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Sko to rhyme with Ho or low

Sko-pell-etty?

Not quite the point I was making. The sponsorship system is one by which individuals are allowed to work in the UK at the discretion of the UK Government. They could easily change the rules (and indeed there has been much noise [largely hot air in my view] that they are being tightened).

I think the really important point is that even if we do want to see more Aussie's riding here, bending the rules for someone like Cam Heeps has a significant risk. Another Tyson Nelson style debacle could lead to the British Authorities tightening the rules further. The immigration authorities could take the view that the BSPA is incapable(!) of policing the existing rules and tighten them further preventing many riders currently here from riding. [Only EU riders have a right to work here]

Indeed, this was a long way from being the worst Grand Prix. Prague is always one of the least exciting GPs, but there seemed to be less gate bias than many of the previous gate and go fests we've seen in the Grand Prix. Biggest plus though was the addition of Jan S to the commentary team And congrats to Greg

Loktaev was listed to ride for Holstebro last night, and I was looking forward to seeing him. Still he obviously can't be in two places at once. Loktaev and Tsukanov are both Russian with Ukranian licences aren't they? Not sure what that does with work permits, but I must admit I was surprised Bondarenko got one (but he has ridden quite well). Certainly Loktaev (who is only 17) is worth keeping an eye on

And tonight he was even more impressive with 16 in the Supaliga at Grindsted, including a victory over Kenneth Bjerre Visitors Holstebro won 42-41 in a last heat decider. Needing a 3-all in ht 14 Andersen and Patrick Norgaard were heading for a 5-1 when third placed Henning Bager fell on the last bend of lap 3. Bjerre (who was last at the time of the stoppage won the rerun, thus depriving Norregard and Andersen of their second victories over Bjerre. [Norgaard beat Bjerre from the back earlier in the meeting] While Bjerre top scored it was Bager who impressed most for the home team. But Kroner was truly woeful. Andersen and Norgaard got 16 each leaving very little required of the remaining riders, which was just as well as Graversen and Gapinski [apparently an 'A' grade rider] made very modest contributions. Have to say Jonas Andersen had escaped my notice previously (I see that he rode in a couple of Vikings fixtures on British tracks). Looked very professional - good from the back on Saturday and sharp from the gate tonight. He's 18, and this was his first double figure score in the Supaliga, while Saturday's was his first maximum in Div 1 (and neither on tracks he's ridden regularly)

The C & D grade riders weren't really competetive. After a very warm day in denmark the track was heavily watered and this may have disadvantaged some of the less experienced riders. Saw Michelsen again today - he got 10 from 4 as Midtjyllands won at Vojens in a Div 1 match. Vojens' Jonas B Andersen was the star with a 15 point max - including 3 wins from the back. MSM 46 Vojens 43 Outrup 19 Holstebro 12

52-33 to Outrup ..rather dull and one sided (and slow) meeting Mads Korneliussen got a maximum (16+2), Iversen 16+1, and Kenni Larsen (13+3) rather flattened the opposition. Hansen and and Monberg top scored for the visitors and Jablonski had engine problems (including an ef while leading). Toft was best of the youngsters

He appealed against his 5 year ban. The appeal tribunal concluded he was innocent of the original offence, and cut his ban to one year :shock: No wonder Lee felt the authorities were out to get him. The reason he was out for so long is that he didn't pay the associated fine, and the ban only started running once the fine was paid (I think the ban was commuted after the fine was paid in order to expedite his return)

Officially there is no such thing as an engine failure. The Rule book provides for the following programme markings: 20. Appendix E. Result Sheet / Programme Marking non-finishers F for a fall FD for a fall and disqualification from the re-run of the Heat FN for a fall and non-starter in the re-run of the Heat R for a retirement Disqualifications E for a Starting Gate offence EH where handicap is used for a Starting Offence N2 for exceeding the "two minute" allowance XD for Dangerous or Foul Riding XO for other reasons (not considered Dangerous or Foul Riding) rider replaced RR when a Rider Replacement is used N when a Reserve Replacement is used NS When a Team Member or Reserve is not replaced

Good to hear something positive. :D Hope the court case has a satisfactory outcome. So it looks like it was all about Steve Ribbons after all.

Series Result: John Cook 150 Larry Ross 113 Ivan Mauger 101 Bobby Schwartz 82 Simon Wigg 82 Neil Evitts 69 Juha Moksunen 67 Ollie Tyrvanien 51 Einar Kyllingstad 49 Grzeg Dzikowski 20 Mitch Shirra 12 Ryzsard Franczyszyn 10 David Bargh 7 Barry Ayres 7 Kym Mauger 6 (Source Speedway Star 15.2.86)

Jay Herne for Newport (along with James White-Williams and Tom Young?) http://www.speedwaygb.co/news.php?extend.9944

Is there a date and venue for the Swedish Championship weekend?

There were four reserve changes: Ht8 (Read): Davies for Tabet Ht 8 (BV): Eyre for Owen Ht 10 (Read): Davies for Tabet Ht 12 (BV): Eyre for Bailey So last places were: 1 Tabet 2 Leigh 3 Jackson 4 Owen 5 Jackson 6 Waplington (Ex) 7 Moulin 8 Leigh (fell) 9 Waplington 10 Bailey (fell) 11 Moss 12 Waplington (fell) 13 Jackson (fell)

From the American speedway discussion group: The schedule is; April 7th TBA April 9th - Rye House Cobra's April 10th - Newcastle Versus 'Team Viking' (Scandanavian Dream Team) April 12th - Dudley Heathens (at Wolverhampton) April 15th - Lakeside April 16th - Stoke April 17th TBA

Can I record my thanks to f-s-p for his help with this

Poole v Reading Ht 1 Simmons, Davis, Eide, Kennedy(fell) 71.1 R v Overseas Select Guests were: 2. Jim McMillan 5-8-1 5. Steen Mastrup 5-6-1 Halifax v Reading Guests were: Ian Westwell (a H'fax jnr) 4-0-0 Malc Shakespeare 2-0-0 (incidentally this match was Reading's biggest losing margin in their entire 40 year history) Reading v Leicester: 56-22 is a typo, the correct score is 52-26

Nah - should be California Poppies

In the past I've always found 'svenska Speedwayresultat' a tremendously useful site - particularly for 80cc speedway - but it has been unavailable this year. I've tracked down the archive for 2000-08 which now sits on speedway.nu, but is there anywhere I can find the 2010 results, league tables averages etc for Swedish 80cc speedway

20 heats followed by top 4 into grand final (no semi finals) - result as per your last post

I agree with the general tenor of your comment, and why would the Stars want to give up a local derby against Ipswich? Russia's league collapsed because they didn't have any restrictions on team strengths - as a result the two teams that had owners with deep pockets priced their opponents out of the league. In 2009 the Russian league ran with three teams and no foreigners, this year it expanded to five teams and no foreigners (but three of the teams are just making the numbers up) PS Please don't remind me about the Bu**dogs, it's still too painful :cry:

Reading v Wimbledon programme has Norman Hunter @ no 1 for Wimbledon and I have Wtney Mann prog too which has George at no 15

Well the 2009 Polish Golden Helmet was staged in 2010, so why not stage the 2010 NL Fours Final next April? Let's see if we can keep this saga going