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Which would have meant switching the already scheduled event on SS4 instead. They made the right decision. They switched the event that wasn't already in the schedule.

Why give Sky so much stick? They had 4 lives events scheduled for Sunday afternoon with 4 channels. The Speedway was rescheduled from Saturday giving them 5 live events to cover on 4 channels. It wasn't their fault that it was rained of on Saturday and they did a fine job fitting it in on Sunday. Sure it was disappointing for some people, but you can't really blame Sky.

That's funny. I could have sworn they mentioned Poland and Denmark being in front a few times and how Poland had only scored 4 points after 6 races or whatever it was. Must get my ears syringed.

Exactly right. Had Harris been the Joker in heat 13 we would have scored an extra 3 points, but tactically it would not have been the right move other than in retrospect. The only case for using Harris in the earlier heat would be that maybe you should use the Joker early with a view to getting close enough not to need it again. Poland made that mistake, perhaps, but in the end it was irrelevant.

One question Mark. Who won heat 13 from gate 2?

If they did then I think it would be better. There always used to be a Scotland team back when they had the World Team Cup qualifiers at Reading in the 70s. I think we all have more of a loyalty to our individual countries than we do to GB or the UK as a whole. Fact is, though, that at the moment it's TeamGB so TeamGB it is.

Oh God! Not this argument again. It's GB. If a Scottish rider was good enough he'd be in the team. Andy Murray represents Britain so he's British. Stupid, pointless argument (which I have just rather stupidly and pointlessly become involved in).

http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/content/newham/recorder/news/story.aspx?brand=RECOnline&category=newsNEWHAM&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsnewham&itemid=WeED14%20Jul%202010%2009%3A06%3A26%3A337

Fabulous GP. Hope that Tomasz can go on to win as this could be his last chance. Cardiff should show whether he's rally up for it or not. Great news on Holder as that was nasty, as was Zetterstrom's crash. I couldn't believe he eventually came out for the re-run.

Yes. Not following in total detail I assumed the Gollob/Hampel information to be correct only to discover Gollob was only one point ahead at the end. And, while we're at it, what about those Poles showing a photo finish of the end of lap 3 on one of the races.

Two different riders I believe. One rode for Peterborough in the 70s and one in the 90s. Loads of good rider info on Frigbo's amazing rider database. Here: http://wwosbackup.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=riders Looking forward to your David Ashby thread btw!

I can't believe that statement from Woffinden! Very dissapointing. hopefully it was just said in the heat of disappointment having not qualified. Well done Steady. And tough luck Rico. Hope he's ok. No tweets yet today! Not like him!

You still get that at Swindon.

To save his life?

Well done Kenneth Bear. Shame we had no Tony Millard tonight. It could have been his big moment. Harris/Andersen incident was clearly Andersen's fault. He tried to duck his arm under Harris's handlebars and failed miserably.

Good on 'em. Doesn't make them immune from criticism though - even if some of it is a little obsessive and not always correct. At the end of the day it is a professional sport, whether the referees are professional or not, so it is only right that it is going to attract comment. I do sometimes question the sanity of some people who go on a bit of an "anti-ref" rampage mind you. I bet they've never even ridden a speedway bike.

Michanek?

Maybe. But surely it's common sense to have a quick peek. Might make the ref prevent his/herself making an arse of themselves on live TV (particularly as the team managers and riders are clearly using the facility themselves). Video has been at tracks for at least 20 years now and I guess all tracks have it. They used to run replays on incidents at Swindon, but don't any more. No idea why.

Mroczka was last out the gate first time round anyway. If he's just left it then there would have been no problem. In fact, the exclusion probably benefitted Poole in the end. Interesting also that Peter Karlsson (I think) was clearly moving at the start of the next race yet it was completely ignored.

The tactical sub rule was a travesty and very unfair. The only thing in its favour is that the double points ride is even worse. Both rules are difficult to justify to non-speedway folk attending a first meeting.

Enjoyed the meeting. Good to see a bit of speedway after a long break. Didn't stay for the semis or the final, but not surprised to see Nicki ended up winning as he looked far and away the best rider on show in the heats. KK looked very good and B. Pedersen also looked back to his old form. I wasn't keeping score, but Steady seemed to be doing pretty well too. Emil the Russian was great value. Seemed to be in the thick of it every time he raced, so I was a bit surprised to see he had scored so few points at the end of the night. Was certainly entertaining. Fitting tribute to a Swindon legend and a good crowd there to enjoy it.

Seb Ulamek and Simon Stead are that couple.

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I agree. Really adds so much to what could just have been a short, shocking clip. I would guess it is being done by his family, some of whom have also made comments on the Youtube page to say that they never expected to ever see this footage.