screm 8,069 Posted May 7, 2012 http://www.fim-live....ons_updated.pdf If the nationality of the referee constitutes an announcement, this'll suffice for a couple of weeks' worth of press releases... Practice to start at 11-30 on the day of the meeting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crescent girl 1,908 Posted May 7, 2012 http://www.fim-live....ons_updated.pdf If the nationality of the referee constitutes an announcement, this'll suffice for a couple of weeks' worth of press releases... Is there a point at which all the sneering begins to look more like petty jealousy (of an improving speedway being awarded an FIM event) than genuine forum discussion? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dempo 124 Posted May 7, 2012 I'd assume the USA representatives will be Wells & Fisher and the Dutch rider being Pijper, wonder which rider PZM will sent to Berwick's round. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Backless 538 Posted May 7, 2012 Is there a point at which all the sneering begins to look more like petty jealousy (of an improving speedway being awarded an FIM event) than genuine forum discussion? Probably - I have no idea, I'll leave that for you to mull over. The fact that you seemed to be genuinely excited at the prospect of a Pole refereeing the meeting suggested that knowing his name (evidently beyond the coffin dodgers with microphones to pass along) would be of interest to you, if no one else. The listing of he other officials on the FIM website provided more information. The repeated churning out of the same information on every "media release" will simply result in anything new being buried and missed by those in the media too busy to plough through a Year 8 copy & pasted composition excercise. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted May 7, 2012 The Dutch rider can't be Pijper because he is on a French license... not sure if there will be a Dutch rider at Berwick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
screm 8,069 Posted May 15, 2012 Might be a race against time for Tai Woffinden if he`s to make Berwick,after breaking his scaphoid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LagutaRacingFan 1,940 Posted May 15, 2012 Linus should do well as he has experiance around Berwick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted May 16, 2012 Henry van der Steen will ride for The Netherlands. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crescent girl 1,908 Posted May 17, 2012 Might be a race against time for Tai Woffinden if he`s to make Berwick,after breaking his scaphoid. Tai has expressed a real desire to return to the GP circuit (as per his comments on TV last weekend) so it would be expected he will make every effort to ride at Berwick. It is a big track (and now smooth, too) which might not strain his wrist so much. He also doesn't have to win the meeting -- like at a GP, eight or nine point will see him through. If he can't make it, presumably Neil Middleditch will nominate Olly Allen or Danny King to step up, and find another reserve rider. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
screm 8,069 Posted May 18, 2012 Tai has expressed a real desire to return to the GP circuit (as per his comments on TV last weekend) so it would be expected he will make every effort to ride at Berwick. It is a big track (and now smooth, too) which might not strain his wrist so much. He also doesn't have to win the meeting -- like at a GP, eight or nine point will see him through. If he can't make it, presumably Neil Middleditch will nominate Olly Allen or Danny King to step up, and find another reserve rider. Tai Woffinden has posted on Twitter there he might be out for as much as 12 weeks,making it very unlikely we will be seeing him at Berwick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SCB 2 Posted May 20, 2012 Tai Woffinden has posted on Twitter there he might be out for as much as 12 weeks,making it very unlikely we will be seeing him at Berwick. Tai wouldn't be the first rider to ride in a World Chamionship meeting with a broken bone. Drug up, have a few injections and score 8 or 9 from 3 or 4 rides and then go home to suffer the next day. If he really wants a GP place it's not impossible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blazeaway 1,501 Posted May 20, 2012 Hold on, what's this? A GP qualifier? In England? For riders to qualify for the GP's? I thought the GP's were a closed shop? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
glycerol 0 Posted May 24, 2012 update The field for the GP Challenge qualification event on June 16th – now just three short weeks away, is becoming an intriguing mixture of established world-class names and almost-unknown quantities! The Danish representative will be 24-year-old Kenneth Kruse Hansen, who most-recently raced in the UK for Wolverhampton Wolves. Poland are sending Krysztof Buczkowski, who raced in the Elite League last year with Peterborough Panthers and Henry van der Steen has been nominated to represent The Netherlands. A late change has seen the Russian Federation withdrawing their rider (are they still at war with Berwick?) and the FIM extending that invitation to Italy instead. Their rider will be former Bandit Gino Franchetti, thus giving local fans two former Bandits to cheer for – Tero Aarnio being the Finnish representative. Only the two representatives of the USA have now still to be announced. Previously nominated by their nations are Chris Harris and Tai Woffinden (UK), Davey Watt and Sam Masters (Australia, Christian Hefenbrock (Germany), Facundo Albin and Emiliano Sanchez (Argentina), Linus Sundstrom (Sweden) and Matej Kus from the Czech Republic. AFTER THE BIG NIGHT: As the meeting is about as close to midsummer as you can get, this will be a long, light night. After racing, a Ceilidh will be staged in the Black & Gold to welcome the international visitors. Tickets will be on sale on Saturday in the Track Shop for just £6 – while they last! All money raised will be presented to the club’s Fence Fund. Please take note that admission to the entire Black and Gold hostelry will be by ticket only. The club has booked out both the bar and function suite. New Holland Agriculture are to be the event’s main sponsors, which yet another example of how this particular event has caught major companies’ attention – a very big international organisation backing a very big international event. A number of other sponsorship and hospitality prospects are naturally disappearing like the hottest of hotcakes – to enquire about any remaining heat, rider or further VIP packages, contact Julie Newton Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
barncooseboy 237 Posted May 24, 2012 Speedway DOES sell papers, sports editor of the Cornish Guardian admitted sales dropped by 15% after Trelawny closed. Does anyone know who will be riding against Ben Barker at St Johann Austria? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crescent girl 1,908 Posted May 25, 2012 Surely Ryan Fisher will be nominated. Who else? Ingalls or Wells? Hardly Hamill? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
