ladyluck Posted April 14, 2011 Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 (edited) The 2011 SWC gets underway in a couple of weeks with the Lonigo qualifier, but the Czechs will be without Josef Franc and Hynek Stichauer, both of whom prefer for Berwick in the PL: http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dsportowefakty%2Bzuzel%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1G1TSEA_ENUK335%26prmd%3Divns&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=pl&u=http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2011/04/14/stichauer-zrezygnowal-z-reprezentacji-wielki-talent-rezerwow/&usg=ALkJrhhOJc9iRqyxUE7aAoUKGWogUIKGmw Edited April 14, 2011 by ladyluck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyluck Posted April 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 It turns out this meeting is tomorrow, although I believe the orginal date was for 30 April 2011. Anyway, not to worry, teams announced: http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2011/04/16/kto-rywalem-polakow-przed-rk-dps-w-lonigo/ The winners of this round progress to the King's Lynn event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 Franc wasn't even in the team picked.And Simota for Stichauer isn't a disaster for CZ imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 Dryml brothers, Topinka, Kus, Lubos Tomicek... they still look strong to me. Does anyone know if Vaculik could ride for Czechs? I think he used to hold their license. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manchesterpaul Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 (edited) Isn't this the round that originally was supposed to have France!!!!!!!! competing? Or was that some wierd dream? I think it was announced at the start of the year somewhere or other. Anyway clearly Latvia are a far superior team and i much prefer for them to take part. UPDATE AND I AM NOT DOING A 'BLACK SABBATH' (aka....am i going insane) Was coming back to post to say i fear am losing my mind because the first couple of pages from a Google search gave no joy. However, i put the word France first and tried again which led to this press release on the SGP website (26th January); "FRENCH TARGET SWC France will bid to win a place in this year’s Speedway World Cup when they enter the qualifying round at Italian track Lonigo on April 17. The host nation will also be in action, but the Czech Republic and Slovenia start as favourites to reach the main competition. Meanwhile, the United States of America will bid to reach the last eight at German circuit Landshut on May 7, where they will be up against Germany, Finland and the Ukraine. Last year's winners Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Team Great Britain, Australia and Russia are all seeded into the main tournament after progressing beyond Events One and Two in 2010." Edited April 16, 2011 by manchesterpaul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richspeedway Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Seems strange to change the date last minute but then again I guess it is Speedway haha! Does anyone know what the team lineups are? What time does it start? I think Czechs will be the favourites even with Franc and Hynek not in the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Seems strange to change the date last minute but then again I guess it is Speedway haha! Does anyone know what the team lineups are? What time does it start? I think Czechs will be the favourites even with Franc and Hynek not in the team. Starts 2pm (UK time) ITALY - Guglielmo Franchetti, Mattia Carpanese, Cristian Carrica, Nicolas Covatti, Marco Gregnanin. SLOVENIA - Matej Zagar, Aleksander Conda, Ales Kraljic, Matic Voldrih, Matija Duh. CZECH REPUBLIC - Lukas Dryml, Ales Dryml, Filip Sitera, Sam Simota, Matej Kus. LATVIA - Maxim Bogdanovs, Kjastas Puodzhuks, Vyacheslav Gieruckis, Evgeny Karavackis, Andrzej Lebedev. Some interesting names in there, Italy has two Argentineans in their national team, Covatti and Carrica, both seemingly have discovered some Italian forefathers and been issued with Italian passports to be able to ride for Italy. They are not even the first Argentineans to ride for the Italian national speedway team - Emiliano Sanchez was the first one some years ago. Another rider to watch is 16-year old Andrzej Lebedev - the latest boy wonder of Latvian speedway - making his international debut in this SWC meeting today. It could be quite an interesting meeting, but the Czechs must be regarded as the favourites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Dryml brothers, Topinka, Kus, Lubos Tomicek Didn't think that name would be in the Czech line up!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander15 Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Has anybody got any links for live scores of the qualifier today?? Btw good luck to the 'Italians', i'd love to see Covatti at King's Lynn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manchesterpaul Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Seems strange to change the date last minute but then again I guess it is Speedway haha! How is it a last minute change? In the SGP press release i pasted in my post above, which was issued on the 26th January, it states the 17th April. "FRENCH TARGET SWC France will bid to win a place in this year’s Speedway World Cup when they enter the qualifying round at Italian track Lonigo on April 17. The host nation will also be in action, but the Czech Republic and Slovenia start as favourites to reach the main competition. Meanwhile, the United States of America will bid to reach the last eight at German circuit Landshut on May 7, where they will be up against Germany, Finland and the Ukraine. Last year's winners Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Team Great Britain, Australia and Russia are all seeded into the main tournament after progressing beyond Events One and Two in 2010." Or are you saying it was subsequently changed after January and then changed a second time again? In which case i guess it is speedway hee hee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Has anybody got any links for live scores of the qualifier today?? Btw good luck to the 'Italians', i'd love to see Covatti at King's Lynn There You go SWC Qualifyer live points scores update Slovenia and teh Czechs are setting the pace so far, but Latvian kid Andy Lebedev has already won his very first international ride! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander15 Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 There You go SWC Qualifyer live points scores update Slovenia and teh Czechs are setting the pace so far, but Latvian kid Andy Lebedev has already won his very first international ride! Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manchesterpaul Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 There You go SWC Qualifyer live points scores update Slovenia and teh Czechs are setting the pace so far, but Latvian kid Andy Lebedev has already won his very first international ride! Thanks for the link and it's a nice little design for a live scorechart etc. I'll check the site out in general when can grab some time. Got two football matches to watch at once now though lol. So will have to give this meeting a miss as i only have one pair of eyes and ears. I'd like to see Latvia do well and i'd love the Speedway Star to do a feature on the sport in that country (as well as Argentina). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyluck Posted April 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 (edited) According to those updates it looks like Stichauer changed his mind, or had it changed for him. Edit: Then again, perhaps not. Final result: http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dsportowefakty%2Bzuzel%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1G1TSEA_ENUK335%26prmd%3Divns&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=pl&u=http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2011/04/17/rk-dps-w-lonigo-zwyciestwo-czechow/&usg=ALkJrhgCPhPCsAhWAEIXV1EEOAhxETBJuQ So, the Czechs head to King's Lynn. Edited April 17, 2011 by ladyluck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 video from Lonigo (all heats) http://www.grani.lv/world/13978-spidvey-chehi-okazalis-silnee.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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