The White Knight 9,039 Posted May 19, 2015 For how much longer is our International Speedway Team going to be known by that bloody awful name TeamGB? Talk about stating the bloody obvious: i) It is a Team. ii) It is Great Britain. Why the hell can we not just call our International Team 'GREAT BRITAIN' so that we can have some pride in both the Team and our Country. But PLEASE not the obnoxious TeamGB - it is an abomination!!!!! I would also ask for a big Union Flag on the racejacket - but I have little doubt that would be going too far. http://speedwayplus.com/FreddieWilliams.shtml Link taken from SpeedwayPlus website. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruiser McHuge 589 Posted May 19, 2015 There are loads of sports that now call themselves Team GB or Team England...it's probably come across from America , it sounds American ......but it also sounds awful......I will always say Great Britain or England or whatever country is represented....I'll never ever say Team anything ! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weatherwatcher 664 Posted May 19, 2015 It is Great Britain, we all know that it is a team. As for using the big Union Jack on the race suits, it is probablly politically incorrect to use our flag, which so many of us are proud of in case it upsets someone. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ch958 2,395 Posted May 19, 2015 You're leaning against an open door here TWK - its an embarrasing attempt to be trendy 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
customhouseregular 1,651 Posted May 19, 2015 I'm not too sure what's worse. The Great Britain team of yesteryear which was 75% Antipodean, or the current TeamGB which is 100% English. Can't we enter the SWC as England?. We are not Great Britain or TeamGB in the Commonwealth Games, so I see no objection to racing under the England banner with a Cross of St. George proudly worn. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheCookster 57 Posted May 19, 2015 For how much longer is our International Speedway Team going to be known by that bloody awful name TeamGB? Talk about stating the bloody obvious: i) It is a Team. ii) It is Great Britain. Why the hell can we not just call our International Team 'GREAT BRITAIN' so that we can have some pride in both the Team and our Country. But PLEASE not the obnoxious TeamGB - it is an abomination!!!!! I would also ask for a big Union Flag on the racejacket - but I have little doubt that would be going too far. http://speedwayplus.com/FreddieWilliams.shtml Link taken from SpeedwayPlus website. Let's start a Team BSF campaign to have it abolished! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
customhouseregular 1,651 Posted May 19, 2015 Sign me up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skidder1 7,637 Posted May 19, 2015 It won't really matter cos Team Denmark or Team Poland will win it!! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
customhouseregular 1,651 Posted May 19, 2015 Maybe not if Russia track Sayfutdinov and the Lagutas. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,997 Posted May 19, 2015 Maybe not if Russia track Sayfutdinov and the Lagutas. If they don't want to ride for Russia we could put them in,like we did with Schlein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldace 1,678 Posted May 19, 2015 England I presume you would like the 1984 world pairs champions referred to as Manchester then as thats where the winning team came from. This has been gone over dozens of times. It is great britain because it is the representative team of the acu who represent 2 and 3 wheel motorsport in great britain at the fim, it is irrelevent that the team at the moment all hail from england 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,997 Posted May 19, 2015 It is funny though when a commentator spontaneously calls them England.Think it might be Tatum that regularly does????? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bagpuss 10,784 Posted May 19, 2015 Don't think it matters a fig personally. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Triple.H. 1,986 Posted May 19, 2015 You're on a Roll 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
