Steve Shovlar

The meeting sounded ridiculously too long. What was the crowd like? Decent? Well done to those who brought us the updates, and BIG well done to the current Poole second string who swept all before him in every round. Chris Holder. Australian Champion.

Yes well done to the IOW for their input into his development. I certainly believe he will hit the season running and be a force from the get go.

Yes thanks for the updates. appreciated.

Woohooo!! 4 out of 4 for Poole's number 3! Well done Noddy! NEW AUSTRALIAN CHAMPION - CHRIS HOLDER!

First of all hope Travis is OK and it's nothing more than a check over. Well done Chris Holder. Two down and two wins.

Thanks heading there now.

What about the first 5 heats? Sorry where are they posted? Cheers Steve

Well I can't get anything to work. Clicked on the live radio link on the website and its not working at all. Anyone got a direct link to the live feed?

Just a thought. If the radio station is run on a shoestring, they ight not be able to afford to increase their bandwidth for the speedway, which is obviously making their sytem drag to a halt. Might be worth then sticking a paypal donation button on their site, and when the speedway is broadcast they could increase their bandwidth so it runs smoothly. I am sure quite a few of us on here would be more than happy to donate a few quid via paypal so that we can hear it better.

Great stuff Chris! Not bad for a second string to beat the Wolves number one! Also well done to Woodward. Think he could be a trump card for the Budgies in 2008.

Ok sorry thought it was a straight 5 ride 20 heats. Well done to Chris on finishing with the highest points.

Well done to Chris on his win!

I can't ge on the live feed at all. Just get a blank dead page. Think its bust.

I heard a very strong rumour this week that KK has got the nod over Hampel, who even though injured has not done very much.

Would love Eddie to win it but he just doesn't yet have the experience on the big tracks and I think it will all be too fast for him. Can't see past Holder to be honest. Zabik and Saitudinov will be his main threats.

Again classic speedway action tonight and Gollob yet again the star of the show. Big well done to him, and also KK for getting second spot! NP could have taken a tumble in the final but it would have been a risky call which more than likely he wouldn't have got. Excellent racing all night and luckily no serious injuries. The horrendous pileup of Hampel, Andersen and Pedersen could have ended the season for all three but for the safety fence. Glad to see Lindback getting stuck in and even getting a race win. the confidence will return and I am sure in 2008 we will see the best of Antonio. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Anyone got any idea when next years event is going to take place? I started a new wedding video business last year and I am now getting inundated with bookings for 2008. Problem is I want to keep the British GP date free. Had a lady this moring wanting to book June 21st. Had to put her off at the mo, but don't want to lose a booking when the event isn't on that day.

And once practice had taken place and the riders had realised their times were a second slower than the other teams, what would you expect them to do? TeamGB were never realisically going to do anything last night and so it proved. Middlo could be the best manager in the world bt that wouldn't have changed a thing. The riders have only themselves to blame for their performances. That is how good they are and nothing will change that.

How can you critisize the manager for the riders bikes not being fast enough. He would have told them, and they would have known, that they needed very fast bikes. Kennett said last week he had a bike especially prepared for the track by Michael Lee. Trouble is it wasn't fast enough, by a margin.. The manager doesn't tune the riders bikes. You have to blame the riders for this. As for the raceoff, well we wouldn't have gone through to the final. The fundemental flaw in the WTC is that the runoff is at the same track as the final, give a hige advantage to countries that ride on the track competitively 48 hours earlier. This needs to be changed for next year. Have the runnoff at a nearby track, but not the track of the final. OK it saves money but by riding the runoff at another track, it would attract different local fans. And it really needs to be done. Some on here think running the speedway team is the same as running a football team. It couldn't be more different. WTC is still individual racing. They are out on the track on their own.

Sorry Sandie I think you have this wrong. Exchange the name Middlo and replace it with Harris, Nicholls and Richardson. They let us down big time. If they don't want to ride for TeamGB then there are dozens of young lads who do. Their efforts were pathetic and what could Middlo do other than to gee them up before a race. It's down to the riders to race, and they didn't. Only they are to blame.

Anyone notice what Adams said when interviewed at the end? "I decided to stay out of it" ( or words to that effect about heat 25) Shame Andersen didn't do the same at Poole when he helped cost Team GB the title. What comes around, Hans, goes around.

If you thought tonight was not good entertainment, you would be best advised to follow another sport.

I think the Poole promotion and Middlo were very disappointed when Eddie said he wasn't going to try for the GP series. It would have been a huge experience for him even if he failed to qualify, but Eddie said he wanted to concentrate on the U21 final. Basically all the other teams were a few miles an hour faster than our boys. To blame Middlo is ridiculous. If a brit gated he was at the back within a couple of laps. Is that Middlo's fault? The fault stems from years of not having a CL and little in the way for British youngsters to come through. At least we are now starting to see the benefits of the CL with great new talent begining to emerge.

Dave there's nothing wrong, just using the same excuse the Poles did to give the reserves a runout once both countries were out of the running. Neither Kennett or Holder fell off or were involved in any incident that I noticed.

Come on Pinstripe it's very unfair to call Kennett, Allen and Stead pathetic. These guys are only reserve/second strings in the EL. How the hell can they go to a track they have hardly, or never ridden before, and compete with the very best riders in the world, who are GP stars, and expect to beat them? To start dissing our young riders is hugely unfair. They were obviously going to be lambs to the slaughter tonight, but we were in the final and Sweden were not. I bet Swedish fans would have swapped with us any day to have had their team there tonight. So rather than slag of TeamGB, get behind them, regardless of how poorly they did tonight, because better days will happen sooner rather than later.