racers and royals

2nd semi-final was yesterday so we now know 13 of the 16 through to the final( could be 2 or 3 seeded to the final) Michael Szczepaniak Protasiewicz Zengota Mateusz Szczepaniak Buczkowski Balinski Kolodziej Zmarzlik Gapinski Prem Pawlicki Suchecki Ulamek Swiderski

Darcy practising in Ostrow today-some photo`s http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/529172/darcy-ward-trenowal-w-ostrowie

Latest odds for tomorrow http://www.oddschecker.com/motorsport/speedway/european/speedway-event-1-torun/winner

Really looking forward to tomorrow`s 1st round in Torun-one of the best race-tracks in the world(thanks Per ) Plenty of riders in the field who could cause an upset or two. competition running here http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=79468&hl= for anyone interested.

Extra TV match to look forward to next week on Wednesday 24th June Rybnik v Ostrow programme starts at 4.35pm for 5pm 1st race-so with the extraleague match on Friday 26th as well -happy days !!

Team news Wroclaw v Torun http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/wydarzenie/34841 Gorzow v Tarnow http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/wydarzenie/34842 Ostrow v Daugavpils http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/wydarzenie/35174

Google translation of Sportowefakty article Polish Motor Union does not want to further cooperation with Ole Olsen. If the BSI, the organizer of Grand Prix will not allow another company to build the track, this competition at the National Stadium will not take place.

Some new re-arranged dates all the 4 postponed matches on June 14th - round 8 will be held on Sunday July 19th the new date for the postponed round 4 match Tarnow v Zielona gora is Thursday 6th August

Marvellous kept away from the score and details from yesterday`s TV match to watch on good old British Eurosport at the scheduled time of 9.30am and they are showing live Snooker from China

Round 4 Cardiff Saturday 4th July start time 5pm Woffinden 12 - 14 Hancock 11 - 13 Pedersen 11 - 13 Kildemand 9 - 11 Janowski 8 - 10 Kasprzak 8 - 10 NKI 8 - 10 Jonsson 8 - 10 Zagar 7 - 9 Holder 7 - 9 Doyle 7 - 9 MJJ 7 - 9 Batchelor 7 - 9 Harris 6 - 8 THJ 4 - 6 Cook 2 - 4

Better video here https://www.facebook.com/jonnie.andersson/videos/10153072035224164/?permPage=1

£100 Kildemand more £100 G Laguta more

Just to confirm the 1st we see of tonights match on British Eurosport is a 1 hour programme tomorrow morning(Wednesday) at 9.30 am-lets hope they show all 15 heats this time !!! plenty of polish streams around tonight-6pm uk time http://soccer-live.pl/transmisje.php?id=motorsport http://livelooker.com/en/tv,7,speedway.html http://www.meczyki.pl/

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One change this season which has helped the TV SGP/SWC programmes is the return of Steve Brandon-no longer combining a floor manager role with interviewing. He now alongside the interviews is cast as a pit side reporter and can give the commentary duo upto date info from the pits-probably us watching on Eurosport don`t get his full output which the world feed do get(Eurosport probably are showing the previous 4 races segment)

3 hour video of the final https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8snq80jVUs

She also questioned whether the "commentators comments" were live comments- hopefully I answered that.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/millennium-stadium-pitch-unveiled-brilliant-8041634

Can we get one thing straight-the Eurosport highlights programme was the live BSI/IMG output edited down to a 2 hour programme-Of course Pearson and tatum were live-they don`t work for Eurosport - Eurosport just take the picture and commentary package as one. If anyone thinks Eurosport are marvellous at editing, they should have watched the last Swedish league match they showed, when in a hours programme to show 15 heats they cut out heat 2 !!!!

Did anyone else hear Nigel Pearson say during the world cup that the Cardiff track is going in early this year.

So we move on to round 9 next Sunday 21st June(not forgetting the 1st round of the Euro`s on Sat evening 6pm-uk time)-all uk times 1st up 12.15pm for 12.45pm 1st race Div 1 Ostrow v Daugavpils 3.30pm for 4pm 1st race Wroclaw v Torun 6pm for 6.30pm 1st race Gorzow v Tarnow http://soccer-live.pl/transmisje.php?id=motorsport http://livelooker.com/en/tv,7,speedway.html http://www.meczyki.pl/

Jacques -Speedway`s not totally unpredictable, I led after round 2,3 and 4

Can`t see anything on the planner for Swedish league on Eurosport Tuesday 16th June. Indianerna v Rosppigarna Edit on Wednesday morning 9.30am for 1 hour -just about better than nothing I suppose. Further edit live on Eurosport Europe Tuesday evening

Anyone who took part is more than welcome to take part in the Euro`s comp which starts on Saturday In Torun-live on Eurosport http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=79468&hl= It`s not complicated at all.

We must wait for the official scores-However Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes yes the cream has stayed at the top