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F1 is rather different that speedway in terms of the amount of "gear". The riders all have equipment on the continent, and should be able to get it by road to Poland without too much fuss. All the best Rob

I think it's the 1973 World Final at Katowice (won by Jerzy Szczakiel) that holds the attendance record. All the best Rob

Oh come on, there was nothing wrong with the tactical sub. Obviously you're a fan of landslide wins, but I prefer a close-fought meeting. All the best Rob

Norbold, all you can do is to educate people to the way things actually began. This Darrell Mason chap is remarkably uninformed for someone writing such an article. I think we need an article for a certain Norman Jacobs in that magazine to put the record straight. All the best Rob

If Johnnie Hoskins is God, then Norbold is heading for hell, after daring to question West Maitland's claim to be the first speedway meeting. All the best Rob

Yes, I admit that Zagar sporting a green helmet colour certainly threw me for a moment. I hope all the riders who wore the wrong helmets colours were fined - again it's showing a lack of respect for the paying public who used the helmet colours to identify the riders. Jacques, I promise to have more of a chat next time I'm up - it might even be next Friday. I left it as late as possible yesterday due to the threat of rain, and didn't fancy hanging about afterwards. All the best Rob

But it's then a rip-off whether you've paid £10 or £20. How does the admission price effect the enjoyment of a meeting? All the best Rob

Nope but it wouldn't have been worth £13/£15/£16 either. You've missed the point. The admission price only effects the number of people who go in the first place - it's the entertainment / slickness of the meeting which then determines if people enjoy it. All the best Rob

CC - Yes, FTM did a good job with the track. Shame that wasn't matched by a commitment by the Coventry promotion to get on with the meeting, instead of dilly-dallying about. And Najjer, you've missed the point. It's not the £20 admission people had a problem with (otherwise the bumper crowd of last night wouldn't turned up). But rather, it was the complete lack of any urgency to get on with the meeting on a cold, damp night. EDIT: One or two funny moments last night, standing with "Team Deadlock" (well, everyone seemed to wearing the gear, so it seems an appropriate name). There was Silver Bee's disbelief and horror when Davey Watt went racing around Matej Zagar, and Sandie signing Matt's Speedway Star. FURTHER EDIT: And I've just read SB's comments on the updates thread, and how could I forget: Sandie has just called the ref a naughty word...SilverBee says we have to stamp this yobbish behaviour out! All the best Rob

Nice idea to bring back the Brandonapolis, but horrible execution. Surely a 22-heat meeting should be started before 8.00pm - the near 11.00pm finish is just too late, especially for those who had children there. After a very, very slow start, the meeting finally started to pick up towards the end of the 20 heats. But there's then a huge gap between Heat 20 and the semi-final and another between the semi and the final, and as a result the rain starts again and the final, held on a greasy track, turns into an absolute farce with Hans Andersen pootling around to win the meeting, after Harris falls and then Schlein hits Crump and both suffer machinery trouble. And in case anybody thinks Pedersen had two engine failures, he didn't. He just gave up twice whilst in fourth place. No fight at all from Nicki tonight, when he didn't gate he just drifted backwards and wasn't interested. All the best Rob

Shame the meeting is at Brandon Stadium and not Yonder then. Just about to set off. All the best Rob

OK, see you later (I think before anyone takes Jacques's post seriously, I should point out that she's just trying to keep me away ) All the best Rob

It certainly would. All the best Rob

ML - I don't want to be a mod, it's too much hassle. All the best Rob

Yep, but given his association with Speedway in Years Gone By, this is a more appropriate place for a thread. A great shame that Harry Carpenter has gone. A real professional. All the best Rob

And the poor turnstile operators would resign! All the best Rob

Bobbath, I think it was yours, mine, Norbold's & ArnieG's opinions that I previously summarised - Cardrew had just quoted it. Interesting that this thread has kicked back into life. Of course, in the meantime, Backtrack have played this game themselves in regards to the 70s & 80s. All the best Rob

And here's a link to Parsloes Park: http://www.londontown.com/LondonInformatio...loes_Park/7dc4/ Parsloes, it's somehow appropriate that you are named after somewhere in the London Borough of Barking (and Dagenham) All the best Rob

HS, I think you've got the wrong end of the stick. All the best Rob

Blimey, all it takes is one humiliating defeat at Glasgow, and all the Bees fans start arguing amongst themselves. I think I need to come up on Friday, simply to wind you lot up. All the best Rob

Not a bad line-up. But they made the mistake of announcing all the big names first, they should be mixed it up a bit more. All the best Rob

QUOTE (Robbie B @ Mar 22 2010, 05:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Could anyone if they have one, either post or PM me a picture of a 1976 Eastborune and Stoke speedway badges. As I want to make sure I have the correct year badge on my website at Visit My Website Robbie, that's a very impressive website. All the best Rob

Any sign of a final line-up? I am considering attending this meeting, but the final five names in the line-up would be nice. All the best Rob

Good meeting tonight - glad I made the decision to make the journey down the A420. Nicki P was immaculate - 7 rides, 7 starts and 7 wins. Already he is looking like the man to beat this season. Crump came the closest to beating Nicki, when he got level up the inside in their semi-final clash, but couldn't make the move stick. Very impressed by Kasprzak, probably the second best rider on display, but let himself down by an inexplicable choice of gates in the final. Despite scoring only 4 points, Emil The Mad Russian was highly entertaining. He looked very rusty out of the gate, but was then his usual fearless self. He was unlucky to suffer an exclusion in his third outing. A clever switch of lines led to a surprised Bjarne Pedersen bailing out. I thought Emil's exclusion was a touch harsh. All the best Rob