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GO WATO

My house. HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa

Good to see a new face on top of the rostrum and also pleasing to see Jarek Hampel have another brilliant GP, it's surely only a matter of time now before he gets to the top step. This years title race looks like it could be fun with a few rider up there now and a few other riders who you can never count out.

You can now get Sky Sports Xtra on NTL cable if you have the Sky Sports package.

JT, Pinny has bene saying for the last 18 months that Tim shoudl be keeping tab in Jurica and he's right. He is already good. when someone gets him into the PL on 9 in a couple of seaosn time they should have an instand success looking at some of his results. That said, he might go straight into the EL.

Wato should get the place, after all, he was in Svabs round, Dryml was not.

Newport are my team, also cheer for them first but I'll cheer even a rider I don't like if they have impressed me, I won't cheer for the opposition ebfore a race UNLESS they're Welsh!! Tom Brown and Phil Morris get as much support from me as Newport riders do, EVERY time.

Walk around Cardiff, theres plenty of places, listing them all would take for ever, TBH I've only ever been in McDonald and KFC, I did go in Burger King once

I dont know if it's been answered but YES kis are allowed, there were plenty in there last year and there website clearly states children ARE allowed.

We might be going to the GP then Jill

Now you're talking!! I'm going to try and win tickets, have Sky started there competitions yet? If that fials I'm sure some yout will be desperate to sell tickets 5 minutes before the meeting starts so I might be able to get in for £5!

The POW is about 3-10 minutes from the stadium entrance (depends which entrance), I left about 30 minutes before the meeting last year and still managed to get there in time for the pre-meeting crap, sorry I mean entertainment! Try, this for a map, the circle is the PoW and the staium, well it that big void at the top that says Millenium Stadium

SO we're 3(?) weeks away now, anyone got ny arrangements? What time we meeting? Where are we meeting? If we're not meeting until late(ish) (1pm onward) I can go to work in the morning, if not I'll have to arnage to work some other day. The Prince of Wales at the bottom of the stairs again? My mums driving us there and back, thats the easiest way, though not nessercarilly safest. Oh and at about 6 we're driving back home to watch the meeting on Sky, should save us a fair bit of money!

Let me be the first to be patriotic and wish the GB boys Jamie Smith and Ben Wilson good luck! Jamie can do it as he did last year and I'm sure Ben can qualify as well.

Thast what makes finals and semi-finals so stupid. Not to worry, it means Wato will be available for Newport as no doubt the next round will take place on a Sunday! No doubt Dekker is sitting at home reading this and saying, "Wato, the going gets tough and he messes up"

So give the keys to someone in the back of the car, they're hardly likely to drive from the back of the car are they?! Madness!

Only if the keys are in the ignition!

Andy is willing to ride this year, he said in the Speedway Star a few weeks back he wants a PL team place.

In Wales we riders who will average more than 9 if they come in on 9, not about 6. Kugelmann comes in on 4 so is almost certain to improve. We've had our share of duff(not the right word) foreignors this year who have nto got there 9 point average.

Does anyone know if he'd be willing to ride in the UK (for a sensible price)? I'd love him at Newport, he's sure to average 7 IMO and would come in on about 4.

Andy Galvin has spent the last 2 years riding for Arena Essex in the PL. He struggled to average 4 but was not helped by the fact he kept finding himself at number 2 or 4 because of the way the Arena Essex teams were built. He said in the Speedway Star about a month back that he is having(or had) some operation and he is still keen and wants to ride in the Premier League. Hard to believe that the rider who has rode for Arena the last 2 years was once the Carl Stonehewer of his time!! Moggo is just as fantastic to watch these days

Now he has retired I can say Frank Smart Infact, come to think of it I(or my parent) have paid to watch every rider I have ever seen ride

Apparently (from what dad has told me), Andrew was a brilliant division 2 rider (10+ average, could beat anyone) but when he moved up, he was expected to be the next big thing but managed to average 7 for Swindon before slowly declining and quiting. Yes he did make a come back at a meeting a few years back but I think it was Rye Houses first meeting back at Hoddesden? Or prehaps it was at arena at the end of the year before Rye Hosue come back at there won track, anyway, I remember the rumours he would ride in the CL for Rye House with a view to signing for there PL team the year after. (hmm, did Rye go PL in there 2nd year at Hoddesdon? If not it might have been at the end of Rye's 1st season back he rode!). He has been mentioned in the Speedway Star recently, Len took the Rye House team (minus Masters) for a ski weekend and he sad he was not too happy when he learnt that Andrew had been teaching Chris Neath, Davey Watt and (possibly, I can't remember) Tommy Allen to snowboard

Good or bad (you decide!! ) Wales and Scotland are part of Team GB. Until the day they are split Team GB get my support but I think I would prefer a split to Scotland, Wales and England. Definalty be fun to have a test match vs Scotland, even if the Scotland team did start as favourites

2004 edition, FIM Track racing Technical rules. 01.43.01 Mudguards must project laterally beyond the tyre on each side. 01.43.03 For Speedway and Long Track, a front mudguard must extend at least 5° ahead of a vertical line running through the centre of the front wheel axle and at least 5° under the top edge of the mud shield. A rear mudguard must extend at least 5° behind a vertical line running through the centre of the rear wheel axle. So basically, the same rules but different numbers. Nicki has a right to complain but then didn't Nicki win a void GP last year (the re-aranged GP one?!). Rules and speedway eh? They're just completly ignored at all levels!