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Scores after the Latvian SGP now updated here

Please use this thread to nominate your captains for the Latvian SGP. Closing for entries is midday BST Saturday August 1st. Scores after Round 5 will be updated this week, currently in Workington after last nights PL 4TT. Apologies for the delay.

It was - only captains can be declared for Latvia - and indeed ONLY on the separate thread that I set up. Scores after Cardiff are nearly done - big effort to update 50 of the 90 teams - scores certainly by the end of the week - with scores after Latvia on Sunday or Monday.

Video action from the meeting available here

Any rider that doesnt ride wont score. Sorry, its just tough luck.

He actually left the yellow (2 minutes) lights on during the race that Gollob misread as red stop lights. The guy is a baffoon, he was also in charge at Gorican last month and excluded Zagar after he was taken out by Rymel (?). This "must exclude somebody" type of decision rather than an all 4 back does the sport no good at all, IMO. As for Heat 22 tonight, I'll reserve judgement until its confirmed whether he cocked up again or whether the information provided to him was incorrect.

He is - scored 10 pts in Daugavpils in the Semi to finish 5th

On her twitter, Charlie Webster also reckons its Troy in for Sullivan

I believe Patrick Hougaard is riding in a UEM event on Sunday, and it wasnt logistically possible to get his bikes from Latvia to Germany overnight.

Finishing touches being put to it today, so won't quite be ready for sale at Perry Barr this evening, but website orders will be dispatched as soon as copies get made, certainly shipping by the weekend.

Official DVD of the 2009 PL Pairs now available to order here

Firstly can I apologise for the delay in bringing this up to date, its been a particularly busy spell filming wise, and I'd simply not had the time to frequent the BSF in the past couple of weeks. So big thanks to T.N.T for starting a captains thread for Copenhagen, and to everyone for posting their captains. With sincerest apologies to Paddy the Rebel for starting a Transfwer Window thread, but the rules change from now on with the riders now having NEW values. Anyway, it's onto Cardiff and time for you to change your team should you so wish. This amended team will automatically apply until after the Nordic GP at the end of August when the transfer window opens once again. If you wish to keep the same set of 5 riders (even if they now total more than £190,000) then you may do so. If you wish to make changes then you can replace up to 3 of your current 5 but with one simple stipulation. The NEW value of the riders you wish to bring into your team must not exceed the OLD value of those you are replacing. eg. Replace Bjerre & Nicholls (OLD value = £65,000) Introduce 2 new riders with a NEW value not exceeding £65,000 As before, each rider will then score their G.P points - Plus a bonus 5 points if they win the G.P - plus you can select a captain, who will get you double points for every meeting that they are captain in. The next transfer window will be between the Vojens and Krsko G.P's. However you can change your captain every round if you so desire. Wild card for the Cardiff GP is Edward Kennett Captains for each round to be posted on THE INDIVIDUAL CAPTAINS thread only by noon BST on the day of the GP, except obviously for Cardiff which can be posted here along with your revised team, but PLEASE submit your full new team of 5 riders along with their SGP riding numbers. I cannot stress enough how much this helps me avoid making mistakes !! As before, entrants shall keep the same 5 riders (and captain) should no posting be made If you want anything else explaining please feel free to contact me on here by PM. The Riders and their OLD and NEW prices are as follows : 2 JASON CRUMP OLD £50,000 NEW £60,000 15 EMIL SAYFUTDINOV £25,000 £50,000 1 NICKI PEDERSEN £60,000 £50,000 7 ANDREAS JONSSON £35,000 £45,000 4 GREG HANCOCK £45,000 £45,000 3 TOMASZ GOLLOB £45,000 £45,000 12 KENNETH BJERRE £30,000 £35,000 10 FREDRIK LINDGREN £30,000 £35,000 6 LEIGH ADAMS £45,000 £35,000 14 SEBASTIAN ULAMEK £20,000 £30,000 8 RUNE HOLTA £35,000 £30,000 5 HANS ANDERSEN £45,000 £30,000 13 GREG WALASEK £20,000 £25,000 16 WILD CARD £20,000 £20,000 11 CHRIS HARRIS £30,000 £20,000 9 SCOTT NICHOLLS £35,000 £15,000

For anyone not in Cardiff, or indeed not working (unlike me ) details of a live internet stream of this weekends qualifier at Gorican, Croatia, just received for Darija Pavlic Speedway club Unia from Gorican (Croatia) is organizing Speedway Grand Prix qualifying round 5. It will be held on stadium Milenium, on Saturday 27th of June at 19:00 h. First time in FIM championship we will have live streaming on web site - whole race including rider presentation, interviews.. will be shown live on web site: www.crostream.net As you have two riders from UK in this race, please put an article on your web site so fans could watch the race even if they are not in Croatia. Here is the lineup: 1 David Ruud (SWE) 2 Janusz Kolodziej (PL) 3 Chris Holder (AUS) 4 Marko Vlah (HR) 5 Lee Richardson (GB) 6 Semen Vlasov (RUS) 7 Krzysztof Kasprzak (PL) 8 Matej Ferjan (H) 9 Andriy Karpov (UKR) 10 Piotr Swiderski (PL) 11 Jurica Pavlic (HR) 12 Matej Zagar (SLO) 13 Norbert Magosi (H) 14 Jonas Davidsson (SWE) 15 Lewis Bridger (GB) 16 Adrian Rymel (CZ 17 Renato Cvetko (HR) 18 Nikola Pigac (HR) Best regards, Darija Pavlic

Or indeed submission in this format is also OK

Just to be clear on the rules Max of 3 transfers All must be new riders, ie you cannot drop a rider then bring him straight back in on his new value The 190K limit no longer applies, just the NEW total of the riders coming in must not exceeed the OLD total of the riders being dropped. Please submit your changes (including OLD and NEW values), plus your revised 5 including their SGP numbers. EG OUT Nicholls, Bjerre, & Crump = OLD value £115K IN Sayfutdinov, Holta, & Adams = NEW value £115K AMENDED TEAM 15. EMIL SAYFUTDINOV 8. RUNE HOLTA 6. LEIGH ADAMS 4. GREG HANCOCK 10. FREDRIK LINDGREN That way I can keep on top of all revisions and not make any mistakes when loading the spreadsheet

New Thread and Transfer Window details now posted here

Updated scores after Round 4 now posted here

Scores after Round 3 just updated here

SCORES AFTER ROUND 3 - GOTHENBURG SGP bandits4eva 270 Brummie Kev 263 Wendy 262 lucifer sam 262 Dietbowers 262 jeffster 259 smiles 256 Sky Blue Bee 256 Shalewhale 256 seedef27 253 German Speedway Fan 249 Squall 248 21st century heathen 248 drakey 247 ozziemonster 245 Baille 242 Babe619 241 spook 238 Concrete Cowboy 238 pearcey 237 Nikkif 237 KevtheRev 237 Sandie 236 Scott0311 232 M08 232 Jimmy716 225 creetingblue 224 beesboybert 224 Silver Bee 223 Derwent 223 Mateusz 220 Seb the Snail 219 Rico 219 BritPete 219 beercellar 219 Snyper1010 216 refereerick 216 wessexboy 215 KevH 215 T.N.T. 212 grumpy 211 Full throttle 208 Nazza 207 Paddy the Rebel 206 Silver Cheetah Snr 204 Diddy 201 Blazeaway 199 orion 196 Wolfsbane 194 UnitedUnitedUnited 194 MrWulfAndrew 194 MattyHart 194 kiwi 194 Ozyace 193 Aussie 193 Pantherman 192 DutchGrasstrack 192 CrazyMadTom 192 Sir Jasper 191 SCB 190 Pirate baz 187 Witches vs Hammers 186 J D 186 shadow 185 Bee Happy 185 Robbie B 184 BUDGIE 184 Brummie Boy 181 Lis 180 davidadam 180 SuperSwindon 179 INCOGNITO 178 Grim Reeper 173 PirateScream 170 Papa Bazarou 168 CMV06 159 samthepalaceman2 155 buzzybee 154 bringmesunshine 154 rudger 150 Jacques 136 Joanne 134 Daddyfairy 126 highside 123 sportsnut 117 Cov bees 2005 111 Cornishman 111 bazaar3 111 garf 105 ******************************************************************************** *********** Please submit your nominated captains on this thread please by noon BST on 30th May 2009 Also any new teams wishing to enter may also do so by the same cut off time. Please note therefore that current players may NOT amend their team at this time, and that the first transfer window occurs between the Copenhagen and Cardiff SGPs FYI, a new thread will be created for every SGP so that I may record correctly your posting on the spreadsheet so that any queries may be quickly identified. BTW, I've also decided that the team with the most points from each single round will win a £15 voucher that can be reimbursed on our website, www.cleancutsports.com In the event of a tie the team with the highest overall score at the time shall be declared the round winner. Please be advised that results for Round 3 will not be calculated until Saturday 6th June as I am away working that week

Working on this presently and all will be revealed by mid afternoon !

Hi everyone. Sorry that Ive not been able to keep up to date with this competition, busy working away, indeed Im writing this from my phone. Thanks to those who have started new threds for new rounds etc, and as the transfer window is now open Ill be posting the NEW rider values applicable to transfers tomorrow. Apologies again for lack of action on my part, will catch up and post full and latest scores tomorrow before I leave for Belle Vue. Therefore pleas wait before posting your new teams and apologies to those who have already done so

8 SGP rounds, but 4 would be nominated "Super Prix", ie they include a Thursday night qualification meeting involving riders classified 10th to 15th in the SGP standings at the time, plus 9 entrants who would pay an entry fee, plus a local wildcard. Top 6 qualify for weekends SGP, joining the top 9 in the SGP standings plus wildcard. If not a Super Prix then Top 15 (plus local wildcard) compete in next SGP. Qualification meetings to replace current Quarters & Semis system, but GP Challenge to be held at seasons end contested by riders classified 9th to 24th in the SGP standings. Top 6 qualify for next seasons SGP, joining current year top 8 plus 1 BSI nomination.

I guess this rules Tai out from being track reserve at Cardiff ?

Please submit your nominated captains on this thread please by noon BST on 9th May 2009 Also any new teams wishing to enter may also do so by the same cut off time. Please note therefore that current players may NOT amend their team at this time, and that the first transfer window occurs between the Copenhagen and Cardiff SGPs FYI, a new thread will be created for every SGP so that I may record correctly your posting on the spreadsheet so that any queries may be quickly identified. BTW, I've also decided that the team with the most points from each single round will win a £15 voucher that can be reimbursed on our website, www.cleancutsports.com In the event of a tie the team with the highest overall score at the time shall be declared the round winner.

Just wound Sky+ back to see what the fuss is about, sorry chaps but IMO that's as bad a decision as Malilla last year from Mr Darago.