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It's been on the cards for sometime and reading the artice with Nigel Pearson in the Speedway Star, it makes it look very likely .. not defnate or fact ... that the Dudley Heathans will line up in the 2013 Premier League. With Adam Roynon 7.07, Tom Perry 3.53 and Ashley Morris 3.00 the main riders for them in the NL, it would be a suprise if these three were not included. With Gary Patchett and Chris Van Straaten involved then assets from Swindon and Wolves could fill the top places. Simon Stead 9.58 would be an ideal #1 and double up with Nick Morris at Swindon while Ricky Wells 6.47 rides for Wolves at the same track and his main sponsor is the Dudley team sponsor also. This should still leave enough space for Pontus Aspgren 5.25 and a sub 7 point rider (Ludvig Lindgren maybe) to complete the team. POSSIBLE 2013 Dudley Heathans ... 1 - Simon Stead 2 - Pontus Aspgren 3 - Adam Roynon 4 - Ludvig Lindgren 5 - Ricky Wells 6 - Tom Perry 7 - Ashley Morris NOTE; This is just a view and not claiming any to be in place or fact.

March 23: New Zealand FIM Speedway Grand Prix – Auckland, New Zealand April 20: European FIM Speedway Grand Prix – Bydgoszcz, Poland May 4: Fogo Swedish FIM Speedway Grand Prix – Gothenburg, Sweden May 18: Mitas Czech Republic FIM Speedway Grand Prix – Prague, Czech Republic June 1: British FIM Speedway Grand Prix – Cardiff, Great Britain June 15: Gorzow FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland – Gorzow, Poland June 29: Danish FIM Speedway Grand Prix – Copenhagen, Denmark August 3: Fogo Italian FIM Speedway Grand Prix – Terenzano, Italy August 17: Latvian FIM Speedway Grand Prix – Daugavpils, Latvia September 7: Slovenian FIM Speedway Grand Prix – Krsko, Slovenia September 21: Scandinavian FIM Speedway Grand Prix – Stockholm, Sweden October 5: Torun FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland – Torun, Poland Definately doing Cardiff as normal but going to try and target Gothenburg, Gorzow, Krsko and Torun as possibles to watch Freddie and Tai against 13+1 top riders. ... Torun looks like being the big one with about 10 in a group hiting the town

Wonder if some peoples thoughts on Tai may change if he ends up riding for them next season ? Both Tai and MJJ are quality riders and are on the boarderline of being top 15 ..... but who outside of the GP Series next year (barMJJ) is better than Tai, Kasprzak, Zagar etc ?

Had a bad couple of years ? Moved up from a 7.2 rider to just under nine points a match, taken over the #1 race jacket at Wolves ahead of Freddie Lindgren and has an average a point higher than any other Brit ...... I'd say apart from injuries Tai has had a decent 2011 and 2012. Forget being a Wolves fan, coming from a speedway fan then I would say he is there on merit. A near 9 average in Britain and 123+15 points from 15 meetings in the Polish top league ...... not a bad record for a lad who turned just 22 in August MJJ is a great talent and likely to be crowned World U21 Champion and scored a creditable 161+25 from 22 meetings in Poland and scored well in Sweden too ..... but he averaged just 6.54 in England and only really hit double figures three times after moving into the main body of the Panhers team. At 20 years of age his time will come .... but not just yet Sadly my fear is that he may well sit out riding in England next year ...... think a lot may depend on who is backing him finacially as he may need the support of a good British sponsor. As for riding for Team Australia ...... Tai wants that British title and although he is good mates with the Turbo Twins and a number of Aussies, I dont think you will see him switch sides at all. Tai may or may not be riding for Wolves next season ..... he may well ride elsewhere !! ..... but I wish him the best for the GP Series and he knows as weall do that it's going to be very tough as ALL 15 in the Series next year are capable of beating each other ..... but he will give it a good go and may not make the top 8 but he will add some spice to the Series

While I am an avid Wolves fan and pleased to have witnessed Tai turn into the teams #1 rider, I have no doubt that he will struggle to get in the top 8 next season and quite frankly even the top ten. I will however defend him when people think he will be out of his depth. To me he has he same abilites of Zagar, Iversen and Vaculik ...... and on current form also Lindgren and Jonsson and although he may have some rounds where he scores low, he will also have some decent scores. .... Could he win a GP ? Yes ....... 7 or 8 points followed by a second place in the semi's and then one amazing ride in the final ..... as MJJ proved !!

I too went for AJ to come good along with Crumpy ...... nearly went for Gollob and the inform Lindback See you all next year

After a long ard season of Grand Prix racing we finally crown a new champion. It went down to the wire but as he night came to an end it was clear the most talented, handsome, unbelievable style and flare came out on top and deservedly clinched the title ........ PS; Chris Holder also won FINAL LEADERBOARD 249 = T.N.T. 242 = noggin 241 = dontforgetthefueltapsbruv 237 = cj69 232 = Pantherman 223 = Rico 222 = Homer 221 = mdmc82 220 = beercellar 220 = Mark246 216 = Screm 207 = PhillipsSR 201 = Geoff Capes / JCookie / Avtar 201 = WillamFJ 188 = Brummie Kev 185 = refereerick 179 = Diamonds Rock 178 = iceman 177 = Racers and Royals 172 = Gavan 171 = Gray 159 = Psycho3a 158 = Bomber Hammer 154 = smiles 129 = Stilton Panther 126 = JamieE 124 = Robbie B 112 = Hilly 107 = dump the clutch 96 = DUKEY BOY 96 = DeeksYaMahaga 87 = Waihekeaces 83 = PTW 67 = Bandits4Life 65 = SCB 63 = Kiwi PREDICTORS SCORES FROM TORUN; BEST; 39 noggin, 37 Pantherman, 36 Avtar, 33 Williamfj, 32 BrummieKev, 31 homer, 31 RobbieB, 30 beercellar, 30 Rico WORST; 11 JamieE, 12 Stilton Panther, 12 Diamonds Rock, 16 Phillipsr, 18 mdmc82, WHAT THE RIDERS SCORED; 10 Antonio Lindback, 9 Tomasz Gollob, 5 Martin Vaculik, 4 Greg Hancock, 3 Chris Harris, 2 Chris Hoder, 2 Emil Sayfutdinov, 2 Maciej Janowski, 1 Fredrik Lindgren, 1 Hans Andersen, 0 Bjarne Pedersen, -1 Peter Ljung, -3 Andreas Jonsson, -3 Jason Crump, -4 Jarek Hampel, -4 Nicki Pedersen So thats 2013 done and dusted and being serious for a moment, I'm shocked to have come out on top. It's all for a bit of fun and next seaon looks like its going to be even tougher when you consider who is leaving the GP's and who is coming in ..... No more Bjarne, Lung, Hans, Bomber or Bjerre ..... Hampel and AJ get to stay but in comes KK, Zagar, Iversen, Vaculik and ..... ...... and not forgetting the other Turbo Twin So thanks for those that kept it going and until next seasons Series gets under way ...... UP THE WOLVES !!! we cant get much lower !!

He had a 2 point lead going into the final round at Torun but going into the Semi-Finals his lead was up to six points and he was drawn in the same heat as Nicki Pedersen Nicki had to win or be runner up Semi Final 2 and force Holder out of the final ..... then had to WIN the final !!! With Gollob, Vaculik and Lindback all going well, it was an uphill battle which was too much of a climb for Nicki WELL DONE CHRIS ...... A Well Deserved Champion 2013 WORLD CHAMPION CHRIS HOLDER RUNNER UP NICKI PEDERSEN THIRD GREG HANCOCK (THANKS REF )

Heat 17 - Polish Grand Prix @ Torun 2 ... R Hans Andersen 0 ... B Peter Ljung 1 ... W Jason Crump 3 ... Y Emil Sayfutdinov Farewell Crumpy. A credit to the Series over the years

Got to be backing Chris Holder for the title as he has been the best rider this season and it's nice to see a rider that still rides in England lift the title after years of the title going to riders that have walked away. Time for a changing of the guard now with Holder, Sayfutdinov, Ward, MJJ, Vaculik and Lindgren becoming the riders in the next few yars when Crump, Gollob, Hancock etc have bowed out gracefully.

TORUN GP PREDICTIONS With the race for the title a 2 (or possibly 3) horse race, you can earn extra points by predicting the finishing positions of the final top 8 riders .... Thats TOP 8 only. For each rider you get in the correct position, you will earn an extra THREE points. .... This could get you a bonus of 24 points added to your score and with Emil, Crumpy and Gollob so close, its hard to call let alone Antonio's end of season form with him just 8 behind Fredrik Lindgren and big points in the final heats could see him jump up a place. Who will you predict will be wearing the #1 race jacket next season ? ...... its all to play for ....... Get Predicting !! scores for predictions in RED 1 .... 13 ...... Chris Holder 145 2 .... 13 ...... Nicki Pedersen 143 3 .... 9 ...... Greg Hancock 135 4 .... 9 ...... Emil Sayfutdinov 122 5 .... 8 ...... Jason Crump 121 6 .... 12 ...... Tomasz Gollob 121 7 .... 7 ...... Fredrik Lindgren 111 8 ..... 9 ....... Antonio Lindback 103 9 .... 7 ...... Andreas Jonsson 84 10 .... 4 ...... Hans Andersen 64 11 .... 3 ...... Chris Harris 59 12 ... 3 ......Bjarne Pedersen 56 13 .... 7 ...... Jaroslaw Hampel 55 14 .... 3 ...... Peter Ljung 55 15 .... 7 ...... Martin Vaculik 55 16 .. ... 6 .... Maciej Janowski Here I'am just like Chris Holder, carrying a lead into the final round wondering if I can secure the title ? T.N.T's predictions for my go are ....... 9 Emil Sayfutdinov 8 Jason Crump 7 Fredrik Lindgren 7 Andreas Jonsson TOP 8 1 - Chris Holder 2 - Nicki Pedersen 3 - Greg Hancock 4 - Tomasz Gollob 5 - Emil Sayfutdinov 6 - Jason Crump 7 - Fredrik Lindgren 8 - Antonio Lindback

2013 GRAND PRIX SERIES LINE UP 01. Chris Holder 02. Nicki Pedersen 03. Greg Hancock 04. Emil Sayfutdinov 05. Tomasz Gollob 06. Freddie Lindgren 07. Antonio Lindback 08. Andreas Jonsson SGP Challenge Qualifiers 09. Krzysztof Kasprzak 10. Matej Zagar 11. Niels Kristian Iversen Wildcards 12. Jarek Hampel 13. Darcy Ward 14. Martin Vaculik 15. Tai Woffinden Jarek Hampel is assured of a Wild Card pick and they are desperate to get Ward in as they know he will be one of thefront runners and be entertaining. Vaculik will get the nod over MJJ while Tai Woffinden takes the sole British role. ...... should anyone be injured they are replaced by Ales Dryml !!!

TORUN GP PREDICTIONS Here we go then with the final Grand Prix of the 2013 season and at the end we will be crowning the New Champion ...... but who ? Can Chrs Holder keep hold of his slender lead in the race for the title or will Nicki put his experience to the test and overhaul him in the run in ? ..... Lets no forget too that even if Chris and Nicki score well in the heats, Greg Hancock can retain his title if he at least matches them in the heats then goes on to win the semi and final. With a week to go we will find out tonight which three riders qualify for next years series and hopefully 2012 GP Winners, Martin Vaculik and Michael Jepsen will finish in the top three in Gorican leaving enough room for Tai Woffinden to be nominated as Britains sole rider in the 2013 Series and join Jarek Hampel and Darcy Ward in the picks. Until then its on with the show and as promised there is a sting in the tail with BONUS POINTS up for grabs. With the race for the title a 2 (or possibly 3) horse race, you can earn extra points by predicting the finishing positions of the final top 8 riders .... Thats TOP 8 only. For each rider you get in the correct position, you will earn an extra THREE points. .... This could get you a bonus of 24 points added to your score and with Emil, Crumpy and Gollob so close, its hard to call let alone Antonio's end of season form with him just 8 behind Fredrik Lindgren and big points in the final heats could see him jump up a place. Who will you predict will be wearing the #1 race jacket next season ? ...... its all to play for ....... Get Predicting !! scores for predictions in RED 1 .... 13 ...... Chris Holder 145 2 .... 13 ...... Nicki Pedersen 143 3 .... 9 ...... Greg Hancock 135 4 .... 9 ...... Emil Sayfutdinov 122 5 .... 8 ...... Jason Crump 121 6 .... 12 ...... Tomasz Gollob 121 7 .... 7 ...... Fredrik Lindgren 111 8 ..... 9 ....... Antonio Lindback 103 9 .... 7 ...... Andreas Jonsson 84 10 .... 4 ...... Hans Andersen 64 11 .... 3 ...... Chris Harris 59 12 ... 3 ......Bjarne Pedersen 56 13 .... 7 ...... Jaroslaw Hampel 55 14 .... 3 ...... Peter Ljung 55 15 .... 7 ...... Martin Vaculik 55 16 .. ... 6 .... Maciej Janowski

After a pretty boring Vojens GP that only got going into the final heats, we saw Chris Holder almost surrender his lead and much the same happended here as my lead was cut after only managing to score 14 points after deciding not to go with MJJ and stick with Jarek Hampel. RIDERS SCORES IN VOJENS 9 Nicki Pedersen, 8 Michael Jepsen Jensen, 6 Emil Sayfutdinov, 4 Fredrik Lindgren, 3 Bjarne Pedersen, 3 Antonio Lindback, 2 Peter Ljung, 2 Jason Crump, 1 Greg Hancock, 0 Hans Andersen, 0 Andreas Jonsson, -2 Chris Holder, -2 Bjerre/Vaculik/KK, -2 Chris Harris, -3 Jarek Hampel, -3 Tomasz Gollob. BEST MANAGERS SCORES Best score from Vojens was 29 points scored by Pantherman who selected Emil, Crump, Antonio and MJJ. Next best on 28 was racers and royals and Screm while other good scores were homer 26, beercellar 24 and mdmc82 on 23 points. WORST MANAGERS SCORES All managers are given 10 points if they post on time, so any score under ten isn't too good. Only one manager scored less than ten and that was JamieE who scored 8 points. Scoring just 10 points were Phillipsr, Iceman and Bomber Hammer. LEADERBOARD after VOJENS 224 = T.N.T. 217 = cj69 214 = dontforgetthefueltapsbruv 203 = noggin 203 = mdmc82 196 = Mark246 195 = Screm 195 = Pantherman 193 = Rico 191 = Homer 191 = PhillipsSR 190 = beercellar 168 = WillamFJ 167 = Diamonds Rock 165 = Geoff Capes / JCookie / Avtar 156 = refereerick 156 = Brummie Kev 156 = iceman 154 = smiles 154 = Racers and Royals 150 = Gavan 146 = Gray 138 = Psycho3a 132 = Bomber Hammer 125 = JamieE 117 = Stilton Panther 112 = Hilly 107 = dump the clutch 96 = DUKEY BOY 96 = DeeksYaMahaga 93 = Robbie B 87 = Waihekeaces 67 = Bandits4Life 65 = SCB 63 = Kiwi 55 = PTW So we have just ONE Grand Prix left ...... Will Chris Holder hold on to his lead ? ...... Can anyone catch me ? ...... The simple answer is that its still wide open, but as this competition has shown in the past, a bad score can lose you BIG points and that wont be any different in the final round at Torun. There will be bonus points up for grabs and those could make a big difference, so anyone could get a score that will see them shoot up the leaderboard ..... possibly to the top spot !!! Will post on here soon what the predictions will be for Torun.

How many names re you using ? ...... are you KKS in disguise Bjerre is in the starting line up .... if he is out, Vaculik replaces him .... if Vaculik out, then the replacement takes the place !

I'm going to go with my gut feeling ..... 10 Greg Hancock 8 Jason Crump 7 Fredrik Lindgren 6 Jarek Hampel was tempted with MJJ and AJ

PREDICTION FOR VOJENS - Dansk Metal Nordic GP There is only TWO rounds to go and true to the real GP's one person has emerged from the pack to take a respectable lead going into the last 46 races ...... but ask Chris Holder if he will be caught and the likely answer is something like he is only seconds away from his last point .... who nows what lies ahead. I will admit though that Chris Holder is the in form rider and that will show in the predicted scores, but as for the rest ..... its wide open as Geg Hancock could be anywhere from 7 - 21 points .... as could be Jason Crump, Nicki Pedersen and most of the top 8-10 riders. ..... So you have just under a week (6 days, 23 hours and roughly 45 minutes) to post or edit your four selections. 13 Chris Holder 11 Nicki Pedersen 10 Greg Hancock 10 Tomasz Gollob 9 Emil Sayfutdinov 8 Jason Crump 8 Antonio Lindback 7 Fredrik Lindgren 7 Michael Jepsen Jensen 7 Andreas Jonsson 6 Martin Vaculik (Bjerre) 6 Jarek Hampel 6 Hans Andersen 4 Bjarne Pedersen 4 Peter Ljung 4 Chris Harris In the final round in Torun there will be bonus points p for grabs so anyone in the top 10 + could catch the leader after this round.

JUST TWO ROUNDS LEFT ..... 46 Races ...... 184 laps ...... WHO WILL WIN ? With just two rounds left, it is still anyones game to win as the final round will feature a special feature !! So who scored what in Mallila ? On the rider front the scorers were ...... Tomasz Gollob 13, Antonio Lindback 9, Chris Holder 4, Bjarne Pedersen 4, Emil Sayfutdinov 2, Fredrik Lindgren 2, Hans Andersen 2, Peter Ljung 2, Nicki Pedersen 0, Jarek Hampel 0, Jason Crump -1, Martin Vaculik (Bjerre) -1, Chris Harris -1, THJ -1, Greg Hancock -2, Andreas Jonsson -8 On the Predictors front the BEST scorers were ...... SCREM 30, T.N.T. 29 , Brummie Kev 24, beercellar 23, Mark246 22, JamieE 20 n the Predictors front the WORST scorers were ...... Smiles and Iceman failed to score, even with the ten added for posting !! .... racers and royals picked up 1 point, Pantherman 2, PTW 2, Avtar 3 With most of the leaders having a bit of a poor round in Mallila, there was one very special, very talented and if I do say so myself, very charming predictor that did do well with almost the best score of the round .... can you spot which one ? LEADERBOARD after MALLILA 210 = T.N.T. :party: 198 = cj69 193 = dontforgetthefueltapsbruv 189 = noggin 181 = PhillipsSR 180 = Rico 180 = mdmc82 175 = Mark246 167 = Screm 166 = Pantherman 166 = beercellar 165 = Homer 155 = WillamFJ 146 = iceman 146 = Diamonds Rock 146 = Gray 143 = Geoff Capes / JCookie 139 = refereerick 136 = Brummie Kev 133 = smiles 133 = Gavan 126 = Racers and Royals 123 = Psycho3a 122 = Bomber Hammer 112 = Hilly 107 = dump the clutch 117 = JamieE 117 = Stilton Panther 96 = DUKEY BOY 96 = DeeksYaMahaga 87 = Waihekeaces 72 = Robbie B 67 = Bandits4Life 65 = SCB 63 = Kiwi 55 = PTW With 2 rounds now remaining, the following Predictors have been taken out of the game (before Mallila) as they havent posted for a while and are not in with a chance of affecting the leader board. 39 = beesboybert, 23 = White Rabbit, 23 = Mark, 11 = Hunty the Brummie, 10 = Cockney Pirate, 6 = Steve R, 4 = Starman2006, 3 = Dudleywood4eva, -2 = mark evans, -3 = Diddy, -4 = Full Throttle, -4 = Woz01, -7 = Comet10, -9 = WTM, -10 = Bandits4Eva, -11 = Kris Ad, -14 = Baz Brush, -15 = Patto25, -17 = Superguest. PREDICTIONS FOR VOJENS will be posted soon !!!

SGPC 16 challenge finalists are ..... Lindback - Ljung - Walasek - Miedzinski - Kasprzak - Andersen - NKI - MJJ - Madsen - Smolinski - Zagar - Watt - Batchelor - A Dryml - Vaculik - Pavlic With the top 8 not that clear with Lindbck just 2 points behind AJ, it would help the pick of nominations if Antonio stayed ninth and qualified in the GP Challange along with Vaculik and MJJ as those look to be three that stand a good chance of getting picked That would leave four wild cards and Jarek Hampel and Darcy Ward are all but assured of getting nominated. A token Brit would then be selected and Tai Woffinden is the only real choice. That would leave just one space whch would be used on Lindback/MJJ/Vaculik if they fail to qualify ..... otherwise it would go to Kasprzak ?

Martin Vaculik will be replacing Kenneth Bjerre ..... so do you want Vaculik or Hampel ? if you dont post or edit before the start time on Saturday, you will get the rider that scores the least .... Hampel or Vaculik. MY PREDICTION SCANDANAVIAN GP PREDICTIONS 9 Emil Sayfutdinov 9 Fredrik Lindgren 8 Tomasz Gollob 3 Peter Ljung tempted to go with Bomber who scored well here recently

SCANDANAVIAN GP PREDICTIONS 13 Chris Holder 11 Nicki Pedersen 10 Greg Hancock 9 Emil Sayfutdinov 9 Andreas Jonsson 9 Antonio Lindback 9 Fredrik Lindgren 9 Jason Crump 8 Tomasz Gollob 7 Martin Vaculik (Bjerre) 6 Chris Harris 6 Jarek Hampel 6 Tomas H Jonasson 3 Hans Andersen 3 Peter Ljung 2 Bjarne Pedersen As you can see, Martin Vaculik is now the replcement for Kenneth Bjerre. ..... If Jarek Hampel (or any other rider) pulls out, the will be replaced by the next rider in line (Kasprzak)

Depending on how Linback and Vaculik do in the GP Challenge, the 15 riders for next season are all but sorted. The top 8 at present, Hancock, Holder, Pedersen, Crump, Sayfutdinov, Gollob, Lindgren and Jonsson. Add to that Vaculik and Lindback and you have 10. You then have the 3 qualifiers from the GP Challenge .... to make 13 Lindback* Ljung Walasek Miedzinski Kasprzak Andersen NKI MJJ Madsen Smolinski Zagar Watt Batchelor A Dryml Vaculik* Pavlic Jarek Hampel will be handed the next race jacket followed by Tai Woffinden Should Vaculik and / or Lindback qualify, you will have 1 or 2 extra places available which would go in order to Darcy Ward, Jepsen Jensen as World U21 Champion elect (if he hasn't qualifield already) and most likely Kasprzak the final place if its available They are really hoping MJJ, Vaculik and Lindback get the three qualifying places !!

Let's start with this post from Gray ..... As you never entered a pairing selection, you automatically get the worst pairing yopu could have picked which was MAMA MIA getting -9 points. There fore you get 10 for posting, 3 for Emil, 1 for Harris, 0 for Hampel/Vaculik, 11 for Holder and the -9 for MAMA MIA giving you a Cardiff score of 16 .... had you have chose LITTLE TOO LATE who scored 14 points, your score could have been 39 and been the highest scorer ============================================================================ So who scored what in Cardiff ? On the rider front the scorers were ...... Chris Holder 11, Kenneth Bjerre (KK) 8, Hans Andersen 6, Fredrik Lindgren 5, Antonio Lindback 5, Emil Sayfutdinov 3, Scott Nicholls 2, Chris Harris 1, Nicki Pedersen 1, Tomasz Gollob 1, Jarek Hampel (Vaculik) 0, Bjarne Pedersen -1, Andreas Jonsson -3, Jason Crump -3, Peter Ljung -6 and Greg Hancock -6. On the Predictors side, the biggest score was 36 points from STILTON PANTHER while new league leader, CJ69 scored 32, closely followed by GAVAN on 31. Other scorers to hit over twenty were .... SCREM 25, GEOFF CAPES 24, PHILLIPSR 22 and SMILES 21. Those that didn't do too well at the Welsh City were ..... former league leader, MDMC82 who had a nightmare meeting scoring -1 .... yes -1 even after collecting 10 points for posting !! .... Other bad scores were BOMBER HAMMER 1, ROBBIEB 2, PYSCHO3a 2, ICEMAN 3 and BEERCELLAR 8. LEADERBOARD after CARDIFF 186 = cj69 182 = dontforgetthefueltapsbruv 181 = T.N.T. 178 = noggin 173 = PhillipsSR 172 = Rico 164 = mdmc82 164 = Pantherman 155 = Homer 153 = Mark246 146 = iceman 143 = beercellar 143 = WillamFJ 143 = Geoff Capes / JCookie 137 = Screm 133 = smiles 131 = Diamonds Rock 130 = refereerick 130 = Gray 125 = Racers and Royals 123 = Gavan 113 = Bomber Hammer 113 = Psycho3a 112 = Brummie Kev 112 = Hilly 107 = dump the clutch 107 = Stilton Panther 96 = DUKEY BOY 96 = DeeksYaMahaga 87 = Waihekeaces 97 = JamieE 67 = Bandits4Life 65 = SCB 63 = Kiwi 57 = Robbie B 53 = PTW With 3 rounds now remaining, the following Predictors have been taken out of the game as they havent posted for a while and are not in with a chance of affecting the leader board. 39 = beesboybert, 23 = White Rabbit, 23 = Mark, 11 = Hunty the Brummie, 10 = Cockney Pirate, 6 = Steve R, 4 = Starman2006, 3 = Dudleywood4eva, -2 = mark evans, -3 = Diddy, -4 = Full Throttle, -4 = Woz01, -7 = Comet10, -9 = WTM, -10 = Bandits4Eva, -11 = Kris Ad, -14 = Baz Brush, -15 = Patto25, -17 = Superguest. PREDICTIONS FOR VOJENS will be posted soon !!! Hope you all enjoyed Cardiff, sadly bad traffic on the way down prevented me getting there before 3pm, so couldn't do much around town before the meeting, but still had a great day even though Fast Freddie missed out in the final ..... all finished off with a Chinese at midnight 140 miles from the Stadium

Can't believe some saying the racing was boring !! There was overtaking in heat 1 compared to previous years where you had to wait til heat 7 or 8 before anything really happened after the second turn. For me the pick of the races was the battle with Holder and Emil. How they syayed on their bikes or never wiped each other out was amazing anyway but to stay on full power every time and not get caught by the following riders made it even more dramatic. Chris Holder was by far the best rider on the night and sadly for my friend standing next to me he was too good as he had £50 on KK and £100 on Freddie ..... that was two chances of over a grand gone in 56 seconds, sadly I had my main money each way on Emil who just lost out in the semi, but the best rider won and well deserved. Well Done to Scott who showed fight through out but Bomber must know now that unless he wins the British Final next year, or second to Tai then that may have been his last Cardiff experience. Tai will give it a good go next season and although he may not be challenging the top riders, he will be fighting for a top 8 finish at least. Yes the crowd was down a bit and the streets not so full, but I would still say that there was 40,000 there as the main empty seats were on the home straight upper terrace. Those that did attend should have enjoyed the experience and most riders had a decent race at one stage with just Bjane and Ljung (£10 @ 8/1 to make the semi's ) were left wanting. Hans Andersen started like the rider of 5 years ago and Martin Vaculik looked to be destined for another big score after getting 5 from his firts two rides. Emil, Tomasz and Freddie came good as the meeting drew on and looked fast while Antonio, KK and Nicki were up and down a bit. Overall a good meeting but will look back at the replay later.