Swedish Elitserien Round 4

[Anders]

PREVIEW OF SWEDISH ELITSERIEN ROUND 4

Tuesday May 19th 2009

 

Piraterna won't be riding this week as they are the odd team out of the 9 teams in Elitserien. The other meetings are:

 

VÄSTERVIK - INDIANERNA

at Sparbanken Arena Västervik

 

In round 4, Västervik finally makes their season debut at home, against Indianerna. Västervik have some problems with Tomasz Gapinski and Billy Forsberg being unavailable through injury. The management duo of Helgesson/Cox have also made the change at reserve with Kevin Doolan riding instead of Artem Laguta, the latter who scored just two points last week.

 

Possibly an even bigger impact is the injury to Simon Gustafsson and The Indians. With Joonas Kylmäkorpi out with an injury as well, huge pressure is on Christian Hefenbrock to keep the reserve's heats a close contest.

 

The top three of each teams looks evenly matched, but with the depth riders giving Västervik an advantage. Jesper B Monberg hasn't shown any form so far, Matej Ferjan usually blows hot and cold (but is riding on his former home track) and Christian Hefenbrock could find it difficult, even against Doolan/Rosén. Two of these three riders probably need to score well to give Indianerna a chance to win, but I doubt it.

 

Västervik (home)

1. Chris Harris

2. Bjarne Pedersen

3. Niels-Kristian Iversen

4. Grigorijs Laguta

5. Tomasz Gollob

6. Kevin Doolan

7. Anton Rosén

( 8. Pontus Aspgren )

TM: Peter Helgesson & Marvyn Cox

 

Indianerna (away)

1. Grzegorz Walasek

2. Matej Ferjan

3. Piotr Protasiewicz

4. Jesper B Monberg

5. Rune Holta

6. Alexander Edberg

7. Christian Hefenbrock

( 8. David Rohlén )

TM: Dalle Andersson & Ove Österberg

 

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VARGARNA - DACKARNA

at Norrköping's Motorstadion

 

(TV-broadcasting by Canal+)

 

Edward Kennett gets another shot in the Vargarna line-up, replacing Niklas Klingberg who scored 2 point in the Wolves' last meeting (two weeks ago). Joe Screen drops down to reserve where he'll form a potent duo alongside Kim Nilsson.

 

Dackarna have opted to keep Hans Andersen out of Tuesday's line-up, where Kenneth Bjerre will make his Dackarna debut instead. That move free up approximately two points under the maximum 42.00 average, making it possible for the Målilla team to replace Claus Vissing with Rory Schlein at reserve.

 

The Aussie Schlein will be counted upon to keep an eye on the Nilsson/Screen partnership at reserve, and as Dackarna also have a strong advantage in the main body, compared to Vargarna, the away team looks a favourite in this one. Vargarna have home track advantage in the short and technical track of their's, but Dackarna should have too much overall skill for the Wolves.

 

Vargarna (home)

1. Scott Nicholls

2. Edward Kennett

3. Adrian Miedzinski

4. Adam Skornicki

5. Adam Shields

6. Kim Nilsson

7. Joe Screen

( 8. Jonas Andersson )

TM. Peter Jansson

 

Dackarna (away)

1. Andreas Jonsson

2. Grzegorz Zengota

3. Kenneth Bjerre

4. Peter Karlsson

5. Fredrik Lindgren

6. Rory Schlein

7. Ludvig Lindgren

( 8. Niklas Larsson )

TM. Daniel Nelson & Morgan Andersson

 

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LEJONEN - IKAROS SMEDERNA

at Axelent Arena, Gislaved

 

The current champions Lejonen remains unbeaten at home since the return to Elitserien, and it looks unlikely that Ikaros Smederna should be the team to break that home winning streak. The away team have the hot Slovak Martin Vaculik at reserve, and the reserves may give an advantage to Ikaros Smederna, but that surely won't be enough.

 

Lejonen can welcome back Chris Holder to the team, a move which takes Emil Kramer out of the team, and Ricky Kling moves down to reserve.

 

Lejonen (home)

1. Nicki Pedersen

2. Sebastian Ulamek

3. David Ruud

4. Chris Holder

5. Piotr Swiderski

6. Ricky Kling

7. Robert Pettersson

( 8. Dennis Andersson )

TM. Anders Fröjd

 

Ikaros Smederna (away)

1. Krzysztof Kasprzak

2. Mikael Max

3. Daniel King

4. Magnus Zetterström

5. Wieslaw Jagus

6. Martin Vaculik

7. Linus Eklöf

( 8. Robin Bergqvist )

TM. Bosse Jansson

 

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ELIT VETLANDA - ROSPIGGARNA

at Vetlanda Motorstadion

 

League leading Elit Vetlanda takes on bottom-of-the-table Rospiggarna at home. Elit Vetlanda beat Piraterna at home last week and don't make any changes to the line-up, with the Hougaard/Gomolski partnership at reserve getting the nod ahead of Aldén/Aspegren.

 

For Rospiggarna, Chris Slabon has been left out of the line-up, with Charlie Gjedde moving up to the No 4 position, and Polish youngster Maciej Janowski stepping in at reserve. Greg Hancock and Ryan Sullivan always goes very well in Vetlanda, but Rospiggarna needs Janusz Kolodziej to stop his slump of only 11 points in 3 meetings. If he has a good meeting, Rospiggarna could push Elit Vetlanda hard, but towards the end, Elit Vetlanda are a very strong team...

 

Elit Vetlanda (home)

1. Lee Richardson

2. Peter Ljung

3. Jaroslaw Hampel

4. Thomas H Jonasson

5. Jason Crump

6. Patrick Hougaard

7. Adrian Gomolski

( 8. Robin Aspegren )

TM. Fredrik Staaf & Bosse Wirebrand

 

Rospiggarna (away)

1. Greg Hancock

2. Henrik Gustafsson

3. Janusz Kolodziej

4. Charlie Gjedde

5. Ryan Sullivan

6. Maciej Janowski

7. Jonas Messing

( 8. Robin Burestad )

TM. Mikael Messing

 

All meetings can be followed live on www.speedway.nu.

 

 

[Ghostwalker]

 

Dackarna with or without Hans Andersen should have no problem defeating Vargarna despite the very short and narrow track in Norrköping.

 

Ikaros Smederna wont have much chance away against Lejonen especially not with Max as nr2 even if Vaculik probably will do good from the reserve.

 

Elit Vetlanda is very strong at home and i doubt Rospiggarna can do anything about it.

 

The Most interesting meeting is Västervik vs. Indianerna which i think will be a close meeting but Västervik will have the decisive factor in their hometrack.

[Ghostwalker]

according to an article on sportowefakty Jagus will not ride tonight despte saying a few days ago that he was feeling fine and that he was available for tonight.

[Ghostwalker]

links to live results tonight:

 

Elit-Vetlanda - Rospiggarna

 

Vargarna - Dackarna

 

Västervik- Indianerna

 

Lejonen - Ikaros Smederna

Edited May 19, 2009 by Ghostwalker

[Phil The Ace]

is there anywhere we can watch this live?????

[racers and royals]

is there anywhere we can watch this live?????

I think were out of luck tonite,the polish site i use lists the match but no streams available

[Ghostwalker]

is there anywhere we can watch this live?????

 

no i checked both soccer-live and myp2p.eu but no streams were listed.

[racers and royals]

no i checked both soccer-live and myp2p.eu but no streams were listed.

Shame last heat decider ended in drawn match 48-48

[Ghostwalker]

Shame last heat decider ended in drawn match 48-48

 

well i can say that you apparently didnt miss anything since it was pretty much gate and go with very little

or no passing according to those who saw it on tv.

[Anders]

SWEDISH ELITSERIEN ROUND 4

Tuesday May 19th 2009

 

VÄSTERVIK - INDIANERNA 54-42

at Sparbanken Arena Västervik

 

Attendence: 3598

 

Västervik (home) 54

1. Chris Harris 1-1-2-1* = 5+1 (4)

2. Bjarne Pedersen 3-3-3-1*-2 = 12+1 (5)

3. Niels-Kristian Iversen 3-3-2*-2-1* = 11+2 (5)

4. Grigorijs Laguta 0-2*-3-0-2 = 7+1 (5)

5. Tomasz Gollob 1*-3-1-2-R = 7+1 (5)

6. Kevin Doolan 1*-2-1-1-3 = 8+1 (5)

7. Anton Rosén 2-N-0-2* = 4+1 (3)

8. Pontus Aspgren

 

Indianerna (away) 42

1. Grzegorz Walasek 2-Fx-0-2-3-1 = 8 (6)

2. Matej Ferjan 0-1-N-N = 1 (2)

3. Piotr Protasiewicz 2-Fx-F-3-3-3 = 11 (6)

4. Jesper B Monberg 1*-2-2-1-0-3 = 9+1 (6)

5. Rune Holta 3-1-3-2*-0-R = 9+1 (6)

6. Alexander Edberg N-N-N-N = 0 (0)

7. Christian Hefenbrock 3-0-0-N-0 = 3 (4)

8. David Rohlén 0-1 = 1 (2)

 

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VARGARNA - DACKARNA 48-48

at Norrköping's Motorstadion

 

Attendence: 2088

 

Vargarna (home) 48

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

2. Edward Kennett 1*-2*-0-F = 3+2 (4)

3. Adrian Miedzinski 1-1-2*-2-0 = 6+1 (5)

4. Adam Skornicki R-0-3-2-2 = 7 (5)

5. Adam Shields 1-3-0-3-1 = 8 (5)

6. Kim Nilsson 3-0-2*-1* = 6+2 (4)

7. Joe Screen 1-3-2-2 = 8 (4)

8. Jonas Andersson

 

Dackarna (away) 48

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

2. Grzegorz Zengota Fx-3-Fx-N = 3 (3)

3. Kenneth Bjerre 3-1-3-0-3 = 10 (5)

4. Peter Karlsson 2*-1-3-1-0 = 7+1 (5)

5. Fredrik Lindgren 3-1-T/T-1-1 = 7 (5)

6. Rory Schlein 2-0-3-3-1 = 9 (5)

7. Ludvig Lindgren 0-2*-0-F-0 = 2+1 (5)

8. Niklas Larsson

 

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LEJONEN - IKAROS SMEDERNA 61-35

at Axelent Arena, Gislaved

 

Attendence: 2301

 

Lejonen (home) 61

1. Nicki Pedersen 3-3-3-3-3 = 15 (5)

2. Sebastian Ulamek 2*-1*-0-3 = 6+2 (4)

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

4. Chris Holder 3-2-3-3-2* = 13+1 (5)

5. Piotr Swiderski 2-3-1-2* = 8+1 (4)

6. Ricky Kling 3-0-0-2* = 5+1 (4)

7. Robert Pettersson N-N-0-N = 0 (1)

8. Dennis Andersson 2*-2-3 = 7+1 (3)

 

Ikaros Smederna (away) 35

1. Krzysztof Kasprzak 1-0-1*-2 = 4+1 (4)

2. Mikael Max 0-3-2-0-2 = 7 (5)

3. Daniel King 2-1*-2-2-0-1 = 8+1 (6)

4. Magnus Zetterström 1*-3-2-0-0-1* = 7+2 (6)

5. Krzysztof Buczkowski 3-1-1*-1-0 = 6+1 (5)

6. Martin Vaculik 1-0-N-Fx = 1 (3)

7. Linus Eklöf 0-1-N-1 = 2 (3)

8. Robin Bergqvist

 

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ELIT VETLANDA - ROSPIGGARNA 59-37

at Vetlanda Motorstadion

 

Attendence: 2042

 

Elit Vetlanda remains the only 100% record team after the fourth round (as Dackarna "only" got a draw in Norrköping), winning comfortably against Rospiggarna. There were never much contest as it soon appeared that Rospiggarna were woefully week at second string, well in fact, the entire strength in depth department belonged to the home side.

 

Just like last year, Greg Hancock and Janusz Kolodziej provided much of the scoring, and also much of the entertainment as they were the only ones to challenge the home riders throughout the entire evening. All in all, it wasn't a classic in Vetlanda tonight, but it does take two to tango, or so they say...

 

Elit Vetlanda (home) 59

1. Lee Richardson 2-3-1-3-3 = 12 (5)

2. Peter Ljung 1*-3-1-1 = 6+1 (4)

3. Jaroslaw Hampel 2-3-3-3-1* = 12+1 (5)

4. Thomas H Jonasson 1*-2*-1-1 = 5+2 (4)

5. Jason Crump 3-2-3-2*-2 = 12+1 (5)

6. Patrick Hougaard 2*-1-0-1 = 4+1 (4)

7. Adrian Gomolski 3-2*-0-3 = 8+1 (4)

8. Robin Aspegren 0 = 0 (1)

 

Rospiggarna (away) 37

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

2. Henrik Gustafsson 0-0-1-N-0 = 1 (4)

3. Janusz Kolodziej 3-2-3-2-0-0 = 10 (6)

4. Charlie Gjedde 0-1-0-N = 1 (3)

5. Ryan Sullivan 2-0-2-0-1-1* = 6+1 (6)

6. Maciej Janowski 1-0-N-2-2 = 5 (4)

7. Jonas Messing 0-0-N-N = 0 (2)

8. Robin Burestad 0 = 0 (1)

 

For Elit Vetlanda,

Richardson was solid, a perfect third heat leader so does his job quietly. Ljung didn't have his normal lightning gates, but fought incredibly hard and deserved more. So close at the line at times. Hampel was so quick that he actually caught and passed the fast gating Hancock twice in three attempts. Jonasson rode very well for his points, beat an opponent in each of his heats, Hancock once and Sullivan twice, was also up against tactical substitutions twice, but still scored. Crump lost his first points of the year as he couldn't catch the excellent American. Hougaard was better than the score suggests, lost two points due to an unfortunate lift in heat 11. Gomolski was good, and looked much faster this week than the week before. Aspegren shouldn't be judged on his only appearence.

 

For Rospiggarna,

Hancock is a pleasure to watch and can always be counted upon to give the home riders some resistence. Gustafsson was poor, just a week after beating Nicki Pedersen and scoring 14 points. Kolodziej was back to the one he should be. Has had a horrible season coming in to tonight's meeting (11 points in 3 meetings), but almost doubled it tonight. Worth all he got, despite fading. Gjedde hasn't done much in Vetlanda throughout history (had 9 points with Vargarna one year if my memory serves me), and tonight was no exception. Sullivan had a couple of decent ones, but usually goes much better around the Vetlanda track, so not good enough on the night. Janowski improved as the meeting went along, and his score is what could be expected on his first visit to Vetlanda. Messing was off the pace, sad to say. Burestad shouldn't be judged on his only heat.

 

Man of the match: Greg Hancock

 

Most exciting rider: Thomas H Jonasson

 

 

[SCOTLAND1314]

Anders thanks very much for that.

 

Great to see Thomas Jonasson scoring well and claiming some good scalps.

 

 

[Anders]

Rospiggarna (away) 37

5. Ryan Sullivan 2-0-2-0-1-1* = 6+1 (6)

 

Replying to my own post, but better do it before someone notice...

 

I obviously missed a bonus point for Ryan, it should read: 2-0-2*-0-1-1* = 6+2 (6)