Havvy In Russia

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Former World Champion Gary Havelock made his Russian League debut today. He top-scored for reigning champions Togliatti, but couldn't stop them going down to defeat at Oktyabrsky.

 

TOGLIATTI 42

Gary Havelock 15 (6 rides)

Bohumil Brhel 10+1 (5)

Daniel Ivanov 6 (5)

Evgeny Gomozov 4 (4)

Evgeny Sidorin 3 (3)

Ilya Bondarenko 2+1 (3)

Roman Ivanov 2 (2)

Vasily Shibankov 0 (2)

 

OKTYABRSKY 48

Tomasz Rempala 13+1 (5)

Denis Gizatullin 11+1 (5)

Maksin Kalimullin 7+1 (4)

Marat Gatiatov 5+1 (4)

Ruslan Gatiatov 4+1 (3)

Talgat Galeev 3+1 (4)

Sergei Filushin 3 (1)

Andrei Karpov 2+1 (4)

[HenryW]

A HUGE meeting in Russia, this one. If you think the Pirates v Bess or Pirates v Eagles threads go on a bit, this one is currently at 50 pages on the Russian forum and the post match analysis is just starting

It's a result that sees Togliatti stranded in thrid in the league...a rather unknown position for them recently!!

 

In case anyone cares, a rough translation of the race details is below, although this doesn't quite tie in with the score chart shown above

 

According to this, Havvy was hit for 5 in the brief mid-match dominant period for Oktyabrsky, when they had two 5-1s in a row.

Denis Gizatullin, who admitted only racing at 90% in the team's last meeting and promised 100% tonight, seemed to deliver on that promise. He was magnificent apart from a dropped point to Havvy in heat 9 and a fall while working his way around Brhel in heat 6.

The match winner was undoubtedly Tomasz Rempala who twice lost out to Havvy, but beat him once on his way to a 13 point haul.

 

01 Gizatullin, D.Ivanov, Brhel, Karpov 3-3 : 3-3

02 Rempala, Havelock, Bondarenko, Galeyev 3-3 : 6-6

03 Filyushin, R.Ivanov, Sidorin, M.Gatiyatov (T) 3-3 : 9-9

04 Havelock, Galeyev, R.Gitayatov, D.Ivanov 3-3 : 12-12

05 Rempala, Gomozov, Karpov, Shibankov 4-2 : 16:14

06 Brhel, Kalimullin, Bondarenko, Gizatullin (F/R) 2-4 : 18-18

07 D.Ivanov, M.Gatiyatov, Sidorin, R.Gatiyatov (X) 2-4 : 20-22

08 Brhel, Kalimullin, Galeyev, Shibankov 3-3 : 23-25

09 Havelock, Gizatullin, Karpov, R.Ivanov 3-3 : 26-28

10 R.Gatiyatov, Gomozov, Sidorin, Galeyev (X) 3-3 : 29-31

11 Rempala, M.Gatiyatov, Havelock, D.Ivanov 5-1 : 34-32

12 Gizatullin, Kalimullin, D.Ivanov, Gomozov 5-1 : 39-33

13 Havelock (T/S), Rempala, Brhel, Karpov 2-4 : 41-37

14 Gizatullin, Brhel, Kalimullin, Gomozov 4-2 : 45-39

15 Havelock, Rempala, Gatiyatov, Bondarenko 3-3 : 48-42

 

1 : Brhel gates first but is quickly picked off by Giza. Ivanov goes past his team mate on the final lap.

2 : Rempala gates first and spends 4 laps under heavy pressure from Havvy, but holds him off.

3 : Gatiyatov excluded for a false start. Filyushin around Ivanov on the first turn. Ivanov spent the rest of the race attacking him, but couldn't make the pass.

4 : Havvy first away from the gate. Ivanov and Gatiyatov have a good race for third.

5 : Finally the deadlock is broken. Rempala goes round Gomozova first, then Karpov follows a lap later before Karpov loses second to Gomozov again on the third lap.

6 : Gizatullin gates first, but Brhel passes him on lap two. Giza tries to come back at him but falls. He remounts and chases Bondarenko but just fails to catch him.

7 : In the first running, Ruslan Gitayatov falls and is excluded. Marat Gitayatov gates in the re-run but on lap four Ivanov sweeps around him for the win. The Lukoil boys take the lead for the first time!!

8 : Kalimullin passes Brhel on the first turn, but Brhel comes back past him on lap 3.

9 : Karpov gates but Havvy sweeps round him at the end of the first lap. Giza gives chase, but gets held up by his team mate and doesn't get a clean shot at Havvy.

10: Galeyev falls. Re-run from the gate.

11: Rempala gates first and is away. Havvy surprisingly surrenders 2nd to Gitayatov on the second lap and can't come back at him, much to the delight of the Lukoil team!

12: From the gate.

13: Karpov falls on the last turn (no mention of wheer he was!)

14: From the gate. Giza and Kalimullin wrap up the match for Lukoil.

15: Havvy gates and rempala does everything to get past, but just can't quite make it.

[!Chris!]

TOGLIATTI

 

 

I asked Jill what it said and she said isnt that a type of pasta

Edited June 28, 2006 by !Chris!

[HenryW]

I asked Jill what it said and she said isnt that a type of pasta

You can tell her it's actually a City in the Samarskaya region of Russia, formerly known as Stavropol-on-Volga, which was renamed Togliatti in 1964 in honour of the famous Italian communist Palmiro Togliatti, who helped to form the AutoVaz car plant in the City with assistance from Fiat. This plant is where hundreds of thousands of Lada's were made. last I read, the plant still produces around 700,000 cars a year, and was the subject of a huge takeover scandal during the 1990s privatisation years in former soviet Russia.

Sorry...bit off topic

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Question - was this the first-ever appearance by a British rider in a Russian League match?

[HenryW]

I could be wrong, but I think that this is the first time a British rider has raced in the Russian League, although not the first time a Brit has raced for a Russian team.

 

Lee Richardsson certainly raced for Togliatti in the Champions Cup Final last season and scored 19 points out of 20 as they demolished the opposition.

[teessidepaul]

well done HAVVY....good see see him on top form at the mo ...lets hope he aint to knacckerd to take on the diamonds on thursday

[2ndBender]

Question - was this the first-ever appearance by a British rider in a Russian League match?

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I think Simon Wigg rode for Togliatti in the early '90s. He arranged to take an Exeter team there as a present for the club presidents birthday, (Mark Loram was also in the team). The night before the match the guy was assassinated, which made Wiggy and the Falcons pretty nervous, as you can imagine!

[jill]

I didnt think it was pasta at all i just said the name a little wrong