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4 those interested, I've wacked together a few rough demo vids from the somersby junior speedway meeting from saturday for now up on the site until its fully built and operational, the rest of the meeting will be up when its finished. The vid format is a bit smaller than before but the quality seems okay no worries. just follow the link below. www.2xtv.com

Can anyone tell us a bit about the track at Skaerbaeck in Denmark thanks and if possible is there any pixs or footage about for this venue where the 80cc world championship is being held in July thanks no worries.

Updates from Howard trackside via Ron 2 the internet. (thanks guys) Update 1: Hi all, Just spoken to Howard at the track. A cool night in Adelaide, and the crowd is already building up. Tapes up at 8:30pm Adelaide time, which is about 45 minutes away. The line up is as follows: 1. Cameron Woodward (Vic) 2. Corey Gathercole (Vic) 3. Arlo Bugeja (SA) 4. Chris Holder (NSW) 5. Jason Doyle (NSW) 6. Trevor Harding (WA) 7. Aaron Summers (SA) 8. John Oliver (Qld) 9. Robert Ksiezak (SA) 10. Rick Barney (Qld) 11. Tyron Proctor (Vic) 12. Matthew Wethers (SA) 13. Troy Batchelor (Qld) 14. Tom Hedley (Vic) 15. Mark Jones (Vic) 16. Michael Slade (NSW) 17. Daine Stevens (NSW) (1st reserve) 18. James Holder (NSW) (2nd reserve) Here’s hoping for some fantastic racing.....Regards Ron Update 2: Heat 1: C Woodward … 2nd C Gathercole … 3rd A Bugeja … 4th C Holder … 1st Time: 59.65 Heat 2: J Doyle … 1st A Summers …2nd T Harding … 3rd J Oliver … 4th Time: 59.70 Heat 3: R Barney … fell T Proctor … 3rd R Ksiezak … 2nd M Wethers … 1st Time: 60.37 Heat 4 (rerun): M Jones … 2nd T Hedley … fell, excluded M Slade … 3rd T Batchelor … 1st Time: 59.45 Howard Comments: Track is dusty & needs water (but water truck has broken down). Holder brilliant from the outside in Heat 1. Processional Heat 2, but Summers & Harding finished very close together. Barney gated in Heat 3. Wethers took the lead in lap 3. Barney fell whilst challenging for the lead in the final lap. Barney has withdrawn from the meeting (he walked back to the pits from his fall). Hedley fell & was excluded from the rerun of heat 4. Jones gated but Batchelor passed around the outside with superior speed. Update 3: Heat 5: T Batchelor … 1st C Woodward … 3rd J Doyle … 2nd R Ksiezak …4th Time: 59.25 Heat 6: T Hedley … 3rd D Stevens … 4th C Gathercole …1st T Harding … 2nd Time: 60.37 Heat 7: T Proctor … 4th M Jones … 1st A Summers … 3rd A Bugeja … 2nd Time: 60.17 Heat 8: C Holder … 1st J Oliver … 4th M Wethers … 2nd M Slade … 3rd Time: 59.35 Howard Comments: The water truck has been fixed! Batchelor from the gate in Heat 5 with Doyle in second. A close duel between Woodward & Ksiezak for 3rd. Heat 6 produced the best race of the night with the last lap being a cracker. Harding was mid track & leading and Gathercole came right around the outside and got him on turn 3. Jones got a good gate to score a popular win in Heat 7, and Holder was again impressive in Heat 8. Stand out riders are Batchelor & Holder, with times being indicative. Heat 12 should be a good one!. Update 4: Heat 9: T Harding … 2nd M Slade … 3rd C Woodward …1st T Proctor … 4th Time: 60.10 Heat 10 (rerun): M Wethers … 1st J Doyle … 2nd M Jones … 3rd C Gathercole … fell & excluded from rerun Time: 59.96 Heat 11: J Oliver … 2nd R Ksiezak … excluded A Bugeja … 3rd T Hedley … 1st Time: 60.42 Heat 12: T Batchelor … 2nd C Holder … 1st J Holder … 4th A Summers … 3rd Time: 58.98 Howard Comments: Wow, what a bracket of races. Firstly in Heat 9, Harding gated but seems to be down on power and can’t hold the others out. Woodward passes Harding on lap 2. Heat 10 was rerun after Gathercole fell whilst in 2nd position on turn 3 of the final lap! Jones drops it to avoid him. In the rerun Wethers gated and the others played follow the leader. The track is slick & dusty, so when someone gates from the inside the rest are finding it hard to catch & pass. In Heat 11 Ksiezak crossed the line in 1st place, well ahead of the rest, but was excluded because he had lost a part of his bike apparently (you don’t have to be dead to be stiff!). Heat 12 was a beauty. Chris Holder made the gate slightly then hit a bit of a bump in turn 2. Troy & Chris then battled it out for another lap and a bit before Chris Holder pulled away to win by about 8 to 10 bike lengths. Very pumped and very impressive was Howard’s comments. James Holder took Ricky Barney’s place in this heat 12. A track grade is going on at the moment, so it will be a while before the next round of heats. Will give progressive scores in the next post..... Further to previous posts, Ricky Barney hurt his knee when he fell in his first ride, and bent the front forks of his bike. Robert Ksiezak lost his chain guard. There is some debate whether losing a chain guard is an excludable offence. Track grade completed. Next results in about 15 minutes. Update 5: Heat 13: A Summers … 2nd M Wethers … 3rd T Hedley … ef C Woodward … 1st Time: 58.08 Heat 14: C Gathercole … 2nd T Batchelor … 1st J Oliver … 4th T Proctor … 3rd Time: 57.93 Heat 15: M Slade … 2nd A Bugeja … 3rd D Stevens … 4th J Doyle … 1st Time: 58.46 Heat 16: R Ksiezak … 3rd T Harding … 4th C Holder … 1st M Jones … 2nd Time: 58.05 Howard Comments: A track grade and water has seen times improve. In Heat 13 Hedley retired on lap 3. Nothing to report on in Heat 14. In Heat 15 Doyle made a terrific gate. Nothing to report on in Heat 16. The 3rd and 4th places in the final are very close between a number of riders, namely Woodward, Doyle, Wethers & Jones. Update 6: Heat 17: C Woodward … 1st J Oliver … 3rd M Jones … 2nd J Holder … 4th Time: 59.77 Heat 18: R Ksiezak … 2nd C Gathercole … 1st A Summers … 3rd M Slade … 4th Time: 59.55 Heat 19: A Bugeja … 4th M Wethers … 2nd T Batchelor … 1st T Harding … 3rd Time: 59.30 Heat 20: J Doyle … 2nd T Hedley … 3rd T Proctor … 4th C Holder … 1st Time: 58.52 Comments: Final is: Holder (Red) Batchelor (Blue) Doyle (White) Woodward (Y& Final (rerun): 1st … Chris Holder 2nd … Troy Batchelor 3rd … Jason Doyle 4th … Cameron Woodward (fell excluded on lap 3 turn 3) Time: 58.87 Comments: In the original race, Holder & Batchelor were too worried about each other, allowing Doyle to get to the front. Jason had one hand on the trophy when Cameron Woodward fell and the race was stopped. Cam was excluded from the rerun. In the rerun, Doyle challenged Batchelor for second, but had a moment and dropped back. Holder was just too good, and successfully defended his Australian U21 Championship. Final Points: 1. Cameron Woodward (Vic) … 12 2. Corey Gathercole (Vic) … 9 3. Arlo Bugeja (SA) … 4 4. Chris Holder (NSW) …15 5. Jason Doyle (NSW) … 12 6. Trevor Harding (WA) … 6 7. Aaron Summers (SA) … 7 8. John Oliver (Qld) … 3 9. Robert Ksiezak (SA) … 5 10. Rick Barney (Qld) … 0 11. Tyron Proctor (Vic) … 2 12. Matthew Wethers (SA) … 11 13. Troy Batchelor (Qld) … 14 14. Tom Hedley (Vic) … 5 15. Mark Jones (Vic) … 10 16. Michael Slade (NSW) … 5 17. Daine Stevens (NSW) (1st reserve) … 0 18. Jason Holder (NSW) (2nd reserve) … 0

Whadda ya talkin about mate this is Aussie speedway, workmans sport not Jane Austin's Sense and sensibility stiff upper lip political correctness bulldingo as unlike over there with some we dont put the riders up on pedestals regardless of who they are on track and what they acheived which we respect but off it they are just another dude and its the best piece of print media speedway journalism in years for telling it like it. If ya own a platform to hava a spew like that magazine then as far i am concerned it open license to throw a fire a few verbal rockets up there arses with what occurred and if they dont like it tough rubbishe. So as far i am concerned David and particuarly Rod could of gone alot harder than they did and that excellent photo printed in that article by the photographer of Schlein giving another rider a tonguey in his ear like Linda Lovelace during the riders briefing pretty much says it all of the riders mentioned attitudes on the night. It is still a raw saw point for us locals at Gosford mate as only been able to run one proper solo meeting so far this season and our local riders have had bugga all track time at their local as a result but this articles go along way to ripping it back up the arses of those mentioned who stuffed it that night for all concerned. no worries hava a good one !!

their will be video footage of selected heats of the u21's up on the site for your perusal after the meeting ..

thanks garf

thanks mate appreciate ya help cheers.

does anyone know where exactly in Denmark the 80cc world championship will be held in July. thanks no worries

from ron and shona Heat 1 Travis McGowan ... 2 Kevin Doolan ... 1 Leigh Adams ... 3 Chris Holder ... 0 Time: 61.47 Heat 2 Rory Schlein ... 3 Dave Watt ... 2 Cameron Woodward ... 1 Troy Batchelor ... fell Time: 61.26 Heat 3 Jason Lyon ... 3 Adam Shields ... 2 Robert Ksiezak ... 1 Craig Watson ... 0 Time: 60.64 Heat 4 Todd Wiltshire ... 3 Mark Jones ... 1 Simon Stead ... fell Jason Doyle ... 2 Time: 61.26 Heat 1 Travis McGowan ... 2 Kevin Doolan ... 1 Leigh Adams ... 3 Chris Holder ... 0 Time: 61.47 Heat 2 Rory Schlein ... 3 Dave Watt ... 2 Cameron Woodward ... 1 Troy Batchelor ... fell Time: 61.26 Heat 3 Jason Lyon ... 3 Adam Shields ... 2 Robert Ksiezak ... 1 Craig Watson ... 0 Time: 60.64 Heat 4 Todd Wiltshire ... 3 Mark Jones ... 1 Simon Stead ... fell Jason Doyle ... 2 Time: 61.26 Heat 5 – re-run Jason Doyle ... 3 Travis McGowan ... 2 Rory Schlein ... 1 Robert Ksiezak ... 0 Time: 61.14 Heat 6 – re-run Mark Jones ... fell – excluded Jason Lyons ... 2 Kevin Doolan ... 3 Cameron Woodward ... 1 Time: 61.73 Heat 7 Adam Shields ... 2 Todd Wiltshire ... 1 Dave Watt ... fell – remounted 0 Leigh Adams ... 3 Time: 59.03 Heat 8 Chris Holder ... 1 Troy Batchelor ... fell – remounted – retired 0 Craig Watson ... 2 Simon Stead ... 3 Time: 60.62 Heat 9 –re-run Cameron Woodward ... 2 Simon Stead ... 3 Travis McGowan ... fell -excluded Adam Shields ... 1 (fell – remounted to claim point) Time: 62.04 Heat 10 Craig Watson ... 1 Rory Schlein ... 3 Todd Wiltshire ... 2 Kevin Doolan ... 0 Time: 61.17 Heat 11 Troy Batchelor ... 2 Robert Ksiezak ... 1 Leigh Adams ... 3 Aaron Summers ... 0 Time: 59.78 Heat 12 – Re-run Jason Doyle ... 3 Chris Holder ... fell - excluded Jason Lyons ... 2 Dave Watt ... 1 Time 62.51 Heat 13 Dave Watt ... 1 Craig Watson ... 2 Arlo Bugeja ... 0 Travis McGowan ... 3 Time 62.04 Heat 14 Kevin Doolan ... 1 Jason Doyle ... 3 Troy Batchelor ... 0 Adam Shields ... 2 Time: 61.79 Heat 15 Simon Stead ... ef Leigh Adams ... 3 Jason Lyons ... 1 Rory Schlein ... 2 Time: 60.86 Heat 16 Robert Ksiezak ... 0 Cameron Woodward ... 1 Chris Holder ... 2 Todd Wiltshire ... 3 Time: 63.88 Heat 17 Travis McGowan ... 3 Troy Batchelor ... fell Todd Wiltshire ... 2 Jason Lyons ... 1 Time: 61.62 Heat 18 Robert Ksiezak ... 2 Kevin Doolan ... 1 Dave Watt ... 0 Simon Stead ... 3 Time 61.12 Heat 19 Leigh Adams ... 3 Craig Watson ... 0 Jason Doyle ... 2 Cameron Woodward ... 1 Time: 60.85 Heat 20 Rory Schlein ... 3 Aaron Summers ... fell (meeting reserve 1) Adam Shields ... 2 Chris Holder ... 1 Time: 60.83 final heat point scores Travis McGowan ... 10 Kevin Doolan ... 6 Leigh Adams ... 15 Chris Holder ... 4 Rory Schlein ... 12 Dave Watt ... 4 Cameron Woodward ... 6 Troy Batchelor ... 2 Jason Lyon ... 9 Adam Shields ... 9 Robert Ksiezak ... 4 Craig Watson ... 5 Todd Wiltshire ... 11 Mark Jones ... 1 Withdrawn Simon Stead ... 9 Jason Doyle ... 13 R1 Aaron Summers … 0 R2 Arlo Bugeja … 0 B Final 1. Simon Stead 2. Travis McGowan 3. Jason Lyons 4. Adam Shields – fell – excluded Time: 60.72 A Final 1. Leigh Adams 2. Rory Schlein 3. Todd Wiltshire 4. Jason Doyle Time: 60.44

Riders for tonights meet are listed below. Ron Malm is trackside and will be phoning through results via his wife shona who is updating it over the net: Rory Schlein Dave Watt Chris Holder Robert Ksiezak Todd Wiltshire Troy Batchelor Mark Jones Jason Lyons Cameron Woodward Simon Stead Travis McGowan Craig Watson Kevin Doolan Adam Shields Jason Doyle Leigh Adams Reserves Arlo Bugeja Aaron Summers Heat 1: Rory Schlein Dave Watt Chris Holder Robert Ksiezak Time: 56.18 new track record Heat 2 Todd Wiltshire Jason Lyons Troy Batchelor Mark Jones Time: 56.04 new track record Heat 3 Travis McGowan Simon Stead Cameron Woodward Craig Watson Time: 56.45 Heat 4 Leigh Adams Adam Shields Jason Doyle Kevin Doolan Time: 55.68 new track record Heat 5 Todd Wiltshire Kevin Doolan Rory Schlein Cameron Woodward Time: 57.64 Heat 6 Adam Shields Dave Watt Troy Batchelor Simon Stead - engine failure Time: 57.05 Heat 7 Travis McGowan Jason Doyle Chris Holder Mark Jones Time: 57.86 Heat 8 Leigh Adams Jason Lyons Robert Ksiezak Craig Watson Time: 56.40 Heat 9 was re-run. Track undergoing work therefore delays to program. Heat 9 Leigh Adams Rory Schlein Troy Batchelor Travis McGowan Time: 57.42 Heat 10 Dave Watt Craig Watson Jason Doyle Todd Wiltshire – engine failure Time: 58.07 Heat 11 Adam Shields Chris Holder Cameron Woodward Jason Lyons – engine failure Time: 57.46 Heat 12 Kevin Doolan Robert Ksiezak Arlo Bugeja Mark Jones – engine failure Simon Stead – excluded Time: 58.47 Heat 13 Adam Shields Rory Schlein Craig Watson Mark Jones Time: 57.59 Heat 14 Kevin Doolan Dave Watt Travis McGowan Jason Lyons Time: 57.85 Heat 15 Leigh Adams Todd Wiltshire Simon Stead Chris Holder Time: 56.78 Heat 16 Troy Batchelor Robert Ksiezak Cameron Woodward Jason Doyle Time: 57.80 Heat 17 Simon Stead Rory Schlein Jason Lyons Jason Doyle Time: 58.76 Heat 18 Leigh Adams Dave Watt Cameron Woodward Mark Jones Time: 57.23 Heat 19 Troy Batchelor Chris Holder Craig Watson Kevin Doolan Time: 58.09 Heat 20 Adam Shields Todd Wiltshire Travis McGowan Robert Ksiezak Time: 58.27 A Final 1. Leigh Adams 2. Todd Wiltshire 3. Dave Watt 4. Adam Shields Time: 58.28 B Final 1. Rory Schlein 2. Troy Batchelor 3. Travis McGowan 4. Kevin Doolan Time: 58.07

I can assure you mate that was one of the better NSW state solo titles in some years the level of effort and intensity put in from the younger dudes in the field more than made up for "the lack of weak lineup" as you put it. I would rate that final and heat 18 as good as I have see there since 1992 when the likes of Poole, Boyce, Davies and Wiltshire lined up for a final of the state titles. Whilst Christopher was the deserved winner on paper, the real winner was he future of NSW solo racing in this state with potential of the younger riders shining through on the night. The names of Holder(s), Doyle and Williams etc are a testament to that fact of how healthy the future of solo racing is in not only NSW but most of the other solo racing states (Cathercole and Proctor just to name a few) as well with some of these younger guys now really blossoming as well as the next lot in the u 16's coming thru. I cant wait to see most of these younger guys if they are given the chance after a couple of seasons of British League racing under their belts as the vast improvement in Jason Doyle for example was quite evident as soon as he done a few practice laps. The Australian senior titles and u 21 titles are going to be some of the most hardest and intense racing seen for some years out here at that level with all these younger dudes going at it and this was evident in some of the racing the other night.

Brief mention. 18 yr old Chris Holder has taken out the NSW 500cc State Solo Championships finishing ahead of Jason Doyle, Adam Shields and Corey Cathercole in the final. Heat 1 :Fernance, Chris Holder, Perks, Wallace Heat 2: Shields, Axsentieff, James Holder - F, Stevens - Ex Heat 3: Gathercole, Davies, Myers, Armstrong Heat 4: Doyle, Williams, Stevens, Proctor Heat 5: Gathercole, Stevens, Perks, Stevens Heat 6: Chris Holder, Proctor, Myers, James Holder dnr Heat 7: Shields, Williams, Fernance, Armstrong Heat 8: Doyle, Davies, Axsentieff, Wallace Heat 9: Doyle, Perks, Armstrong Heat 10: Chris Holder, Korey Williams, Stevens, Davies Heat 11: Gathercole, Proctor, Fernance, Axsentieff Heat 12: Shields, Stevens, Myers, Wallace Heat 13: Shields, Proctor, Perks, Davies Heat 14: Chris Holder, Stevens, Armstrong, Axsentieff Heat 15: Doyle, Fernance, Myers, Stevens Heat 16: Gathercole, Williams, Wallace - ex Heat 17: Williams, Myers, Perks, Axsentieff Heat 18: Chris Holder, Gathercole, Shields, Doyle Heat 19: Fernance, Stevens, Davies Heat 20: Proctor, Armstrong, Stevens- f, Wallace – ef Final: 1. Chris Holder, Doyle, Shields, Gathercole

prizemoney per round for Aussie titles (4 rounds): 1st 4000.00 2nd 2500.00 3rd 1500.00 4th 1200.00 5th 1000.00 6th 950.00 7th 850.00 8th 725.00 9th 680.00 10th 650.00 11th 620.00 12th 550.00 13th 500.00 14th 450.00 15th 425.00 16th 400.00 Aussie U 21 1st: 600.00 2nd: 400.00 3rd: 300.00 4th: 150.00 20 bucks per point for major title and qualifier no tow or bonus money

just wondering if any of our european or british speedway mates have heard anything about possible staging venues for the world u 21 championship qualifiers for next year e.g. Q/F, S/F and final???..........thanks no worries

Redloh Racing Release: Redloh Racing's team members Chris and James Holder [/b]are racing this coming weekend at the North QLD at the Pioneer Park Speedway venue on Saturday night. The 2 Holder dudes will be appearing in a pretty crack field of riders in the solo support to the main event of the evening which is the Sidecar Masters which has attracted a field of entrants from around the country so it going to be one cracker of a night for all concerned at the venue. The Redloh Racing team would like to thank their sponsors for their continued support and valuable contributions and we look forward to your continued partnership into the future. Meeting reports and photos from both events where our riders will be appearing will be up on the revamped team site later next week. REDLOH RACING AUSTRALIA "WE DO OUR TALKIN ON THE TRACK" www.redlohracing.info