uk_martin

There's talk amongst the Gorzow fans (on their forums etc) about the hope that Crump will be "coming home" to Stal. We'll have to wait and see about that. One thing about being unemployed though, it does curb your bargaining power when it comes to wage demands lol. 2nd signing for BigDosh - Robert Kościecha http://sport.tvp.pl/zuzel/enea-ekstraliga/aktualnosci/robert-kosciecha-zostaje-w-bydgoszczy/9390451

I'm going to St Johann in January, flying into and out of Munich. Any suggestions for public transport links between Munich and St Johann? I've tried www.bahn.de and not all of the prices show, and those that do seem to be a lot higher than the Summer prices when I last looked. €44 for the journey there and twice that to get back seems a bit steep. Any other suggestions or will I have to hire a car and risk driving on the wrong side of the road in the snow and ice?

Back to the OP, and I think that you'll need to take Crump & Hancock out of the Rzeszow team and replace them with Nicki Pedersen and Eureka Pavlic (Assuming that Google has translated this web page correctly) The full Rzeszow team is quoted as: 1. Nicki Pedersen 10,40 2. Dawid Lampart 2,50 3. Rafał Okoniewski 7,51 4. Jurica Pavlic 6,73 5. Grzegorz Walasek 8,71 6. Łukasz Sówka 4,00 7. Marco Gaschka 2,50 TOTAL : 39,85

Strange thing is that the league meeting will definately sell out, whereas the SGP only "might" sell out. Will have to think creatively about how to get tickets for the meeting at ZG.

Falubaz v Stal Gorzow follows on the day after the Gorzow SGP too. Couldn't be better. Fly into/out of Poznan, hire car, and a little round route around Wielkopolski - not a bad weekend in prospect :-)

A bit of a step up for the guy! He wasn't exacty outclassing everyone at Lodz so I wonder what is expected of him at Gorzow? What average will he be on next year?

Got a feeling that the Extraliga cash cow bubble is bursting. Polonia BigDosh may only be Polonia ModerateDosh now, and Tarnow are in deep red trouble too.

If you don't intend "living in" your hotel, you won't find much cheaper than the EasyHotel - €35 per night. Think of it as a ships cabin for the night, clean, warm, dry, quiet, etc, but not big enough for an afters party. Berlin's public transport system will ensure that wherever you stay, you'll find your way to the stadium.

Expect KK to continue at Gorzow! Have Tanow announced anyone to bail them out of their debt crisis? 1.3m in the red from what I read (Google's transation service isn't the best) Can they sign anyone until their debt is cleared?

I thought that about the start marshall who was at Coventry for the u21's. Maybe it's the same guy?

Too bad that the moving of dates of the Polish Play-off's will dilute the potential Z-P field.

What's up with MJJ today? Just struggled to come 3rd in a 3-rider race.

Hope that it's a good evening then.

Because aren't test matches supposed to be "official", and between the representitive teams of nations, rather than (to use another term) "A Great Britain VII" v "An Australian VII" that a promoter decides to line up against each other? If any Tom, Dick and Harry can organise their bunch of random Brits to go up against a bunch of available Aussies, and call it a "test match" then that devalues what the term is supposed to represent. Just my opinion of course...

Pretty much my thoughts too...Also, is this a Poole promoted event or is it a BSPA Shared event? If the former, then what right has any one promoter to use the term "test match"? If the latter, why are the BSPA keeping the fixture so far away from the rest of the speedway public for two years running? Surely people of Manchester, Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Coventry are entitled to see "international speedway" too? In fact why restrict it to EL tracks only? Why not run the meeting at somewhere like Sheffield as well?

TVP Sports beaming into my satellite TV system good and strong. Does anyone know if TVP plan to open up a TVP Sports HD station in the near future? I was looking forward to seeing Alex Locamotive. Sounds an exciting prospect. And JJR looks about 12 years old. And at 12 years old, Pawel, JJR won't have learned about the Cold War, Communism and post war history yet. He'll still be learning all about the Roman Empire, Egyptians and their pyramids and all that...

Mickey Mouse v Stal Gorzow - it's going to be awesome. A second match would only be an anti-climax.

Any idea when dates get announced for the play-off's & finals next year?

As a "neutral" I thought that considering the circumstances tonight saw a good evening's entertainment. It had been raining all day so to see the track in such a condition was little short of a miracle. Top marks to the track staff. Well done to all the riders and to Denmark for winning. The cream rose to the top in the end. Shame that there were so many unsold seats in the stadium. Having been to Gorzow last year I was expecting a sell-out, but it was not to be. One final thank you goes again to the stadium staff. Sweden has had just ss wet a summer as England and even after 24 hours of rain, unlike at Silverstone, the soft standing car parks were perfectly fit for purpose. That's 2 thoroughly enjoyable SWC events in the last 2 years. Roll on Prague next year.

All the talk about playing a tactical game goes out the window when a chain breaks or a clutch burns out. I think you have to go for "Virgo-Taktik" - i.e. "Score as many points as you can". Another example of "keeping it simple, stupid"!

Has anyone seen the official line-ups yet? When did Team GB become "England"? Do I need to dash out quickly and buy new flags to take with me tomorrow?

Thanks for the information. We'll be driving from Gothenburg Airport in the late morning / afternoon on Thursday, and keeping fingers crossed ;-) Our first route will be to the hotel maybe via lunch by the lake in Jonkoping and a detour to go past Mariannelund before coming back towards Hultsfred and then the second route will be from the hotel to the track. We can but give it all a go and allow ourselves as much time as possible.

I know Scandanavia is an expensive place, but it that typical of the difference in the cost of all bike parts in Denmark? It must cost these young guys a fortune to get started in the sport before they have the luxury of sponsors to help out with the expenses. And yet the conveyor belt of promising young Danes keeps churning them out...

Seems that the runners and riders are: (GB first and then the rest in order of how many contenders they have) GB K Newman Poland K. Gomolski P. Pawlicki T. Musielak B. Zmarzlik L. Sowka Denmark N. Porsing M. Michelsen R. Jensen Czech O. Smetana E. Krcmar V. Milik Ukraine K. Tcukanov V. Tejgel (Res) Latvia A. Lebedevs Hungary R. Benko Sweden O. Berntzon Russia V. Kulakov (Res) Best of luck to Kyle. On a Polish track, and with 5 Polish riders in the field, however, I suspect he will need all the luck he can get.

Acording to http://speedway.org/...2012/index.html 1. B Zmarzlik - 15pts 2. L Sowka - 12pts 3. N Porsing - 11pts 4. M. Michelsen - 11pts 5. O. Berntzon - 11pts 6. R Jensen - 11pts 7. F. Engman - 8pts 8. K. L. Nielsen - 7pts 9. N. B. Jacobsen - 6pts 10. T Jorgensen - 6pts 11. J Thorsell - 4pts 12. A. MORRIS - 4pts 13. K Nissen - 3pts 14. A Mochner - 3pts 15. J.B.Andersen - 2pts 16. E Grondal - 2pts 17. V. Palovaara - 2pts 18. N. Hesse - 0pts Fascinating - 2 Poles, 13 Scandanavians, 2 Germans and a sole Brit...and the 2 Poles come 1st and 2nd...