Garry Stead/Stuart Robson

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I'm not going......waaaaahhhhhhh

Blooming car would struggle to get me to Peterborough let alone Sheffield.

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jacques said:

schumi said:

And a white sport coat. (Wonder how many people will get that.)

Anyway, confirmed riders for this one courtesy of www.garrystead.com

Gary Havelock (Redcar), Freddie Lindgren (Wolverhampton), Simon Stead (Belle Vue), Andre Compton (Sheffield), George Stancl (Edinburgh), Ricky Ashworth (Sheffield), Tai Woffinden (Rye House), Lee Complin (Stoke), Steve Johnston (Coventry), Joel Parsons (Sheffield), Rusty Harrison (Stoke), Chris Kerr (Redcar), Robbie Kessler (Rye House), Magnus Zetterstrom (Somerset)

Thanks Schumi, I looking forward to seing some of the riders I've not seen before.

There's a few going then, good, I do believe that Banditsfan99 is coming down too with porkpie, so hopefully I'll get to meet a few of you...

Indeed we are ! Hope to see you there.

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And it's all over, with Stoke's Lee Complin winning.
But the much-heralded match races between Chris Morten and Michael Lee didn't happen - Morten did some demonstration laps, which leaves one wondering if this was another of the infamous "no shows" from Lee. Let's hope not.
And let's hope a huge crowd was there to witness it.

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Very good meeting tonight and a really good sized crowd.

Shame there were a few crashes that slowed things down - hope the riders are ok. Looked very nasty crashes for Hall and Mogridge.

Great to see Garry Stead there and I'm not ashamed to admit I almost had a tear in my eye when he was reunited with the first aid people from Somerset that saved his life.

Absolutely stunning ride by Lee Complin in the final to pass Lindgren. I'm sure Freddie thought he had gone wide enough to ensure no way round for Lee, but Complin just doesn't know when to give up and he scraped around him for what I thought was a thoroughly deserved win on the night. Complin is such a great rider to watch and I hope he continues to go from strength to strength in his impressive comeback season and future years.

Rico

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rico said:

Very good meeting tonight and a really good sized crowd.

Shame there were a few crashes that slowed things down - hope the riders are ok. Looked very nasty crashes for Hall and Mogridge.

Great to see Garry Stead there and I'm not ashamed to admit I almost had a tear in my eye when he was reunited with the first aid people from Somerset that saved his life.

Absolutely stunning ride by Lee Complin in the final to pass Lindgren. I'm sure Freddie thought he had gone wide enough to ensure no way round for Lee, but Complin just doesn't know when to give up and he scraped around him for what I thought was a thoroughly deserved win on the night. Complin is such a great rider to watch and I hope he continues to go from strength to strength in his impressive comeback season and future years.

Rico

I'm so glad we made the effort to go to this, it made the 3 hr sit on the motorway worth it, we only just made it for the start.

A great meeting tinged with sadness, It was very emotional, I too was choked when Garry came out on track.

Nightmare for poor Richard Hall, stretchered of after crashing on the second bend, just what he didn't need I hope he's ok.

I've never been to Owlerton before and was really impressed with the stadium. The crowd was massive, some of the racing was brilliant, big cheer's when Lee Complin took Freddie Lindgren in the final ;D

Big praise has to go all the riders who give their time for free, not just tonight but any other meeting like this.

What a great sport Speedway can be

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Mick Bratley has posted on the panthers website that Richard has broken his pelvis, ankle and has possible spleen and liver damage. What a bloody shame, hope you get well soon Richard.

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rico said:

Great to see Garry Stead there and I'm not ashamed to admit I almost had a tear in my eye when he was reunited with the first aid people from Somerset that saved his life.

Was Garry's life in danger?

Sounds like a cracking meeting with the ever suprising Lee Complin making the headlines.

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BSPA are reporting a crowd of almost 5,000.

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jacques said:

Mick Bratley has posted on the panthers website that Richard has broken his pelvis, ankle and has possible spleen and liver damage. What a bloody shame, hope you get well soon Richard.

i echo those thoughts jacques,appears the knife between his shoulder blades is the least of his problems now.

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philsilvers said:

rico said:

Great to see Garry Stead there and I'm not ashamed to admit I almost had a tear in my eye when he was reunited with the first aid people from Somerset that saved his life.

Was Garry's life in danger?

Sounds like a cracking meeting with the ever suprising Lee Complin making the headlines.

welcome Phil ;D

It's my understanding, ( I believe I read it somewhere) that they had to revive Garry more than once ,actually at the track.

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I'm led to believe Michael Lee had a fall whilst practising for his match races with Mighty Mort and hurt his groin.

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update from MB, regarding Richard Hall's injuries:


Here a update...

Mick Bratley Fri Aug 24 2007, 02:10PM

I have just been informed that Richard will have an operation on his broken ankle tomorrow (Saturday). His Spleen is badly bruised, as is his Liver and Kidney's. His Pelvis is very badly fractured. He is in good spirits, but obviously in a lot of pain. I intend to visit him on Sunday afternoon hopefully. If you want to send him your wishes, email me at [e-mail] and I will print them off and take with me.

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Garry Stead has said he misses his speedway and would like to be involved in the sport once again. Some people have advised him against it, saying he's not yet ready for it, but he wants to get on with his life, and would like to help youngsters to develop their speedway careers.

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