Sandie

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Congratulations to Chris Holder on being the 2011 Australian Champ There was a race off for 2nd and 3rd place and if I have my sums correct it ends up as follows: Chris Holder 69 Darcy Ward 63 Dave Watt 63 Rory Schlein 62 Cameron Woodward 55 Cory Gathercole 52 Justin Sedgmen 51 Kozza Smith 50 Ty Proctor 50 Sam Masters 42 Richard Sweetman 38 Kyle Newman 31 Jason Doyle 29 Taylor Poole 17 Arlo Bugeja 16 Mitchell Davey 9 Robert Medson 7 Brock Gates 4 R Sedgeman 0 A close series but some very long meetings by the sounds of it.

good! Now need the fixture list to start planning!

LOL - this makes me laugh. I don't know frosylion nor do I know Steve Ribbon or anything about he Mildenhall problem. But what I do know is that we have person after person complaining on the 100's of Peterboro / Coventry threads complaining that no one is telling them anything and they should be more open. Then you get Steve Ribbon putting his side of his story and he gets slated. Funny old world

hehhhee!! Unlucky!!

I know nothing of the background of Mr Ribbon and Im not really that interested but can someone answer me a couple of questions please - T he terms were – A £5,000 payment for ‘League membership’ Surely membership implies that there is a group of people all bound by the same rules and terms and conditions.Do all clubs have to pay this membership. A £5,000 payment for the ‘promotional rights’ Again same question - do all clubs pay this and if not how would the BSPA use this £5,000. And someone said on another thread that the NL isnt managed by the BSPA - so why is it implied that the BSPA have said NO to the re-entry of Milldenhall. With all this Coventry/ Peterboro fiasco you really would have thought the BSPA would be ultra careful in any decision made from now on. Does any of the statement from Mr Ribbon indicate anything unconstitutional? I dont know - anyone have any FACTS to back up either side of the argument?

This is the planned schedule, pencil it in but remember things do change according to elements beyond our control. But hopefully its all good. I know many fans will be disappointed that we cant get to their track, but Im rather grateful that the mileage will be coming down a fair bit this year and the days off work minimum - these tours are hard work but so worth doing. No doubt Mr Evans will make the next tour Edinburgh then Isle of Wight then Glasgow etc etc!!!!

I reckon you guys should change your start times so it isn't so inconvenient for us Brits. Your young folk (and a few not so young!) want places in the British league so I reckon its the least you could do for us! Okay, okay - its 1am and I'm over tired. Night night

with the odd New Yorker thrown in for fun!!! But like the name

Already being run here - http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=59151&pid=1837579&st=0&&do=findComment&comment=1837579 Bit of a strange title but content is there. Maybe a merge would be good.

We shouldnt go with anything that is currently used by a British team IMO I like thunder though Just reading the list above I keep reading Baltimore OREOS!!! Now that takes the biscuit and will do for me!

Hmm - some are a definite NO, and not one of them jumps out at me apart fropm the Colorado Rockies - buts that just because I love it there!!! Baltimore Orioles Boston Red Sox New York Yankees Tampa Bay Rays Toronto Blue Jays Chicago White Sox Cleveland Indians Detroit Tigers Kansas City Royals Minnesota Twins LosAngeles Angels of Anaheim Oakland Athletics Seattle Mariners TexasRangers Atlanta Braves Florida Marlins New York Mets PhiladelphiaPhillies WashingtonNationals Chicago Cubs Cincinnati Reds Houston Astros Milwaukee Brewers Pittsburgh Pirates St. LouisCardinals ArizonaDiamondbacks Colorado Rockies Los AngelesDodgers San Diego Padres San FranciscoGiants

Bring it on!!!

Steve does an excellent job of putting this tour together, ably assisted by Romie (Mrs Castro) and yes, its a bit scary waiting for the schedule. We (and yes I include myself in this) put a lot of effort into these tours but have an absolute fantastic time doing them. This year we have our driver Colin who has done more miles than all of Eddie Stobbarts drivers put together! We have Andy Hale and Tricia - Andy is loading and unloading bikes like there is no tomorrow and driving around Manchester without a sat Nav!!!! Whilst Tricia gives up her driveway, the street and her washing line to help the boys scrub up ready for the next meeting!! Laurence Rogers - seems to fit 10 working days into 7! Whilst Lora and I potter around selling bits and pieces and cheering on the magnificent 7. Then there are of course the British (and American) mechanics that seem to come out of the woodwork just when you need them. I love doing these tours - they are very hard work, getting home at 2am and up at 7am for work - but what we get back from the experience time after time after time is worth it so very much. We all love them but couldn't do more than 2 a year!!! Sorry Vicar - I woz there - but don't have time to keep a programme at these meetings. Hope someone else can help.

Steve is having internet problems and says there's only so many Big Macs a boy can eat!!! I cant really comment on the racing last night as I didn't get to see much, to busy selling to those wonderful Sheffield fans who wanted to buy lots to support the boys. We started the day with a trip to Buxton for some practice and then over to a slightly bigger track at Sheffield! An emotional start to the evening as this was a meeting to celebrate the life of Kelly Moran and with family and friends there Kelly's ashes were scattered along the start line. Not a big points haul last night but the boys seemed to sort the track out quite well but Robbie (I think it was) suffered bike problems and hopefully will get it all sorted by today. So Plymouth here we come, where I hope the boys will enjoy a lot more. Tyson and Eddie (and probably Shawn McConnell) have ridden here before so hopefully will perform well. I hope that Eddie's fan club are there again tonight! And then on to Weymouth the following day. Make sure the sun shines down south please and see you all there.

we have a planned practice tomorrow (Wednesday) but a Stoke meeting wasnt on the original itinerary. But stranger things have happened - but certainly not this Wednesday night!

No you wouldnt!!! But hopefully I will get to rub it in over the next two weeks!

and the back room team are looking forward to meeting you all. Well most of you!!!! You bring the hersheys and I'll bring the cadburys

5 more sleeps till they are all here!!!

I'm tight - Steve's was free. That said - Kandysoft is an excellent service and is used by all the top TV presenters apparently

These are great and its brilliant to have choice. But I still use the one Steve Turner produced a couple of years back. It is an excel programme and links all of the GP's together and gives you a running total for the whole season. I like DW and Gambo's for ease of use, but Turners can be used on the lap top as the meeting progresses and calculates the score as you go. But thanks to all programme designers for putting the effort in for us mere mortals / lazy sods!!!

I cant believe Im going to say this - YOU WERE RIGHT!!!! even though you didn't realise it at the time!!!!! So how many of the meetings you coming to then SCB. You made a start last year by coming to 1, how many this year??

I cant believe Im going to say this - YOU WERE RIGHT!!!! even though you didn't realise it at the time!!!!! So how many of the meetings you coming to then SCB. You made a start last year by coming to 1, how many this year??

Average rider age = 31.5yrs. Thank god for Austin!!!