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Allsvenskan Playoffs 2009: Quarterfinals Hammarby Örnarna Hammarby 46Martin Smolinski (2,0,3,1',2) 8+1Teo Arnio (1,2,3,0) 6Pawl Hlib (2,1,2',2,R) 7+1Andrej Karpov (1',3,3,2,2)11+1Pawel Miesiac (3,1,1',2,1') 8+2Alexander Edberg (2,0,0,2) 4Freddy Godlund (0,0,1,1') 2+1 Örnarna 50Norbert Kosciuch (3,2,3,1,1) 10Dennis Andersson (0,R,2',0) 2+1David Ruud (3,2,3,3,3) 14Daniel Jeleniewski (R,3,1',3,3) 10+1Ricky Kling (2,R,2,0) 4Christian Agö (1,1,F,R) 2Anton Göthberg (3,1',1,3,0) 8+1 scorecard Spectators: 587! ------- Örnarna-Hammarby Örnarna 49 Norbert Kosciuch (2',1,2,2,,3) 10+1Ronnie Jamrozy (3,3,3,1,2) 12Daniel Jeleniewski (2,3,R,R,0) 5Dennis Andersson (0,0,1,0) 1Mikael Max (2,2,3,1'1,0) 8+1Anton Göthberg (3,1',F,3) 7+1Christian Agö (2',1,1,2') 6+2- Hammarby 47Pawel Hlib (1,1',3,2,3,1) 11+1Tero Arnio (0,N,1,N) 1Martin Smolinski (3,2,2,1',0,2) 10+1Pawel Miesiac (1,2,0,2,1') 6+1Andrej Karpov (3,2,3,3,3,3) 17Freddy Godlund (1,0,0,1) 2Alexander Edberg (FX,F,N,0) 0- Scorecard Total score Örnarna 99- Hammarby 93 Difference +6 for Örnarna, Hammarby should be best looser then. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Masarna-Valsarna Masarna 43Maksims Bogdanovs (1,3,2',3,2,3) 14+1Eric Andersson (3,FX,1,2',X) 6+1Billy Forsberg (1,2,3,1,3,1) 11Anton Rosén (0,0,N,X) 0Artur Mroczka (0,1',3,0) 4+1Pontus Aspgren (1,2,2,2,1,X) 8Andreas Westlund (X,N,N,R) 0Alexander Söderholm (-) - Valsarna 52Daniel Davidsson (2,3,3,0,0) 8Robert Eriksson (F,1,R,1') 2+1Kauko Nieminen (3,2,2,1,3) 11Robin Aspegren (2,3,0,1,2') 8+1Sebastian Aldén (3,1,2,3,2) 11Anders Mellgren (2',1,0,2') 5+2Robin Törnqvist (3,1,0,3) 7Ted Hagansbo (-) - scorecard Spectators: 1287! Valsarnas win was a bit larger then i expected, i thought that Masarna could offer a little bit better oppositions at their home track. With this result Valsarna should be able to secure a place in the semis in next weeks return meeting at their Home track unless someone gets injured or anything like that. ------------------- Valsarna-Masarna Valsarna 29Daniel Davidsson (3,3) 6Robin Aspegren (1,2') 3+1Kauko Nieminen (3,3,0) 6Robert Eriksson (1,R,1) 2Sebastian Aldén (2,3) 5Robin Törnqvist (1,1',1) 3+1Anders Mellgren (R,1) 1Ted Hagansbo (-) - Masarna 25Eric Andersson (2,2,2',R) 6+1Maksims Bogdanovs (2,R) 2Pontus Aspgren (0,0,1) 1Billy Forsberg (3,3) 6Andreas Bergström (3,2) 5Andreas Westlund (2',0,N) 2+1- Meeting aborted after 9 heats because of rain. Since 9 heat is required for valid result this meeting will count as completed. Scorecard Total score Valsarna 81 - Masarna 68 difference +13 for Valsarna, Valsarna should then be best winners. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Solkatterna - Griparna Solkatterna 47Antonio Lindbäck(0,3,3,3,1') 10+1Linus Sundström (3,2',1,3,2) 11+1Michael Jepsen Jensen (2,2,1,2',1) 8+1Jeremia Thelaus (FX,N,N.N) 0Magnus Karlsson (2,0,1,0) 3Viktor Bergström (3,1',0,N,3) 7+1Peter Juul (2',3,1,1,1) 8+1Oliver Berntzon (0) 0 Griparna 48Miroslaw Jablonski (3,3,3,3,3) 15Linus Eklöf (1',1,2',2',2') 8+4Niklas Klingberg (3,2,3,2,0) 10Jonas Andersson (1,FX,0,0) 1Kim Nilsson (3,2,2,1,3) 11Benny Johansson (0,N,0,0) 0Andreas Lekander (1,0,N,2) 3André Hertzberg (F) 0 scorecard Spectators: 587! A surprise win for Griparna in the first leg of the first round of the Allsvenskan playoffs. --------------- Griparna - Solkatterna Griparna 44Miroslaw Jablonski (0,2,2,1,2,3) 10Juha Hautamäki (2,1,1',N) 4+1Niklas Klingberg (3,3,2,1,2,R) 11Linus Eklöf (F,1,0,2,1) 4Kim Nilsson (2,3,3,0,1',1) 10+1Andreas Lekander (2,0,N,3) 5André Hertzberg (0,0,N,0) 0Marcus Andersson (-) - Solkatterna 52Antonio Lindbäck (3,2,2,3,3) 13Linus Sundström (1,0,0,1) 2Magnus Karlsson (2,0,3,R) 5Jeremia Thelaus (1,2',3,0,2) 8+1Daniel Nermark (3,3,1,3,2') 12Peter Juul (1,3,0,1')Viktor Bergström (3,1,1,2,0) 7Oliver Berntzon (-) - Scorecard Total score Solkatterna 99 - Griparna 92 difference +7 for Solkatterna -------------------------------------------------------- Semifinals: Thursday September 3rd. Hammarby - Valsarna 48-48 Scorecard Hammarby 48 Martin Smolinski (3,2,2,3,2,2) 14 Tero Arnio (FX,3,1') 4+1 Andrej Karpov (1',2,1,1,1,2') 8+2 Pawel Miesiac (2,M,3,2,1',R) 8+1 Pawel Hlib (F,R,2,3,3) 8 Alexander Edberg (1,1,1,3) 6 Freddy Godlund (0,0) 0 - Valsarna 48 Krzysztof Jablonski (2,3,3,2,1) 11 Daniel Davidsson (1',1,1,0) 3+1 Kauko Nieminen (3,0,3,R,R) 6 Robin Aspegren (0,3,2,0,1) 6 Sebastian Aldén (21,2,3,1,3) 11+1 Anders Mellgren (3,3,F,0,0,2) 8 Ted Hagansbo (2',1') 3+2 Marcus Broquist - --------------------------------------------------- Thursday September 10th: Örnarna-Solkatterna 53-43 Scorecard Örnarna 53: Norbert Kosciuch (2,3,2,3,F) 10 Daniel Jeleniewski (FX,2,1,0) 3 Lukasz Jankowski (0,0,2',1,R) 3+1 Mikael Max (F) (3,3,3,3,2) 14 Ronnie Jamrozy (3,3,2',1,3) 12+1 Anton Göthberg (3,1,1',0,R,3) 8+1 Jonas Nilsson (1,2') 3 - Solkatterna 43: Antonio Lindbäck (F) (3,2,2,3,3,3) 16 Jeremia Thelaus (1,1',1',0,1') 4+3 Magnus Karlsson (2,0,1,0,2) 5 Michael Jepsen Jensen (1',3,2,2',2,1) 11+2 Daniel Nermark (F) (2,1) 3 Peter Juul (2,0,1,1) 4 Oliver Berntzon (R,R,X,R) 0 - comment: Örnarna didn't have any problems defeating visitors Solkatterna. Daniel Nermark rode his first meeting in Sweden after his injury but he only rode two heats and scored 3 points. Mikael Max and Antonio Lindbäck was in a class of their own with 14p from 5 rides and 16 p from 6 rides respectively. The first leg of the Semifinal which now is the 2nd leg was supposed to have been held last week but it rained off and will be held tomorrow. The previous meeting this season between this two teams at Solkatternas hometrack ended with a big win for Solkatterna (57-39) however Örnarna did not have Mikael Max then and Daniel Nermark was not injured (i know he rode tonight but his scores suggests that he was not entirely fit). I am unsure of what the lineups will look like as there are no official lineups available. But i think it will be a close meeting tomorrow and that Linus SUndström who is riding in England tonight might be available. Some rumours are that either of Jeleniewski or Janoskwiski might be replaced by David Ruud but i am unsure if he will fit under the average cap. ----------------- Valsarna-Hammarby 55-41 Scorecard Valsarna 55 Krzysztof Jablonski (2',3,3,2,3) 13+1 Robin Aspegren Robin Törnqvist (3,3,0,1) 7 Kauko Nieminen (3,3,1,0) 7 Daniel Davidsson (2',0,0,) 2+1 Sebastian Aldén (2,2,3,1',1) 9+1 Robin Törnqvist Anders Mellgren (1,FX,3,3,3) 10 Ted Hagansbo (3,2',0,1,1) 7+1 Marcus Broquist - Hammarby 41 Andrej Karpov (1,2,1,1,3,FX) 8 Tero Arnio (0,0,1) 1 Martin Smolinski (1,2,2,2,3,0) 10 Pawel Miesiac (0,1,2') 3+1 Pawel Hlib (3,1',3,2,R) 9+1 Freddy Godlund (0,0,0) 0 Alexander Edberg (2,1,1',2,2) - total score: Valsarna 103, Hammarby 89 Valsarna to the final. comment: 1250 spectators saw Valsarna qualify for the final and ElLitserien with a 14 point victory tonight. So a welcome back to Elitserien to Valsarna!! Valsarna were forced to do some changed compared with the original lineup since Robin Aspegren crashed yesterday in a Division 1 meeting. However Robin Törnqvist who was moved up to nr2 and Anders Mellgren was stepped in at nr 6 both did a good job in this meeting and Valsarnas victory was never jeopardized. ------------------------------------------- Friday September 11th: Solkatterna - Örnarna 44-52 Scorecard Solkatterna 44 Antonio Lindbäck (3,2,3,3,2,3) 16 Jeremia Thelaus (1,1,0,1) 3 Magnus Karlsson (2,1',0,0,1) 4+1 Michael Jepsen Jensen (1',2,1,2',1',2') 9+4 Peter Juul (1,2,0) 3 Oliver Berntzon (2,0,2,0,3) 7 Albin Näreby (1',1) 2+1 Thimm P Norberg - Örnarna 52 Norbert Kosciuch (2,3,2,2',1) 10+1 Christian Agö (0,0,1',0) 1+1 Mikael Max (0,1,3,3,2') 9+1 David Ruud (3,3,3,3,0) 12 Ronnie Jamrozy (3,2,1',1,3) 10+1 Jonas Nilsson (0,R) 0 Anton Göthberg (3,2',0,3,0,2) 10+1 - Totalscore: Örnarna 105 , Solkatterna 87 comment: Solkatterna without Nermark (injured) and Linus Sundström wan not able to win over Örnarna who took the lead with a 5-1 in the 4th heat. Solkatterna managed to get back in heat 11 and was only 2p behind but Örnarna was too strong with Mikael Max and David Ruud. This means Örnarna and Valsarna will meeting the final which is held on Thursday and Friday in next week. Valsarna chose to start away at Örnarna's track in Mariestad. ------------------------ The Final: Thursday September 17th Örnarna - Valsarna Örnarna: Norbert Kosciuch (3,2',3,2',2') 12+3 Paid Maximum! Ronnie Jamrozy (1,1,3,0,1) 6 David Ruud (F) (1,2',3,3,0) 9+1 Christian Agö (R,0,2') 2+1 Mikael Max (F) (3,3,3,3,3,3) 18 Paid Maximum! Anton Göthberg (3,0,0,1,0,2) 6 Jonas Nilsson (0,0) 0 - Valsarna Krzysztof Jablonski (2,1,2,2,0,0) 7 Robin Törnqvist (0,0,0,0) Thomas H Jonasson (F) (2',1,R,2') 5+2 Robin Aspegren (3,2',1,1',3) 10+2 Sebastian Aldén (2,2,2,1,1) 8 Ted Hagansbo (1',1) 2+1 Anders Mellgren (F) (2,1',3,1',1',3) 11+3 Mattias Persson - ------------------ Friday September 18th Valsarna - Örnarna Valsarna Krzysztof Jablonski Robin Törnqvist Thomas H Jonasson Robin Aspegren Sebastian Aldén Anders Mellgren Ted Hagansbo Mattias Persson Örnarna Norbert Kosciuch Christian Agö David Ruud (F) Mikael Max (F) Ronnie Jamrozy Jonas Nilsson Anton Göthberg - ------------------------------- Both Finalist will be offered a place in next year's Elitserien however just two days ago svemo said that if one of the current Elitserien teams pulls out, only one team might be offered to join Elitserien (to avoid an uneven number of teams I suppose). -------------------------------- All results are courtsey of www.speedway.nu Swedish codes: M = Excluded 2 min rulen, R = Engine Failure/Did not Finish, F = Fell, X = Excluded, N = did not start, FX = Fell excluded FN = Fell,not excluded but did not ride in the restart, TT = excluded touch the tape

might as well post in the correct thread, pretty boring event. some good heats though. Next gp will be even worse i suspect.

the racing will get better when the track dries up a bit.

there seems to some concern regarding the weather since it started to rain in målilla around 17.00 swedish time. this is a rainfall radar picture from 20 minutess ago and it looks like the rain will have moved away if not til the start so atleast maybe to maybe 19.30-20.00 Swedish time.

reports says that it has started to rain less then 10km from Målilla

from what i have heard from poeple in Målilla, no rain yet. A quick look at the radar images : http://www.smhi.se/cmp/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=9444&l=sv and it looks like that most of the rain might pass south of Målilla

a pretty hilarious article about tonights GP. http://mvt.se/sport/speedway/1.534757 The reporter claims that AJ will not ride because of injury and the he will be replaced by Peter karlsson and that Sebastian Aldén is riding for Dackarna First of all AJ will ride as he have been feeling well for a week. Second even if AJ would not ride PK would not be anywhere near of replacing him (either GP first reserve or track reserve). Third Sebastian Aldén rides for Elit Vetlanda and Valsarna.

the draw: Antonio Lindbäck (16) (Wildcard) Scott Nicholls (9) Fredrik Lindgren (10) Rune Holta (8) Chris Harris (11) Sebastian Ulamek (14) Emil Sayfutdinov (15) Greg Hancock (4) USA Grzegorz Walasek (13) Andreas Jonsson (7) Nicki Pedersen (1) Leigh Adams (6) Jason Crump (2) Hans Andersen (5) Tomasz Gollob (3) Kenneth Bjerre (12) Simon Gustafsson (17) *track reserv Ludvig Lindgren (18) *track reserv http://speedwaygp.com/en/draw/m299

is this Danny's first meeting after his injury in Målilla a few weeks ago?

Happy Birthday to Robert Henderson (Team Bikab) 21 y.o. today :D

tonights Div1 meetings: http://www.speedway.nu/2009/todayNY.asp Direct links: Eldarna-Gasarna Filbyterna - Hultsfreds Gymnasium Aborted/cancelled (i think its because of rain). Indianerna Ungdom - Stjäronorna Team Hagfors - Team Bikab This meeting is a top clash between the nr2 (TH) and nr3 placed teams (TB). I would expect a win for Team Hagors since they are using riders that usually rides in Allsvenskan. Compared to mostly younger riders in Team Bikab. Bikab will hopefully put up a very good fight and if the Hagfors boys having a bad hair day or something like that ... Bikab might have a chance of snatching the victory. For those of you who dont already know, the nr6 rider in Team Bikab, Jacek Basinski is one of Billy Hamill's former Mechanics who now lives in Eskilstuna.

weather forecasts for Saturday evening: from smhi: rain from klart.se: rain from yr.no: rain from Accuweather.com: overcast. from svt.se: rain Antonio Lindbäck is wild Card for the second time this season. more info at : http://www.scandinaviangp.com/ racers.. could you rename this thread to Scandinavian GP 2009?

more news is that Masarna will have a meeting in September which they will call Avesta MASters. It will be a standard 2 team meeting with two teams consisting of riders with Masarnas as their mother club. Lineups: Team 1:Antonio Lindbäck Linus Sundström Anton Rosén Andreas Bergström Fredrik Andersson Ted Hagansbo Alexander Liljeqvist Team 2:Sebastian Aldén Eric Andersson Pontus Aspgren Dennis AnderssonRobin Bergqvist Andreas Westlund Alexander Söderholm

at least some good news regarding teams in Sweden. Former SPeedway team Nässjö have decided to re-start their speedway team. They have a vision to be in allsvenskan within 4 years. They will refurbish their arena which will cost some 100'000 (~£8400GBP) + airfence i would believe. http://www.hogland.nu/?option=com_content&...30&Itemid=2

oh it has been questioned before! Are you really that old that you already have forgotten :P he controversies two years ago when Lejonen managed to win the allsvenska playoff final against Valsarna ?' They managed to complete the first meeting with noproblems but for the second meeting they were affected by rain and had to abort the meeting before all heats had been run. Most poeple though Valsarna had won but the rules said that the results from the 1st meeting should be counted after all 16 heats and not at the point where the 2nd meeting had been aborted. anyway can anyone see anything wrong with this picture? (click for larger).: ist a screenshot of the current Elitserien table at speedwa.nu

there is some questions regarding the meeting between Lejonen and Dackarna since the first meeting was aborted after 12 heats the bonus meeting should have been counted after 12 heats in this meeting. However there are no reports about a "bonus heat" since the total score for both meetings after tonight's heat 12 is 33+39- 39+33 (72-72). Now some people claim that the second meeting's score should be counted after 16 heats which seem very unfair for the visiting team. But i wouldn't be surprised SVEMO is know for making stupid rules like this.

A narrow loss with 8p (52-44) for Vargarna who thereby just misses out on the opportunity to end the Pirates narrow hope of Playoff.

just watched the tv meeting and i cant see it was particularly exciting. A Few good heats in the end but otherwise nothing special. The tv meeting two weeks ago between Indianerna and Västervik is still the best meeting i have seen this season. Pirates still have a very slim chance of making the playoffs but it is very slim and if Vargarna just manages to bring the bonus point home from tonight's meeting the playoff teams should be pretty much fixed.

during the Interval between heat 10 and 11 OrangeSport usually shows football.

nah i turned it on around 19.10 and it was first soccer and the windsurfing but its speedway now.

hey no speedway? all i see is soccer commercials.

after some speculations about why Nicki is at nr4 the conclusion is that the nr4 rider is the only one who have 4 heats during the 12 first heats. This isn't normally that important BUT the first meeting between Dackarna and Lejonen this season had to be aborted after 12 heats so the result for the bonus point will be counted after heat 12 tomorrow.

surely there is no need for 3 british rider at Cardiff? with "My lineup" you'll have one on a permanent WC (lee) + 1 local WC (British champ).

This years Robins Race will be held at Saturday August 29th (3 weeks from today) at Smedstadion. The following riders will race this year:Jonas Messing, RospiggarnaBilly Forsberg, GasarnaLudvig Lindgren, DackarnaNiklas Larsson, Hultsfreds GymnasiumRobin Aspegren, ValsarnaJeremia Thelaus, SolkatternaKim Nilsson, GriparnaAnders Mellgren, Elit VetlandaJonas Andersson, VargarnaRobin Bergqvist, Team BikabAndreas Messing, GetingarnaDennis Andersson, ÖrnarnaDavid Rohlén, IndianernaRobin Törnqvist, Valsarna prices: new JAWA Motor 500cc PricemoenyPricemoneyPricemoney more information : http://www.ikarossmederna.nu/?page=news&newsid=1324 official website is currently malfunctioning

i dont like it but that doesnt mean it dont happened coz it does. And compared to "Real" work life the standard age of retirement is 65 y.o. and those who are over 60 rarely gets a new job because they are considred too old so i dont see how BSI/IMg couldnt do the same with those who are a year or two away from retiring from speedway. Do you really want to see a GP series that would look like this (exaggerated) : 01. Crump 02. Nicki 03. Greg 04. Gollob 05. Adams 06. Holta 07. Ulamek 08. Zorrro 09. PK 10. AJ 11. Hans A 12. Nicholls 13. Lindgren 14. Bjerre 15. Harris 16. Local WC