MrMungo

Agree with much of what Adz says in his report. Really thought Rye House would have had the upper hand in this match, but an off night for Rye's number 3 and an excellent display by Mildenhall's number 3 seemed to be the difference. Several mistakes and falls from both teams, which probably evened itself out somewhat by the end of the meeting. Really good to see David Mason get up from that awful looking smash. Sure he'll be feeling second hand for a few days though! I know he has a few critics down Ipswich way, but thought it was great to see Kevin Doolan in the pits helping the Mildenhall guys. A lot of riders wouldn't bother, and would happily bugger off once their "shift" has ended. It may not have made any difference to the final score, but good to know that there's riders out there willing to get stuck in and help out.

He turned 17 during the winter. He's definitely ready for some meetings in the PL.

I dare say a fair chunk of the blame will be directed towards the stocks, who apparently left it in bit of a state. Thankfully no stocks this week, so the track should be perfect! I hope! Stoke have quite a quirky team. They are very reliant on a few key riders. If the key riders click, I can see it being quite close. It'll be good to see Stoneman V Reade. Both have had some very impressive scores so far this season.

Back at Holsted tomorrow night @5.30pm UK time. A few changes to the Holsted side, but they still look big favourites to me. I remain unconvinced about Hougaard, but a half decent score from him, and they'll be very, very tough to beat. Holsted Nicki Pedersen Patrick Hougaard Martin Vaculik Rasmus Jensen Niklas Porsing Esbjerg Patryk Dudek Leon Madsen Mikkel B Jensen Steen Jensen Kasper Lykke Nielsen

Tom Woolley in for the injured Josh Bates tomorrow night.

Think the track conditions had a bigger part to play than anything else. Both sets of riders were having a tough time out there. Thankfully all riders got up from their crashes and hopefully aren't too badly injured. Hazelden's crash looked particulary nasty. Really pleasing to see him get up from that one.

Upcoming matches on Kanalsport: 30th May (Wednesday) Holsted – Esbjerg 6th June (Wednesday) Slangerup – Holsted 11th June (Monday) Grindsted – Holstebro 13th June (Wednesday) Holsted - Outrup 20th June (Wednesday) Outrup - Holsted 25th June (Monday) Grindsted - Outrup 27th June (Wednesday) Holsted – Slangerup It's a shame there's no trips to Esbjerg (Korskro) quite yet. Racing wise, it's definitely one of Denmark's better tracks, in my opinion.

You don't think they're representative of Dudley fans as a whole then?

Why do you assume it has anything to do with the BSPA? They seem to get blamed for everything! There is backing, some backing. Not huge amounts, but it helps. And it comes from the SCB (Speedway Control Bureau, not the forum member, FYI!) The problem is not so much that, but the ridiculous amounts of licences and fees that you need to compete in FIM events. Even when you have the various licences, and there are numerous, you still need to pay the one-meeting race fee, or whatever they call it, which is £135. The guys who were left to do with it were the guys who were either prepared to, or wanted to do it. It was nothing to do with money or sponsors. Oh, and Garrity didn't go, because from what I can tell, it was based on the Under 21 Final results, and he was below the 4 riders who did go.

7 qualified from the earlier round, so would assume it would be the same again, but not 100% sure.

IIRC, it doesn't count towards the points gained during the 20 heats. It's just there to decide the winner of the meeting. The 1-2-3 of the final decides who "wins" the meeting. Nicki, for example, could get excluded (unlikely I know) but would still lead the championship. That's how I understand it anyway...might be wrong though!

Lots of wind and rain seems to be on the way Erik Gundersen seems to think that Bjerre is down on confidence at the moment.

Yeah, the Oddset thing has been popular in Denmark for as long as I can remember. They like the odd bet or 40. You can bet on any of the heats during the meeting - that's what the numbers are for. 21 heats tonight (assuming no run-offs). 20 heats, plus the final.

Erik Gundersen is co-commentating again. He did it before, aswell. At Holsted too, IIRC. As a rule, they have one guy who is considered the anchor I guess you'd say. Another guy who usually an expert - rider, ex-rider, team manager, etc. There's also a different guy in the pits asking the questions, but he's no Daria!

Just interviewing the riders(re: expectations, track conditions, etc) and talking about the weather/track conditions. They are also suggesting that given current form MJJ will have a tough time keeping up with Kildemand.

2012 FIM Speedway Under 21 World Championship Qualifying Round 2 Gorican (Croatia) – 19 May 2012 The riders entered for this event have been drawn to start in the following positions: 1 Václav Milík ACCR Czech Republic 2 Kristian Revinšek AMZS Slovenia 3 Bartosz Zmarzlik PZM Poland 4 Victor Kulakov MFR Russia 5 Steven Worrall ACU Great Britain 6 Kai Huckenbeck DMSB Germany 7 Damian Adamczak PZM Poland 8 Eduard Krčmář ACCR Czech Republic 9 Matic Ivačič AMZS Slovenia 10 Dakota North MA Australia 11 Žiga Radkovič AMZS Slovenia 12 Dino Kovačić HMS Croatia 13 Tobiasz Musielak PZM Poland 14 Sergey Polenok MFR Russia 15 Michael Buman AMA USA 16 Stefan Nielsen ACU Great Britain 17 Jernej Pečnik AMZS Slovenia 18 TBA HMS Croatia 2012 FIM Speedway Under 21 World Championship Qualifying Round 4 Blijham (The Netherlands) – 19 May 2012 Country 1 David Bellego FFM France 2 Marcel Helfer DMSB Germany 3 Mason Campton MA Australia 4 Alexander Kochetov MFR Russia 5 Piotr Pawlicki PZM Poland 6 Roman Čejka ACCR Czech Republic 7 Andžejs Lebedevs LAMSF Latvia 8 Ritchie Worral ACU Great Britain 9 Przemyslaw Pawlicki PZM Poland 10 Jan Holub ACCR Czech Republic 11 Sean Mason MNZ New Zealand 12 Jeffrey Woortman KNMV The Netherlands 13 Xavier Muratet FFM France 14 Tom Perry ACU Great Britain 15 Ladislav Vida AMZS Slovenia 16 Alex Davies MA Australia 17 Lars Zandvliet KNMV The Netherlands 18 Randy Oldenziel KNMV The Netherlands There's also a round at Randers (Denmark) on the same date, but that line-up doesn't appear to be released as of yet.

It is...Wednesday. It's not on their schedule yet for some reason, but they did mention earlier that they were showing it live. Starting at either 5.30 or 6pm, I would presume.

Yeah, just been announced that the meeting is now cancelled - result stands.

Raining harder there now, hence the delay.

Not a Bjerre fan are you Dekker? No, it was Rasmus Jensen this time, ManchesterPaul. It was Piotr Pawlicki before.

In an interview after his first heat, "Big" Bjerre did mention that the track was deep with a fair few holes, so it would appear that way Dekker.

A GP rider should never be that far back round his home track! Great ride by MJJ.

He's definitely been excluded this time. There had been some rain prior to the meeting, so the conditions aren't ideal.

All 4 back?

Respect to the Polish commentators for taking that stand. I'm absolutely amazed that they are continuing with the meeting.