BigFatDave

Well Done Sedgy!! Richie Benaud'd love announcing yer scores M8!!

G day BFD, $2500 for a night out in a Darwin strip club thats cheap! LOL PS do the pubs still have strip lunches? AHH The memories. A little birdy tells me you may be making the trip down south for the Gold Cup? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yep, just a quiet one!! I'll pop down the Parap Pub this arvo and ask the Topless Barmaids! Hopefully Bella's on - Bella Bellissima!! Apparently she's quite good-lookin' - don't ask me , I've never seen past her chin! The word Humungous comes to mind. Currently checkin' out cheap Go-downs & Opium Dens near the Showgrounds - seems to be a Pi$$-up on the cards here! Any practise sessions open to the Public?

Hopefully Mick stayed away from the Bar, don't want a repeat of his last trip to Darwin!! http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/not...4802889863.html Gotta know how to look after yourself on the Wild Frontier.

GO SEDGY!!!

Thought you were coming out to watch him? There was I saving you a seat, or to be more precise a lap! (Heh, Heh! ) There'll only be one Tomasz Gollob, and hopefully there'll only be one Filip Sitera!!

SPRUNG!! Love it ta death, Trackie!! How ******' True those ******' words are even ta******'day, Bloke!! Whenever I hear that phrase I think of this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBwVlsa7_gs PS Scroll down these piccies til you see the Road train at Macarthur River Mine - 5 trailers, 160 metres long http://members.tripod.com/kingsley-foreman...hotos/id11.html

Ta, sedgeperson! Congrats to Mark!! Is he coming home for the event? Geez, Joe Screen'll be King of the Kids!

I don't think any money would have got those three riding this year, SCB, I think after the stellar seasons they've had they deserve a break, don't you? As for the Gosford rain-off, Lunchy, I have happy memories there 'cos I went down the local Parlour and scored the Wednesday Night Special, two for the price of one! Looking forward to seeing Chris Holder et al taking on two excellent young guns as well as catching up with "the usual suspects"! Mine's a Crownie!

Yer soundin' a bit like a Whingeing Pom, Lunchy! OK we know there's no JC, no Leigh, no Rooboy. I prefer to think we're getting good value with Freddie & Filip, not to mention old favourite Joe Screen. I for one enjoyed Steady's "Crash through or Crash" style and Scotty was a huge hit with our Junior riders last year, no question too petty for him to answer. Still leaves 13 places for our boys. By my reckoning that's two more spots for young up and comers, plus we don't know if Mark Lemon or Johnno are riding this year. Oh well, at least we'll have something to argue about!

G'day Wabs! Happens out here too, alas, as urban sprawl catches up with the older circuits. Darwin's Bagot Speedway, where Rooboy's dad Lyndon rode sidecars, closed about 20 years ago for the same reason. Funniest thing is re Darwin Airport, which was originally in the Bush but is now in Suburbia. Its also a working RAAF Base, so every coupla years we have exercises with ASEAN countries (Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, the good ol' US of A, UnZud etc,) including Night Flying - Operation Pitch Black. All our resident NIMBYs whinge about it but they can't do a thing, should have looked at the fine print when they bought their houses! I reckon F-16's and B-52s are the sound of Freedom, meself!! Sandie its not that bad, m8! Next big town (Katherine) is only 300km away! About a six-stubby drive if you have a pitstop at the Adelaide River Pub! Don't forget to pat Charlie! http://esvc001419.wic024u.server-web.com/t.../nt/charlie.htm

Great news - at last somewhere close to Darwin! Keep us posted on the Schedule for next year M8!

Its hardly publicised at all nationally, Schumi. You've gotta want to know anything to find anything out! That said there are a fair few Hotbeds such as Mildura , Gillman in Adelaide, Central Coast (Gosford & Newcastle), Ayr & the Gold Coast in Qld and not forgetting WA, where the local news media get right behind the sport, due in no small part to the involvement of parents & lovers of the sport, while Pay TV and now free-to-air are doing more to get involved, thanks to David Tapp and his merry band at Speedway Racing News and Chequered Flag. The resurgence of Oz internationally in the past few years in SWC and GP has heightened interest as well but there's a long way to go yet, and a fair amount of competition for Sponsors' $$$, before we get back to the halcyon days of the '70's. Be great to see the Tests revived.

You really have to ask, Schumi? When there's miles of open space, and a kid can start tearing round on a minibike literally as soon as he can walk? Casey Stoner was riding competitively before he was 11 - then he had to make the choice between Speedway and other disciplines - our loss, MotoGP's gain! Most tracks have smaller circuits inside them and they're encouraged by a positive programme of assistance from MA, friends & parents. Of course, being Aussies they're naturally good to start with!

We may have to discuss this over a coupla bottles of Brown Bros Dolcetto & Syrah!

Seriously rethinking coming over in 2008. SWC represents some of the best riding IMO, can't see that happening at Vojens. Might as well engrave the trophy now.

Say it isn't so? How about if we give 'em Citizenship Tests? Q1/. Name the 2nd and 3rd riders in the SGP 2007? In what way do they resemble 1st and 2nd in Ozchamps 2007? Rugby? What's that? I'll be bringing me Casey Stoner Tapes for your delectation and delight!

D'you reckon you could get the numbers up for a team, Bryn? With the dearth of top Aussies riding this year and no qualifying rounds its obvious some of our up-and-comers will miss out. Having Jason Crump here last series certainly put bums on seats as well; might be a slight drop in attendances this time, perhaps, no Big-name imports to keep Chris Holder honest!. Any news on Flyin' Ryan?

Thanks Tracky!!

Youse mob of Southerners are makin' me jealous again - "its only 5 hours from Ouyen" "We're only 41/2 hrs from Mildura"! Even Ozyace is just up the road from a Speedway track! Takes me 10 hours by Camel to get to a Power Point so's I can plug me 'Puter in!! See youse in December; can't miss me, easier to go round than go over, I'll be the big fat bastard with the sore feet, on the lookout for a certain skinny ******! ("Dr Lunchy, I presume?")

AFAIK Hampden Park hasn't got a roof. Remind me, what was the weather like on GP weekend this Year, usual Pommy Summer fare as I recall? Besides, aren't you too busy thinkin' up excuses not to attend to enjoy watchin' Speedway?? Maybe you should pop up to Bonnie Scotland and see if the price of Turps is that much cheaper than whatever planet it is you come from - I thought Poland was the go!

In response to Australian Tourism's "Where the Bloody Hell are you?" Campaign Pommy tourists are now turning up wearing "Where the Bloody Hell are We?" T-shirts!

Worth the price of admission by itself, this one! My Tip? Leigh from Jason; both Danes excluded for trying to fence each other.

Alas without sponsorship its tricky! I'm planning to come over next year to see me dear ol' Mum and as usual I'll be cramming as much as possible in to the stay ("Hello Mum, just off to the Speedway, see you in two years!"). I'll be honest but, I prefer the SWC for racing and so I'll catch one of the GP's on either side of that. Any news on SWC dates yet? As for the poisoned chalice of Welsh Rugby Coach I believe there's another Aussie lined up for that already; wouldn't want to cut his lunch or break his ricebowl!

Here, Nikkif, take a bite from THIS side of the Toadstool! What absolute twaddle! Value for money is what its all about, and after this year's epic I'd say you get that in Spades.

Ah, Christchurch, short for Christchurchitscold! Situated within cooee of the SouthFlamin'Pole fercrissakes! Your nearest neighbours will be Penguins and Aussies, you lucky boy!!. Some ol' buddies of mine were in a bike club in Invercargill which is even further south - we used to call them the Antartic Angels! Should see some good rugby there for sure, that is if its not snowed off!