 heats, wouldn't like to call it yet. Cracking atmosphere, I've never attended a match in poland but will be looking to add it to my list of things to do.

Enjoyed that, nicely poised for the 2nd leg. I have very little knowledge of Polish tracks (other than that they are all big & fast), wondering if home advantage is big for next week. Just heard AJ say it could go either way, should be good.

and boisterous, reminiscent of football in the 70's. Close meeting too.

Enjoyed the 3rd/4th place 1st leg, even though it was a walkover there were some good races, decent track too. Hope the Final 1st leg delivers in similar fashion, anyone else watching?

cheers pal, I've got that one already, beggars can't be choosers eh.

I'm shocked! Any chance of a link please. edit an English one please btw, I hope Harris can keep this up, proper racer.

Would like to be able to agree with you but when I spotted this thread I was immediately reminded of his previous exploits and now I'm really looking forward to the meeting. It's not about any personal loyalties for me, it's about seeing an exciting evenings racing, straight away we are almost guaranteed at least 5 races that will have us on the edge of our seats, I can't think of another rider they could give the WC to who could instil that kind of anticipation, can you? Ben Barker is a decent shout for a couple next season if he can step it up a level in terms of speed, like Ward he has the fire in his belly, winning is important but racing is their big motivation.

right thanks. It would be interesting to know Gollobs version of that earlier race, anyone?

Pardon my ignorance but is this a semi final or final, is it a 2 legger and if so which one is this, cheers

Made a mug of himself there Gollob, thought he was better than that these days, how wrong I was.

Good shout, thanks for that, it's bob on.

Thanks again, must brush up on my Polish, jinqueer (sp) is the sum of it at the moment.

thanks R & R but that link is showing football. Edit, ok, just seen your other post, I will sit and wait patiently, cheers.

Any chance of a link to a stream please, can't find my way round that Polish site, are there streams on there too or is it Sopcast (which I cant get on on my mac? Pm is fine, cheers in advance

Thanks for that folks, much appreciated.

Just got in so a bit late but any chance of a link please?

Thanks Paul, problem is I can never manage to navigate that site, obviously the language barrier being the biggest obstacle, also do I need to download anything beforehand to watch sopcast? Could do with a few lessons in this as it's about the only thing I use the mac for, other than work of course.

Done, cheers

Would also appreciate a link please. thanks in advance

maybe a bit of tyrepacking.

just started for me, seems ok, track looks reasonable from what I can see, hope I'm not wrong. Lets Dance edit, just seen the track from another angle, looks sloppy, no rain falling atm tho, fingers crossed.

Cheers for that link but I couldn't get it to play, page opened fine but the vid wouldn't start. I use a mac, not sure if that makes a difference, any advice appreciated, do I need to register on there maybe? Have had a similar problem trying to watch skyplayer(?) on my mates account (with his permission of course), the screen just froze at the start of play and that was it. I don't have a problem with streams etc, other than the usual bit of buffering now and again. thanks in advance

Thanks MP, used your racecard regularly for a while now, always intending to say thanks but never remembering after the event, so a big thankyou. Started using the 'advanced one' and it does give a better insight while the meeting progresses, the gate stats for instance, gate 3 delivered the most points during the meeting proper, something I would never have noticed without the card. Also had my first go at having a flutter on the speedway, had 4 bets and 2 came in. I had Crump to win outright, so I was feeling chipper after 20 heats. Thanks again Paul.

Might be an idea to pm these links in future, then we won't find as many of the streams getting closed down. just a thought, pm sent bee.