From: dave.love@btinternet.com
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Ipswich 34 King's Lynn 58
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 22:57:58 +0100
Well, what can you say. The scoreline actually flattered the Witcehs, who
tumbled without fight to what can only be described as their worst ever home
defeat - made even worse because it was at the hands of King's Lynn.
Certainly the roles were well and truly reversed from a couple of years ago
when the Witches racked up big scores at Saddlebow Road. The main
difference between then and now is that the 1998 KL team was poor and didn't
expect to win, but still went out and gave their best against a rampant
Ipswich team. Tonight, the Witches were totally out-thought and out-raced.
Whether it was a reaction from Monday night, or whether it was just one of
those (K)nights, there can be no excuses, and I mean no excuses. The loss
of Lol Hare made no difference - he wouldn't have stopped the visitors going
into a 7-23 lead after 5 heats!
Chris Louis emerged with a little credit, but the rest were awful - well
and truly beaten by a King's Lynn team who showed what team spirit and
encouragement is all about, with every man performing at his best from top
to bottom line-up.
Scores:
Louis 2 2 4 3 2 3 16
Bunyan R/R (3+2)
Svab 0 1 1+ 1 1 4+1
Ferjan 1 0 1+ 0 1 1 4+1
Gollob 1 2 1 3 0 1 8
Doncaster 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Hare 0 0 (withdrawn injured after one ride)
King's Lynn
Crump 3 3 3 1 10
McGowan 1 2+ 3 2+ 0 8+2
Boyce 3 1 2 2 8
Parker 2+ 3 0 3 8+1
Adams 3 3 2+ 3 2 13+1
ADryml 1 0 3 0 4
Madsen 3 2+ F 2+ 7+2
Highlights:
Heat 4: Magnificent ride by Madsen to burst under Gollob at the end of lap
one, and then race the Pole for a whole lap, enabling Adams to squeeze
through, before Gollob gave up and toddled round in third place with
Doncaster well, well behind.
Heat 7: Hard ride by Gollob to come under Boyce and take 2nd place - but
Parker was well ahead. 12-30 after this heat.
Heat 8: Witches first ever GDTS at home resulted in failure, with Louis
catching Ferjan after one lap :-) but struggling to pass Madsen who finally
fell on the third bend (lap 3 I think), probably trying just that bit too
hard. MCGowan was well away by then.
Interval - I took Terry H's push bike into the pits and volunteered to ride
in Red in Heat 9. Mike Smillie smiled, but Magda looked at me quite icily.
Heat 9: Dryml gates and is joined by Adams to team ride home ahead of Svab
and Ferjan.
Heat 10: Louis and Ferjan gate, but Louis doesn't team ride, and Ferjan is
passed by Boyce after a couple of laps.
Heat 13: Adams superb blast all the way round the outside of Louis and
Gollob from gate 4. Crump was at the back, but after three laps Gollob for
some reason decided to visit the fence on the second bend, got stuck in the
deep stuff and gave up (for once I sympathise with those of you on the list
who have complained about Gollob's attitude - see heat 15 for a good
example).
Heat 14: Madsen wraps up a fine night's work.
Heat 15: Nice gesture by Lynn to let McGowan take a nominated ride, and he
held third place behind Louis and Adams for a while, but then Gollob burst
under McGowan on the first bend, and the young Aussie found himself stuck in
the deep stuff by the fence. Did he give up? No, he showed superb control
and rode hard for the remainder of the race, even in last place. That, more
than anything, signified the difference between the two teams on the night.
Man of the Match - definitely Tom Madsen, who seems to really enjoy riding
at Ipswich, but closely followed by McGowan - another super prospect.
So Ipswich have condemned themselves to mid-table obscurity, and King's
Lynn look likely to go on to win their first ever Championship - and they
are riding as a genuine team, so should do it deservedly.
Ironically, the Witches, if they can get their act together, could push the
Knights in the elusive KO Cup 2nd Leg fixture ... but on tonight's evidence,
I shan't hold my breath.
Cheers,
Dave Love
PS: Fixture change on Thursday 20th, it's now Eastbourne the visitors to
Foxhall.
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From: TACaddick@home.com
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Sky Sports video?
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 18:30:46 -0400
Hello all,
Lurker de-cloaking off the starboard bough! My name is Andrew, and I'm an
ex-patriot Wolverhampton fan. Because I live in the speedway wilderness
known as the American Mid-West, and away from all the action, I tend not to
post to the list. However, I do enjoy reading the latest news, results and
banter between list members.
I am wondering if anyone has successfully viewed the Wolves v. Ipswich video
clip on the SkySports web site. Being able to see the lads in action from
this far afield would be absolutely tremendous, but I can't get it to work.
The video is in "Windows Media Player" format, and although I have the
player on my Mac (Yes, I have one of THOSE), it's not the most robust
performer. Why oh why can't they use "Quicktime"? That would make me a very
happy camper indeed.
I would be grateful if someone could check out the link to make sure it's
working and eliminate that as the problem.
The link for the page containing the video is:
http://www.sky.com/sports/video/index.htm#99
You'll need to scroll down a little and select the "Speedway" link. Hope it
works for you guys.
Cheers,
Andrew :-)
PS I would like to thank Mark Lawton for a "Bostin'" Wolverhampton Speedway
website. They should make it official! Your reporting Pi**es all over the E
& S (not too difficult really, is it?) Keep up the good work!
From: karl.iat@dial.pipex.com
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: RE:Sky sports & Ipswich/Lynn
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 14:00:57 +0100
To Andrew Caddick:
Don't worry, it's not a fault with your machine as I have also tried to
get the video clips from the sky site on 2 separate machines and all it
does is bring up a box with' loading' showing but no matter how long you
leave it, nothing happens! I also tried other clips, not just speedway,
with the same results. Perhaps I'll send and E-mail to them.
Ipswich vs King's Lynn:
Well what a great evening for Witches fans! - still, we can't win em all
but it had to be Lynn didn't it! With such a good match last week
against Poole it was a shame the weather caused the track to be
unusually very slick with nearly every race won before the first lap was
over - but as they say, it's the same for both teams.
Perhaps Ferjan parading his Continental Champion trophy was bad luck and
on last nights showing he still has some way to go to be anything other
than Andy Smiths travel companion in the Grand Prix next year!!
Full marks to King's Lynn who just seemed that much keener and were
certainly swift out of the starts and racing hard for all 4 laps whereas
Ipswich didn't look like they wanted to win (Chris Louis apart). Best
of luck to them with the league this year as who knows, they may have to
wait another number of decades before winning anything again!!
Cheers
Karl
ps Methinks the KO Cup match at Saddlebow will be more keenly contested
by both sides.
From: Ruth.Lawton@uce.ac.uk
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: RE: Sky Sports video?
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 14:02:19 +0100
The link works but you won't see anything interesting on the Wolves clip -
its the last 3 minutes of the show with two guys (Mutat and someone else)
discussing the evenings racing!!!! Not exactly a clip to entice people to
watch speedway!!
Ruth
-----Original Message-----
From: T. Andrew Caddick [mailto:TACaddick@home.com]
Sent: 13 July 2000 23:31
To: Internet Speedway Fan Club List
Subject: Sky Sports video?
Hello all,
Lurker de-cloaking off the starboard bough! My name is Andrew, and I'm an
ex-patriot Wolverhampton fan. Because I live in the speedway wilderness
known as the American Mid-West, and away from all the action, I tend not to
post to the list. However, I do enjoy reading the latest news, results and
banter between list members.
I am wondering if anyone has successfully viewed the Wolves v. Ipswich video
clip on the SkySports web site. Being able to see the lads in action from
this far afield would be absolutely tremendous, but I can't get it to work.
The video is in "Windows Media Player" format, and although I have the
player on my Mac (Yes, I have one of THOSE), it's not the most robust
performer. Why oh why can't they use "Quicktime"? That would make me a very
happy camper indeed.
I would be grateful if someone could check out the link to make sure it's
working and eliminate that as the problem.
The link for the page containing the video is:
http://www.sky.com/sports/video/index.htm#99
You'll need to scroll down a little and select the "Speedway" link. Hope it
works for you guys.
Cheers,
Andrew :-)
PS I would like to thank Mark Lawton for a "Bostin'" Wolverhampton Speedway
website. They should make it official! Your reporting Pi**es all over the E
& S (not too difficult really, is it?) Keep up the good work!
From: schult@speedway.org
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Jason Bunyans state of health
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 16:16:11 +0200
Jason has started to do exercises with his leg, he should be out of
hospital at the middle of next week.
Regards
Claudia
--
Claudia Schult schult@speedway.org
From: tw@ubcom.net
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Grasstrack Marmande
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 16:47:29 +0200
1. Hurry
2. Riss
3. Barth
4. Diener
5. Screen
6. Cunningham
7. Kroeger
8. Bos
9. Kylmakorpi
10. Pijper
11. St. Tressarieu
12. Schneiderwind
13. Se. Trssarrieu
14. Rudolph
15. Dubernard
16. Tatum
17. Katt
18. Ondrasik
19. M. Groen
20. P. Ostyn
21. Mora
22. Knott
Rumor: Fabrice Ostyn had a bad crash in pratice and has blood in
his brain.
--
Thilo Wunderlich tw@ubcom.net
From: boy_113@yahoo.com
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Wembley Stadium
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 12:05:39 -0700 (PDT)
From late September this year, London's Wembley Stadium is being
"redeveloped" (i.e knocked down and rebuilt). It will be virtually
impossible to hold speedway in the newly designed stadium. Many items
from the old stadium are being auctioned online at http://www.qxl.com
Items will include the Royal Box, seats, pieces of turf, as well as
items related to speedway, such as programmes and photographs. For
example, an England v Australia 1951 Test Match programme has currently
reached 9 UK pounds. To see what is available, go to the site and click
on "Wembley"
For collectors, the site is worth a look.
Brian Collins
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From: oma@get2net.dk
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Problems
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 21:46:48 +0200
Hello
We were just wondering if anyone out there are having problems like us
receiving mail from the e-groups list??? We haven't received any mails for a
couple of days, and we can't really figure out why!! We haven't unsubscribed
from the list, so we were wondering if anyone out there could please help
us?? Either give us the address as to where we can sign up again or let the
web master know.
Our mail address is oma@get2net.dk
Heidi and Erik
From: chris.brown7@virgin.net
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Oxford 44 Wolves 46
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 23:41:31 +0100
Oxford 44
Wolves 46
Elite League B
14/7/00
Oxford
Todd Wiltshire 3 2* X 5 + 1
Mark Lemon 1 3 2 1 7
Steve Johnston 1 2 R 2 1 6
Jan Staechmann 0 1* 2 1 4 + 1
Jimmy Nilsen 3 2 3 3 3 14
Ales Dryml 1 1* 1 0 3 + 1
Lukas Dryml 3 1 0 1* 0 5 + 1
Wolves
Sam Ermolenko R/R 0
Adam Skornicki 0 3 1 0 1* 5 + 1
Jesper B Jensen 2* 0 3 3 3 3 0 14 + 1
Ronnie Correy 2 3 R 2* 2* 2 11 + 2
Nicki Pedersen 2 1 3 2 2 10
Wayne Carter 2 0 1 0 3
Roman Povazhny 0 Fx 3 3
Heat 1 - Todd Wiltshire ; Ronnie Correy ; Mark Lemon ; Adam Skornicki ;
58.6 (4-2)(4-2)
From the gate although Ronnie almost beat Todd out of the 2nd bend
Heat 2 - Lukas Dryml ; Wayne Carter ; Ales Dryml ; Roman Povazhny ; 59.0
(4-2)(8-4)
Roman touched the tapes and went off 15 with Ales almost catching Carter
Heat 3 - Ronnie Correy ; Jesper B Jensen ; Steve Johnston ; Jan Staechmann
; 59.1 (1-5)(9-9)
2 hopeless gates from the Oxford pair
Heat 4 - Jimmy Nilsen ; Nicki Pedersen ; Lukas Dryml ; Roman Povazhny(Fx) ;
59.1 (4-2)(13-11)
1st running saw Jimmy make the gate from 4 and lock up on turn 4 with Roman
piling into the back of him with nowhere to go, in some ways unfortunate to
be excluded. Re-run saw Jinny win easily and Lukas almost catch Nicki
Pedersen on the line
Heat 5 - Adam Skornicki ; Steve Johnston ; Jan Staechmann ; Jesper B Jensen
; 59.7 (3-3)(16-14)
Jensen suprisingly left at the back after a top quality first coprner from
Skornicki to rounfdJohno
Heat 6 - Mark Lemon ; Todd Wiltshire ; Nicki Pedersen ; Wayne Carter ; 59.3
(5-1)(21-15)
A blistering gate from Lemo, with the Wolves pair heading Todd to the
corner. For some reason Pedersen decided to shut out Carter as he came round
him allowing Todd to pass them both on the inside
Heat 7 - Jesper B Jensen ; Jimmy Nilsen ; Ales Dryml ; Ronnie Correy(R) ;
60.1 (3-3)(24-18)
Wolves set for a 5-1 when Correy EF's when clearly ahead
Heat 8 - Jesper B Jensen ; Mark Lemon ; Adam Skornicki ; Lukas Dryml ; 59.7
(2-4)(26-22)
Cracking race between Jensen and Lemon with both passing and repassing each
other. Seeing two guys race full out giving each other the room to do so was
a joy. Full credit to both of them
Heat 9 - Nicki Pedersen ; Jan Staechmann ; Wayne Carter ; Steve Johnston(R)
; 60.4 (2-4)(28-26)
Johno packed up on first corner and the Wolves pair sat on a 5-1. Pedersen
made a mistake on the 4th bend buggering up Carter again (he must love
riding with Pedersen)
Heat 10 - Jesper B Jensen ; Ronnie Correy ; Mark Lemon ; Todd Wiltshire(X) ;
(1-5)(29-31)
Oxford went with 3 riders only after Wiltshire withdraw from the meeting due
to illness and Lemo was no match
Heat 11 - Jimmy Nilsen ; Nicki Pedersen ; Ales Dryml ; Adam Skornicki ; 60.1
(4-2)(33-33)
Comfortable win for Jimmy with Ales chasing down Skornicki and passing him
on the last bend. Skornicki's bike then packed up but I fancy Ales may have
already passed him
Heat 12 - Jesper B Jensen ; Steve Johnston ; Lukas Dryml ; Wayne Carter ;
60.0 (3-3)(36-36)
Johno from the start and yet again the superb Jensen from the back
Heat 13 - Jimmy Nilsen ; Nicki Pedersen ; Adam Skornicki ; Lukas Dryml ;
(3-3)(39-39)
Again the superb Nilsen made an electric gate
Heat 14 - Roman Povazhny ; Ronnie Correy ; Jan Staechmann ; Ales Dryml ;
61.0 (1-5)(40-44)
Roman mde a decent start and was ushered to the front by Ronnie for an easy
5-1
Heat 15 - Jimmy Nilsen ; Ronnie Correy ; Steve Johnston ; Jesper B Jensen ;
61.0 (4-2)(44-46)
Absorbing race saw the Wolves pair split the Oxford pair. Johno managed to
come round both the Wolves but switched back to the inside and got caught up
behind Jimmy allowing Correy to get by agaiun. Jensen then went by Johno
only for Johno to pass himn again on the last lap , only just failing to
catch Correy on the line. A superb effort from Johno
So the Cheetahs poor run continues. Clearly losing Todd after 2 rides was
the deciding factor as he was looking very quick, posting the fastest time
of the season in Heat 1. Lemo was a lot better and hopefully he has turned
the corner. Johno had an off night but almost done the business in Heat 15.
Jimmy was superb for a man who is not 100% fit albeit he done his first over
the first 15 metres. Thg eDryml boys are getting better with each meeting.
For those who said they weren't even PL standard..... come and have a look
now, they are looking decent riders. Oxford's problem is getting Staek out
of the start, once out he is as quick as anyone and doesn't lose ground. You
just can't give guys a head start at this level and make it up. Don't really
know what the problem is but if we could fix it I reckon we could mix it
with most teams
For Wolves, well they were excellent. R/R only produced 5 points so in some
way it cancels out Todd but Wolves have 4 heat leaders. Skornicki had his
quietest Oxford meeting biut still won an important race, Correy was
excellent, his best Oxford perfermance for years. I will remember Pedersen's
performance more for thw way his inadvertently stuffed up Carter twice than
anything else. Both reserves were unlucky not to score more as Carter was in
scoring positions when Pedersen impeded him. Roman came good to effectively
win the meeting. Still no-one at Cowley begrudges Roman anything, he was
even cheered after Heat 14 such is the man's popularity.
Oxford's season is in danger of wilting, we need to win home matches to keep
people coming and the threat of further team changes appears to be looming
after a local radio interview before this evening's match. We wait and see
As ever good to see Steve Wright and Mark Lawton, ever fair in their
assessment of the evening.
Chris Brown
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