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Fast Freddie Challenge - Sunday 10th March, 5pm @ Monmore Green


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The Novotel Hotel Wolverhampton one of the companies supporting the Fast Freddie Challenge are offering special deals for fans attending the meeting and who require overnight accommodation.

The hotel is offering a double room with breakfast for £45.00 or triple room for £60.00.

A room can be reserved by forwarding e mail to the hotel headed "speedway" with the unique address h1188-RE@accor.com

or contact the hotel direct 01902 871100

Please include full contact details including name, address and telephone number and guests per room.

This offer is either for Saturday 9th March or Sunday 10th March 2013

please back the companies that support speedway.

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This weekend the Midland League Cycle Speedway begins as Birmingham Monarchs travel to local neighbours East Park Wolves at Hickman Avenue on Sunday. The racing begins at 2pm in the park over the road form Monmore Green. With Freddie's Testimonial on later in the afternoon anyone who gets there a little early are more than welcome to come and see the racing which is free.

 

A meeting preview is up on the Birmingham website, link on signature below.

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The eagerly anticipated Fast Freddie Challenge is just days away - and extra details have been revealed about the big day.

 

Before the action gets underway, supporters will also have a photo opportunity with the man himself, Fredrik Lindgren.

 

Two professional photographers will be on hand with Freddie from 3:15 to 3:45, and pictures can be taken, printed and signed by Lindgren for a cost of just £5.

 

Supporters will also get the chance to watch racing of a different kind as eight motocross riders take part in three flat track races around the Monmore Green circuit during the interval.

 

A range of merchandise has been produced for the event, with hoodies available at £30 plus T-Shirts and caps available for £12 and £10 respectively. Other items such as posters, key rings and pens will also be for sale.

 

Finally, a 36-page full-colour souvenir programme has been produced featuring exclusive family photographs from Lindgren's childhood, extensive interviews with some of the biggest influences on his career and four pages with the man himself recalling his ten year Wolves career.

 

 

Hopefully a lot of you will be at Monmore Green on Sunday!

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Looking at the weather forecasts for both the Sunday and the Monday this I would imagine must be in doubt , I'll leave it as late as I can to travel from Preston but any updates re weather would be great , Cheers Chris

 

I will be updating this meeting on Sunday, for the updates site, will set up thread tomorrow evening.

Sunday's weather does not look very good, cloud and rain forecast currently. I only live a short distance from the track, I will provide regular updates on the weather over the weekend.

 

Thanks Elliot

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I will be updating this meeting on Sunday, for the updates site, will set up thread tomorrow evening.

Sunday's weather does not look very good, cloud and rain forecast currently. I only live a short distance from the track, I will provide regular updates on the weather over the weekend.

 

Thanks Elliot

 

Thanks Elliot , thats superb and very much appreciated ...Im chomping at the preverbial to pay homage to Freddie and lack of Speedway has got the better of me !! :)

 

Cheers

 

Chris

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Apologies if I've missed this on here already but what time does the car park/gates open? Hopefully coming down but never been before so want to get there in plenty of time.

 

The first event starts at 3:15pm, so I believe the car park will be open from about 3pm, at the latest, but it could be earlier, I'm not sure on the definite time, but they need to give people time to park before the photograph time with Freddie Lindgren. You can park on Hickman Avenue and Sutherland Avenue around the ground anyway which are the two roads which approach the stadium, so there is normally loads of parking available for fans if the car park is full.

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The organisers of the Fast Freddie Challenge would like to assure fans that it is very rare for a testimonial meeting to be called off due to the weather. Riders are always desperate to get the meeting on because it is for one of their fellow riders, and it is most likely that they will do everything possible to ride even if the conditions are difficult.

 

In addition, the forecast for Wolverhampton is looking much more positive at this moment in time. Today the weather has been much improved, with only very light drizzle. Tomorrow is forecast to be a little cold and windy but dry. There might be a slight possibility of a few showers, but given that this is a testimonial it would need to be very bad for the meeting to be off.

 

If there is unfortunately no choice but to call the meeting off, normal re-admission will apply. There will be no refunds on the day, but re-admission tickets will be valid for the re-run which will take place on Monday evening if the weather is better by then. A result can be declared after 12 heats.

 

I urge people planning on attending not to be put off by the weather and hope many of you will be at Monmore Green tomorrow to give Freddie the excellent day he deserves.

 

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Unfortunately, Nicki Pedersen has pulled out of the Fast Freddie Challenge.

 

However, Darcy Ward makes his first appearance of 2013 in the meeting after answering a late call to ride.

 

Full story on Official Wolves website or www.fastfreddie.se

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I will be updating this meeting on Sunday, for the updates site, will set up thread tomorrow evening.

Sunday's weather does not look very good, cloud and rain forecast currently. I only live a short distance from the track, I will provide regular updates on the weather over the weekend.

 

Thanks Elliot

 

I will update you also as will be in the Wolverhampton area from before 2PM.

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Thrilled that DARCY WARD has answered the call just 24 hours before the meeting and has arranged flights from Poland where he is practising to replace Nicki Pedersen. ...... Darcy was hoping to be in the line up before, but as he was having a few problems regarding his visa, it was decided to declare the 16 riders.

 

 

Weather forecasts for tomorrow look fine and hop everyone enjoys the day ......I will !!!

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Im soooo looking forward to this

 

Chris

 

Ill keep my eyes on this tomm morning , as I hope its going to be on but the BBC Met Office is predicting snow pratically all day ( over 60% ) chance but accept this is subject to change and hopeful its on as clearly a lot of work has been put into it from the organisers :t:

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