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That's awful news you certainly deserve to get to see the racing with all the information and help you provide all year round on Swedish speedway. Fingers crossed that all seeking a stream get one.

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You won't see any mention of it yet on the official SGP site and BSI and Dackarna won't currently comment , but a Swedish site has uncovered that the SGP will return to Malilla next season. An extract from the article; "But already the next year teaching G & B Arena in Malilla be back in the GP calendar. OT can disclose namely that Malilla Motor Club and Dackarna has become clear to arrange one of two Swedish Grand Prix next year. A contract with English BSI, who runs the GP circus, must be signed. It is clear and will likely be published in conjunction with the Grand Prix competition of the Friends, said a source at the Oskarshamn magazine. The previous eight years, Målilla GP competition has been in August. Next year, however, it seems to be a GP in the spring or early summer for Malilla, when the Swedish autumn-GP: it is on the Friends Arena in Stockholm. Friends have signed a five year contract with BSI." Lol as i was logging out i just saw the 2014 SGP calendar thread and thought Uh Oh! I see this breaking news has already broken lol. Going to see if i can delete/hide this thread. I know you can hide a post but if i'm not able to get rid of this can a mod delete it please.

I already watching both United and City matches at the same time as the speedway, you should be aware by now of my legendary multi-screening abilities lol. Although i may get a tad confused at times such as thinking that Rooney just won heat 15 and Davidsson has put Man United in the lead lol. Yeah that looks the same race camera coverage.

Hmmm that depends on who they site the Smello transmitter next to. I've had to move away from people in the past at tracks and no i haven't mentioned tracks in the sticks where farmers go straight from work to watch the racing lol. Have a look at Ghostwalker's page one of this thread. It's likely he covers it there. Then again it's only a few weeks since i pasted for you the clear explanation provided on the official Svemo site

If there are no changes from the original official announcements it's as per racecard and he's riding at number two.

Obviously we can't have most of that as us English tend to only speak our own language. I think 'lastword' was centering in on the actual racing cameras though. Are you getting relatively basic camera shots when the race is in progress? I'd imagine the feed that goes to international broadcasters of the actual race is the same that you see? Or are you getting all sorts of snazzy angles and helmet cams etc!

Unless someone like Flagrag says otherwise, i wouldn't have thought that the number of cameras they bring to the meeting is a major factor as to whether they can afford to cover speedway. It only means the wages of a couple of cameramen which must pale into insignificance compared to the transport and wider support staff? If Sky already have hundreds of cameras they might as well make full use of them instead of leaving them behind.

Sweden stronger really! If that's the case it's surprising news to me. However, i don't get to follow Polish speedway and haven't looked at the stats in detail. I am aware though that any time in the past that i've had a quick look at averages for riders in the three leagues that there was a clear cut order of Poland, Sweden and UK. It might be a couple of seasons since i last looked so maybe the Polish league has weakened and the Swedish one strengthened. Maybe something to do in the off season have a more detailed look at how riders perform in multiple leagues? I also remember that the sliding/increasing scale depending which way round you do it applied to top riders as well as middle order ones.

Usual sliding quality scale of the leagues applies his average in Sweden is 7.25 and in Poland 4.70. He'd probably hit double figures in the UK

Thank you Hampel for giving us some good racing

Is the Vetlanda promoter Matt Ford in disguise? (Karlsson proving to be a timely and powerful signing)

Just had a glance at the results of their earlier clashes this season and the results gave a 90-90 tie via two thrashings! (23rd May) Piraterna 52-38 Elit Vetlanda (28th July) Elit Vetlanda 52-38 Piraterna

Engman it is who goes out and Rosen suffers the most! Typed that before the last corner and see Kling having a little physical struggle too now lol.

Might be fairest to award that heat? I think they were on the last lap and not exactly having the closest battle for places.

Oh well it had to happen so congrats on being the first, to my knowledge, to (at least partially) copy my idea of gate stats being included on a racecard lol lol. Aside from that it's always good to have multiple styles to suit different tastes. Agree with all that it's been an enjoyable season once again. Let's hope that for UK viewers, and those who can subscribe to the official stream abroad, that Premier Sports sign a new contract and are on board again next season. Would hate to see the channel turn more into a mini SKy and have more footballl and the like. Speedway, Nascar and Cage Fighting/Mixed Martial Arts have it as a vibrant channel right now. I'm neutral as to who i want too win, any thoughts on who deserves to win? I want a speedily run meeting so i don't have to multi-task with the Champions League for too long lol.

Just a further observation on the media 'coverage' of Peter Collins World title win, many speedway fans were tuned in to the Monday edition of ITV's local Manchester/North West 'Granada Reports' expecting more than a little mention of his success. As the 30 minute programme progressed there was no mention in the news section, no mention in the space where there were filler articles being shown (wouldn't be surprised if they had a report on a tiddlywinks championship), and no mention in the sports news. Apparently this triggered a very heavy surge to their switchboard indeed which took them by surprise. The result was at the end of broadcast as the closing music was piping up and the credits started to roll one of the hosts hurriedly said..."congratulations to Peter Collins the speedway DRIVER on his world title win"

it's possibly just me lol, but i so keep forgetting to check the first page for current information. I was wondering what on earth was going on and why there was no publication of the teams and was there absolutely no interest in the final!!! I did the same with the semi-finals. It really caught me out lol. Just a personal preference but i wish we could have the pre-season information as a sticky and do the play-offs as the weekly matches are done with each round having their own thread. I thought everyone had lost interest on the eve of the final

I'll bow to your probable superior memory then. But a note on the results, and i was going to pre-emptively mention it my post, that detailed match reports on football matches that carried on past the end of speedway meetings were abundant. MInd you i doubt there was a centralized source where results could be gathered from and it possibly relied on individual tracks phoning in results??? Pulling back to the topic have you had any feedback as to whether Tai will be getting acres of coverage?

I think you may be looking back with a little bit of "in the good old days" syndrome?. As is the case today it was often hit and miss if you got to even see speedway results printed. With no internet and only the odd result mentioned when time allowed at the end of the sports bulletin on BBC radio it was often a week long wait for the Speedway Star to find out scores. I know the northern edition of the Daily Mirror did Peter proud by printing a photograph of him on the victory rostrum on the left hand side of the FRONT page. However, at a time when attendances were way bigger than today and Rugby League hadn't taken off, the column space the sport received was not 'acres'. Some of the newspapers sponsored meetings and series but it wasn't an expanse of coverage. Unless of course your comparison is against today's newspapers? I haven't purchased a printed newspaper for many years so i can't judge myself on that score. As for Peter Collins, i addition to his international featse, he regulary gave the most scintillating entertainment and displays of very brave racing in countless domestic meetings over the years. A true speedway racer.

TV meetings racecards AVAILABLE NOW FREE MiniMax Racecard Elitserien Final 1st Leg Elit Vetlanda Vs Piraterna Tuesday, 17th, September, 2013. MiniMax Racecard Elitserien Final 2nd Leg Piraterna Vs Elit Vetlanda Wednesday, 18th, September, 2013. Might be wise to hold back a day before downloading Wednesday's racecard in case of late team changes. Hopefully Tuesday's line-ups won't change although any alterations will be updated.

What not initially? Did Sheffield drop out of speedway in the relatively recent past? I was totally away from speedway for over a decade in the 80's i think. If it isn't clear the attendance figure above is indeed for the rugby club. Last i heard quite a few months ago was that the rugby side were intending to move to the Woodburn Road Athletics Stadium which the council deemed would be cheaper to reopen than keep Don Valley running.

According to Wiki 1984-89 "Sheffield's record attendance at Owlerton was set at 3,636 (stadium capacity 4,000) for a third round Challenge Cup game against Oldham in 1989. In the wake of the Hillsborough disaster, stadium safety became an issue in British sport and Owlerton was declared unfit to stage professional rugby league." Hee hee apparently well fit for speedway gatherings!

Lol! Although there are a few exceptions most promoters won't pay to advertise their own meetings.

Looks like one thing will be the same with Woffinden as any previous 'English' World Champion and that is scant media coverage.