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However there is a legitimate argument to be made that would help Manzares. Put simply the USA and Australia are different countries and therefore the criteria for Americans should be better matched to the way speedway is run in the USA and not just copied from Australia. For a start it has three national championships. Secondly the AMA inscribed one is a multi round competition and takes place during the UK season making it difficult for Gino to take part. And the state qualification criterion doesn't really work given that only California stages speedway at a competent level. Work permit for Jim Terchilla? Whether such an argument has been put, and whether the agency has paid any heed I have no idea.

Senior moment!!! Surely averages are calculated using actual rides taken. If a rider has one ride scoring one point that sounds like a 4.00 average to me. Assuming four rides (Brough's point) would give a 1.00 average. My quibble is that the article refers to the verdict of the Shawcross Commission being announced on December 3 when in fact it was still taking evidence.

For the two Reading meetings: Best Pairs 5 Wassermann 6 Underwood 7 Leigh 8 Humphreys no reserves I remember this one well - Swindon refused to ride and the home riders rode in an impromptu Best Pairs event that was eventually called to a halt after 10 races. (I think 12 were planned - I have the line-up for an unridden heat 11 in my prog) Do you want the line-ups for the Reading and Swindon teams? Nulli Secundus: 3 Weatherly 4 Niemi 9 Bob Humphreys (programmed at reserve replaced Larry Ross) 10 Richardson reserves Humphreys and Ian Gledhill (per blank prog so unconfirmed)

Maybe that is what they said. Maybe that is what they did. Maybe they just haven't told Darcy. Maybe they are getting out the monks and parchment in order to engrave the written verdict before sending it out. maybe... maybe... maybe

And defunct clubs have records too: (includes 1968-2008) - all official fixtures (but not Premiership or Spring Gold Cup) Source: Tears & Glory - The Winged Wheel Story READINGMOST OFFICIAL MATCHES Dave Mullett 561 (Jan Andersson 544) MOST CONSECUTIVE APPEARANCES Mick Bell 148 MOST OFFICIAL RIDES Dave Mullett 2526 (Jan Andersson 2435) MOST RACE POINTS SCORED Jan Andersson 5212.5 MOST BONUS POINTS SCORED Dave Mullett 497 MOST TOTAL POINTS SCORED Jan Andersson 5519.5 MOST MAXIMUMS Jan Andersson 66 [46/20] (Anders Michanek 58 [47/11]) AVERAGE Anders Michanek 10.58 (Dave Jessup 10.29) TRACK RECORD Per Jonsson 58.1 12.10.87 (stood for more than 20 years - next fastest Andreas Jonsson 58.2 on 8.5.06)

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So have you got something against invertebrates?

Promoted by the Ham brothers Team manager Tim Sugar

Wot no place for Richard May!! 1 Anders Michanek 2 Todd Wiltshire 3 Jan Andersson 4 Bobby Schwartz 5 Per Jonsson 6 Dave Mullett 7 Richard May Team manager : Tim Sugar NB This is a Racers septet, so no place for Greg Hancock

What puzzles me is that if there was a legal defence on procedural grounds, nowhere has it been clearly articulated by Mr Ward's lawyers, his representatives on Earth (Messrs Middleditch and Ford) or from the prodigiously tweeting Darcy. The odd vague reference to "irregularities" seems unconvincing given that if there was an argument it has now been put to the FIM, so nobody in the Ward camp would be in any doubt as to the substance of the case being put forward on his behalf.

Sounds like time for drink!!

Of course the Poles made a major contribution to the Allied effort, notably in the Battle of Britain and the field of cryptography - so not sure how far that line of reasoning takes you.

Congratulations on your internationalist outlook - but I can see some practical problems (as well as considerable political resistance) to allowing 1.2 billion Indian citizens the right to work and live in the UK

Jason Crump born in the UK - gosh I never knew that!!! Where was he born? It wouldn't be Bristol would it?? Do you think Kelvin and Nige could tell me?

Although there was a short period between the end of the Phil Crump/Billy Sanders era and the start of the Boyce/Adams era where the Aussies were struggling to track a decent team. Around the same time as Poland were competing on near equal terms with Hungary and Italy!!!

Can probably come up with a few Reading progs 4u - will have a look next week

Indeed 'Domicile' has a very specific meaning in tax law and in immigration law too. So to say someone is 'longtime' domiciled is redundant as the concept doesn't encompass the short term. I strongly doubt that Rusty Harrison was domiciled in the UK as he intended to pack up and return to Australia - he would though have been ordinarily resident (at least for tax purposes). For example tax avoider Lewis Hamilton is not resident or ordinarily resident in the UK, but is almost certainly still UK domiciled. A person starts with a domicile of birth, but can acquire a domicile of choice. However it requires more than just moving, or getting a new passport, as it is about where you intend to end up permanently, and emotional identification. Tai Woffinden has a UK domicile of birth, but ultimate domicile will depend on the answers to questions such as: * where do you expect to live on retiring? * where do you want to be burried? * which countries emblem do you have tattooed on your body?

So any canny team manager will be instructing his riders to slow up when on a 5-1 if their racing partner is an Aussie in need of a visa with an average close to seven!

Well tell the MA to get a move on - I'm in Tasmania for the next week!

Bit like immigration rules then!

We have to make sure there are no clashes for the Raiders riders!

It's a mistake I've made too - but it was Phil's trophy not Jason's.

Aussie 250cc championship:- A Final 1 Jaimon Lindsey (12) 2 Brody Eves (14) 3 Mathew Gilmore (14) 4 Dakota Ballantyne (9) Declan Knowles (12) missed out on the final after losing to Ballantyne in the B Final. Lidsey dropped his only points when chasing Eves when they met in the heats. Track in remarkably good condition given that parts of South Queensland had 4 inches of rain the previous day, but third bend did cause some problems. Have to say I was very impressed with the set up there.

"Close to beating Arlo Bugeja..." I don't think we're out of the woods yet!

A most elegant summary