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The Swindon Supporters Club are holding a Quiz Night at the Jovial Monk on Thursday 8th December with an 8pm start time; this is general knowledge, not just speedway, so there should be something for everybody. Teams of a maximum of four are welcome to enter at a charge of £2.50 per person. The main aim is to have fun and raise some money for the team - as always, all proceeds will go to the Rider’s Equipment Fund. Our special guest will be Mike Bowden and he will be holding a Q&A session during the interval, so if you have any questions you want to ask, now is your chance! We hope that many of you will join us, and don’t worry if you don’t have a full team, just come along and we will put teams together

The Swindon Supporters Club are holding a Quiz Night at the Jovial Monk on Thursday 10th March with an 8pm start time; this is general knowledge, not just speedway, so there should be something for everybody. Teams of a maximum of four are welcome to enter at a charge of £2.50 per person. The main aim is to have fun and raise some money for the team - as always, all proceeds will go to the Rider’s Equipment Fund. We hope that many of you will join us, and don’t worry if you don’t have a full team, just come along and we will put teams together. All welcome

The Swindon Supporters Club are holding a Quiz Night at the Jovial Monk on Tuesday 25th August with an 8pm start time; this is general knowledge, not just speedway, so there should be something for everybody! Teams of a maximum of four are welcome to enter at a charge of £2.50 per person. The main aim is to have fun and raise some money for the team - as always, all proceeds will go to the Rider’s Equipment Fund. We hope that many of you will join us, and don’t worry if you don’t have a full team, just come along and we will put teams together

The Swindon Speedway Supporters Club are holding their 9th Annual General Meeting on Thursday 15th January at the Jovial Monk in St Andrew's Ridge. Please arrive at 7 for a 7.15pm start. This will be followed by a Quiz Night which will start at 8pm. We are hoping to have a special guest join us for the evening and will announce when it has been finalised. Entrance to the Quiz is £2.50 per person with a maximum team of four, if you would just like to come along for the AGM then you would be very welcome. For more details email pitcrew@swindonrobins.co or ring 07846 757000.

That sounds like a plan Keef!!! Do come and join us

In form Dakota North and our newest heat leader Simon Gustafsson will be joining us for a Meet the Rider night at 7.30pm at the Jovial Monk this Wednesday. This will be your chance to grill the boys on their moves to Swindon and ask any questions you have always wanted to know. We are hoping that one of them will bring along a bike to give us a chance to talk through set ups and a few of the bike basics. Our Host is Richard Crowley who will be over-seeing the evening and asking the questions. Entry is available on the door - £3.00 for Supporters club members or £4.00 for others - all monies raised will go towards our Riders Equipment Fund. All welcome

Final reminder about our Supporters club event with Troy Batchelor tomorrow evening, starting at 8pm at the Jovial Monk in St Andrew's Ridge. Unfortunately with the postponement of the meeting last night we still have quite a few unsold tickets and they are now going to be made available on the door, so please feel free to come along and join us and pay when you enter. Tickets £3 (members £2.50) - as always, all proceeds to our Rider's Equipment Fund.

The Swindon Speedway Supporters Club are holding a quiz night on Tuesday, February 12 in the Lounge Bar at the Moonrakers, Cricklade Road, Swindon starting at 8.00pm. This will be general knowledge, not just speedway, so there will be something for everyone. Teams of a maximum of 4 are invited to enter at a price of £2.50 per person. As always, all proceeds will go to the Rider's Equipment Fund. All are welcome. For more information email pitcrew@swindonrobins.co or PM me via here.

Will add my thanks too - appreciated

I potentially have two tickets for the middle tier close to the pits, very nice seats and a cost price of nearly £90 each. Open to offers if anyone is interested, please pm me.

Me & a couple of friends are staying at the Etap again this year, anyone else staying there? Pairs tonight and then onto Cardiff tommorow - cant wait! (I get to celebrate my birthday again for a second time this week AND Im allowed to drink this time as I had to drive yesterday!)

From Live updates site: Texter: Statman Updater: Iffoid England U23 = 40 1. James Wright 0 2 1 1 1 =5 2. Jordan Frampton 3 1' 0 R =4+1 3. Edward Kennett 3 2 2 2 =9 4. Ben Barker 1 1' 1' 4^ =7+2 5. Lewis Bridger 3 2 2 0 0 =7 6. Josh Auty 1 0 0 =1 7. Ben Wilson 3 1 2 0 1' =7+1 Australia U23 = 52 1. Chris Holder 2 3 3 3 =11 2. Cory Gathercole 1' 0 3 1 =5+1 3. Troy Batchelor 2 3 3 3 2' =13+1 4. Ty Proctor 0 1 2' 3 =6+1 5. Jason Doyle 2 3 3 2' 3 =13+1 6. Richard Sweetman 0 R 0 =0 7. Kozza Smith 2 0 1 1 0 =4 Heat Results Heat 01: Frampton, Holder, Gathercole, Wright 57.64 3-3 (3-3) Race stopped: unsatisfactory start, Frampton jumped at tapes, all four back. Great first bend by Frampton to get the better of Holder and then rode a superb four laps to hold him off. Sponsored by Clean Cut Sports @ www.cleancutsports.com Heat 02: Wilson, Smith, Auty, Sweetman 58.81 4-2 (7-5) England pair made the gate, Smith passed Auty off the second bend. Sponsored by Steve Dixon www.stevedixonphotography.co.uk Heat 03: Kennett, Batchelor, Barker, Proctor 57.89 4-2 (11-7) Kennett made the gate to lead into the first bend, rare old battle for 3rd, Barker finally got past Proctor on the last lap. Sponsored by Boxer123 Stamps bought & sold. Pm me here or via the Witches forum Heat 04: Bridger, Doyle, Wilson, Smith 57.90 4-2 (15-9) English pair made the gate on a 5-1 until Doyle swept around the outside of Wilson on the 1st bend of the 3rd lap. Sponsored by Friends of Edinburgh Speedway http://www.foes.info/ Heat 05: Holder, Kennett, Barker, Gathercole 57.32 3-3 (18-12) Holder got the better of Kennett into the 1st bend and pulled away for a comfortable win. Sponsored by Richard and Anne Hollingsworth www.scunthorpespeedway.com Heat 06: Doyle, Wright, Frampton, Sweetman® 58.83 3-3 (21-15) Hard 1st bend by Doyle moved the England pair wide and allowed Sweetman into second place. Wright passed him on the second lap and Frampton made the inside pass on the first bend a lap later, Sweetman then shed a chain. Sponsored by http://www.SpeedwayInfo.co.uk - speedway information for all UK leagues plus Grand Prix & World Cup stats Heat 07: Batchelor, Bridger, Proctor, Auty 57.81 2-4 (23-19) Aussie pair made the best start but Bridger soon passed Protor on the inside on the first turn but could get nowhere near Batchelor. Sponsored by Merlin Heat 08: Gathercole, Wilson, Smith, Frampton 59.57 2-4 (25-23) Tight first bend, England held 2nd/3rd but Wilson held up Frampton on the last turn and that allowed Smith to nick 3rd place on the line. Sponsored by Speedway Souvenirs available at www.enjaydesigns.net Heat 09: Doyle, Kennett, Barker, Sweetman 57.97 3-3 (28-26) Doyle made a blinding start and was miles ahead of Kennett after just a lap & he had extended his lead by the finish. Sponsored by inthedirt clothing - Speedway inspired attire - Website - Ebay - Sale now on! Heat 10: Batchelor, Proctor, Wright, Frampton® 58.53 1-5 (29-31) Batchelor just beat Frampton into the first bend, then Proctor ran into the side of Frampton causing his bike to shed a chain. Sponsored by KanDysoft Speedway spreadsheets www.kandysoft.com Heat 11: Holder, Bridger, Gathercole, Auty 57.62 2-4 (31-35) Statman says that Auty's bike off the start was like his dog when out on a walk, almost motionless! Still, he nearly caught Gathercole by the finish. Sponsored by Peter Hopkins Heat 12: Batchelor, Kennett, Smith, Wilson 58.74 2-4 (33-39) Smith in for Sweetman. Batchelor and Kennett swapped the lead about 8 or 9 times over the first 3 laps before Batchelor finally got the upper hand. Fantastic race. Sponsored by http://www.cablestar.co.uk - computer cables & accessories. Save 10% using promo code SPEEDWAY Heat 13: Holder, Doyle, Wright, Bridger 58.81 1-5 (34-44) Lightening start by the Aussie pair, then display perfect team riding, not that they needed to as well in front of the England pair. Sponsored by www.rpm.org.uk Heat 14: Proctor, BARKER, Wilson, Smith 58.95 5-3 (39-47) Barker to take a TR. Wilson in for Auty. Barker was shunted out wide on the first bend. Wilson had the lead. Barker got past Smith on the 3rd lap just as Proctor passed Wilson for the lead! Wilson just slowed down in time for Barker to get the 2nd place. Sponsored by http://www.ebuyitnow.co.uk/ 10% discount coupon code SPEEDWAY Heat 15: Doyle, Batchelor, Wright, Bridger 58.95 1-5 (40-52) England won the toss and will take gates 2 & 4. Aussies made the gate, then another display of perfect team riding. Sponsored by www.msj.edu.pl www.msjspeedway.com Line-up: WRIGHT, BRIDGER, BATCHELOR, DOYLE ************************* Comments: Teams confirmed. Referee: Jim Lawrence Weather is nice and sunny. Statman says that its not so sunny now as the sun is setting (lovely sunset at that!) but it has been a glorious day there. Australia won the toss and take gates 1 & 3. Many thanks to Statman for the texts tonight. Congratulations to the Australian team. Thankyou and good night.

Live Updates for the final meeting tonight can be found HERE!

From Live Updates site: Texter: Stevebrum Updater: Iffoid England = 48 1. James Wright 1 2' 2 2 =7+1 2. Tai Woffinden 3 3 3 0 F =9 3. Edward Kennett 2 1' 3 2 3 =11+1 4. Ben Barker 0 2 2' 3 =7+1 5. Lewis Bridger 3 0 3 0 =6 6. Josh Auty 1' 2 0 1 =4+1 7. Joe Haines 2 0 2' 0 =4+1 Australia = 43 1. Troy Batchelor 2 3 2 2^ 3 =12 2. Cory Gathercole 0 0 1 1' =2+1 3. Cameron Woodward 3 1 3 3 2 =12 4. Ty Proctor 1 3 1 2 =7 5. Matt Wethers 2 X 0 1 =3 6. Aaron Summers 0 1 1 1' =3+1 7. Richard Sweetman 3 1' 0 0 =4+1 Heat Results Heat 01: Woffinden, Batchelor, Wright, Gathercole 55.80 4-2 (4-2) Woffinden made an inside pass on the second bend. Batchelor pushes all race. Wright into 3rd on the third lap before Gathercole retires at the end of the same lap. Sponsored by Clean Cut Sports @ www.cleancutsports.com Heat 02: Sweetman, Haines, Auty, Summers 58.67 3-3 (7-5) Great race, Aussie 5-1 until Haines sneaks outside on the 4th bend of the last lap & then Auty sneaked 3rd place on the line. Sponsored by Steve Dixon www.stevedixonphotography.co.uk Heat 03: Woodward, Kennett, Proctor, Barker 57.01 2-4 (9-9) Close race again. Only Barker not in contention after a dodgy first lap. Sponsored by Boxer123 Stamps bought & sold. Pm me here or via the Witches forum Heat 04: Bridger, Wethers, Sweetman, Haines 57.60 3-3 (12-12) Sweetman struggles on the opening bend but comes out ahead. Bridger into the lead on the 4th bend. Wethers team rides to keep a challenging Haines at bay. Sweetman struggles on the 1st bend of the last lap and Haines passes him but Sweetman winds it on and passes back on the last bend. Sponsored by Friends of Edinburgh Speedway http://www.foes.info/ Heat 05: Batchelor, Barker, Kennett, Gathercole 56.81 3-3 (15-15) Superb opening two laps with Batchelor and Kennett swapping places. Barker winds it on for second. Sponsored by Richard and Anne Hollingsworth www.scunthorpespeedway.com Heat 06: Woffinden, Wright, Summers, Wethers(X) 57.11 5-1 (20-16) Race stopped: Wethers out of control in second place on the 1st bend of the 3rd lap and comes off. Wright was just after him and comes off on the 2nd bend. Bizarre decision to rerun as 2 laps completed already. Wethers is excluded. Rerun: Routine 5-1 with Summers off the pace after the 2nd bend of the first lap. Sponsored by http://www.SpeedwayInfo.co.uk - speedway information for all UK leagues plus Grand Prix & World Cup stats Heat 07: Proctor, Auty, Woodward, Bridger 57.91 2-4 (22-20) Rerun after a dodgy start first time round. Bridger messes the first bend and is out of it. Aussies on a 5-1, Auty into second on the 4th bend of the opening lap. Sponsored by Merlin Heat 08: Woffinden, Haines, Gathercole, Sweetman(F-Rem) 56.58 5-1 (27-21) Routine 5-1 Sponsored by Speedway Souvenirs available at www.enjaydesigns.net Heat 09: Kennett, Barker, Summers, Wethers 57.20 5-1 (32-22) Team riding 5-1. Wethers out of shape on the 3rd lap. Sponsored by inthedirt clothing - Speedway inspired attire - Website - Ebay - Sale now on! Heat 10: Woodward, Wright, Proctor, Woffinden 58.03 2-4 (34-26) Aussie's on a 5-1 for 3 laps with the Brits pushing. Wright went wide passing Proctor going into the last lap and Woffinden tried to dash up the inside on the way to the tapes. Sponsored by KanDysoft Speedway spreadsheets www.kandysoft.com Heat 11: Bridger, Batchelor, Gathercole, Auty 58.40 3-3 (37-29) Gathercole pushes for two laps, Batchelor takes over and pushes hard. Auty tries to take advantage of a last bend slip up but cant quite get there. Sponsored by Peter Hopkins Heat 12: Woodward, Kennett, Batchelor(TR), Haines 57.83 2-5 (39-34) Batchelor to take a TR. Great ride by the Brits to team ride Bathcelor out until Haines slows on the back straight with engine problems. Sponsored by http://www.cablestar.co.uk - computer cables & accessories. Save 10% using promo code SPEEDWAY Heat 13:Batchelor, Wright, Wethers, Bridger 57.61 2-4 (41-38) Tight with all four. Sponsored by www.rpm.org.uk Heat 14: Barker, Proctor, Auty, Sweetman 57.75 4-2 (45-40) Cracking race between Barker and Proctor. No more than 2 bike lengths between them all for four laps. Sponsored by http://www.ebuyitnow.co.uk/ 10% discount coupon code SPEEDWAY Heat 15: Kennett, Woodward, Summers, Woffinden(F) 58.20 3-3 (48-43) Team riding 5-1 until Woffinden rears on the final corner and falls. A cracking match! Sponsored by www.msj.edu.pl www.msjspeedway.com Line-up: Woffinden, Kennett, Woodward, Summers ************************* Comments: Teams now confirmed from trackside. Parade at 7.30pm, first heat at 7.45pm. Referee is Dale Robinson. England off gates 1 & 3 in heat one. Many thanks to Stevebrum for the excellent texts tonight, thankyou all for joining me and goodnight.

Hi, there will be soon, am just setting up thread, you will be able to find them HERE!