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OK! fine, that's your opinion. Mine is that the referee should stick to his guns. If he excluded Pedersen then he should have excluded Crump as weel. OK, Gollob did not have to pass Crump, but having said that he passed Crump clean. There was no contact, and it was not Gollob's fault that Jason decided to hit the deck.

Correct me, if I'm wrong, British speedway stadium are mostly owned by GRA ( the British Greyhound Racing Association ) Yes, I do know, that British town and city authorities pump NOTHING in your speedway clubs. BUT, perhaps SOMEONE should try to persuade them - at least - to do that. After all, who 10 years ago heard about Bydgoszcz, or in the last few years about Czestochowa, Zielona Gora, etc. I'm not sure whether promotors have tried, particularly recently. I remember the days when there was the Gulf British League, etc. OK, you have now Sky Sports Elite League, but where do all that sponsoring money go? How much of it finds its way do each and every British club? Rules changing is not only happening in Britain. Those in authority think that by doing this they improve the sport. I think is other way round. What people want is clear cut set up, with no rider replacements, no 'golden reserve', 'jokers' etc. Would you accept in football a rule which says that because the other team are three up you can have a penalty shot? I bet you wouldn't. The same in speedway. Newcomers, if they get persuaded by someone to come and watch speedway can't get their heads round thinking how stupid speedway rules are.

Why should they be buying 'their' stadiums? As far as I know,speedway stadiums in Poland are not owned by the speedway clubs. If anything they are owned by city authorities. Bydgoszcz "Polonia" speedway club is not rich enough to own the stadium, or to stage the annual GP event there. It's the Bydgoszcz city authorities who pump the money, getting in return (as they see it) publicity for the town. Try this with Ipswich, Reading, etc. Find a sponsor like a British Petroleum, Gulf, Coke, etc., anybody of similar statute. Create publicity around speedway, make it exciting for those who never heard of speedway. Don't kill it slowly by choping and changing its own rules. It can be done, why not in Britain? regards Polski Zuzel

Tress, so what, or perhaps who, is stopping England to have the same set up as Poland? It's a free world and you do, presumably, the way you think is best. Don't you ? regards PolskiZuzel

...and so do I, Lawrence. I am glad to report to be back online again. In the last two weeks, or so, due to my moving, I was cut off from all the news and gossips. So this is my first opportunity to thank Rico, Mama and you Lawrence for having me on the coach trip to Zielona Gora. The trip itself was quite enjoyable, but the actual event called the GP Challenge was a big disappointment, weather included. If it wasn't for a nice trio of King's Lynn (Tomas Topinka) supporters from the other coach I would get frozen stiff!. That's how cold it was. Keep up with your very good job, Lawrence, filming and interviewing speedway events. Regards to you all. PolskiZuzel

Thanks for the links Mama. The site is really great. Quality of pictures is amazing. Commentary ?... will get better... I'm sure. All we need is some graphic inserts, to tell us who rides with whom and in what helmet colours. Otherwise, I' ll say - WELL DONE!!! keep it up.

Read all about Andrzej "Whoosh" Huszcza in the BACKTRACK the Retro Speedway magazine for the fans of the 70s and 80s, issue 21, July-August 2007, pages 28-29. LOL

Wladyslaw Pietrzak, one of the 'fathers' of post-war speedway in Poland, has died today 27/03/2008, at the age of 89. RIP

Hi Rico! What a great idea. Count me in ( if not too late ). Kind regards to all fellow travelers to Ostrow. PolskiZuzel

...and pigs will fly

Thanks a lot, Rico ! Knowing I am now on the list I await further instructions :-) PolskiZuzel

Well, Hazzman, I already have 43 definites for the 49 seater bus and another 3 enquired this morning, so it doesn't take a genius to work out that at some point very soon I'm going to have to put the 'Bus Full' sign up. I hope there is still time to book me in. regards PolskiZuzel

Indeed...May I offer, on behalf of all people involved in Polish speedway, heartfelt condolences to Kenny's family and friends. RIP PolskiZuzel

Yes! You are 100% right. The pictures come from the local crew, and the commentary from the given channel studios.

I also watched German Eurosport on that evening, but will disagree with you on Barth. He kept saying that the event was coming live from Warsaw, and instead Ulamek kept saying ULMANEK :-)

Good post !I wish others could see the way you do.

It was rare indeed. In the 70s only Tony Svab (sr) - father of Tony jr (former Ipswich rider, and Milan Spinka managed to break Soviet monopoly. 1970 Nassjö S - Antonin Svab Czechoslovakia 1971 Inzell D - Gabdraham Kadyrow Soviet Union 1972 Nassjö S - Gabdraham Kadyrow Soviet Union 1973 Inzell D - Gabdraham Kadyrow Soviet Union 1974 Nassjö S - Milan Spinka Czechoslovakia 1975 Moscow SU - Sergei Tarabanko Soviet Union 1976 Assen NL - Sergei Tarabanko Soviet Union 1977 Inzell D - Sergei Tarabanko Soviet Union 1978 Assen NL - Sergei Tarabanko Soviet Union 1979 Inzell D - Anatolii Bondarenko Soviet Union

Yes, you right. Milan Spinka used to ride for Swindon in 1980. Here is an excerpt from Swindon's website: (...) Swindon were a real Jekyll and Hyde team, managing to win no less than five league matches away from home, but to offset that, they lost three and drew two meetings at Blunsdon! Once ‘Crumpie’ had returned, he backed Scott Autrey all way, averaging 9.41, but the Robins lacked a third heat-leader as the final averages of the other most used team members proved: Steve Gresham (7.40), Bob Kilby (7.23), Milan Spinka (6.46), Steen Mastrup (5.49) and Malcolm Holloway (4.93) (...)

I see your point Subedei, but remember it was SWC NOT SGP. What matters in SWC is your team, NOT your personal glory. I wonder what would you say if Crump's charge on Andersen would cost YOUR team the silver medal, which after all was in his pocket had he stay behind Andersen.

Thanks for advice Mateusz. See you and Rico tonight, hopefully.

Hi Mariusz, what are you doing in Bristol ? I would be more than willing to pick you up, but I 'm travelling from Ipswich and that is an opposite direction. Up the Poles !