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NRGTV cover MX and Supercross in Australia and, as such it was their commentator's (Kevin Williams) first speedway coverage. 'BJ', Brendon Gledhill, has been long involved in speedway Down Under, was Mildura Motorcycle Club's Secretary and is now their Media Publicist and stadium announcer. I don't think it was a serious comment about being Australia's best... It was never going to be super professional standard coverage and to compare it to the highly paid 'pros' at Sky TV is silly. I was just pleased to have the live stream and thankful to NRG for their efforts.

Out of last year's SGP boys, I don't think either Doyle or Holder snr were going to take part this year, but Jason would probably have missed out anyway whilst recovering from his injuries at the Aussie SGP and Chris is on holiday in the States. Batchelor was scheduled to take part in the Series, but broke an upper arm in a MX accident before Christmas.

I think Max Ruml finished 2nd in the 2015 AMA USA National Speedway Championship, behind Billy Janniro and the Eligibility for a Visa application was a Top Four finish, so Max should qualify under this criteria. As you say, Commonwealth or USA riders new to British Speedway were treated as Category 2 which attracted an Assessed Match Average of 7.00 last season, but we know that a number of 'new' Australian riders are coming in this season on an Assessed 5.00, so believe that the Assessed 7.00 has been changed to 5.00 for 2016 and that USA riders will be treated the same as Commonwealth riders.

I don't think the expression 'doubling up / down' was in use back then.

I really hope your wrong Shads. Have always enjoyed my trips to Hoddesdon over the past 40 years or so.

Ahh, ok, sounds likely to me. Thanks.

Thought they got Five in 2016, but happy to be proved wrong. Two in both Round 1 at Kings Lynn and in Round 2 at Munkebo on 7th May and One in Round 4 at Abensberg on 16th May. Maybe there are Five spaces for Australian riders in the SGP Qualifiers - top Four from the Championship and a 'Pick'.

With many riders doubling up / down, it must make it difficult to arrange fixtures for one night let alone consecutive nights and won't have helped to fix up the old style 'tours'. According to the Panthers web-site, the First Draft of PL fixtures has been received and are expected to be finalised this month.

Well done to Brady, but IMO his 'celebration' after the 'B' Final was more to do with relief after getting a second chance from the re-run as he made a bit of a hash of the first start in the 'B' Final and in Heat 20. Think I'm right in saying that going into the 'A' Final, Kurtz was 2 points up on Masters, so Masters could've taken it to a run-off for the Title at least and if (big if) Masters had won the 'A' Final he would've been Champion. Tungate's 2 x tapes exclusions and falls during the Series and Sedgmen's misfortune in Round 2 did for their chances. Very close Series amongst some well matched riders. Would like to see Jordan Stewart given a go in the UK, but doubt anyone would take him on an assessed 5.

Don't know if Ruml is any better than Aaron Fox who averaged around 4 when he was over with Edinburgh? Cam Heeps as a HL would be a step up for the lad.

Nick qualifies for the SGP Qualifiers by finishing 5th?

No extra points from the 'B' Finals, just the 'A' Finals. I guess the 'extra' point for the 'A' Final, whether you finish the Heat or not, is as a 'reward' for making the Final and to put a point on the riders who didn't make it through from the 'B' Final. Goes against the grain a bit to earn points from exclusions, but thems the Rules and, as Blobby says, Kurtz also got a point from the 2nd Round 'A' Final despite being excluded. Not sure, but Brady may be the youngest ever Aussie Solo Speedway Champion?

So, Brady Kurtz wins the Aussie Solo Championships despite being excluded in 2 x 'A' Finals. Rohan's 2 x tapes exclusions and falls did for his chances. Guess Kurtz now gets the wildcard for the next Aussie SGP and Rohan qualifies for the Qualifiers.

And Brady Kurtz wins the 2016 Aussie Solo Speedway Championships despite being excluded in the 'A' Final today.

'I' before 'E' except after 'C' - and in Leicester...

Got the 'when' already then,,,

Would agree with that assessment Alan. Not sure how much you can read into the Victorian Championship, as they ran it as a 'closed shop' this year, but Jordan Stewart is a tidy rider and spent come time in the UK with Justin Sedgmen. Waters is a converted road-racer I think. If Rye were to bring in an assessed 5 pointer to replace Klindt, that would leave them a point under the limit of course. It's a tricky one finding someone to fill the vacancy that's been created. Will be interesting to see who the visa reliant rider will be.

It's being advertised as between 8am and 12pm GMT on Sunday and I would imagine the meeting wouldn't start before 8:30 AM GMT: http://www.nrgtv.com.au/live/ Hope this helps. (Tungate still an Ipswich asset afaik)

You'll need to amend your pick Colin, with Taylor opting out of British speedway now. (Holub would need to go some, wouldn't he, from his assessed 7pt average and averaging under 4pts from his 15 rides in 2015...?)

Yes, fueltaps, sitting 3pts behind Brady Kurtz going into the Final Round on 40pts along with Sam Masters. The tapes exclusion and fall could prove costly. (I see Rohan's signed up to ride for Lodz again in Poland this season having got out of his Gniezno contract). Not sure how well Tungate goes at Olympic Park, but didn't have a great one last year. For those interested, Cumulative Points after Round 3: 43 = Kurtz 40 = Tungate & Masters 37 = Fricke & Morris 31 = Holder 30 = Campton 28 = Sedgmen 19 = Proctor 18 = Waters 17 = Stewart 11 = Pickering 10 = A MacDonald 07 = Grajczonek & Riordan 06 = Sproule 04 = J MacDonald

Sounds as if Josh had an interesting journey back home from Round 2 of the Aussie Championships. Rohan made the 'A' Final again today and, along with Sam Masters, is sitting in 2nd place in the standings, 3 points behind Brady Kurtz going into Sunday's Final Round at Mildura - which is being streamed live. Tungate has also signed up for KZ Orzel Lodz in the amalgamated Polish League 1/2 for 2016.

Ryan Douglas getting a few practice laps in a couple of weeks ago: https://www.instagram.com/p/_goZqDx8f0/

Brady Kurtz takes a 3pt lead after Round 3 of the Australian Solo Championships

Yes, as I posted yesterday, a link had been posted by Justin Sedgmen: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1128290847195917 http://www.nrgtv.com.au/live/

James Sarjeant (PL) Richie Worrall (PL) Cam Heeps Rohan Tungate Mason Campton Shelby Rutherford