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  1. 6 hours ago, Robinh88 said:

    Think my first ever Speedway meeting was Berwick Vs Exeter 1999 and Bomber was at reserve. Fast forward 3 years I remember two stalks of Paul Bentley (no slouch), his team I think scored 28 points that night and he then finally caught 'Banger' in Heat 15 to stop his maximum. Then went on to pass Leigh Adams at Berwick the following season.

    He's had an excellent career for someone who doesn't trap terribly well. Hopefully he can keep on keeping on for a few more years. Halcyon moments like this week sadly don't usually last.

    Well done Glasgow and Bomber!

    I think the big turning point in Bomber's career came shortly after he joined the Bees. He was riding at reserve & mainly struggling, but every now & again he did something that made people realise that he had the ability to succeed. The management at Cov moved him up to the midlands ,  got Chris Anderson to manage his affairs & Brian Andersen to sort out his engines. The rest, as they say, is just history, he became  the tremendous entertainer that he is.


  2. 10 hours ago, 1Tsunami said:

    HIs first club in the UK was at Newcastle. He wanted experience in the UK so Richard Bailey bought him  for a 6 week spell I think at the end of the 1993 season after winning the World U21 Championship. Moved on to Coventry the following year. A brilliant style he was always meant to be really good especially with his style and attitude.

     

    I was always under the impression that Brian was " a signed & sealed " job with Coventry the minute he lifted the title at Brandon.:)

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  3. 30 minutes ago, Spidvej said:

    It’s fine now, certainly at Prague airport. 
     

    Yes I have seen since massive changes since my first Zlata Prilba in 1997.

    Pardubice has modernised a fair bit. The guys behind “Honest Guide Prague” did a YouTube video on Pardubice which is worth a watch if you haven’t already seen it. 

    i haven't seen the video , I'll find it & have a look. Now that I have been reminiscing i am thinking i should make an effort & go there again.:D We have a couple of friends that we usually holiday with & they keep saying they would love to go back to "Czecho" but won't do it alone . They are a few years younger than us & more mobile though, so we will have to give it some thought.  Hope you enjoy your Golden Helmet weekend , might be back  there next year ourselves:D

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  4. 17 minutes ago, Spidvej said:

    Very true

    The local bus company in Pardubice also offer a virtual bus pass - Download an app on Android or iPhone. buy the pass for at least a week, job done (This is of course a little bit more expensive than buying individual tickets, but not by much, and negates the need to buy the little paper tickets in the newsagents at Pardubice train station) 

    (My pass below is currently ‘greyed out’ as it is not currently within its valid date range)

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    The transport system in Prague & surrounding areas is brilliant I used to get the 7day tickets when I visited for breaks there in the past .  i haven't been since Covid as I can't be bothered by the "terrible service being offered by the airlines & airports presently.i first visited what was then Czechoslovakia in, i think, 1989 & have seen some massive changes there in the years since. I love the place & have visited many of the tourist locations in & around Prague over the years.Many happy memories:)

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  5. 22 minutes ago, Spidvej said:

    A lot depends on whether tracks want to pay the staging fee to host an SGP, which, a few years ago, was €10,000 per SGP. That may have increased since then. 
     

    The staging fee to host an SGP is partly why, as yet, we haven’t seen Pardubice host a Czech GP. The club doesn’t want it, due to the staging fee and other costs. 

    Of course, Pardubice isn’t Prague and all it offers, but, depending on the type and speed of train taken, the number of stops on the journey, if you stay in Prague, you can reach Pardubice in 45 mins to 75 minutes. (Of course, there are hotels in Pardubice, but they get booked up very quickly during big events, so much easier to stay in Prague. )

    If you haven’t done the Czech Golden Helmet in Pardubice already, I would recommend it. Something different, and not easily accessible / watchable on TV.

    Done this many times . Even the slowest trains used to get us to Pardubice in 90 mins , buy some bus tickets at the train station on arrival for a few Czk's & jump on the speedway special bus to the the stadium. Once you get used to the system it's quite easy &  as many have stated previously the Golden Helmet  weekend is something every speedway fan should exprience at least once.  

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  6. 13 hours ago, Hawk127 said:

    Vatcher who has no one can confirm has ever been a rider and as a consequence has no track experience is gifted the opportunity to take charge of riders and makes decisions based on nothing other than your face fits or not and nothing to do with rider skills. It says it all about what is wrong with the sport in this country. If no one else with some relevant experience wants to take on the mantle, then desist from competing as your credibility goes out the window. You cannot have someone like Vatcher taking charge, on the basis of the excuses given for his involvement. I would suggest that you have so many on this forum who could do a better job. It is hard to decipher what Vatcher brings to the party and one or two contributors on here could make a better success of the role.  Vatcher is a lost cause and should disappear from the speedway scene notwithstanding those who believe that he is doing the sport a favour.

    Unfortunately the sport is littered with people like Vatcher. They continue to prove that they're  totally unfit for purpose yet somehow survive in this sport.n the "real world" they would be removed from their position for being incompetent.

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  7. 11 minutes ago, Pinny said:

    Pathetic scenario. Plymouth should be operating in the third tier, their not a second tier club. If that is true about starting track prep an hour before the start, they should hang their heads in shame.

    Refunds should be immediately given out on exiting the stadium. Farce of a sport these days sadly, with clubs like this playing a big part in that.

    This practise of re-admission tickets only has been going on for years to be fair. I can remember going to Belle Vue once when JP was promoting, it was  a fine evening & no issues were expected .However the riders were unhappy with an issue on 1st & 2nd turn which was described as being "like glass". After some work with the grader it was decided that Hans Nielsen would try a couple of laps. He did & gave it the thumbs down so the meeting was cancelled. Many bees fans decided to ask for their entrance fee to be returned, which was initially declined,but as a rather large contingent of fans congregated in the entrance areas & refused to leave the stadium before someone from the club eventually appeared with several money bags & duly refunded all the supporters .

    On the other hand I once experienced  a situation at Swindon where a meeting was called off & we were all advised to keep our rain off tickets .  I did this & decided to use it when I returned for the " new date ".So i turned up at the turnstiles only to be told that I needed to go to the big gates at the far end of the car park. When I gave the guy my rain off ticket he refused me entry stating that " I had missed the time frame for the re admission" , I explained I was a visiting fan & that i didn't get to Swindon regularly.He still refused, & then I had to argue my point with him for a few minutes before he decided to let me in. So as you can see this refund/re admission situation has been a mess for many years.:)

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  8. 20 minutes ago, Ben91 said:

    Sorry but the bloke has been released because his team want to make changes within the rules. He’s not the first victim of the numbers game and he won’t be the last. Little bit woe is me all this. 

    He’s a very entertaining rider but the sport owes him (or any other rider) nothing. Yet most of them who ride here get two team spots and multiple guest bookings. 

    Ill treated and placed in situations he hasn’t wanted to be in. Welcome to the world of being a British Speedway fan. 

    Don't you  think it would be wise to wait & see what Bomber has to say before passing judgement? 

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  9. On 7/30/2023 at 7:34 AM, steve roberts said:

    Nice to see that the "warm toned" Dave Hammond still does the announcing. I always thought that he was/is the best in the business and a terribly nice person as well.

    I always enjoyed listening to Dave when he was at Brandon, he was always very professional , more so than the last promotion at the stadium were I must say.:wink:

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