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I was unaware that even one let alone two new threads had been started up on this topic. Then again i'm only occasionally having a glance at the forums. Lol gee how many posts in how many sections are there now? I must check out the National League section to see if one has been started there too hee hee.

BACK ON TOPIC (a serious one): A rare-ish winter foray back to the forum for me and with despair! lol. Looks like it's gone all nuclear now very sad. I certainly won't be voting in the FIM rider of the year contest, nasty stuff going on right now to the detriment of the sport. SEC: Starts riders from GP blocked! http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/395289/sec-starty-zawodnikow-z-gp-zablokowane-co-dalej-z-cyklem A partial sample of the Google Translate version, make of it what you will, what you can, but the gist is there and hopefully Speedway Star will confirm/enlighten us this Thursday "International Motorcycling Federation decided to block the possibility of the players starts with Grand Prix with the SEC. About the war on BSI line (organizer GP) - One Sport (organizer SEC) we have already written . International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) said that it could be blocked launches riders from GP series in the SEC. One of the representatives of the FIM announced the decision the players already at the Grand Prix in Torun. Now officially entered into force. - Sorry proved to us the most pessimistic scenario. Starts riders from the Grand Prix are being blocked. At this time, all contracts are in the hands of lawyers. They will determine what steps will be taken in the near future. This applies to sponsorship agreements, as well as television - told SportoweFakty.pl Adam Krużyński , a representative of the main sponsor of the SEC 's nice. Appalled by the decision of the FIM, is one of the representatives of the organizer of the SEC. - At the moment, we do not want to comment more broadly, our position on this situation, consult with lawyers. We have a valid contract with the FIM-Europe, based on which we have made ​​a number of other commitments. This is not a joke, it is not fun - the impression that not everyone understands. There's been a big mistake. Information on these ideas, thoughts; plans BSI and FIM, of course, came to us for a long time, but no official message is not received. The decision came by mail a few days ago - it looks exactly that in the rules of the FIM-Europe will record that in the competition rank Championships competitors can not compete Grand Prix. Interestingly, the players receiving a wild card into the cycle SGP (Gollob and Jonsson) have not received the information that the choice of the SGP automatically eliminates them from competing in the SEC. Generously allowed us, however, that one player GP cycle could start in the SEC with a wild card in the individual tournament. Interestingly, it was also (authoritarian, without consultation) the decision that the leading three riders SEC obtains final promotion to ... Grand Prix Challenge. Aside from the substantive value of this brilliant idea, there is a problem - the SEC would have to decide by the end of August, which is basically impossible without causing conflicts with other terms. They lose the fans, the players lose, you lose the discipline - said the representative of One Sport Jan Konikiewicz . SEC organizers were left alone on the battlefield. They expect, however, that the authorities of the Polish Association of Motor explicitly denounced in this case. - Contrary to the ASN in this matter, we hope that it will be a clear and direct manner expressed - in one way or the other."

Lol ok i'm lost with that...make this the most puzzling

Ok that got to be one of the most puzzling posts ever lol.....please may i ask who on earth 'we' is???

I think you'll find that having to subscribe to multiple packages to access a single sport all adds up. When i initially subscribed to Sky Sports it covered pretty much ALL football and many other of my favourite sports, including ALL speedway. However, in the last few years i find that i have to pay fees to multiple companies just for full coverage of the football alone. Then my other sports such as Speedway, American Football, Nascar and MMA are all scattered across different platforms. I wish the various companies would group together for a multi ticket that allows one access to all the stations. Incidentally, and each to their own opinion no problem, the Premier Sports coverage of the Swedish league has been a fantastic and entertaining bonus with an excellent commentator.

Methinks Thomas sealed his crown during the second leg of the Elite League play-off final tonight lol.

EH! Ok that's got to be the strangest and most unfathomable comment i've ever seen on these forums lol. Gee i do hope we would be given subtitles as i know i'm not the only one who can't understand a word that he says. The only person in speedway who rivals him is Neil Middleditch with his 'machine gun speed' speaking. Cheers for that i had been disappointed there hadn't been any links to it which left me thinking there would be none available anywhere.

Presuming there is a computer in the building (?) there are free webcam software programmes which will with 'motion detection' being set trigger alerts and email or upload to a server as many photographs as you wish of anyone present. Also they can be set for live streaming. You don't even need a high quality webcam or security system. I've helped people get great results just using a standard cheapo analog cctv camera costing a few pounds. A camera outside for before they gain entry would enable a call to the police to be made and one inside would grab a snap of burglars or vandals. Even in the case of Arson the computer would be clicking or streaming merrily away before it gets engulfed in flames. I don't know the area around Ashfield is it out of hearing of a populated area, not that many people take note of alarms, least of all the Police! Does the stadium have no security at all? or was the fire well ablaze before anyone could respond?

One would presume and hope that it was an electrical fault as at that time it would be very rare indeed for a random arsonist or malicious firebug to strike. I'm presuming safely that it has to be the former option.

Paul Bellamy quoted on Sportowefakty this morning claiming/making it clear that he has no input in the whole affair... "It is true that the FIM infection cycle start SGP participants in the competition rank Speedway European Championship? - Please refer this question to the representatives of the FIM. Contracts with żużlowcami to compete in the world championships are concluded by the International Motorcycling Federation. This is about FIM and not BSI."

Paul Bellamy quoted on Sportowefakty this morning saying Tomasz Gollob has a good chance of a Wild Card. "What are the chances that Chris Holder and Tomasz Gollob receive a permanent wild card for the season 2014? - Large. These are the world champions, after all. Chris Holder could not defend his title due to injury. Tomasz Gollob three years ago was the best in the world. From the speedway will begin awarding a wild card for the season 2014."

Good to hear as the BARB figures were shown to be greatly unreliable in a study a few years back, haven't a clue what it was now mind. Gee! i think from experience most people dread hearing a company say "there is to be a major software upgrade which will bring some good new features for consumers" as it often results in fixing/improving something that isn't broke and breaks it lol. Whilst i'm not fussed if somebody knows what i watch on tv for every minute i watch it i do think this extensive SNOOPING is going into some very dodgy waters. How long before the police or other authorities will be demanding (if they don't already do) a report of what a viewer has watched? I can certainly think of many criminal cases where they would like to infer negative aspects to a person's personality. God help anyone who watches documentaries to do with terrorism, instantly picked up by GCHQ and PRISM (plus the various other similar eavesdropping programmes that trawl all forms of communications and household media electronics). Of course one of the biggest causes of concern is how Sky have failed to ensure that people know about their viewing choices being recorded. Certainly as of now the vast majority of subscribers do NOT have a clue about it happening.

And most likely they went and asked the women if they prefer Whiskas to any other cat food and they asked the cats what their shampoo preference was for

Lol not when i tuned in they didn't and not at the start of the broadcast when they refer to the headline stories coming up and also the other sports that they will be covering, which is why i tuned out. Maybe you saw a later edition where they fit little 'non-worthy' bits in?. Maybe they did show it in that actual hour but simply had deemed it not worthy of a mention in the headlines or mention of the other sports coming up? lol. Whatever.

Are you referring to the little ticker tape thing at the bottom of the screen? I switched on to Sky Sports News at the top of the hour and what i quoted above was the case. Also i was obviously referring to a video report/article.interview etc as part of the news and not a line of text. Also i wasn't referring to website coverage but actual TV (Sports) News coverage as in 'Sky Sports News' on the TV. Anyway whatever, those of us who watched the meeting and follow speedway had a fantastic and entertaining night indeed it's their loss.

No mention on Sky Sports News headlines nor in the list of the other sports that they are to cover in the next hour.

Ummmm! i seen documentaries and i forgot to add 'allegedly lol

Wow what an excellent win by Miedzinski congrats indeed. No doubt an under-par Swede will take a series Wild Card ahead of him though. But GB riders did the same for years taking a place ahead of better performing and more deserving riders. Although an average of 8.33 in the Polish league would suggest it would very likely be a one-off performance and the Swedish riders still have a potential good season in them.

Not as bad as the error that can be made when going to a Thai bar or brothel lol.

Some some superb racing going on to impress any newcomers watching on TV.

Lol Lol

Loving the shot of the stadium in between the heats it would do any sport proud, very spectacular.

Iversen's third place would have had The Grin grinning there, don't know why commentators concentrating solely on the effect on NIcki for the bronze.

Also good to see he has matured to tone down his swearing, tv producers were always on tenterhooks during his Sky Sports pit interviews lol. Ask your wife lol

Sorry Antonio that won't get you a Wild Card for next year too little way too late.