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Line up for the Roelof Thijs Bokaal meeting on Friday 5th April. Don't know if its going to be streamed or not. 1 Isak Dekkerhus - Sweden 2 Sebastian Reitsma - The Netherlands 3 Maximilian Niedermaier - Germany 4 Paul Cooper - Great Britain 5 Leon Kramer - The Netherlands 6 Niek Schaap - The Netherlands 7 Atte Suolammi - Finland 8 Kevin Arzl - Austria 9 Benedikt Monn - Gremany 10 Jo Saetre - Norway - 11 Lukáš Hutla - Czechia 12 Martin Posch - Austria 13 Michał Knapp - Poland 14 Filip Jäger - Sweden 15 Marc Geyer - Germany 16 Jasper Iwema - The Netherlands R17 Tim Dixon - Great Britain R18 Reinhard Greisel - Germany Should be interesting to see how Paul Cooper does, as he goes really well on the Grass and was exceptional at the Sand Masters last season. See how he adapts to the Ice.

I did do and he couldn’t remember the year but that sounds about right. Thanks for the reply.

Can anyone confirm if there has been a German winner of an individual round of the Series since it was introduced in 1994? The assembled press here are divided on whether Max Niedermaier is the first German winner of a round. My current available records only go back to 2013/14 and I can't access anything before then as I'm presently in Inzell, and the HDD with that info is at home. If you can help please DM Me asap

It's not as if there is another track in Berlin anymore. The Sport Forum where they staged the Master Of Spikes has long gone, with the building demolished and the track now an all weather Athletics track. Seems a little short sighted by the local Council, as they can't make that much money off the locals just skating.

I know the line up for the Gunther Bauer Farewell Meeting, but does anyone have the draw order?

Sorry, it was my damn spellcheck!

GERMAN INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP, BERLIN, FRIDAY MARCH 3 RESULT: (Germany unless stated) Markus Jell 15, Max Niedermaier 14, Benedikt Monn 13, Atte Suolammi (Finland) 12, Christoph Kirchner 11, Franz Mayerbüchler 9, Finn Loheider 7, André Divis (Czechia) 7, Sebastian Reitsma (Netherlands) 6, Niek Schaap (Netherlands) 6, Maximillian Niedermaier 5, Reinhard Greisel 4, Topi Mustonen (Finland) 4 PHOTOS: https://iancharlesphotos.net/03032023-german-championship ICE SPEEDWAY FOR EUROPE, BERLIN, SATURDAY MARCH 4 RESULT: (Heat scores in brackets) 1: Max Niedermaier (Germany) (15+3), 2: Markus Jell (Germany) (14+2), 3: Jan Klatovsky (Czechia) (9+1), 4: Lukas Hutla (Czechia) (9+0), 5: Harald Simon (Austria) (10+ 3rd LCH), 6: Franz Zorn (Austria) (13+4th LCH), 7: Andrej Divis (Czechia) (8), 8: Franz Mayerbüchler (Germany) (7), 9: Bendikt Monn (Germany) (7), 10: Topi Mustonen (Finland) (6), 11: Sebastian Reitsma (Netherlands) (5), 12: Artturi Ervasti (Finland) (4), 13: Niek Schaap (Netherlands) (4), 14: Philipp Lageder (Austria) (3), 15: Finn Loheider (Germany) (3), 16: Maximillian Niedermaier (Germany) (2) Last Chance Heat: Klatovsky, Hutla, Simon (f), Zorn (ns) Final: Max Niedermaier, Jell, Klatovsky, Hutla PHOTOS: https://iancharlesphotos.net/04032023-ice-speedway-for-europe

Yes that would be right. I understand that to build the track to the required level (20cm thick) would cost the club three times what it has cost in previous years, money which the club simply doesn't have. They hope to be back next year, but unless Energy prices drop drastically........

Looks like the FIM are still not allowing Russian Riders to compete outside their home country, after the FIM General Assembly in Rimini. The Russian Ice season starts next weekend (10/11 December) does anyone know if we will be able to watch the meetings, or are the links all blocked?

Had a message this morning with a flyer for the Berlin Meetings. Looks like they are staging the German Championship on Friday March 3, with the European Championship on Saturday March 4.

The Russians can't ride in FIM Events. This is part of the Press Release by the FIM on March 5th: You can read the full press release on the link below https://www.fim-moto.com/en/news/news-detail/article/fim-announces-its-decisions-in-relation-to-the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine I hope this helps?

At the moment, only Inzell and Berlin have confirmed dates, and I suspect the current situation will exclude any Russian involvement in the World Championship next season. Berlin plan to run from March 2 - 5. The Geman Championship is pencilled in for Thursday March 2. Inzell will run over the weekend of March 17 - 19, with Gunther Bauer's farewell on Friday March 17 No doubt Heerenveen will announce their dates shortly. There is nothing on Speedway Press about the Russian season, but they usually announce the fixtures in October. Whether it's possible to watch any meetings that are streamed will depend on whether or not they are on a site that's not being blocked.

I thought he was playing it safe in his first two rides, as he only needed to finish 5th to win. His fall in his third ride when leading was silly then to get caught out on the 2 minute rule in his fourth! His face said it all on the rostrum. Anyway well done to Martin Haarahiltunen, after an unbeaten performance on Sunday. FINAL 4 Result: (Heat scores in brackets) Haarahiltunen 20 (15), Simon 18 (12), Hutla 16 (12), Hornell 14 (12), Bauer 12 (11), Divis 11 (8), Iwema 10 (8), Koivula 9 (7), Weber 8 (7), Mayerbuchler 7 (7), Soderstrom 6 (5), Sætre 5 (4) Wildt 4 (4) Ahlbom 3 (2), Monn 2 (2) Schaap 1 (1), Ala-Riihimaki 0 (0) GRAND FINAL: (Re-Run) Haarahiltunen, Simon, Hutla, Hornell (fx)

Ove Ledstöm wandering round the Heerenveen pits with his arm in a sling. Henri Ahlbom will take his place.

I managed to get quite a good word count from it! FIM ICE SPEEDWAY GLADIATORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 3, SATURDAY APRIL 2 (Heat Scores in brackets) Martin Haarahiltunen (Sweden) 20 (12), Johann Weber (Germany) 18 (12), Harald Simon (Austria) 16 (11), Luca Bauer (Germany) 14 (11), Joakim Soderstrom (Sweden) 12 (11), Lukas Hutla (Czech Rep) 11 (10), Ove Ledstrom (Sweden) 10 (8), Max Koivula (Finland) 9 (8), Jimmy Hornell (Sweden) 8 (7), Jasper Iwema (Netherlands) 7 (6), Franz Mayerbuchler (Germany) 6 (6), Andrej Divis (Czech Rep) 5 (5), Jo Sætre (Norway) 4 (4), Aki Ala-Riihimaki (Finland) 3 (4), Henri Ahlbom (Finland - Res) 2 (2), Niek Schaap (Netherlands) 1 (1) Jiri Wildt (Czech Rep) 0 (0), Benedikt Monn (Germany - Res) 0 (0) GRAND FINAL: Haarahiltunen, Weber, Simon, Bauer Johann Weber 43 Nikita Bogdanov 40 Martin Haarahiltunen 34 Igor Kononov 34 Dmitry Koltakov 30 Dmitry Khomitsevich 30 Dinar Valeev 22 Lukás Hutla 21 Jasper Iwema 21 Ove Ledström 20 Ivan Khuzhin 20 Harald Simon 16 Luca Bauer 14 Franz Mayerbüchler 14 Igor Saydullin 13 Joakim Söderström 12 Max Koivula 11 Franky Zorn 9 Jimmy Hörnell 8 Aki Ala-Riihimäki 8 Nikita Toloknov 6 Andrej Divis 5 Jo Saetre 4 Henri Ahlbom 2 Niek Schaap 1 Jirí Wildt 0 Benedikt Monn 0