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I wonder if someone is able to help please. A group of 6 of us are travelling to Gorzow for the GP, flying into Szczecin-Goleniow airport on the morning of 23rd. We had a minibus taxi booked using Air Mundo, but today they have cancelled without explanation. Can anyone recommend a taxi firm that they have used and trust to get us to Gorzow?

Just like steve69, we also had a great time in Poland over the weekend, taking in Leszno v Lublin Friday night and Wroclaw v Grudziadz on Sunday. We didn't make the long trek to Torun on Saturday, but we did watch it in an Irish bar in Wroclaw. I've been to quite a few GP's and went to last year's SON but nothing compares to the atmosphere at Polish league racing. Racing-wise both meetings were very good, some bad crashes at Wroclaw but happily Buczkowski, Fricke and Milik all walked away. The set up is so professional, all the mechanics and riders in matching teamwear, and even though these guys are top stars they still come out after the meeting for photos and autographs keeping the kids and not so young kids happy. All in all a great weekend and looking forward to the next one.

I've booked for 7 of us already assuming it was Wroclaw on the Friday and Czestochowa on the Sunday. I now have a headache!

Tomas's interview on Radio Norfolk this morning.......starts at 2.14 in. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0159254

1st Schramm 15, Parker 14 = 29 2nd Batchelor 18, Haines 7 = 25 3rd King D 19, King J 6 = 25 4th Kroner 13, Stachyra 8 = 21 5th Topinka 16, Graversen 4 = 20 6th Robson 15, Madsen 0 = 15 Well done to Schrammy and Shane for the win, although heat 15 looked like it was going to be a good battle until Tobi Kroner's unfortunate injury, hope he has not broken his collarbone as feared. Good performances from Troy Batchelor and Danny King, and a solid return from Tomas Topinka. Best race for me was ht8 when Robbo rounded Joe Haines on lap 4 bend 4 for 2nd place. Good race format, even if the racing wasn't up to much.

10 times champion Leigh Adams was interviewed on Radio Fremantle today (Saturday). The archive is available for 7 days. To listen go to www.radiofremantle.com, then select program archives, then go to Saturday and click on 1100. Interview starts about 24 minutes in.

Spot on there Chris, Neville Riseley has put in a huge amount of work behind the scenes to ensure that we could listen to some speedway on these cold winter mornings. Many thanks to Brendan Gledhill and the other commentators, and to the team at Radio Fremantle for upgrading to ensure this year we did not suffer the buffering bug. The station is community based, non-profit making and staffed by volunteers, making their achievements even more credible. Leigh Adams, what can you say, legend. I'm so looking forward to seeing Darcy Ward at King's Lynn this year, this boy has the potential to go all the way.

The riders contesting this years Aussie title are as follows (not in race order) Leigh Adams Troy Batchelor Jason Doyle Corey Gathercole Josh Grajczonek Chris Holder Ty Proctor Rory Schlein Davey Watt Cameron Woodward Kozza Smith Aaron Summers Darcy Ward Jay Herne Justin Sedgeman Lee Herne Coverage from Round 1 starts at 7.30am UK time on Saturday, listen at www.radiofremantle.com

Just a quick update from Nev................ Hello again all. The increased internet band width has been installed and is up and running now. Those logging on will see on the Radio Fremantle Homepage the dates and times for the title. Just below the times etc there is a listen live via Sport fm 91.3 This has been installed especially for the title and very easy to see. DO NOT SELECT LISTEN LIVE FOR RADIO FREMANTLE. The archive for Radio Fremantle will be accessible for the usual seven days. Could you put this out for widest distribution. I don’t think people will select the wrong Listen Live as it is in plain view, however I’d rather be safe than sorry. Perhaps you could go and have a quick look yourself. Cheers Nev

Hello all. Radio Fremantle’s Let’s Talk Speedway Racing show is now locked away with the live broadcast of the 2009 Australian Speedway Motorcycle Championship. The start times shown are in Western Australian time. A half hour has been allowed prior to racing for any updates, changes and pre meeting discussion. Friday 2nd January 2009 Gosford-4:30pm/1630 (UK TIME 7.30am) Saturday 3rd January 2009 Newcastle-4:30pm/1630 (UK TIME 7.30am) Wednesday 7th January 2009 Midura-5:00pm/1700 (UK TIME 8.00am) Saturday 10th January 2009 Gillman-6:30/1830 (UK TIME 9.30am) Radio Fremantle will post on their web page the dates and times for listener convenience. Perth fans can listen on their radio at 107.9fm. Internet listeners log on to www.radiofremantle.com and choose listen live. The station has a 7 day archive also. Should you wish to email the station the address is admin@radiofremantle.com Radio Fremantle would like to thank the following people/business’s for their financial support to make this broadcast possible: Rick Purvis Kartworld Belmont WA, Lee Redmond Western Big One WA, Pinjar Park Speedway WA, Cameron Heeps Racing WA. We are in deep gratitude to Brendon Gledhill who will call the meetings at Gosford, Newcastle and Gillman by phone. Brendon will provide an announcer for Mildura. Due to the overwhelming response of our 2008 title broadcast, Radio Fremantle has upgraded its’ internet listening band. Hopefully this will overcome the buffering problems experienced earlier this year. The cost to do the upgrade was $2,500. Money was raised by way of a radiothon combining the speedway and soccer shows. I hope recipients of this email can see that we at Let’s Talk Speedway Racing are committed to the success of this broadcast and have made changes in the past twelve months for the good and betterment of speedway motorcycle racing in Australia. So please forward this email to all of your speedway friends. I thank you for your time. Kind regards Nev Riseley Producer/Presenter Let’s Talk Speedway Racing Radio Fremantle 107.9fm

Sure was Ghostwalker, Proctor just couldn't avoid him could he?

Cheers for the links, the coverage is excellent!

Courtesy of The Mildura Independent newspaper; McGowan crashes hard - Holder wins easily Thursday, 03 January 2008 Mildura Speedway rider Travis McGowan was rushed to hospital for X-rays and treatment after a spectacular crash in the B Final of the second round of the Australian Speedway Solo Championships at Gilman racing in Adelaide Wednesday night. McGowan, who started from gate three in the B final went wide on the second bend and found himself heading quickly towards the outside fence. At the last second McGowan attempted to jump off the back of the bike but it collided with the fence and swung him around as he hit the outside fence backwards. McGowan collapsed on the track as there was instant silence from the large crowd in attendance and two ambulance crews raced to the accident area. The Mildura rider lay unconscious on the track surface for about four minutes before he opened his eyes and spoke to paramedics. The crowd had been silent to that time and a minute later the commentator made an announcement to say that McGowan had regained consciousness. Event organiser David Tapp went to where McGowan was lying to assess the situation and was told that McGowan had regained consciousness, was aware of the situation but indicated that his shoulder was sore. He was placed on a stretcher and while in great pain, was conveyed to the Adelaide Hospital with the ambulance leaving some 13 minutes after McGowan had hit the fence. Officials said that he had been taken to Hospital as a precautionary measure. Racing did not resume until 12.05am Eastern time with Fred Lindgren bursting to the front in the B Final to gain a break and beat Cameron Woodward, who was second and Filip Setera from the Czech Republic third. Setera had made an amazing recovery after a spill earlier in the night when he was challenging Lindgren for the lead in heat 13 and clipped the outside fence and fell. The accident happened on the last bend when he was attempting a wide pass to gain maximum points and the other three riders went by to finish. Woodward scrapped into the B Final with a gallant win in heat 18 after much to everyone's surprise Setera had re-appeared after the fall and won heat 17. In heat 19 Woodward's luck held as fellow Mildura rider Tom Hedley got passed Aaron Summers to prevent him scoring points. Summers had seven points coming to his ride and a second would have put him ahead of Woodward in the B Final and one point would have forced a count back. Batchelor got the fourth position in the final ahead of Lindgren, whom he beat in an earlier heat In the A Final Chris Holder, although defeated by Jason Doyle in heat 20, got the jump from gate one and was always a couple of bike lengths in front. A FINAL: Chris Holder (NSW) 1; Troy Batchelor (Qld) 2; Joe Screen (England) 3; Jason Doyle (NSW) 4. B FINAL: Fredrik Lindgren (Sweden) 1; Cameron Woodward (Mildura) 2; Philip Setera (Czech Republic) 3. Travis McGowan (Mildura) fell. MEETING POINTS: Chris Holder (NSW) 14 pts; Joe Screen (UK) 13; Jason Doyle (NSW) 12; Troy Batchelor (Qld) 10, Fredric Lindgren (Sweden) 10pts, Filip Setera (Sweden) 9 pts, Travis McGowan (Mildura) 9pts, Cameron Woodward (Mildura) 8pts, Aaron Summers (SA) 7 pts, Robert Ksiezak (SA) 6pts; Cory Gathercole (Mildura) 5pts, Tyron Proctor (Vic) 5 pts, Tom Hedley (Mildura) 4pts, Trevor Harding (WA) 4pts, Lee Herne (NSW) 3 pts, Josh Grajczonek (Qld) 1pt. OVERALL POINTS (After two rounds); Chris Holder 40, Troy Batchelor 33, Cameron Woodward 32, Fredrik Lindgren 31, Joe Screen 29, Travis McGowan 29, Filip Setera 27, Jason Doyle 27, Cory Gathercole 21, Aaron Summers 20, Robert Ksiezak 20, Tyron Proctor 14, Trevor Harding 9, Josh Grajczonek 8, Lee Herne 7, Tom Hedley 6,

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As mentioned on the Aussie Champs Line Up thread, Radio Fremantle will be covering the 5 title rounds live. These shows are available to us all to listen to via live streaming, or archive which will be available for 7 days after the live show goes off air. Times courtesy of Nev Riseley. For those listeners in the UK, the WA time displayed is 9 hours ahead of us. Hi all. Listed below are the start times for the title. All times are in WA time. Radio Fremantle will display the time and venue on their homepage on the day of each round or list all rounds. Round 1 Olympic Park Speedway Mildura 1800 Saturday 29 December, (UK 9am 29/12/07) Round 2 Gillman Speedway Adelaide 1800 Wednesday 2 January, (UK 9am 02/01/08) Round 3 Borderline Speedway Mt Gambier 1730 Saturday 5 January, (UK 8.30am 05/01/08) Round 4 Newcastle Speedway NSW 1630 Wednesday 9 January and (UK 7.30am 09/01/08) Round 5 Sydney Showground Homebush 1630 Friday 11 January. (UK 7.30am 11/01/08) Log onto Radio Fremantle and listen live or use the archive at broadcasts end www.radiofremantle.com Announcers will be Nev Riseley and Chris Seaward, BBC Wiltshire/Swindon Speedway Supporters Club and special guest announcers/speakers at all rounds.