Phil

Well I was supposed to be moving house today but managed to get it changed to tomorrow! The house has been sold for 6 months and should have moved 1 month ago and been packed since then so been a little stressed lately! Anyway really looking forward to tonight to celebrates Garry’s career and lets hope for a massive crowd to help him and his family get setup for the future. Ready Steady Go!

MORT & LEE BACK IN ACTION FOR GARRY ! Two of the greatest Speedway racers of all time have agreed to come out of retirement to compete head to head for Garry at his Benefit Grand Prix at Sheffield on Thursday 23rd August - 7:15pm. Former 1980 Speedway World Champion, Michael Lee will race against Chris Morton MBE the former World Pairs and World Team Cup Champion in the “best of three” match races. Morton starts as clear favourite having represented Sheffield in the British League, held the Owlerton track record at 60.7 seconds for almost 10 years and ended his career as the winner of the Northern Riders Championship in 1993. “Michael has spoken to me about this, he clearly means business but I’m confident I can beat him” said Morton, “I’ve always found Sheffield easy to ride but at the end of the day we’ll give it a good go for Garry” Lee is equally confident “This is more about Garry than Chris and I, of course I’m up for it and if Chris thinks he’s in for an easy ride he can think again. I’d love to say we are going along for the ride but once a racer always a racer, we’ll liven it up you wait and see

The Association of Speedway Referees in conjunction with the Speedway Control Bureau are offering fans throughout the country a unique opportunity for one of them to spend a night “On the Button” with Preston based official Craig Ackroyd. Fans will be able to bid electronically on line from August 1st in an Ebay auction to raise funds for the recently paralysed Garry Stead and the winner will assist Ackroyd in his official capacity at the Garry Stead Benefit Grand Prix to be staged at Sheffield’s Owlerton Stadium on August 23rd. Before his qualification as a Referee Craig was a keen motorcyclist and competed against Stead in Junior Grasstrack events, “My family have known Garry a long time” said Ackroyd “the serious injuries he sustained have been a shock to us and I just felt I had to do something to help. Hopefully this unique opportunity will raise funds and give one Speedway fan the opportunity of a lifetime, let’s be honest they all know better, now’s their chance to prove it”

The full press release can be read here.... http://www.sheffieldspeedway.com/news.php?extend.158 I see steady is pulling wheelies already!

James Toseland, the Sheffield-born 2004 World Superbike Champion will be a special guest at the Garry Stead Benefit “Grand Prix”

THE GARRY STEAD BENEFIT “GRAND PRIX” "PARADE OF CHAMPIONS" THURSDAY 23RD AUGUST - SHEFFIELD GATES OPEN 5PM - PARADE 7.15PM - FIRST RACE 7.30PM Admission has been pegged at the regular Premier League weekly rates of; Adults £12.00 OAP’s £9.00 Children Aged 12 – 16, £5.00 Children Under 12 FREE No less than 3 Speedway World Champions together with a host of League and Cup Champions from the last decade plan to turn out to support their injured colleague, Garry Stead who has been left paralysed from a track crash in May. The top names are currently under wraps whilst flight logistics are resolved but early confirmation has been received from Sam Ermolenko, Garry Havelock, Joe Screen and Simon Stead. Sheffield Co Promoter David Hoggart praised the riders for their willingness and enthusiasm, “The response has been fantastic, Garry indicated who he thought we should invite and we have pulled together a field representative of his former clubs; Stoke, Bradford, Newcastle, Workington, Hull and of course Sheffield” The event will be a 20 race Grand Prix format with 2 Semi Finals and a Grand Final, 23 races with 5 demonstration races featuring some of Garry’s recently retired competitors. Les Collins and Peter Carr will take to the saddle but one man who said he would never ride a Speedway bike again will make an emotional return. That man is the hero of the Workington Comets 2006 Four Team Championship success, Alan Mogridge who rode alongside Garry at Stoke and Workington. The latest news can be found at www.garrystead.com ------------------------------------------------- MORT & LEE BACK IN ACTION FOR GARRY ! Two of the greatest Speedway racers of all time have agreed to come out of retirement to compete head to head for Garry at his Benefit Grand Prix at Sheffield on Thursday 23rd August - 7:15pm. Former 1980 Speedway World Champion, Michael Lee will race against Chris Morton MBE the former World Pairs and World Team Cup Champion in the “best of three” match races. Morton starts as clear favourite having represented Sheffield in the British League, held the Owlerton track record at 60.7 seconds for almost 10 years and ended his career as the winner of the Northern Riders Championship in 1993. “Michael has spoken to me about this, he clearly means business but I’m confident I can beat him” said Morton, “I’ve always found Sheffield easy to ride but at the end of the day we’ll give it a good go for Garry” Lee is equally confident “This is more about Garry than Chris and I, of course I’m up for it and if Chris thinks he’s in for an easy ride he can think again. I’d love to say we are going along for the ride but once a racer always a racer, we’ll liven it up you wait and see. ------------------------------------------------- Speedway Referee at Garry Stead Grand Prix The Association of Speedway Referees in conjunction with the Speedway Control Bureau are offering fans throughout the country a unique opportunity for one of them to spend a night “On the Button” with Preston based official Craig Ackroyd. Fans will be able to bid electronically on line from August 1st in an e-bay auction to raise funds for Garry and the winner will assist Craig in his official capacity at the Garry Stead Benefit Grand Prix Click here to bid! ------------------------------------------------- With only a few days to go before the Garry Stead Benefit Grand Prix Speedway meeting Co-Promoters, Neil Machin and David Hoggart, have announced their admission strategy and it is very much business as usual at the Owlerton venue. Admission has been pegged at the regular Premier League weekly rates of; Adults £12.00 OAP’s £9.00 Children Aged 12 – 16, £5.00 Children Under 12 FREE Neil Machin commented “We are indebted to Cyril Chell from Easy Rider Motor Cycles who has taken on the main sponsorship and allowed this to happen. Everyone is working on a voluntary basis but there are some hard costs and Cyril has covered this”. The Sheffield club have produced a 28 page glossy colour magazine featuring Stead, who is paralysed following a track crash in May, Co-Promoter Hoggart is full of enthusiasm “The quality is excellent with only 1 advertisement, editorial from Garry and superb photography it will rank as one of the best ever. Elvis Jones has designed the cover and we have already been offered £1,000 for the original artwork which is signed by the 2007 British Grand Prix Riders” The cover price for the magazine is £4.00. Donations may be sent payable to, “Garry Stead Benefit Fund” c/o Yorkshire Bank, 14 High Street, Alfreton, DE55 7BB or paid in at any Yorkshire Bank branch quoting the above detail. ------------------------------------------------- SPONSOR PACKAGES NOW AVAILABLE ! RIDER & RACE SPONSORSHIP £200 - TYRE & FUEL SPONSORSHIP £50 - These packages are open to negotiation to meet individual needs. These packages can be done as an iddivdual or as a group. If you are interested in any of the packages please contact : garrysteadwristbands@hotmail.co.uk UNOFFICAL LINE UP......... ************ Gary Havelock (Redcar), Freddie Lindgren (Wolverhampton), Simon Stead (Belle Vue), Andre Compton (Sheffield), George Stancl (Edinburgh), Jason Lyons (Birmingham), Ricky Ashworth (Sheffield), Tai Woffinden (Rye House), Lee Complin (Stoke), Steve Johnston (Coventry), Joel Parsons (Sheffield), Rusty Harrison (Stoke), Chris Kerr (Redcar), Emiliano Sanchez (Birmingham), Magnus Zetterstrom (Somerset), TBC ************ ------------------------------------ Links to a few Hotels in the Sheffield... The Garrison Hotel www.travelodge.co.uk - Sheffield Central www.premiertravelinn.com IBIS Sheffield Shude Hill, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S1 2AR Tel: 0114 241 9600 Sheffield City, 24Hr Accommodation, Bar & Food Service, En-Suit Rooms WithModern Style, Parking Available www.sheffieldhotels.com

THE GARRY STEAD BENEFIT “GRAND PRIX” "PARADE OF CHAMPIONS" THURSDAY 23RD AUGUST - SHEFFIELD GATES OPEN 5PM - PARADE 7.15PM - FIRST RACE 7.30PM

Don't forget to put... Garry Stead Meeting, August 23rd in your diary!

time to draw a line undet this topic.

I guess thats bit is before 12:00 noon

Any news on who be in instead of Andre?

Just out of interest what is the crowd capacity at Scunthorpe!

Riders might be able to make Thursday night but what about the fans! A Sunday would have been far better. For me £40 for 2 adults is too steep. It early days but they really need to get decent sponsorship for the meetings and give the riders something to race for! A new jawa bike which most riders end up selling on it a waste of time to them! I guess they could always have the option of a new conservatory or double glazing!

I see Czestochowa have signed two young Brits, Kennett & Bridger

Posted on behalf of Jon Cook. Brighton Bonanza Booking.... Some people may have been given the wrong information by either Centre staff or Ticketmaster that you can not still use the booking form. This is untrue and we will be resending booking forms out to all those who have yet to book in the next 48hours, a booking form can also be downloaded from our website and we are hoping to have one in next weeks Speedway star. http://www.brightonbonanza.co.uk/booking.htm

Yes, he mixed it with the top EL riders very well didn't he. Top 6th rider of the day (going on points). He would still be racing if Sheffield hadn't off dropped him! Niels Kristian Iversen - 3,3,3,3 = 12 Ryan Sullivan - 3,3,3,2 = 11 Jesper B Jensen - 3,3,3,2 = 11 Hans Andersen - 1,3,2,3 = 9 Bjarne Pedersen - 2,2,3,3 = 10 Sean Wilson - 2,2,2,1 = 7 Mark Loram - 3,1,1,1 = 6 Gary Havelock - 2,1,0,2 = 5 Peter Karlsson - 2,Ef,1,3 = 6 Gary Havelock - 2,1,0,2 = 5 Scott Nicholls - 0,2,2,F = 4 Craig Boyce - 0,2,1,1 = 4 David Norris - 0,1,0,2 = 3 Grzegorz Walasek - 1,1,1,0 = 3 Steve Johnston - 1,0,2,F = 3 Edward Kennett - 1,0,0,1 = 2 Tomasz Bajerski - 0,0,0,0 = 0

The King of the Showground Celebrates Panthers legend of the last ten years and fans’ favourite Ryan Sullivan celebrates his well deserved Testimonial this coming Sunday (2nd April) with a mouth watering line-up of speedway, stunt show, sidecar speedway racing and celebrity races. Added to that there will be the appearance of a special celebrity whose only identity at this stage is that he will be spending his summer in Germany. With the FIFA World Cup 2006 scheduled for early June, speculation amongst fans and press has been high as to who it may be. The only way to find out for certain is to make it along to Ryan’s ‘King Of the Showground’ meeting this coming Sunday with gates opening at 1pm at the East of England Showground at Peterborough. The speedway action starts at 3pm. The speedway part of the entertainment will feature a four-team tournament comprising of Peterborough, Poole - Ryan’s only other British club, Great Britain and a Rest of the World side. Riders on show will include ex-World Champions and Panthers Mark Loram and Gary Havelock, Panthers favourite from 2005 Peter Karlsson and also Great Britain number one Scott Nicholls. It will also feature former Coventry and Sheffield rider Sean Wilson’s last competitive rides in the sport. Two Semi-Finals and a Final will complete proceedings for the highest scorers from the team event. There will also be sidecar racing featuring some of the best stars in their field and also celebrity races on monkey bikes which will feature glamorous Sky Sports presenter Sophie Blake, former Chelsea and Charlton Athletic footballer Graham Stuart and Lite FM presenter Louise, as well as the appearance of the mystery celebrity. The speedway teams line-up as follows; Peterborough (Sponsored Team Manager - Kieran Moody) 1 Ryan Sullivan 2 Jesper B Jensen 3 Hans Andersen 4 Niels Kristian Iversen Great Britain 1 Scott Nicholls 2 Mark Loram 3 Gary Havelock 4 Chris Harris Poole (Sponsored Team Manager - Garry May) 1 Bjarne Pedersen 2 Grzegorz Walasek 3 Craig Boyce 4 Edward Kennett Rest of the World 1 Sean Wilson 2 Peter Karlsson 3 Steve Johnston 4 tbc The speedway meeting starts at 3pm with entertainment before, during and after the main event which finishes with an after meeting party and auction. Prices for the event are as follows: - Adult £12 OAP’S/Students £6 Children £1 Programme £2 Car Parking Free

Sorry don't know, I got the lineup from Ryan last week but not had any rider changes. Ryan has been very busy with all the fixtures over the last few days. I put " Please Note: The rider line-up is unofficial and unconfirmed and is subject to change due to rider availability" just to cover myself

Sorry for this BobC... I got the time from the Flyer which says start time 2:30pm. Sounds like the meeting starts at 3:00pm with the pre-entertainment before the meeting starting at 2:30 going by PanthersChamp06 post. (thanks by the way PanthersChamp06 ) I would arrive early in any case, you can get more raffle ticket's then

Peterborough Speedway is located within the East of England Showground. From A1M South On approaching Peterborough, follow the signs Peterborough Services 1.5 miles followed by A1139 Peterborough/Wisbech/A605 Northampton/Oundle. Exit the A1M at junction 17 stay in the left hand lane and follow signs which say East of England Showground. Move into a further left hand lane sign posted Northampton/Oundle A605/Orton Centre/East of England Showground. This will bring you to a roundabout. Go around the roundabout and take third exit following signs Peterborough-Wisbech/Orton Centre. Stay in left hand lane, follow signs East of England Showground and take first exit on left this will take you up to a roundabout. Take the second exit off the roundabout onto a dual carriageway, the signs will show Orton Wistow/Showground and a yellow Speedway Stadium sign. Go across next roundabout. Turn left at the next roundabout signposted The North A1. The stadium will now be on your left hand side. Go to the next roundabout and take a left hand turn into the Showground entrance. Go across next roundabout and follow the perimeter track to Stadium parking. From A605 West As you approach Peterborough approximately 1 mile after the turning for Elton there is a speed camera located on the left hand side immediately after a small flyover. Shortly afterwards you will pass a service area on the right hand side. Go across the roundabout at the services and follow signs for Peterborough A605/The North/ London A1M. There is another roundabout again with signposts for Peterborough A1139/Wisbech A47. Go across the roundabout and take the second exit following signs for Peterborough/Wisbech/Orton Centre. Stay in left hand lane and follow the sign for East of England Showground and take first exit on left, this will take you up to a roundabout. Take the second exit off the roundabout onto a dual carriageway, signs will show Orton Wistow/Showground and a yellow Speedway Stadium sign. Go across next roundabout. Turn left at the next roundabout signposted The North A1. The stadium will now be on your left hand side. Go to the next roundabout and take a left hand turn into the Showground entrance. Go across next roundabout and follow the perimeter track to Stadium parking. From A47 West Leave the A47 by way of a left hand exit which is signposted London A1/Peterborough South A1139. Join the dual carriageway of the A1. Approximately three miles further on there is a sign for Alwalton/Business Park/ Showground/Chesterton. Stay in the left hand lane and take the left hand exit. The exit isn't very well signposted until you reach the junction. Continue through Alwalton village, The Cuckoo Pub is on the left hand side. Turn left at the T-junction where the signpost reads Speedway Stadium/ Peterborough Showground/Business Park. Turn right at the first roundabout into the Showground entrance. From A47 East Arriving on the A47 on the outskirts of Peterborough you will reach a roundabout. Join the dual carriageway A1139 (Fletton Parkway) and follow the signs for London A1/ Northampton A605. Stay on this road which will take you around Peterborough with the Cathedral and Football ground on your right hand side. Take a left hand exit signposted Bushfields/Hotel/Nene Park followed by Orton Centre/Showground/Lynchwood/Business Parks/Orton Southgate. This will take you up to a roundabout. Take the third exit off the roundabout and continue on the dual carriageway and follow signs for Speedway Stadium. Continue across next roundabout and then turn left at the roundabout signposted The North A1. The stadium will now be on your left hand side. Go to the next roundabout and take a left hand turn into the Showground entrance. Go across next roundabout and follow the perimeter track to Stadium parking.

Mark Loram the Millennium World Champion has been added to the line up. Mark rode with Ryan in 2001 both completing 43 meetings, with Mark achieving an 8.52 average and Ryan an average of 9.58. In the same year Peterborough won the Knock Out Cup and Mark was crowned British Champion.

I will give you a clue, he has ridden for Peterborough before.

The actual Cracker Meeting DVD is now avaible to order on Sean Site. 1st 200 Orders receive items signed http://www.seanwilsonracing.co.uk/cracker.html