Dekker Posted May 22, 2011 Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 That was it, yes. Four years of work from the coaches and the first chance in a decade where Finns could actually help eachother like everyone else always does and this happened. I really dont know yet which side I¨m gonna take on this... No wonder Kalle was gonna lamp the talentless Makinen, however wft was Kalle doing letting Makinen get anywhere near him in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted May 22, 2011 Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 No wonder Kalle was gonna lamp the talentless Makinen, however wft was Kalle doing letting Makinen get anywhere near him in the first place. You're both right and wrong. There is talent, but however wft was Kalle doing letting Makinen get anywhere near him in the first place. Kalle had the chance to take the necessary points on couple of occasions. In his first he was leading SimonG from the tapes for two laps but chose to race against him, when he should have blocked him or even "fence" him. Instead winning his first and hardest heat he was blocked by Simon and at the same time he lost enough speed so that the other guy got in front of him too. Then in his fourth he was against two danes that were practically "just standing on his way", but as the guy in front was so much slower than the two behind him, Kalle was always in the wrong place and was sandwiched by the two on several occasions exiting turns... My head is still spinning after saturday, you had to be in it to believe it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niclas Posted May 22, 2011 Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 I was actually asking the assistent teammanager of Finland why Mäkinen didnt let Kalle get the second place. He just said its à good question and then added that its à long story. So I guess it has been problems getting Kalle and Mäkinen to cooperate earlier. But I was surprised by Kalle. He did it very good but I think he could have been ridden more "rough" than he did. As many of you have mentioned, U-21-competitions have problems to get people to the track. Malmö was no exception, as I remember it was around 370 people watching (comparing with over 900 when Gnistorna rode against Ikaros Smederna last thursday). I really dont get it why more people aint coming. Juniorspeedway is often tight and exiciting). However, as à Swede i am happy that we have five riders in the semi. If Simon and Linus keep up the speed they will make it to the final and hopefully together with Dennis:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tink426 Posted May 22, 2011 Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 I took this video from the grandstand, where the majority of people were so you can't see them in the video. I'd say around 500-1000 people attended yesterday's meeting and the atmosphere was quite good. Speedway is quite popular in Croatia, especially because of Jurica Pavlic, and now also because of their new hope, Dino Kovacic. Hay mate can you please me with finding some video footage from the 21s at Croatia in english , thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 Are you talking about the finnish team manager palomäki or the u21 coach teurnberg? I was actually asking the assistent teammanager of Finland why Mäkinen didnt let Kalle get the second place. He just said its à good question and then added that its à long story. So I guess it has been problems getting Kalle and Mäkinen to cooperate earlier. But I was surprised by Kalle. He did it very good but I think he could have been ridden more "rough" than he did. As many of you have mentioned, U-21-competitions have problems to get people to the track. Malmö was no exception, as I remember it was around 370 people watching (comparing with over 900 when Gnistorna rode against Ikaros Smederna last thursday). I really dont get it why more people aint coming. Juniorspeedway is often tight and exiciting). However, as à Swede i am happy that we have five riders in the semi. If Simon and Linus keep up the speed they will make it to the final and hopefully together with Dennis:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy jimmy Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 Why are they extending u21 competitions when it is obvious no one gies to watch most of it? Surely they should streamline it. Ward, Pawlicki should be seeded to the finals , it is stupid making them travel all over Europe for qualifying rounds watched by 300 people at best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomazpozrl Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 Hay mate can you please me with finding some video footage from the 21s at Croatia in english , thanks I don't think anyone was filming the meeting. I only recorded a couple of heats with my camera, as I was too busy cheering for our riders and also entertaining the local girls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 You're both right and wrong. There is talent, but however wft was Kalle doing letting Makinen get anywhere near him in the first place. Kalle had the chance to take the necessary points on couple of occasions. In his first he was leading SimonG from the tapes for two laps but chose to race against him, when he should have blocked him or even "fence" him. Instead winning his first and hardest heat he was blocked by Simon and at the same time he lost enough speed so that the other guy got in front of him too. Then in his fourth he was against two danes that were practically "just standing on his way", but as the guy in front was so much slower than the two behind him, Kalle was always in the wrong place and was sandwiched by the two on several occasions exiting turns... My head is still spinning after saturday, you had to be in it to believe it... This is what I was talking about... >>>HERE<<< Something Kalle had the chance to do for two laps, but when SimonG got his chance the first time, he did it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinny Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 So basically Katajisto has got the hump because Makinen was trying his best and passed him? Tough luck, if he's good enough he shouldn't have to rely on his fellow countrymen riding half throttle to stay behind him. All sounds pathetic from Katajisto and proves he has a huge amount of growing up to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 MY PICS from Malmö. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niclas Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 (edited) Sorry, i mean of course Teurnberg. But as Fsp is saying, Kalle had his chances. In his first heat he had 2 point until he was passed by B Jensen and he didnt have to let Mäkinen pass him. So Kalle has noone Else to blame than himself. Hopefully, Kalle will learn to Focus on right things and dont blame others for his failures. Edited May 23, 2011 by Niclas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFraser Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 Anyone know when the draw is for the Semis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacqueline Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Semifinal - Zarnovica (SK)- 4.06.2011: 1. Michael Hadek - CZ 2. Dennis Anderson - SWE 3. Emil Pulczyński - PL 4. Witalij Belousow - RUS 5. Kim Nilsson - SWE 6. Jan Holub - CZ 7. Patryk Dudek - PL 8. Bartosz Zmarzlik - PL 9. Wildcard SMF entscheidet 10. Josh Auty - GB 11. Jevgenij Karavackis - LET 12. Darcy Ward - AUS 13. Richard Sweetman - AUS 14. Wadim Tarasenko - RUS 15. Jerran Hart - GB 16. Michel Jepsen Jensen - DK 17. Kalle Katajisto - FIN 18. Lukas Simon - AUT Semifinal - Gniezno (POL) - 25.06.2011: 1. Ilia Czałow - RUS 2. Simon Gustafsson - SWE 3. Justin Sedgmen - AUS 4. Andrzej Lebediew - LET 5. Andriej Kudriaszow - RUS 6. Mickkel B. Jensen - DK 7. Piotr Pawlicki - PL 8. Ludvig Lindgren - SWE 9. Dino Kovacic - HR 10. Przemyslaw Pawlicki - PL 11. Linus Sundstroem - SWE 12. Aleksandr Loktajew - UA 13. Kasper Gomólski - PL 14. Maciej Janowski - PL 15. Nejc Malesic - SLO 16. Josh Grajczonek - AUS 17. Szymon Woźniak - PL 18. Kyle Newman - GB Taken by http://www.fim-live.com/fileadmin/alfresco/Ballot_Gniezno_II.pdf and http://www.fim-live.com/fileadmin/alfresco/Ballot_Zarnovica_II.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBee Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 Come on Joshua! http://live.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel4.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolgin Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 My ratings 12. Darcy Ward (Australia) - () 3715 9. Martin Vaculik (Słowacja) - () 3261 7. Patryk Dudek (Polska) - () 2903 16. Michael Jepsen Jensen (Dania) - () 2881 2. Dennis Andersson (Szwecja) - () 2839 5. Kim Nilsson (Szwecja) - () 2736 8. Bartosz Zmarzlik (Polska) - () 2554 10. Josh Auty (Wielka Brytania) - () 2508 13. Richard Sweetman (Australia) - () 2438 14. Wadim Tarasienko (Rosja) - () 2436 3. Emil Pulczyński (Polska) - () 2333 1. Michael Hadek (Czechy) - () 2282 4. Witalij Biełousow (Rosja) - () 2164 6. Jan Holub (Czechy) - () 2110 11. Jewgienij Karawackis (Łotwa) - () 1959 15. Jerran Hart (Wielka Brytania) - () 1931 17. Kalle Katajisto (Finlandia) - () 2052 18. Lukas Simon (Austria) - () 1761 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peatbog Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 This is Zarnovica, http://www.speedway.sk/ The track is 400 meter ! I like the ticket prices: Adult 5 Euros Pensioner 3 Euros Under 10's Free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenny bee firefly Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 looks like the rain was the winner in the end here !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 (edited) A reprieve for the Brits! EDIT they're underway again, fingers out lads! Edited June 4, 2011 by Bagpuss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenny bee firefly Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 A reprieve for the Brits! maybe not. looks like they have started up again after about an hours delay !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 (edited) looks like the rain was the winner in the end here !! It never said the meeting was called off did it?Not from reading the german forum where the updates originate. Seems Josh has been taken to hospital with a suspected broken leg.only suspected though from the german site.Let's hope it isn't that bad Edited June 4, 2011 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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