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I am confused....If Masarna are declared bankrupt, does that not affect the whole club, including Dalakraft, OR are Team Dalakraft in effect a separate club, especially where finances are concerned ?

Danish League on Wednesday's next year, as per usual ? If so, Saifutdinov wont be signing for Poole then

Anders / Ghostwalker, Do you think Jason Crump will return to Norrkoping, to spearhead his old club Vargarna's return to the Elit League, now that he has quit British Speedway ?

Courtesy of Petr Moravec at www.zlataprilba.cz JEZDCI PRO ZLATOU PŘILBU 2008 / RIDER´S FOR GOLDEN HELMET 2008 Anglie (GBR)- Scott Nicholls, Tai Woffinden, Chris Harris* Austrálie (AUS) - Jason Crump, Rory Schlein, Steve Johnston, Leigh Adams* Dánsko (DEN) - Hans Andersen, Kenneth Bjerre, Jesper B. Monberg, Nicki Pedersen* Chorvatsko (CRO) - Jurica Pavlic* Itálie (ITA) - Mattia Carpanese, Alessandro Milanesse Maďarsko (HUN) - Matej Ferjan Německo (GER) - Christian Heffenbrock, Mathias Schultz, Martin Smolinski Polsko (POL) - Karol Zabik, Sebastian Ulamek* Rakousko (AUT)- Manuel Hauzinger Rusko (RUS) - Vladimír Dubinin Slovensko (SVK) - Martin Vaculík Slovinsko (SLO) - Izak Šantej, Matej Zagar Švédsko (SWE) - Peter Karlsson, Fredrik Lindgren Ukrajina (UKR) - Andrej Karpov USA - Greg Hancock* Česko (CZE) - Aleš Dryml, Lukáš Dryml*, Josef Franc, Matěj Kůs*,Adrian Rymel*, Tomáš Suchánek, Filip Šitera, Hynek Štichauer*,Luboš Tomíček Jezdec označený * nemá ještě vyřešen svůj start v polské lize. Finální st. listina bude zveřejněna 29. 9. Eventuality Contract in Poland league. Final Line-up 29.9. * - Depends on Polish Play Offs ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STARTOVNÍ LISTINA ZLATÁ STUHA / Golden Band 3. 10. 2008 1. WOFFINDEN Tai GBR 2. ŠTICHAUER Hynek CZE 3. MILÍK Václav CZE 4. HANSEN Kenneth DEN 5. HÁDEK Michael CZE 6. NIELSEN Simon DEN 7. BARKER Ben GBR 8. ŠITERA Filip CZE 9. DIELGER Max GER 10. HOLUB Jan CZE 11. VACULÍK Martin SVK 12. DUH Matej SLO 13. BUSCH Tobiáš GER 14. NOVOTNY Manuel AUT 15. WÖLBERT Kevin GER 16. KŮS Matěj CZE 17. GAVENDA Martin CZE 18. ZENGOTA Grzegorz POL 19. SZEWCZYKOWSKI Adrian POL 20. ARENDT Kenni DEN N1 VIDNER René CZE N2 FUKSA Pavel CZE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FINÁLE MISTROVSTVÍ SVĚTA JUNIORŮ / World Under 21 Final 4. 10. 2008 STARTOVNÍ LISTINA 1. ŠITERA Filip CZE 2. ZENGOTA Grzegorz POL 3. SAJFUTDINOV Emil RUS 4. BATCHELOR Troy AUS 5. HOUGAARD Patrick DEN 6. BRIDGER Lewis GBR 7. GOMOLSKI Adrian POL 8. LINDGREN Ludvig SWE 9. PAVLIC Jurica CRO 10. KŮS Matej CZE 11. KARPOV Andriy UKR 12. HOLDER Chris AUS 13. RISAGER Morten DEN 14. WOFFINDEN Tai GBR 15. KONONOV Igor RUS 16. LAWSON William GBR 17. GUSTAFSSON Simon SWE 18. VACULÍK Martin SVK

There is an exhibition on the history of the Golden Helmet this year in Pardubice Castle, open from 10.00 - 18.00 hours everyday except Monday. The exhibition opened in June, and finishes on October 12th. More details here : http://www.vcm.cz (In Czech Only though)

The same goes for the Czech Republic as a whole

This meeting apparently took place last Saturday. Anyone have any results ? There is nothing on Slany's website, although the date is listed in theie calendar : http://www.speedwayslany.wbs.cz/Sportovni_kalendar.html EDIT : Found the result here : http://www.speedwaya-z.cz/view.php?cisloclanku=2008090601 1. SK Mega Lada Togliatti 46 Nicki Pedersen, DK 3 3 3 3 3 15 Denis Sajfutdinov 2 - 1 - E 3 Leigh Adams, AUS 3 1 3 3 3 13 Emil Sajfutdinov 3 3 3 3 - 12 Danil Ivanov M 2 1 3 2. Simon & Wolf Debrecen 31 Maciej Kuciapa, PL 1 1 2 1 2 7 Jozsef Tabaka 1 2 0 3 2 8 Sandor Tihanyi 0 - - - - 0 Matej Ferjan 0 3 3 2 3 11 Hynek Štichauer, CZ 2 1 F 2 5 3. AK Slaný 30 Peter Karlsson, S 3 2 2 2 2 11 Tomasz Piszcz, PL 1 1 E 1 3 6 Daniel Jeleniewski, PL 2 3 X 1 1 7 Michal Szczepaniak, PL 0 1 2 2 1 6 Martin Málek DNR 4. SK Lokomotiv Daugavpils 13 Leonids Paura 0 - 0 F - 0 Maksims Bogdanovs 2 0 2 0 0 4 Andrejs Koroljovs 2 2 1 1 0 6 Kjastas Puodžuks 1 0 1 - 0 2 Vjačeslavs Giruckis 0 0 1 1 Rent a rider for Togliatti, as per usual

Tomaz, Will there be any updates for this meeting ?

Edmon, Have you ever stayed in Kolin before ? If so, what's it like ? The nightlife in Pardubice is good, Prague speaks for itself. Hradec Kralove seemed a little "sleepy" when I went there, very quiet, so I wondered what Kolin was like...

To be honest, if you cant stay in Pardubice, go for Prague, only an hour from Pardubice by train, and transport connections between Prague and Pardubice are plentiful, and train tickets very cheap. Train Timetable : www.vlak.cz , which has English pages too (Use Czech names, eg. Praha, not Prague)

Have you tried : Penzion Atrium :http://www.penzionatrium.cz Pension Austria : http://www.pensionaustria.cz The English language pages on : http://www.pardubice.cz

Cant find the various other threads, so here goes, Rod : Friday - Golden Band / AKA Junior Golden Helmet - 17.00 hours CET Saturday - World Under Final - 14.00 hours CET Sunday - Golden Helmet - 12.30 hours CET You may also want to check this thread re ticket prices : http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/ind...showtopic=43953 Have to say that if at all possible, you should consider staying in Pardubice....I went to Hradec Kralove by car one year to see an Ice Hockey match while the Pardubice rink was being extended, and that took 45 mins...So, by public transport, I guess you could be looking at twice that, 90 minutes each way

Taken from www.zlataprilba.cz : VSTUPNÉ 2008 5. 10. 2008 60. ZLATÁ PŘILBA MĚSTA PARDUBIC Sezení B - Z 800, - Kč Sezení C - Y - X - D - E - V - G - H 600, - Kč Sezení M, N, O, P, R 300, - Kč Sezení J - K - L 200, - Kč Sezení J - rodinná vstupenka (2 dospělí + 2 děti ) 500, - Kč Stání 150, - Kč Stání - děti, studenti, důchodci 100, - Kč 4. 10. 2008 MISTROVSTVÍ SVĚTA JUNIORŮ - FINÁLE Sezení B - Z 400, - Kč Sezení C - Y - X - D - E - V - G - H 200, - Kč Sezení M, N, O, P, R 100, - Kč Stání 50, - Kč Stání - děti, studenti, důchodci 30, - Kč 3. 10. 2008 ZLATÁ STUHA JUNIORŮ VSTUP VOLNÝ / FREE ENTRY Sezeni = Seating Stani = Standing Currency Converter - http://www.oanda.com

October 3rd - 5th

Agreed that from the OUTSIDE, "Na Hvezde" doesnt look very appealing at all, with all the graffitti, and bars on the windows, BUT once inside the place is fine, very hospitable, warm, clean and cosy. The food is very good too, and cheap.

Should have said last night that they do have English language menus in the pub itself...

Eat in "Na Hvezde", the pub near the speedway....meals are very cheap, at least last October they were: http://www.sweb.cz/nahvezde/ Menu is "JÍDELÁK"

From recent pictures that I have seen of Tony, in both the speedway star and on the internet re his exploits in the Swedish version of "Come Dancing" or whatever its called, Tony now shaves his head, like myself... So : 1, IF the bloke you saw in the Wetherspoons was totally bald, then yes, it may have been TR. 2, If the bloke you saw wasnt bald, I very much doubt it was Tony

Pollyanna, I believe the dates / meetings are as I described above, but things may change, I guess. We will know when we get there EDIT : www.zlataprilba.cz has the following schedule listed : 3.10. 2008 pátek 34. Zlatá Stuha juniorů začátek 17:00 - Golden Band (AKA Junior Golden Helmet) 4. 10. 2008 MS juniorů - Finále začátek 14:00 (World Under 21 Final) 5. 10. 2008 60. Zlatá přilba města Pardubic začátek 12:30 (Golden Helmet)

No separate qualifiers as such.... The Golden Ribbon ( AKA Under 21 Golden Helmet) is on the Friday, 3rd October The World Under 21 Final is on the Saturday, 4th October Following the World Under 21 Final, there will be the first 4 four heats (one for each qualifying group) of the Golden Helmet itself. The remaining 32 heats of the Golden Helmet will then be staged on Sunday 5th October It is normal practice for the first four heats of the Golden Helmet to be staged after the Saturday meeting, normally the Golden Ribbon, or whatever meeting takes place on the Saturday. This year is the 60th Anniversary of the Golden Helmet, and the addition of the World Under 21 Final makes it a three day festival of speedway,or four, if you include the Tomicek Memorial meeting, taking place at Marketa in Prague on Monday 6th October.

FULL details of Czech Extraleague matches are always available on www.lubostomicek.com

Polish 2nd Division Team, Kolejarz Opole, have announced that Lubos Tomicek will join them for the 2008 season, and Lubos will in fact travel to Opole today to sign his contract. Lubos' team mates at Ople will include Lee Smethills, Brian Lyngso and Peter Kildemand from Denmark, Friedrich Wallner of Austria, and Robert Flis, Piotr Rembas, and Adam Czechowicz, amongst others. Opole will open their season on 29th March, in a home challenge against Turbina Balakovo of Russia. LINK : http://tz.sport.opole.pl and www.lubostomicek.com

On what dates will the meetings be held, Lee ?

Still working on the palace mate...."Phil the Greek" isnt too keen on leaving his large spread in central London...Trying to convince him about all the money he would save on the congestion charge if he moved to another of his places in Norfolk or Scotland...

That boy Nick Morris looks a good prospect Nice lad too, just hope he doesnt pick up his Dad's Brummie accent Looks like the deal done in Pardubice last year to take him to Swindon in oh 2013 or 2014 will pay rich dividends for the Robins... Hope you're all well mate, and give Nick my regards. Neil sends his best wishes to you too. He was well chuffed when I told him about this result last night !