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He certainly was Iris. I suspect that is something that very much went in his favour

Yes Bunce, he will still be involved. He will be managing the Prague club in the Czech league. He will also be involved with the track for both the Czech Grand Prix as well as the World Cup in Prague. There may also be some further snippets in the meeting programme....

7:30 Parade Bunce......

I'm assuming it was by King's Lynn, BUT Given its in the official fixture list ?

We have to work with the date that we are given, which was March 8th. I'm guessing that date was arranged early season to give the KL riders an opportunity to have a good workout before the serious business of the league starts, as well as to make the most of all available dates given the carnage taht the weather bought to the season last year

You are right as far as the non UK based riders are concerned, as the travelling costs can be spread across the 2 / 3 events that THEY decide to ride in.

Define 'good appearance' fees please

I think its safe to say that TT is hoping that all of the 2013 stars are in action that night

Very good question Bryn........ There will be an auction in the bar afterwards though

Team meeting with a second half......

At one point they cut back to the TVP presenter who passed comment in English about the delays.

been watching the Belgian stream and have to say its been rock solid here in the UK.

I don't think so. What you will see is that top name riders may well appear at all 3 meetings, so enabling the 3 meetings to run in a more cost effective manner as travel costs can be reduced for the non British league regulars such as Nicki.

SRBF meeting on Saturday, and Freddie Lindgren testimonial on the Sunday so hence more chance of getting visiting (from abroad ) riders after practise before the NZ GP. Think Nicki and.......

The airport bus from Arlanda stops quite close by as well I believe (Hotel Jarva Krog)

It has been reported on Facebook that Dutch Ice Racing start Tjitte Bootsma has today died after a long battle with illness. RIP Tjitte, and thanks for the entertainment

Spot on 5 Furrow - its a much nicer drive as well

I knew I remembered somebody saying the Monster sponsorship was coming from Poland.... Did anybody notice from last nights SWC in Poland that the 2 Monster trucks that were in the pits, and taking Russia around on their victory lap were English registered ? Nottingham / Lincoln plates to be more specific........

For my sins I am working in Cardiff for the early part of this week, and one thing that I have noticed is that virtually every bus that I got stuck behind today seemed to have an advert for the 20 - 20 final thats on the same day as the GP. How many adverts were there for the SGP though ? Answers on a postcard please....

They are currently used on the Ice Gladiators bikes, although I am not sure of the actual placement of them, and for those who watched the coverage on Motors TV, you will of seen that the commentators like them. The FIM Have a tie up with TAG Hueuer and there is no doubt that they will come to the SGP in time, as they will to all FIM sanctioned events eventually. There has been much discussion within the FIM about the most appropriate place to house the transponder, given the frequency at which riders change bikes.....

Here's hoping the referee has a good one on his Birthday.....Happy Birthday Krister !!

There is a fairly new resource on the web that has some speedway film: http://www.eafa.org....atalogue/144622 http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/99858 http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/881 http://www.eafa.org....atalogue/144660 http://www.eafa.org....atalogue/212340 Enjoy !!

Transponders have been looked at by the FIM through their association with TAG Heur and I'm fairly sure they will be seen this year. They were looked at pre 2011 season, and the issue was where & how to mount them so that they were in exactly the same position on each bike, and so that they couldn't be moved during the meeting.

The BLRC was a good day out from King's Lynn, where the racing was truly secondary. It was about the whole experience. We would leave King's Lynn at about 09:00 in the morning on the coach. Stop at Worksop for some 'lunch' and then head to Belle Vue. Once at there we would go for some 'evening sustenance' before going to the BLRC. Once the BLRC had finished it was off around the fun fair, and then onto the Disco's that were around and about. The coach left at 2AM and we usually got back to King's Lynn around 7AM. The thing was, with a day like that most of us on the coach couldn't remember much about the speedway apart from the truly annoying centre green presenter (Dick Barrie ?)

8, 9, & 10 look like the late Craig Featherby to me and I have a suspicion that 31 could be Kevin Teager ?