SteveLyric2

Is there an 'official practice' for the final2 on Friday? If so, when is it?

Having sat through the meeting yesterday, I thought there were some very good races and some pretty poor ones!! The track wasn't at its best - in fact very similar to when Peterborough visited a fortnight or so ago - so no surprise that Bjerre qualified!! NKI was a class apart and a deserving winner and with KK bringing 2 new specially prepared engines, plus his full Polish pit crew - it was no surprise that he also qualified. As far as supporting the riders was concerned, in a crowd with a fair number of Poole fans, the loudest cheers were certainly whenever King and Harris were on track. Other than that the German fans were the most vociferous followed by the Poles, all of whom found their own sections within the stadium - and there were no attempted invasions!! Crowd size was 'reasonable' I would say although bigger than usual on bends 1/2. Grandstand was packed as was the restaurant stand (except for some of the places reserved for FIM!!) Was £25 too much for 20 heats, plus £4 for a programme - not if you think £17 is ok for EL meetings!!! (NB. Parking prices were increased, but that's not down to the Speedway bosses, that's the Grayhound owners!!)

...but usually with a 'pre-AGM' sometime around now I think?! Its often been said - even by some promoters - that the AGM should be earlier. Other countries' leagues seem to agree their structures well before the BSPA's.

I bet the £25 admission charge is not reduced though, with this weaker field!!!!

Kildermand may have had to withdraw as one of the meeting reserves??!

Oh no, that's very sad news. Although not a great fan of some of his repetitive catchphrases in the early days of Sky, I did actually meet him in a business capacity many years ago when one of his businesses was the 'premium-rate sports telephone lines' that many sportsclubs, local newspapers, radio stations and businesses used to enhance their income!! RIP Tony - you've had your last 'ding-dong battle' mate.

..and they probably won't get visas for every round!!

Not of the British Leagues they won't!!!!

Exactly what was said on the SGP website, straight after Holsted, wasn't it?! Incidentally, it is on Saturday 24th not next Saturday!

Team spirit is such a wonderful thing!!!

Unfortunately to many of the regular posters on this forum these words are meaningless!!

:rofl:

If you are hopeful of a serious response from a (potential) promoter, why would you post something as serious and positive on this forum?? I assume you have emailed/written/texted/tweeted(?) to the SCB/BSPA offices?!

Sky only use their own production for EL meetings. Eurosport use the BSI feed for the GPs (as Sky did) and the 'One Sport' feed for the Euros!! I actually quite like both sets of commentators, with their different styles!! What Eurosport need imo for a 3+ hour transmission are more fillers (like the Tai/Hans travel plans) as there was a lot of repetition later on in the broadcast. (ps. Please no more rider 'interviews' with/by Jan Staechmann - he is very flat, monotone and boring)!

Quick question - is the final round of this European Championship on a Saturday or Sunday?

Oh Freddie, Freddie, Freddie???? WTF?

Taken from the Speedwaygp.com website: "Danish star Hans Andersen, SGP regular Matej Zagar, World Under-21 champion Michael Jepsen Jensen, Martin Smolinski, Vaclav Milik, Maciej Janowski, Troy Batchelor and Jurica Pavlic are confirmed qualifiers from the Lonigo semi. HOLSTED SCORES: 1 Niels-Kristian Iversen 14, 2 Kenneth Bjerre 12, 3 Aleksandr Loktaev 11+3, 4 Daniel Nermark 11+2, 5 Krzysztof Kasprzak 9, 6 Przemyslaw Pawlicki 9, 7 Tomas H Jonasson 9, 8 Piotr Pawlicki 8+3, 9 Timo Lahti 8+2, 10 Peter Kildemand 7, 11 Andzejs Lebedevs 5, 12 Ales Dryml 5, 13 Tobias Kroner 5, 14 Edward Kennett 4, 15 Dakota North 2, 16 Viktor Golubovski 1." Piotr Pawlicki will therefore be the reserve and GB will nominate a wild card for the final place - unless they choose not to!!?

Dudek, Bech and Pawlicki for me!!

Spoken like a true Team GB manager!

That 'Keith' Evans programme gets a huge audience too??! ps. Is Keith Evans the 'Poor Relation'??

At least the Promoters have put something in place and it looks like Craig is snubbing them Barker!

..about £30k apparently!!

Isn't there some sort of financial interest from the group called something like the 'Cosy Nostrils' - or something similar??!!

Ha ha, testing HIS honesty??????? Will Swindon be able to afford him? Both signing on fees and paying his wages regularly and on time?

Sorry? What don't you understand about 'the track was the best its been all season'!? By definition that means the track has been below-par all season - something that I and most Poole fans and riders have been saying persistently since April!! The main problem has been the inconsistency from week to week. ie never the same from one meeting to the next which is partly why Poole's home record has been quite dire this season. In the Poole programme last night there is an interesting Q and A with Chris Holder who has come out and complained about the state of all EL tracks compared to what they race on abroad - particularly Poland. Most riders, using the current equipment, prefer a smooth, slick(er) surface with just a little dirt. If there is too much dirt and if its over watered, riders hit the heavy stuff and have to shut off, losing speed, power and often the race. Last night at Poole was nothing like that!!