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Hardly matters, only the top 2 go through to the final.

'No' would have sufficed.

It is a shame that the Danish team has been weakened. It would have been a good three-way battle if they had been at full strength but now it's a shoo-in for Australia and Sweden. I'm sure Sky will hype up the battle for 3rd place between GB and Denmark but frankly, who gives a monkey's toss? Neither will qualify.

When do GB announce their team for Thursday evening? Is there a set time as in other more professional sports or will it just be squeezed out at some random juncture?

Does anyone know if Hans will be fit for Thursday's Race-Off? I'm assuming Nicki won't be after seeing the pics of his leg on the net yesterday. If Hans AND nicki are out it looks like a shoo-in to the final for the Aussies and Swedes.

18.

Should be a good value meeting tonight with two contests for the price of one. Should be close between Aus and Polska for the win and also close between GB and Slovenia for 3rd.

Better to be a bridesmaid than not getting an invite to the wedding.

King was dreadful last night and his inclusion in the GB team beggers belief. If this is the best that Mr Lyon can do then it is a very sad state of affairs. It's time for change, It's time for Rosco. Why on earth he wasn't given the job is beyond my wit. Slovenia will beat us at Peterborough next Monday and we will be out on our a**e.

The incident has certainly gained speedway more column inches in the national press and features on national news than it has had for many a year. No such thing as bad publicity! Totally agree that Ashley Holloway should be reprimanded though, he was bang out of order.

Woth a crowd of over 40,000 there are bound to be one or two incidents but people do seem to be going OTT. Spillage is always going to happen whether it be alcoholic or soft drinks given the limited room per seat. At any sporting event you are going to get some who have had a few sherberts. That's just the way it is. You either put up with it or stay at home, same as any Saturday night in any town centre across the land. Some people do need to be more tolerant i'm afraid.

Another Saturday, another crap GP. If it wasn't for the fact that I had had a bet on Hancock I would have totally lost interest long before the end. If I had been watching at home rather than the pub I would have turned over. And the use of Millard by Sky Sports is unforgivable. Does he have any other word in his vocabulary than 'disappointment'? He used it three times in two laps once when referring to Nicholls. Anybody watching that for the first time on Saturday night wouldn't be tuning in for the next one. And who can blame them?

Truly awful. As has been pointed out it did look as it had been filmed on a mobile phone, the ever changing camera angles made you lose track of what was happening and the graphics were too big for the screen. All rather embarrassing really, I don't know if that is the usual standard of broadcast on Motors TV. I'm surprised it ever got cleared for transmission given the dreadful quality.

Could be worse, we had a blanket of snow over Swindon this morning. A most unwelcome start to the new working year having to navigate that on the way to work.

Cheers. Unfortunately not!

More the fact I've been away for 11 days and actually need to catch up on some work.

When are the other legs of this Championship being held (apologies if it's already posted I don't have time to hunt back through the thread!). TIA.

I thought Zagar had already been confirmed as a Wildcard.....and Harris hadn't got one. Something smells about this sudden change.

Apologies if this has been covered elsewher in the thread but when do next year's wild cards get announced?

Am I the only person who finds it ironic that IMG are still advertising tickets for the Gelsenkirchen GP on the Speedway GP Website?!?! http://www.speedwayworld.tv/german2008/

As Leanne says there is no chance of people getting any travel or accomodation costs back. The amount of football and speedway matches/meetings I have been to over the years that have been called off on arrival are legion but I certainly wouldn't expect any obligation for any costs other than my ticket back. It's the gamble you take when you travel x amount of miles for an event be it sporting, music, whatever.

From speedwaygp.tv: Detailed below is information with regard to the refund of the ticket price for those who purchased tickets for the 2008 FIM German Speedway Grand Prix Series at VELTINS-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany on 11 October 2008. SEE TICKETS All customers that bought their tickets via See Tickets will have the ticket price refunded by: 31st October 2008. VELTINS-ARENA TICKET AGENCY: www.ts-ticketshop.de Tickets bought via the ts-ticketshop agency (official agency of the Veltins-Arena) will be refunded the ticket price by: 11 November 2008. Please send an email detailing the information below to kundenservice@schalke04.de Information required: • Name • Address • Telephone contact number • Bank details or credit card details used to book original ticket If you purchased your ticket in person at the stadium on Friday 10th October or Saturday 11th October 2008, then please send a copy of your ticket(s) together with the following details: • Name • Address • Telephone contact number • Bank details or credit card details Please send this information to: FC Schalke 04 - Stadion Betriebsgesellschaft MBH Ernst- Kuzorra-Weg 1 45891 Gelsenkirchen Deutschland / Germany Telefon: +49 (0)1805-150810 (0,14 €/min) Fax: +49 (0) 209 3892-599 CTS Tickets Tickets bought via the CTS ticket agency will be refunded the ticket price by: 11 November 2008. This can be done via: ONLINE: click here TELEPHONE HOTLINE: +49 185 5700 70 2009 TICKET OFFER All fans that purchased their ticket via the above agencies will receive an email / letter in the next week detailing how to claim their ticket for a BSI promoted event in 2009.

Holder has had a chance to qualify for the GP series by rights and wasn't good enough to do so so why are people falling over each other to get him in as a wild card? There are far better riders in the world than Chris Holder at present that should be above him in the pecking order. The fact that he has an 8.5 point average in a very diluted British Elite League doesn't suddenly make him a World Champion.

Apologies if this information is buried elsewhere in the thread but does anyone know if this meeting can be followed online at all on Sunday and what time BST does it start? Thanks in advance.

KerCHING!!!!!!!