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And people wonder why others think speedway is a Mickey Mouse sport, did I really just see a team manager while his team is getting stuffed at home making funny hand gestures behind one of his teams head? Can u imagine Jose mourinho or someone doing that whilst 5-0 down lol

Doh! I'm Welsh The GP is in Wales Before u deride me my son has the British flag and we will be supporting the British riders no issues from us about Tai

Well perhaps open your eyes a bit more then I'll be there with several friends and I know of at least another 30 or so ex Newport & Carmarthen fans going and that's just people I know Been most years since its been held at cardiff I will have a Welsh flag as usual

In think the track and facilities are awesome, went up last nite my first speedway since Newport closed apart from Cardiff gps. Was very impressive I didn't think I would ever see a track like Hyde road but it's pretty close Oh for a funfair & zoo Match was pretty good too good value, lindgren very impressive and have just watched back my recording of it and it's still impressive to me on tv some people are very hard to please of is it just jealousy Will be returning later in season and it's pity it's not a little closer to where I live or I would be going more often Good stuff

What's with the fans on the back straight , they all Coventry or something don't seem any reaction to Swindon race wins

Good stuff, I for one enjoyed that and brought back memories of how meetings felt like for me in seventies & eighties , crowd obviously fully engaged. Well done to promotion, riders and the crowd.

Anybody have any memories of the 2 tournaments held in the seventies in the uk , I think the internations and then the daily mirror international tournament also I think? They was a world league in the sixties but I'm vague on that one Euro 2016 got me thinking about this

I have vague recollections of a meeting at Newport one bank holiday v wolves I think then onto a afternoon meeting at either Oxford or Swindon then return wolves but it may all be all in my head or even different places in afternoon an d evening it was when I was verybyoung and I sold my collection of programmes 2 years ago so can't check May be all ..a dream lol

Does wales & England count ? If so possibly yes then

When Newport was open and I took new people which I tried as often as I could they did enjoy the speed, noise , the race there's was a common complaint the gap between races sometimes it seemed there was nothing going on and no information as to why. I also remember one famous occasion where there was a crash and we waited patiently and understandingly then there was onexracexthen a interval which was differ cult to explain Speedway most certainly doesn't help it self sometimes

Well I care about several sports so not sure how that affects anything really I guess it appears it's emotions for some people particularly who don't like tai particularly and are looking for a reason to lambast him (don't mean you trees just being general) And I'm not a fan of tai but would support him as a British rider against other countries riders As I would bale for my country in football Wales or if it was GB as Ryan gigs did in 2012 Or Lewis Hamilton Forctyat matter

Can't see any difference Two sportsmen a the top of their game not performing in the country they represent Both earning as much as they can for their skills Both very ambitious Both very successful Bale twice champions league winner Woffinden twice world champion If you want a motor sport comparison only perhaps Lewis Hamilton then Does he drive in uk based competition mmmm.

As a example Gareth Bale can't be arsed to play in Wales perhaps he shouldn't play for Wales in the euros then ... No thought not! tai can ride where and when he wants as far as I concerned. He's a professional and plus his trade where it suits him and tHat includes the British Championships And I only support Gareth when he plays for Wales And tai when he rides for Great Britain seems simple to me

Today would have been the tradional day the Internationale would be held at Wimbledon. I have particularly fond memories of these. I had relatives that lived near and through most of the late sixties and then the seventies attended. One particularly Whit Monday sticks in my mind where me and a bunch of friends in a VW camper van attended 3 meetings in one day (surely nearly impossible now) at reading (v Hackney) white city ( v hull) and the Wimbledon for the internationale I think it was 1976 not sure though. What memories have you of any bank holiday meetings?

Well perhaps the bspa should cough up to cover costs then? Still I would imagine the anti tai army would find something else...

I really don't get the hatred of tai , I'm not a fan of his but he's a British world champion so in international events I support him. being Welsh I have an similar example in a conversation my son had with me about the situation after I explained it to him he said " that would be booing Gareth bale at the euros dad cos he plays for Real Madrid"

Lucky it's on sky 1 then

True about time stone era, one of the wettest meetings I ever seen was wasps v a Russia team on a good Friday I think A boat would have been of more use

Guy Martin is a motorcycle legend and to say not death defying you only need to see the crash at the Ulster GP http://youtu.be/jxdm0_urUjw To see he has

Off topic slightly on "it was alright in the 70s" last night they show clips on blue peter when noakes & purves tried speedway at Hackney

If the playoffs is about raising money what's this golden heat nonsense surely a couple of replays is more money? Let alone the fairness of it

Oh I forgot it was a Poole rider....only joking lol

That seemed very similar to Craig cook on Monday

Crikey can somebody pass. Couple of Poole scarves to the sky commentary box please

I can't believe that with tai on the verge of wining a second world championship representing Great Britain people are worrying about him singing God save the queen