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"Bridger surges to the back, Nige"

More fool them ! Stand on a bridge over the M1 or M6, just as exciting, more variety of vehicle To see a race in its entirety, watch Speedway !

I believe this shows that there was sympathy, plus love and understanding

I am saying that anyone suffering from a mental health disorder which precludes them from enjoying a "normal" life pattern deserves sympathy and support, yes - and it may just have been in Kenny's case that a lack of proper support over a long period, even prior to his speedway career, may have contributed to the eventuality, and no matter how dreadful that was (and I agree it was a dreadful occurence), in the event that he was so disturbed he should be accorded a level of sympathy

So Kenny Carter was not genuinely suffering?

Sorry, but YOUR POST is the one which is so wrong - maybe you are fortunate never to have suffered even the most minor of mental health problems - if you had, you would probably not have come out with this outburst Perhaps, in fact, you are UNfortunate never to have suffered a mental health problem, so that you would then have had a slight understanding of what happens Kenny Carter obviously went through many, many years of problems - mother, business, etc - culminating with the saddest of eventualities, which, whilst not condoning, I do have some understanding He deserves some sympathy for the situation he found himself in and for what occurred, albeit at his own hands - perhaps one day, you yourself will have the need for some understanding - and sympathy - for a situation which you probably cannot envisage at present

I have received the following email for a Garry Large im looking for a rider called frank chaffy or chaffee for my mother he is her biological father he may have passed away by now but my mother has been searching for most of her life and is now 76 yrs but she would love to know who he was and if he had eny relatives in the doncasteer area ie daughters sons etc, if enybody could help my mother find her father i would be very greatfull with thank,s If anyone can help him, his address is gazza2001@hotmail.co.uk

I've just been reading the spelling thread about Bjorn Knuts(s)on (plus Mike Broadbank(s)) and it brought to mind a conversation I had many many moons ago with a guy who complained about the pronunciation of Olle Nygren as "OLLEE NYE-GRUN" and he reckoned the real way to say his name was "ULLAY NEE CRANE" I've always been a bit dubious about this (although he was Scandinavian) Any thoughts or knowledge anyone?

Hi Tony These look excellent BUT ................. How can you not use a picture of Mr Coventry on the Bees shirt ? ? ? ?

Are there any plans for 11 September? Remember his birthplace is no longer standing

I believe Cyril was 75 and The Man Mountford was 65

In the end, Great Britain were only 6 points behind the silver medal place If Scott Nicholls had bothered to turn up, GB could well have made 2nd place Mind you, the Swedes can probably say the same about Lindgren Well done to Chris Harris, only Gollob won more races At LFC, we dream of a team of Carraghers Perhaps GB should dream of a team of Harrises! The worry, though, is that the five selected riders are still probably our top 5 Who's coming through? We must make more places available in our leagues for home-grown riders

What I can't get my head round is the phrase "Team GB" What's wrong with calling the team "Great Britain"? It sounds like another Americanisation "Team England"? - no, it's "England" "Team Wales"? - no, it's "Wales" Thankfully, the SWC and Sky captions all referred to "Great Britain"

111 posts . . . . . . . . . . and no mention of the start girls! What's up, chaps?

You mean the Brit who rides for Australia !

There is coverage of one heat, which shows Ivan holding his nerve (and line) under severe pressure from two (unidentifiable) riders - it's the same clip which is available on YouTube Incidentally, Circuits of Gold is available to view online if you Google it

Agreed - anyone who was in The Olympic Stadium, Wroclaw, in 1970 to witness Ivan's victory saw probably the greatest performance ever by a speedway rider in conditions that were so set up to be adverse The best seven I saw : Mauger Fundin Craven Briggs Neilsen Nordin Rickardsson

What a wonderfully educated and well-spoken chap Barry Briggs is ! ! ! ! Was there any need for the language he used in the interview/s ? I doubt it - it's a dreadful advert for our "family sport" to have to listen to this sort of language from one of the "greats" of speedway Nothing wrong with making his points, but I am truly disgusted at the way this comes across on this production Surely a more professional interview could have taken place so that we could actually enjoy listening to what Mr Briggs has to say Mauger and Briggs - chalk and cheese on this evidence A warning about the language at the start is all well and good, but this sort of public display of swearing wins the DVD, the sport, and Mr Briggs in particular, no plaudits whatsovever

That's excellent news - on which of the two dates, do you know yet?

If anyone is struggling to find a copy (at full price), copies are available in the bookshop at Coventry Cathedral That must be a first for a speedway tome !

There are two anniversaries in 2010, the 75th anniversary of Tom's death (30 Aug 1935) and the centenary of his birth (11 Sep 1910) New Cross Stadium has long gone, so too has his birthplace in Henrietta Street, Coventry Are there are plans to visit Tom's memorial in St Paul's Cemetery, Coventry, on 11 Sep 2010? Midland Red

Just added this collection to "Speedway Memories" http://speedwaymemories.fotopic.net/c1806139.html Enjoy!

Courtesy of Crewe TV Blogspot : "The blog has received news from Mark Potts, one of the authors of When They Were Kings - The Crewe Speedway Story about their plans to create a lasting memory of the speedway team that entertained the town between 1969 and 1975. Mark and others have been in talks with Savills (the company that manages the Grand Junction Retail Park off Earle Street) about the erection of a small plaque on the Allied Carpets building which is built on the pits bend of the old Earle Street stadium. The idea is that the constructor of the track, Colin Tucker, would fly over from New Zealand to unveil the plaque in September later this year. But guess what? The hierarchy at Savills have refused the application and, according to Mark, they have stated that they "don't want their building messed around with." As you can imagine, the lads are not happy and won't be leaving it there! They are already looking at an alternative"

Yep, the car auctions are still going!

Measham was the car-auction town, and The Four Counties pub is at No Mans Heath