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I found them here: http://www.holsted-speedway.dk/ JJ is the son of John J. Looks like a very good result for Glen Moi. I'm suprised at Lyager's position (I wonder if he withdrew?) 1. Jason Jorgensen - 15 2. Sam Jensen (HSK) -14 3. Glenn Moi (Norge) - 13 4. Patrick Josefsen (HSK) - 11 5. Fredrik Jakobsen - 9 6. Freddie Broms (Sverige) - 9 7. Johan Jensen (Sverige) - 9 8. Martin Steen Hansen (HSK) - 6 9. Alexander Johanson (Sverige) - 5 10. Niilo Vuolas (Finland) - 5 11. Henri Ahlbom (Finland) - 5 12. Simon Selch - 5 13. Patrick Haug - 4 14. Kacper Woryna (Polen) - 4 15. Kenny Wennerstam (Sverige) - 4 16. Andreas Lyager - 2 And Semi-finals (qualifyers only) Semifinale 1 1. Jason Jørgensen 15 point 2. Andreas Lyager 13+3 3. Martin Steen Hansen 13+2 HSK 4. Frederik Jakobsen 11 5. Glenn Moi 10 Norge 6. Patrick Lykke Nielsen 9 ikke videre pga. reglen om max 4 DKér 7. Jonas Jensen 8 ikke videre pga reglen om max 4 DKér 8. Kasper Koldsgaard 8 ikke videre pga reglen om max 4 DKér 9. Kenny Wennestam 7 Sverige 10. Niilo Vuolas 5 Finland 11. Henri Ahlbom 5 Finland Semifinale 2 1. Patrick Josefsen 14+3 HSK 2. Simon Selch 14+2 3. Alexander Johansson 12 Sverige 4. Freddie Broms 11 Sverige 5. Johan Jensen 9 Sverige 6. Patrcik Haug 8 7. Sam Jensen 8 8. Mikkel B. Andersen 8 ikke videre pga. reglen om max 4 DKér 9. Kacper Woryna 7 Polen

What - I was two out

There are other riders that could have been picked (or I suspect more to the point willing to ride) - such as Garrity, Howarth and the Worralls, but they are not markedly better than the riders who did ride. Had they been there the result would have been just the same. It is notable that the one British rider who looked competitive was Brendan Johnson. On current form he would not be most people's pick for the team, but his past experience on the continent has clearly left him better prepared than his team mates. There are three basic problems: 1) speedway is now such a niche sport that the supply of youngsters wanting to try the sport is negligible 2) not enough access to tracks to practice on 3) cost As for solutions it is going to be require lots of effort (and money) over a long time. I fear we may be competing with Germany and the Ukraine in the World Cup qualifying rounds in a few years time.

Ht 9 Franklin replaced Perry Ht 13 Perry replaced Jacobs (TS) Ht 16 Franklin replaced Morris Although it appears that a Brit never beat a Swede or Dane unless there was a fall or engine failure Brendan was ahead of Palovaraa when he pulled up (ht11) and second ahead of Nissen in ht 8 before the race was stopped. Very nice stadium Crowd around 300 Had`a brief chat with Per Jonsson who was managing Swedish team

I can post the scores when I get back from the meeting, but result will probably be on here by then: http://www.aktuellspeedway.se/

Those dates should read Apr 28 and May 5 in my reply

There were no meetings Apr 25: attempts to book an NL team for a challenge fell through and the promoters didn't fancy a meaningless open meeting May 2: team away at Middlesbrough on Thursday and Edinburgh Saturday, making a trip back to Plymouth on Friday an unreasonable undertaking (Source: Plymouth programme for May 12)

I agree here - and I have seen it happen before without the slowing rider being excluded (Suchanek for Reading at Isle of Wight) 15 April 2008 - extract from match report: That was Tim Sugar’s cue to nominate Ostergaard for a tactical ride and the Dane seemed well set to collect 6 points until his bike slowed on the back straight of the final lap, allowing Phillips through for the win. The quick-thinking Suchanek then did brilliantly to almost stop, so allowing Ostergaard to finish ahead of him and at least reduce Reading’s deficit by collecting 4 points. Referee Graham Reeve

And of course it is not unique to Britain. It has spread from here to Denmark, Czech Republic and Russia. It has also been used in the Polish league.

Disagree - I can immediately think of at least 6 better meetings (Poole v Cov play-off final, Bydgoszcz GP [not sure of year], and four other World Cup rounds) Year in year out the World Cup provides brilliant speedway - season after season it is the highlight of the speedway calender. Changing it (joker apart) seems like a very low priority. PS 2001 Race-off, 2004 Final, 2009 semi-final at Vojens and 2009 semi-final at Peterboro', and there are plenty of other really good events in the last 11 years

Sorry to hear that

Basically you have to fly from one place to another as the distances are huge. For example Perth to Mildura is further than Ipswich to Daugavpils. Adelaide (where Gilman is) to Mildura is just about driveable at 250 miles (we did it). Keep an eye out for Australian Championship dates which are usually in early January. Gilman usually has the most comprehensive schedule, infact next season's is already up: http://www.gillmanspeedway.com/calendar.asp

Were there really two rides off 15m in heat 14? If so ..... oh dear! 18.9.2 For a Starting Offence (SR 15.3.4) the Team Manager may order the disqualified Rider to be replaced by a Reserve (starting in the original position) or allow the disqualified Rider, handicapped by 15 metres on the outside gate (4) in the re-run except: * If as a result of a 2nd or subsequent re-instatement it prevents the above being complied with, the Team Manager foregoes the ability to make a choice – a Reserve Replacement being the only option. * For a second offence it is a mandatory disqualification with no replacement permitted.

May 25 Reading 22 [P Morris 8+1-3, G Sweet 7-3, L Sealey 5+2-3, M Tomlin 2-2] Arena 14 [R Pollard 7-3, R Sandford 4-3, R Ledwith 2+1-3, T Giles 1-3] nb Tomlin had a 2 min exc and was not replaced KL v Reading was awarded 30-0 to Reading - in line with the 75-0 award to Reading of the senior match. The Reading v KL Reserve League match simply wasn't ridden due to end of season fixture congestion and was not awarded at all. (Reading v KL in the senior league was part of a double header on 30 October => no room for junior fixture)

I think you must have led a very sheltered life. Haven't I told you a thousand times not to exagerate

www.aktuellspeedway.se has the most comprehensive set of averages - but is not entirely accurate. Sportowefakty are good for Polish averages, but they tend to lose interest half way through the season with other leagues and so they tend to be out of date

An absurdly inaccurate statement. The majority of races contained passes - now I go to a lot of meetings, and it's not often I can say that about the meeting. Gate 1 was a big problem, and I thought Emil's exclusion in the final a little harsh, but as always a great day out and a great atmosphere

Interesting result from Belgium last Sunday Helzoldstars - 58p 1. Jannick de Jong - 13 (2,2,3,3,3) 2. Thomas Sörensen - 9 (1,2,3,3,3) 3. Nick Lourens - 15 (3,3,3,3,3) 4. David Bellego - 14 (3,3,3,2,3) 5. Sam Woods - 4 (2,0,2,R,0) MSC Diedenbergen - 41p 11. Denis Wienke - 17 (3,2,2,2,2,6) 12. Valentin Grobauer - 9 (3,2,X,2,2) 13. Mateusz Borowicz - 8 (2,2,X,1,1,2) 14. Lucas Ziegler - 5 (1,0,2,2) 15. Niclas Fichtner - 2 (F,1,0,1) Team Viking - 31p 6. Anders Vad - 13 (1,3,6,3,R) 7. Lee Geary - 3 (0,0,F,1,2) 8. Steve Jones - 6 (1,1,1,2,1) 9. Kevin Teager - 5 (2,1,1,0,1) 10. Jez Pestell - 4 (1,1,R,1,1) Team Veenoord - 28p 16. Jeffrey Woortman - 8 (0,R,2,6,0) 17. Raymon Woortman - 4 (2,1,0,1) 18. Pascal Swart - 8 (R,3,3,1,1,R) 19. Jesper Veldhuizen - 2 (0,0,2,0) 20. Lars Zandvliet - 6 (3,1,0,0,0,2) Good score for David Bellego (a rumoured PL signing according to one current thread), a rare appearance from Jannick de Jong, our friend DGT riding... and some very interesting 'young' Vikings

Reported on Sportowefakty that it has been reported in Sweden (although it isn't on Aktuellspeedway) According to Swedish newspaper Kuriren Eskilstuna Zetterstroem Magnus runs in Saturday's British Grand Prix in Cardiff. The Swede is the first reserve this year's cycle. "Zorro" is to take place in these professions Artioma Łaguty . The experienced Swede, due to start in Cardiff, will not participate in Thursday's match Allsvenskan League. Łaguty reason for absenteeism is probably the lack of a visa to Wales.

and fans... When Phil Crump and Anders Michanek both won their home legs in 1975 the deciding leg was scheduled for Poole. A coachload of Racers fans travelled down to cheer on Mighty Mich. But in the opening race both riders fell with Crump excluded. Anders couldn't take his place in the remaining races so Crump won the next two races by default and Racers fans had barely glimpsed their hero. I hope the following match was good. This was my original choice - the photo of Richard with wearing the Golden Helmet is the one photo from the book that I had printed and framed

For reference Ht 14 was won by Joe Jacobs in a time of 60.2 There were three second half races, all involving Heeps, Hopwood and Strudwick (Niall). The first two finished in that order with Hopwood beating Heeps in the final one. Robert Lambert also did two sets of demonstration laps, and was actually faster than Heeps

Leicester's fell again last Saturday Ben Barker ht 1 62.12

I should point out that as I've seen him ride (as a 13 y-old doing demo races with Shawn McConnell at Industry) I probably had an unfair advantage

Sko to rhyme with Ho or low

Sko-pell-etty?