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Forecasts for Monday: Met Office: - mainly dry BBC - mainly dry Accuweather - mainly dry Weather.com - mainly dry .... my you are a pessimist

When I started following the sport 51 years ago Colin was already a big name in the sport (and would still have been riding if it wasn't for Lokeren). That's a hell of a long time to be a major figure in speedway. My condolences to friends and family.

Haven't had by bag searched for ages ... ... not since, err, yesterday at Birmingham

Sounds more a case of speedway not understanding the visa system

No guarantees, but highly likely. Also r/r yielded just 3

Speedwaygb shows abandoned at 3 all, so it sounds like the race result was officially recorded.

2002 Bydgoszcz featuring Mark Loram is my best guess

It was. And why would I get a parking fine?

Ht 15 of the Cubs match was worth the price of admission alone

I'd say about average, maybe slightly on the low side, but not significantly.

Surely Masters represents Edinburgh and Wolves, allowing a Newcastle representative (Barker) into the field. [Morris (Prem) and Nicholls (Champ) would be the highest average riders not in the field]

I'm referring to the Bundesliga Final (the final of a league in which precisely no matches have taken place). I know Smoli won the individual in August (and Grobauer was 8th)

So Grobauer is missing for the 'final' of a competition that was cancelled in the Spring.

Out last night, so watched it for brekky. Brilliant meeting. Kinda got the impression you enjoyed it

Actually it is funded by "prudential borrowing" which is recouped by the rent charge to the club. So no the taxpayer isn't paying for the stadium.

Preferable to Peterborough on Monday: Kelly Marie AND Ra-ra-rasputin

And for a truly bizarre example look no further than Workington v Lakeside in 2018 which was "iced off" after 4 heats the day after the same two teams raced on the same track in the Championship Play-off Grand Final

Anders Rowe of Australia!!!

Dave Robinson

Basso fell in his third ride in Wednesday's final

Would that make him eligible to guest for Greaves in the CL?

In 1989 Hungary finished ahead of Poland in the World Team Cup: 8th Hungary 9th Poland 10th Italy http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc89.htm

Although there was some hostility to the "young upstarts" the PL was founded under the umbrella of the SCB and ACU in 1960. It only went "black" after the winter of 63/64 dispute over the enforced promotion of Wolves.

One could argue - all season. But they seem to have done very well with six third heat-leaders and a rising star.

If the wildcard picks go the way the hive mind on here seems to think (and I'm with the crowd here too) then we will be as close to the top 15 as we have ever been. 14 of the predicted riders are in the Polish Ekstraliga top 20 averages., only Freddie Lindgren is outside the top 20, but his GP form clearly justifies his inclusion. Of the 20 top riders in the Ekstraliga two are under 21 reserves who should be discounted because their averages are inflated. That leaves in order: Kolodziej, N Pedersen, J Holder and G Laguta as the only ones not likely to be in the GP series next year. I could make a claim for any of those four, but none would be overwhelming.