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Shame that this has fallen to the weather again. Did any Glasgow fans travel this time? Bongo & George? All the best Rob

Paulco, instead of presents, why don't you suggest a weekend away - how about in South Wales? All the best Rob

Parsloes... you can't still be tiling. If so, what are you tiling, the Taj Mahal? All the best Rob

Well I had my money out ready to buy it... and you said "I just need to speak to so-and-so" and disappeared. It was the closest you've come to that pint - come along to Scunny on Bank Holiday Monday and you can have it then. All the best Rob

WadyWuck, My prediction is: 1. Niels-Kristian Iversen 2. Chris Harris 3. Seb Ulamek All the best Rob

And how many of those meetings did Oxford fail to stage by the 31st of October, Parsloes, my old buddy. None, I think you'll find. And you're being a bit of a drama queen - it was 2/3rds of fixtures from the start of Septmber not October. And the reason was an unprecented 16 rain-offs for the Oxford CL side that year (2004). And I remember Bournemouth staging a NL match in the last week of October last season (the play-off final against Plymouth) - I know because I was there. Did you know we'll rapidly approaching the fifth anniversary of a certain CL match... in which your beloved Dons met their match. All the best Rob

Given that Gollob injured Sayfutdinov with a highly dangerous and reckless move tonight, should the referee been empowered to exclude the offending rider (in this case Gollob) from the rest of the meeting in such cases? Gollob rode like a nutcase tonight - he needs to calm down a bit, or else he won't make it to Bydgoszcz for the final GP. All the best Rob

I'm going to revert to having Gollob as my captain - thanks. All the best Rob

I remember Hackney once winning a meeting by a point with a final heat 5-0. I think it was in the days of Andy Galvin, although I'm sure Bryn will know for definite. Is there any more instances of this happening? All the best Rob

Tomcat, it was in 2001 and it helped cost Poole the league title that season. All the best Rob

Looking forward to reading the Ronnie Genz interview. His final year at Oxford was two years before I was born, so I never saw him in action. But he was one of top men at Oxford for almost two decades, spending 11 years at Cowley between 1954 & 1964, and then having a further spell at Oxford between 1968 & 1971 (although he missed either the whole of the 1969 or 1970 season through injury - can't remember off the top of my head which one it was). His 14 years riding for Oxford is a club record, no other rider rode for the Cheetahs for more seasons. For most of those years, Oxford didn't have much success, although Ronnie was part of the treble-winning side of 1964, and he also figured in an Oxford side that nearly upset the all-conquering Wimbledon Dons in 1960, when the Cheetahs led the league table for most of the season. It seems, these days, that it's very rare for a rider to stay to spend that amount of time at one club. All the best Rob

Ouch, just one point out. Well, I got those right. TNT, please can we have the final scores. All the best Rob

SS, I don't think it's Buxton. All the best Rob

Parsloes, come up on bank holiday Monday instead. You'll not only be able to enjoy my company, but you'll also be able to purchase Jeff Scott's latest excellent book. All the best Rob

To answer the original question on this thread: August 9, 1980 Halifax 38: Kenny Carter 9 (5) Tormod Langli R/R Ian Cartwright 5+2 (5) Mick McKeon 6+1 (4) Merv Janke 4 (4) Piotr Pysny 12+1 (5) Craig Pendlebury 2+1 (3) Hackney 39: Finn Thomsen 11 (5) Barry Thomas 0 (2) Bo Petersen 8+2 (5) Sean Wilmott 0 (2) Zenon Plech 14+1 (5) Roman Jankowsi 6+2 (5) Keith White 0 (2) Progressive scores 31-16 >>>> 35-36 > 38-39

The match in question was Halifax v Hackney in 1980. Score after Heat 8: 31-16. Four successive 5-1s to Hackney transformed the scoreline to 35-36 and then the final heat was shared, final score 38-39. There's a report in "Speedway's Classic Meetings" book. I'll post the scorers this evening if someone else hasn't beaten me to it. All the best Rob

Oxford beat the Wimbledon Wombles at Plough Lane in 1984. They needed 5-1s from the final three races and got them. And later in the same season, Oxford repeated that feat at King's Lynn, which caused Martin Rogers to throw his toys out of the pram and prevent the Cheetahs having a victory parade. But as far as I know, the biggest ever comeback was Arena Essex at Exeter who came from 18 (yes, EIGHTEEN) points behind to win at Exeter. I think it came during Arena's all conquering 1991 season. All the best Rob

Shazzy, just tell us the date and you'll double the Cov crowd. It'll be more interesting than the track action. All the best Rob

Great isn't it? Reckon Shazzy should come and stand near SCB at Cov when I next visit there (probably August 6) - it would hugely add to my entertainment for the night. All the best Rob

Sandie will box their ears. All the best Rob

I forgot the lovely Natalie Imbruglia as well, who would have rode about as well as Rory Schlein tonight. All the best Rob

Rolf Harris, Dame Edna, BFD, Madge Ramsey, Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, Scott & Charlene, Bouncer, Crocodile Dundee, Plain Jane The Superbrain, Holly Vallance, Elle MacPherson, your boys took one hell of a beating!!!!!!!!! All the best Rob

Is that a promise? All the best Rob

1 ~ Winners of Event 1 - Polski 2 ~ Play Off qualifiers from Event 1 (2 teams) - Russia & Denmark 3 ~ Winners of Event 2 - Great Britain 4 - Oz & Sweden 5 ~ Points Artem Laguta will score in Event 1 - 1 6 ~ Points Nicolai Klindt will score in Event 1 - 7 7 ~ Points Tai Woffinden will score in Event 2 - 8 8 ~ Points Freddie Lindgren will score in Event 2 - 14 9 ~ Points Great Britain will score in Event 2 - 50 10 ~ Two teams that qualify from Play Off - Denmark & Sweden 11 ~ Team finishing 3rd in play off - Oz 12 ~ 4TH IN FINAL - Great Britain 13 ~ 3RD IN FINAL - Sweden 14 ~ RUNNERS UP IN FINAL - Denmark 15 ~ WORLD TEAM CUP CHAMPIONS - Polski 10 Points per correct answer .... for riders predictions, lose a point for each point out.

It can't be, because of: Swindon 21 Oxford 56 (British League) 1986. Isn't there an even bigger one somewhere though? All the best Rob