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Hope this happens. It's vital for the growth of the sport and bring extra credibility to the championship. None of us know how the numbers stack up, but clearly the stand-alone Aussie GP just didn't add up. Clearly there has to be a coming together between promoters to make it pay for riders and promoters alike. As well as a NZ and Aussie GP, whose to say Ivan Mauger couldn't cash in with a couple of big long track meetings and perhaps some of the Aussie promoters could hold an Australia v Rest of the World Test Series too?

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Hope this happens. It's vital for the growth of the sport and bring extra credibility to the championship. None of us know how the numbers stack up, but clearly the stand-alone Aussie GP just didn't add up. Clearly there has to be a coming together between promoters to make it pay for riders and promoters alike. As well as a NZ and Aussie GP, whose to say Ivan Mauger couldn't cash in with a couple of big long track meetings and perhaps some of the Aussie promoters could hold an Australia v Rest of the World Test Series too?

Great sentiments, falcace, but a quick check of our domestic calendar and an understanding of the way things operate Downunder might have answered some of your questions.

Marcus is running a Test Series in November/December under the auspices of the Darren and Sharon Boocock Scholarship - check out the thread in Speedway General Discussions. January is choc-a-block with Championship meetings and of course Leigh Adams' Cheerio. I'm sure Ivan will be up to something as well. Come February most riders are getting ready to head back to Europe. The GPs are proposed for March, to take advantage of our wonderful climate.

One thing you may have missed is that without Federal or State Government assistance of some sort neither an NZ or an OZ GP will go ahead. Nobody wants a repeat of the financial bath that Dave Lander took last time.

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Hey all, chances for AUS and NZ GP are still good!

 

Article from polish Speedway news Przegladzuzlowy.pl (05.09.2010):

http://www.przegladzuzlowy.pl/2010.09.05-Speeday_Grand_Prix_w_Nowej_Zelandii

 

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Wszytko wskazuje na to, że jedna z przyszłorocznych rund cyklu Speedway Grand Prix odbędzie się w Nowej Zelandii. Sprawa jest przesądzona. - zdradza nam Andrzej Witkowski, prezes Polskiego Związku Motorowego i wiceprezes Międzynarodowej Federacji Motocyklowej.

 

Rąbek tajemnicy zdradza również inny z prominentnych działaczy, który woli jednak zachować anonimowość. Teraz BSI oraz IMG, firmy organizujące cykl, walczą jeszcze o Australię. Tyle że rozmowy owiane są tajemnicą. W każdym razie dobrze byłoby zrobić dwie imprezy na antypodach. Byłoby to uzasadnione z finansowego punktu widzenia.

 

 

Zawody Nowej Zelandii miałyby otworzyć przyszłoroczną rundę wojny o tytuł króla speedwaya. Planowane są one na połowę marca, lecz nie wiadomo jeszcze czy w przyszłym sezonie najlepsi zawodnicy globu jedna z rund obędą w Australii. Jeśli myślimy o promocji żużla na świecie, to turnieje w Nowej Zelandii i Australii muszą się znaleźć w kalendarzu. Tam istnieje tradycja i są kibice. Wiem, co mówię, bo sam tam startowałem. Fani na antypodach chodzą na słabo obsadzone imprezy, i aż strach pomyśleć, jak żywiołowo by reagowali, gdyby mieli szansę zobaczyć na żywo Grand Prix. Tylko trzeba dobrze wybrać ośrodek. Jeśli chodzi o Australię to nie może być Sydney, gdzie już był kiedyś turniej i zakończyło się to klapą. Ja postawiłbym na Melbourne, Adelajdę lub Mildurę. A dziką kartę na Grand Prix Nowej Zelandii dałbym Leigh Adamsowi. Dla niego byłoby to piękne zwieńczenie kariery. – wyjaśnia Krzysztof Cegielski.

 

 

Do całego pomysłu sceptycznie odnosi się ojciec Tomasza Golloba, Władysław. Już raz tam byliśmy i to była finansowa katastrofa. Zawodnicy dostali to, co im się należało, ale cała reszta była do kitu.

 

 

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Everything seems to indicate that one of the next rounds of Speedway Grand Prix series will be held in New Zealand. "The case is a foregone conclusion." - Betrays us, Andrzej Witkowski, president of the Polish Automobile Association and vice president of the International Motorcycling Federation.

 

Hem also reveals another secret of the prominent activists, who prefers to remain anonymous. Now BSI and IMG, the company organizing the series, still struggling to Australia. Except that talks are shrouded in mystery. In any case, it would be good to do two events in the Antipodes. This would be justified from a financial point of view.

 

 

New Zealand would open next year's round of war for the title of king speedway. They are planned for mid-March, but it is not known yet whether the best players next season, one of the world Obed rounds in Australia. "If we think of the promotion of slag in the world tournaments in New Zealand and Australia must be included in the calendar. There is a tradition and the supporters. I know what I say because I raced there. Fans go to the Antipodes in poorly staffed the event, and as many fear to think how to respond spontaneously, if they had a chance to see a live Grand Prix. You only need to choose a good center. As for Australia it can not be Sydney, where he was already used to the tournament and ended with a flap. I would put on Melbourne, Adelaide or Mildura. The wild card for the Grand Prix of New Zealand would give Leigh Adams. For him, this would be the culmination of a beautiful career." - Explains Krzysztof Cegielski.

 

 

The whole idea is skeptical about the father of Thomas Gollob, Wladyslaw. "Even once we were there and it was a financial disaster. Competitors were given what they had, but the rest sucks."

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Another article from sport24.pl -05.09.2010- (pretty much the same source of information like the article above)

http://www.mstaszewski.zuzel.sport24.pl/news/show/132296

 

Polish:

Jak informuje prezes PZM Andrzej Witkowski, przyszłoroczny cykl Grand Prix poszerzy się o kolejny kraj. Zmagania o tytuł mistrza świata zainaugurują zawody w Nowej Zelandii. Czynione są, również poważne kroki, aby jedna z rund odbyła się także w Australii.

 

Informacje te wydają się być pewne, gdyż potwierdza je jeden z działaczy.

 

"Teraz BSI oraz IMG, firmy organizujące cykl, walczą jeszcze o Australię. Tyle że rozmowy owiane są tajemnicą. W każdym razie dobrze byłoby zrobić dwie imprezy na antypodach. Byłoby to uzasadnione z finansowego punktu widzenia” - zapewnia.

 

 

Swoją opinie na temat rozegrania cyklu w Australii wyraził Krzysztof Cegielski. "Cegła" sugeruje, kto mógłby dostać dziką kartę na te zawody.

 

"Jeśli chodzi o Australię to nie może być Sydney, gdzie już był kiedyś turniej i zakończyło się to klapą. Ja postawiłbym na Melbourne, Adelajdę lub Mildurę. A dziką kartę na Grand Prix Nowej Zelandii dałbym Leigh Adamsowi. Dla niego byłoby to piękne zwieńczenie kariery” - proponuje szef stowarzyszenie "Metalnol”.

 

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How to inform the President of the PZM, Andrzej Witkowski, next year's Grand Prix series extend to the next country. The struggle for a world title will launch a competition in New Zealand. Efforts are also serious steps to one of the rounds had been held in Australia.

 

This information appears to be certain, because it confirms one of the activists.

 

"Now BSI and IMG, the company organizing the series, still struggling to Australia. Except that talks are shrouded in mystery. In any event, it would be good to do two events in the Antipodes. This would be justified from a financial point of view" - provides.

 

 

His views on the series be played in Australia expressed Krzysztof Cegielski. "Brick" suggests someone who could get a wild card for these games.

 

"When it comes to Australia can not be Sydney, where he was already used to the tournament and ended with a flap. I would put on Melbourne, Adelaide or Mildura. A wild card for the Grand Prix of New Zealand would give Leigh Adams. For him, this would be the culmination of a beautiful career "- suggests the head of the association" Metalnol.

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"If we think of the promotion of slag in the world tournaments in New Zealand and Australia must be included in the calendar.

 

A rather unfortunate but perhaps freudian translation of the article... :D

 

On a more serious note though, the article doesn't really add anything new to the matter. Most people would agree an Antipodean GP would be an interesting addition to the calendar, be good for the sport and all that, but the bottom line is would it be financially viable for the promoters and riders? :blink:

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Google Translation B) still the best source for speedway article translations :lol:

 

Most important statement is the one of Andrzej Witkowski, President of the PZM, that the decision on the first GP 2011 in NZ GP is already made.

Second important one is that there is still effort on organising a GP in Australia. Based on previous information this topic was already out of focus for 2011.

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This link gives the ORIGINAL article in ENGLISH and the opportunity to add a comment if one wishes.

 

http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/local/news/speedway-stalls-in-hard-financial-times/3923631/

 

Speedway Stalls In Hard Financial Times

 

Hopes that Tauranga would host one of the most exciting world championship spectacles in motorsport have been dashed.

 

Baypark's manager, Tauranga City Venues Ltd (TCVL), has withdrawn its bid to host the Australasian round of Speedway Grand Prix - the world speedway motorcycle championship.

 

"The overall financial commitments required were beyond us at this stage," Baypark's general manager Ervin McSweeney said in a statement yesterday.

 

The other reason was that the permanent track changes required to meet the standards of the International Federation of Motorcycling could have had a major impact on existing users, speedway and rugby.

 

Yesterday's shock announcement comes after everything seemed to be rolling towards a deal being signed with the series promoter IMG.

 

In June, then chairman of TCVL, John Adshead, said they were pretty close to getting a deal across the line.

 

And Rob Armstrong of IMG said: "I think you could say that Tauranga is very strongly in the frame."

 

Mr McSweeney even went on a fact-finding mission to Wales as part of preparations to ensure that Tauranga was in the best possible shape to host the championship round. However, everything then went quiet at a time when the announcement was expected to be made.

 

A hint of the pressures on TCVL was made by Mr Adshead in June, when he said that TCVL was council owned and ratepayer orientated and they needed to be cautious.

 

"If it is not safe, we will not move."

 

The council decided in May to contribute $100,000 towards staging the event and TCVL had applied to the Government for over $100,000 from its major events bid fund.

 

However, it is understood the timeline for a Government decision blew out because of new financial demands generated by the Christchurch earthquake.

 

It is also understood that the withdrawal of the bid will impact on Baypark's speedway track being rebuilt.

 

The budget to rebuild the track depended on Baypark being selected by IMG for the world championship round.

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If BSI want GP in NZ or AU, they need to think where to get money from first. Neither Aussies nor Kiwis are in rush to get themselves financially busted just to cheer BSI bosses up.

 

If somehow one day we will have another GP in Sydney I will be happy to attend it. For now I don't think there's going to be one for many years though... despite the fact that Parramatta seems to be back in business in terms of running speedway meetings.

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