Rico

Looking forward to hearing accounts of heats 13 and 15 and seeing the dvd. Sounds like it was a bit mental. Congratulations to the Monarchs and look forward to Starman condoning the instructions in heat 15 Rico

Enjoyable evening at the OTA. Meeting run through at a good pace, especially considering both teams were using r/r. Came away with slightly mixed feelings, felt Monarchs threw away a few silly points, but ultimately felt happy with the margin of defeat as it could have been worse. Rebels are very strong at home and tonight's match will be a big test for them. If it wasnt for the horrible traffic on the M5 I would visit more often, about 3 hours to get there, but home in under 2. Special mention to Aaron Fox last night, who really improved as the night went on. Had he been able to ride a little wider he would have scored a few more. He certainly made for a few good races in the second half of the match. Would like to think Monarchs can finish the job tonight but it will not be easy and could go down to the last couple of heats. Rico

Miedzinski Jepsen jensen Jonsson Batchelor Batchelor top 8

11 - Krzysztof Kasprzak 7 - Matej Zagar 7 - Andreas Jonsson 7 - Michael Jepson Jensen 100 PTS = No Danes or Swedes in the final

Don't forget the extra 2 league matches each club are allowed to select. Don't want to be seen to be different

10 Matej Zagar 5 Jarek Hampel 5 Andreas Jonsson 4 Chris Harris 75 Points = No Danes in the Final

I guess the poster was referring to the scorers from here http://www.speedwaygb.co/news.php?extend.27034. Good effort Kus riding at both Berwick and Plymouth.

Looked like there were more cars in the car park than fans there tonight. Very professional display from the Monarchs tonight, with everyone chipping in. Cook was head and shoulders above everyone Sedgemen solid, good pass in heat 1 Fricke looked fast. Nice ride to repass Kennett who had steamed past Max on back straight R/R definitely strengthened Monarchs tonight (no offence to Steve W intended but when you can replace someone who started the season on a 3 with the likes of Cook and Masters....) Sam some clever first bends saw him through to a great score Aaron looked very competitive and more than did his job Deek apart from one ride when he was off the pace was excellent For Rye Kennett was made to look ordinary, Garrity looked like a world champion when he had fresh air ahead of him. Boxall awful, Barrett worse, Greenwood promising. Most entertaining Rocket was Bowen who put 100% into every race and got probably the biggest cheer of the night for passing Fox in heat 2. If Monarchs have ideas of winning the league this was the sort of fixture they needed to do the job in and they more than did so. There will be much tougher tests to come in the playoffs but this will have done the teams confidence the world of good. Rico

Even Berwick couldn't throw away this lead, surely.

George, just go to www.monchat.co.uk and jobs a good un. Save it to your favourites so you don't forget

Smoli Holder Kasprzak Hancock Gorzow

Aj Smolinski Harris Lindgren Lebedevs to beat pedersen

Depends if you consider one of the roofs purposes as being to keep the people dry under it. Thanks to the wind blowing the rain in horizontally at bend 3/4 we got rather soaked despite being undercover. Rico

I would like to think I cared enough that it would. Sell the shared events on benefiting the future of Team GB. Time to look at the bigger picture. Rather than give a few hundred quid back to each promotion, invest in the future of the national team

There is apparently a five year plan. What could it be? Will it be made public? Nah. Might I suggest something along the following lines Year 1 Take a team of U21s to ride test matches against Germany/Czech Republic U21s Get our youngsters riding abroad, even in Polish second league, German league, Czech league. Subsidise it even with shared event revenue. Year 2 Take same group to take on Danish / Polish U21s Year 3 Retake years 1 and 2. Learn learn learn Years 4 and 5 take on full internationals with the above countries. Along the way welcome touring parties from other countries and take them on at the likes of Somerset/Scunny. Tracks that need some oomph End of year 5 there may be some competitive kids. Come on. A lot of the issues are staring us straight in the face

I predict a close run overall score between Poland, Denmark and Australia with Team GB cast aside. Just depends which teams lesser lights shine brightest. Poland I think may edge it but it will be close. Random number generator predicts Poland 38 Denmark 36 Australia 35 Team GB 18

Proper speedway Nige. That was superb. Thank you Svenska ! Rico

Seems like you can still buy tickets online and collect on the day - try this link http://monsterenergyswc.seetickets.com/tour/2014-monster-energy-fim-speedway-world-cup

Hampel Lindgren Zagar Woffy Harris to win 1 race. Posted while riders on parade: some sympathy please, signal was crap earlier

10 ... Jarek Hampel 9 .... Matej Zagar ......... 2013 Runner Up 5 .... Fredrik Lindgren 4 .... Andreas Jonsson How many Danish riders will be in the Final ? 0 = 50 points

8 Jarek Hampel 7 Matej Zagar 7 Fredrik Lindgren 6 Andreas Jonsson Zagar/Smolinski

10 Nicki Pedersen 10 Chris Holder 7 Matej Zagar 5 Troy Batchelor

Kylmakorpi 2 Hampel 11 Aj 6 Lindgren 7 Bonus Lindgren to final

7 Fredrik Lindgren 7 Kenneth Bjerre 11 Jarek Hampel 6 Andreas Jonsson 25 pts - All 3 Polish riders in the semi finals Rico

Sell Ward 5 Sell Bjerre 5 Hampel 11 Kasprzak 6 Lindgren 6 Smolinski 4 30 Hampel/Kasprzak Thanks for running this again Rico