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Because re-staging it Friday was the best way of getting out of an unwelcome trip to Plymouth?

Wednesday 29th for the second leg!

In a nutshell his inept handling of the events before the start of Heat 10! Myself and many who witnessed the events along with me felt that he should be called to account but he is hardly going to criticise himself in his report to the SCB!

I'm disappointed but not at all surprised that Jim Lawrence, the ref, escaped any form of punishment!

Quite agree DG! Lodz vs Czestochowa:- The Sportowefakty website now has the meeting at an unknown time on the 12th. The Lodz website has it at an unknown time on the 19th. Life is never made easy for the travelling Speedway fan!

Just checked the Lodz website and the Czestochowa match is listed for the following week (19th October)!

Looks like Gniezno (90 mins. from Torun) have decided to run a meeting on the day of the GP starting at 4pm!!! According to Spotowefakty:- 11 października na torze w Gnieźnie odbędzie się turniej, który zakończy sezon żużlowy w tym mieście. W imprezie wystartują między innymi Jonas Davidsson i bracia Gomólscy. Bilety na turniej kosztują odpowiednio 15 zł (trybuna główna) i 10 zł (pozostałe sektory). Aktualna lista startowa zawodów liczy 12 zawodników. W obsadzie pojawią się jeszcze żużlowcy z ENEA Ekstraligi. Początek zawodów zaplanowano na godzinę 16:00. which translates to:- October 11 at the track in Gniezno tournament will be held, which will end the season speedway in the city. The event will start among other things, Jonas Davidsson and brothers Gomólscy. Tournament Tickets are priced at 15 zł (main grandstand) and 10 zł (other sectors). The current list of occupations page consists of 12 players. The cast appear even speedway with ENEA Extraleague. The beginning of the competition is scheduled for 16:00 hour.

From what I saw I assume the charge will be assault.

The yellow exclusion light came on almost immediately following the clash on the home straight. The red lights came on a little later. Good to see James and Nathan shaking hands tonight.

I agree OM - I hope strong sanctions are taken against Jim Lawrence for his total mishandling of the situation.

I don't think anyone has blamed the ref for throwing punches. The criticism levelled was for his inept handling of the events prior to the start of heat 10.

Based on what I saw there will be plenty of evidence for the Police to press charges. I think there are a few who may not be sleeping too well whilst waiting for an invitation to assist the Police with their enquiries. I also hope that Jim Lawrence (the ref) is suitably punished as I am convinced none of this would have happened had he exercised due care and control.

Jim Lawrence the ref lost all control over the start and tempers were clearly becoming frayed. Lawrence could and should have prevented the situation by taking firmer and more decisive action before the start of the race. Once the race was underway Nathan was excluded for unfair riding and the red lights were put on and then a series of thoroughly unpleasant events took place which no doubt the Police who arrived at the scene will be investigating. Not nice to watch.

Well done Coventry for a comeback against a strong Kent team. I thought the Greenwood's rode very well and Danny Ayres was impressive. I also agree with the comments made about Chris 'rerun' Gay!

FIM fixture list now changed and the meetings originally scheduled for 12 October have been put back one week. No news yet of any other meetings on the Sunday after Torun.

No exclusions but at Peterborough this season a race was stopped because the lights went out - fortunately not the red lights!

A few strange exclusions I can remember:- I recall Kai Niemi was excluded for losing his crash helmet during a race. Also two Berwick riders once rode in the wrong race and were excluded at the end of the race they shouldn't have been in. I recall the two riders who missed the race were also excluded! I saw Carl Askew excluded at Peterborough for 'boring'

Agreed Ove. The problem is there is nobody organising anything and that is why we ended up in this mess to begin with and I guess it's not really surprising the lack of organisation continues.

I was there on Friday and Saturday and like you I agree there were heavy showers but nothing that should have prevented a meeting going ahead on a properly prepared track that had all the necessary equipment in place to do any remedial work. In fact there was a very heavy shower just before the meeting at Daugavpils which had no real impact at all. I feel BSI actually played up the Riga weather and were probably hoping it would be much worse than it was so to give them a convenient excuse. As you say if the track had been properly prepared we would have seen Speedway on Saturday evening or by Sunday at the latest.

I hope to attend this and the Valsnatta at Hagfors the following night, where there is a similar line up:- Alexander Liljeqvist Martin Liljeqvist Johan Jensen Natalie Thelenius Johannes Stark Rasmus Broberg Jonas Engdahl Joel Larsson Anders Mellgren Gustav Johansson Emil Gröndahl Adrian Bergqvist Ricky Törnqvist Kenny Persson Pontus Högberg Victor Flood Two more Swedish tracks off my list all being well!

According to the FIM fixture list there are two promotion/relegation race off meetings scheduled for that day http://www.fim-live.com/fileadmin/alfresco/2014_Amended_International_Speedway_League_Calendar_as_per_28.08.2014.pdf

Not that far from Trieste airport either.

Hans Nielsen?

Gelsenkirchen?

Thanks for the response Phil but I feel at the very least there could have been more help for those stranded in Riga even if it was just information. I am well used to getting myself around Europe for Speedway but I have to say that Saturday afternoon challenged me somewhat to come up with a solution for myself and six others travelling with me. Thanks to some help from our Hotel we did source a minibus which is not an easy thing to do at the best of times especially at a weekend and when there is a very short notice period. Unfortunately many were not as fortunate as me and there were many disappointed and upset fans I bumped into over the weekend and on Monday.