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No prizes for guessing the music that will be played at Stoke when the riders march out on Parade lol.

He's only 33 years old. A bit young for Dads Army isn't he?

If gating shenanigans is all it's about then why waste the other 4 laps? Why not have just a 25 metre drag race to see who can con the others at the start line the best?

Could get yourself a ticket to see Guns'n'Roses with that...

Bydgoszcz could become a key transit airport this year with train/taxi links to Bydgoszcz itself, Torun, Gniezno and Poznan (amongst others) and with lower league matches being on Saturdays it allows for interesting speedway weekends. I'll be flying in to Bydgoszcz myself on 27th May and will call in at Gniezno v Poznan on the way to Stal Gorzów v Falubaz Zielona Gora on the Sunday.

Well thanks for clearing that up. I asked a question about that on another thread but didn't get a clear answer to that effect. Just hope that the builders don't get their instructions in a twist.

Yeah, Swindon. As I understand it their new stadium is at an equally advanced stage of construction as the one in Reading.

Ahhh, why not? Give the other teams a fighting chance. Makes things more interesting, innit?

I suspect that the final signings will hang on what happens at Belle Try, or Coven Vue, or whatever that concoction is called. All isn't well at either location so there might be some riders looking for somewhere where they know they will get a ride.

I'd be inclined to put the names of Swindon and Coventry riders in italics or in another colour. With their stadiums in doubt being "signed" may just be illusionary.

What actually is the situation there in a nutshell? If the new track is not built in time can the old track still be used next year? It took Tony Mole's construction team from early January all the way to mid March to build the track in Perry Barr in 2007 so if construction doesn't start soon it would be good to know that a "plan B" exists.

Sounds like Belle Vue think they have got a cart but no horse.

Don't think that the the intellectual quality of BSF's scriptures are the issue. The prospects of there being more than half a dozen fans coming through the turnstiles will be what matters.

How come there are more non-Brummies fans than Brummies fans on this thread? Any potential promoter looking on here to get a feel for the local interest in the team isn't likely to be impressed.

Has Belle Vue signed a promoter for 2017 yet?

Nailed on winners of the British Speedway Seniors League.

All very interesting. Shining lights for the BSPA.

What we have here is the equivalent of the performance of a WRC Subaru Impreza or Mitsubishi Evo being used as the justification for buying a regular Impreza or Evo fron the local dealerships. So what happens to the kid who spends £4,800.00 on a new sealed BSPA Gerhard engine and it turns out to be a "pup"?

No. He's just been around speedway for more than 5 minutes.

It appears that they are sealed. So "Sealed GTR" engined riders will have to compete against "Tuned GM" engined riders. Should be interesting. How long will it take Edward Kennett (other cheats are available) and his team of accomplished hole borers to find a way to open the seal and re-seal an engine after playing around with its insides? £4,000 PLUS 20% VAT = £4,800.00 - Is that still a bargain? I dunno... Brand new GTR vs partly used, newly reconditioned & tuned GM...I wonder if it will take off? What will the riders choose? Best of luck like, but not holding my breath here.

Can we sign this Gerhard Engine bloke? Lots of chatter about him on another thread. Will he have a 3.00 average? He sounds like a low maintainence kind of guy. He does have a British passport doesn't he?

Do You seriosly expect that a rider who signs up and then crys off is the sort that Graham Drury would want in his team? Burnt bridges spring to mind.

Kinda says it all when Aidan Collins became British Champion at this flat track malarkey a couple of years ago.

Not sure about the Polish legal system, but putting the press release into a British context, it sounds very much like what we would call a "class action" which sets a precident for everyone in that class (in this case Warsaw GP ticket holders) to benefit from it. The judgment was specific about the scope of compensation, which should be for half the ticket value (probably meaning the original retail price, not any black market prices like some had to resort to) and accommodation. It doesn't say in the press release how many nights of accommodation is covered but that's bound to be in some small print somewhere, maybe one night, maybe two. There's nothing to suggest that travel costs are to be compensated, but again, maybe that little devil is in the detail too? Sounds like there are going to be a lot of letters going to the PZM now with claims for them to process. The problem will be, if you haven't kept your ticket stub, proving that you are entitled to compensation, and producing the hotel bills from 20-odd months ago. Anyone who's written the whole episode off as a bad experience and who's not kept their paperwork is going to struggle, but those with their tickets and receipts in their hands will have the opportunities to get some Zloties back.

Are you landing at 13.45? If so, allow for being through passport control and being "in country" by 14.30. Allow for a wait for the bus and a journey to the railway station that will get you there by 15.15. (A taxi may be an alternative if there is a longer wait for the bus) There is a 15.40 train that gets you to Torun at 16.30. The train station in Torun is a bit"out of town" so take a taxi to your hotel. So by 17.00 you should be cheched in. The hotel can book you a taxi to the stadium so you'll have a bit of time to freshen up and start the process of deciding if Lech, Tyskie, Zubr, Perła, Zywiec or Warka tastes best.