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Can anyone confirm the teams for the main league for each of the following countries please? These are last years, but I'd like updated records.

 

Russia:

 

All (I think this was posted somewhere recently but I can't find it)

 

Finland:

 

Haukat (Salpausselän Moottorikerho)

Jokerit (Kauhajoen Moottorikerho)

Keittiöpiste (Kuusankosken Moottorimieskerho)

Kotkat (Seinäjoen Moottorikerho)

Leijonat [non-league]

Paholaiset (Porin Moottorikerho)

 

Germany:

 

Brokstedt

Diedenbergen

Güstrow

Landshut

Neuenknick

Olching

Pfaffenhofen (still need a website for this one if you get time and can find one please, Doug)

 

Denmark:

 

Brovst

Esbjerg

Fjelsted

Grinsted

Holstebro

Holsted

Outrup

Slangerup

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@ Schumi

 

Pfaffenhofens website is www.msc-paf.de

 

@ Doug

 

Both made statements that they want to take part but they have time until the end of the year to send their papers to the DMSB. I wouldn't be surprised if one of these teams or one of the others mentioned change their mind...

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@ Doug

 

Both made statements that they want to take part but they have time until the end of the year to send their papers to the DMSB. I wouldn't be surprised if one of these teams or one of the others mentioned change their mind...

Well i will be surprised if 9 teams are in the Bundesliga.I don't know where they will find another 10 German riders from?And it is not just 10,but they need to have a couple of good standard riders as well as juniors.Maybe Robbie Kessler is one option and maybe Polish riders riding as Germans i.e Sekula.Thought i saw that Szombierski was thinking of riding as a German :unsure:

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Thanks TJ.

 

And Doug, maybe you can let me know when you know. :blink:  :P

 

Wonder if f-s-p can confirm Finland for me, please? :)

 

You got it right... Only team missing is Kopparberg Speedway ( Vaasan Moottorikerho) from last years line up and like you said Leijonat (Helsingin Moottorikerho) didn't take part last season.

 

As for next season, nobody knows yet, even if there is a league or not!?

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And for an indication of their relative strengths go to:

 

http://speedwayranking.125mb.com/home.htm

 

and click on Euro League

Not really worth much though is it.I mean i guess the way it is done is to tot each riders world ranking points up.Plus i guess the best possible team is chosen rather than the most often used team.Look at Slangerup.Much better than Danish Champions Holsted for instance!Plus look at the National teams and Australia are top rather than the team most feel is the best,Denmark who are third.Not very keen on these things as you might guess :D

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  • 2 weeks later...

Russian teams are

 

Mega-Lada (Togliatti)

Neftianik (Oktiabrsky) Earlier name of this team was Lukoil,but now they lost this sponsor

Vostok (Vladivostok)

SK Turbina (Balakovo)

STMK Turbina(Balakovo)

Salavatneftemash (Salavat)

SK Trofimov (Rivne,Ukraine)-this team in season 2007 started in russian league with name Uragan-this word in english means Hurricane.

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Maybe you remember,that sometimes in Daugavpils was very good rider Valeriy Sokolov.He established there a club,built a small track. Here you can find two photos from this track.There're a speedway shcool for juniors.There have trainings some guys from Viski and Daugavpils.

Weather in Latvia now is is very bad-it snows and is very cold,so they don't have trainings now on a track.Maybe only at sport hall of Viski's college to keep good physical conditions.

They don't have normal bikes,engines.Mr. Sokolov makes all himself...from old duplicates.

They have only one sponsor-small organisation,which sells scrap-iron.They have no money,no stadium,no normal bikes,no good organization...and no future.

Mr. Sokolov tells nothing about future of his "club".I know that one press agent from Daugavpils in autumn was in Viski and spoke with Sokolov,but I dion't red any information in the press yet.I don't know,how to understand it.

Simply look at the photos....you'll understand all...

And if you understand russian(I think you speak this language very well),I can explain you about Viski in one word-"sharashkina kontora" :D

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So no chance of league speedway there in the near future! :D

Surely though there is enough interest in Latvia for 2 league tracks?.How much interest from tv and newspapers/magazine is there in Latvia?And i hear Laguta will have his case for Latvian citizenship heard at the end of this month?Is there a problem because he doesn't know the language? :unsure:

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As far as I know the track in Riga is still there, but not used anymore. There was a speedway meeting held there only a few years ago. I wonder why the Latvians do not try to establish this capital city track as a second venue for the sport in Latvia? Are Daugavpils afraid of the rivalry?

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About speedway know only in Daugavpils.In Riga or other towns and villages 99% people never heard about it.

Mr. Ribnikov about ten years ago said,that TV for him isn't gainfully,because the fans will watch speedway on TV and the stadium will be uninhabited.

So,at Daugavpils regional TV channel only in the news we can get some information about our club(and nothing about speedway in the rest world).

In regional newspapers information is quite good and enough.But in state daily press only sometimes we can find last "Loko" results.But they work very unprofessional and make much mistakes(names,surnames).

In sport magazines I never read about speedway.

LTV(state television) shows two GP's before Latvian GP.In "Motoreview" they regulary show short plots with last results of "Loko",SGP,SWC.Can be some interviews.And it's all!

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And i hear Laguta will have his case for Latvian citizenship heard at the end of this month?Is there a problem because he doesn't know the language? :unsure:

Everyone can get our citizenship through "naturtalisation"-you must take an exam in language,history.Second chance-our parliament can give you citizenship for merities(I'm not sure for this word :unsure: ).

Laguta was in parliament,spoke with deputies.They gave him 3 month to learn latvian.They simply don't understand,why they must give him latvian passport,because he lives in Russia,he was in latvian team only 2 years,he don't knows language.They also don't know nothing about speedway...there is a problem.

I'm not sure,but in Vladivostok,where Grigory was last time can learn latvian...Now he is is back in Latvia...he knows 3-4 latvian words...what will deputies say now?I don't know.

I don't want to comment this situation yet,because normal competent comments now can give only Ribnikov.

Will wait some weeks...

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