Chris Brown

Blimey I wouldn't raise that one anymore, I know you be back on my case

Did you ever get that receipt Jim ??? Believe me mate, I did try very very hard to get it for you. I sort of get the impression I'm tarred with this one

2005 Shazzy

Jim We had a number of correspondence about it. Putting to one side the fact that it was not perfect, in fairness I never said it was perfect. Would you not agree that the principal of what was attempted was worthy of the Championship of GB. It did try to make a day of it and did try to put on an event for the fans rather than just 20 odd heats of speedway. I understand fully your issues on the day but the idea was a good one Thanks for your support on the Richardson thing Salty. As for Chris Louis, he had no time for fans but plenty of time to have a photo shoot with two topless Daily Sport girls which appeared in the Daily Sport on the Monday. Something about priorities there I think !!

I have also updated Tim Gomez site with the latest news on the injury he sustained while over here and his progress since his knee operation

This will have been the Lee Richardson who turned up very very late, done nothing but moaned from the time he got there, was one of only 2 riders (Chris Louis the other) who refused to take their turn in the autograph signing hut, rode a couple of races and pulled out because he couldn't win Frankly if you want to even listen to the view of someone who treated the event like then then that's up to you. On that day he was a disgrace and for HIM to criticise that event is scandalous

Seesm Ricky Kling then won a run off for the last place from Lubos Tomicek and Andriej Karpow

For all the criticism of Waggy over the past couple of years, he certainly tried to make a real event of the Championship of Great Britain and tried to take a meeting that is dying on its feet to a new level. I thought last year was a really good day, not perfect for everyone but the efforts to put something on before the meeting were very good and the track was very well prepared with as SC says no dust. Afternoon meeting are extremely difficult, it makes you wonder why they are held. Last year TV dictated the start time, why on earth did BV choose 4pm on a Sunday for this ??

Thought he looked pretty useful for Oxford last season. He was a young lad a long way from home and sadly Billy Hamill's injury meant he could not get the time he needed. Who knows he could have a part to play in Oxford's future at some point

Not if they put up another track like that. The meeting was interesting ONLY because the track broke up and ruts appeared on the racing line. Sorry but for what we are asked to pay to attend that is simply not good enough. I don't believe there was any more than 30-35000 there, all the crap about 40000 plus is spin IMO. Wonder what crowd the VAT man was given

Have you not yet learned to disregard anything he says. I am 100% confident that yet again it will be tosh and the crowd will not be 10% up on last year. I always have a fascination to know the crowd figure that is quoted for promotional purposes and the one the VAT man sees

Travel advice from the Millennium Stadium website The following arrangements will apply: Park & Ride sites accessed from Junction 33 of the M4: Leckwith (YELLOW CAR PARK) Queensgate (PURPLE CAR PARK) Knox Road multi-storey (WHITE CAR PARK) County Hall (GREEN CAR PARK) as a contingency Cost - £10 per car Drop off points will be: Leckwith - Tresillian Way at rear of train station Queensgate - Callaghan Square lay-by adjacent to Eversheds Knox Rd – this is a Park & Walk County Hall – Lay-by south side of Callaghan Square Coaches will leave the M4 at Junction 32 & use the Civic Centre All car parks will have a staff presence from 10:30am, will open at 11:00am with the first bus at 11:30am. The last bus will leave the pick-up point at 11:30pm, with car parks closing at Midnight

I wouldn't be worrying too much about whether you will see him in Cardiff

Confirmed tonight he will not ride

I agree Oxford is no place for a World Final either but holding it at Reading is taking the mickey to be honest. The seating is wooden benches and the terracing is a grass bank and their idea of improvments is to take the roof off a condemned stand. OK, if the new stadium gets built and its up to a decent standard then of course it would be potentially good to take it there but to go to Smallmead is a joke and shows the guy is taking the mickey out of British Speedway. Just my opinion

So do you believe Reading is an appropriate venue for a World Final ???

Just looked back as I remember this being posted some time ago. In fact it was 7 December and interestingly was rubbished at the time. So just why has it taken so long to announce. Can't wait to see the faces of people turning up at the old dung heap for a World Final. I reckon they'll all head off to the Madjeski thinking it must be there rather than in some ramshackled old wooden dump. Flies against everything BSI have tried to do with the GP series by taking it to capital cities and fine stadia.

Can't be Pat, the burger is only half eaten, nobody but nobody is quick enough with a camera to catch the Pie Man half way through demolishing a burger

That'll never happen, he's got a small fridge fully stocked in that van you know. You may even notice the Ginsters sponsorship on the side of the van. Meant to say Pat, Ginsters are Buy One Get One Free in Sainsburys at the moment. Sorry if anyone in Gloucestershire was wanting to eat Pasties this weekend but all Sainsburys stores will soon be reporting a shortage

Spot on Grachan. The cynic in me says that with BSI supposedly taking over at Reading they currently have a tool to entice riders, what chance Zagar now stay with Reading and is joined by Niels Kristian Iversen in 2006

And you of course lose any rights you may have to be included if you finish outside the Top 8. It doesn't matter how close he was to 8th place, he didn't make it so has no argument. Maybe he has had his chance and should not get another one The only issue is that the reinstatement of Lee Richardson is again a joke, he has now failed to make it 3 times by right and should not be in the GP's. He has had 2 decent GP's in 3 years and that isn't enough to warrant his inclusion, he if course also went backwards in his scoring last season.

And won by Scott Nicholls Fine coverage at http://speedway.vmnet.cz/finale.php?rok=2005 First one I have missed for a few years sadly

Crikey. I went to Sparta in 2002 and it cost 100Kc (Around £2) to watch an international football match

Well after seeing that, nobody in their right mind would have carried on riding in that weather. Seems to me that BOTH riders could have forced the issue by BOTH refusing a run off and making a restage happen.

Sounds like if the track wasn't fit for racing then nobody should have been expected to go out for a run off. A very sad way to end such a prestigous meeting, really sounds liek a restaging should have been the right way forward Having said that congratulations to the new champion, I have no doubt he would wanted to have won in differently but the record books will say he is the champion and nothing will change that. He of course almost won it in 2002 when losing a run off to Lukas Dryml, that was the first time I had seen him ride and was impressed with him then. Of course until he rode for Poole, I doubt Shovvy had ever heard of him so that probably comes as news to you Steve