stevehone

SGP website says 4pm

Basso was reserve for the Danish U23 team in Germany a couple of weeks ago and had a couple of rides .. looked ok, but this was on a 400m track, i would say about the level of Leon Flint at the moment

i just wonder if the team sport in the UK is being run down to a 'survival of the fittest' and work around that with one league and enough riders to fill the slots. allowing clubs to fold a bit too easy recently

i think possibly it's the SCB that's revoked permission, who stands on the SCB board these days?

when the British final was a route in the world championship

definitely 'taking the P'

tracks i never rode at but wish i had .. Bradford, Bydgoszcz (Exeter went not long after i packed in), Coventry, Swindon, Cradley

BSPL carrying out their threat maybe

between Bewley, Ellis and Lawson. and Tom Brennan should have got the call-up, 100%

didn't he ride in British finals then? he was based in Manchester

body language on the bike in GPs says maybe not

it was simple but fair

rattle the box with 4 coloured ball in to determine gate positions, had that years ago in 2nd halves and was the fairest way

and the problem with that one was someone could go off the inside gates in all of their races

cheers Steve

so 6.30 UK time for start or is there a longer delay?

used to be quite well advertised locally

but people in general know what cricket is, speedway still being around is a big secret

FIME U23 Team SemiFinal, Brokstedt 01.08.21 > https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_womble/albums/72157719671286266

my pictures from the semi final at Brokstedt (meeting) > https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_womble/albums/72157719671286266

to be fair Steve, yours were generally in Thailand

FIME U23 Team SemiFinal (Practice), Brokstedt 01.08.21 > https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_womble/albums/72157719650941903

my pictures from the practice at Brokstedt > https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_womble/albums/72157719650941903

At Brokstedt last weekend there had been lots of localised flooding through the week leading up to the meeting, on the morning of the meeting the rain had been torrential, the track was under water, but they cleared it and got practice on (about 10.30am instead of 10.15) then after practice there was a lot more rain, but they still got the meeting on and was only delayed by about 15 minutes. There was a lot of water on track but no one associated with the track seemed too concerned. If it was a UK meeting that would have been off, no doubt, but it turned up some decent racing. Sometimes you have to think about the surfaces and size of tracks we have here, and whether the club want to take chances on getting supporters in, it’s a business after all. early call offs have become a necessary evil here due to sometimes not having time to get on the track to get it sorted, it’s something we need to live with, people will still moan but generally they turn out to be correct decisions. iainb needs to think whether if it was HIS money on the line if he would run a meeting when no one is going to turn up due to forecasts

Sun starting to make an appearance at track now, hope last of the showers has gone through