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When you refer to Brits I wonder if you mean the team, from what I saw and heard last night they were upbeat and confident, they all seemed relaxed considering they are in unknown territory. Whatever their mentality I was impressed with how they all came across. If they ride tomorrow with the same passion that was so obvious at Kings Lynn then I will be happy, if that in turn leads to a rostrum place I will be even happier. If that's what you call settling for less then so be it. Any sport is/should be about passion for the game, to do the best you can is all anyone can ask, I love my country and I will support any of our sportsmen/women that are prepared to give it their all for the cause.

cheers fellas, I'm disappointed in myself for not thinking of John Titman, spent about 2 hours dwelling on it and never even thought of him, can remember him now though, tough rider, my dad thought he was a "dirty bugger", then again we were fairly partizan me and my old man, there were a few from Halifax we wern't keen on, until they crossed the Pennines to ride for us, Tommy Roper being the most memorable for me. Great response gents, thanks again

Could well be Alan, I had forgotten about him, good call. I think he was featured in one of the backtrack issues, I will have a look through them later. thanks for responding.

Wondering if someone can identify the rider in the picture (hope the link works) I will have been at this meeting as a youngster, searching my memory bank for a name, recalling as many of the Halifax team as I can, for some reason Rick France keeps coming to mind but maybe thats because I can remember the faces of most of the rest but can't recall Rick so well. Btw, it was the Derek Warburton Trophy meeting, the other fella is Derek (rip) himself, a keen supporter of speedway back in the day http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs094.ash2/38024_409670357443_651467443_4699585_7138313_n.jpg Hope you are able to see the picture ok, not too well up on attaching things etc.

You're welcome mate, I bet your wife is over the moon

this place will have it, unsure about the legalities but I'm sure it must be a bit naughty, I have watched on there for months, decent quality stream, nothing to pay, although you can make a donation (which I have), either way it's any port in a storm if you want to see it. http://twitter.com/Wockychannels hth

Great meeting, best I've seen for a good while, the track was fair, no advantage to the Australians, in fact if anything it favoured the GB riders. Either way I can't agree that it was the wrong venue. Not seen a meeting from KL for years, saw some great ones in the 70s though, Bank Holiday monday fixtures against Belle Vue, morning starts I seem to recall.

here you go http://twitter.com/Wockychannels hth

Well this should cheer you up then, lets hope other places follow suit. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east_wales/10353020.stm