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  3. Posted

    So based on one meeting!? Great  :unsure:

     

    Perhaps Birmingham were seeded due to location, enticing new fans to a big event and the fact that they had 6000 turn up for an event, just a few idea's there. I'm pretty sure the Brummies will hit 20 at Kings Lynn by heat 10, also.

     

    If Sheffield hadn't been on the wrong end of 15 consecutive 5-1's, which is woeful, they would likely have been in the top 7 average wise anyway.

     

    Don't worry EoES was composed of shale the last time I went there 10-15 years ago, not mud, the Tigers probably wouldn't have fancied it anyway. :approve:

  5. Posted · Edited by Col

    It's fair play to J Chapman to explain the seeding process, good to see from a BSPA member.

     

    Sheffield can blame their woeful riding at Saddlebow Rd for their exclusion I think. Shame really, considering that both tracks are big & grippy Tigers were likely have been favorites for this event, especially as Ashworth rode of the Panthers a year or 3 back. Alas, perhaps on your next visit to Kings Lynn you'll grab a 2nd place, hunh? ;)

     

    Surely Somerset start as favorites now, Zetterstrom & Hawkins have both been Panthers in recent years. Redcar will likely struggle without Havvy :(

     

    I might come to this, not decided, I do like my Sunday football (playing) and with Brummies taking on Kings Lynn at Perry Barr the week before it'll likely depend on finances.

     

    The last time I went to EoES (many years back, solitary visit when Cradley made the 4's final) the roads were goddam awful from here to there, have they improved?

     

    As for people who think Rye House will walk this with their averages... I have a feeling that the deep shale and wide open spaces of the EoES will see them a little intimidated. Just a hunch.

     

    As far as the Brummies go at least Lyons has ridden there allot but I doubt he likes the track, both Sanchez & Ostergaard have been Panthers during their careers and thankfully it's Collins not Werner, who I imagine has an allergict reaction to such tracks.

     

    Somerset to win, Brummies second, Kings Lynn third, Glasgow forth.

  12. Posted · Edited by Col

    I'd first like to thank superguest for the loan of the gloves. By about heat 3 I thought my fingers were going to drop off. She had two pairs.

     

    It was an enjoyable occasion but surely would have been better held in June?

     

    No matter. The best couple of races came mid meeting, Hancock V Lindgren & Screen V McGowan.

     

    There must surely be a stewards enquiry into how PK got gate 1 in the final, when Nicholls & Crump scored more during the meeting.

     

    Impressive were McGowan & Screen, Joe Haines also in the young guns race looked quick - only a couple of seconds of the times set by the worlds best.

     

    Lindgren's move to jawa looks iffy, he's giving away 5 metres in the first 5 metres. He along with Jonsson, PK, Screen had new different style helmets to what they wore in previous seasons and it'll take a while for them to be instantly recogniseable again.

     

    Good to see Bruce on a bike again. :)

     

    And though it was a frozen farewell rather than a flaming one, the effect of the big blasts of flames on the centre green as the riders went down the back straight on the last lap of each heat was awesome. BSI take note. (It also provided a modicum of momentary heat).

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    I know Tai is Aussie... but he competed at the British U18 thingy didn't he? Explain that. Also Aussie's seem to sneak around the DU rule somehow, grandparents?... see Matt Wethers.

     

    Yeah of the guys averaging about 4.3ish Pjiper looked a better option than Nermark, Hefenbrock & Correy.

     

    Hefenbrock I think's a decent gater and has great potential but needs a season in the PL IMO. If he dropped either Sweden or Poland, then that may sway my decision.

  22. Posted

    Wasn't the greatest night of action to be honest. PK chasing down and catching an off form Hamill, Pjiper & Shields being the highlights.

     

    In the race between PK & Freddie it was over as soon as PK got past Hefenbrock in one corner & Freddie had to wait until the next, PK got the advantage off the inside (of the two) hitting the first corner. Lindgren caught him but ran out of laps.

     

    Impressed with... Kerr's outside swoops, Hansen's effort and Pjiper.

  25. Posted · Edited by Col

    With the Bydgoszcz GP still to come, you don't think Tomasz Gollob, already in the top 8, will stay there? Highly unlikely. And anyway, BSI won't want to lose Gollob, or Hampel, but maybe domestic considerations will mean they want Kolodziej in there. What are they to do?

     

    Lets hope not, the one track Pony that's useless everywhere else's presence is mostly pointless.

     

    Jagus will last a year in the GP's Chrzanowski II. I bet after a month they wish thay hadn''t held a final so PK would be in rather than him.

     

    Lindback I can't see keeping his place and if he has the right mentaility he'll do an Andersen.

     

    Richardson, Iversen & Pepe are toast already.

     

    Out with Gollob, also, pointless these days outside Poland.

     

    Zagar should stay.

     

    I'm guessing PK might get one spot in the GP's, as I cant think of more than Jonsson in the Swedish dept. And Lindback's been woeful, pretty much. If BSI go for a second Brit then Harris, did more than Stead at the SWC, didn't choke at Cardiff. Even though I think Stead's the better rider.

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