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  3. Posted

    Why is this thread in the u15's section when its about, or what I'm assuming is, an individual meeting which will be made up of riders from both the EL and PL all of which are on the wrong side of 15 to be in this section of the forum!? unsure.gif

     

    Great to see new ideas being put into practice for bringing on the future of British speedway with a venture like this and hope it pays dividends in years to come!

     

     

     

     

    I was tempted to post it in every section but didn't want to incur the wrath of the mods - as the meeting is to raise money to support the youngsters I posted it here!

  4. Posted · Edited by NeilWatson

    From the BSPA site

    Exciting plans are being put in place as work begins on finding a new generation of British Speedway talent.

     

    Part of this will see the cream of British stars from the Elite and Premier League competing at Somerset on Friday October 29 in the 'Bring on the Brits (BOB)' meeting.

     

    And all proceeds from the event will go towards funding for all future Youth speedway events.

     

    The project is the brainchild of the British Youth Training Team of Phil Morris, Neil Vatcher, Graham Reeve and Graham Jones, who as well as helping the country's young riders with their racing, will be also working on other aspects of their training.

     

    Under-21 team manager Phil Morris is convinced that Britain's got talent and that the Youth Development team can help nurture their undoubted ability.

     

    He said: "We have been impressed with our Under-15 riders and think it's now time to help the British lads out even more.

     

    "This includes setting up an Academy for the best youngsters so we can work on all aspects of their racing programme; not just riding the bike, but also the fitness, nutrition, psychology and mechanical side of the game.

     

    "Britain has been crying out for more big stars and ultimately another World Champion, so it's important that we put the foundations in place at an early stage and help them to maximise their potential. We believe our training programme will assist with that.

     

    "Riders for the meeting at the Oak Tree Arena will be confirmed over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we are looking for everyone to get fully behind the BOB campaign!"

  5. Posted

    A well-deserved championship for Tomasz.

     

    After a slow start in the first GP (in Poland to give the lie to any home-country conspiracy theories), nine double-figure scores (three in the 20s) tell their own story.

     

    Jason Crump's 10-year record is something to savour too.

     

    It would have been nice to have seen the final race on Sky last night............ :-(

     

     

  10. Posted

    COURTESY OF LIVE UPDATES SITE

     

    Sad we couldn't be there - well done Jake!!!!!!!!!!!

     

    Kings Lynn Young Stars = 41

     

    1. Barrie Evans [G] - 1, 2, 2, F/x = 5

    2. Scott Campos - 0, 1', 0, 2', 1' = 4+3

    3. Jake Knight - 2, 3, 1', 2, 2, 2 = 12+1

    4. R/R for Adam Lowe - (SC 1', LK 0, DM 2, JK 2)

    5. Darren Mallett - 2, 3, 2, 1, 1 = 9

    6. Chris Widman - 2', 0, F = 2+1

    7. Lewis Kerr - 3, 1', 0, 3, 1', 1', 0 = 9+3

     

     

    Plymouth Devils = 49

     

    1. Nicki Glanz - 3, 2, 3, 3, 3 = 14

    2. Jaimie Pickard - 2', 1', 1, 2' = 6+3

    3. Matt Bates - 0, 1', 0, 3 = 4+1

    4. Seemond Stephens - 3, 2, 3, 3 = 11

    5. Mark Simmonds - 3, 3, 3, 2', 1 = 12+1

    6. David Gough - 1, 1, 0, 0, 0 = 2

    7. Ben Reade - 0, 0, 0 = 0

     

    Ref is Paul Carrington

     

    Heat Results

     

    Devils won the toss and go off 1 and 3 in heat 1

     

    Heat 01: Glanz, Pickard, Evans, Campos 1-5, 63.78

    Line Up: Evans, Campos, Glanz, Pickard

    Comments: Devils emerged from the 2nd bend in front and thats how it stayed.

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    Heat 02: Kerr, Widman, Gough, Reade 5-1, 6-6; 66.72

    Line Up: Widman, Kerr, Gough, Reade

    Comments: From the gate, although Widman slowed on the last lap, but Gough not close enough to take advantage.

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    Heat 03: Stephens, Knight, Campos, Bates 3-3, 9-9; 65.03

    Line Up: Knight, R/R Campos, Bates, Stephens

    Comments: Campos is the rider replacement. Two races in one, but Stephens holds off Knight up front and Campos holds off Bates for 3rd.

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    Heat 04: Re-run: Simmonds, Mallett, Kerr, Reade 3-3, 6-6; 64.28

    Line Up: Mallett, Kerr, Simmonds, Reade

    Comments: Re-run after Mallett gets a flyer. From the gate in the re-run.

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    Heat 05: Knight, Glanz, Pickard, Kerr 3-3, 15-15; 63.53

    Line Up: Knight, R/R Kerr, Glanz, Pickard

    Comments: Kerr is the r/r for Kings Lynn. From the gate for Knight (Updaters comment, Knight seems to be going well, sounds like a good youngster).

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    Heat 06: Simmonds, Evans, Gough, Campos 2-4, 17-19; 64.25

    Line Up: Evans, Campos, Simmonds, Gough

    Comments: Two races in one again, with the 2 Devils winning their individual battles to hold off the Young Stars pair.

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    Heat 07: Re-run: Mallett, Stephens, Bates, Widman 3-3, 20-22; 64.57

    Line Up: Mallett, Widman, Bates, Stephens

    Comments: Widman warned for moving at the start, all 4 back. From the gate.

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    Heat 08: Kerr, Campos, Pickard, Gough 5-1, 25-23, 65.68

    Line Up: Campos, Kerr, Pickard, Reade Gough

    Comments: Gough replaces Reade for the Devils. From the gate for the Lynn pair but Pickard not far away from Campos, not close enough to pass though.

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    Heat 09: Simmonds, Mallett, Knight, Reade 3-3, 28-26; 64.06

    Line Up: Knight, R/R Mallett, Simmonds, Gough Reade

    Comments: Reade replaces Gough for Plymouth and Mallett is the r/r for Lynn. From the gate for Simmonds. Reade made a mistake on bend 4 of lap 1, but was never really in contention.

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    Heat 10: Stephens, Evans, Campos, Bates 3-3, 31-29; 66.40

    Line Up: Evans, Campos, Bates, Stephens

    Comments: From the gate for Stephens but Evans was very very close for all 4 laps. Stephens just hung on!

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    Heat 11: Glanz, Pickard, Mallett, Widman(fell) 1-5, 32-34; 64.34

    Line Up: Mallett, Widman, Glanz, Pickard

    Comments: Mallett gated but Glanz hard under him on 1st turn pushing him wide in the process. That allowed Pickard to nip up the inside for a Devils 5-1. Widman fell bend 4 lap 3.

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    Heat 12: Bates, Knight, Kerr, Gough 3-3, 35-37; 64.66

    Line Up: Knight, Kerr, Bates, Gough

    Comments: Devils gated on a 5-1 but Knight passed Gough exiting turn 2 on lap 1 and was never far from Bates. Kerr passed Gough up the inside of turn 3 on the final lap.

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    Heat 13: Glanz, Simmonds, Mallett 1-5, 36-42; 64.68

    Line Up: Evans, Mallett, Glanz, Simmonds

    Comments: Stopped. Evans fell after pulling a locker on bend 2 of lap 2 and is excluded, Devils on a 5-1 at the time. From the gate. This is Mallett's first meeting back since his illness where he was in intensive care, (updaters comment: so fair play to him)!

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    Heat 14: Stephens, Knight, Kerr, Gough 3-3, 39-45; 67.06

    Line Up: R/R Knight, Widman Kerr, Stephens, Reade Gough

    Comments: Gough for Reade for Plymouth and for Kings Lynn Knight is the r/r and Kerr replaces Widman. From the gate. Good battle on the last lap between Kerr and Gough. Gough passed Kerr entering bend 3 but Kerr repaid the favour exiting bend 4. (Updaters comment: Get in we won away)!!

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    Heat 15: Glanz, Knight, Simmonds, Kerr 2-4, 41-49; 64.78

    Line-up: Kerr, Knight, Glanz, Simmonds

    Comments: Devils won the toss and go off 1 and 3. Glanz all the way, Knight rode a good race to hold 2nd. Devils take all 4 points!!

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  13. Posted

    ML, a few posters have tried to blow up a storm in a tea cup. Yes Fisher should have been excluded, but he just lost control - I certainly don't think there was any intent. There were another couple of riders who got into trouble after lifting on the second bend, Fisher just managed to do it whilst David Howe was outside him.

     

    If anything I'd be more concerned with what happened after the final race of the afternoon. Fisher beat Masters in the race for the chequered flag, but then pulled across the track on the first bend as he slowed. If left no room for Masters, who took quite a pearler into the air fence. Fortunatley I think Masters was largely OK. Again no malice, but a moment of lack of concentration from Fisher - a very nast accident could happen that way.

     

    All the best

    Rob

     

    I thought Fisher shut-off on the line (frustration?) as Masters was still racing to the finish.

  17. Posted

    I agree that speedway isn't in a position to call the shots, but to prevent access to all Virgin subscribers is taking Sky's competitiveness to a new low.

     

    I had a houseful of friends round this evening, and laid on food to enjoy the GP with both long-term fans and 'newbies'.

     

    What a waste of effort, we ended up watching the Somerset match from Monday only to find that that transmission chopped off on the last bend of Heat 15!

     

    Oh well, just goes to prove that there's no substitute for live racing - off to the Showground tomorrow weather permitting.

  19. Posted

    From Weymouth official site, where there a great match report.

     

    WEYMOUTH WEYLINE WILDCATS

     

    1. Byron Bekker (0-3-3-R) 6

     

    2. Adam McKinna (2-2*-2-2*-2*) 10+3

     

    3. Tom Brown © (2*-1*-2-3) 8+2

     

    4. Gary Cottham (3-2-R-3) 8

     

    5. James Cockle (3-3-2-2-3) 13

     

    6. Richard Andrews (FN-0-0) 0

     

    7. Luke Chessell (1-2*-1*-0-R) 4+2

     

    Team manager: Phil Bartlett

     

     

     

    KING'S LYNN YOUNG STARS

     

    1. Simon Lambert © (3-3-3-3-3-1) 16

     

    2. Rider Replacement for Darren Mallett

     

    3. Scott Campos (XT-R-1*-R-1*) 2+2

     

    4. Jake Knight (1-0-2-1-2-0) 6

     

    5. Adam Lowe (0-1-3-1-1) 6

     

    6. Lewis Kerr (3-1-FX-1-2) 7

     

    7. Chris Widman (2*-1-R-1*) 4+2

     

    Team manager: Dale Allitt

     

     

     

    REFEREE: Chris Gay

     

     

     

    GATE POSITIONS: Wildcats won the coin toss and took gates 1 & 3

     

     

     

    HEAT DETAILS:

     

    Ht 1: (re-run) Lambert, McKinna, Knight, Bekker, 53.7, 2-4 (2-4)

     

    Ht 2: (re-run) Kerr, Widman, Chessell, Andrews (FN), 55.6, 1-5 (3-9)

     

    Ht 3: (re-run) Cottham, Brown, Kerr, Knight, Campos (T.exc), 54.6, 5-1 (8-10)

     

    Ht 4: (re-run) Cockle, Chessell, Widman, Lowe, 55.5, 5-1 (13-11)

     

    Ht 5: Lambert, Cottham, Brown, Campos (Ret), 55.0, 3-3 (16-14)

     

    Ht 6: (awarded) Bekker, McKinna, Lowe, Kerr (F.exc), No Time, 5-1 (21-15)

     

    Ht 7: Cockle, Knight, Campos, Andrews, 55.4, 3-3 (24-18)

     

    Ht 8: Lambert, McKinna, Chessell, Widman (Ret), 54.5, 3-3 (27-21)

     

    Ht 9: Lowe, Brown, Kerr, Cottham (Ret), 55.1, 2-4 (29-25)

     

    Ht 10: (re-run) Bekker, McKinna, Knight, Campos (Ret), 55.0, 5-1 (34-26)

     

    Ht 11: Lambert, Cockle, Lowe, Andrews, 54.7, 2-4 (36-30)

     

    Ht 12: Brown, Kerr, Campos, Chessell, 56.3, 3-3 (39-33)

     

    Ht 13: Lambert, Cockle, Lowe, Bekker (Ret), 55.2, 2-4 (41-37)

     

    Ht 14: (re-run) Cottham, Knight, Widman, Chessell (T.exc15), 55.9, 3-3 (44-40)

     

     

     

    GATE POSITIONS: Young Stars won the coin toss and took gates 1 & 3

     

    Ht 15: Cockle, McKinna, Lambert, Knight, 55.5, 5-1 (49-41)

     

     

  20. Posted

    Whilst i am not privy to what rent anyone pays for Mildenhall Speedway, surely there has to be a way forward, between Mr Coventry and any prospective promoter..and this lies in what rent is paid to the stadium owner.

    Mr Mascalls figures indicate the crowd figures for this year are 300+ average. That brings in an income of £3000 riders have to be paid the minimum of what? £5 per point for an average of 90 points for two meetings 1 home 1 away, thats £450 quid for 2 meetings, now i have no idea what the mileage allowance is these days, i am sure someone will tell us, but just say we pay each rider £40 per meeting x 7 riders x 2 meetings this equates to £560 travel expences, so the costs of covering two meetings for the riders alone would be aprox £1110 even if £10 per point was paid, which i am sure some teams dont, it would then come to £1560, so that leaves just under £1500 to cover rentals and other costs, if a figure of say £750 per meeting was paid minimum; based on an attendance of 250, <this would be the critical figure> and a sliding scale then brought in of say £50 for every 10 spectators over and above that figure, plus the Stadium gets the Bar takings, Introduce a Car Park Charge £2 per Car 50/50 Speedway and Stadium.

     

    I am sure if something along those lines were introduced then Speedway could survive at Mildenhall, obviously there has to be trust between the Promotion and Stadium owner, but that has to be the way forward long term..

     

    I am sure the Greyhounds at Mildenhall dont get anywhere near that figure for crowds, especially mid week, but they seem to survive, and whilst i dont know what prize money levels are for the greyhounds, i am sure they must pay out at least £30 per race x 10 races per meeting = £300..admission to the greyhounds is probably £6 with probably 150 max there on a saturday, and a good attendance mid week would be 100, just add up and compare...

     

    The problem is "the other costs":

     

    From memory and not a definitive list:

     

    Insurance

    BSPA fees

    Referee fees

    Programme printing

    Medical cover

    Track prep and machinery

  21. Posted · Edited by NeilWatson

    From Official Site

     

    FINLAND (RED)

    Rider 1 Timo Lahti

    Rider 2 Joonas Kylmäkorpi

    Rider 3 Juha Hautamäki

    Rider 4 Kauko Nieminen (Captain)

    Rider 5 Kalle Katajisto

    Team Manager Jyri Palomaki

     

    AUSTRALIA (BLUE)

    Rider 1 Chris Holder

    Rider 2 Dave Watt (Captain)

    Rider 3 Troy Batchelor

    Rider 4 Rory Schlein

    Rider 5 Darcy Ward

    Team Manager Craig Boyce

     

    GREAT BRITAIN (WHITE)

    Rider 1 Scott Nicholls

    Rider 2 Lee Richardson

    Rider 3 Tai Woffinden

    Rider 4 Simon Stead

    Rider 5 Chris Harris (Captain)

    Team Manager Rob Lyon

     

    SWEDEN (YELLOW)

    Rider 1 Fredrik Lindgren

    Rider 2 Jonas Davidsson

    Rider 3 Antonio Lindbäck

    Rider 4 Magnus Zetterström (Captain)

    Rider 5 Daniel Nermark

    Team Manager Peter Jansson

     

    Edited for formatting

     

    Possibly out of date now!

  22. Posted · Edited by NeilWatson

    Fantastic score for Jake Knight! Been happy with his scoring this season, even though I've not been to an NL meeting since, er, April? icon_redface.gificon_lol.gif Good to see he's still going OK.

     

    It was a milestone night for Jake. He rode at No 3 for his first heat-leader slot, and took Black and White for a tactical ride and rode in Heat 15 both for the first time. Add in a rider replacement ride in Heat 1 and that score looks even more impressive!

     

    Well done Jake

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