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Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere but Swedish Speedway is back on FreeSports TV (Sky 422, Freeview 64 also other platforms see website link below) on Tues May 7th Round 1 (6.10 pm) and on Thursday May 9th Round 1 Part 2 (10.15 pm) or that is what is scheduled on their website https://www.freesports.tv/our-sports/motorsport.html

Saw this too on the BT web site This year’s action will begin on Saturday 4 May with Race Off 1 of the FIM Speedway of Nations live across the BT Sport network. https://sport.bt.com/speedway/bt-sport-to-remain-the-home-of-the-fim-speedway-world-championships-until-at-least-2021-S11364353880429

Weather looks good for both meetings scheduled on FreeSports Sunday afternoon, with no rain forecast https://www.netweather.tv/weather-forecasts/travel/world-city-forecasts/1858002~gorzow,%20Bielsko,%20POLAND https://www.netweather.tv/weather-forecasts/travel/world-city-forecasts/1870122~leszno,%20Leszno,%20POLAND

She could finish up at the shrine in Walsingham

I had it to record some days ago on SkyQ and the start time showed 6.30 in scheduled recordings but contradicted the epg which now showed 6.00. I deleted the original recording and rescheduled it and it now shows 6.00 pm. It looks like they have moved it forward 30 minutes, so all should be OK.

If he was knocked out and lost consciousness I would doubt he will be allowed to ride this Tuesday evening against King's Lynn

Remember seeing him ride when Wimbledon visited Norwich, respected and well-liked rider. Very sad to hear this sad news, he was 85 and had apparently been suffering from lung cancer

Wonder why Eurosport could have not shown the whole meeting from heat 1 slightly delayed instead of live. When they did start the programe they then showed 10 minutes of utter crud with flashing graphics of bikes and riders accompanyed by the usual useless music that does nothing but waste time. More scenes of the track grading than speedway itself. 20 minutes at the end of the programme too to fill up. On top of all that the one hour repeat later in the evening did actually show heat one and then shot off to heat 7, so why they could not have shown heat 2, 3 and 4 beggars belief. The one redeeming feature was that Eurosport showed the meeting at all but with a bit more planning and thought it could have been so much better.

Saying all that it is chucking it down now

The weather is very difficult to predict today, here, 8 miles West of Norwich, thunderstorms and rain have been forecast and threatening all day, yet all we have seen is a few drops of rain, for five minutes, black clouds have just passed over with no sign of a thunderstorm.Yet I expect there are probably places within 5-10 minutes drive away could have had downpours.

Watching Polish speedway on FreeSports I am getting increasingly impressed with their 2 minute timer for the riders to be ready at the tapes. The timer countdown can be seen on screen and the riders always appear to be ready on time. Any restarts get the 2 minutes too. Can we please adopt this Polish timer system as it is annoying to see four riders at the tapes after lots of delay and then one turn round and go back to the fourth bend and returns and then some more shuffling, gardening and clutch adjustments from the others too. Of course this can happen without the countdown clock but at least supporters know that the moment they get the go-ahead to leave the pit gate there is a time they have to adhere to and they have 2 minutes to be ready at the tapes to race.

Weather looks OK for tonight only a 3% to 4% chance of rain

What is the weather like at Swindon, any chance this could be rained off?

If I had my way he would never ever referee another speedway meeting ever again.

Either Dumbo or Mickey Mouse Seriously though, from a source in another post he was named as

That referee needs to go to Specsavers. I do fear for Jason though, looking at the footage of the accident, head injuries apart, the way he fell I would be very surprised if he had not got more damage to his already patched up leg. It certainly did not look good.

Thanks a million Eurosport for managing to get to show the speedway from heat 9 after the tennis finished and then showing us a pile of crud about what was going on later they might even have got heat 7 in. Thought they could have shown it in delayed from the start with an edited version but showing all the races. There is only a 1 hour repeat of this next Friday at 9 am. Damn the tennis. The highlight for me was to see the win by Robert Lambert.

What on earth was wrong with Pedersen tonight, wonder if he was he ill, heappeared very subdued unlike him. We had a shot of him in the pits after the race taking his tabard off and he just looked tired and deflated. Usually Pedersen is cursing at everyone in sight and gesticulating at the mechanics about his bikes performance. Just not Pedersen. Some great track racing with loads of overtaking and the track looked in great condition, obviously had been prepared well and watered well in advance, way different than the later Swedish matches on TV in a dust bowl.

I have a link come up to record it on Thursday 12.30 am -- Round 8 on FreeSports

Easy to blame BT for lack of crowds because it was televised but were crowds, as a whole, better in the earlier part of the season before BT started televising meetings. Were crowds that much better when the meeting is not televised. Being televised does not exactly stop people watching the many other sports that are televised. Perhaps it is the fact that the amount of admision charged is putting yoo many people off especially for how much actual racing time there is and the fact that many of these races are a procession following the gater for 4 laps.

Well I watched it on TV and found it a very enjoyable meeting, excellent track and good close riding especially heat 9. No, I am not a sit at home supporter but live a 4 hour drive from both Manchester and Swindon

Round 2 Live Premier Sports 6.00 Tuesday May 15th Round 2 FreeSports 9.30 pm Wednesday May 16th should get the whole meeting as it is not live and they have allowed 1hr 55 mims to show it

In 1960 when the Norwich Speedway were at The Firs, I cannot remember paying over 6/6d for a grandstand seat, in fact I believe it was even much less less than that. Now comparing that price on a historic calculator gives the result of £7.20. If the admission then was 5/6d, it would be £6.09 at today's prices. Now if the admission for speedway with that price today I am sure the crowds would increase. When I started work in 1959 my take home pay was £2.14s.7d a week as an apprentice in the printing trade.Today that would be £60.46 that works out at today as £1.52 an hour for a 40 hour week. It is the admission price that puts more people off, with no real stable team to support, for instance dear old Chris Harris (bless him a great guest and willing rider) must have guested for just about every team last year with him guseting for the home team one week and a couple of weeks later he was guesting for the opposion team -- just farcical. Why don't we see more infield advertising boards like I have seen on TV in Sweden and Poland any income at all would help?

I just watched it on Eurosport. Landshut is not the best of tracks anyway and it was far too dry with dust blowing everywhere the camera found difficulty seeing the riders in 3rd and 4th places, verey little overtaking. The watering of the track made little difference 2 laps and the dust was back. Anyone watching speedway for the first time would probably not bother to watch again, certainly not a good advert for speedway. With the track in better condition this could have been a fairly OK meeting but it was one of the most boring I had seen for a long time. I just wonder what the state of the crowds were when they returned to their cars they must have been covered with half the track on their clothes. I love speedway and do not like to be too critical, but this one was sadly a waste of time watching.

Good to see that Swedish speedway willl be on our screens again this year via Freesport, I almost give up seeing that this year with earlier reports that Swedish speedway would not be on TV. As with Polish Speedway I do not even care if is not live, good to see different tracks and some different riders. Well done FreeSports.