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Paddy finished tenth in the first round of the Italian Championship at Lonigo last week. There are some photos on her facebook page and she gives an account of how it went https://www.facebook.com/24deaththekid24/posts/1746885189283768?ref=embed_post

Because You can see it for yourself and be able to judge the possible seriousness of the situation instead of guessing and not really knowing what happend. No harm done posting this video. If You don't want to see it, don't click it. Thanks for posting the video @BluPanther

There were quite a few speedway riders from Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, most prominently Peter Prinsloo, Mike Ferreira, and Denzil Kent, but I remember only one rider in British speedway rider who came from Zambia, that was James Hayhow. https://reader.exacteditions.com/issues/91793/page/44

8 teams in the qualifying round? How can Croatia participate when they dont even have a single rider? Zagar isn't one, he only holds a Croatian license! Poland, Denmark, Latvia are probably seeded to the final, but what abouth Great Britain?

Patricia "Paddy" Erhart, born in Kathmandu, capital of Nepal, and later adopted by a German couple Similar story as with Antonio Lindbäck, who was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, and adopted as a child by a Swedish couple

Madness ! 😓 Is there any truth in these ticket prices shown here? I can't believe it. This is robbery, people will stay at home and watch it on tv and the stadium will be empty !

All six rounds of the 2025 FIM Flat Track World Championship series will be streamed LIVE and for FREE at FIM-MOTO.TV in a move that is intended to expand the sport’s coverage, showcasing it in front of a much wider audience of knowledgeable enthusiasts. https://www.fimflattrack.com/new-look-fim-flat-track-world-championship-unveiled/

Brian Burford's 4-page story of the first Speedway Test Match is a very good read in this week's Speedway Star. Great historic pictures, too. I love my Speedway Star.💕

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Thanks bigdave but of course I had not included that third generation youngster Billy Forsberg, grandson of Dan. The four I wanted to know if they were brothers or not, were all of a similar age and were all active speedway riders in Sweden in the 1950s. Of those four, only Dan and Birger are entered in the Speedway Riders Index, but there is no info on the other two, that's Roger Forsberg and Kai Forsberg, who might never have ridden in the UK.

In the 1950s there were (at least) four Swedish riders by the name of Forsberg. I wonder if anyone knows if they were brothers? The most prominent is Dan Forsberg (born 25.3.1934), who rode in two World Finals (1952 and 1957) and was a league rider for Birmingham in 1953, 1954 and 1957. Then there was Birger Forsberg (born 25.9.1930, died 31.8.2007), who rode in England for Rayleigh (1957), Poole (1958 and 59) and Ipswich (1960). The third one is a Kai Forsberg, of whom I don't really know much, other than he emigrated to Australia. And there was even a fourth Forsberg, a rider by the name of Roger Forsberg. Who knows more about them?

In any recognized team sport there are official records of international caps. This is part and parcel of the game, and in this respect speedway used to be no different to any other team sport. Peter Oakes always included the number of international caps for each rider in his Yearbooks. It would be interesting to know the numbers for our current riders, but sadly I could not find out. Where are they to be found? I wonder if there is still someone out there who keeps record of the speedway riders' international caps? Too bad, if nowadays no one cares about it.

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USA - 35: 1 Max Ruml - 7+1 (0 3 2 1 1') 2 Broc Nicol - 4+1 (1 F 2 1') 3 Austin Novratil - 1 (1 0 - - ) 4 Billy Janniro - 5 (0 1 2 2) 5 Luke Becker - 9 (X 1 X 2 3 3) 6 Alex Martin - 4+1 (3 0 0 1') 7 Slater Lightcap - 4+2 (2' 1 1' X) 8 Wilbur Hancock - 1 (1) GREAT BRITAIN - 55: 1 Daniel Bewley - 8+1 (3 2' 3 0) 2 Dan Thompson - 11+1 (2' 3 3 1 2) 3 Adam Ellis - 11+1 (3 2' 3 3) 4 Leon Flint - 8+1 (2' 3 0 3) 5 Tom Brennan - 10 (3 2 3 2) 6 Jordan Jenkins - 5+2 (1 1' 1 2' X) 7 Ashton Boughen - 2+1 (X 2' 0 X) Heats: 1. Bewley, Thompson, Nicol (t/15m), Ruml. 1-5 2. Martin, Lightcap, Jenkins, Boughen (f.exc). 5-1 (6:6) 3. Ellis, Flint, Novratil, Janniro. 1-5 (7-11) 4. Brennan, Boughen, Lightcap, Becker (t.exc). 1-5 (8-16) 5. Thompson, Bewley, Janniro, Novratil. 1-5 (9-21) 6. Ruml, Brennan, Jenkins, Nicol (f). 3-3 (12-24) 7. Flint, Ellis, Becker, Martin. 1-5 (13-29) 8. Thompson, Nicol, Lightcap, Boughen. 3-3 (16-32) 9. Brennan, Janniro, Jenkins, Becker (f.exc). 2-4 (18-36) 10. Ellis, Ruml, Nicol, Flint. 3-3 (21-39) 11. Bewley, Becker, Thompson, Martin. 2-4 (23-43) 12. Ellis, Jenkins, Hancock, Lightcap (f.exc). 1-5 (24-48) 13. Becker, Brennan, Ruml, Bewley. 4-2 (28-50) 14. Flint, Janniro, Martin, Boughen (f.exc). 3-3 (31-53) 15. Becker, Thompson, Ruml, Jenkins (f.exc). 4-2 (35-55)

Great looking cover page of the SPEEDWAY STAR w/e February 1, 2025