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MY SELECTIONS Woffinden Holder Hancock Lindgren Kasprzak FINAL; Sayfutdinov, Woffinden, Holder, Lindgren

IT'S CARDIFF !!!! As it's the one round that is really special to everyone, I have made this round different too with group predictions. Listed below are the riders taking part in the Cardiff GP 2013, but they are split into groups. From each group you have to predict which rider will score the most points. If two or more riders tie, the winner will be decided on the head to head during the 20 heats. ... Should all three score the sme and beat each other, the rider that goes the furthest .... ie, 3rd in semi / 4th semi will count as the winner. .... if still tied, both count as winners. Then we have the FINAL prediction. Each rider has been given a value as in betting. You have to predict which FOUR riders will make the final. The value allocated to them is what you will score if they reach the final. If one of your four riders wins the GP, those points will be tripled. GROUP 1 = Emil Sayfutdinov (25), Tai Woffinden (25), Nicki Pedersen (25) GROUP 2 = Chris Holder (25), Tomasz Gollob (25), Jarek Hampel (25) GROUP 3 = Greg Hancock (25), Matej Zagar (25), Niels K Iversen (25) GROUP 4 = Antonio Lindback (30), Andreas Jonsson (30), Fredrik Lindgren (30) GROUP 5 = Krzysztof Kasprzak (25), Martin Vaculik (50), Chris Harris (50), Ales Dryml (100) EXAMPLE; You pick Nicki, Holder, Zagar, Lindback and Bomber and they win each group, you score 155 points THE FINAL 4 Emil Sayfutdinov 6 Nicki Pedersen 7 Tai Woffinden 8 Chris Holder 8 Jarek Hampel 9 Tomasz Gollob 12 Greg Hancock 16 Matej Zagar 16 Niels K Iversen 20 Krzysztof Kasprzak 25 Fredrik Lindgren 25 Antonio Lindback 25 Andreas Jonsson 40 Martin Vaculik 50 Chris Harris 100 Ales Dryml EXAMPLE; You pick Nicki, Woffy, Zagar and Gollob as the four finalists and all four qualify .... you get 38 points ...... If NICKI wins the GP, his score of 6 wiil be trebled to 18 points ...... making it 50 in total. You could believe in miracles and select Bomber to reach the final .... if he does you get 50 points .... If he wins it ..... that becomes 150 !! If you believe in miracles, Father Christmas and the Pixies at the end of the garden, you could select Ales Dryml !!! Good Luck ...... get posting before the TV scheduled start time which is earlier than others ... There are no losers in this round and no one will get minus points ..... You still get 25 points for posting in time too !! See you in Cardiff

It's actually pretty good tattoo of a woman with wings that lift up either side of his neck and can only be clarly seen if he raises his head up to the sky as her face is under his chin. ... So the tattoo is fine ...... but wouldn't have had it above the collar personally. Have to say also that Tai deserves credit for sticking to his game plan of riding in Poland, Britain and the GP's only as a number of Swedish teams have been trying to tempt him to ride on a Tuesday too.

I knew he was't going t be misplacd in the Series asnd expecte him to have some big scores in a few rounds but never expected him to be matching Emil Sayfutdnov on full power. This is without doubt the strongest 15 riders ever in a GP and each one could reach at least one final and I was expecting him to be fighting to get in the top 8 so even I am suprsed how well h is doing so far but I will add that even from day one o the season, I have noticed a difference in Tai. He is more focused, oraqnised and calm and with a good team around him and the right engines he is now ridining everywhere like he does at Monmore. ....Really cheesed off I'm missing Cardiff this year

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Don't know the area, so would the Ricoh Arena be able to fit in a speedway track or would a track be allowed in that area ? If they can't afford the rent it may be best for both to ground share with the speedway and then Sandhu can invest some money into the project out of the profits he gets from building hundreds of houses on Brandon. ..... All you need then is a new promoter !!

ROUND 4 - What they scored 100 Tai Woffinden 60 Emil Sayfutdinov 60 Krzysztof Kasprzak 50 Fredrik Lindgren 40 Matej Zagar 30 Andreas Jonsson 20 Ales Dryml 10 Martin Vaculik 0 Nicki Pedersen 0 Niels K Iversen 0 Josef Franc wc -20 Antonio Lindback -20 Greg Hancock -30 Jarek Hampel -40 Chris Holder -80 Tomasz Gollob BEST SCORES FROM ROUND There were five predictors that scored 225 points. These were beercellar, mikec, screm, homer and PTW. Just behind was TNT with 215 Worst scores were waihekeaces with -145 with all four of his selections getting minus scores while Pantherman scored -65 and JamieE scored -45 Below is the updated leaderboard with the current total at the left, followed by the previous total. LEADERBOARD AFTER ROUND 4 Total - from 800 - 575 = Homer 630 - 485 = Marky 620 - 455 = Williamfj 620 - 395 = Screm 610 - 495 = Rico 580 - 355 = Beercellar 570 - 355 = TNT 570 - 425 = Pyscho3a 570 - 505 = Wheelsinline 560 - 405 = Bomber Hammer 560 - 455 = Diddy 550 - 465 = Paleco 540 - 375 = Full Throttle 510 - 455 = Spook 500 - 275 = Mike C 480 - 395 = Gray 460 - 405 = Referee Rick 460 - 405 = Mark246 440 - 355 = mdmc82 430 - 205 = PTW 410 - 455 = Jamie E 350 - 495 = Waikekeaces 335 - 335 = Hunty * 330 - 325 = Gavan 310 - 125 = Robbie B 250 - 225 = Iceman 230 - 205 = dontforgetthefueltaps 230 - 295 = Pantherman 225 - 100 = Stilton Panther * 215 - 215 = Dump the Clutch * 180 - 115 = CJ69 130 - 125 = Hilly Hunty and Dump the Clutch never posted in Round 4 ..... Grand Central has been removed aftr not posting for the 3rd time * = missed a round Next Rounds predictions will be posted shortly ........ It's CARDIFF and there will be something different !!

Many thought Tai shouldn't be in the GP's just because he is British Many thought that Tai would do well to finish in the top 14 !! Many thought Wolverhampton were wooden spoon contenders !! I'm loving 2013 and it's still only May :party:

REMEMBER; All posts or edits must be done before the 6pm start time or they will not count. At the start of the season, most predicted Tai Woffinden would struggle in the GP's but now most are picking him to score over 9 points in Pardabuice. .... Seems quite a few have faith in Josef Franc too. ALSO; Remember that Tai is cyclng from Wolverhampton to Cardiff to raise £20,000 for Cancer Research .... every £ donation helps http://www.taiwoffinden.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1367142139&archive=&start_from=&ucat=4&

Sadly don't get to the Dudley meetings as Tuesday is a bad night for me but hopefully Dudley will be at their own track in 2014 and possibly in the Premier League too where there will be weekly action.

Its the BRITISH FNAL .... Not the League Riders Final nd there is a thread already

Monmore is pretty good at holding water and as CVS has said numerous times ..... If we could plan the weather it would rain all weekend and at 6am on Monday mornin it stops and there is bright and breezy weather all day. I live 18 miles away from Wolves and it looks like CVS has had his prayers answered in full. RICO; Understand it was a year to the day and the call for a minutes silence, but feel a minutes aplause would be more suitable. CHAMPION; While I really hope Tai carries on his excellent form, he has been beaten six times this season at Monmore Green .... but not nce by a British rider ..... When it comes down to it, a 5 point maximum (again) will mean nothing going into the final race and Harris, Nicholls and Kennett are all capable of winning races at Monmore Green against anyone. Ideally I would like to see Tai lift the title with Robbo and King on the rostrum

2002 Scott Nicholls Lee Richardson David Howe 2003 Scott Nicholls Dean Barker David Norris 2004 Joe Screen David Norris Mark Loram 2005 Scott Nicholls Chris Harris Joe Screen 2006 Scott Nicholls Joe Screen Simon Stead 2007 Chris Harris David Howe Scott Nicholls 2008 Scott Nicholls Edward Kennett Tai Woffinden 2009 Chris Harris Edward Kennett Tai Woffinden 2010 Chris Harris Scott Nicholls Ben Barker 2011 Scott Nicholls Chris Harris Tai Woffinden 2012 Scott Nicholls Chris Harris Tai Woffinden Only Joe Screen in 2004 has broken the run of Nicholls and Harris since 2002 with this years hot favourite, Tai Woffinden finishing third four times in the last five years but this HAS to be his year for the first of many. It's just a shame that the Cardiff Wild Card isn't up for grabs as I think this could be the first year where the British Champion ISN'T riding at Cardiff if Tai or Bomber dont lift the title. Always like to see Robbo do well at Wolves but think Eddie Kennett could be the one to really challenge Tai as he goes well at Monmore while Daniel King will be surely up there in the top six. 1 - Craig Cook 2 - Olly Allen 3 - Richie Worrall 4 - Chris Schramm 5 - Stuart Robson 6 - Tai Woffinden 7 - Scott Nicholls 8 - Ben Barker 9 - James Wright 10 - Ashley Birks 11 - Chris Harris 12 - Danny King 13 - Richard Hall 14 - Josh Auty 15 - Edward Kennett 16 - Simon Stead Reserves: Joe Haines , Kyle Howarth MY GUESS; ........... 1st - TAI WOFFINDEN beating Nicholls, Kennett and King with Harris and Robson losing out in the semi's As for the suggestion of a minutes silence for Rico ...... No disrespect, but we dont have a minute's silence for Peter Craven who was British Champion when he died and neither should we for Rico. Both sad losses to the sport and both will be remembered.

CZECHO PREDICTIONS 9 Tai Woffinden 7 Niels K Iversen 6 Matej Zagar 6 Fredrik Lindgren

SCORING; For each point gained or lost you score 10 / -10 points You get 25 points for posting CZECHO PREDICTIONS 11 Tomasz Gollob 11 Emil Sayfutdinov 11 Jarek Hampel 11 Nicki Pedersen 11 Chris Holder 9 Tai Woffinden 9 Greg Hancock 7 Niels K Iversen 7 Antonio Lndback 6 Krzysztof Kasprzak 6 Matej Zagar 6 Fredrik Lindgren 6 Andreas Jonsson 5 Martin Vaculik 2 Ales Dryml 2 Josef Franc Cardiff will have a few changes to the scoring .... so don't miss it !!

After watching Wolves beat Kings Lynn 53-39 at Monmore Green and while I conceed that they are having injury problems at the moment, they are going to struggle to stay in contention if they continue like this as their best two riders were both guests in Jason Doyle and Josh Grajczoneck who gained 22 between them and with their new combined averages being so high, they can only now sign like for like. Is Seb Alden a 6.13 rider ? ...... Is David Howe going to improve on a 5.87 average ? Personally feel that they may have released Nicolai Klindt at the wrong time as he would have now been at reserve with Simon Stead and Ritchie Worrall at #2 which has the potential to improve or at least be match winners. Question is, could they get a better rider with 6.13 than Seb Alden ..... like Leon Madsen 6.10 (unlikely) or Robert Miskowiak 5.81 (is he going back to Poole) or Jonas Davidsson 5.93.

ROUND 3 - What they scored 90 Emil Sayfutdinov 70 Jarek Hampel 50 Tai Woffinden 50 Chris Holder 30 Matej Zagar 30 Niels K Iversen 30 Linus Sundstrom wc 20 Antonio Lindback 20 Krzysztof Kasprzak 10 Nicki Pedersen -10 Martin Vaculik -20 Greg Hancock -20 Fredrik Lindgren -20 Tomasz Gollob -30 Andreas Jonsson -110 Darcy Ward BEST SCORES FROM ROUND 3 There were four predictors that scored an impressive 265 points. These were spook, Rico, homer and JamieE with homer now the new leader. With a very good 255 points were robbieB, Diddy, and MikeC. ...... WORST SCORE was by dumptheclutch who was the only person to predict Darcy Ward would do better than 11 points !! Below is the updated leaderboard with the current total at the left, followed by the previous total. LEADERBOARD AFTER ROUND 3 Total - from 575 - 310 = Homer 505 - 340 = Wheels In Line 495 - 230 = Rico 495 - 380 = Waikekeaces 485 - 260 = Marky 465 - 320 = Paleco 455 - 200 = Diddy 455 - 240 = Williamfj 455 - 190 = Jamie E 455 - 190 = Spook 425 - 330 = Pyscho3a 405 - 310 = Mark246 405 - 260 = Bomber Hammer 405 - 180 = Referee Rick 395 - 160 = Gray 395 - 190 = Screm 375 - 150 = Full Throttle 355 - 180 = mdmc82 355 - 240 = Beercellar 355 - 150 = TNT 335 - 160 = Hunty 325 - 170 = Gavan 295 - 180 = Pantherman 275 - 20 = Mike C 225 - 80 = Iceman 215 - 230 = Dump the Clutch 205 - 150 = PTW 205 - 90 = dontforgetthefueltaps 125 - -130 = Robbie B 125 - 10 = Hilly 115 - 50 = CJ69 100 - 125 = Stilton Panther * -75 - -75 = Grand Central * * * = missed a round Next Rounds predictions will be posted shortly ........

Three rounds, three totally different tracks, three great performances. Jarek and Emil may be the two who look to be the ones you would back to win the world title but it's nice to see Tai up there challenging them

Before the season started, many predicted that Tai Woffinden would struggle in the GP's but as we enter the third round, Tai sits joint third and looks a bargain on 7 points as he is possibly the top rider around at the moment on current form. Remember any posts that are posted or edited after 6pm (even by 1 minute) are not counted.

Glad you like it ..... Maybe it is low ...... but any of the 15 could be in the final and this more of a gaters track than the last round. If I could get the predictions right for every round it would be Freddie, Emil, Tai and Darcy in the finals with Gollob, Hancock, Holder and Hampel just missing out. ........ PLUS Nicki finishing with a score card something like F O F F X MY PREDICTION IS 8 Emil Sayfutdinov 8 Jarek Hampel 7 Fredrik Lindgren 7 Tai Woffinden

GOTHENBURG PREDICTIONS 11 Darcy Ward 11 Tomasz Gollob 11 Nicki Pedersen 10 Greg Hancock 9 Chris Holder 8 Emil Sayfutdinov 8 Jarek Hampel 7 Fredrik Lindgren 7 Niels K Iversen 7 Tai Woffinden 6 Andreas Jonsson 6 Matej Zagar 6 Antonio Lindback 5 Krzysztof Kasprzak 4 Martin Vaculik 3 Linus Sundstrom

ROUND 2 - What they scored 50 Tomasz Gollob 40 Emil Sayfutdinov -10 Nicki Pedersen 30 Darcy Ward -60 Andreas Jonsson 0 Chris Holder -20 Jarek Hampel 0 Greg Hancock -30 Antonio Lindback -20 Fredrik Lindgren -60 Krzystof Kasprzak 90 Tai Woffinden 40 Neils K Iversen 0 Martin Vaculik 100 Matej Zagar 30 Krzysztof Buczkowski BEST SCORES FROM ROUND 2 Jumping up to 4th place is Paleco who scored a brilliant 235 points with the selection of Zagar, Gollob, Ward and Buczkowski while waihekeaces takes over top spot after a 215 point return due to selecting Zagar, Gollob, Emil and Vaculik. Wheelsinline takes 3rd spot on the round two rostrum with a score of 175 points. Below is the updated leaderboard with the current total at the left, followed by the previous total. LEADERBOARD AFTER ROUND 2 (New scoring system) Total - from 380 - 165 Waikekeaces 340 - 165 Wheels In Line 330 - 225 Pyscho3a 320 - 85 Paleco 310 - 145 Mark246 310 - 185 Homer 260 - 125 Marky 260 - 175 Bomber Hammer 240 - 125 Williamfj 240 - 185 Beercellar 230 - 125 Dump the Clutch 230 - 195 Rico 200 - 195 Diddy 190 - 45 Jamie E 190 - 55 Spook 190 - 175 Screm 180 - 35 mdmc82 180 - 95 Pantherman 180 - 165 Referee Rick 170 - 65 Gavan 160 - 65 Hunty 160 - 75 Gray 150 - 5 TNT 150 - 85 Full Throttle 150 - 175 PTW 100 - 125 Stilton Panther 90 . - 175 dontforgetthefueltaps 80 . - 155 Iceman 50 . - 135 CJ69 20 - -45 Mike C 10 - 25 Hilly -75 - -75 Grand Central -130 -75 Robbie B Next Rounds predictions will be posted shortly ...... just got to think of a realistic prediction now for Tai Woffinden

That could be said of a number of riders on Saturday night. DARCY WARD visited the Bouncy Castle at speed and did well not to hit the fence a few other times .... FREDDIE LINDGREN did well to stay on and not wipe out the others when he hit the kerb on turn 1 ..... plus there were plenty of close clashes through the night. It has been pointed out that he doesn't have a great deal of sponsors on his race suit and like any rider, he would be welcome of further help however big or small ..... but lets also remember he is cycling to Cardiff to the days leading up to the GP in a bid to raise £20,000 for Cancer Research and deserves to at least hit that figure. If anyone wants to help out with either, they can contact Tai through his website or inbox me and I will pass it on to those who help Tai SEMI FINAL 2

Think most comments so far are concerning the commentary side of the show, not the filming and that seem to be much better without regular trips back to the studio and now keep watching what is being filmed with commentary over. The one liners as riders introduce them selves before each race are the only things I would stop and must admit came up with a few myself or added to theirs. ...... Kasprzak yet to score .... (and won't here too)

Pretty pleased with the Eurosport coverage apart from a few small things. When Pearson / Tatum are not commentating, the voice that comes on clearly doesnt know speedway and makes numerous mistakes. Would rather have someone involved in the sport sitting in a studio somewhere. Sam Ermolenko, Steve Johnston, David Norris, Chris Louis or a current rider. The only other thing is when the race is about to start, the riders faces appear above the gate they are in and say their name. .... Why do Nigel and Kelvin have to do those one liners ...... "Chris Holder" = Needs to find something ..... "Tomasz Gollob" = He's found something ..... "Krzysztof Kasprzak" = Yet to get on the score board ..... "Darcy Ward" = Has a hand injury ..... Aaaaarrrggggggghhhhhhh !!!! Otherwise pretty good