jeffster

Should be fine now, Kevin - there was an erroneous bracket after the .com You can also reach the page via : http://www.indoorspeedway.com too

The field for this meeting, which this year will be staged over two days, is as follows (details from http://www.speedwaygpberlin.com : 01 Mirko Wolter (Germany) 02 Martin Smolinski (Germany) 03 Enrico Janoschka (Germany) 04 Morten Risager (Denmark) 05 Roman Povazhny (Russia) 06 Tero Aarnio (Finland) 07 Fredrik Lindgren (Sweden) 08 Christian Hulshort (Germany) 09 "Superman" - No, I have not got a clue, either.... 10 Tobias Kroner (Germany) 11 Kristian Lund (Denmark) 12 Stephan Katt (Germany) 13 Manuel Hauzinger (Austria) 14 Michal Sczezepaniak (Poland) 15 Ronny Weiss (Germany) 16 Matthias Kroger (Germany) 17 Tobias Busch (Germany)

Blackie, give the team behind the new site ("Speedway Aktualne") time to bed in...They are exactly the same team that were behind "Speedwayinfo" , and the new site will be as good as the "Speedwayinfo" give time There wont be a "Biercup" meeting staged at Slany the dsay after the LT Memorial meeting... The Current Czech Calendar for 2005 is available here : http://www.speedway.aktualne.cz/view.php?c...anku=2004111202

Magpie, the tram stop is called "Vypich"... Other options : From "Hradcanska" Metro Station (Line A), take tram 1 or 18 to Vetrnik. Go to "Andel" Metro Station, walk a few yards to the "Andel" Bus Terminus, and get bus 191 to "Vypich"

OK, here goes : Wroclaw - See Bydgoszcz below Eskilstuna - Stockholm Skavsta Airport is closest - There is a thread with links by "No Fear" (Ryanair) Krsko - Ljubljana then train (Easyjet) Cardiff - OK Copenhagen - OK (Easyjet no longer fly to Copenhagen) Prague - OK (Easyjet) Malilla - Nearest Airport is Jonkopping I believe, but that isnt served by Ryanair...Flight to Gothenburg then a train perhaps ? Bydgoszcz - Bydgoszcz Paderewski Airport (Fly from Stansted with "Air Polonia" - Polish version of Ryanair / Easyjet - www.airpolonia.com ) "Wizzair" (www.wizzair.com) Another Polish cheap airline is also an option These two Airlines service Warsaw, Katowice, Gdansk & Bydgoszcz Airports Easyjet also fly to Warsaw & Krakow now too. Lonigo - Verona, then train / car?

Newly confirmjed GP Hosts, Smederna will stage the "Lucia Race" this coming Saturday, 4th December, at their Grondal track. The line up: Erik Andersson, Smederna Jimmy Jansson, Bysarna Anders Ljung, Luxo Stars Viktor Bergström, Vargarna Sebastian Aldén , Masarna Kenny Olsson, Hammarby Niklas Klingberg, Vargarna Freddie Eriksson, Hammarby Niklas Gallon, Smederna U Patrik Nougaard, Danmark Ricky Kling, Luxo Stars Morten Risager, Smederna Mattias Nilsson, VMS Elit Jesper B Jensen, Smederna Rickard Sedelius, Team Dalakraft Robert Pettersson, Hammarby Racing starts at 1500 CET Thanks to Mikael Jonsson in Eskilstuna for the line up..... I hope new Swindon signing Sebbe Alden goes well, and Nicke Gallon, who is back from retirement, and also former Smederna man, Rickard Sedelius....

£60 ???? Just how much is the admission fee for Stralsund ???

Iris, I get a "URL Not found" error on the link above, but this one works : http://www.mcnordsternstralsund.de/5040639...95901178d01.htm

Is it at the same place as the previous arena? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Kevin, the old Smederna track called "Snalltjorpet" was in the centre of Eskilstuna. However, the new track at Grondal is on the outskirts of the town, and a taxi or bus will be required to get to the track...I would imagine BSI & Smederna will have to talk to Eskilstuna council to lay on a special bus service for the GP...Should not be a problem though, as there is already a bus service in place for Smederna's league matches (details here - http://www.smederna.nu/smedbuss.asp)

I heard tonight that Eskilstuna is the probable venue for May & Malilla the probable venue for August....

Just read this : (http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/swedishleague/a3717) MASARNA ASKING FOR ECONOMICAL AID Despite this year’s success on the track, Masarna is on the verge of an economical crisis. The club has now asked the municipality for help with a loan of 1 850 000 SEK (approx. 140 000 £). It is local paper Dala-Demokraten that reveals the troubles of Tony Rickardsson’s Masarna. This summer two private persons offered the sum mentioned above as a loan when the club had acute problems with liquidity. Masarna accepted the offer but would now like to pay back the money to the benefactors, by way of a loan from the municipality. They are hoping for the community leaders to appreciate the team’s importance to the area and put up the money without any demand for interest. Both lower income and higher expenses are behind the economical difficulties. The latter is mainly due to the success on the track: Almost every rider in the team has ridden above their average and the club has paid a record high amount of salary in 2,9 million SEK. On the income side it is mainly the rainy summer and lower attendance that are visible in the books. The club’s revenue was one million SEK bellow budget and of course that makes for problems when the margins are tight. Worth mentioning, though, is the fact that the club has claims of approximately one million SEK on sponsors and others, making the real debt a great deal smaller. More positive is that Fredrik Lindgren finally has decided to stay with Masarna. This means that Bjarne Pedersen, who recently won the Elite league riders championship in the U.K., will have to leave the club. The Danish star will have no problems in finding a new club, though, as both Vargarna and Bajen Speedway are said to be after his signature.

I have updated the very first post in this thread with the dates & venues as I currently understand them to be...

Press release HERE

I have again amended the first post in this thread, as Karel Machek has today advised me that there will not be a "Biercup" meeting at Slany the day after the Tomicek Memorial

Please read the first post in this thread - There is a slight correction to the dates - The Under 21 Golden Helmet & World Under 21 Team cup Final are now on the same day....

Well Duh ! What do you expect.....I mean, Eastbourne for the poor girls first live speedway meeting ? Yeah, you have a much better chance with Prague - Good nightlife, culture, speedway, English bacon & sausages from Robertson's , M&S , cheap beer, anything you could want , basically Dont forget that if you do come out to Czecho next year, and base yourself in Prague, then its a 90 minute train ride each way to Pardubice....

There IS an M&S in Prague, mate, in Na Prikope I think it is, which is downtown Prague You could also visit Chris Robertson's Deli in Prague 4 - Chris is an expat selling English Bacon, and various other items, such as Marmite, Branston Pickle, etc..... You can read about Chris' shop here : http://www.allpraha.com/?page=resourcedeta...%20Delicatessen

ST, Sebbe is 19, Swedish, and rides with Leigh & Trick for Masarna in Sweden... He was a target for Coventry last year, but could not sign for the Bees, as he rode on Thursday nights for "Team Dalakraft", which is Masarna's reserve team in the Allsvenskan league.... No doubt "Zetters" has even more info.....

Oooh yes.....You considering going Iris123 ?

Pardubice certainly is , Kevin.... I always fly to Prague, and then get the train (Vlak in Czech) to Pardubice, which takes about 90 minutes, usually on a direct train (i.e. you do not have to change trains). The fare is about £5. I have only been to Slany once, and that was on the Prague team bus, but looking at the train timetables on http://www.vlak.cz , a train from Prague to Slany takes about 30 minutes.... **If you look at timetables on Vlak.cz , you have to use local place names (Praha not Prague for example) By the way, Vlak.cz has English & German Language versions too.... Of course, you can always employ the services of that well known connoiseur of Czech Travel, "Browns Tours", AKA Mr. Christopher Brown Esquire.... Hope this helps. Jeffster

Oh yes.....Does this mean that you are coming next year then ? If you are , and I hope you are , dont you go leading me astray now, will you ?

Very true BH, and this has always been the case.... However, the Golden Helmet appearances of a certain Mr. T Gollob from Poland are as rare as rocking horse dung..... I have been to every CGH since 1997, and I can only recall Tomasz riding in this meeting once..... Hope you're having a fantastic time in Prague.....I am not jealous or anything .......

Iris123 has kindly provided a link to the dates in the "GP & SWC 2005 - Provisional Dates" thread, but I have posted the dates in this new thread : - Junior Golden Helmet 30.09.05 - Under 21 WTC Final 01.10.05 - Czech Golden Helmet 02.10.05 - Tomicek-Memorial Prague 03.10.05 - Biercup Slany 04.10.05 (Slany is approximately 25 - 30 kilometres from Prague) Nearly a whole week of Speedway in prospect ! Many thanks to Iris123 for providing the link to the info on the German Forum. *** CORRECTION *** A date correction on next years Pardubice weekend, from Karel Machek, Editor of "Speedway Kuryr", the Czech Speedway Paper : > - Junior Golden Helmet 30.09.05 NO!!!!!! no!!!! > - JUNIOR GOLDEN HELMET + Under 21 WTC Final 01.10.05!!!! > - Czech Golden Helmet 02.10.05 > - Tomicek-Memorial Prague 03.10.05

Unfortunately, the excellent "Speedwayinfo" website, focussing on Czech Speedway, is no longer with us.... However, Antonin Skach and the team behind "Speedwayinfo" have launched a new site , "Speedway A-Z", which is available here : http://www.speedway.aktualne.cz/

I think (well, this is what I gleaned from speaking to the "fearless one" in Torshalla ), that the two Swedish GPs will be at either : Eskilstuna OR Avesta Malilla Simply because Eskilstuna and Avesta are quite close to together, and it would make good sense to have the two Swedish GP's in different parts of Sweden.....