Swedish Elitserien Round 3

[Anders]

SWEDISH ELITSERIEN ROUND 3

Tuesday May 13th 2008

 

LEJONEN - DACKARNA

 

Ludvig Lindgren has done two good meetings for his new club, but competing with Kling/Ruud away from home seems like a tough enough task for him. The Lions needs a good advantage from the Kling/Ruud pairing to be able to defend the lead when the big guns of Dackarna appears after from heat 11 and forward.

 

It's hard to predict a loss for the current champions Dackarna, but Lejonen away will be a tough nut to crack for most teams this season. However, Dackarna must be considered favourites.

 

Lejonen (home)

1. Nicki Pedersen

2. Sebastian Ulamek

3. Tomasz Jedrzejak

4. Mariusz Wegrzyk

5. Piotr Swiderski

6. Ricky Kling J

7. David Ruud

( 8. Anton Göthberg J )

 

Dackarna (away)

1. Fredrik Lindgren

2. Troy Batchelor

3. Hans Andersen

4. Peter Karlsson

5. Andreas Jonsson

6. Ludvig Lindgren J

7. Christian Isomettä J

( 8. Christian Agö J )

 

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PIRATERNA - ROSPIGGARNA

 

Rospiggarna are missing the injured Adam Shields as well as Lubos Tomicek (meeting in Czech Republic), with Mateusz Szczepaniak and Chris Slabon stepping in at second string position, two moves that surely will weaken the Rospiggarna line-up. Andreas Messing is scheduled to make a comeback but Rospiggarna looks to be in problem, despite winning both meetings so far while Piraterna have lost their two opening meetings. My prediction is that two trends will be broken on Tuesday night.

 

Piraterna (home)

1. Grzegorz Walasek

2. Mikael Max

3. Robert Kosciecha

4. Damian Balinski

5. Ryan Sullivan

6. Linus Sundström J

7. Daniel Nermark

( 8. Christian Ingesson J )

 

Rospiggarna (away)

1. Greg Hancock

2. Mateusz Szczepaniak

3. Janusz Kolodziej

4. Chris Slabon

5. Charlie Gjedde

6. Travis McGowan

7. Andreas Messing J

( 8. Jonas Messing J )

 

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MASARNAAVESTA - HAMMARBY

 

Hammarby has started with two straight wins with a line-up consisting of an evenly strength team. Six riders scored among paid ten and paid twelve in last week's meeting, only junior Kim Nilsson being held scoreless back then. One or two of the top five, possibly an in-form Zagar or the strong-at-Avesta Nicholls, must match the strength and speed of Sajfutdinov and Adams in the later stages, otherwise Hammarby could follow in the fotsteps of Elit Vetlanda who lost in a last heat decider in the opening round at Avesta.

 

MasarnaAvesta (home)

1. Kenneth Bjerre

2. Emil Sajfutdinov

3. Dave Watt

4. Billy Janniro

5. Leigh Adams

6. Simon Stead

7. Dennis Andersson J

( 8. Anton Rosén J )

 

Hammarby (away)

1. Jesper B Monberg

2. Tomasz Gapinski

3. Scott Nicholls

4. Pawel Hlib

5. Matej Zagar

6. Kim Nilsson J

7. Joonas Kylmäkorpi

( 8. - )

 

 

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VÄSTERVIK - INDIANERNA

 

Kaj Laukkanen makes his season debut for Indianerna, on a track he usually scores well. The reserves of Laukkanen/Gustafsson must outscore the Laguta/Andersson pairing to keep Indianerna in it, as usual on the road. Matej Ferjan and Magnus Zetterström are former Västervik riders and the Indians kept it close last year (50-46) but the home side are favourites anyway. Västervik used R/R for Bjarne Pedersen last week, but moves Mads Korneliussen to No 2 while Grigorij Laguta makes his Elitserien debut at No 6.

 

Västervik (home)

1. Tomasz Gollob

2. Mads Korneliussen

3. Niels-Kristian Iversen

4. Tomasz Chrzanowski

5. Chris Harris

6. Grigorij Laguta

7. Jonas Andersson J

( 8. Kim Johansson J )

 

Indianerna (away)

1. Matej Ferjan

2. Magnus Zetterström

3. Adrian Miedzinski

4. Henrik Gustafsson

5. Piotr Protasiewicz

6. Kaj Laukkanen

7. Simon Gustafsson J

( 8. David Rohlén J )

 

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ELIT VETLANDA - SMEDERNA

 

Two evenly matched teams meet in Vetlanda, but with different records. Smederna have started the season with two losses against Lejonen and Dackarna and now faces the third (of four) teams from the 'Småland' region. The Blacksmiths are last in the standing, but have a much stronger team than that and the meeting will be closer than the standing suggests. Home track advantage will decide the outcome of this. (Hopefully )

 

Elit Vetlanda (home)

1. Lee Richardson

2. Peter Ljung

3. Jaroslaw Hampel

4. Adam Skornicki

5. Rune Holta

6. Thomas H Jonasson J

7. Robin Törnqvist J

( 8. Robin Aspegren J )

 

Smederna (away)

1. Wieslaw Jagus

2. Rory Schlein

3. Krzysztof Kasprzak

4. Krzysztof Buczkowski

5. Jonas Davidsson

6. Linus Eklöf J

7. Robert Miskowiak

( 8. Robert Henderson J )

 

 

Edited May 12, 2008 by Anders

[Liverstam]

Pawel Hlib is ill and will be replaced by Smolinski. Smolinski is, like Dobrucki, at Abensberg today. But the difference is he's flying to Sweden whereas Dobrucki had to go by road. This gets better and better, with Dobrucki missing, and then Hlib and the dodgy form of Monberg and Nicholls.

[tarabanko]

It was planned that a couple of us Eskilstunaboys were going to Vetlanda but..

The driver cant drive due to personal reasons. The teams are evenly matched . Elit Vetlanda - Smederna but the Smederna team arent clicking together so I presume Elit Vetlanda will win quite easily, sadly!

 

 

[Guest PanthersChamp06]

Wonder if anyone can help..... does anyone have a complete list on all the averages for the riders please?

[Liverstam]

Wonder if anyone can help..... does anyone have a complete list on all the averages for the riders please?

 

http://www.speedway.nu/visa.asp?file='...tNYhtm.asp'

[Guest PanthersChamp06]

Thank you Liverstam

[tarabanko]

It looks bleak for Elit Vetlanda as Lee Richardson hit the deck again tonight at Eastbourne and injured his hand again.

Lee was taken off the track with oxygen and the arm in a mitella, so I doubt he will ride tommorow.

 

If he does not rides the changes can be; THJ up from reserve into the proper team and Daniel Davidsson will replace THJ on the reservespot or if Elit Vetlanda will bring in Jason Crump the team should look like this for Elit Vetlanda - Crump, THJ, Hampel, Skornicki, Holta, Daniel Davidsson and Robin Törnqvist.

 

Hey ho go Smederna!!

[ABS]

It looks bleak for Elit Vetlanda as Lee Richardson hit the deck again tonight at Eastbourne and injured his hand again.

Lee was taken off the track with oxygen and the arm in a mitella, so I doubt he will ride tommorow.

 

If he does not rides the changes can be; THJ up from reserve into the proper team and Daniel Davidsson will replace THJ on the reservespot or if Elit Vetlanda will bring in Jason Crump the team should look like this for Elit Vetlanda - Crump, THJ, Hampel, Skornicki, Holta, Daniel Davidsson and Robin Törnqvist.

 

Hey ho go Smederna!!

I thought that you can't change teams once these have been declared. The speedway.nu site still has Richardson listed at 1 for Vetlanda and also has Kaj Laukkanen at 4 for Indianerna with Henka at reserve. Can someone confirm whether my undertsanding is right or not.......before I "invest" some money this evening?

[tarabanko]

I thought that you can't change teams once these have been declared. The speedway.nu site still has Richardson listed at 1 for Vetlanda and also has Kaj Laukkanen at 4 for Indianerna with Henka at reserve. Can someone confirm whether my undertsanding is right or not.......before I "invest" some money this evening?

 

 

Richardson is out for Elit Vetlanda.

 

The lineup for Vetlanda is now:

 

1. Karol Zabik

2. Peter Ljung

3. Jaroslaw Hampel

4. Adam Skornicki

5. Rune Holta

6. Thomas H Jonasson

7. Morten Risager

8. Robin Törnqvist

[Anders]

I thought that you can't change teams once these have been declared.

 

No...and yes!

 

The line-ups at speedway.nu are only preliminary. You can change the line-up if you are replacing a rider with another, and as long as the rolling average have the two lowest at 6 & 7 (not taking No 8 into account). However, you can't move riders within the team, changing Holta to No 3 and Hampel to No 5. Unless the rolling average dictate who will ride at reserve or as No 8.

 

speedway.nu site still has Richardson listed at 1 for Vetlanda...

 

Elit Vetlanda website reports that Karol Zabik will replace Lee Richardson at No 1. Morten Risager replaces Robin Törnqvist at No 7 as the latter moves to No 8, all within the maximum team average.

 

...and also has Kaj Laukkanen at 4 for Indianerna with Henka at reserve.

 

Laukkanen has a higher rolling average than 'Henka', so Laukkanen should wear No 4 and 'Henka' getting a reserve berth, along side his son.

[ABS]

No...and yes!

 

The line-ups at speedway.nu are only preliminary. You can change the line-up if you are replacing a rider with another, and as long as the rolling average have the two lowest at 6 & 7 (not taking No 8 into account). However, you can't move riders within the team, changing Holta to No 3 and Hampel to No 5. Unless the rolling average dictate who will ride at reserve or as No 8.

 

 

 

Elit Vetlanda website reports that Karol Zabik will replace Lee Richardson at No 1. Morten Risager replaces Robin Törnqvist at No 7 as the latter moves to No 8, all within the maximum team average.

 

 

 

Laukkanen has a higher rolling average than 'Henka', so Laukkanen should wear No 4 and 'Henka' getting a reserve berth, along side his son.

 

Thanks for this Anders and there was me thinking that everything was so simple, well organised and logical over in Sweden. Is there a single point of reference where one can get up-to-date information on line ups?

 

Looking at today, for example, there is a world of differnce in having Crump at number one to having Zabik, when looking at Swedish Handicap Betting.

[cec838]

Hi there, what is the web site where you cant watch the updates for swedish leagues please???

 

many thanks

[Jenkie]

This site is the best I can find:- http://www.speedway.nu/visa.asp?file='...Y.asp?elit'

 

Come down the page to- » Pågående matcher/Games in progress

 

Then if you click over heat or stallning you can get the live updates.

 

Hope this is of use to you!

[cec838]

This site is the best I can find:- http://www.speedway.nu/visa.asp?file='...Y.asp?elit'

 

Come down the page to- » Pågående matcher/Games in progress

 

Then if you click over heat or stallning you can get the live updates.

 

Hope this is of use to you!

 

many thanks

 

[Anders]

SWEDISH ELITSERIEN ROUND 3

Tuesday May 13th 2008

 

LEJONEN - DACKARNA 52-44

Attendence: 3564

 

Heat details, courtesy of www.speedway.nu.

 

Dackarna suffered their first loss of the season, beaten by newcomers Lejonen. The Lions took the command early on with a couple of 5-1's by local hero David Ruud in heat 2 & 5 to open up a 24-12 lead after six heats. Dackarna tried three straight tactical substitutions before the interval but only scored three tied heats, and never got really close to the impressive newcomer.

 

Lejonen (home) 52

1. Nicki Pedersen 3-2-3-3-3 = 14 (5)

2. Sebastian Ulamek 1-3-1*-0 = 5+1 (4)

3. Tomasz Jedrzejak 1*-3-3-2-0 = 9+1 (5)

4. Mariusz Wegrzyk 2-1-0-0 = 3 (4)

5. Piotr Swiderski 2-3-2-1-Ef= 8 (5)

6. Ricky Kling 2*-1*-0-1 = 4+2 (4)

7. David Ruud 3-2*-0-3-1 = 9+1 (5)

8. Anton Göthberg

 

Dackarna (away) 44

1. Fredrik Lindgren 2-2-2-2-1-1* = 10+1 (6)

2. Troy Batchelor 0-0-N-N = 0 (2)

3. Hans Andersen 3-0-1*-1-2-3 = 10+1 (6)

4. Peter Karlsson 0-1-3-1*-3-2* = 10+2 (6)

5. Andreas Jonsson 3-1*-2-3-0-2 = 11+1 (6)

6. Ludvig Lindgren Fx-0-0-N-2 = 2 (4)

7. Christian Isomettä N-N-N-N = 0 (0)

8. Christian Agö 1-Ef = 1 (2)

 

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PIRATERNA - ROSPIGGARNA 47-48

Attendence: 1775

 

Heat details, courtesy of www.speedway.nu.

 

Rospiggarna won their third straight meeting, despite missing Adam Shields and Lubos Tomicek, and being on the road. The Pirates lead by seven points after heat 11 but as Janusz Kolodziej and fellow countryman Mateusz Szczepaniak recorded a maximum in heat 12 to start the comeback. It went down to a last heat decider where Hancock/Koloziej scored a 4-2 to win it for Rospiggarna.

 

Piraterna (home) 47

1. Grzegorz Walasek 2-2-2-X-3 = 9 (5)

2. Mikael Max 0-3-0-N = 3 (3)

3. Robert Kosciecha 3-1-3-1*-0 = 8+1 (5)

4. Damian Balinski 1-3-2*-1-2 = 9+1 (5)

5. Ryan Sullivan 3-3-Ef-1-1 = 8 (5)

6. Linus Sundström 0-1-N-1* = 2+1 (3)

7. Daniel Nermark 2-Ef-1-1*-2-2 = 8+1 (6)

8. Christian Ingesson

 

Rospiggarna (away) 48

1. Greg Hancock 3-0-2-3-3-3 = 14 (6)

2. Mateusz Szczepaniak 1-2-0-2*-0 = 5+1 (5)

3. Janusz Kolodziej 2-3-3-2*-1 = 11+1 (5)

4. Chris Slabon 0-2-1-0 = 3 (4)

5. Charlie Gjedde 2-1-0-3-2 = 8 (5)

6. Travis McGowan 1-Fx-0-N-3 = 4 (4)

7. Andreas Messing N-N-N-N = 0 (0)

8. Jonas Messing 3-0-0 = 3 (3)

 

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MASARNAAVESTA - HAMMARBY 44-52

Attendence: 1835

 

Heat details, courtesy of www.speedway.nu.

 

Two teams are keeping their winning streaks alive after three rounds, Rospiggarna and Hammarby. The Stockholm team were involved in a tight one as both teams were square at 36 with four heats to go. However, Hammarby ended with four straight 4-2's, including two wins for Scott Nicholls over Leigh Adams in heats 14 & 16.

 

MasarnaAvesta (home) 44

1. Kenneth Bjerre 1*-Fx-1*-0-2 = 4+2 (5)

2. Emil Sajfutdinov 2-3-3-2-0 = 10 (5)

3. Dave Watt 2-1-3-Fx = 6 (4)

4. Billy Janniro 0-3-1-0-0 = 4 (5)

5. Leigh Adams 2-3-3-2-2 = 12 (5)

6. Simon Stead 2-0-2*-0-2-2 = 8+1 (6)

7. Dennis Andersson N-N-N-N = 0 (0)

8. Anton Rosén 0-0 = 0 (2)

 

Hammarby (away) 52

1. Jesper B Monberg 0-0-1*-3 = 4+1 (4)

2. Tomasz Gapinski 3-2-2-1*-1 = 9+1 (5)

3. Scott Nicholls 1-1*-2-3-3 = 10+1 (5)

4. Martin Smolinski 3-1-2-1 = 7 (4)

5. Matej Zagar 3-0-3-1-3 = 10 (5)

6. Kim Nilsson 1-N-0-1 = 2 (3)

7. Joonas Kylmäkorpi 3-1-Ef-2-3-1 = 10 (6)

8. -

 

 

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VÄSTERVIK - INDIANERNA 56-39

Attendence: 1883

 

Heat details and heat comments (in english), courtesy of www.speedway.nu.

 

With their third loss of the season, The Indians slips down to last place in the standings. Elitserien newcomer Grigorij Laguta started with an exclusion in heat 2 as Indianerna took an early lead but a maximum with Mads Korneliussen in heat 5 and with Chris Harris in heat 9 turned it around completely, the home side lead by eleven points at that point, and never looked back.

 

Västervik (home) 56

1. Tomasz Gollob M-3-3-3-3 = 12 (5)

2. Mads Korneliussen 3-2*-0-0 = 5+1 (4)

3. Niels-Kristian Iversen 3-3-2*-3-2* = 13+2 (5)

4. Tomasz Chrzanowski 1-0-3-2-0 = 6 (5)

5. Chris Harris 2-3-1*-1-3 = 10+1 (5)

6. Grigorij Laguta Fx-1*-3-2*-0-3 = 9+2 (6)

7. Jonas Andersson 1-N-N-F = 1 (2)

8. Kim Johansson

 

Indianerna (away) 39

1. Matej Ferjan M-2-Ef-2-1*-0 = 5+1 (6)

2. Magnus Zetterström 2-1*-1-0-2 = 6+1 (5)

3. Adrian Miedzinski 2-1*-3-2-2-1 = 11 (6)

4. Kaj Laukkanen 0-1-N-N = 1 (2)

5. Piotr Protasiewicz 3-0-1*-0-1* = 5+2 (5)

6. Henrik Gustafsson 3-0-2-1-N-2 = 8 (5)

7. Simon Gustafsson 2*-0-N-1* = 3+2 (3)

8. David Rohlén

 

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ELIT VETLANDA - SMEDERNA 53-43

Attendence: 2391

 

Heat details and heat comments (in english), courtesy of www.speedway.nu.

 

Despite the late Monday night loss of Lee Richardson, Elit Vetlanda management managed to bring Karol Zabik and Morten Risager into the line-up to lose a bit in the top, but improve down low. Peter Ljung also stepped up to the challenge and supported the Grand Prix duo of Hampel and Holta.

 

Elit Vetlanda slowly got away from Smederna, going from a 9-9 tie after 3 heats to a ten point lead after 9 heats. The Blacksmiths tried to make a comeback but when Hampel/Ljung headed home former Vetlanda favorite Wieslaw Jagus in heat 13, that was virtually the nail in the Smederna coffin.

 

Elit Vetlanda (home) 53

1. Karol Zabik 1*-1-X-1 = 3+1 (4)

2. Peter Ljung 2-3-3-2*-0 = 10+1 (5)

3. Jaroslaw Hampel 2-0-3-3-3 = 11 (5)

4. Adam Skornicki 1*-3-0-0 = 4+1 (4)

5. Rune Holta 3-3-2-3-2 = 13 (5)

6. Thomas H Jonasson 2-2*-1-2-X-Fx = 7+1 (6)

7. Morten Risager 1*-1-N-3 = 5+1 (3)

8. Robin Törnqvist

 

Smederna (away) 43

1. Wieslaw Jagus 3-2-1*-2-1-3 = 12+1 (6)

2. Rory Schlein 0-1*-0-N-1* = 2+2 (4)

3. Krzysztof Kasprzak 3-0-3-3-2-1 = 12 (6)

4. Krzysztof Buczkowski 0-2-2-0-2 = 6 (5)

5. Jonas Davidsson Ef-2-1-1-0 = 4 (5)

6. Linus Eklöf 0-0-N-2 = 2 (3)

7. Robert Miskowiak 3-1-N-1* = 5+1 (3)

8. Robert Henderson

 

For Elit Vetlanda,

Zabik always put himself into contention, but looked slow and got passed a couple of times. Worth more. Ljung was excellent, lead heat 16 but lost all points due to a mistake/lift, still score a paid eleven. Hampel appearently changed his bike after his second ride, was ultra fast after that. Skornicki had an excellent heat when going from third to first to pass Jagus in heat 6, didn't do much otherwise. Holta was solid as always in Elitserien, despite feeling ill earlier on the day. Jonasson has definitely upped his game and definitely deserved it all, IMO he was robbed with the exclusion in heat 15. Risager improved as the meeting went along.

 

For Smederna,

Jagus was good but has been better in Vetlanda. Schlein had some dirty moves, among them as he started the day by trying to put Zabik on the inside of the track in heat 1. Can't believe he got another chance in heat 15 ahead of Miskowiak. Kasprzak was excellent! Hasn´t done much at the Vetlanda track even though he had a solid 9 score last year, today was even better despite an awful second ride. Buczkowski had a solid debut at this track. Davidsson had some good rides, but was a dissapointment overall. Eklöf did what could be expected against these reserves. Miskowiak had one good ride, and deserved a place in heat 15, but didn't get it.

 

Man of the match: Peter Ljung

 

Most exciting rider: Adam Skornicki (for his heat 6 passes)

 

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ROUND 4 - TUESDAY MAY 20TH:

Lejonen - Elit Vetlanda

Hammarby - Västervik

Indianerna - Piraterna

Dackarna - Rospiggarna

Smederna - MasarnaAvesta

 

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CURRENT STANDING:

1. Hammarby, 3, 3-0-0, 6p (+26)

2. Rospiggarna, 3, 3-0-0, 6p (+9)

3. Västervik, 3, 2-0-1, 4p (+37)

4. Dackarna, 3, 2-0-1, 4p (+34)

5. Elit Vetlanda, 3, 2-0-1, 4p (+18)

6. Lejonen, 3, 2-0-1, 4p (+18)

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7. MasarnaAvesta, 3, 1-0-2, 2p (-30)

8. Piraterna, 3, 0-0-3, 0p (-19)

9. Smederna, 3, 0-0-3, 0p (-46)

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10. Indianerna, 3, 0-0-3, 0p (-47)

 

 

[Liverstam]

Dackarna won't win many tough away meetings with a reserve pairing that can barely manage a point between them. It requires the heavy top-four to ride almost perfect and they won't always do that. Like today for instance when the likes of Hans and AJ can only manage 10-11 points from six rides, which is poor for riders of their standard.

 

Lejonen on the other hand won't lose many at home. I reckon Vetlanda have a better chance than Dackarna had when they go there next week, since they have a more balanced team and a reserve in THJ who has had Gislaved as his home track. Do you think you will bring Crump, Anders? I would.

[Anders]

It requires the heavy top-four to ride almost perfect and they won't always do that.

 

Definitely so. As you know, we have tried a heavy top-four as well in previous year and we may have had a 48-48 tie sometime, but still lost most times due to the fact that someone of the top 4 has a bad day. A top heavy team may work reasonably well if you only want to keep it close away from home and defend the aggregated point, or at home if you can get the tail of the team to score some points.

 

Lejonen on the other hand won't lose many at home. I reckon Vetlanda have a better chance than Dackarna had when they go there next week, since they have a more balanced team and a reserve in THJ who has had Gislaved as his home track. Do you think you will bring Crump, Anders? I would.

 

Lejonen won't lose many at home, for sure. Most of the riders in Elitserien have never been to Gislaved, and without the practise session before the meeting, Lejonen will take a big lead in several meetings.

 

If Crump comes into the team, it will be impossible to have THJ at reserve so the question for the management is: Is it worth trying to keep the reserve heats together with a balanced team, though without Crump, or give them up?

 

Possible line-ups are (in rolling average order):

Holta, Crump, Hampel, Ljung, Jonasson, Davidsson, Törnqvist, (Aspegren)

or

Holta, Hampel, Ljung, Zabik, Skornicki, Jonasson, Risager, (Törnqvist) (yesterday's line-up)

 

Doesn't seem that Zabik may be 100% fit yet, but I think I would prefer the second line-up, then Jonasson and/or Risager could replace any out-of-form riders. It will be interesting to see which road they chose.

 

[iris123]

MASARNAAVESTA - HAMMARBY 44-52

Attendence: 1835

 

Heat details, courtesy of www.speedway.nu.

 

Two teams are keeping their winning streaks alive after three rounds, Rospiggarna and Hammarby. The Stockholm team were involved in a tight one as both teams were square at 36 with four heats to go. However, Hammarby ended with four straight 4-2's, including two wins for Scott Nicholls over Leigh Adams in heats 14 & 16.

 

MasarnaAvesta (home) 44

1. Kenneth Bjerre 1*-Fx-1*-0-2 = 4+2 (5)

2. Emil Sajfutdinov 2-3-3-2-0 = 10 (5)

3. Dave Watt 2-1-3-Fx = 6 (4)

4. Billy Janniro 0-3-1-0-0 = 4 (5)

5. Leigh Adams 2-3-3-2-2 = 12 (5)

6. Simon Stead 2-0-2*-0-2-2 = 8+1 (6)

7. Dennis Andersson N-N-N-N = 0 (0)

8. Anton Rosén 0-0 = 0 (2)

 

Hammarby (away) 52

1. Jesper B Monberg 0-0-1*-3 = 4+1 (4)

2. Tomasz Gapinski 3-2-2-1*-1 = 9+1 (5)

3. Scott Nicholls 1-1*-2-3-3 = 10+1 (5)

4. Martin Smolinski 3-1-2-1 = 7 (4)

5. Matej Zagar 3-0-3-1-3 = 10 (5)

6. Kim Nilsson 1-N-0-1 = 2 (3)

7. Joonas Kylmäkorpi 3-1-Ef-2-3-1 = 10 (6)

8. -

 

 

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Is there a bit of controversy here.Seems as if Sajfutdinov is blaming teammate Kenneth Bjerre for an injury he picked up.

Taken from Emil's web-site

In today’s match of Elitserien Emil scored 10 points (2, 3, 3, 2, 0), his team, Masarna Avesta lost to Hammarby Stockholm 44:52. There could have been more points, however Emil took part in half of the heats with injured hand. His fall in seventh heat was caused by … his team mate Kenneth Bjerre. - Emil’s left hand got under Kenneth’s rear mudguard - says Tomasz Suskiewicz. - Emil felt on the track, whereas the Dutch rider was excluded from the replay heat.

 

I see on sportowefakty they are bringing up the Kosciecha clash with Kenneth as well

 

Any comments about this in the Swedish press?

 

[Liverstam]

The only view on that Bjerre/Sajfutdinov incident I've heard is the Hammarby contingents view that we were unlucky in two ways. Firstly, Smolinski was in a clear lead with Nicholls likely to claim at least a point when the race was stopped. Secondly, it was Sajfutdinov who took Bjerre off but strangely enough Bjerre was excluded. We would have much preferred a re-run with only Bjerre in for Masarna. In the re-run Sajfutdinov gated and was gone. So a possible 4-2 or 5-1 in or favour became a 3-3.

 

 

 

[Liverstam]

Definitely so. As you know, we have tried a heavy top-four as well in previous year and we may have had a 48-48 tie sometime, but still lost most times due to the fact that someone of the top 4 has a bad day. A top heavy team may work reasonably well if you only want to keep it close away from home and defend the aggregated point, or at home if you can get the tail of the team to score some points.

 

 

 

Lejonen won't lose many at home, for sure. Most of the riders in Elitserien have never been to Gislaved, and without the practise session before the meeting, Lejonen will take a big lead in several meetings.

 

If Crump comes into the team, it will be impossible to have THJ at reserve so the question for the management is: Is it worth trying to keep the reserve heats together with a balanced team, though without Crump, or give them up?

 

Possible line-ups are (in rolling average order):

Holta, Crump, Hampel, Ljung, Jonasson, Davidsson, Törnqvist, (Aspegren)

or

Holta, Hampel, Ljung, Zabik, Skornicki, Jonasson, Risager, (Törnqvist) (yesterday's line-up)

 

Doesn't seem that Zabik may be 100% fit yet, but I think I would prefer the second line-up, then Jonasson and/or Risager could replace any out-of-form riders. It will be interesting to see which road they chose.

 

Interesting, I didn't realise bringing Crump in rules Jonasson out - but I'll definitely take your word for it.

I would go for the second option aswell. Is Richardson ruled out for sure?