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mikebv

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  1. If only they had known the SON was on this weekend they probably would have avoided running any Speedway meetings ... Maybe the FIM should ensure their fixture dates are clear for everyone to see and planned well in advance? After all The UK promoters cannot be expected to be mind readers can they??? The Queen's Competition is devalued now for me... Let's hope she isn't offended...
  2. Looking at the exciting line ups.... You would be wise to get there early.... (But not too early or you might end up riding for Birmingham)....
  3. The sport is ran by the promoters for the promoters and riders... Getting a credible operating model won't be for one minute discussed at any meeting... Rinse and Repeat... Guestfest after Guestfest... As long as 'any kind of speedway' is put out then it is mission accomplished... An expensive hobby for those who can afford expensive hobbies... And a channel for lads to earn as much as they can in six months worth of work... That is all it is over here, and all it ever will be I would think, given the promoters all seem quite reluctant to even consider that what they offer detrimentally impacts their own businesses and the wider sport in general.. Obviously you cannot take it seriously, but you can still have a great night out at the speedway, especially at those tracks that can deliver great racing...
  4. With the Danes nowadays you would think a "bit of dirt" might help them. ... In days gone by, "blue groove time" for their "trappers".... A bit of rain wouldn't go amiss...
  5. Not sure.... Maybe someone on here could advise. ...? Doesn't seem to happen to often that though...
  6. As Ivan Mauger used to say when just doing enough to qualify.... (Usually by picking his favoured number).... We all start equal in the final....
  7. Gate 2 has flown several times in the last half of the meeting.. When not touching tapes obviously...
  8. Nonsense... Lanbert hasnt had a good night and Bewley just ran a 7-2... Should have just left him in...
  9. Easy option to keep all happy? Not great leadership... If he needed a "confidence ride" then give him the last heat after qualification assured..
  10. Indeed... A waste of a true natural talent on a speedway bike...
  11. A shame re Bird as he looked like he could go somewhere in the sport... Good to watch too...
  12. Shawn Moran once literally fell out of the taxi that took him to a meeting. In Germany I think it was, maybe Long Track.. They tested him... Can't think what made them suspicious...
  13. It honestly baffles me when you have clear historical data based evidence of the M.O. of any organisation doing similar in the past, that people still act so naive, subservient and gullible when faced with the same thing happening.. If Swindon fans want the sport back there then they need to close down the town centre in their thousands, by marching through it, making plenty of noise and gaining plenty of media coverage, calling out local and national government officials and the company involved... That "demonstration" the other week was, with all due respect to those who attended, frankly pathetic, given the "size of the prize", and will only have reinforced the belief in those who want to build houses that their opposition is "virtually non existent", and that those who do oppose them cannot organise or execute anything that will ultimately hurt them in the public conscience, and wider larger media.. Whilst the kids are off and the weather is nice, get out there and protest.. The media love kids protesting and pick the right one to get a lot of coverage about how his/her speedway has "been taken away" and they might start to get some ball rolling if not a bandwagon in gear... The apathy that currently appears to reign wont help the sport back into Swindon and will only help the cause of those who are trying to never allow it back..
  14. A "non negative" result? Is that different from a "positive" one? Is it "a possible" rather than "a definite"..?
  15. I am just amazed none of the names defaulted to "Chris Harris" when they pressed send...
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