Phil Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 SWC TEAMS DECLARED All eight teams for the first two events of the FIM Euphony Speedway World Cup on August 2nd and 3rd at Eastbourne have been announced. Great Britain have brought in Eastbourne experts Joe Screen - who recently won the British Championship - and David Norris for their match against Sweden, Poland and Hungary at Eastbourne on August 2nd. Joining Screen and Norris are Grand Prix favourites Scott Nicholls, Mark Loram and Lee Richardson. Current World Champions Sweden have included three Grand Prix riders in their line-up - Tony Rickardsson, Andreas Jonsson and Mikael Max. Five times world champion Tony Rickardsson will captain the team - which also includes nineteen year old Swedish sensation Antonio Lindback, who was runner-up to Rickardsson in the Swedish Championship. Poland's Tomasz Gollob once again will captain his national team, which has a mixture of youth and experience with Piotr Protasiewciz and Gregorz Walasek no strangers to the world championship stage and up and coming star Jarek Hampel providing great depth to the team. Event two at Eastbourne on August 3rd sees Australia, winners of the World Cup in 2001 and 2002, led by World No 4 Leigh Adams. Current leader of the individual World Championship Jason Crump and World No.9 Ryan Sullivan provide the main support with Steve Johnston and Adam Shields providing important strength in the all important second berths. The team spirit instilled in the Danish team by their manager Jacob Olsen has helped to turn the young Denmark squad into genuine title contenders. World Champion Nicki Pedersen takes the reins as captain ably supported by GP stars Hans Andersen and Bjarne Pedersen. The fast improving youngsters Kenneth Bjerre and Niels-Kristian Iversen will undoubtedly by looking to make a huge impression. Write the Czech Republic off at your peril. Also fielding three Grand Prix riders with brothers Ales and Lukas Dryml and Bo Brhel as well as the highly experinced Tomas Topinka the Czechs will once again be out to repeat their 2003 performance and qualify for the Race Off. The declared teams are: EVENT 1, AUGUST 2, EASTBOURNE GREAT BRITAIN vs HUNGARY vs SWEDEN vs POLAND GREAT BRITAIN 1 Mark LORAM (RED) 2 David NORRIS 3 Joe SCREEN 4 Scott NICHOLLS (Capt.) 5 Lee RICHARDSON GB Team Manager: Neil Middleditch HUNGARY 1 Norbert MAGOSI (BLUE) 2 Sándor TIHANYI (Capt) 3 Attila STEFÁNI 4 László SZATMÁRI 5 Szabolcs VIDA Hungary Team Manager: Robert Nagy SWEDEN 1 Andreas JONSSON (WHITE) 2 Tony RICKARDSSON (Capt.) 3 Mikael MAX 4 Peter KARLSSON 5 Antonio LINDBÄCK Sweden Team Manager: Tony Olsson POLAND 1 Tomasz GOLLOB (Capt.) (YELLOW) 2 Jaroslaw HAMPEL 3 Grzegorz WALASEK 4 Janusz KOLODZIEJ 5 Piotr PROTASIEWICZ Poland Team Manager: Piotr Pyszny EVENT 2, AUGUST 3, EASTBOURNE ITALY vs CZECH REPUBLIC vs DENMARK vs AUSTRALIA ITALY 1 Andrea MAIDA (Capt) (RED) 2 Paolo SALVATELLI 3 Emiliano SANCHEZ 4 Daniele TESSARI 5 Simone TERENZANI Italy Team Manager: Armando Castagna CZECH REPUBLIC 1 Aleš DRYML (Capt) (BLUE) 2 Bohumil BRHEL 3 Lukáš DRYML 4 Tomáš TOPINKA 5 Josef FRANC Czech Republic Team Manager: Josef Laštovka DENMARK 1 Hans ANDERSEN (WHITE) 2 Nicki PEDERSEN (Capt) 3 Kenneth BJERRE 4 Niels-Kristian IVERSEN 5 Bjarne PEDERSEN Denmark Team Manager: Jacob Olsen AUSTRALIA 1 Ryan SULLIVAN (YELLOW) 2 Steve JOHNSTON 3 Leigh ADAMS (Capt) 4 Jason CRUMP 5 Adam SHIELDS Australia Team Manager: Neil Street Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil The Ace Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 is that also the riding order? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomhaines Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 is that also the riding order? Those are the riding orders also yes. One change, Pepe Protasiewicz has pulled out. Kris Kasprzak fills in at 5 for Poland. Teams can then change their line-ups for race-off/final. With the riders in their 12 man squad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pirate paul Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 5 Szabolcs VIDA Can't wait to hear Millards pronunciation of this guys name! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritPete Posted July 31, 2004 Report Share Posted July 31, 2004 (edited) I will definitely write the Czechs of, they have NO chance of winning. The Aussie do not look quite so strong as in previous years, but, they are still a big threat. Team GB should do OK, but, I do not see them as winners. Ditto the Danes. Poland have little chance of winning in my view. BUT, Sweden look awesome, and they are my tip to win! Edited July 31, 2004 by BritPete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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