Dutch & Belgian 2011 News

[womble53]

Rider of the meeting was ofcourse Max Dilger. He was absolutly flying and nobody had a single chance to his man. This also created some talking that a rider like Max shouldn't be racing in this meeting (too good).

 

Jesper, I know that Nico and the rest of the guys at Zolder want to raise the profile of speedway in Belgium, and to do that you have to engourage better riders to take part in the meetings. Also for the future good of speedway in Beligium & the Netherlands you can't stand still. If the same level of rider competes in the meetings all the time, speedway will stagnate and no one will improve, and that can't be good for the future.

 

Unless riders are given the chance to pit themselve against a higher standard of rider, how can they gauge how much they need to improve to reach the next level. Also just being around and talking to such competitors cam often throw up something that will help a less experienced rider to move on from where they are.

 

But it's a balancing act, it's no good introducing riders to your competitions that are unbeatable, as this may discourage people from entering and improving, but on the other hand you have to progress. As for Max being too good, from what I can see he, as I didn't attend this time, he was no more dominant than Peter Juul Larsen was at the Golden Helmet that I attended in September, and lets face it, it was the Belgium 'Open' Championship.

 

As I said, I couldn't make it this time, but hopefully will see you all in June and again in September.

 

See you then

[DutchGrasstrack]

Yeah I agree with you there. Nico and the club did a great job with putting together another awesome meeting, I was realy impressed with them getting Max Dilger contracted for just a Belgian 'Open' meeting, awesome . I like it when they put riders like him in my class because you learn alot from them .

 

See you in June and in September .

[DutchGrasstrack]

Lineup for the first round of the Dutch Open championship, which starting this sunday in Blijham.

 

1 Thomas Sörensen (Denmark, DMU)

3 Jannick de Jong

4 Dirk Fabriek

5 Henry van der Steen

7 Randy Oldenziel

8 Pascal Swart

9 Nick Lourens

10 Erik Eijbergen

11 Kelly Velda

12 Nico Eijbergen

17 Siebe van Dekken

18 Richard Koppies

21 Kasper Woudberg

22 Robert-Jan Bangma

24 Dennis Noordman

25 Lars Zandvliet

26 Andy ter Schuur

27 Wim Kennis (Belgium, FMB)

28 Jack Drenthe

29 Jesper Veldhuizen (Netherlands, DMSB)

 

All riders on Dutch license unless other stated.

 

Also riding are the 125cc kids, the 250cc and flattrack.

[DutchGrasstrack]

Update to the lineup:

 

15 Jeffrey Woortman

16 Raymon Woortman

30 Henk Koonstra (Netherlands, DMSB)

[DutchGrasstrack]

By the way; if any riders are interested in taking part in this meeting (or any other Dutch meeting), please let me know .

[DutchGrasstrack]

Provisional lineup for the Team meeting in 19.06 in Heusden-Zolder (Belgium)

 

Team Helzoldstars:

1) Jannick de Jong (NL)

2) Thomas Guido Madawan Sørensen (DK)

3) Nick Lourens (NL)

4) Wim Kennis (

5) Randy Oldenziel (NL)

 

MSC Diedenbergen:

1) tbc

2) Denis Wienke (D)

3) Valentin Grobauer (D)

4) Mateusz Borowicz (PL)

5) tbc

 

Team Viking:

1) Jonas B Andersen (DK)

2) Lee Geary (GB)

3) Steve Jones (GB)

4) Anders Vad (DK)

5) Jez Pestell (GB)

 

Team Veenoord:

1) Henry van der Steen (NL)

2) Sjoerd Rozenberg (NL)

3) Pascal Swart (NL)

4) Jesper Veldhuizen (NL)

5) Sjors de Jonge (NL)

[DutchGrasstrack]

Results from the first round of the Dutch championship in Blijham today:

 

Speedway A:

 

1. Jannick de Jong (2 3 3 3) 11

2. Dirk Fabriek (3 3 2 2) 10

3. Henry van der Steen (3 3 3 3) 12

4. Lars Zandvliet (1 1 3 0) 5

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5. Erik Eijbergen (1 2 1 3) 7

6. Jeffrey Woortman (3 2 1 2) 8

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7. Pascal Swart (x 2 2 1) 5

8. Randy Oldenziel (2 1 x 1) 4

9. Nick Lourens (2 0 1 2) 5

10. Thomas Sorensen (1 1 2 0) 4

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11. Dennis Noordman (0 0 0 1) 1

12. Wim Kennis (0 0 0 0) 0

 

Speedway B:

 

1. Raymon Woortman (5 5 x) 10

2. Jesper Veldhuizen (5 4 5) 14

3. Nico Eijbergen (4 3 4) 11

4. Kelly Velda (2 2 3) 7

5. Jack Drenthe (5 5 5) 15

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6. Richard Koppies (2 2 3) 7

7. Andy ter Schuur (4 4 3) 11

8. Robert-Jan Bangma (3 4 4) 11

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9. Siebe van Dekken (1 3 2) 6

10. Kasper Woudberg (3 1 1) 5

11. Roberto Slot (x - -) 0

 

Quite good meeting, beside the rain lol . Good crowd too. The club decided to use the small track instead of the long one (see google maps to understand what I mean) which was cool .

[iris123]

And i was thinking about going to this as well.According to google maps it should only take 150 minutes to get there.Pretty much the same as yesterdays trip to Holsted.But i didn't think the line-up was worth the petrol.You never can tell.Good result Jesper

[DutchGrasstrack]

I heard they might run another Dutch open meeting in Blijham later this year haha.

 

See below for the current Dutch Open Championship standings:

 

1. Jannick de Jong 20

2. Dirk Fabriek 19

3. Henry van der Steen 18

4. Lars Zandvliet 17

5. Erik Eijbergen 16

6. Jeffrey Woortman 15

7. Pascal Swart 14

8. Randy Oldenziel 13

9. Nick Lourens 12

10. Thomas Sorensen 11

11. Dennis Noordman 10

12. Wim Kennis 9

13. Raymon Woortman 8

14. Jesper Veldhuizen 7

15. Nico Eijbergen 6

16. Kelly Velda 5

17. Jack Drenthe 4

18. Richard Koppies 3

19. Andy ter Schuur 2

20. Robert-Jan Bangma 1

21. Siebe van Dekken 0

22. Kasper Woudberg 0

23. Roberto Slot 0

[arnieg]

Interesting result from Belgium last Sunday

 

Helzoldstars - 58p

1. Jannick de Jong - 13 (2,2,3,3,3)

2. Thomas Sörensen - 9 (1,2,3,3,3)

3. Nick Lourens - 15 (3,3,3,3,3)

4. David Bellego - 14 (3,3,3,2,3)

5. Sam Woods - 4 (2,0,2,R,0)

 

MSC Diedenbergen - 41p

11. Denis Wienke - 17 (3,2,2,2,2,6)

12. Valentin Grobauer - 9 (3,2,X,2,2)

13. Mateusz Borowicz - 8 (2,2,X,1,1,2)

14. Lucas Ziegler - 5 (1,0,2,2)

15. Niclas Fichtner - 2 (F,1,0,1)

 

Team Viking - 31p

6. Anders Vad - 13 (1,3,6,3,R)

7. Lee Geary - 3 (0,0,F,1,2)

8. Steve Jones - 6 (1,1,1,2,1)

9. Kevin Teager - 5 (2,1,1,0,1)

10. Jez Pestell - 4 (1,1,R,1,1)

 

Team Veenoord - 28p

16. Jeffrey Woortman - 8 (0,R,2,6,0)

17. Raymon Woortman - 4 (2,1,0,1)

18. Pascal Swart - 8 (R,3,3,1,1,R)

19. Jesper Veldhuizen - 2 (0,0,2,0)

20. Lars Zandvliet - 6 (3,1,0,0,0,2)

 

Good score for David Bellego (a rumoured PL signing according to one current thread), a rare appearance from Jannick de Jong, our friend DGT riding... and some very interesting 'young' Vikings

Edited June 22, 2011 by arnieg

[DutchGrasstrack]

Thanks for posting the results, saves me the work haha.

 

Was a good meeting. Lots of passing and close racing. Not a very big crowd (300-400 people I think) though. David Bellego should do well in the PL, quality rider and super fast. He arrived late in Zolder because he had to do a grasstrack meeting in soutern France on the evening before, so he did 4 practice laps in the pooring rain just before the meeting and already made a super impression.

[DutchGrasstrack]

well today was the 3rd round of the DSF Club Championship (6 rounds) in Lelystad. Excellent weather and track held up quite well. Sadly not alot riders, which is a real shame. In my opinion every KNMV licensed rider have to race a few of these meetings. Just to keep the club (financialy) and the sport a live. Anyway, see below for the results.

 

Seniors:

1. Wim Kennis

2. Jesper Veldhuizen

3. Jack Drenthe

 

Nationals:

1. Robert-Jan Bangma

2. Nico Eijbergen

3. Kevin Glorie

4. Glenn Haex

[vins]

David is now looking for a spot in UK,he can come over anytime and wants to stop grasstrack to only focus on speedway.He continues his progress,scoring well on every kind of tracks,always giving 100% and he really wants to improve his skills on technical english tracks.So,if some promotors see that...

Check out this video of him (1st june at Lamothe-Landerron)beating Olly Allen,Stuart Robson,Théo Pijper and others

Sorry for my bad english

[Panthers99]

David is now looking for a spot in UK,he can come over anytime and wants to stop grasstrack to only focus on speedway.He continues his progress,scoring well on every kind of tracks,always giving 100% and he really wants to improve his skills on technical english tracks.So,if some promotors see that...

Check out this video of him (1st june at Lamothe-Landerron)beating Olly Allen,Stuart Robson,Théo Pijper and others

Sorry for my bad english

 

Agreed, David did look very good, in the french nationals, did very well, and to get promoted into main meeting, didnt struggle at all, and is a very friendly lad aswell.

[DutchGrasstrack]

Results from Dutch Open, Round 2, at Lelystad (10/07/2011)

 

Speedway A

 

1. Jannick de Jong (3 3 3 3) 12

2. Henry van der Steen (3 2 3 3) 11

3. Jeffrey Woortman (2 3 1 2) 8

4. Pascal Swart (3 3 2 1) 9

5. Nick Lourens (1 2 2 2) 7

6. Thomas Sorensen (2 0 3 3) 8

7. Sjoerd Rozenberg (2 1 1 2) 6

8. Raymon Woortman (0 1 2 1) 4

9. Henk Koonstra (1 1 1 1) 4

10. Randy Oldenziel (1 2 x x) 3

11. Wim Kennis (0 0 0 0) 0

12. Lars Zandvliet (x x x x) 0

 

Speedway B

 

1. Jack Drenthe (3 2 3 3) 11

2. Kai Dorenkamp (3 3 2 3) 11

3. Nico Eijbergen (1 2 2 2) 7

4. Robert-Jan Bangma (2 1 1 2) 6

5. Kelly Velda (2 1 1 1) 5

6. Andy ter Schuur (x 3 3 x) 6

7. Siebe van Dekken (3 x 1 0) 4

8. Richard Koppies (1 0 2 1) 4

9. Kasper Woudberg (0 0 0 x) 0

 

The results may look a bit wierd (point totals), but these are the final results after the finals.

 

I have broken my leg in training on the 2nd of July at Lelystad . Spend 4 days in hospital and got my legged pinned. Out for the rest of the season sadly.

[DutchGrasstrack]

The 3rd round of the Dutch Speedway championship today in Veenoord got called off because of the rain. Such a shame because the club is only allowed to run 2 speedway meetings per year on that place so there is no chance on a rerun there. Good news is that Blijham is going to stage another round of the Dutch championship later this year, on 11 september.

[arnieg]

I have broken my leg in training on the 2nd of July at Lelystad . Spend 4 days in hospital and got my legged pinned. Out for the rest of the season sadly.

Sorry to hear that

[womble53]

I have broken my leg in training on the 2nd of July at Lelystad . Spend 4 days in hospital and got my legged pinned. Out for the rest of the season sadly.

Sorry to hear that news Jesper.

 

Obviously rules out a ride at the Golden Helmet meeting at Zolder, but may be we'll see you there in a spectating capacity instead. Hope things heal up quickly for you, and your not off the bike for too long. See you in September.....maybe?

[DutchGrasstrack]

Yeah I will be there to watch .

[DutchGrasstrack]

Provisional lineup for the Golden Helmet meeting in Heusden-Zolder (Belgium) on the 4th of September.

 

1. Peter Juul Larsen (DK)

2. Piotr Dziatkowiak (PL)

3. Nick Lourens (NL)

4. tba

5. Wim Kennis (BEL)

6. Viktor Golubovsky (RUS)

7. Randy Oldenziel (NL)

8. Milen Manev (BUL)

9. Jeffrey Woortman (NL)

10. Tomasz Piszcz (PL)

11. Max Dilger (D)

12. Lee Geary (GB)

13. Niclas Nielsen (DK)

14. David Bellego (F)

15. Jannick de Jong (NL)

16. Sam Woods (GB)

 

National Class:

17. Jeremy Dupuy (F)

18. Bert Berckmans (BEL)

19. Ben Holloway (GB)

20. Robert-Jan Bangma (NL)

21. Bertjan Bos (NL)

22. Lars Zandvliet (NL)

23. Florent du Roure (F)

24. Jez Pestell (GB)

25. Sjors de Jonge (NL)

26. Benoit Lorenzon (F)

27. John Bernard (F)

28. Willy Kennis (BEL)

Edited August 16, 2011 by DutchGrasstrack