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This might be of help https://www.speedway-sa.com/rhodesia-2.php

That’s a shame. Wouldn’t have minded a trip to Lulu

Interesting one @ Ludwigslust

Seems also to be worrying developments in Sweden and even in Germany things have stagnated. Looking at Poland and Czecho it also could be going wrong again.....

It is around a football pitch. Quite big, but not too exciting racing. Maybe I have seen the wrong meetings same as at Teterow because some times when I am not there they say it was a good meeting but never really get a good crowd

Missed all of these meetings. Went to two in Germany, but can't say either really impressed me. One at Wittstock on an indoor horse riding surface was very deep and only the sidecars were worth watching The other at an indoor stadium in Kiel, normally used for concerts and handball I think was a concrete surface and quite dangerous. One heat I remember had no finishers as the last rider was excluded for 'not racing' !!!

A nice pictorial look back at the career of Varg-Olle

Been a few that have had to leave to get their train or bus before the final.....

Not Saidullin ? Anyway, I was right

Zorn said he was at the border for 8 hours, which doesn't seem too bad to be honest. Thought it normally takes as long or longer and I was thinking it would be worse atm

Hutla is in Prague hoping to get his visa atm I think

Well I personally will be surprised if all the West based riders make it

Seems everyone has just moved up a place now Hans Weber is out

Seems like Weber has broken diwn and will return to his home and not make it to Russia

That’s right. Thanks Jesper Blimey, time flies. Seems it was about 10 years ago, not 5 https://www.speedweek.com/steckbrief/8457/Marco-Gaschka.html

Sure he came from Schleswig-Holstein and made it into the top 3-5 in the U21 final one year. Possibly around the time of Lambert being in as well. Could only be about 5 years ago he was riding in Poland. But like Marian Kreklau his name evades me

It didn’t work out so good for the previous youngster from Germany who went back to his parents country and rode as a junior for i think Rzeszow ! Again can’t think of his name atm

No. Italian still

If I have got it right, the Svensson’s couldn’t get insurance and so couldn’t qualify for visa’s and had to drop out

See now, Liverpool aren't allowed to play in Leipzig......

Interesting today to read that Mustafi has to stay isolated from the Schalke team. He is allowed to train alone, but not with the team. Not sure if that is DFB or government rules though. But anyway, let's hope it is all a formality by the time the season comes along

Thanks for that

No idea really I think at least one of the earliest meetings, possibly the first was definitely at Plough Lane and Olle Nygren was a Don and I think he is still with us......which is good

I was wondering about this the other day, because when they talked about Tuchel going to Chelsea, they were wondering whether he had to quarantine. And it seems he didn't, as he was straight on the training ground and then at his first game

Found the results for the German Championship, because a meeting from Frankfurt 1995 popped up on my FB timeline. Shows how the numbers have dropped over the years. First few years they could get a full line up of German riders http://www.speedway-yesterday.de/html/eisspeedway-dm.html Not great quality, but interesting anyway