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Done, thanks Tim.

Looking at the date first made me think again about going in 2019, especially the start time, hope that is still 5pm, if they can go for 4pm that would suit me even better, 7pm start time would rule me out, stop the Polish supporters from getting smashed out of their heads in the bars, I too am worried about any clash of fixtures from the football, but I think we should all bear in mind that if Cardiff City were to play Swansea, or any other "big club" that surely would be on Sky TV on the Sunday kick off 4pm, just maybe the FIM have got other plans for Grand Prix's circuits elsewhere, maybe Stockholm may come back into the reckoning and the Friends Arena may become available in July next year, I personally think we are all going to have to wait until the FIM conference in October to find out more.

If driving, in the past I have come off the A49/M4 Junction 24 the Newport turn off and then proceeded to park up in Newport railway station car park, and catch a train to Cardiff from there, the fee is quite small compared to parking in Cardiff itself, plus there are plenty of trains back to Newport at that time of night, expect the meeting to finish around 8 to 8-30pm.

I thought it was just me setting the sky box wrong, so that happened to everyone else as well. Who the monkeys is interested in tennis finals anyway.

What about having a fan zone, at all the tracks, just like Cardiff do, having riders, bikes, supporters clubs mementos, even have sponsors mementos there all open at least one hour before the start, and having all the riders themselves present for kids to collect autographs during the summer hols which start on Friday I believe. There is so much that can be done in the next six weeks to help our sport.

Thoroughly enjoyable weekend was had, great to see such a massive crowd, Warsaw in Poland is a great venue to have this GP, am already looking forward to the event in 2019, does anyone know of the dates yet.

Booked for Wroclaw v Torun meeting on August 19th, have got some questions if anyone can help me out, like has anyone have any idea of how the fans are at this meeting, are they a friendly bunch, because looking forward to seeing the Olympic Stadium for the first time, is it easy to get tickets for this meeting, certainly looks big enough stadium so should not be a sell out. Any help would be welcome, booked in at a City Centre hotel, so should be easy to get to the Stadium, and finally what time do the Meetings start. Flying out from East Midlands airport on Friday the 17th then home again on the Monday 20th, before flying out again for the Gorzow GP the following weekend.

Am certain that after the Craig Cook meeting last night, you can count him in the Belle Vue team for 2018, although Mark and Adrian, did not confirm any other signings on the night, they did hint that they have everything covered in the signings department, and are both working on other things regarding the finances of the club into 2018, and I got the impression we will all hear some news on the team sooner rather than later.

Spoke to Natalie at the Craig Cook evening last night and asked about BT's involvement in 2018 as regards the GP's and she confirmed that although it is the last year of the three year current contract, they are keen to continue into 2019, and the same is to be said for the league in 2018, she did say that BT is still talking to the people in charge about covering meetings in 2018, and hope to continue into 2019.

Will learn more about Belle Vue's plans for 2018 season after next Wednesday evening when they host the "evening with Craig Cook event", no doubt the Q and A session with the promoters including Mark Lemon will reveal some if not all of the squad for 2018.

Lovely man, sorry to hear the news, maybe we should be think about a award that either Wolves/Redcar or even Scunthorpe can hold in memory of him, don't know maybe a senior/junior trophy or something like that. One of the sports nice guys.

Warsaw, by far, loved it from the start, both the racing, stadium, and the city of Warsaw itself. Need some information from speedway fans going to Gorzow on the 25th of August, what is the best way to get to Gorzow itself, myself I am looking at flying into Berlin, then catch train to Gorzow, has anyone got any better info on this.

Totally agree with you there Bavarian, but hopefully if Alan Rossiter has his way as England team manager he has indicated that he is hoping to undertake several international matches next season, both at full and Under 21 level, both here and in Poland, so the young English lads can gain a lot of experience of both the International scene, which I believe can only be good for the UK scene.

Guess that means Stockholm has gone or has been moved to another date!!

Thanks for that important piece of info, a lot of people myself included have hotels and flights already booked, and bought tickets

Are you sure!!! Tickets for Prague Grand Prix on sale on the SGP website today.

Does anyone know when the big F.I.M. Conference is this winter when all the dates for the 2018 season will be released.

Warsaw booked, Cardiff booked, Prague booked, Hope Stockholm does make it onto the list for 2018, Anyone know the dates for Gorzow or Torun in 2018 yet.

Not so sure about that making Belle Vue favourites for the tie, Lindgren and Schlein will no doubt take two R/R rides, they are more than capable of banging in 6 points from them, but lets see if Jacob does make it and manage to ride on the night. Still think thirteen points will be enough.

Swindon and Wolves in the final I think, Swindon are going to have to ride a bit better than what they have done tonight though, Can not see Belle Vue doing Wolves over two legs at the NSS.

Just got back from Stockholm, got to say I was very disappointed with the turn out at the Friends Arena, hardly any Polish fans there, not many brits either, the Stadium was very barely half full, the full top tier was not used, and if the rumours about Stockholm are true about it not been on the venue's list for 2018 are true, I can believe that, mind you also have to say that Stockholm is not the cheapest place to go to either, £7 a pint, nearly went teetotal for the weekend when I got charged that, the GP itself did not live up to the expectations of myself, so am really expecting the GP to be axed in 2018 in Stockholm for somewhere more economical, travel to the stadium is more than easy, Solna station is just five minutes walk away, and the shopping centre next door is more than inviting, plenty of shops and bars, but the prices are again quite severe. Well done Matty Zagar, but thought Chris Holder was a little bit harshly done by, the incident with Kildemand happened right in front of me, thought it was a little bit even to be honest, not seen the video yet, will watch it Monday, but as for the title, its now Doyle's to lose, but that said Woffy is now out of the title run in. Bumped into Kelvin and Nigel in Stockholm airport on Sunday morning, around 8am, I think you will have to go some to find anyone better at presenting their views, Kelvin even had a little part to play in the programme notes on each rider, do rate him to be honest, if you have anyone in mind who can do a better job than him I would love to know who that is.

Mine too, would still though like to see a new venue on the GP stage, would really like somewhere like Amsterdam.

On the Wolves website's preview of the match tomorrow, they have got Kenny Bjerre riding at No 1, so must have inside info as to what he is doing tomorrow at Belle Vue.

Has the season of racing finished at Rye House for this year, are they going to race the Ace of Herts meeting, or have they arranged a couple of challenge meetings to finish off 2017, would be a shame if their season of racing is over by the first week in September.