WembleyLion

Lots of riders names are pronounced differently outside of the UK. The H bit in Thomas H Jonasson for instance is pronounced Ho in Swedish but I've never heard anyone in the UK pronounce it correctly!

When the World Cup final was at Reading in 2006 (with TeamGB in the final) Len ran a home meeting against Glasgow!

Yes and Mr Nimby was/is a fireman!

I don't actually disagree with most of what you say and there are certain tracks I avoid if there is any chance of a spit of rain. These promotions do a lot of damage to their businesses but I also believe Len doesn't help his own business either. He has certainly helped to convert me from a regular to an occasional visitor at a time when my attendance at Speedway overall has not declined (usually about 80 meetings a year). I just go tend to go to tracks where I feel some effort will be put into getting a meeting on.

If you make little effort to run Speedway then do not expect the fans to bother that much either - reaping what you sow.

I agree with many of the previous points. The crowd levels have gone down a bit in recent years and it's also worth remembering they run comparatively few meetings when compared to most UK tracks.

I agree with the above posts. Ordering the tickets this time was a much better experience than last year.

Tickets available online from 7 July.

170 SEK at Kumla which is about £17!

Anytime soon I expect re. tickets. Does anyone know of any Speedway meetings taking place in Poland on the day after the Torun GP?

http://www.vargarnaspeedway.se/om-vargarna/klubbens-historia/ Some history here Tony - they were running Norrköping in 1947 it would appear!

I agree Tony and this kind of caper does a great deal of damage to the sport.

R.I.P Simmo

I agree with the above - no real urgency to get on with the meeting today. Much of the fault lies with the referee who could easily speed matters up if he could be bothered. Nonetheless I enjoyed a nice afternoon out watching Speedway.

Heading off to Stansted soon for a flight to Tampere later this afternoon - really looking forward to the GP!

If you used PayPal they might be able to help.

Thanks - got mine now as well to collect on the day.

Has anyone managed to order tickets yet as it seems there are problems if you read the feedback at:- http://www.bilesuserviss.lv/eng/concerts/sports/motoru_sports/?concert=140898

Yes indeed sometimes booking tickets for Polish GP's requires lots of patience, perseverance, guesswork and a little bit of luck!

Mr Nimby aka Raymond Shields is a fireman (rather ironic given his property was destroyed by fire) - I hope they don't put the sirens on when on a 999 call as no doubt he would lodge a complaint against his employer!

It looks like the NIMBY's also failed to notice the huge Airbase just down the road! The noise from the aircraft totally drowns out any Speedway noise when one flies over the stadium! I didn't appreciate a forklift had been driven into the heating oil tank which caused a fire and destroyed the NIMBY's home - Karma?

The late Tony Millard also covered both Speedway at Eastbourne and Football at Brighton.

I just had the later e mail asking me to ignore the earlier e mail (that I hadn't received). Good to know our tickets are in safe hands!

I found an old thread on dead heats that I started in 2007! http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=38527&hl=%20dead%20%20heats On bonus points it might be my mind playing up but I think the rules changed at one stage at least for a while as I recall Andy Smith scoring 1/2 a point in a meeting when he dead heated for third but he scored one bonus point so more in bonus points than actual points!

Laurie is correct Tim.