davidba

Think i will be banished to sleeping on the living room sofa soon anyway if i keep dissapearing! It will be all worth it though when i land my job as scouting officer and get paid to go watch meetings around the continent(Dream, dream, dream!)

I hope i dont curse myself by posting this as this is the fourth time i will attempt to go to Wroclaw(One time postponed due to German gp fiasco, one rain off which thankfully i predicted in advance and one family crisis). I know the track aint so hot but i've always wanted to see the city itself and get to see most of the best young Poles(Minus Pawlicki boo hoo!) and it's only 10 zlotys to get in! Weather is set fine, ive got the currency, a central dive booked and the obligatory early flight from Stansted, will report back at the weekend, before i jet off agan to Denmark on Monday! Then it's watch out Glasgow on the 20th(It's what redundancy payments are made for!!)

Just got back from the Vargarna meeting, can confirm that Shields was mighty impressive for one just returning from injury.Crump of course was flying but had little support, they really missed Richardson, Pavlic carried on his poor uk form, Ljung looked past his best, Jonasson had engine troubles and Hampel was inconsistent. As for Vargarna only Screen didn't do much(And the fans i was with were angry that he was riding at all!). Kim Nilsson very impressive, could be a good buy for a Uk club. Scott rode hard on a track hard to pass on, Miedzinski, Kasprzak, Skornicki all chipped in too. Not as good as the meeting i saw there against Vastervik but i was maybe too tired to enjoy properly(Those pesky early flights!)

And i will be there i think, as i've decided at the last moment to not go to Motala for Pirartana v Rospiggarna but back to Norrkoping instead for this one(Partly because still knackered from Workington and easier to go to track you know how to get to, and partly because both Jagus and Balinski not riding now at Motala so will go see the Brits v Crump and co instead and go to Motala next year). David

When i looked at the link 2 hours ago it was advertising the speedway but now i've got the travel programme too?? Is it still being shown?

Surely Kevin has been offered a ride/place by someone, he's such an obvious talent. With Dilger and Facher now in the UK do you think others will follow, Speiser, Pudel etc. Would Stange want another crack at it in Uk if given the chance? Hope wherever Kevin ends up riding there's decent notice of his whereabouts so i can get an affordable train ticket to the meeting!

I usually get a great stream via sopcast and useless via justintv but tonight the opposite has happened and have a wonderfull connection/picture after missing the first few heats trying to get sopcast link to work??

Anyone understand what has happened to them both, really was nasty! Balinski a real harum scarum rider, really hoped to finally see him in the flesh next month in Sweden.

It says as much in this weeks 'Speedway Star'

Must admit i'm generally impressed, she seems to be making a big effort to learn the in's and outs and is very enthusiastic, though i wish Sky woldn't insist on quite so many post race interviews, there's only so much that can be said about even the best of races! When i got to Ipswich very early before the sky match, she was working very hard studying the programme, speedway star and some other papers, though what impressed me the most was the beaming smile she gave me when i walked past!! BTW my wife is convinced there is sexual chemistry going on between her and a certain Danish rider?? I obviously can't tell me wife that Charlie's actually smitten with me!!!

Hi Johan, I'm weighing up your idea of going to Motala on 25th, seems to take about 2.5 hours on train from Nykoping, so could get to motala by about 1.30pm, though would have to get up about 5am to get back in time, as i cant stay for a second night as i dont want to be divorced!!Any idea where it is in relation to the centre of town? Is the transfer window closing today? any last minute deals, especially interested in if Vaculik will get a new team as he's high on my wish list of riders i want to see!

Mine still hasn't turned up, leaving it a bit bleedin late aren't they!!

Just back from my trip to see Vargarna v Vastervik. Really enjoyed it, weather stayed good, racing was good and the match evenly poised until the end. Sat with lots of pissed Vastervik and cheered on Bomb Ber(As they called him) and Gollob with them, though Laguta was better than Tomasz. However Vargarna's strength in depth won it in the end and Tai and Scotty did their bits though Eddie K though never far behind didn't score many points. Mind you Miedzinski didn't do him any favours, team riding obviously not his strong point! It rained heavily as i left Norkkoping this morning so was extra lucky with the conditions. Now just have to decide where i go in August instead of Smedarna! Thanks again for all your help everybody.

Thanks, cant wait!! Weather please be kind!

Hey Anders is there any news on teams for Wednesdays rearranged fixture between vargarna and vastervik(I'm going to this meeting),will NIcholls be riding or do Ipswich have first call on his services? Thanks davidba

Thanks Tomaz and good luck

Hi Tomaz, Any news on the Slovenian team for Peterborough?

Why didn't Lee Richardson ride yesterday/Is he gonna be the seeded Brit if there is such a thing?

I've no doubt there were some out of order Polish fans, and some British ones too by the sounds of it, but what kind of idiot posts comments advocating violence against Poles per se, i'm sure the Polish people who post on here feel disturbed by these comments. I always hoped the many comments on here along the lines of 'No more Poles' was purely out of frustration at some Polish riders not being able/willing to appear full time for their British clubs, but this incident has let all kinds of bigotry out onto the forum! Sure i've been disturbed by people drinking too much at Cardiff, sort it out by all means but don't let some turn it into an excuse to create divisions.

What the !!!Is this sort of thuggish bigotry allowed on here?

I went to a czech league meeting in Prague last month, but they dont race weekly, in fact i think theres only a few meetings there per season and nothing big apart from czech championship next week and lubos tomicek memorial in October now. There's a team in Germany called berlin-wolfslake , dont know how far from centre of Berlin though, and in speedway star only a meeting listed for 4th July. So Poland is your best bet, although Krakow no longer has a team, maybe Tarnow is the nearest i'm not sure. There are tracks in Austria, Hungary and Romania though none in the capitals that i know of. Sorry i cant be of more help, hope others can

Which Poles are likely to be riding?Gollob, Hampel, Holta surely, but who else,Ullamek, Kasprzak,Walasek, Jagus, Balinski(That would be fun!), or will they adopt Sayfutdinov to ensure victory!

I cant get justintv to work properly as usual is there anyway this can be played through another media player?

Can any danish fans help me with info about a meeting listed in the speedway star at Grindsted on Friday 21st August as the DFDS super cup final? What is this meeting, do teams from the superleague have a ko cup final, if so when are qualifying rounds? Thanks david

Thanks for the confirmation. I'm in Stockholm now as i'm off to see Hammarby v Valsarna tonight(If the rain stays away). With this now confirmed and Smederna v Pirarterna in August, it's 3 trips to Sweden in 3 months!! david