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Speedway Star meeting report says Nico Covatti was just one ride away from becoming the first Italian full time GP rider. C'mon guys, I have two words for you: Armando Castagna ..it's not as if he's vanished into thin air

Sodenberg? ?? Jesper Soegaard? aka Jesper Kristiansen?

He's retired see here: http://www.vf.se/sport/speedway/nermark-lagger-av Put through google translate yields: "He first took a break from the sport. Hesitated, then for continuation. And now it's definitely Daniel Nermark ends with the speedway. - I have lost interest and I am not one hundred percent motivated there is no point to run on, say Vermlander. Daniel Nermark is Värmland most successful speedway rider and has represented a variety of Swedish clubs in the top league. Here in Värmland, he is of course mainly connected with rollers, but his career also cover other teams and leagues. He has several times run well in Poland, considered by many to be the world's best speedway league. But after this year's tough season so put Nermark shoe on the shelf. His team in England, Birmingham Brummies, went bankrupt, he was fired from the town and were outside the team in Poland. There remained only rolls before Nermark left the sport. - It was so struligt with clubs and money, so I lost the urge. It's everything around that makes me tired. The skating, I think is still damn fun, says Daniel Nermark. He says it reached a limit. - It has been in some strange way become accustomed to not always get the money they are entitled to, but now I have lost motivation. And you can not go around doing bad results, we have after all a business of people helping one. He leaves, however, a tiny opening, even though he has already started to sell parts of the speedway. - I have no more ambition to run more. I feel ready and do not believe in coming back after the long break. But at the same time, I have changed my mind before, then you should not say that it is completely written in stone, says Nermark. Now waiting for a different life for Nermark without speedway - which he welcomes. - I think it's exciting, a new mode of doing anything else in life. I'm used to the speedway in my life, might as well get used to without it. This year's premier division was injury filled and there were clubs that tried to get Nermark to jump on the bike again. - But it did not feel as location for it, I'm told that is not justified. • What highlights do you bring from your career? - The first SM-gold with rollers, it is number one on my list. The individual SM-gold slamming too high. Then it's very small stuff, such as when you have been very hurt and comes back and runs really well. It was a nice feeling. • You have taken a lot of punishment in his career and suffered several injuries. How are you today? - Just great, and it's something I'm grateful. Several who went very bad, but it has not. I am hale and hearty, and in better shape than 15-20 years ago. • The secret? - That I exercise a lot and had a good partnership with KMTI. • Will you let go completely Speedway? - I'm not particularly interested in what happens in the premier league or anything like that, but I have a little heart in the Speedway in Karlstad. I was with at Karlstad Open and some other occasions, and it's something I can imagine continue. • And nice to not have all the traveling? - I've actually always liked it, not seeing it as a problem, although it can be a bit tedious at times. It's pretty funny, last week I was in England, and took care of some things and when I got to the airport it felt like home, laughing Nermark."

Thank you Impressed me when I saw him in Denmark a couple of years ago, but seems to have been making slow progress since

How about a merger with Norway's second Division? Speedway Liga 2 Totalt M w d l FP K P Oslo ............4 3 0 1 182 - 153 1.19 6 Kristiansand 4 1 0 3 153 - 182 0.84 2 Speedway Liga 2 2014-06-07 Oslo - Kristiansand 47 - 42 Lunner Stadion ...........15:00 Kristiansand - Oslo 51 - 39 Kristiansand Motorstadion 2014-08-23 13:00 Kristiansand - Oslo 31 - 38 Kristiansand Motorstadion 2014-09-06 13:00 Oslo - Kristiansand 58 - 29 Lunner Stadion http://www.aktuellspeedway.se/europa/norge/speedway-liga-2/tabell/2014/

Round winner 18 runner-up 16 third 14 fourth 12 fifth onwards; 11-10-9 etc Lowest scoring round dropped from overall total

They had permission from the council - last night's curfew was 9.30, but the meeting was over by 8.45. I imagine that the council noise team were out taking measurements, and that there will be an addendum to Thursday's report with any observations from last night. Bet some resi will complain about the dreadful racket at 9.15 on Monday evening

Ah but just supposing Scotland becomes a pariah state under Kim Il Salmond

I went to a tenth wedding anniversary bash at Kirky Lane (during a greyhound meeting) ....they separated shortly after!

Application for a later end time goes to planning ctee of Swale Council on Thursday. report here: http://services.swale.gov.uk/meetings/documents/g1295/Public%20reports%20pack%2018th-Sep-2014%2019.00%20Planning%20Committee.pdf?T=10 Have to say I wouldn't be optimistic, tone of the report is very negative.

He didn't quit. His contract came to an end. I believe he even rode an additional match after the contractually agreed end date.

Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a press release bigging up the second leg!

It doesn't matter in the slightest what it is called (how about the Peter Craven stadium - a BRITISH world champion and a Belle Vue icon) What matters is that it gets built. Given the financials I have seen that can't be taken for granted. There is a difference between being sceptical and not wanting the stadium to be built - could we try and be a bit more positive instead of abusing those who remain to be convinced that the project will come to fruition.

So we are agreed he must have been born on or after 1 January 1993

Most websites give his date of birth as 5 June 1992. But he competed in both World and European under 21 championships this year. So what is his correct date of birth?

I think edmon is right about it being against the rules, but cyclone is right about there being precedents, and common sense suggests that it would be better to have results in both meetings. I seem to recall this being done at Oxford in the days of conference league double headers. best wishes to Millsy for a speedy recovery

Attractive opposition, good weather, no football ....and yet the 'crowd' is pitiful. The air of decay hangs heavy @ Hoddesdon

With regards Jessup, I never really saw him as World Champion material, but maybe that was because he rode for Reading. Touche, Graham

This is a minefield and should be left well alone. For example if a rider has been found to have taken performance debilitating drugs (e.g. Alchohol) should we add points to his team? If a rider has been taking a substance for a prolonged time should we rerun the previous season? What if removing rider A's points changes the average of another rider such that a subsequent team change becomes illegal? Precedent is strongly against doing this - e.g. Ed Kennett's points were not deducted from Coventry results earlier in the season.

My favourite quote: Belle Vue Aces who compete at a national level and will act as a catalyst for the success of the other sporting facilities created. Don't think they can have seen Belle Vue or the British 'Elite' League recently. Looks good to me, the objections are predictable, but small in number. From my experience (I've sat on planning cttes on and off for 25 years, two of which have dealt with major stadium applications.) Tactically the best thing to do is understand that the objectors concerns are reasonable and explain that that is why the report goes into great detail over noise mitigation and traffic management measures, and that appropriate conditions are attached to protect their interests. I'm sure spectators will be delighted to see that a 'dust minimisation plan' is required - what about rain minimisation?

Lawyers... Nuff said

Although the weather this season has been pretty average. The winter rain clearly did some damage to tracks at the start of the season, but the stats for the last 6 months show rainfall at just above the long term average. So how much more of a mess will there be if we have a wet summer!

No thread for KL v Cradley yet either... just saying...

Totally off topic, but they were the best programme notes ever written...and I think you were right about Mike Lee P.S. If anyone is interested in finding out what was so great about JC's articles keep an eye out on ebay for 'NL90' which contains many of his finest pieces.

There are now three or four threads discussing wildcards – time to consolidate the debate. First who won't need a wildcard? Hancock, Woffinden, Pedersen, Kasprzak, Zagar and Holder (in the case of the last two they aren't mathematically there yet, but let's assume they avoid injury and score at least averagely.) Of the remaining riders we know that Iversen is stuck on 87. If the other riders score at the rate they have been to date then we get: Lindgren … 92 Batchelor … 88 Smolinski … 87 Hampel … 84 Bjerre … 80 Jonsson … 79 Given that even Jonsson could still make the top 8 (scores of 17,8,7 would put him over 90), it looks very unlikely that Iversen will be in the top 8 come the end of the season. Lindgren probably will be and Batchelor is best placed to make eighth - but Hampel (if he returns to form) and Bjerre (double figures in the last two rounds) shouldn't be discounted. BSI have traditionally been quite generous towards the riders in 9th/10th and even 11th so the riders in those positions must be in with a good chance of a wildcard. Note Bjerre and Smolinski (assuming Zagar withdraws in good time) will be in the GP Challenge – if Smolinski declines Zagar's place Batchelor is next in line. The GP Challenge result is the biggest unknown. The field looks stronger than in previous years, so we may have a better chance of getting three good quality qualifiers. Note that there is still a wildcard to be chosen. Favourites: Kildemand (probably deserves a wild card, but if Bjerre joins Pedersen in the top 8 and NKI gets a wild card that would be four Danes – so he better qualify on merit) Doyle (might get a wild card pick if Ward is out in the cold, but with Batchelor also in contention he is in a similar position to Kildemand) Kolodziej (with Hampel a strong contender for a wild card, and other poles in contention then it looks like the Challenge is his best bet) Jonasson (if Lindgren fails to make top 8 he could come into consideration as a wild card to ensure Swedish representation, otherwise will need to do well in GP challenge as recent form doesn't really justify a second Swede) Janowski (as for Kolodziej) Bjerre (could come fouth in the Challenge, ninth in the GP and still miss out on a wildcard if other Danes come in the GP challenge top 3) Possibles Andersen (not a wild card contender) Przem Pawlicki (as for Kolodziej) Korneliussen (not a wild card contender) Smolinski (a strong finish in the GP series taking him to ninth and good ticket sales in Germany might just see him come into wildcard contention) Unlikely Harris (for his sake – just say no) Woodward (not a wild card contender) Sundstrom (generally disappointing year, not a wild card contender) Klindt (remember he's just five rides away from the GP series) Covatti (assuming he is home seed) Then other riders to consider: Ward – can't second guess the Tribunal decision, but commercial considerations will make him a candidate for a wild card if available Sayfutdinov – doesn't seem likely at the moment, but sports politics can be very fluid, and murky. Sure BSI would jump at his return if they could get him Jepsen Jensen – a very strong contender based on his GP performances to date Zmarzlik – too many Poles, and needs to show his abilities away from Gorzow, but a strong contender for 2016 Protasiewicz – on 2014 form, but age GP history and profusion of Poles mean he isn't worth considering Laguta's – probably out on account of politics, but Artem did compete in GP qualifiers withdrawing from his semi after one ride Vaculik – would be a decent pick, but there are just too many other riders in the frame. In BSI's fantasy land they'd pick: 1. Iversen 2. Ward 3. Sayfutdinov 4. Jepsen Jensen (if Poles do well in Challenge) or Hampel (if Danes do well in Challenge) I would like to see Kildemand, Doyle and Kolodziej get thru from the challenge, with Iversen, Sayfutdinov, Jepsen Jensen and Hampel as wild cards. (Assuming Lindgren is in the top 8). If Sayfutdinov is not in play then I'd go for Batchelor or Bjerre. I'd leave Ward out (unless he is found to be innocent), but consider giving him a wild card for 2016