Brummie Kev

Shame about Barker, but he put in a very good performance it seems. Brilliant from Martin Smolinski, great to see him make it through

I do believe the BSPA have tried to cause as little disruption as possible but in some cases there has been no choice. Ben Barker and Ricky Ashworth both share a position in the Brummies side and some may ask why they are both in the same semi, when the Brummies have a fixture on the same night. The problem is on the Saturday it's Berwick v Plymouth, so both Ben and Ricky need to ride in the Thursday meeting. Its messes us up a bit, Rider replacment for Ashworth will make us weak. Smolinski's July average puts him ahead of Ashworth, so its only him, Auty X2 and Piszcz that can take a ride.

Event 1 Artem Laguta Grzegorz Walasek Leon Madsen Mikkel B Jensen Event 2 Matej Kus Danny King Davey Watt Chris Harris

Watched the meeting last night on Premier Sports and to be honest I thought it was a dreadful meeting. Mainly from the gate which is surprising given Manilla is usually a great race track. There was the one heat (Heat 6 or 7 I think) when AJ and Freddie 'attempted' to team ride together, only to fail and let Greg Hancock pass. Also in another Anton Rosen and Piotr Pawlicki were exchanging places a few times. That was it till Heat 15, when MJJ missed the gate (thank god)and passed Hancock and Holder. We have seen good speedway this season, last night however was not it sadly.

Agreed. I love watching Schlein around Perry Barr and Davey is a very good addition to the line up. Hopefully Crump will be in the line-up aswell Taken from Brummies Site: TOP Australian stars Davey Watt and Rory Schlein will ride in the Farewell meeting for fellow countryman Jason Lyons at Birmingham on August 23. They scooped two of British speedway’s top prizes last season, Watt leading Poole to the Elite League championship while Schlein landed the prestige Elite League Riders’ championship in a class field at Swindon. Watt is at Lakeside this season while Schlein is captain and No 1 at Belle Vue who signed him from Coventry during the winter after he had spent last season with the Autogate Aces on loan. Both riders have raced in Britain since 2001. Watt, 34, from Townsville, in Queensland, started at the Isle of Wight while Schlein, 27, from Darwin in the Northern Territory, started at Edinburgh and was a colleague of Lyons at Belle Vue. Lyons said: “I have known Davey and his family through racing against him in the finals of the Australian championships over the years. “I’ve watched his development into a leading international rider with his racing in Poland and Sweden as well as England. He’s a top man now and deserves to be. “Rory is younger and I’ve watched him grow up from his days as a junior rider at home in Australia. Like me he was still very young when he first came over to England and I am sure that has helped his development into being a top senior rider. “It is good to see him riding for Belle Vue where I spent so many happy years and I am sure Aces fans will want to watch him and support my Farewell meeting.” Lyons added: “I’m over the moon that the pair of them have agreed to do my meeting. There was no hassle and no negotiation. I just rang them and they said yes. “It’s the way I’ve done it when I’ve been asked to do farewells and testimonials over the years and I’m just happy to get the same kind of response.” Watt and Schlein join Polish World Cup star Piotr Protasiewicz on the Lyons list and more riders will be announced shortly.

Bit of shame Premier are showing it delayed again this week, but sadly I dont think it will be the last. Once the pre-season football season starts, then I expect them to schedule some friendly matches for Tuesday evenings.

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The first rider announced that will be riding in Jason's meeting is Piotr Protasiewicz who makes a rare British appearence: From Brummies Site JASON Lyons has turned to the old pals’ act to make top Polish star Piotr Protasiewicz, a four times World Cup champion, the first signing for his Farewell meeting at Birmingham on August 23. Veteran Protasiewicz,37, is the rider who turned his back on this year’s World championship Grand Prix, along with Aussie whizkid Darcy Ward, because of the rule which allows Polish League clubs to include only one GP rider each. It means the popular Protasiewicz, who has ridden for Oxford, Ipswich, Peterborough and King’s Lynn in the past, will be making a rare appearance in Britain when he rides for 42-year-old Aussie Lyons. Lyons, forced to end his 22-year British career by a serious leg injury he suffered riding for Redcar in a Premier League match at Glasgow last season, has made Protasiewiczthe first signing in a 16-rider field which will compete over 20 heats and a final at the thrilling Perry Barr track. He said: “I first met Piotr when we both rode for Bydgoszcz in the Polish League in 2001. We got on well and have stayed in contact ever since. “He’s one of speedway’s gentlemen and there was no hesitation about him coming over when I gave him a call. He said he was very happy to do it. “He should have been in the Grand Prix this season but turned it down so he won't be riding over here and that will make him a drawing card for my meeting.” Protasiewicz is one of Poland’s all-time great riders and has won World Cup gold medals in 1996, 2005, 2009 and last year. He was also the World Under 21 champion in 1996. More riders areexpected to be revealed next week. There is a Jason Lyons Farewell site on Facebook and supporters are invited to submit their memories of his 22-year career with some of them being included in the programme.

If thats true, I take my hat off to Jason . Good to see someone is thinking of giving the Young Brits a chance.

Good to hear of a good crowd up at Berwick despite the weather. A real shame that the weather affected the quality of the racing but all the credit has to go to the track staff, looks like the covers did the job. I would love to see track covers introduced in British Speedway, perhaps at first for Sky meetings. I know cost of them may be an issue but how much does it cost promotors to call off meetings. I think they are worth it. Really hope the FIM have it at Berwick again with hopefully really good weather. Well Done to Bomber and Danny!!

Oh yeah, forgot that . At least it was just the ONE heat this week!!

Good meeting I thought, I take my hat off to Vastervik as before the meeting I thought Piraterna would win easy given the line ups. Very impressed with Pavlic for the vistors, perhaps its time for a return to the British league for him. Same could be said of Ljung, amazing to see a GP rider at reserve in the Swedish Elitseren. Thankfully Premier Sports had no problems so we could enjoy all 15 heats of this terrfic contest but a real shame we have a two weeks till the next match. Still it should be a thriller in Malilla!!!!

What amazing support you have, just wish you had your own stadium so we could see you in the Elite League. Perhaps that may not be too far off If you get crowds like that at an adopted home like Monmore, it makes me wonder how many fans would be at the same venue against bitter rivals Wolves. They would be turning people away I reckon.

I just hope we dont see a cock up from Premier Sports this week and we see all 15 heats . Last week they lost pictures around Heat 11/12 and couldnt get them back. They claim it wasnt their fault but the coverage wasnt disrupted in Sweden by all accounts.

Thought it was a brilliant GP, Well Done to Crumpie on winning the GP, he was my second choice in final after Bomber. I swear Nicki Pedersen's hero must be Didier Drogba , at least his antics livened up the meeting. Really pleased to see a much better performance from Bomber, shame he missed the gate in the final. Impressed with the Young Danes, especially Mikkel B Jensen, I hope we see him back in the Elite League soon.

Amazed there's no Daniel Nermark after his win the other day, surely he should have been in the preliminary sqaud at least . Also theres no Zorro which is a slight surprise. I think it may be : AJ Freddie THJ Lindback or P Ljung Sundstrom doesnt look in the best of form lately, the few times Ive saw him. He was poor on Wednesday I thought and i dont think he will make it in to the 4.

Well Done Smoli!!! 1. Martin Smolinski (3,3,3,3,3) - 15 2. Piotr Swist (2,3,2,2,3) - 12+3 3. Jurica Pavlic (2,3,2,3,2) - 12+2 4. Jesper B. Monberg (3,3,1,3,1) - 11 5. Renat Gafurov (3,2,3,1,2) - 11 6. Marcel Helfer (1,1,3,2,2) - 9 7. Mark Lemon (1,2,1,2,3) - 9 8. Lukasz Jankowski (3,0,2,3,0) - 8 9. Victor Golubovsky (2,2,2,1,1) - 8 10. Max Dilger (2,2,1,2,1) - 8 11. Stuart Robson (0,0,3,A,2) - 5 12. Kasper Lykke Nielsen (1,0,0,0,3) - 4 13. Valentin Grobauer (1,1,0,0,0) - 2 14. Michell Hofmann (0,1,1,EX,0) - 2 15. Robert Lambert (0,B,0,1,1) - 2 16. Fritz Wallner (0,1,A,1,A) - 2 17. Lukas Ziegler (0) - 0

Congratulations go to Daniel Nermark, good final to end a very enjoyable meeting

He was a pretty strong gater when he rode for us last year, his problem is he is prone to mistakes when out in front. He drove me mad at times Whats happened to Sundstrom, been riding awful of late Great stream, makes a change to find a stream that works on my mega slow computor.

Hope to keep my good run going in this GP Jaroslaw Hampel Andreas Jonsson Emil Sayfutdinov Kenneth Bjerre

From Brummies Site: BIRMINGHAM legend Jason Lyons says Perry Barr is one of the best tracks he has ridden during his glittering 22 year career. Lyons will say goodbye to the club – and the sport – with a special farewell meeting hosted by the Selco Brummies on Thursday, August 23. He’s working on a top line-up for the event at a track where he enjoyed a fabulous four year stint. He said: “I always tried not to have favourite or least favourite tracks during my career because you have got to ride them all if you want to be successful and make some money. “But I must say I loved riding at Birmingham for those four years. When Tony Mole said he was going to put in a track for the 2007 season, and reopen the Brummies, he appointed Graham Drury as his team manager. “Graham asked me to go down and said he wanted he wanted me to be the No 1. I had spent the previous season at Mildenhall, which I enjoyed, but I was a Birmingham asset. I had been since Tony Mole bought out Belle Vue when I was riding for them. “It wasn’t a problem to join the Brummies because Tony was good to work for. What was a problem was when I had a look at the track. All I could see were red flags which marked out where it was going to be. “But when it was built I loved riding on it. It was one of the best prepared tracks around and I know a lot of the other boys enjoyed riding there as well. “It’s one of the things I’ll miss when I go home.”

From Brummies Site: A FAMILY of speedway fans will join together to wish Australian star, Jason Lyons, a heartfelt goodbye when he holds his Farewell meeting at Birmingham on Thursday, August 23. They think he’s a Diamond Geezer – which is hardly surprising because George Moore and his son, Darren, run a family business in Birmingham’s famous old jewellery quarter. Lyons, 42 next month, has been forced to call an end to a remarkable 22-year career in Great Britain after suffering a serious leg injury last September. He was captain of the Birmingham team when racing returned to the city in 2007 and built a huge following with his 100 per cent commitment before being loaned out to Redcar last season when the Brummies moved up from the Premier League to the Elite League. The Moores even tried to get the Brummies to keep Lyons in the side last year but George and Darren will show their appreciation by being the main sponsor of his Farewell meeting. The family connection with the Brummies goes back to the 1950s when George’s wife, Dorothy, supported the club in the great days of Alan Hunt. It was Dorothy who got the family hooked when the late Joe Thurley reopened Birmingham at the old Perry Barr greyhound stadium in the early 1970s and now it has reached a third generation as Darren’s daughter, Charlotte, is a massive Lyons fan. Says George: “When they reopened at the current stadium we went again, just as spectators at first. My brother John, who lives in Tamworth, started to come to meetings with his family. “Things just grew from there. Darren and I got talking to commercial manager Joe McLaughlin one night. He asked if we’d be interested in doing some sponsorship and we took on the Rider of the Night award. Then we had our name on the Brummies’ kevlars. “We started to get to know Jason because he often won the Rider of the Night award. I know Jason has had a great career with several clubs but he was the heart of the Brummies and became a local hero. “We really wanted to back Jason’s Farewell meeting. He’s a good guy who just gives his all. I thought it was fantastic that a rider who was about 40 still had such a great desire to win races after so many years in the sport.” Son Darren added: “We have always been big supporters of Jason because he gives 110 per cent. Even if he was last from the start you could be sure he’d be in front or challenging after two or three laps. “He’s a real pro and deserves a really great farewell night for everything he has done for speedway over the years.” Jason said: “I am very grateful to GH Moore for coming on board as the main sponsor of my Farewell meeting. I have got to know George and the family well and they are great supporters of the Brummies, real speedway people.”

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Very disapointed with the Tv meeting on Tuesday, Piraterna looked way too strong for Hammerby. Some of the Hammerby riders just didnt look interested, certaintly before the interval anyway. Not good viewing Is this the same Tomasz Gollob that was World Champion in 2010 because he was shocking for most of the meeting. Its not the first time Ive seen him struggle for Hammerby, perhaps he was testing machinary in preparation for Saturday. Cant believe Gollob will ride like that on Saturday Elit Vetlanda really do have a super side. Holder, Hancock, Janowski, Pawlicki brothers and Sundstrom. That is a mouthwatering side . Surely a home side in the Tv matches should be able win soon, its just been away wins so far!!

Great to see Josh signed up by a Polish Club, he's having a great season and has the talent to get even better!! Good Luck Josh