T.N.T.

what time do the bars open on Saturday as The Wetherspoons in Stoke seems to be open around 10am ?

Entertainers from the BL 1970 - 1990 Although he did much more after these dates, Sam Ermolenko estanlished himself as a great entertainer in the 80's which ended the decade with his big accident. A definate contender. I see Shawn McConnell put down and he was good, but there were two Americans bought over to ride for Birmingham and the other was a showman. That was Keith Chrisco aka The Chrisco Kid who used to ride the wall of death up the wire fences. The list of Americans is quite large from that era with Scott Autry possibly the least show off type American but Robert Pftezing was a great showman and at the Shawn Moran Testimonial he won the wheelie competition on a Honda 50cc moped fitted with a shopping basket. John Cook was one of the most spectacular riders around along with both Kelly and Shawn Moran who were great riders who balanced on the edge of falling, but mainly made breath taking passes. I agree with Roman Matousek who was one of a kind. Anyone who can go through a fence, ride a lap around the outside and then re enter the track using the whole he made and then wonder why he was excluded deserves to be in the list. Kenny Carter was a big draw to the fans as an entertainer, an older version of Nicki Pedersen, you loved him or hated him, but you could never ignore him. Although he was never a big favourite of mine on the track, the parties and image of Simon Wigg will long be remembered by manywith affection. Other names that have to be in the list are some of the most entertaining riders around during that period like Hans Nielsen, sheer brilliance but also compelling to watch. Jan O Pedersen a great rider who could throw a bike into any gap. Andrew Silver who looked wild but made great passes around the boards or cutting back at the last second. Peter Collins was a true legend as much again for Chris Morton who possibly won 60% of his races but only gated in 10% of them. Going further back, then Tom Leadbitter, Dave Jessup, John Louis, Billy Sanders, George Hunter, Chris Pusey and Bert Harkins were characters of the sport and had their moments of being entertainers. I have seen Barry Thomas and Kelvin Mullarkey mentioned, both reknowned names, but did they feature in the British League or National League ? If I had to pick one out of those mentioned, I would have to go for Hans Nielsen who to me was number one at everything he did.

QUALIFIED They decided to do a run off for 8th place 1 adrian gomolski (poland) ex, 1, 1, 2, 3 = 7 2 lewis bridger (gb) 3, 3, 2, 2, 0 = 10 3 nicolai klindt (denmark) fell - withdrawn 4 william lawson (gb) 2, 1, 1, 1, 1 = 6 5 fritz wallner (austria) ef, ef, 1, ef, dns = 1 6 edward kennett (gb) 3, 1, 3, 3, 3 = 13 2nd 7 filip sitera (czech republic) 2, 1, 2, 1, 1 = 7 8 frank facher (germany) 1, 0, 1, 0, 0 = 2 9 morten risager (denmark) 2, 3, 2, 2, 3 = 12 3rd 10 kevin wölbert (germany) 3, 0, fell, 3, 2 = 8 11 jurica pavlic (croatia) fell, 3, 2, 3, 2 = 10 12 simon gustafsson (sweden) 1, 3, 3, 0, 2 = 9 13 billy forsberg (sweden) ex, 2, 3, 1, 0 = 6 14 chris holder (australia) 3, 2, 3, 3, 3 = 14 1st 15 matej kus (czech republic) ex, 0, 0, 0, 1 = 1 16 troy batchelor X 17 kenneth hansen (denmark) ex, 2, fell, 2, 2 = 6 18 richard speiser (germany) 1, 2, 0, 1, 1 = 5 heat 1, re-run: bridger, lawson, speiser, klindt fell, gomolski excl. heat 2: kennett, sitera, facher, wallner ef heat 3: wölbert, risager, gustafsson, pavlic fell heat 4: holder - forsberg excl., kus excl., hansen excl. heat 5: risager, forsberg, gomolski, wallner ef heat 6: bridger, holder, kennett, wölbert heat 7: pavlic, speiser, sitera, kus heat 8: gustafsson, hansen, lawson, facher heat 9: kennett, pavlic, gomolski, hansen fell heat 10: gustafsson, bridger, wallner, kus heat 11: holder, risager, facher, speiser heat 12: forsberg, sitera, lawson, wölbert fell heat 13: holder, gomolski, sitera, gustafsson heat 14: pavlic, bridger, forsberg, facher heat 15: wölbert, hansen, speiser, wallner ef heat 16: kennett, risager, lawson, kus heat 17: gomolski, wölbert, kus, facher heat 18: risager, hansen, sitera, bridger heat 19: kennett, gustafsson, speiser, forsberg heat 20: holder, pavlic, lawson, wallner dns heat 21 (run-off): sitera, gomolski excl.

Well considering you are probably young enough to be my daughter and by all accounts the same height as my 10 year-old son, I think it shouldn't be a problem. As I see it, you are going to be the main one to save as one adult and one child is £44 while a family ticket is £80. Have tried to call tonight, will speak tomorrow about starting that family

The town is rammed all day and car parking near to the stadium is at a premium. Maybe the train station across the road may be an answer, but if not its a case of driving around and looking. As for drinks and food, you are spoilt for choice

Just making sure, but The Prince of Wales is Wetherspoons isnt it

The streets of Cardiff are rammed with fans from all over the country on the day of the GP, not to mention the crowds from Sweden and Poland. Everyone has their regular watering hole before the meeting, so which public house do you go to ? Think I will spend a few hours at Wetherspoons where the Fairies get cheap booze from the off licence next door

I'm game if you are Shortoi - want to start a family

Well I will be going with my lad who is nearly 7 and we will be getting the tickets on the day. I would rather pay someone who has extra tickets so they can have an extra few notes in their pockets to get a burger or a pint in the stadium.

On a one off track and a strong line up like this, anyone could win a race but the inside gates should be an advantage early on. This is one meeting where the occasion is possibly bigger than the meeting and I will be there to cheer on David Howe if he scores 0 or gets into the semi's.

Well Steve, I hope you calcuate the points fairly in the next round as I may just have a few on David Howe at 50 pts

1st ~ Rico ~ 50,401 pts 2nd ~ Buildbase bob ~ 40,000 pts 3rd ~ London Witch "# 4" ~ 31,306 pts 4th ~ sccoter ~ 29,690 pts 5th ~ T.N.T. ~ 28,700 pts Cheers AJ - Shame I went for the wrong Pole though !

If need be, then I will have to try and get one on the day, but I'm hoping someone will be there with spare tickets so at least they can gain some money back.

Looks like I will be able to travel down on the Saturday Morning with my 7 year-old son. If anyone has tickets that are no longer going to be used, like family tickets extra one, let me know via pm or if you already have my number - call me Will then get the chance to finally meet some of the faces I missed last year like Shazzybird, Rabbit, Andy M etc etc. Grahame - TNT

If this is still done with 4 riders and a reserve to come in at any time then I would go with At Coventry 1 - Scott Nicholls 2 - Edward Kennett 3 - David Howe 4 - Oliver Allen R - Chris Harris Then in Poland, drop Oliver Allen and bring in Simon Stead, but then move Kennett to reserve. In the Qulifier GB should do well enough to qualify anyway, but using Bomber at reserve means he can take one ride from Howe, Kennett and Allen and if required can be used as a Joker in a weaker heat at any time.

................... and rides past a former GP rider who couldn't cope ! still he is enjoying watching from behind the air fence instead of behind three riders

I will hopefully be looking for tickets, so if anyone wants to get rid of spares, maybe they can state SPARE TICKETS on here. Sir Gollob, I may be interested, but cant say just yet.

Here are a few riders wesite links David Howe Racing Fredrik Lindgren Greg Hancoc Billy Hamill Lewis Bridger Leigh Adams Jason Crump - Ginger Racing Ryan Sullivan Jarek Hampel - English Damian Balinski Hans Andersen Bjarne Pedersen Kenneth Bjerre Matej Zagar Krystian Klecha Rempala Brothers James Wright Scott Nicholls Rory Schlein Chris Holder Rune Holta

So its now its 5 riders a race SCB ?

Nicki was on gate one, nearest the kerb, Jagus was off gate two. They both got to the bend and went for the white line, but Jagus got in front, but Nicki had to put his front wheel on the kerb, which is allowed. The problem was that his rear wheel then caught the kerb and the drive sent him straight. It is a GP meeting and they all go for every point, but Nicki's mistake was an accident and for a change, I will defend him on this one as it was clearly and accident

There is another GP rider that may well not be turning up for his team again as well, though not because of unjury.

He has been approached/asked to sign for a British team since he was 25 and has never shown an interest in riding in this country, especially with so many different race nights. Wolves fan - Speedway Fan - Not a Nicki fan However much I feel for Wieslaw, you cant blame Nicki's riding for this one, it was a racing accident and this happens at times which are just a part of the sport.

28th ~ T.N.T. ~ 8,700 pts cheers Freddie

Andersen and Pedersen are possibly the only two capable of stopping JC winning again, but they need to be more consistant as JC will reach at least 8/11 finals and finish on at least 6 rostrums this year.

Teams were BRISTOL- PHIL CRUMP, HENRY KROEZE, STEVE GRESHAM, NIGEL BOOCOCK, LANGLI, TONY GARRAD, SOREN SJOSTEN CRADLEY - BASTABLE, PRAESTBRO, ALAN GRAHAME, DAVE PERKS, BRUCE CRIBB, MEL TAYLOR, BRUCE PENHALL