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Spotted this news on Sportowe.Fakty just moments after I had been checking the forward weather forecasts for the weekend on WeatherUndergound (usually very reliable), and with exception of some possible SNOW (!) in Rzeszow early on Monday morning the other forecasts seemed pretty reasonable for April, albeit a bit chilly. Far be it that I should criticise the Extraliga hierarchy,after all they are on the spot, but it does seem a bit radical.

Not the kind of news I wanted to hear. As regular viewers will know there was something special, if at times a bit naive, about the Kanal Sport coverage. That's life I guess.....you just get used to enjoying something and some sod takes it away! Boo!

Yes, but then the pairings stayed the same throughout the meeting. I didn't like that system at all.

4 heats gone and Doyle looks like he is trying to impress for an Ekstraliga place next season. Torun? Gollob looks half interested so far as per his recent shows. Rybnik certainly turned out in force for this. Very provincial feel with local band leading the parade together with a truly massive military vehicle for the riders. Very Poland.

I suppose that this fits in with BSI plan to try to emulate Formula One GP's, but what sort of an attendance do they expect to get in Melbourne? The stadium looks terrific but it seats over 50,000. Always looks bad when a place is two thirds empty. Also I think that taking what could be the deciding GP out of Europe is a kick in the teeth for the bulk of the sport's supporters. Still I guess that the business plan must be in BSI's favour as they're not idiots.

As someone who has been watching him every week or two seasons I cannot help but agree!! Terrific talent when he feels like it best sums it up.

Thanks Alan all OK now. Think he went out for a leak............been a long day!

Of course! Knew I recognised the man from somewhere in my past. Thanks for the reminder. Help my Sopcast man has left for home! Any other suggestions? (Not the futbolhd one....my blocker is stopping me on that one). All now OK. Sopcast has returned online.

Anyone know who the older guy at the commentary desk is?

Sportoefakty says Final Decision: Due to the condition of the track competitions are interrupted

Give the commentators credit, they've been rabbiting on since 6pm. Any minute now they'll be discussing the Scots referendum.

Seems that ZG not too happy with decision to go ahead? (My impression from the Polish coverage)

Thanks BB, but I tried your that link and my anti-virus said NO! Sopcast has now come back from his break so I have a beautiful picture. Pity about the fact that it is just the guys talking so far. We await developments.

If this does get underway I need a link. They are thin on the ground today. Usual suspects seem to be having the day off! EDIT: Got Sopcast working now. Thanks for link below but my virus stopper has blocked it!

I see that the prodigal son, Karol (Charles! ) Zabik has returned to Torun team.

Mmmmm, thought so. Koza's tapes exclusion was a bit obvious.

Well done ref. Pity he wasn't at Lakeside last night!

Re the home choice for the nominated heats, could they have chosen the same two riders if they hadn't been 6 points behind?

With Polish coverage if you didn't see the crash the fifth time you can always catch up with the tenth showing.

I have a red face! Thanks for putting me right. I will immediately delete my Polish-English site!

I just put 'Karol' into a Polish translator site and it came up with 'Carol'. Bloody Google Translate!

http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karol_J%C3%B3%C5%BAwik

Zengota in 'Champion s League' shocker! He replaces Iversen...............and does actually ride for Esbjerg!

Getting away from the punishment debate for a moment I thought I'd look up the possible effects of the alcohol content found in Darcy's blood (breath) test. The following is only a Wikipedia entry so take it as you wish, but if correct then you can see why a rider would be stopped from racing. Progressive effects of alcohol[2] BAC (% by vol.) Behavior Impairment 0.010–0.029 Average individual appears normalSubtle effects that can be detected with special tests0.030–0.059 Mild euphoria Relaxation Joyousness Talkativeness Decreased inhibition Concentration0.06–0.09 Blunted feelings Disinhibition Extroversion Reasoning Depth perception Peripheral vision Glare recovery 0.10–0.19 Over-expression Emotional swings Anger or sadness Boisterousness Decreased libido Reflexes Reaction time Gross motor control Staggering Slurred speech Temporary erectile dysfunction Possibility of temporary alcohol poisoning (The blue bits are Wikipedia's not mine!!!) It is also worth mentioning that 0.10/L means a motoring offence in virtually all countries that have limits.

Not sure how that worked but seems the away team got the bonus.