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Peter Kildemand is at Swindon until June ..... Darcy Ward is then eligable to ride in the UK (visa pending) and wouldn't be suprised to see him be at Swindon when he gets his licence back and wont return to Poole as Holders average will have dropped.

It's just tradition isn't it but maybe with so much PC about now it may well change in the near future. You will notice that Tai Woffinden never actually drinks the stuff and anything he does put in his mouth he usually spits straight back out or sprays in the air.

I watch most sports on TV when they are on especially Boxing and Football, but other sports like Golf, Tennis and Rugby I only usually watch the big events or matches. Last week I took my two youngest kids (12 and 5) to Hednesford Raceway to watch Stocks and Bangers which they loved, especially the bangers when they crashed ....... although we dont want to see riders crash, it does make you think there could be some sort of exhibition speedway heats put on at meetings be it young riders or ex riders. Pool is the only sport I really do these days and run a local successful league and in the past have played to a high standard and played World and European Champions and been a part of the team that were National Champions many years ago. I was a keen footballer until ankle injuries stopped me at an early age and now help my 14 year old son in his love of the sport playing in local leagues.

With Freddie and Tobiasz starting on assessed averages of 8.94 and 6.50 (15.44)it is hard to see under the current format them hitting more that 12 between them when the new averages come out and it's unlikely PK, Ricky and Jacob will alter too much meaniing we would be riding around the 41 point mark leaving roughly three points under the limit. Wonder who is missing riding over here already ....... Woffy ? Kildemand ? ..... Darcy ? Let's see what we are at when new averages come and hopefully we will then see how the team are performing.

Thought Belle Vue would take at least a point from this one but their early dominance at the gate was equalled and then bettered by Wolves who took control with two consecutive 5-1's in heats 9 and 10. Zagar and Fricke took the lead in heat one but again Ricky Wells looked up for the challenge and passed Fricke while in heat two, Nielsen and Worrall both gated way ahead of the Wolves pair but Nielsen almost took out the fence on turn four as he battled to stay in control of his bike and a possible 2-10 scoreline was actually 5-7. A great win by Jacob Thorssell in heat three over Nicholls while Musielak failed to complete a lap was followed by the muck up in heat 4 with both PK and Bates coming out in blue helmet colours. By the time the red helmet colour was ran onto the track, the 2 minutes were up and the Wolves legend had to start 15 meters back. Catching Nielsen was not a problem but Cook was on the pace challenging Bates who was riding well and held on in a tight finish to the line to level it at 12-12. Wolves hit the lead with a great ride again from Wells as Blackbird passed Worrall who made a mistake to make it 16-14 but the scores were again levelled in heat six when Zagar and Stead were split by PK and Musielak was shoved to the back on turn one by Zagar. Interesting point in heat five was Blackbird being taken out on the first bend and Worrall laying his bike down. All four was the correct ruling as it was clearly first bend bunching but while Ricky Wells waited by the track gate, Fricke, Blackbird and Worrall all returned to the pit lane ........ and all reappeared for the re-run without punishment. Heat seven looked like we had the real Freddie turn up as he hie the front but he drifted wide on turns one and two and as he entered turn three he slowed up and was out of the race going from first to last in the space of a straight. With Jacob also battled out on turn one, Aces hit a 5-1 to go four up. A shared heat 8 with Bates correctly kept in but finishing last led to heat nine. The two maximums by Wolves with Musielak looking very quick after no bumps on turn one for a change to win heat ten showed a glimpse of what he can do. Freddie back on song in heat 11 with Ricky stuck at the back trying to pass Stead was followed by a 4-2 in the reserves with Blackbird having sorted out his bike issues. Two more shared heats led to the final heat and Aces needing a 3-3 to gain a point but PK split them well and Freddie raced clear leaving Belle Vue empty handed after a decent match that bodes well for Wolves in future home matches and sends an alarm to Aces on away performances. WOLVES; Benefitting from PK as a second string and also Ricky but even if they eventually move up, Jacob and Tobiasz will do likewise as second strings so nothing much will change and in Lewis and Josh they have a pairing that can score points so they may suprise a few if they can do it away from WV2 ACES; When they gated they were fine but an good start is nothing if they can't maintain it and Stefan Nielsen looks a concern away from home having now seen him here and at Coventry and a 5+1 at Kings Lynn was mainly scored beating Ashley Morris while Stead as a heat leader is inconsistant. Wolves = 49 1. Freddie Lindgren ............0, 0, 3, 3, 3 = 9 2. Ricky Wells ............2, 3, 2', 0 = 7+1 3. Tobiasz Musielak ............R, 0, 3, 0 = 3 4. Peter Karlsson ............1, 2, 3, 3, 1 = 10 5. Jacob Thorssell ............3, 1, 2', 0 = 6+1 6. Lewis Blackbird ............1', 1, 3, 3 = 8+1 7. Josh Bates ............ 2, 3, 0, 1 = 6 Belle Vue = 41 1. Matej Zagar ............3, 3, 1, 2, 0 = 9 2. Max Fricke ............1, 2, 1', 0 = 4+1 3. Scott Nicholls ............2, 3, 2, 2, 2 = 11 4. Craig Cook ............2, 2', R, 1' = 5+2 5. Simon Stead ............1', 1, 1', 1' = 4+3 6. Steve Worrall ............3, 0, 2, 1, 2 = 8 7. Stefan Nielsen ............0, 0, 0 = 0 Read more: http://speedwayupdates.proboards.com/thread/14214/wolves-belle-vue-el-30pm?page=1#ixzz3WnbQE73u

Good to see the stadium filling up more than the Speedway, but doesn't Mr Sandhu only get Stadium rent money for these events anyway so if there was 100 or 3,000 there, he still gets the same money ? I am going to Hednesford Raceway today as the Speedway has been put back til Tuesday night and I will be taking my 12 year old daughter and 5 year old son, just as I did at Brandon when Wolves visited the other week. Let's see which they enjoy more and what is there for them to see apart from the racing. When we were at the speedway, my 5 year old had more fun running up and down the grass bank on turn two than watching the racing and my daughter was 50/50 racing and being with my son. There was nothing there to attract young kids to be entertained apart from fifteen 60 second races ...... 15 minutes in two hours !! Today at Hednesford there are 12 races with four different events having two qualifying heats and a final. This not only adds variety but also there are 228 laps in thos 12 races which in speedway terms would be 57 races. Apart from the racing or crashing (something kids like), I will be interested to see what else is there for kids apart from the Burger bars and Ice Cream vans

Just looked through the last scores the Belle Vue riders scored when they were last at Monmore Green in Elite League action Matej Zagar 3 6 2 3 3 = 17 Scott Nicholls 1 2 3 3 1 = 10 Simon Stead 2 1*4 3 3 3 = 16+1 Craig Cook 0 0 2 1* = 3+1 Max Fricke 1 1 1*2 = 5+1 Steve Worrall 3 2 3 1*2* = 11+2 Stefan Nielsen 2 0 1 1 2 = 6 Not really a weak link as Cook has done much better than that before.

There are no fixture clashes and Josh Bates is the only injury worry but he seems to be very keen to ride so it looks like full strength. Fredrik Lindgren, Ricky Wells, Tobiasz Musielak, Peter Karlsson, Jacob Thorssell, Lewis Blackbird, Josh Bates. Matej Zagar, Max Fricke, Simon Stead, Craig Cook, Scott Nicholls, Steve Worrall, Stefan Nielsen.

Belle Vue have built a great team this season. Zagar and Nicholls can hold their own in the big heats while Cook and Fricke are two of the strongest second strings in the league and even if Stead drops down, he makes them stronger. Steve Worrall can score well at reserve, not that convinced over Nielsen but all together they look solid and Wolves will need all seven to get in the points here to stop the Aces getting anything. Wolves 47 Aces 43

For those that posted before a wheel was turned ....... do you still think Leicester are play off contenders ? Even using a good guest like Rory Schlein you got stuffed, yes by Coventry who ARE play off contenders but Leicester are down in the also rans in my opinion along with Lakeside, Swindon and ...... W .... Wo ....... oh you know who ;}

Simon Stead will be riding for Belle Vue before heading across to Redcar for the evening meeting along with Josh Bates while Blackbird and Nielsen will not be able to get to the early meeting in time from Manchester. The only concern I have is Lewis Blackbird is I think owned by Mildenhall in the National League. Firstly as Peterborough are in a League Cup meeting and not a League meeting, shouldn't Wolverhampton get priority and if Lewis rode at Belle Vue, he should be able to get to the evening meeting at Peterborough in time. Wolves have in the past ridden at Kirky Lane and then at Coventry in the evening with plenty of rest time in between. Looking at the upcoming fixtures for Tobiasz, it looks like he will be spending a good deal of time with Wolves and isn't scheduled to ride on Bank Holiday Monday for Leszno and looks like they may be using him for the home meetings only in April and then the meeting on Saturday has a ? next to his post on Facebook so he could be here all weekend 03-04 Belle Vue - Wolverhampton 04-04 Finał ZK - Lublin (?) 07-04 Wolverhampton - Belle Vue 12-04 FOGO Unia Leszno - GKM Grudziądz 20-04 Wolverhampton - Lakeside 24-04 Lakeside - Wolverhampton 26-04 FOGO Unia Leszno - Unia Tarnów 27-04 Wolverhampton - Coventry 30-04 Swindon - Wolverhampton

Not going through all the previous posts, I watched this meeting on the big screen and nothing much suprised me in the meeting at all apart from Ashley Morris doing so well. There was a few falls and the track didn't seem as good as usual but it didn't look too bad and the lack of racing was possibly more down to the strength of the two teams as Kings Lynn look like being one of the front runners this year again while Lakeside are poor away and this showed up with just two heat winners all night and one of those was possibly because of the injury to Kerr. Robert Lambert impressed me last season at Monmore Green and against little opposition he went through the card and it possibly isn't going to be the last time we see this in 2015. With Iversen and Schlein on top form, it was a bit one sided and even with the injuries and low score by Bjerre, Kings Lynn were far too strong. Lakeside just don't travel and while I used to be an admirer of AJ, he isn't the rider he was or can be in the GP's and he will find this season hard under this format while Bech, Lawson and Nilsson will do well at home but away is another matter. As for Edward Kennett, well he is now a PL owned rider and we seem to have seen the best of him at the age of just 29. Overall this meeting wasn't exciting, no shock results and apart from watching Lambert get a paid maximum at the age of 16, it just goes to question who plans which meetings are best to be shown live ? ..... Poole, Belle Vue and Kings Lynn should only really be seen at home against each other and possibly add Coventry to that list. The other four should mainly be shown at home against anyone and only away against each other as Lakeside v Kings Lynn could have been a close meeting as could Kings Lynn v Poole or Wolves v Swindon etc

Regardless of any weather reports, I used to like coming up to Belle Vue on a Good Friday as it was usually followed by another meeting in the evening elsewhere. However the track at Kirky Lane has not been good for a number of years and the racing has been so little it is possibly an offence to call it Entertainment and the viewing aspect has made me miss it last season and along with it being my son's birthday, I will be missing this year too. Hopefully Belle Vue will be in the new stadium next season with a decent track and I will give it another go then, maybe next year we may get a result but this season Aces have built a very good team and having second strings like Cook and Fricke should make Belle Vue title contenders. The problem with this years teams is Wolves don't look to have heat winners and apart from an amazing display by PK at Coventry with 5 wins from 6 races, Wolves through Fredrik Lindgren only had two more heat winners. Ricky Wells usually goes well here and was certainly on the pace at Brandon but without Blackbird and another dynamic display from PK, I can't see Wolves getting as close in this one. Aces 55 Wolves 37 Weather permitting

Tier 1 was ranked by Premier League averages Tier 2 they were ranked in no specific order and are all ranked the same,so Ashley Morris for example could be out injured and Kings Lynn would be allowed to use James Sarjeant or Paul Starke as a guest. However it looks like they have now ranked them and this may be by NL/PL averages ...... Sarjeant at #11 is because he hadn't ridden in the PL so a new 3.00 rider. Think he will be a 6+ rider if his EL form carries on from last season

Sticking with my original post but not too sure about Wooden Spoons as I am sure there will POSSIBLY be changes during the season with possibly Kildemand and Woffinden returning to their parent tracks and with the number of fixture clashes, Lakeside could be in trouble if they dont win all their home matches.

I agree, but 7 of the 8 teams won't be crowned champions and of those 7 how many get to see Racing ........ about 3 or 4 maybe

You could pay £18 at other tracks and not see any passing all night while at Monmore you get to see RACING !!

Not too sure about that bit, sounded a bit cringe worthy I thought and a bit Tony Blackburn old cheese style. Prefer the old presentation style with Chris Simpson Not too sure but if he is missing they have a guest on standby ...... hopefully Rory Schlein or Ben Barker Stuart Robson a doubt for Monday and they are looking at a possible guest ....... Ludvig Lindgren maybe ? Well seeing the 3 and 2* was from the reserves race and the 1 was beating Stefan Nielsen for a third time, it wasn't a great night for him was it.

Paul Starke was the obvious choice, especially around Monmore Green and along with Sarjeant, Rose and possibly Nathan Greaves they seemed to be the most likely candidates at the draft. However Josh had won the British U21 title at Monmore Green and he had formed a good friendship with Ty Proctor at Sheffield so When you look at the 16 Fast Track reserves this season, there are some tough races for these guys but it is a bit crazy that in the Premier League they get to face Stead, King, Lawson and Morris but dont get to race them in the Elite League which is supposed to be harder. It was but when you look at the format, is that the best place to have your only true heat leader ? Poole, Kings Lynn, Coventry and Belle Vue have three regular heat leaders and they are going to be tough to beat.

Well last night showed that Ricky was carrying on from his good form at the end of last year while PK started well and Jacob looked consistant. Freddie wasn't his dominant self from a few years ago but it's early days and no doubt Tobiasz will get better as the weeks go on as he was on the pace. Lewis Blackbird will take some stopping in the reserves races and should show a few second strings the way home but Josh Bates will need to be quicker from the gate and not making so many mistakes on the bends. He certainly gives it everything and could just click and prove why he is the British U21 Champion. As for pairings and riding numbers ? ....... think the format doesn't really do much but as Tobiasz may need time, the #5 does get to go out alongside the other heat leaders so maybe he could be better there and give Freddie the #1. Don't really think there is too much difference either way but look forward to Friday at Coventry where anything could happen.

Ricky Wells had finished on 11 as had Rory Schlein and a win in heat 20 for Lindgren would have finished him on 11 which he duly did Heat 19 saw Bomber 11, Masters 10, Nicholls and Thorssell 8, meaning if Nicholls and Thorssell had finished first and second the winner would have been on 11 and had Masters have grabbed third both he and Bomber would have also been on 11 giving six riders tied on the 11 point mark for first place. Masters made the gate and looked set to win the meeting as Thorssell was in second. Nicholls tried to get into third but he went wrong and Bomber challenged Thorssell and eventually got him on the third lap and straight away lined up Masters who seemed to have surrendered his lead. Bomber went to the front while Masters was caught by Jacob off the final bend and Masters had to walk back to the pits with his bike stopping This ensured Bomber the title by three clear points and Masters was left wondering what went wrong being so close to victory but ending up with no bike and 5th place overall. Bomber deserved his victory as along wth Masters was the most consistant riders on show as others showed signs of form only to look average next time out. Peter Karlsson started well with two wins but could only get three from his next three while Scott Nicholls had two back to back wins from the back to put him on seven at the break but then picked up just one more point. Rory Schlein looked good as did Ricky Wells and Jacob Thorssell and Freddie Lindgren showed some signs of his old form but his gating let him down and in the run off he had to pull up when Ricky lifted coming out of turn four and he had to shut off and out of the race. Lewis Blackbird showed he will be a big part of the team at reserve beating Freddie and Jacob in his fourth ride and both Lasse Bjerre and Kenneth Hansen had a few good rides but alot of eyes were on new boy Tobiasz Musielak who was on the pace but didn't gate well enough and has yet to find the best line unlike Ricky, Jacob and others but he will come good I'm sure. The only two riders who looked out of their depths were Josh Bates and Jakub Jamrog who no doubt could be decent Premier League riders but against EL second strings and heat leaders they were not in the same class and apart from when they both met, that was the only point they were going to score. Good to see Freddie back in his usual spot in the pits with each rider having new boards with name and picture on ....... just a shame they have forgot how to spell Freddie;s surname !! ..... Better luck next week Mr Lingren

Start of the season for Wolves fans at Monmore Green but at least Freddie, PK, Lewis and Josh have had meetings already while Tobiasz has started well in Poland. The draw favours Freddie Lindgren with gate one against Nicholls and Schlein in heat 3 but most eyes will be on Tobiasz Musielak making his debut and think quite a few will be pleased with what they see and I think he will be close to a rostrum place 2015 starting officially and looking forward to it.

Piotr wanted to ride here but if Leszno say No and they organise a practice session that makes it impossible to do both, he is left with no option but to miss England as he would face a ban if he misses his Polish commitments and that ban would also stop him riding elsewhere so he is left with no option. Being 21+ does help as there are lots of "junior" meetings in Poland and being the WU21 Champion in waiting made it even more important for them to protect him. As for Tobiasz, if you look at the squad Leszno have this year it is a credit to be picked with the likes of Pedersen, Emil, Pawlicki brothers, THJ and Hampel ...... add Tobiasz and it almost weakens the top 1-7 !!! Think Tobiasz will be a big success for Wolves and if he can maintain a six plus average he will have done his job riding at #1 or #5 from the start. Freddie will no doubt find the new format hard but hopefully having a more balanced line up could help ?

When you see riders in their practice sessions it is clear that the black legs has been removed from the regulations and it looks better. You wouldn't expect all Premier League football teams to wear the same colour shorts and socks. Having said that I really like the Wolves suit that is virtually all black,

Any rider currently with an average over seven points a meeting CANT sign for Poole unless it;s in place of Holder or Janowski. The TWO 7+ riders will be in place all season with those figures at present. So if Dakota North is averaging 7.67 they cant sign Kildemand or Woffinden etc