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The Premier Sports TV feed had a single two second freeze in the way that satellite signals sometimes do. Other than that it's been faultless. To clarify i receive the tv signal not the internet stream.

H4: Hancock manages to battle past Crump after initially being pressed to the outside. A great duel to the line for third place to ending up with Rosen giving Thomas H Jonasson his second last place finish. Geeeeez! i hope Yellow Pages don't get their numbers mixed up or i will be disappointed later tonight lol.

Alan seeing that you haven't hired a Polish Au Pair yet (hey tell your Lady it will save her housework) and gradually improve your comprehension of the Polish language, if desperate you can always use Google Translate and read the heat reports on Sportofaktwe. I fear though the first words of Polish you will learn will be on the lines of "No Alan No i'll tell your wife if you try that again" Fine swoop into the lead from Janowski in the reserves race. Good to see you got your stream working GW. H3: despite duck egg in his first ride Zengota beats Sayfutdinov and Hampel! avoiding an expected 1-5 in my eyes.

Fingers crossed that Chris Holder avoids injury on this track tonight. I'd love to see him crowned World Champion. Don't know if he has any more meetings this week aside from the two legs of this final.

I'd lol at that but it too sad to do so.

Awful news about the stream Alan. I trust you got a good updates site on hand. There's the Sportofaktewe one and the Swedish ones that Ghostwalker usually has the link to. They are working on the track at the moment as it's a little wet to say the least. A great crowd in attendance. Premier Sports have been told it's likely a 6:30-6:40 start (BST). Maybe a stream will still appear once the meeting starts?. I've only just managed to get home in time for the meeting but will have a quick shufty for links, although yourself and R & R normally know all the sources to check.

I also saw that article (Linda) yesterday but it isn't the one i was referring to as being from a large media source. The one i saw was updated this morning......however......no biggie and i'm certainly siding with yourself on this at the moment. Especially so taking into account this business of the mandatory number of Swedish riders being requisite. Anyway catch you all later for the meeting.

Don't hang them just yet, as i pointed out Google Translate struggles with Swedish and Polish so it wasn't crystal clear they were stating he would actually race tonight. Unless you've seen the articles yourself and therefore know they are wrong. I can't recall the source of the big article but it's a large media name in Sweden (i think), the other one was from svt.se I'm guessing it does seem as if they are again initially overlooking the mandatory number of Swedish riders that have to be in the team. Hopefully it's the journalists who are and not the team managers!. Anyway all cool, i've not changed anything and will be glad if it stays that way.

If i was a rider i'd so be in place at the tapes the second the checkered flag had dropped on the preceding race. I'd sit there and enjoy the show while the other fools are tinkering with their gears and stuff. UPDATE just seen a particularly tuneful song and provocative dance as i'm typing so if i was a rider i'd leave the bike with the start marshall and join the ladies in their dancing. I do agree such a lively presentation adds to the atmosphere of a meeting. Whilst i go for the speedway, such a show would make it more fun for a lot of people and assist in leaving a 'joyful' impression of the evening.

Lol Travertine you must be fairly new to these forums you've done well to receive a whole SEVEN LETTER response from 'Arson fire'. Point i'm trying to make is 99% of AF''s replies consist of a single word insult/derogatory summary. Uh Oh i so heading for one of the four letter responses now hee hee. But it's ok because i get my own back balancing up the Ying and Yang thing by making verbose posts. Ahhhh! contented sigh as we have balance in the universe? Anyways, i only popped in to mention that for those for those who don't know ALL leagues and various play-off competition standings are available on a SINGLE page at the MiniMax League standing pages. http://speedway.manc...et/leagues.html Don't know if it's just me but i'm getting dizzy trying to keep up with who's racing in what etc. lol.

Yep according to the Mildenhall website it is indeed. Don't forget for those who don't know ALL leagues and various play-off competition standings are available on a SINGLE page at the MiniMax League standing pages. http://speedway.manchesterpaul.net/leagues.html Don't know if it's just me but i'm getting dizzy trying to keep up with who's racing in what etc. lol.

It's listed on the Workington website fixture list (wasn't the other day) and also on the BSPA fixture listings. Do Berwick only have the one permitted race night? why do you mention that it's their only possible date?

I've seen two reports from overseas this morning 'apparently' saying that Norbert Koscuich is 'replacing' Linus Sundstrom. The vagaries of Google Translate with the Swedish and Polish languages don't make it crystal clear whether they are indicating joining the team or riding in the match tonight. One report says he has signed the contract ahead of the match. As it stands the MiniMax racecard has 'R/R' in the place where 'Linus Sundstrom' would have been listed so it's no hardship to scribble in Koscuich's name if he should actually appear. As ever i will update the cards later in the day upon any definitive announcements being made. So for those not on the email listings you can download from the webpage right up to just before the meeting starting. I don't have any allegiance to either side in the Finals but on reflection would like to see the injury damaged Piraterna grab a win tonight in the first leg so that it keeps the tie exciting over both days. Looking forward to lapping up some speedway, hopefully large crowds and great atmosphere, and savouring our last two days of the Swedish season! Cheers Premier Sports it's been an enjoyable season and you for sure snaffled some good sporting drama in an otherwise 'not much going on' time slot. Come on everyone admit it, you can't all be playboys and adventurers so what else would you be doing on a (in UK - rainy) Tuesday teatime, it's been a Godsend..

Oooops (said in a deep manly voice mind lol) guess who forgot to press one final button last night and actually upload the racecard to the server Ok it IS available NOW. I'll likely put Wednesday's second leg racecard online after the first leg match in case of injuries etc.

After checking out the latest news from here, there and everywhere i've put online the racecard with the amended provisional line-ups. My understanding from the most recent news is that Piraterna will only use their new signing Norbert Kosciuch in the first leg in the event of an injury to a rider in Monday's UK matches. However, as Ghostwalker has mentioned elsewhere he needs to be registered first. Although i've seen two reports tonight that say he is 'ready' to be included so maybe he has now been registered?. As ever any late changes to teams will be included in an amended racecard and the match is on Tuesday. AVAILABLE NOW MiniMax Racecards - Swedish Play Offs FINAL 1st Leg, PIRATERNA Vs. ELIT VETLANDA (TUESDAY) http://speedway.manc.../racecards.html Early weather forecasts for the two legs; Piraterna Motala TUESDAY Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the morning, then overcast. High of 59F. Winds from the SSW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50%. TUESDAY NIGHT Partly cloudy. Fog overnight. Low of 46F. Winds from the SSW at 5 to 10 mph. Elit Vetlanda WEDNESDAY Overcast in the morning, then partly cloudy. Fog early. High of 59F. Winds from the SSE at 10 to 15 mph. WEDNESDAY NIGHT Overcast in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Fog overnight. Low of 48F. Winds from the South at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40%.

The provisional team line-ups for the first leg of the final have now been issued. However seeing as they include Linus Sundstrom in and i'm up to my neck watching sports i'll refrain from publishing the racecard yet, not much point with changes to come and the meeting two days away.

Sportofaktwe mentioned the large crowd during the first race last night. Haven't got time to Google clips right now, NFL and Nascar in full flow lol, but i' sure footage will surface. Oh yeah caught sight last night of a large article bemoaning the fact that no live tv coverage was available, can't remember if the source was Polish, Swedish, German or Croatian.

Ok over and out from me and thanks to Sportofaktwe for the race commentaries on each heat. They are quite understandable once one is used to Google Translate lol.

Race commentary from Sportofaktwe Matej Zagar 3 Kristian Iversen Niels 2 Ales Dryml 1 Leon Madsen 0 The first two places are Rewarded with promotion to the Grand Prix 2013. Excellent starting point in the Implementation of Zagara. Slovene no illusions left rivals in this race. In the next year's cycle will be Kasprzak, Zagar and Iversen

Should a duff (as in will stink the series out all year long) rider qualify for the series you can't rile at them too much because they've gone through a long competitive process. I'm just non-plussed at how year after year poorer riders manage to qualify on the 'man up' day of the challenge.

With the final final line-up being Matej Zagar Niels Kristian Iversen Ales Dryml Leon Madsen I got to go for wishing NKI gets through. Which of the other three gets through isn't going to have any great significance for next year's series.

Commentary Ales Dryml 3 Troy Batchelor 1 Leon Madsen 2 Two riders will be racing in the final installment notes. Dryml and Madsen will go in a Crucial That race will decide about two more participants the next year's Grand Prix.

Sorry i've soooooo got into trouble omitting smileys before

Prefer countback over performances in more races (five) than a single final run-off where a bad start, an accidental knock from another rider or mechanical problems ends it all. No smilies required that's what i think.

Race winners go to the final. Losers race again and top two go to final. Then.......the Final! top two to SGP