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Fascinating and well-written piece by Norbold. Of course, as stated in the opening paragraphs, it's all up to individual intrepretation as to what is the first speedway meeting in Britian. To me, it's the meeting at Droylsden, which was staged on June 25, 1927. The racing was anti-clockwise on cinders on an oval track. That sounds like speedway to me. I can't see any good reason why Droylsden should be discounted. All the best Rob

Hi Conkers, if the stats in the Assen programme are correct, I think Bauer has 72 points and "Kamikaze" Kaminsky has 60 points. BTW I love Kaminsky, he's a complete looney. All the best Rob

Great weekend of action. Probably the best Friday meeting I've seen, with Andrej Gavrilkin certainly a name to watch in the future. He can't gate for toffee and once he gets going, he's got so much speed. He went from 3rd to 1st on the final lap of his semi-final, and last to first on the opening laps of the final. Some good action on the Saturday, but it was yesterday's meeting which was the real highlight of the weekend. Outstanding moments included Zorn barging Dmitri Khomitsevich out of the way only for Daniil Ivanov to then repeat the move on Zorn a couple of laps later, and the B-Final, which saw Svensson go from 2nd to 4th to 2nd, and get away with dumping Vitali Khomitsevich on the floor on the final bend. Khomitsevich crashed right in front of us and the impact into the bales covered my programme in straw, just as Holstein's crash had also done so in his final programmed outing. We had it all happening right in front of us on the Sunday!!! Krasnikov ended with winning both A Finals, but he was made to fight for it this weekend. He had to pick up a few points from behind, especially in yesterday's meeting. Daniil Ivanov kept him on his toes the whole weekend and perhaps should have won on the Saturday, only to make an awful start in the A-Final. And Igor Kononov gates like a rocket (he led both A Finals for a couple of corners before Krasnikov took control) and could be a champion in future years. Highly enjoyable tour with Eurorider, with Full Throttle also on the tour, and nice to share a few pints with Conkers at the hotel. All the best Rob

Parsloes, nope with one with the soundtrack by Queen was the one I saw at the cinema. Although the 1936 film series was repeated on BBC2 in 1980 was what got me into wanting to see the film. I actually bought the 1936 serial on DVD and it was SO disappointing. I remembered it being something special, and instead it was awfully dated and just cr*p. All the best Rob

Yes, a very well known name. He whipped Diana Rigg in the Avengers, and also appeared in Flash Gordon (behind a mask) as Klytus. Flash Gordon was the first film I ever saw at the cinema. All the best Rob

Sounds like a good idea. All the best Rob

Conkers - I still can't quite see how you can call off a round of the World Championship and not re-stage it. All the best Rob

Surely if it's supposed to be a ten-round series, then it should be a ten round series. How about if Ivanov keeps Krasnikov to within 25 points, surely then the extra round has to be held? All the best Rob

So what's happening with the missing round of the World Championship. When it's being re-staged? All the best Rob

Poor Andy Galvin was just trying to earn a crust. All the best Rob

Well done Sam. Hope to see you back over here at some point. All the best Rob

And I'll see Krasnikov running in the opposite direction, when he thinks you're trying to crucify him All the best Rob

Krasnikov seems to be strolling towards championship No. 6. Conkers, what are you going to do in five years time when he runs out of fingers to hold up? All the best Rob

Yeah, great. A system where a rider who finishes second in the meeting can score more points than the guy who wins the meeting. About time we went back to the KO system used between 1998 & 2004. Now THAT was entertaining. All the best Rob

Probably just Cardiff now. Was going to go to Malilla, but Travel Plus aren't running their week-long trip over there this year and not really interested in a trip taking in just 2 meetings. Planning to do the Czech Golden Helmet (4 meetings) instead of that. All the best Rob

Yes. See you there. All the best Rob

Conkers - well the big favourite at Assen is Posa, who won't be there now because of the ridiculous regs, so it's backfired somewhat. All the best Rob

But there's 7 qualifiers from one round and 5 from another. How does that work out? All the best Rob

How come Posa is not No. 18? He finished sixth in his qualifier. All the best Rob

And who has said he is guilty? All the best Rob

So Krasnikov is beatable. Looking forward to Assen this year. I'm hoping that Posa will make it through as well - for one last bow. EDIT: Look in here quite often, but don't often post. Keep it up guys - this thread is very informative. All the best Rob

Ron, this is a speedway discussion forum. Therefore we're free to discuss Andy Galvin's situation, which is a topic relating to a former rider. If members of his family are not comfortable with this, then they don't have to come onto this forum - nobody has forced them. It's called free speech. It's as simple as that. All the best Rob

I nominate Paulco and Midnight Lady as joint managers. Seriously, I don't see any harm in Scotland having their own team in the World Cup. Can you imagine if they got through the World Cup preliminary round and got through to ride in the competition proper against England? Would be a great ocassion, nothing like a bit of England/Scotland rivalry. All the best Rob

Parsloes, blimey we must stop agreeing - I can't get used to it. In the meantime, I must stop hi-jacking threads every time there's a mention that 2009 is the final year of the decade (which it is not). All the best Rob

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! How many times? The new decade starts in 2011 not 2010. Was there a Year AD 0? No. Millenniums, centuries and decades all start in years ending with a "1". All the best Rob