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GRT Media. DVD available to order from here. http://www.grtmedia.net/merchandise.php?subaction=showfull&id=1158451820&archive=&start_from=&ucat=13&

About 10,000 and I think around £70 a ticket EDIT : from eliteleague.co.uk Ticket prices Early bird (from Monday 14th January to Thursday 28th February 2013) Weekend: Adult £74 - Concession/student £54 - Family [2+2] £224 Saturday or Sunday only: Adult £40 - Concession/student £32 General sale (from Friday 1st March 2013 onwards) Weekend: Adult £85 - Concession/student £60 - Family [2+2] £250 Saturday or Sunday only: Adult £47 - Concession/students £38

I dont think 8 teams from 10 matters given that it doesn't determine the league champions. The Quarter Final ties are played at each teams venues, the 4 quarter final winners playing in 2 semis and the Final at the NIC in Nottingham on Play Off Finals weekend. Ofcourse, with tickets sold well in advance for the weekend, fans from 8 teams (plus no doubt some from the other two) will have purchased them. Its sold as the 'big weekend'of the season.

Braehead finished 8th in the 2012/13 EIHL, yet got second choice in the PO because they topped their conference. The 10 team EIHL is split into 2 conferences, each team playing the others in their conference 4 times home and away, and they also play teams in the other conference twice home and away. Nottingham topped the league and were therefore Champions, and had first pick in the play offs, choosing Fife. Braehead topped their conference, and had second pick, choosing Cardiff Second in the league Belfast had third pick, and chose Edinburgh That left Third in the league Sheffield to play fourth placed in the league Coventry. Nottingham defeated Belfast in the Play Off Final to be crowned Play Off Winners, having already won the league and the Challenge Cup

Which level of hockey ?

Absolutely - we can see the connections to our streams broken down even by individual town locations. When we first started streaming the hockey it was a natural concern that locals would stay at home and watch the stream rather than attend the game - the stats clearly show this not to be the case.

Having just begun our fourth successive season of live streaming Coventry Blaze Ice Hockey games, it is our experience that in fact the opposite is true. There is simply not the money within UK Speedway to fund this, many clubs are already hand to mouth as it is.

Motors have not 'done' any meetings - when it comes to Speedway they just take what they are given. The Garry Stead benefit was provided to Motors TV by Real to Reel (and was excellently done IMO), the Ermolenko farewell by ReRun. The Ice Racing coverage is produced by Interzona (based in Spain) and fails principally IMO by being a magazine style, showing just a lap of a race, and with a poor voice over. The GP Challenge that goes out next week on Motors appears also to have been done by Interzona, a trailer is already available to view from their website www.interzona.tv

I watched the world feed via the SGP website last weekend whilst on holiday, and NP and KT talk for the entire duration of the broadcast. They even analysed the previous 4 heats of the replay sequences that Eurosport show but have their guy talk over. As Eurosport have ad breaks they choose to link with their continuity announcer who no doubt can hear NP & KT in his headphones and they then cut back to the world feed when they decide to do so. Usually it would appear when the Eurosport guy has run out of things to say. Unfortunately IMO it makes these links appear very 'messy' and unfortunately it's made much worse by the Eurosport guys lack of knowledge.

Tapes Up Productions are filming all the major FIM events this year. http://www.webjam.com/speedwayondvd/fim_2013

Branford actually lives in Matlock

Video clip of Friday's action now available (for the next few days only) on the Coventry website http://www.coventryb...php?extend.2248

Even from this one SGP it was quite clear that Woffy will deliver more this year than Harris did last. Fast kit and the ability to convey required changes to set ups the key ingredients.

Having just watched this have to agree on the camerawork. It was the same last year from NZ and unfortunately lessons appeared not to have been learnt. Far too often the camera on bend 4 lingered on the tail ender, direction then sluggish to cut to lead of the race, direction all through was average, apparently Bunyan vs Vaculik was a battle raging but close up of Emil preferred? Again the semi final draws were poorly done, with a cut away from AJs pick, and then cameramen not knowing to go tight on the listed line up. The KK vs Bunyan clash was typical, not 1 camera getting it clearly ? No doubt it'll be a whole lot better from here on in when using crews that have much more experience, but on certain shots, such as the bend 2 replay camera, an experienced operative should have been used. That said, refreshing to see the VT at the start of the show, and the Hancock feature during the interval. Not sure about the talking head graphics for every heat line up - was bored by that by the end - and despite the 'all bets on red' meeting, the wrapped production felt much more up to date than Sky's 'guys in London - lets get back to the racing' set up (although it felt weird not seeing Keith after 18 years as host)

As has been stated elsewhere Wade Aunger and Steve Johnston will be providing the world feed commentary for the NZ SGP. As I understand it who provides it from Bydgoszcz onwards is still being worked on.

Is this series going to run the auspices of the SCB ?

It's my understanding that it will be £10 for adults. Latest NL team info just released http://www.coventrybees.co/news.php?extend.2126

I've been here since about 3.45 and had you asked me then I have said that it was unlikely tonight will go ahead. However substantial track work has continued since then, and I am sure will continue up to start time, but providing there's no rain I would be confident that it'll be ok. The track looks a whole let better than it did some 90 minutes ago.

Re Heat 15 - ref more than within his rights to view video replay before making a decision - personally I was disappointed he didn't choose to also view my recording of it from head on. However it is wrong in my opinion that ref's final decision was made after a visit to the refs box by one of the home promotion and after both of them then watched the video together. Anyway, I offer my congratulations to the Fen Tigers as NL Champions and commiserations to the Heathens

Finely balanced ahead of tomorrow.

As I cant seem to get the above link to work for me I'm not sure if that was only highlights or a full version. Anyway, here is another link to what appears to be a full 2 hour programme of the meeting http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/10161678681-motocyklove-zavody/21247129127-zlata-prilba-2012/

DVD of the 2012 MDL Riders Championship now available to order from Clean Cut Sports, priced just £10 (plus £2 P&P) http://www.cleancutsports.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=101&products_id=995

Regarding BSIs 4 picks for the series - is it cast in stone that it has to be 4 permanent picks ? Or maybe there could be 3 permanent picks and the fourth rider could be a second wIld card?

Poland's four for Bydgoszcz confirmed as Gollob, Walasek, Kolodziej, and Janowski

Yep, I have a copy of it. It is excellent viewing.