Swedish Elitserien Round 12

[Anders]

PREVIEW OF SWEDISH ELITSERIEN ROUND 12

Tuesday July 21st 2009

 

LEJONEN - ROSPIGGARNA

at Axelent Arena, Gislaved

 

With Nicki Pedersen out with an injury, Leigh Adams steps in for his fifth meeting of the year. The Lions also takes back Piotr Swiderski after the Pole missed their last meeting in Kumla two weeks ago. The replacement then, Tomasz Jedrzejak, didn't have a good night at all and only scored 1 point. Lejonen could actually have fitted Zbigniew Suchecki below the 42.00 limit, but Ricky Kling stays in the line-up after a good performence in Kumla prior to the World Team Championship.

 

Rospiggarna on the other hand didn't have a good meeting before the WTC break, as they lost by ten points at home to Vargarna. The possibilites are limited for Rospiggarna with Sebastian Ulamek out with an injury, so the same riders get a chance for revenge, leaving Chris Slabon out of the line-up this time as well.

 

Lejonen (home) (46)

1. Leigh Adams

2. Dave Watt

3. David Ruud

4. Chris Holder

5. Piotr Swiderski

6. Ricky Kling

7. Dennis Andersson

( 8. - )

 

Rospiggarna (away) (50)

1. Greg Hancock

2. Travis McGowan

3. Janusz Kolodziej

4. Maciej Janowski

5. Ryan Sullivan

6. Henrik Gustafsson

7. Jonas Messing

( 8. - )

 

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DACKARNA - INDIANERNA

at G&B Arena, Målilla

 

A hectic week with five meetings in as many days starts in Målilla on Tuesday night (the Målilla club hosts a Division 1 meeting on Wednesday, as well as the Swedish Championship Finals on Friday and Saturday).

 

As reported by Ghostwalker on another thread, Dackarna have signed Krzysztof Buczkowski as a replacement for the injured Rory Schlein, but as he won't be formally transferred until Friday, it will be Grzegorz Zengota filling in at No 2. Otherwise, there are no changes to the Dackarna line-up that beat Piraterna by ten points away, two weeks ago.

 

Just as Dackarna, Indianerna can't use their acquistion of Magnus Zetterström this week, all transfers will be finalized by SVEMO on Friday. So Renat Gafurov gets a shot at glory instead of Matej Ferjan who failed to deliver in round 11, and the Russian would certainly need an excellent performence to stay in the line-up following this week's meeting (with the addition of Zorro).

 

Dackarna (home) (52)

1. Andreas Jonsson

2. Grzegorz Zengota

3. Fredrik Lindgren

4. Peter Karlsson

5. Hans Andersen

6. Nicolai Klindt

7. Ludvig Lindgren

( 8. Tim Gudmunsson )

 

Indianerna (away) (44)

1. Grzegorz Walasek

2. Jesper B Monberg

3. Piotr Protasiewicz

4. Renat Gafurov

5. Rune Holta

6. Leon Madsen

7. Simon Gustafsson

( 8. Freddy Godlund )

 

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PIRATERNA - ELIT VETLANDA

at Lastpartner Arena, Motala

 

The Pirates comes from one home meeting to another, though that was two weeks ago. Emil Sajfutdinov isn't in the team for this one, being replaced by Daniel Nermark who are making his way back from injury. The Andersson & Andersson management duo makes more changes, with no rider actually wearing the same race jacket as in the loss against Dackarna.

 

Elit Vetlanda hasn't been riding since the draw in Västervik, on June 30th! Still, the riders have been busy and four from the Tuesday night line-up rode in the WTC, for four different countries. However, from that line-up in Västervik, when Lee Richardson was missing due to kidney problems, there will be one change, as Karol Zabik (pointless in three rides) makes way for Richardson at No 3.

 

Piraterna (home) (38)

1. Damian Balinski

2. Jonas Davidsson

3. Daniel Nermark

4. Rafal Dobrucki

5. Antonio Lindbäck

6. Robert Kosciecha

7. Linus Sundström

( 8. Jeremia Thelaus )

 

Elit Vetlanda (away) (58)

1. Jaroslaw Hampel

2. Jurica Pavlic

3. Lee Richardson

4. Thomas H Jonasson

5. Jason Crump

6. Sebastian Aldén

7. Patrick Hougaard

( 8. Robin Aspegren )

 

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Västervik should've meet Ikaros Smederna, but they'll ride a challenge instead, against a Masarna and Daugavpils combination.

 

CHALLENGE: VÄSTERVIK - MASARNA/DAUGAVPILS

 

Västervik: 1. Bjarne Pedersen, 2. Niklas Klingberg, 3. Niels-Kristian Iversen, 4. Przemyslaw Pawlicki, 5. Chris Harris, 6. Pontus Aspgren, 7. Fredrik Andersson

 

Masarna/Daugavpils: 1. Grigorijs Laguta, 2. Eric Andersson, 3. Billy Forsberg, 4. Artem Laguta, 5. Maxim Bogdanovs, 6. Andreas Westlund, 7. Anton Rosén

 

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Vargarna doesn't ride this week.

 

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The three Elitserien meetings can be followed on www.speedway.nu from 19:00 local time (18:00 in Britain).

 

I'm not sure about updates from the Västervik challenge.

 

 

[Ghostwalker]

Good write up as usual Anders. I reckon that your team Vetlanda should be able to take an away win and i hope you do

coz' i dont wanna see those pirates in the playoff.

 

for the other two meetings i recon that Lejonen and Dackarna will win without any problem.

 

 

[krompa]

Will Hans ride for Dackarna tomorrow? He missed Sunday's meeting in Poland and Monday's meeting in UK. Any news?

[Ghostwalker]

Will Hans ride for Dackarna tomorrow? He missed Sunday's meeting in Poland and Monday's meeting in UK. Any news?

 

That is the question. Hans became quite upset earlier this season when Bjerre was picked over him.

Surely it would be better to let Hans rest and go with Bjerre instead who seems to be in good form?

[Ghostwalker]

Protasiewicz will not ride for Indianerna, he have been ordered by a doctor to rest for 2-3 weeks because of a knee Injury

he got two weeks ago in the league meeting between Indianerna and Lejonen.

Edited July 21, 2009 by Ghostwalker

[Anders]

Good write up as usual Anders. I reckon that your team Vetlanda should be able to take an away win and i hope you do

 

Thanks!

Yeah, I had my hopes up for tonight to finally watch some more Elitserien action, but the rain was the winner in Motala.

 

Just got home, so I'm off to bed, but I'll write the details from the other meetings sometime tomorrow.

[Ghostwalker]

Västervik should have met Smederna tonight but as we know Smederna have withdrawn from the league.

 

Västervik instead had a meeting with riders from Västervik, Masarna and Daugavpils

That is was riders from these three teams is due to thefacts that a few of Västerviks and

Masarnas riders also rides in Daugavpils. Masarna is Västervik's partner team in Allsvenskan.

 

The meeting ended in a victory for Västervik with 50-46,

 

Individual Scores:

 

Västervik:

Bjarne Pedersen 12 (4 heat), Chris Harris 11+1 (4), Niels Kristian Iversen 10 (5), Niklas Klingberg 7+1 (5), Pontus Aspgren 6 (5), Fredrik Andersson 3+1 (4), Przemyslaw Pawlicki 1+1 (5).

 

Masarna/Daugavpils:

Artem Laguta 11+2 (5), Grigorij Laguta 9 (5), Maksims Bogdanovs 8 (4), Anton Rosén 7 (4), Erik Andersson 5+2 (4), Billy Forsberg 5+1 (4), Andreas Westlund 1+1 (5).

 

Spectators: 1 105.

Edited July 21, 2009 by Ghostwalker

[Anders]

SWEDISH ELITSERIEN ROUND 12

Tuesday July 21st 2009

 

LEJONEN - ROSPIGGARNA 54-42 (Aggregate: 100-92)

at Axelent Arena, Gislaved

 

Attendence: 2804

 

Heat details, courtesy of www.speedway.nu.

 

Lejonen (home) 54 (100)

1. Leigh Adams 2-3-3-3-3 = 14 (5)

2. Dave Watt 1*-3-0-0 = 4+1 (4)

3. David Ruud 3-3-1*-3-2* = 12+2 (5)

4. Chris Holder 1-1-2-3-0 =7 (5)

5. Piotr Swiderski 1-0-2*-0 = 3+1 (4)

6. Ricky Kling 3-3-0-2-3-1 = 12 (6)

7. Dennis Andersson 1-N-0-1 = 2 (3)

8. -

 

Rospiggarna (away) 42 (92)

1. Greg Hancock 3-2-3-2-2-0 = 12 (6)

2. Travis McGowan 0-N-1-0 = 1 (3)

3. Janusz Kolodziej 2-2-1-2-1 = 8 (5)

4. Maciej Janowski 0-1*-1*-1*-2* = 5+4 (5)

5. Ryan Sullivan 2-0-3-1*-1*-3 = 10+2 (6)

6. Henrik Gustafsson 2-2-0-N-2 = 6 (4)

7. Jonas Messing 0-0-N-0 = 0 (3)

8. -

 

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DACKARNA - INDIANERNA 45-51 (Aggregate: 97-95)

at G&B Arena, Målilla

 

Attendence: 3818

 

Heat details, courtesy of www.speedway.nu.

 

Dackarna (home) 45 (97)

1. Andreas Jonsson 2-3-1-2-3-3 = 14 (6)

2. Grzegorz Zengota 1*-2-0-N = 3+1 (3)

3. Fredrik Lindgren 3-0-2-3-1*-1 = 10+1 (6)

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

5. Hans Andersen 3-2-0-2*-3 = 10+1 (5)

6. Nicolai Klindt 1-R-0-1 = 2 (4)

7. Ludvig Lindgren 0-1*-N-0 = 1+1 (3)

8. Tim Gudmunsson

 

Indianerna (away) 51 (95)

1. Grzegorz Walasek 3-1-2*-3-3-0 = 12+1 (6)

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

3. Piotr Protasiewicz R/R (1,1*,3,0)

4. Renat Gafurov 0-3-2-0-0-1* = 6+1 (6)

5. Rune Holta 1*-3-2-3-1-2 = 12+1 (6)

6. Leon Madsen 3-0-R-2* = 5+1 (4)

7. Simon Gustafsson 2*-2-0-3 = 7+1 (4)

8. Freddy Godlund

 

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PIRATERNA - ELIT VETLANDA

at Lastpartner Arena, Motala

 

Postponed due to rain. New date: Wednesday July 29th.

 

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CURRENT STANDING:

 

1. Dackarna, 9, 5-2-2, 2/2, 14p (+28)

2. Elit Vetlanda, 8, 5-2-1, 1/1, 13p (+88)

3. Indianerna, 10, 6-0-4, 1/3, 13p (+44)

4. Lejonen, 10, 4-1-5, 2/3, 11p (-14)

5. Västervik, 8, 4-2-2, 0/1, 10p (+28)

6. Vargarna, 8, 4-1-3, 1/1, 10p (-17)

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7. Piraterna, 9, 2-0-7, 1/2, 5p (-27)

8. Rospiggarna, 10, 2-0-8, 0/3, 4p (-118)

 

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NEXT ROUND:

 

Tuesday July 28th 2009

 

Dackarna - Vargarna (48-48)

Indianerna - Västervik (42-54)

Rospiggarna - Elit Vetlanda (37-59)

 

Lejonen and Piraterna don't ride next week.

 

 

[Ghostwalker]

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PIRATERNA - ELIT VETLANDA

at Lastpartner Arena, Motala

 

Postponed due to rain. New date: Wednesday July 29th.

 

NEXT ROUND:

 

Tuesday July 28th 2009

 

Dackarna - Vargarna (48-48)

Indianerna - Västervik (42-54)

Rospiggarna - Elit Vetlanda (37-59)

 

Lejonen and Piraterna don't ride next week.

 

well how do you explain the two lines in bold then?

Edited July 22, 2009 by Ghostwalker

[Midnight_Lady]

PIRATERNA - ELIT VETLANDA

at Lastpartner Arena, Motala

 

Postponed due to rain. New date: Wednesday July 29th.

 

Oh great! Edinburgh are at Birmingham that night so what happens with THJ? As the Swedish fixture is a rearrangement do Edinburgh have first priority?

 

[Anders]

well how do you explain the two lines in bold then?

 

DOH! I should have worded that better. They don't ride on Tuesday.

[Ghostwalker]

Vetlanda managed to win the postoned meeting away against Piraterna.

 

Results and scores:

 

 

Piraterna-Vetlanda 46-50

Piraterna: Jonas Davidsson 9, Daniel

Nermark 9, Antonio Lindbäck 9, Rafal

Dobrucki 6, Wieslaw Jagus 5, Linus

Sundström 4, Robert Kosiecha 4.

 

Vetlanda: Jason Crump 14, Lee

Richardson 13, Jaroslaw Hampel 11,

Sebastian Aldén 7, Thomas H Jonasson

2, Robin Aspegren 2, Jurica Pavlic.

 

Publik: 3 037.

 

PIraterna are now 6 popints behind Lejonen in 6th and 8 points behind Vargarna in 5th.

 

current standings:

 

Team....................nr of meetings...riderscores...team score

Elit Vetlanda, Vetlanda . ..10 ... 526-434 ..18

Dackarna, Målilla .......... 10 ... 474-462 ..14

Västervik, Västervik....... 09 ... 450-413 ..13

Indianerna, Kumla......... 11 ... 545-510 ..13

Vargarna, Norrköping..... 09 ... 425-438 ..13

Lejonen, Gislaved ......... 10 ... 461-475 ..11

Piraterna, Motala............10 ... 464-495 ..5

Rospiggarna, Hallstavik.. 11 ... 469-587 ..5

 

all scores and results are © of www.speedway.nu

Edited July 29, 2009 by Ghostwalker

[Anders]

Piraterna-Vetlanda 46-50

Piraterna: Jonas Davidsson 9, Daniel Nermark 9, Antonio Lindbäck 9, Rafal Dobrucki 6, Wieslaw Jagus 5, Linus Sundström 4, Robert Kosiecha 4.

 

Vetlanda: Jason Crump 14, Lee Richardson 13, Jaroslaw Hampel 11, Sebastian Aldén 7, Thomas H Jonasson 2, Robin Aspegren 2, Jurica Pavlic.

 

Team managers Fredrik Staaf and Bosse Wirebrand made a lot of changes and eventually got the effect as Elit Vetlanda came from ten points down (22-32 after 9) to win in a last heat decider. The Jason Crump and Lee Richardson partnership scored two maximums in heats 14 & 16 to win it for the away team, and sending Piraterna further away from the Play Off picture. Awesome comeback!

 

For Piraterna,

Jagus was a bit better than the score suggested, but didn't have a stormer on his Piraterna debut, that's for sure. Davidsson was, with the exception of heat 16, always in the mix. A master of riding the inside line at the Motala track. Nermark scored points without being dirty, full credit to him. Dobrucki was solid, but unspectactular. Lindbäck had good speed all night, but not much gating ability, and it's hard to pass the Elit Vetlanda heat leaders. Sundström pulled a stunning first outing, but faded. Kosciecha wasn't as dominant as expected/feared from reserve position.

 

For Elit Vetlanda,

Hampel came from nowhere to finish with a paid twelve score. Pavlic didn't have a good day at all, didn't look comfortable and not close to beat an opponent. Richardson provided two match winning performences in heats 14 & 16. Usually goes well in Motala and didn't disappoint. Jonasson was unlucky with bike problems, deserve more but at least took a crucial point in heat 15. Crump wasn't stormingly dominant, but positioned himself well on the track and score points, and team rode Richardson twice for two maximums. What more can one expect? Aldén was OK, though I have seen him better at times this year. Gomolski only had one ride, in which he went from first to fourth! Aspegren only got one chance, but provided some much needed spark for the team with a paid win. Deserves more heats in the upcoming meetings.

 

Man of the match: Jason Crump

 

Most exciting rider: Most got involved