norbold
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Very sad news. He was very helpful and friendly when I was looking for photos for my books.
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1 hour ago, Grachan said:
Why blame the fact that she is female for a decision like that? Do you think that every female watching that thought that Thomsen was at fault?
Also, that no-one on here has ever criticised a decision made by a male ref.
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2 hours ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:
Not against a London GP but most of the remaining speedway fan base is based in the north so a GP based in the north would be a better option, London has changed from the cockney knees up type of city it used to be and not in a good way either, working there I’ve seen major crime in broad daylight and I’ve also watched the police do nothing about it because they don’t rule the streets, I would still go if one was in London but it won’t be Wembley 81
So, are you saying that London is so dangerous no-one goes to big events there any more? Maybe the FA Cup Final should be moved to Newcastle. Maybe Arsenal, Spurs, Chelsea and West Ham should relocate? Cancel the Test matches at Lords and The Oval?
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6 minutes ago, midlandred said:
How about…. every country holds qualifying rounds for their own riders, the best of whom progress to further stages of qualifying, then to area finals and then a last round of qualifying meetings, such as Nordic, European, British etc finals, culminating with 16 riders, for a one-off meeting to decide who’s the World Champion - no points carried forward from qualifying, everything decided on the day (night) in front of a massive crowd.
Do you think this might catch on?
Not a chance. If that system was any good, they would have done it for 50 years.....
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7 minutes ago, LagutaRacingFan said:
To beat Bartosz, you need to be a sharp gater.
Artem Laguta is the only man capable of doing it.
Bartosz is quite often not first out the gate; many riders outgate him. But, just in case you hadn't noticed, he has a knack of coming from behind!
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32 minutes ago, Fromafar said:
Agree regarding the same old,riders in GP should not be allowed in Qualifiers same season that way if your not in Top 7 you get a year out at least and have to qualify again.
Madsen,Dudek should still be in GP’s given their current form
Isn't that a bit contradictory?
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There must be a way of shooting drones down.
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2 minutes ago, Mr. Clemens said:
I think the whole situation was set up for Bartoz to be a modern multi world champion, so we'd forget about the ancients.
Forget about Jack Young? Never!
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Nice to see Kelvin has his usual grasp of the maths of the situation.
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5 minutes ago, Leicester Lion said:
And 'fires himself to the front'. No spontaneity at all.
Was that by going high and wide by any chance?
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2 minutes ago, chunky said:
I was always taught that the shortest route was the quickest. So, how come Dan rode about 6 miles further than Holder there, and won???
As someone who saw Sverre Harrfeldt every week, I can assure you that certainly isn't true!
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Interesting post on Facebook today, given many of the comments above!
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I think the problem for Sheffield is that they are not firing themselves to the front.
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3 hours ago, Aries said:
Forecast hasn’t improved. If anything it’s gotten a little worse. Met office has continuous rain from 8 in the morning until 5pm, BBC which tbf is the least reliable I find, has rain from 8am until 2am Friday morning.
Forecast changes daily though so let’s see what the more accurate forecast will be tomorrow morning.
While I was actually looking at the Met Office forecast for tomorrow, it actually changed from "Heavy Rain" to "Light Rain" for most of the day. As you say, the forecast is continually changing.
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9 hours ago, frigbo said:
Troy Butler rode in the 1989 final
12th with 4 points.
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2 hours ago, andout said:
Out of the top twenty that means there are two riders I never managed to see were the number one of course, and Dan Forsberg
Three for me. Your two plus Josef Hofmeister.
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1 hour ago, Rayleigh said:
I cant believe "Round the Boards", "Norbold", "Haza" and "ch958."
Firstly the accusation of Wimbledon is your version only and you use the platform to sink the Mildenhall project, so sad.
In 1999 he and a friend relaunched Rye House without a home and from that success Rye House returned to Hoddesdon and ran for 18 years.
He got closer to re-launching Norwich than anyone is 61 years
He had already got Mildenhall back before and it was not him who closed it
Kent Kings closed in 2022 and guess who not only reopened it, yes your nemesis Steve Ribbons, they played to crowds as big as 750 for 3rd division racing, it was so successful that Eastbourne are now running a league team at the venue. Oh and he was so bad at Iwade that a number of the staff have offered their help at Mildenhall 2025.
If you all have personal issues with Mr Ribbons take it up with him DONT come on here with the intention to scuppering the ONLY hope Mildenhall have of returning to racing or prehaps you plan to reopen it yourselves?
Why can't you believe me? Tell me what in my post was factually wrong?
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10 hours ago, RoundTheBoards said:
Just found this Speedway Forum post from @norbold regarding the ill-fated 2002 Wimbledon revival and its promoters:
It was definitely Dave Cro ucher and Steve Ribbons who were behind the Wimbledon revival. They commissioned my book "Two Wimbldeon Legends" to launch on opening night. I offered to do it for nothing as long as they paid the printing costs, which they agreed. When I gave them the invoice from the printers, they both said I should speak to the other one about it and both denied ever making the agreement. In fact they both made it as I met both of them to talk about it. It took me over a year and various threats of legal action to get anything out of them and even then it only amounted to some of the cash and a number of complimentary copies of the book. Oh yes, it was those two all right. I'm not likely to forget it!
Correct!
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3 hours ago, Split said:
He moved on to West Ham and I believe Olle Nygren went in the opposite direction in a swap deal.
Sverre came to West Ham in 1965. The swap was with Reg Luckhurst. Olle came to West Ham in 1969 following Sverre's departure.
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1 hour ago, IainB said:
There's been a few mayor's receptions down the years for winning teams... not sure if anybody has received the freedom of a city?
Ove Fundin received the freedom of Norwich.
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Which speedway riders have been decorated? I can think of Ronnie Moore, Barry Briggs, Ivan Mauger, Peter Collins and Kelvin Tatum off hand. All MBEs I believe. Any others?
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1 hour ago, Beirao said:
Anyone remember these Norsemen who only rode for a short time in the BL. Possibly others too
https://classicspeedwaymemories.webador.co.uk/january-2025/norwegian-yearlings
I remember all of them!
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On 5/3/2024 at 2:39 PM, chunky said:
Please note, the first names I have listed are the names they rode under. So, Split doesn't count as it was a nickname, and Squire doesn't count as he never used it!
I believe he rode under the name of Squire in his early days during the Second World War when he rode those foreign tracks while in the army. Can I count it now, please?
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11 hours ago, Bavarian said:
Happy to say that Germany's first world finalist Josef "Wack" Hofmeister ist still in very good shape. He celebrated his 90th birthday in June.
https://www.speedweek.com/sandbahn/news/225321/Wir-gratulieren-Josef-Wack-Hofmeister-ist-90.html
Thank you, Bavarian, that's good to hear.
Sadly, he is one of only four of the top 25 I never saw ride.
Wimbledon Dons...back from the dead?!!
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What a strange response to a post that actually says, "You are correct that Brandon will need a lot of money to make it usable, but money won't be an issue with the individuals they have got on board."