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I came across this news item on BBC Essex the other day:
Is this the same person who rode for Sheffield in the 70's? Apart from the surname missing an 's' - could be a typo -he resembles him.He would be 78 now.
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23 hours ago, racers and royals said:
Jack Holder needs to pull his finger out in Torun. He is still 4 points behind the injured Michelsen who is 6th and Kubera is now only 9 points behind Holder. Holder i should imagine will not want to have to do the Challenge.
Now that Michelsen's season is over, Holder just needs 4 points to get into the top six. Kubera needs to reach the final.
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7 hours ago, davieb1 said:
Against kings Lynn max fricke scored an 18 point maximum plus 4 points for the super heat equalling 22points
Ìs there anyone who has scored more in the English league?
Or is this some kinda record ?
Bjarne Pedersen on 22nd July 2005 when riding for Poole at Lakeside (then Arena Essex). He scored 22 +1 from seven outings, one as a golden double in which he finished second behind team mate Matej Ferjan.
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5 minutes ago, Baldyman said:
Is this one on TV,,
Was to be but Eurosport have Sheffield v Belle Vue listed now.
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On 8/19/2024 at 9:04 AM, Fortythirtyeight said:
Ok, where and when was this advertised ? as I haven’t seen anything in the official fixture list.
https://britishspeedway.co.uk/event/womens-british-open-final-leicester/
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43 minutes ago, iainb said:
I think Batch made a right "Charlie" of himself
He was on his anti-sulking medication.
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2 hours ago, BluTiger said:
So did I, but does that apply to an injured rider out for the season, as well as a one in, one out change...
The only change which can be made after a club has completed 75% of its meetings is a rider returning from injury, but he is permitted only to replace whoever was signed to cover his absence.
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9 hours ago, MP78 said:
Are Leicester committed to the lineup at this stage? Would make sense to shuffle the pack surely and if Douglas is out, put R/R at number 2
Little point in that. It would mean Fricke could only take a RR outing in heat 8.
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6 minutes ago, The Third Man said:
There were also more teams, 19 when i started going, so 18 league matches, more then now riding against each other twice, so riding each other more than once would have been impossible
Exactly, but having 7 clubs riding each other twice home and away is no different to 14 clubs riding once and then all squeezed into two days of the week not six.
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13 hours ago, mikebv said:
Or not enough Monday's and Thursday's?
Correct. Back in the 70's the first division ran over 6 days (I don't recall Sundays ever being used). Therefore, 7 clubs being fitted into 2 days of the week is the equivalent of 21 clubs having 6 available. Also, they rode only once home and away in the league although there were more open meetings and international fixtures and those of other categories fitted in.
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As far as I can see, the earliest re-staging of this fixture is Monday 9th September. I wonder if this was taken into account.
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11 minutes ago, BluTiger said:
That's not what it's showing...
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/forecast/u12b4ht3f#?date=2024-07-15
If you check the weather map rather then the summary it shows no rain at all until 21.30. Too late now though.
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Getting spoilt for choice now, Thomsen? Lebedevs?
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15 minutes ago, BackInTheDHSS said:
It's not in the Russians case though is it? They don't compete for their country, they compete individually and with no country allegiance. All those 'team events' you mentioned won't include any neutral athletes, other than in an individual capacity (no relays etc.)
The 'neutral' flag also covers athletes from more than just Russia (Belarus as well). The neutral flag won't appear in the medals table, either, for that exact reason. So it's a completely different scenario.
Russia under the banner of the Russian Olympics Committee have won medals at team events in past Olympics including 2020 (2021). It was created due to widescale and uncontrolled doping throughout in Russia over recent years. Of course, Russia hadn't invaded Ukraine until 2022. Russian athletes plus those from Belarus will not compete as the ROC in Paris this year but Instead under the Individual Neutral Athletes organisation (AIN). The number of participants permitted to compete is expected to be significantly less than in previous championships.
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On 7/6/2024 at 9:04 PM, Arch Stanton said:
We should sign whoever flies around the NSS next week so we only get comfortably beat there next time instead of slaughtered
Kai Huckenbeck?
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58 minutes ago, mickyp said:
so much for eurosport, and discovery + big promotion push begining of season,,,its a joke ,nothing on eurosport tv guide ,and on discovery + tonight it shows last weeks oxford match ,the only people who will see speedway on tv are speedway fans who pay just to watch there sport,, the general puplic see sport on itv,sky,tnt. and if you want highlights its hidden away at midnight on quest,,, so people who have eurosport as part of there package ,wont even know its on this week,, tv as done nothing for speedway only show small crowds on wet monday night when nobody wants to go out,,
Open the Discovery+ app. Select 'sports' then 'all sports.' Scroll down to 'Speedway,' which will take you to upcoming live fixtures including all four SON events this week.
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20 minutes ago, RoundTheBoards said:
Not even one of those occasions where the rules are ambiguous.
The rule is very clear:
SR11.4 "If riding at #7 a guest from the Rising Star list must be used, their MA must be lower or equivalent to the missing rider. The Rising Star guest must not be in a current Premiership 1-7."
Unless the rules are and the section highlighted actually means a rider who is a rising star in a current 1 -7.
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25 minutes ago, szkocjasid said:
Surely if there's any doubt about the legality of the visiting team, Belle Vue should be putting in a protest?
You would think so but this is Mark Lemon after all.
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9 hours ago, szkocjasid said:
Is that allowed? I'm sure he was previously going to guest, but it got cancelled because he's not Sheffield's "rising star"?
No, it isn't. A guest replacement for a rising star has to be selected from the list and he cannot be already in an existing 1 - 7. The only exception is if the rising star has moved up to a team's 1 - 5 which is not the case here.
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On 6/14/2024 at 4:14 PM, TTT said:
As long as Ipswich are granted a facility then I wouldn't bother signing anyone right now.
When the Polish season comes to a close, Big name riders always want to use British Speedway as a cash cow for a few weeks (Like Lambert) before the season finishes and that is when Ipswich should strike by signing a points scoring machine.
Until then just book track specialists to guest at Foxhall and it'll be enough to finish top of the table because Sheffield are flaky on the road to a point where they're going to lose a few more meetings yet and Ipswich already have a 6 point lead over BV.
Except you can't now:
010.3.1 Transfer Window No team changes will be allowed once that club has completed 75% of their League Competition fixtures. Except riders returning to the team after injury who can only replace their original replacement.
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18 minutes ago, TTT said:
Michelsen did ride for Eastbourne back in the day and he scored well for them around Arlington on a consistent basis.
Joined Eastbourne during the 2013 on a 5 point assessed average. Finished the following season on 6.02. After Eastbourne dropped out of the elite league he had a spell with Leicester in 2015. I don't think he has ridden over here since.
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1 hour ago, TTT said:
My money's on Madsen.
Underperforming in the GP's and he doesn't ride in Sweden so like Lindgren it would be logical to get himself another team place with regular meetings to get himself so more race sharpness.
Of the names being bandied about, I think Madsen is one of the more likely
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21 minutes ago, Phil The Ace said:
Because he’s a rising star. Good season or not.
lets look at it another way. Why when your RS is at reserve you can only get a guest from the rising star list??? What is the difference. Nothing
The difference is that Dan has qualified to be in Ipswich's 1 -5 so deserves to be treated the same way as any other rider in a club's main body of a team.
Suppose this ruling existed in 2022 would you have supported the notion of Tom Brennan's absence covered by only an unattached rising star once he had made Belle Vue's 1 - 5
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2 hours ago, Bash said:
This is what is wrong with some of the rules in speedway, we can't use Scott Nicholls again because of the 8 day rule but we can use Sam Masters who rode for the opposition last week in the same meeting as Scott. I suppose the only benefit of this rule is we can't use Batch this week!
Scott could have been used as a guest for Jason. Perhaps he we asked but declined as he didn't want to do four meetings in a week. 8 day rule does not apply when riding as a guest for the home #1.
Where are they now?
in Years Gone By
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This one is not so much where are they now but 'what they did next.'
I have been clearing out my elderly cousin's house recently and came across a George Medal which was awarded to his grandfather during WW2. There is a list of recipients on a Wikipedia page. As it turned out, he isn't on there, but I found the name of a Lionel Van Praag (World Champion 1936) who won the medal whist serving in the Australian Air Force around the same time: