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Now we have to face the Poles for a Silver!!!

True statement that one!!!

Love it seeing the USA v GB but I have to correct the history statement about being the first time for GB to race there, its not the last time was 1971 and the US won the series of three 2-1 GB team was Mauger, Briggs, Airey, Harkins, McMillan, Hunter and Gifford.....not an Englishman among them!!!!!

Nothing should be decided by Humans in an office......it should be decided on a track....any track before the SGP's start...then there could never be any complaints and we would have nothing to bitch about on here. Even Lagutafan could be happy......throw those two (Emil and Artem) into the mix and hey presto....everyone is happy.

Troy Butler??????? #113

Wasn't the last meeting at Norwich but one of my encounters was in 1960 as a little kid meeting Peter Craven, my hero, of course. That man spent what seemed to be an eternity with me, sitting down with me in the clubhouse (or whatever it was called), taking a photo of him with my Brownie Box camera ( still have it somewhere). Definitely a good memory of that place.

And we are off and running!

No kidding!!! I used to go to Speedway six times a week....could not possibly afford that now!

Yes I realize that, however most tracks don't have two teams or three teams, as in Oxford.....so out of the question to fill 25-30 home meetings. One team, one league would be pretty difficult to fill a weekly event and that is sad.

Unfortunately Britain has gone Totally North American now.......Yep, they started this.....Baseball, Hockey, Basketball you name it, all have P.offs (yes I like that)..... While they do have Trophy's etc for the winners of the leagues, if you ask anyone, who won the league last year, I'll guarantee you very few would remember. But if you ask, for example, who won the "Stanley Cup" (Hockey) last year most would know. And that is through all junior leagues also....... Personally, I prefer winner of the league.....over and done with....However, the p.offs are here to stay, brings in good money! AND, if p.offs were just another trophy, it would have no meaning and therefore NOT a money maker.

To think, in my heyday of watching speedway.....all tracks had at least 25-30 home meetings.......

According to a programme I saw on eBay......350 M

Did the same thing yesterday.......far far too much water.

2025 FIM SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX CALENDAR May 3 – FIM Speedway GP of Germany – Landshut May 17 – PZM FIM Speedway GP of Poland – Warsaw May 31 – FIM Speedway GP of Czech Republic – Prague June 14 – FIM Speedway GP of Great Britain – Manchester June 21 – FIM Speedway GP of Poland – Gorzow July 5 – FIM Speedway GP of Sweden – Malilla August 2 – OlyBet FIM Speedway GP of Latvia – Riga August 16 – FIM Speedway GP of Great Britain – Cardiff August 30 – FIM Speedway GP of Poland – Wroclaw September 13 – FIM Speedway GP of Denmark – Vojens 2025 FIM SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS (Torun, Poland) September 30 – FIM Speedway of Nations Semi-Final 1 October 1 – FIM Speedway of Nations Semi-Final 2 October 3 - FIM Speedway of Nations – SON2 October 4 – FIM Speedway of Nations Final 2025 FIM SPEEDWAY UNDER-21 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (SGP2) July 4 – FIM SGP2 of Sweden – Malilla August 1 – FIM SGP2 of Latvia – Riga September 12 – FIM SGP2 of Denmark – Vojens 2025 FIM SPEEDWAY YOUTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (SGP3) May 30 – FIM SGP3 Final – Prague (Czech Republic) 2025 FIM SPEEDWAY YOUTH WORLD CUP (SGP4) September 13 – FIM Speedway Youth World Cup (Vojens, Denmark)

No you click on the the little flag that is the Union Jack and it magically changes all the words to English, now of course the numbers all remain in Dutch.......🤣