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ECSR Southern X Sidecar Teams Championship Australia V New Zealand (select) Plus Speedway Sidecar Support Oakburn Park Speedway, Tamworth Friday Night 11th October 2019 ECSR Southern X Sidecar Individual Championship This will also double as RD2 of the 2019 ECSR series. ALL NOMINATIONS ACCEPTED Oakburn Park Speedway, Tamworth Saturday 12th October 2019 The ECSR Southern X Sidecar Championships was originally going to be run over two rounds, however due to a number of factors, 2019 Championships will be run over one round for each, “teams” & “individual” at Tamworth, on the dates as listed above. There will be a HUGE tow money/prize money pool of $12,000 on offer for the ECSR Southern X Sidecar Championships double header on the Friday & Saturday nights of racing! CALLING ALL KIWI TEAMS!!! We would like to invite any New Zealand Sidecar Teams that are interested in racing in Australia in our series & the ECSR Southern X Sidecar Championships in 2019, to put forward their EOI to me via email ... garnhams@bigpond.com or phone +61 412858666. A rough timetable is to have you here in Oz by September or even earlier, and have your bike loaded some time after the Indoor race meeting on 30th November, ready for shipping back to NZ. At this stage we don’t have a limit on the bikes to come over, but are hoping for at least 8 Kiwi teams in total will compete in our series and in the ECSR Southern X Sidecar Teams Championships against the Aussies! Initial thoughts are that the NZ bikes will be based out of Newcastle, where we have free storage available & only 3.5 hours from Tamworth. Newcastle is about 2 hrs drive or 3 hrs on the train from Sydney, 9 hrs drive from Brisbane, or about 1 hour flight from Brisbane or Melbourne. Costs..... Each Kiwi bike that we are transporting across the ditch, will contribute $1,000 to that freight cost, with the ECSR & hopefully some sponsors, picking up the balance. As we did when the Aussie team went across the ditch in 2017, we encourage the sidecar teams to do a bit of fundraising or maybe arrange a fundraising race meeting to help us make this happen & keep it happening. As we are a not-for-profit entity, we would love to have sponsors from both countries help us fund this task and make it all happen, so feel free to get in touch and donate some coin, remembering that tax Invoices are supplied for all sponsorship donations. The 2019 series is looking exciting and once again, has a few unique pieces in the puzzle, just to give the racers & new challenge!! Keep an ear to the ground for some fundraising to bring the Kiwis to Oz! https://www.facebook.com/groups/1658284211101515/permalink/2140781266185138/

2019 SOUTHERN CROSS SIDECAR TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS - AUSTRALIA v NEW ZEALAND (Select) Just so everyone is aware, the Australian team to take on the Kiwis this year in a two round ECSR Australia v New Zealand (Select)Test Match Series, will be results based for the majority of the team, with two wild card selections making up the balance of the Australian team. To be eligible for selection in the Australian (Select) team, including as a ‘wild card’, you must have competed in a minimum of three ECSR events since the start of our series in 2015. This is for obvious reasons and our way of saying ‘thank you’ for supporting the ECSR series. The inaugural running of the ECSR Southern X Sidecar Championships in 2019, will be two DOUBLE HEADERS (Friday & Saturday nights at the same venue) consisting of ..... • a two round individual championship run on the Friday night of each double header, • a two round Australia v New Zealand (Select) teams championships run on the Saturday night of each double header So the ‘Southern X' Sidecar Individual Championship will be run over two rounds. The 'Southern X' Sidecar Teams Championship will also be run over two rounds. It is anticipated that each double header will be 4 to 8 weeks apart with dates and venues to be announced once we have confirmed them, but one venue is definitely Tamworth, the other we are still negotiating. Remember you must have raced in 3 ECSR events to be in the running for the Aussie team!! For the Kiwis, obviously you are all invited to compete in the Friday night individual Southern X Sidecar Championships. The Kiwi team will also be selected from results and if we are lucky enough to have more than 8 Kiwi teams competing, results and ECSR support will also form part of the selection process. If there are any Kiwi teams in NZ that would be interested in racing in Oz in this championship, please contact either Aiden Thwaites or myself. We know there is a fair number already racing in Oz but would like a minimum of 8 Kiwi outfits if that is possible & would certainly welcome more if you want to compete. We will be trying to include some other race meets while the Kiwi teams are in Aussie, like an indoor sidecar meeting, but will have more on that in due course, assuming we can get the venue etc.

Yes http://www.speedwaychampions.com/resources/Sidecars/Score%20Summary.pdf and here (scroll down to NEW ZEALAND section) http://www.speedwaychampions.com/sidecar-champions-p2.php

There is a reason for that as well. His father demanded that his son should get a spot in the World Championship and European Championship ahead of any other German riders, but the DMSB did not grant him his wish. Therefore Bayuer sr. said that his son from now on would ride with an Italian racing license, which would get him what he wants.

Tbf not a good advert for Australian solo speedway, really, and Crump and Williams are dull commentators. There is zero excitement coming over. Give me Pearson & Tatum anytime

Polish Wikipedia with a couple of Pictures of the Stadion RKS Skra Warszawa And here is some info about the History of Speedway in Warsaw (in Polish language) of which google translated the following part relevant to Your inquiry: Warsaw was the host of the first post-war meeting on the Speedway. The opponent of our representation was Czechoslovakia, which at that time was a recognized company on the European tracks. The place of the competition was a 405-meter track "Budowlanych", still under construction. The date September 26, 1948 probably well stuck in the memory of all those who managed to get to the stadium at Wawelska Street. The first steps on the international arena turned out to be successful for Poles. Starting with: Smoczyk, Draga, Jankowski, Kołeczek, Krakowiak, Siekalski, Wąsikowski and Wrocławski, they made a huge sensation, winning 75 - 73 against a reputable international rival. Later the "Budowlanych" track has been the place of international competitions many times. We hosted in Warsaw teams from Sweden, Finland, Austria, the Netherlands and the then professors of the slag, or league teams of the Three Crowns, Monakerna, Getingarna, Indianerna, Kaparna. Monakerna, Getingarna, Indianerna, and Kaparna. The biggest match was undoubtedly played in October 1955 with the English team Belle Vue Manchester, in whose ranks competed the newly minted world champion Peter Craven. During these competitions, Włodzimierz Szwendrowski proved able to "get around" the proud sons of Albion. In a direct clash, he defeated the "wizard of balance", and this only a few weeks after he won the title of world champion. The Warsaw facility was visited by many other speedway aces, such as Nilsson, Pajari, Bishop, Kamper, Fundin, Plekhanov, Wright, Briggs, Moore, Knutsson.

Stadion RKS SKra Warszawa This is the sports Stadium in Warsaw, where the speedway meetings were held from 1948 until 1969, when the cinder track was replaced with an artificial track for athletics. The Stadium has a 35,000 capacity, so I guess that the 50,000 crowd reported for that international speedway meeting in 1956 was a little bit exaggerated (as usual in those days).

There will be no Superprestigio in 2018. After five years in Barcelona this event was set to go to Paris in France on December 15, 2018, but this has now been postponed until 2019 http://superprestigio.fr/

So, riders from just seven European nations have entered this F.I.M. Flat Track World Championship event, but there are no Americans, Canadians, Aussies, Kiwis, Japanese, etc. Considering that the FIM Flat Track World Cup in the past has received next to no media attention, no tv coverage, with only a few hundreds instead of thousands of spectators attending these Events, one has to ask how this has now been given world Championship status. Well, it would perhaps be o.k. to make it a EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP, but for the F.I.M. to call this a World Championship is quite ridiculous. They should rather award the world titel to the annual winner of the American Flat Track series, which is without doubt providing the highest level of flat track racing worldwide. But it is interesting to know that for some years now the F.I.M. has accepted the A.M.A. Supercross series as a world championship. The top Europeans have to enter and go racing in America to fight for the world title in Supercross. This is what should be done with the F.I.M. Flat Track World Championship as well.

Here is the First Test between New Zealand and Australia from Moore Park in Chrischurch

The North American Championship Final is back ! As the first qualifying round for the 2020 SGP series, this event takes place tomorrow at Perris Raceway in California, USA

There is no other Croatian speedway rider. Pavlic is the only one they have.

AUSTRALIA - 57: 1. Sam Masters - 14+1 (3,3,3,3,2*) 2. Zaine Kennedy - 6+1 (0,1,3,2*) 3. Jordan Stewart - 7+1 (0,2,2*,3) 4. Justin Sedgmen - 9+1 (3,1*,3,2) 5. Jaimon Lidsey - 12+2 (1*,3,3,2*,3) 6. Robert Medson - 5+1 (3,0,0,1,1*) 7. Josh MacDonald - 4+1 (2*,2,w,-) REST OF THE WORLD - 35: 1. Mason Campton (Australia) - 6+1 (1*,3,2,d) 2. Robert Branford (Great Britain) - 7+1 (2,u,4!,1*) 3. Tom Brennan (Great Britain) - 7 (2,2,1,2,0) 4. Matias Nielsen (Denmark) - 5+1 (1*,1*,0,3) 5. Zach Wajtknecht (Great Britain) - 8 (3,2,1,1,1) 6. Kyle Bickley (Great Britain) - 0 (0,d,d,0) 7. Kenneth Juergensen (Denmark) - 2 (1,0,1,d) Heats: 1. Masters, Branford, Campton, Kennedy 3:3 2. Medson, MacDonald, Juergensen, Bickley 5:1 (8:4) 3. Sedgmen, Brennan, Nielsen, Stewart 3:3 (11:7) 4. Wajtknecht, MacDonald, Lidsey, Juergensen 3:3 (14:10) 5. Campton, Stewart, Sedgmen, Branford (u) 3:3 (17:13) 6. Masters, Wajtknecht, Kennedy, Bickley (d) 4:2 (21:15) 7. Lidsey, Brennan, Nielsen, Medson 3:3 (24:18) 8. Kennedy, Branford (4!), Juergensen, MacDonald (w) 3:5 (27:23) 9. Sedgmen, Stewart, Wajtknecht, Bickley (d) 5:1 (32:24) 10. Masters, Kennedy, Brennan, Nielsen 5:1 (37:25) 11. Lidsey, Campton, Branford, Medson 3:3 (40:28) 12. Stewart, Brennan, Medson, Bickley 4:2 (44:30) 13. Masters, Lidsey, Wajtknecht, Campton (d) 5:1 (49:31) 14. Nielsen, Sedgmen, Medson, Juergensen (d) 3:3 (52:34) 15. Lidsey, Masters, Wajtknecht, Brennan 5:1 (57:35) https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zu…ata-bezbledny-sam-masters

thanks for explaining that, but this is one of the reasons why speedway is not taken as a serious Sport any more

... but the Cricket World Cup in April/May 2019 and the Rugby World Cup in September/October 2019

I wonder how it is possible for an Australian promoter to use the team names of European speedway clubs Swindon and Leszno for a challenge match at Gillman Speedway? The teams that rode in this challenge match in Australia have absolutely nothing to do with Swindon or Leszno, only using their good names. How can this be allowed? https://www.gillmanspeedway.com/news/exciting-end-after-disappointing-start-at-gillman-speedway/ 500cc Solo Teams Match / 17 Nov 2018, Gillman Speedway, Adelaide, SA Leszno Bulls 50: 1-Jaimon Lidsey 11 (3-3-3-2), 2-Dakota Ballantyne 5+2 (1-2*-0-2*), 3-Cooper Riordan 0 (FX-N-N-N), 4-Matias Nielsen 13 (3-2-3-3-2), 5-Robert Branford 9+2 (3-3-1-1*-1*), 6-Kyle Bickley 0 (R-N-N-N), 7-Kenneth Jürgensen 10+1 (3-2*-2-3), Subsitutes: Declan Knowles 1 (0-1), Aden Clare 1 (0-0-1), Steve Graetz 0 (0). Team manager: Robert Ksiezak. Swindon Robins 45: 1-Jordan Stewart 15 (N-3-6-3-3), 2-Robert Medson 8+1 (2-1-3-2*-0), 3-Tom Brennan (did not ride), 4-Zach Wajtknecht 2 (2-N-N-N), 5-Justin Sedgmen (did not ride), 6-Jake Turner 6+2 (1*-1-1-2-1*), 7-Brayden McGuinness 6+1 (2-1*-1-2). Substitutes: Fraser Bowes 0 (0-0-R), Connor Bailey 7 (2-1-4-N), Seth Hickey 1+1(1*-0). Team managers: Lyndon Schlein & George Taylor.

line-ups for the Nov24 Test Match: AUSTRALIA: Sam Masters (cpt), Jaimon Lidsey, Jordan Stewart, Justin Sedgmen, Cooper Riordan, Zaine Kennedy. Rest of the WORLD: Rob Branford (UK, cpt), Zach Wajtknecht (UK), Tom Brennan (UK), Kyle Bickley (UK), Matias Nielsen (DEN), Kenneth Jürgensen (DEN).

Speedway is best as a team Sport, no doubt about it. The League and International Test Matches is what it makes it so unique and very special as a motorsport. Nowadays we have a full season of league meetings for the club teams, but what I miss most of all is some meaningfull International teams competition, like there was in the 1970s. When I watch the Rugby Union Autumn Test matches just this month, I realise what Speedway is missing out on big time.

FIM should return to the old and trusted format with 18 riders, six per race, and have nine heats, two semis, and one final race at each of the LT World Championship rounds.

St.Johann in Austria intend to run an open individual ice sppedway meeting on Saturday, January 19, 2019 Another ice meeting is to be held at Weissenbach, Austria (date tba) Does anybody know if there will be an ice speedway meeting somewhere in Switzerland this winter?

In 2019 the F.I.M. runs an official Individual Flat Track Motorcycle World Cup series over three finals. http://www.fim-live.com/en/sport/sport/flat-track/ F.I.M. Flat Track World Cup 2019: July 13, 2019 - Final 1 at Terenzano (Italy) September 7, 2019 - Final 2 at Morizès (France) September 14, 2019 - Final 3 at Misano (Italy) This year, the F.I.M. Flat Track Cup final was held as a one-off Event at Misano (Italy) on September 8, 2018. http://www.fim-live.com/en/sport/ranking/flat-track/ 2018 F.I.M. Flat Track Cup results: 1st ... Francesco Cecchini (Italy) 2nd ... Gerard Bailo (Spain) 3rd ... Franc Serra (Spain) 4th ... Ferran Sastre (Spain) 5th ... Mikko Kostinen (Finland) 6th ... Adrian Garin (Spain) 7th ... Maikel Dijkstra (Netherlands) 8th ... Guillermo Cano (Spain) 9th ... Lasse Kurvinen (Finland) 10th ... Gianni Borgiotti (Italy) 11th ... Hanson Schruf (Austria) 12th ... Niclas Poytalaakso (Finland) 13th ... Lorenzo Villamagna (Italy) 14th ... Pavel Pucko (Czech Republic) 15th ... Carlos Espinosa (Spain) 16th ... Paolo Piccinini (Italy) 17th ... Florian Eder (Austria) 18th ... Yasmin Poppenreiter (Austria) 19th ... Wilfried Delestre (France) 20th ... Jiri Kraus (Czech Republic) 21th ... Vaclav Gehart (Czech Republic) .

American Flat Track has appeared at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed

... and the final round 18 at Meadowlands Raceway, East Rutherford, New Jersey, just outside of New York CIty (October 6, 2018)

Round 17 at Minneapolis, Minnesota (September 29, 2018)