AndyDB

Congratulations to Christian & can I say congratulations to Lubos on his 2nd place aswell!

He did indeed, although I'm not sure exactly how long ago it was but it was this century. RIP Toni.

Can't wait to read it then! If we can't have the real Hackney back, at least we can reminisce eh?!

Possibly. Again, what about all this race throwing going on....certainly not what you could call "speedway racing" really is it! But hey, whatever anyone says about Crumps "bridesmaid" luck continuing, it will be called sourgrapes. It was good to see Jason shaking Nicki's hand though, I think both riders knew how much it meant... Good on Greg for winning the round though!! That's Hackney 95, Aussie 02 and now Norway where Greg has won the last round! Lets hope as Greg says he can start from the beginning next year! Sorry, Splatty, I have changed the subject, back to the subject then...

Incidentally, a "miniature" team used to ride, in the early 90's every other sunday, (and some saturdays), under the name of the "Middlesex Magpies".....okay fair enough the "speedway bikes" were push bikes and the "riders" were all (all 3 of them) no older than 12 or 13 and the "track" was about 12 yards (or metres, whatever!) all round....but nonetheless we raced! Actually I remember one race where Brian fell in front of me and unable to avoid him my front wheel ended up all the way up his back!! Ouch!!

It would be interesting to have a speedway team in Staines, the by-pass being renamed the pit-pass, and the supporters club being called, in true Ali-G style, ..."The Staines Massive" 8)

Crump....he's been hungry for it since he set his stall out in 1996, he is the one who deserves it....seven years is a looooooooonnnnnnnnggggggg time, Nicki can wait a little longer (mind you I'd rather not see him win it anyway).

It would wipe the smiles off their faces for sure!

Can anyone shed any more light on this? Todd has been sacked by Bydgoszcz who claim (he won't ever ride for them again, haven't they heard he is retiring!). Apparently he turned up for his clubs match, but before that he needed to see the hospital about his ankle, they put it in plaster, he turned up with crutches and they accused him of being paid off!! The next day the newspapers were saying how he had let them down! How stupid and unfair :!: :?

All I know is that I was about 8 months old (1982), Hackney Vs.....??? Cheetahhawk...can you throw some light on the subject?

Can anyone tell me how the Dutch Championship is being run this year, is it still a Grand Prix, 6 riders per race, D,C,B,A final jobby or.....? Has Andy Appleton ridden in it this year or does he have too many other commitments? Also how do riders qualify for the Dutch Golden Helmet, is that partially based on finishing order from the Dutch Championship? :?:

Ales Dryml Sr to name another, and am I mistaken or has Toni Svab tried his hand at it? Im sure he was riding in the Roelof Thijs Trophy in 2001 at Assen...

De racen was niet echt goed, maar toch is het altijd leuk om naar deze evenementen te gaan. Veel mensen, een heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllllleeeeee goede sfeer, (dat is toch altijd zo met deze wedstrijden, vooral voor de engelses die hebben weer een vet honger voor de ECHTE speedway!!). Voor de mensen die nog niet heen geweest zijn.......GO THERE.......AND ENJOY :!: :!: :!: ;-) ;-)

Atmosphere wasn't AS good as 2001 (last time I went) and do wish people would make more noise from their mouths and stop relying on their airhorns, yeh sure it sounds great to a certain extent but after a while it just makes your ears numb!! :roll: Great atmosphere before and after, it's great seeing so many speedway fans all converging for one event, and it's great knowing 99% for certain that the police wouldn't be needed for any trouble, in the eyes of the Cardiff organisors and Cardiff police Speedway must get top marks 8) Racing wasn't great but although there wasn't much passing there were some pretty close battles and I give full credit to Scott, Nicki and Jason for "not giving up" until the checquered flag was waved! I agree about the parade, coming out through the tunnel is a much better way to do it, we can see the riders on the trucks any old time up and down the country :? 2001 marks>:>:8 out of 10 2003 marks>:>:6 out of 10

I think these are the people I have met (for the first time) this weekend: Midnight Lady Sting FiveOne ValC SCB Pinstripe not sure which one of the Steves.... blimey theres so many, I can't remember now lol! there are more but I am only counting who I am introduced to/talk to.... Who was I introduced to tonight at Coventry, Gemini can you help me please, he was introduced to Jo1515 and I when we came round and I hate leaving people out if I can help it lol!

Surely that wasn't Pantherfreak and her mate was it.......did they have pom poms?

I think from his face on the parade he was in so much awe and I think everyone loved it when he beat Gollob 8) , without taking anything away from Chris as he did extremely well to hold Tomasz off, I have a feeling that we won't be seeing Gollob as a regular in the GP's for many more years. He has added something to the GP's over the years but sadly (for him) I think his chance his gone, it's now Lukas, Nicki and Ryan who most look to to take Tricks crown nowadays...

Yep, well done too to Nicki, most people who know me will know that he'll never be my favourite rider but he is "ours" while he's at Oxford and whether he's riding good or bad i'll support him so long as he keeps it clean, but he deserved to win! On our sweepstake, just before I drew I made it clear I did NOT want David Howe.......(sorry you David Howe fans!)....and who was the first rider I picked............grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!! I heard that our sweepstake was won by someone with Nicki, Bo and Tony.... now I had Nicki and Bo but of course Howe had to spoil my fun! On my second go I got Todd, Crump and Bjarne.

Would I look out of place in my Netherlands football top? Come on Maik and Theo, get on into these GP's, I need an excuse to wear it!!! Okay maybe too late for this weekend but there's always next decade....

I'm not old enough to remember Zenon, but my brother nearly got named after him ...Hmm I wonder who Scorpio is named after...is it Thommo?...I am named after the 1974 world champion... Anyway my favourite riders were...Andy Galvin, Mark Loram, Chris Louis, Barry Thomas, Alan Mogridge, Schoie, Dave Hamnett, Tony Olsson. Aaaaaaaahhhh those were the days! Does anyone else remember the 1988 (last ever) ALL LONDON KnockOut Cup Final at Wimbledon? What a night to remember (except if you were a Dons fan maybe!), the conditions were atrocious and the match had already been postponed as the first leg once before so anyway everyone plugged away and put on one of the best speedway meetings I can remember....... Wouldn't it be great to be able to revive the old London derby clashes!

Like we talked about earlier....hopefully if your parents don't mind you can come with us to the czech gp, to be honest if you don't go I don't really want to go either. I may aswell save holiday to be able to see you instead! :?: