NeilWatson

October 9, 2008

The meeting will be proudly sponsored by Renaissance Property Management Limited (rpm.org.uk)

September 18, 2008

Last night was one of the most enjoyable meetings I have ever attended, and I can only echo almost everything said above.

Those of you who were at the meeting had a treat, those who weren’t should make a real effort to attend the next one to see what you missed.

Angela and I were proud to play a small part in getting the meeting on, and Buster’s contribution was crucial. In the end though, without riders there is no meeting, and in this case without parents there are no riders!

Last night saw 13 keen riders supported by 13 dedicated families. They were all well-presented, professional and got on with the job, with no histrionics, gardening or showboating. Just 13 great riders – all a pleasure to work with.

There seems to be growing chorus that this is the future for British speedway. The number of venues that can stage a meeting such as this is limited, but in my opinion we should make every effort to see these events multiply. Last night must not be a one-off!

I have made no secret of my wish to be involved in making meetings like this a regular event and I know I’m not alone. Please keep posting your thoughts here so that we can keep the momentum going.

September 12, 2008

I shall be there, plumping for this meeting over Norwich v QPR!

Looking forward to the youngsters putting on a good show.

I hope the fans come out in force for this meeting, and generous thanks should go to Buster & Jonathan for setting the admission at such a bargain rate.

I wouldn't miss it for the world and am bringing along a few 'new-to-speedway' guests as part of our sponsorship.

September 9, 2008

Next Wednesday sees the pride of British youngsters take to the track in a 15 heat challenge meeting.

Kings Lynn

1 Oliver Rayson age 15

2 Ashley Morris age 14

3 James Sarjeant age 14

4 Jake Knight age 16

5 Kye Norton age 16

6 Scott Meakins age 15

7 Rhys Naylor age 15

Rye House

1 Richard Franklin age 15

2 Mark Owen age 14

3 Daniel Greenwood age15

4 Joseph Jacobs age 15

5 Michael Bovis age 16

6 John Resch age 15

7 Jack Butler age 14

Further details to follow regarding admission prices, start times etc

Do come along and support the young riders!

The meeting is proudly sponsored by Renaissance Property Management Limited (www.rpm.org.uk)

August 1, 2008

Looks as though the powers-that-be are having a rethink already as the draw has been removed from the BSPA website.

April 29, 2007

Thanks Stuart Road and Neil Watson for clarifying the tie breaks. I was aware of the system for the traditional individual meeting, heat wins, seconds etc, but wondered how they sorted who went into which semi. If it isnt 1st, 4th,6th and 7th and 2nd,3rd,5th and 8th in the next GP i'll be totally confused !!

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The race formula is fixed so you shouldn't be confused!

Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th and 7th in the intermediate classification will take part in

Semi-final 1 (Heat 21).

Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 8th in the intermediate classification will take part in Semi-final 2 (Heat 22).

April 29, 2007

The method for deciding ties is as follows:

When establishing the order between the riders in the list of Intermediate

Classification at the conclusion of Heat 20, or following the completion of the

Semi-Final Heats 21 and 22, any ties will be solved as follows :

a) Precedence will be given to the riders (tied on race points) having the most

number of 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th placings (a “0” for last placing is better than

being disqualified for whatever reason).

b ) If the tie still persists and involves only 2 riders, precedence will be given to

the better placed rider in the heat or heats where the 2 riders met.

c) If the tie still persists and involves more than 2 riders, it shall be checked

whether there is a possibility to determine a proper precedence (e.g.

3 riders tied on points : A, B, C :

rider A has beaten rider B

rider A has beaten rider C

rider B has beaten rider C

Then the precedence will be : best position for rider A, then rider B and then

rider C.

d) If solutions a), b ) and c) cannot resolve the tie, then the lowest riding

number jacket will be deemed the better placed rider.

The full GP regulations are here: GP REGULATIONS.

August 20, 2006

i wondered if it could count for Hans now? beacuse hes officially replaced Tony R, so why shouldnt his points count? I understand when he was just the wild card that they couldnt count..... but now isnt he officially a GP rider?

And he qualified anyway...!

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From the official FIM "Individual Speedway

World Championship Grand Prix Regulations"

FIM Grand Prix Regulations

The total Grand Prix points scored by each rider having taken part in the

Individual Speedway World Championship Grand Prix Series during the season

shall be shown on the Final Overall Grand Prix Classification of that year.

The current year's Final Overall Grand Prix Classification, after removing the

Wild Card riders, the Qualified Reserve riders, the Track Reserve riders and any

substitute riders who have participated in the year's Championship, as they are

not taken into consideration (my emphasis), shall determine the riders' qualifications for the next

year's Championship as follows :

The top 8 riders of the Final Overall Grand Prix Classification of that year

shall be directly qualified for the following year’s Grand Prix Series.

• The top 3 riders from the FIM Speedway Grand Prix qualification

system shall be directly qualified for the following year’s Grand Prix

Series.

• To make up the 16 riders for the following year's Speedway Grand Prix

Championship, the remaining 4 riders, plus 1 Wild Card rider, will be

decided by the Speedway Grand Prix Promoter and the SGP Commission.

April 17, 2006

Hmmm touting tickets?

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As if!

April 17, 2006

eBay item number: 6622603942

I have ordered and paid for the following tickets, but are not now able to use them.

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Artist / Event SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX 2006

Venue Millennium Stadium

Town Cardiff

Day SATURDAY

Date of show 03/06/2006

Date booked 19/09/2005

Time booked 21.58

Number of tickets ordered 4

Ticket type £55 TICKET

Ticket price £55.00 (including £0.00 booking fee)

Allocation M2,2,1-4

Order status We are waiting for these tickets to come

into stock, when they arrive we will send to:

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These are excellent seats, immediately above pit lane and give a great insight into the goings-on in the pits.

The tickets are not yet in hand but will be despatched by guaranteed delivery as soon as I receive them.

April 2, 2006

Paul Robinson, Spurs & England Goalkeeper

October 4, 2004

I would like to say ******** to the organisers who did not have the initiative to start the meeting a couple of hours earlier, especially given the weather forecast !

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During the preceding Conference League match presumably!

For those who don't know - the meeting is now 1.30pm next Sunday, 10th October, before the CL Bronze Helmet.

August 22, 2004

Taken from the FIM regulations for the GPs:

• The top 8 riders of the Final Overall Grand Prix Classification of that year

shall be directly qualified for the next year’s Grand Prix Series.

• The top 2 riders from the Final Classification of the Individual Speedway

World Championship Grand Final shall be directly qualified for the next

year’s Grand Prix series. The following six riders will become Qualified

Reserve riders

• To make up the 16 riders for the next year's Speedway Grand Prix

Championship, the remaining 6 riders, including up to 1 Wild Card rider, will

be decided by the Speedway Grand Prix Promoter and the SGP

Commission.

August 15, 2004

I heard that the program is included in the price of the ticket, though this as yet is to be confirmed.

That is definitely the case Steve.

August 4, 2004

I doubt it, we haven't got any chance of winning whatsoever, despite the Middlo spin, we will be extremely fortunate to make the final.

Mmmmmmm.................

August 4, 2004

For Ozuace (Taken from yahoo group ( Niel Watson )) :

Neil actually.......... !!

October 4, 2003

done it again B.Pedersen through to final

Heat 1 Rune Holta , Bjarne Pedersen , Joonas Kylmakorpi , Bohumil Brhel .

Heat 2 Ryan Sullivan , Mark Loram , Mikael Max , Lars Gunnestad .

Heat 3 Ronni Pedersen , Hans Andersen , Todd Wiltshire , Peter Karlsson .

Heat 4 Tony Rickardsson , Andreas Jonsson , Jason Lyons , Tomasz Bajerski .

Heat 5 Todd Wiltshire , Lars Gunnestad , Tomasz Bajerski (ELIM) , Joonas Kylmakorpi (ELIM) .

Heat 6 Mikael Max , Jason Lyons , Peter Karlsson (ELIM) , Bohumil Brhel (ELIM) .

Heat 7 Rune Holta , Ronni Pedersen , Mark Loram , Andreas Jonsson .

Heat 8 Ryan Sullivan , Tony Rickardsson , Hans Andersen , Bjarne Pedersen .

Heat 9 Piotr Protasiewicz , Scott Nicholls , Tomasz Gollob , Greg Hancock .

Heat 10 Jason Crump , Lee Richardson , Leigh Adams , Nicki Pedersen .

Heat 11 Bjarne Pedersen , Mark Loram , Jason Lyons (ELIM) , Todd Wiltshire (ELIM) .

Heat 12 Andreas Jonsson , Hans Andersen , Lars Gunnestad (ELIM) , Mikael Max (ELIM) .

Heat 13 Nicki Pedersen , Rune Holta , Piotr Protasiewicz , Hans Andersen .

Heat 14 Ryan Sullivan , Lee Richardson , Mark Loram , Tomasz Gollob .

Heat 15 Scott Nicholls , Ronni Pedersen , Andreas Jonsson , Leigh Adams .

Heat 16 Bjarne Pedersen , Jason Crump , Greg Hancock , Tony Rickardsson .

Heat 17 Andreas Jonsson , Tomasz Gollob , Tony Rickardsson (ELIM) , Piotr Protasiewicz (ELIM) .

Heat 18 Greg Hancock , Leigh Adams , Hans Andersen (ELIM) , Mark Loram (ELIM) .

Heat 19 Scott Nicholls , Jason Crump , Nicki Pedersen , Lee Richardson .

Heat 20 Rune Holta , Bjarne Pedersen , Ronni Pedersen , Ryan Sullivan .

Heat 21 Nicki Pedersen , Andreas Jonsson , Leigh Adams (ELIM) , Ryan Sullivan (ELIM) .

Heat 22 Greg Hancock , Tomasz Gollob , Ronni Pedersen (ELIM) Lee Richardson (ELIM) .

Semi-Final 1 Bjarne Pedersen , Nicki Pedersen , Scott Nicholls (ELIM) , Tomasz Gollob (ELIM) .

Semi-Final 2 Greg Hancock , Andreas Jonsson , Rune Holta (ELIM) , Jason Crump (ELIM) .

October 4, 2003

Nicki Pedersen - Jason Crump excluded from his semi-final for bringing down Rune Holta

October 4, 2003

Hi Wolfinflorida! You will get live updates on the yahoo speedway list.

You can watch the updates but if you want to post on the list you will have to register.

Did you have problems in the chatroom last night :?: We saw you come in and spoke to you but you timed out and were gone.