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They could use that for the urine test. But then that would be just taking the p!ss.

I suppose it all depends how literally one takes things. Darcy may say 'The FIM said they would contact me in a week' Whether that turns out to be exactly ONE week is moot. Darcy may have said 'The GP is postponed let's go for a drink'. Whether that turned out to be many, many more than just ONE Drink, is not so moot.

Have just read the 'Darcy Ward Appreciation Society' weekly newsletter on Page 3 of this weeks Speedway Star. The author has not been given a byline; probably at his own request. Could I request that the Star consider taking a leaf out of British Airways book. And provide complementary sick bags with future editions. .

Yes, I would agree he'd be top 15. Somewhere around the 10 to 12 position.

I feel like I am inhabiting another universe from some here. We all know that 'official' procedures take a very long time And that we all feel that it could be done a lot quicker. But it just doesn't happen like that. I was in a car crash last March 2014 and the court date that has finally been set for my claim for lost income is on May 15 2015. And the other side actually admit liability. My Mother had Cataract diagnosed last April and we should soon get a date when the operation will be done; probably in March or April this year. I have been in dispute with my Property Management company since mid 2010 and there is no sign of resolution best part of five years later. So ... P!ssed up Speedway Riders can damn well wait too!

Just not in my thoughts... ever. Truth is I have spent the last three or four months of the closed Season without giving him a second thought. Such a shame isn't it. The Current World Champion and ... nothing, really. Thank God for Darcy!

You are quite right. Any International Sporting body could operate under regulations that offer more speedier action. But they do not. In any case. Not this year, last year or for years and years. You, and me, have memories that go back to cases like Ivan Mauger in 1982/3 and his International ban by the FIM. Took an age to get sorted. Why does everyone want to make make the point now, as if it were new and pertinent to Darcy specifically. It isn't.

Perhaps, but only for overnight stays when working away from your usual home in this country. Not for all your accommodation costs living in England 'away from your home' in Australia!

I'm not sure what level of tax accountant you are. But have you done work for Jimmy Carr?

In Speedway it seems that the people with the loudest voices and highest pulpits seem the most risible. From the head of the BSPA who cannot fathom what agency operates the Visa system,. To the EL champions Manager with the low IQ and even lower standards of morals. We now have what could be a 'respected voice' from Australia who seems to think that the 2015 criteria are one jot different than those that SHOULD have been enforced for the last five years. Pity the lads that are influenced by such fools.

Think again.... 1972 World Final A well known story that has been mentioned and discussed many times over the years. On Forums and in Magazines. There was quite a lot written about it following the death of Tony Clarke last year.

Goodness knows how the Speedway Star are going to spin it next week, if the verdict is still pending. I Imagine Paul Burbidge will be reporting on the possible intervention of Amnesty International. .

Quite true. It was the underage boy in his company that was charged with rape. The clarity of that distinction is so comforting, don't you find?.

In the speedway discussions section there is an interesting chat on 'repeated concussion' And how it may affect Speedway riders over the years. Bearing in mind his long service to Eastbourne and Poole. Should we not mock Mr Middleditch. But rather call a neurologist? .

Lets hope Darcy had more intelligent representation in Switzerland than he gets here. If Starman was on his side out there he wouldn't get back on track for decades.

This does seem to be fairly normal practice by the FIM. In the Bubba Stewart case last year his drug test was found positive in April, his CDI hearing was not until the end of October. But he was not notified of his long ban until December and the full press release with all the detail didn't come out of the FIM for another week. Darcy is getting quite speedy justice really.

It is also infuriating that the guy at the top of the BSPA is quoted extensively in the article and he STILL uses the term UK Border Agency several times. When that ceased to exist in March 2013. You would think that he would have the new name emblazoned on the front of his brain after the last few weeks. It just does not reek of competence, does it?

Darcy's prospects get a boost, people. Middleditch is staying here. #enough?nojustonemorefortheroad

So, in Latvia ... I imagine that the equipment needed for the testing of such low levels at the roadside would have to be accurate, well maintained and well-calibrated. I would also think that it would be administered by well trained and acredited Police Officers who could be relied upon to know, better than anyone, how to perform such testing correctly. I do hope that the Speedway authorities made use of this expertise at the Latvian GP. Perhaps one of these Police officers, who was off duty, could have been employed?

Quite right. Tsunami and Starman have the bizarre logic that an 'unlawful' suspension, that would generate a compensation claim, is best handled by dragging out the length of the suspension as long as possible so that the claim would be much bigger than needed. Odd thinking. The North-South divide is ended. And we have two very strange bedfellows.

Bans never work like that. They operate continuously from the date he was first suspended.

Using your, rather unusual criteria, the top two look worthy of their place. But Nielsen in 1989 is a contender as already stated. But then surely Jan O in 91 merits a slot? A tyre width either way, in a couple of races, in 81 and Brucey may not even have won.

Premier IS wrong. But, it is the way it is. True.

I want to criticise a post NOT a Poster. And do not want to be misunderstood or misrepresented. .You have damned yourself here. The first part of your sentence makes it perfectly clear that others are ridiculing your comments. So they ARE attacking your post not you as the poster. The fact that you seem confused in that distinction is not THEIR fault. So please stop attacking them. .

I find it comical how people are taking others to task for 'winding up' Sydney. The guy was a spring, coiled as tight as possible by his own hand. And one of those that has the 'brass neck' to join this rebuke Is, himself, the greatest 'wind up merchant' on the forum. Can you imagine the cheer of relief all around the Frying Pan in 1950. When news spread that he had got his call up papers. Two years of respite .. Halcyon days, indeed. .