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Will hopefully do Cardiff unless work intervenes (as it did last year) but will probably do Gorican as well, especially as a few have already asked me to organise a trip. More the merrier, drop me a PM if anyone is interested

I had heard it was to be 6pm in 2010, but don't take that as gospel

But there wont be. The Grand Prix Manual does not permit it.

Maybe there's a contractual obligation for BSI to provide 2 British riders in the series for Sky Sports ???? IMO, the sooner all these 4 nominations are axed in favour of a true qualification system, where the 4 major nations stage a qualifier, or a GP Challenge type meeting, a couple of days ahead of the GP the better. That way those in form have an instant shot at GP stardom, whilst the current competitors face an immediate re-qualification should they not be in top 8 at certain cut off point during the season. For me, it's not right that someone like Holder has to now wait 8 months since qualifying for the GPs before starting in one !

It appears that Norway will be racing in the SWC qualifier at Abensberg next year. Sportowefakty suggests that the team could possibly include the non GP racing Rune Holta !

Which they obviously expect the local economy and the staging venue to recoup from visiting supporters. I wonder if thats 300K for just next years round or for the 2011 Race off and Final as well ? BTW, does anyone know the capacity of the refurbished stadium in Gorzow Wlkp? If its a 10,000 seater I'd suggest that 300K is a reasonably acceptable cost based on potential returns

Can any on our Polish friends advise if what Sportowe Fakty reports is correct, that the SWC is to be renamed the "World Team Championship" or has Google Translate got it wrong ? It is the final sentence of this report English Translation here Polish original here There's also some other news about BSI not being all that happy with the Polish press leaking information regarding the deal with Gorzow Wlkp to stage the SWC / WTC there next year here

Here you go

1st place - Wendy 876 2nd place - Brummie Kev 875 3rd place - bandits4eva 872 Congratulations go to Wendy who takes the win by the narrowest of margins, commiserations to Brummie Kev and bandits 4eva on just missing out. Well done to all 3 team managers on keeping their original line ups throughout the season, and especially to our winner Wendy who kept Jason Crump as her captain throughout. Could each of you PM me your full name and address and I will forward the following prizes. 1st : 2009 Super 7even Series DVD box set, plus 2009 GP Challenge DVD 2nd : 2009 Grand Prix Challenge DVD 3rd : DVD of any 1 of the 7x Super 7even Series Furthermore, Individual round winners will be announced shortly and we'll be sorting out the prizes for those also. Thanks to everyone for playing, and with the spreadsheet now built the competition in 2010 ought to run abit more smoothly.

******************************************************************************** FINAL SCORES ******************************************************************************** 1st place - Wendy 876 2nd place - Brummie Kev 875 3rd place - bandits4eva 872 lucifer sam 862 seedef27 831 Sky Blue Bee 827 Dietbowers 819 Squall 817 pearcey 814 German Speedway Fan 812 jeffster 810 Shalewhale 808 M08 805 Jimmy716 798 Baille 796 Concrete Cowboy 795 smiles 791 spook 790 Seb the Snail 790 Scott0311 789 ozziemonster 782 Derwent 774 orion 773 Snyper1010 768 Mateusz 756 Silver Bee 755 drakey 754 21st century heathen 752 creetingblue 751 T.N.T. 750 Nikkif 748 KevtheRev 748 BUDGIE 748 Sandie 747 Rico 747 shadow 742 beercellar 739 Wolfsbane 737 Sir Jasper 734 BritPete 734 Babe619 734 wessexboy 733 beesboybert 731 Paddy the Rebel 730 Full throttle 730 grumpy 719 kiwi 718 refereerick 717 davidadam 715 Diddy 713 Papa Bazarou 704 KevH 698 Grim Reeper 695 MattyHart 693 Silver Cheetah Snr 689 Witches vs Hammers 688 samthepalaceman2 688 Nazza 685 Aussie 683 INCOGNITO 679 Bee Happy 672 Blazeaway 671 speedydenboy 669 UnitedUnitedUnited 667 Robbie B 667 MrWulfAndrew 667 bringmesunshine 659 Pantherman 649 SCB 648 Ozyace 647 PirateScream 640 Lis 635 Pirate baz 631 J D 620 DutchGrasstrack 620 Joanne 611 rudger 605 CrazyMadTom 605 buzzybee 603 Cov bees 2005 602 highside 601 Brummie Boy 600 SuperSwindon 584 garf 572 Cornishman 568 bazaar3 568 CMV06 552 sportsnut 546 Daddyfairy 536 Jacques 511 ************************************************

So it would seem that the 2010 SGP calendar will pan out as follows : Apr 24 - Leszno May 8 - Gothenburg May 22 - Prague June 5 - Copenhagen June 19 - Torun July 10 - Cardiff Aug 14 - Malilla Aug 28 - Gorican Sept 11 - Vojens Sept 25 - Italy Oct 9 - Bydgoszcz with SWC July 24 - Gorzow July 26 - UK round July 29 - Vojens Race Off July 31 - Vojens SWC Final

...and it looks like it is postponed again

Sportowefakty confirming this morning that Leszno will open the 2010 GPs on 24 April here FIM biannual session starts today and ends on Monday. Not sure when CCP (track commission) meet during this time, but expect 2010 calendars next week.

I suspect he'll get a $500 fine and a ban, although this will be suspended for 12 months or so.

Less than a week to go - come on folks get your captains nominated - I'll sort out all the prizes, inc individual round winners, etc very soon after the final scores are in.

As seen on Sky Sports last night, Clean Cut Sports were delighted to be invited by the Pavlic family to film last Saturday's World Under 21 Final The DVD is currently being produced, and is available to order from our website here

no that was Lewis Bridger

You did a great job mate!

Hi T.N.T. I have checked back over the discrepancy here, namely I have recorded your team as including Nicki Pedersen rather than Jason Crump The reason for this is here The rules rely on SGP riders being nominated along with their SGP number, and in this case you have mistakenly listed "1 JASON CRUMP" Accordingly "1" went into the spreadsheet and you gained Nicki Pedersen rather than Jason Crump. To retrospectively amend this (across 6 SGPs) would gain you an additional 33 points. Given I stress the importance of correctly declaring the SGP rider number in your team declaration I cannot unfortunately allow this amendment. Regards Pete

******************************************************************************** SCORES AFTER ROUND 10 - ITALIAN SGP ******************************************************************************** bandits4eva 821 Brummie Kev 818 Wendy 813 lucifer sam 793 Sky Blue Bee 776 seedef27 771 German Speedway Fan 763 Shalewhale 761 pearcey 755 M08 754 Jimmy716 750 Squall 743 spook 743 Dietbowers 743 Seb the Snail 736 Concrete Cowboy 736 Baille 734 smiles 733 jeffster 733 Scott0311 729 orion 726 Snyper1010 721 Derwent 719 ozziemonster 712 creetingblue 706 Silver Bee 705 BritPete 693 Babe619 693 Wolfsbane 691 Nikkif 691 KevtheRev 691 Sandie 690 wessexboy 686 shadow 686 BUDGIE 686 21st century heathen 686 Rico 682 beesboybert 682 Full throttle 681 T.N.T. 680 Mateusz 675 drakey 673 Diddy 673 beercellar 671 Paddy the Rebel 670 kiwi 670 grumpy 669 refereerick 667 davidadam 661 Sir Jasper 658 Papa Bazarou 645 Grim Reeper 644 Witches vs Hammers 640 Aussie 636 samthepalaceman2 633 Silver Cheetah Snr 632 Bee Happy 627 Nazza 625 MattyHart 622 Robbie B 619 speedydenboy 612 KevH 612 bringmesunshine 612 INCOGNITO 599 UnitedUnitedUnited 596 MrWulfAndrew 596 SCB 592 PirateScream 587 Blazeaway 586 Ozyace 582 Lis 567 Pantherman 566 Pirate baz 565 buzzybee 562 Joanne 546 J D 545 DutchGrasstrack 542 CrazyMadTom 542 highside 540 Brummie Boy 539 rudger 536 garf 516 SuperSwindon 514 Cov bees 2005 514 Daddyfairy 503 sportsnut 494 Cornishman 485 bazaar3 485 CMV06 481 Jacques 456

Scores after Round 10 are here or here

Please use this thread to nominate your captains for the final GP of the year, the Mecca of Speedway - Bydgoszcz !! Closing for entries is midday BST Saturday October 17th

Sorry guys but the cut off time is midday. In your case Wessex boy your Captain was already Crump so you didnt need to change him !!

Not quite, just Croatia. The crew are covering the ELRC, and got to get back Sunday to prepare for the Play Off Final on the Monday. Besides after being so badly let down by the Pardubice club last year we are in no rush to go back there !

I've emailed my mate Sasha who lives in D-pils to ask him. I'll let you know what he says.