Queen Bee Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 courtesy of speedwayworldtv... Coventry reserve Martin Smolinski will skipper the Germans in the forthcoming Speedway World Cup. Smolinski, 20 (pictured), leads a young German side comprising of Christian Hefenbrock, Rene Schafer, Thomas Stange and Mathias Schultz. The Germans, who qualified by winning the preliminary round in Italy, face the daunting task of pitting themselves against defending champions Sweden, former winners Australia and Poland in event two of the SWC at Eskilstuna in Sweden on Tuesday August 2. Smolinski admits: "It is going to be very tough for us but we will be giving it our best shot." Germany didn't qualify for the finals last year and finished bottom of their group at Holsted in Denmark in 2003 with 10 points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
German Speedway Fan Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 Our real young team (all riders under 21 years) just can learn, hope they do well and we see some surprises... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazzman Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 I think the Germans will be competitive but whether they trouble the scorers is the question. Young side could prove a great experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornishman Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 lets all fear that team then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DartfordHammer Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 No Egon Muller!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 i hope to see tommy stange back in the kingslynn team real soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 (edited) No Egon Muller!? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> No,but if he was english he'd probably still be in the TeamGB going by the age of some :PCertainly in the Arena Essex side Edited July 25, 2005 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted July 30, 2005 Report Share Posted July 30, 2005 well said, iris! England must take care to produce anything like the current generation of young German speedway riders. Germany will maybe not score more than 10 points or so against Sweden, Australia and Poland, but I would fancy their chances to finnish ahead of the Czech Republic or even GB if they, instead of Russia, were in the Swindon qualifyer. With a little bit more international experience behind them, our youngsters will be as good as any of the Danes, Swedes or Poles. And Britsh League promoters will (or actually already did) sign them for their teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 I shall be interested to see how my favourite German, Christian Hefenbrock, does in this. How's he been going lately, Iris? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 Well Grachan,he did qualify for the World U21 final along with Smolinski and Stange.Matze just missed out and is reserve The only meeting i have seen him in recently was the Euro semi at Stralsund which from a German point of view is best forgetting.Christian,Matze and Mirko Wolter all had a poor meeting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Brown Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 I am certainly looking forward to seeing Schultz mixing it with these guys. I have seen him look very impressive on the continent and he clearly has a bright future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 Well Chris he hasn't been able to concentrate so much on speedway this year as i think he is finishing his apprenticeship. Had to cut back on commitments,but like you, think once he can fully concentrate and start doing overseas leagues as well then he is an exciting talent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 will they score at all?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted August 1, 2005 Report Share Posted August 1, 2005 Well Grachan,he did qualify for the World U21 final along with Smolinski and Stange.Matze just missed out and is reserve The only meeting i have seen him in recently was the Euro semi at Stralsund which from a German point of view is best forgetting.Christian,Matze and Mirko Wolter all had a poor meeting. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> In other words, doing ok but not quite fulfilling my predictions of World domination just yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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