The White Knight

Thank you for pointing this out to me oldace - I did not know that. IF you are right about this - then Jerzy Sczakiel was undeservedly in the Final. The fact that, if as you say, he was allocated a place then, in no way invalidates my arguments about Qualification - if anything it re-enforces it. Selection is no way to get to a World Final/ Grand Prix Series. In BOTH cases - IT IS WRONG.

Sczakiel QUALIFIED Woofinden didn't - GAME SET AND MATCH to me - I think. Oh - and Sczakiel was a worthy Champion ON THAT DAY!!!

Play Offs are wrong - everybody knows my views by now BWitcher - THATS why I have been quiet. I have NOT changed my views on that either. They are unfair. :) I see no contradiction - Woofinden should NOT be in the GP end of, neither should MJJ (as I stated - I only used him as an example) in my book as neither qualified - but that is the way Speedway is these days. No the wonder Crowds are falling - Speedway is pushing credibility beyond belief. People ask WHY is Speedway failing? - well ridiculous Rules like selecting for the GP series on grounds of Nationality and not Qualification, Play Offs, Double Points, Jokers etc. DO NOT HELP as far as credibility goes. People, in general, are NOT mugs. They know when they are being ripped off. Some of us, like me at the moment, are prepared to put up with all the chicanary that goes on because we love to watch four Riders belting around a Track. The problem is a tremendous amount of people are put off the Sport because of the aforementioned stupid Rules. Granted in these times of austerity 'Cuts' the Sport is also feeling the backlash of the Financial times we are living through, that too will undoubtedly have a effect. This alone is bad enough without discouraging folk by contriving Results.

I hope you are right HT. Plymouth deserve a decent Team. :approve:

EXACTLY - as I stated in an earlier Post on this Thread (see above). As Rob has pointed out Jerzy Sczakiel had some very good Results at International level - and before the usual suspects jump in - he had some very poor performances too. To me, though, that was very much part of Speedway. No way was Sczakiel a better Rider than Mauger - but - on that particular night - he triumphed. A win for the underdog a bit like Wimbledon beating Liverpool - the very unexpectedness of it was part of the delight. THAT surely is what Sport should be about - unless you want the 'same old, same old' as we get at present.

No it isn't - Woofinden is only in it because he is British (sort of) and to put 'Bums on Seats' at Cardiff - certainly not on ability and Results. How fair is that on other Riders who have out performed him???? I simply don't understand that anyone can argue, that someone getting in to the GP Series BECAUSE OF NATIONALITY and no other reason, is right. It certainly isn't in my book.

Instead of sniping at past Promoters who have now left the scene - let's just celebrate the fact that Speedway is back at the SBA next Season. I sincerely hope that the 'Devils' get a good Team to support - I, for one, will be looking for their results each week along with those of Redcar, Berwick and Belle Vue. I will, of course be supporting Newcastle at Brough Park each week. I do hope that the Plymouth faithful will, once again, make the Trip up.

Hey - Bamber - is that your starter for ten.

You would be getting a good, if sometimes inconsistant Rider. Certainly he would be worth a punt. :approve:

Yes - I'm puzzled too - I must have missed something.

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Errrm - I heard a rumour that the Duchess of Cambridge was pregnant - turned out to be true. :)

Is that a typo - or - is it correct. If correct it is a trifle harsh don't you think.

GREAT to see you back sidney - I've missed you. :approve:

I just wish they had left this as it was. :sad: 'If it ain't bust don't fix it' springs to mind. There MUST be other ways of shaving a few bob off Costs.

As I said - I only used MJJ as an example.

I thought it was 'GoSpeed'??

You are giving me my point here SC. Obviously the financial returns from the GP series outweigh the Sporting necessity to find the TRUE World Champion. Who knows? Michel Jepsen Jensen could possibly have won the Title in 2013 - we will never know now. I am only using him as an example, but, as I say, he could possibly have won the whole thing - sadly I reckon there is absolutely no chance of Tai doing so. I wish there was.............................. Also, as I have said previously - it does not make it right. (the selection process).

Nice one Parsloes - you made me smile. :)

OUCH!!! :shock:

Thank you for that folks. The reasons for closure given by the Promoters was bad Weather and lack of Crowds - NOT TRUE. See full story here: http://www.sunderlandspeedway.co.uk/stats/1964/1964_Season.html

As I said in my earlier Post - surely it is not beyond the whit of man to find a System that is fair to all. I, at least partly, agree with you about the old System for the 'one off' World Finals - but - 'two wrongs do not make a right'. I STILL don't believe that Woofinden should be in the GP Series - ther should be NO PLACE for TOKENS as you put it. As for Formula One - I am not really interested, nor do I care what happens in that Sport - I support Speedway - about that I DO care.

It would be very difficult to bring Speedway Star out as a 'Daily'. In these days of high technology, Internet etc. it is hardly surprising that you have already heard some of the News therein, though not ALL of it. I think you are being a trifle harsh there squall.

Please could you advise me? Do Sunderland 'Saints' get much of a mention? Thank you. Ian.

I recommend a look. It really is an EXCELLENT Site. :approve: