European club champions cup final, Ljubljana 19.9.

[tomazpozrl]

Here are the lineups for Sunday meeting in Ljubljana. Please note that the lineups are subject to change and are NOT official yet.

 

AMKT LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA

Matej Zagar

Izak Santej

Bjarne Pedersen

Niels Kristian Iversen

David Howe

 

MEGA LADA TOGLIATTI, RUSSIA

Leigh Adams

Sergej Darkin

Roman Povazhny

Oleg Kurguskin

Ilia Bondarenko

 

AK MARKETA PRAGA, CZECH REPUBLIC

Pavel Ondrasik

Jan Jaros

Lubos Tomicek

Richard Wolff

Josef Franc

 

WLOKNIARZ CZESTOCHOWA, POLAND

Ryan Sullivan

Rune Holta

Sebastian Ulamek

Grzegorz Walasek

Rafal Osumek

 

HAJDU VOLAN DEBRECEN, HUNGARY

Matej Ferjan

Sandor Tihanyi

Attila Stefani

Norbert Magosi

Manuel Hauzinger

Edited September 15, 2004 by tomazpozrl

[Trevor]

How long has Leigh Adams been riding in Russia!!!?

[Kevin Meynell]

How long has Leigh Adams been riding in Russia!!!?

 

With the greatest of respect to the Slovenian hosts, what a joke this competition has become. Teams tracking 'ringers', and teams from countries that don't even have a league competition.

 

This is the one UEM competition that is fairly unique and could be very good, but it's just being reduced to a farce.

[Guest latvian-speedway]

second "Russian" rider in "Mega-Lada" will be RYAN SULLIVAN fom "CHENSTOHOVA"

yeah... it's really interesting situation in European Club's championship

 

Maybe in future champion will be JAMAICA or South Africa team with "their own" riders!

[tomazpozrl]

second "Russian" rider    in "Mega-Lada" will be RYAN SULLIVAN fom "CHENSTOHOVA"

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Where did you get this info from ? I heard that Czestochowa will bring all their strongest riders to Ljubljana and that's why Holta will ride for them although he was offered a lot of money from the Russians.

[tomazpozrl]

Here are now the official lineups :

 

Mega Lada Togliatti RUSSIA

1. Leigh Adams

2. Roman Povazny

3. Ilya Bondarenko

4. Sergej Darkin

5. Oleg Kurguskin

 

Hajdu Volan Debrecen HUNGARY

1. Sandor Tihanyi

2. Matej Ferjan

3. Norbert Magosi

4. Attila Stefani

5. Manuel Hauzinger

 

AMTK Ljubljana SLOVENIA

1. Izak Santej

2. David Howe

3. Matej Zagar

4. Niels K.Iversen

5. Bjarne Pedersen

 

CKM Wlokniarz Czestochowa POLAND

1. Gregorz Walasek

2. Sebastian Ulamek

3. Ryan Sullivan

4. Rune Holta

5. Rafal Osumek

 

AK Marketa Praga CZECH REPUBLIC

1. Jaroslav Wolff

2. Josef Franc

3. Pavel Ondrasik

4. Luboš Tomicek

5. Jan Jaros

Edited September 16, 2004 by tomazpozrl

[Guest latvian-speedway]

tomaz : i really don't know, cause it isn't my info, but people who are very close to team said that today... so you will see it

I really wish your team to get the first place in the event! "Mega-Lada" must stop their "bad things" : like, they are against legioneers in Russian league, but in UEM meetings they do other things. That's why, nobody knows that there are Russian league

[Cornishman]

Come on Matej Zagar..........

 

 

 

 

What is the point of this competition?????????

 

 

 

 

oh well, wipe the floor of them anyway matej

[jeffster]

I saw the final of this competition in Pardubice 2 or 3 years ago (it was the day before the Golden Helmet).

 

That particular year, Togliatti used both Jason Crump & Ryan Sullivan....

 

Teams always rent riders in for the final......Doesnt make it right though, and I certainly think the practice devalues the competition....

[jeffster]

This meeting starts at 1400 BST / 1500 CET on Sunday.

 

Wonder if "Sportowefakty" will have live updates ?

 

They have an article on the meeting here :

 

http://www.sportowefakty.pl/index.php?dysc...7&news_id=44446

[jeffster]

Result from "Sportowefakty" :

 

 

1, Czestochowa (Poland) 73 - Rune Holta 18

 

2, Togliatti (Russia) 63 - Leigh Adams 21

 

3, Ljubljana (Slovenia) 59 - Matej Zagar 20

 

4, Prague (Czech Republic) 42 - Bo Brhel 12

 

5, Debrecen (Hungary) 22 - Norbert Magosi 7

[tomazpozrl]

Here are correct results :

 

1. Wlokniarz Czestochowa 73 (Holta 18, Ulamek 17, Sullivan 15, Walasek 12, Szczepaniak 11)

2. Mega Lada Togliatti 63 (Adams 21, Povazny 16, Darkin 11, Bondarenko 10, Kurguskin 5),

3. AMTK Ljubljana 60 (Zagar 20, B.Pedersen 15, Santej 13, Iversen 10, Howe 2),

4. Marketa Praga 42 (Brhel 12, Wolff 12, Franc 10, Tomicek 8, Ondrasik 0),

5. Hajdu Volan Debrecen (Mad) 22 (Magosi 7, Stefani 6, Tihanyi 4, Ferjan 4, Hauzinger 1)

 

 

I'll post complete results later.

[tomazpozrl]

Here are complete results :

 

1. Wlokniarz Czestochowa 73

1. Grzegorz Walasek (1,2,4,3,2) 12

2. Sebastian Ulamek (4,4,3,2,4) 17

3. Ryan Sullivan (2,4,4,1,4) 15

4. Rune Holta (4,4,2,4,4) 18

5. Michal Szczepaniak (4,3,0,1,3) 11

 

2. Mega Lada Togliatti 63

1. Leigh Adams (0,2,3,4,8,4) 21

2. Roman Povazhny (3,2,2,2,4,3) 16

3. Ilia Bondarenko (1,4,1,2,2) 10

4. Sergej Darkin (1,4,2,4,Fx) 11

5. Oleg Kurguskin (2,1,2) 5

 

3. AMTK Ljubljana 60

1. Izak Šantej (4,2,4,3,Ef) 13

2. David Howe (0,1,Ef,Ef,1) 2

3. Matej Zagar (4,3,4,6,3) 20

4. Niels Kristian Iversen (0,1,4,2,3) 10

5. Bjarne Pedersen (3,3,3,3,3) 15

 

4. Marketa Praga 42

1. Richard Wolff (3,2,1,3,1,2) 12

2. Josef Franc (1,3,2,2,0,2) 10

3. Pavel Ondrašik (0,0,0,-,-) 0

4. Lubos Tomiček (2,1,3,1,1) 8

5. Bohumil Brhel (Ef,3,0,8,1) 12

 

5. Hajdu Volan Debrecen 22

1. Sandor Tihanyi (2,1,1,0,T) 4

2. Matej Ferjan (2,Ef,1,1) 4

3. Norbert Magosi (3,0,3,0,0,1) 7

4. Atilla Stefani (3,0,0,0,2,1) 6

5. Manuel Hauzinger (T,0,1,0) 1

 

 

1. Šantej, Wolff, Tihanyi, Walasek, Adams

2. Ulamek, Povazhny, Ferjan, Franc, Howe

3. Žagar, Magosi, Sullivan, Bondarenko, Ondrašik

4. Holta, Stefani, Tomiček, Darkin, Iversen

5. Szczepaniak, Pedersen, Kurguskin, Hauzinger T, Brhel Ef

6. Sullivan, Franc, Adams, Iversen, Hauzinger

7. Holta, Pedersen, Povazhny, Tihanyi, Ondrašik

8. Bondarenko, Szczepaniak, Šantej, Tomiček, Ferjan Ef

9. Darkin, Brhel, Walasek, Howe, Magosi

10. Ulamek, Žagar, Wolff, Kurguskin, Steffani

11. Žagar, Adams, Holta, Ferjan, Brhel

12. Iversen, Magosi, Povazhny, Wolff, Szczepaniak

13. Walasek, Pedersen, Franc, Bondarenko, Stefani

14. Šantej, Ulamek, Darkin, Hauzinger, Ondrašik

15. Sullivan, Tomiček, Kurguskin, Tihanyi, Howe Ef

16. Adams, Pedersen, Ulamek, Tomiček, Magosi

17. Brhel (joker), Šantej, Povazhny, Sullivan, Stefani

18. Holta, Wolff, Bondarenko, Ferjan, Howe Ef

19. Darkin, Žagar (joker), Franc, Szczepaniak, Tihanyi

20. Adams (joker), Walasek, Iversen, Wolff, Magosi

21. Adams, Szczepaniak, Stefani, Howe, Franc

22. Povazhny, Žagar, Walasek, Tomiček, Hauzinger

23. Ulamek, Iversen, Bondarenko, Brhel, Tihanyi T

24. Sullivan, Pedersen, Wolff, Stefani, Darkin Fx

25. Holta, Povazhny, Franc, Magosi, Šantej Ef

Edited September 20, 2004 by tomazpozrl

[tomazpozrl]

For those of you interested, here is a report from Gregor Tomazic, Slovenian speedway journalist and Speedway star correspondent.

 

 

 

European Club Champions Cup Final

Ljubljana, September 19

 

In the final, where five National Club Champions from Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Czech Republic and Hungary rode 25 heats with five riders in each of them, that was the peak of the season for Ljubljana Club and also one of the best meetings in past years, Polish Club CKM Wlokniarz Czestochowa, comprised of Gregorz Walasek, Sebastian Ulamek, Ryan Sullivan, Rune Holta and Michal Szczepaniak, won comfortably with great team riding as none of the riders scored less than 11 points. Second were Russians SK Mega-Lada Togliatti and third were home team, AMTK Ljubljana. Second and third placed teams rode also with foreign riders such as Leigh Adams for last year's winners, team Togliatti, and Bjarne Pedersen, Niels Kristian Iversen and David Howe for team Ljubljana. Fourth were team Autoklub Marketa v ACR from Czech Republic and finishing last were team Hajdu Volan SC Debrecen from Hungary.

Polish team came to Ljubljana as a pre-meeting favourite. They led all the way throughout the meting and their lead was never seriously threatened. Especially convincing was Rune Holta who came in Heat 4 from fourth to 1st and dropped his only points in Heat 11. This was also the Heat, comprised of newly crowned European Champion Matej Zagar, Leigh Adams, Holta, Matej Ferjan and Bo Brhel, that was to be the crowd pleaser heat with so many “big names” involved. And it really was as riders presented some amazing riding skills.

We only saw two accidents but Heat 18 didn't end up good for Slovenian, riding with Hungarian license, Matej Ferjan. Howe hit the hole and was lifted up. As his bike was heading toward the bend Ferjan had no space left so he hit Howe’s bike and as a consequence hit the fence. He gave his best to ride in a re-run and got a point for his team but was unable to continue meeting due to knee injury.

It was a last heat decider for second place with Russian and Slovenian team coming equal with 60 points. Rune Holta gated everybody, tactical substitute Roman Povazhny was second and Izak Santej was third. But on the back straight he had engine failure and dreams for Ljubljana team of fighting for second place were over.

 

Adams, who top scored in the meeting with 21 points including win in Heat 20, where he rode as a joker, said after the meeting: »It was quite hard to compete only one day after GP event but I am very glad that I helped my team enough to be second at the end. Track was not ideal but it was the same for everyone. I didn't want to risk any injury. Therefore, some good starts I made, saved me of being involved in first corner bunching.«

 

Pedersen said afterwards: »The track wasn't made for many overtaking manoeuvres, as it was very grippy and wet, so I drove carefully as I still have very important meetings in front. My engine was very strong so I had some difficulties with finding the right sprocket. But nevertheless I am happy that the meeting is over and that I didn't get injured as it was the first time for me to ride on this track.«

 

Howe said afterwards: »This must have been a meeting where nothing went right for me. I had engine problems and the track was also so unpredictable. Although I looked at the track while I was riding, I didn't see holes, but when I rode over them I felt them a lot. This was also the reason that I felt in Heat 18.«

[Exiled Bandit]

"Mega-Lada"

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Any relation to the 1970s vintage Hull Lada Vikings?