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Isn't it because the club pays the money that IMG want, that's all that matters!!?

We may join you there Emma!

I think in the 50s/60s and it was at Norwich. He may have just been a second halfer ....... Thanks for your interest

Does anyone remember this chap riding and/or does anyone have a programme or anything with his name in please? I work with Sid's grandaughter and she would love to know more details of his speedway career .........

Someone has said on the other thread that maybe Middlo should have let Tai know what he thought instead of the world, I think I agree with that!!

I think we should take Tai's non inclusion in the GB team another way, a positive way, it allowed others to have their chance to race Certainly Craig Cook grabbed his with both hands and good on him

The Walkabout with it's drunk riders and fans were all part of the Cardiff entertainment ....... 10 years ago anyways

I thought it was just a randomly arranged meeting by Matt Ford. A meeting between Aus and England of any sort is special though, PRIDE at stake GOOD LUCK to our boys!!!!

I missed the presentation, was the trophy plastic rubbish?

I certainly won't be at Cardiff so perhaps this is a good idea

Nah I wasn't there, whatever next, I dunno why you get so upset about my postings

Oh dear shame

I want to see the dead oppposite and no antics from Pedersen, just clean racing would do me and plenty of it!!

Oh come off it, Holder and Ward excel at most tracks so it doesn't matter if it's in Poole or where, the worst thing about it being in Poole is it's bloody 6 hours drive away from me Come on Buster, can we have one

Surely they have to be concerned about their own car parks cos if they don't get the fans in they shut? If our stadiums were owned akin to Denmark, Sweden, Poland and I guess Russia then british speedway would be in a better position I think. I was disappointed to hear the brits say again that when the track went slicker they went backwards, surely they need to work out how to go forward and concentrate on gating technique, is it rocket science? There is probably something in the weight of the rider factor too ......

It's down to the fans to make the british final what it used to be, bring the pride back!!!!!! Bloody Cardiff would be a just little bonus on top of being THE BEST BRIT!!

Or Lindback?

Well done to Dan, clutch sorted!

Perhaps BSI/IMG don't need one to make a profit?

Yeah, the weather certainly spoiled this meeting. They'd also had practice on it earlier so that didn't help the surface one bit. But who can take anything away from the Aussies, they were gating brilliantly on the whole and passing when required, they've probably rode in similar conditions in Aus loads of times!! MJJ and MBJ did the majority of the damage for the Danes with MJJ making a clever pass or two along the way. For us Brits, the day didn't start good with Richie Worrall being wrongly excluded from heat 1, couldn't believe the ref, he (the ref) certainly didn't receive any applause whatsoever when being presented with his "momento" of the day at the end of the meeting!! Most of the boys tried their best, sometimes over tried, up to probably heat 10 they kept in contention with the Danes for second, we then had a bad run of 5 races and so ended up after that 12 points adrift from a respectable 5 after 10. Joe Haines was particularly poor, any one know what was wrong with him, his first race 0 was awful, he looked tentative or as though he didn't want to be there, which one was it? The poor old Czechs had an awful day, I should think their heads dropped to their knees. Their only win in heat 14 was greeted with cheers from the crowd though, little consolation. I guess they now know what they will be up against if and when the come over to this country to race! One or two little things I noticed about Lakeside, as it was the first time I'd been, tiny track in a bowl with stock car track on the outside, a swop of the two would be good , plenty of viewing area, 75% deck chair brigade, mind you they had the last laugh, the ground was as hard as hell on the posterior! I felt the whole stadium was uncared for though, everything was grubby and one of my first impressions was of the errrm, what should I call it, rubbish tip perhaps, behind the fencing on the 1st bend, stuff chucked/stored behind there, the two flags that had previously been on the flag poles which were yesterday adorned with FIM and Union Jack flags just laid there, why didn't someone throw them away, as I said, uncared for, people notice the little things, well I did anyways. The positive was how the track staff attempted to keep the dust down on the track, they watered very well before the meeting and tried in vain during it, nobody could fault them!! One other thing, the programme, what's all this A, B, C, D gates instead of 1,2,3,4? Also who was responsible for not setting the racecard in the middle of the programme, not a good move when a fan hasn't got a prog board and keeps their programme in their hand when applauding the riders = riiip!

Are they mostly works riders who ride in the World events though?

It's crazy in this day and age that the FIM don't pay enough "wages" to the guys competing in the competition to cover at least their costs!! Mind you the same applies in the GPs let alone this!! Nevertheless congrats to Richie in particular, his brother and Tom Perry for making the effort all worthwhile for themselves, so good to see a brit do well abroad, hopefully they've made another sponsor sit up and take notice of them eh!!

Get it sorted you lot!!!!

I may make the effort to go to the Lakeside meeting to support our brits, look forward to it Good luck lads!!!!!

Can they not do something about it, does Stead have to hang off his bike like he does, it looks crap. Do they not analyse their styles and try to correct what they do wrong, is that impossible for a speedway rider, that maybe the reason??