Clint Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 (edited) http://speedwayupdates.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ind&action=display&thread=9856&page=1 Updates available on the above link. Edited March 18, 2012 by Clint107 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Even from 60 miles away I can see gate 1 is a massive advantage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdmc82 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Even from 60 miles away I can see gate 1 is a massive advantage! That will be why so many swindon riders are starting from that gate then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve0 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 First meeting of the season and not too cold but a few light showers but great to see some good speedway. Firstly, have to say I was shocked with the parking - after 3 or 4 years of putting everyone in from the back first, they finally listened to people and common sense prevailed - they were parking people from the front Starting was a bit if a lottery - if you had gates 1 or 4 then you were alright otherwise you were 2 or 3 bike lengths down from the start! You can't read too much into an early season individual meeting as they all test out engines and settings but the stand out riders for me were Matej Zagar (who looked the sharpest of everyone) and Hans Andersen. Well done to Bjarne for winning it. Of the remaining 2012 Robins, Steady started slow but looked good in his last two (both off gate 1), Kildemand and Morris looked good and Batchelor was unspectacular - except for his wheelie at the start of heat 18! Let's hope he gets quickly into the groove. Of the others, Harris was good value - always great to watch him at Blunsdon! Fisher looked very good early on and had a 9 point tally. Nicki P looked pretty good. Of the others, Shields was poor as was Klindt and Ulamek. The remainder looked pretty steady. Good night's speedway - great to see quite a big crowd too - much bigger than the average gate last year (which wouldn't have been difficult). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy robin Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 That will be why so many swindon riders are starting from that gate then Fair play & at long last we see the Swindon riders given an advantage on their home track just like wahthappens at most other teams. It might have been an indivdual meeting but confidence in our riders doing well at home can only be a massive help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keef Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Just thawing out after a cold wet evening at the Stade de Lite. Yes red had a massive advantage then yellow. Didnt expect Nicky Pedersen or Matty Zagar to win the final off 2 and 3. Slow times and not much passing but it was wet,and bikes were being tested. About average 2000? gate to honour the Ferndale legend. Zagar still a big favourite, hopefully he will return next year. Andersen did well, second place in both meetings. Morris and Kildemand put on good shows in a decent class field. They could be the trump cards this season. Batch will want to forget this evening, and Steady improved as it went on. Congrats to Bjarne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattK Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 I don't think the pre-match downpour helped the track, but gates 2 and 3 were woeful and something seriously needs to be done about them before the real business starts. A good sized crowd, as Steve0 said, well above last year's average. Nicki Pedersen and Zagar both looked fast, Hans was easily the best Robin on show and Nick Morris showed very promising signs and could have made the semis barring mechanical faults. Kildemand had a couple of good races, but we'll put Stead and Batchelor's performances down to "testing". I'm not sure how Bjarne Pedersen does it, but he seems to sneak through these kinds of meetings, without being spectacular - but was a worthy winner on the night. As Keef said, Matej Zagar was ever the showman, but I get the feeling he would be a nightmare to manage! Fantastic to watch though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seb the Snail Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 (edited) Great to see a bit of speedway at the Abbey after the long winter break even if the weather wasn't exactly at its most glorious! The rain obviously had a massive effect on track conditions, with gate 1 having a massive advantage early in the meeting and the middle two gates never really getting going all night. Fair play to Bjarne for winning the spoils. He'd been consistent all night and made a great move on Nicki in the opening turn of the semi-final before just managing to get ahead of Hans in the final and clinging on despite a valiant chase. Bomber and Zagar were great value all night, but both ran one duff heat in the qualifiers which ultimately cost them when the gates were drawn at the business end of the meeting. Nicki ran a little hot and cold (as he did in the Ben Fund last week) although it's hard to judge how wound up the riders are in the early season meetings. Of the 2012 Robins, Kildemand and Morris both really impressed despite missing out on the semis. They are clearly out and out racers and have used their track time at the Abbey wisely. Nick could well have qualified in the Top 8 had he not suffered mechanical gremlins when well clear in Heat 7. Troy and Simon would probably both have expected to do better but will at least get another spin against Somerset before the real action starts. The former took a heavy spill in his final ride when flying off his bike when it reared at the start, although I'd imagine that his pride took the heaviest hit! Heat times were slow all night, with Bjarne's 68.46 in Heat 6 the quickest of the night. They dropped to almost 72 seconds towards the end of the qualifiers - as slow as I can ever remember. Edit to add the scores on the doors: Qualifiers: 11 Nicki Pedersen, Bjarne Pedersen, Hans Andersen 10 Matej Zagar 9 Ryan Fisher, Chris Harris 8 Lee Richardson, Charlie Gjedde 7 Simon Stead, Peter Kildemand 6 Troy Batchelor 5 Adam Shields, Nick Morris, Mads Korneliussen 4 Seb Ulamek 3 Nicolai Klindt 0 Darryl Ritchings (Res) Semi 1: Andersen, Zagar, Harris, Gjedde Semi 2: B Pedersen, N Pedersen, Fisher, Richardson Final: B Pedersen, Andersen, Zagar, N Pedersen (EF) Edited March 18, 2012 by Seb the Snail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratton Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Great to see a bit of speedway at the Abbey after the long winter break even if the weather wasn't exactly at its most glorious! The rain obviously had a massive effect on track conditions, with gate 1 having a massive advantage early in the meeting and the middle two gates never really getting going all night. Fair play to Bjarne for winning the spoils. He'd been consistent all night and made a great move on Nicki in the opening turn of the semi-final before just managing to get ahead of Hans in the final and clinging on despite a valiant chase. Bomber and Zagar were great value all night, but both ran one duff heat in the qualifiers which ultimately cost them when the gates were drawn at the business end of the meeting. Nicki ran a little hot and cold (as he did in the Ben Fund last week) although it's hard to judge how wound up the riders are in the early season meetings. Of the 2012 Robins, Kildemand and Morris both really impressed despite missing out on the semis. They are clearly out and out racers and have used their track time at the Abbey wisely. Nick could well have qualified in the Top 8 had he not suffered mechanical gremlins when well clear in Heat 7. Troy and Simon would probably both have expected to do better but will at least get another spin against Somerset before the real action starts. The former took a heavy spill in his final ride when flying off his bike when it reared at the start, although I'd imagine that his pride took the heaviest hit! Heat times were slow all night, with Bjarne's 68.46 in Heat 6 the quickest of the night. They dropped to almost 72 seconds towards the end of the qualifiers - as slow as I can ever remember. Edit to add the scores on the doors: Qualifiers: 11 Nicki Pedersen, Bjarne Pedersen, Hans Andersen 10 Matej Zagar 9 Ryan Fisher, Chris Harris 8 Lee Richardson, Charlie Gjedde 7 Simon Stead, Peter Kildemand 6 Troy Batchelor 5 Adam Shields, Nick Morris, Mads Korneliussen 4 Seb Ulamek 3 Nicolai Klindt 0 Darryl Ritchings (Res) Semi 1: Andersen, Zagar, Harris, Gjedde Semi 2: B Pedersen, N Pedersen, Fisher, Richardson Final: B Pedersen, Andersen, Zagar, N Pedersen (EF) Kildemand and Morris i was well impressed,Morris looks to me that he in full contol and is a intelligent rider.Kildemand people will enjoy watching him very exciting mixed it bigtime with everyone.Zagar was good value came from the back had a good dual with Hans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummie Kev Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Well done Bjarne, cracking win!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 why do supporters get so stressed about a prep meeting. Who cares about the result as riders are just tuning up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedy swindon pete Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Good to see some speedway at last, shame about the weather and a pretty sedate crowd, didn't make for the best meeting ever, but not bad considering the conditions. Doubt gates 2 and 3 will be a major problem except for last night, probably bore the brunt of most of the packing in anticipation of rain compared to the inside and outside. Comedy moment watching Rico drop the clutch off gate 2 in the first heat, only to take a couple of seconds to make any significant encroachment to the first bend. Most of the robins looked pretty decent. Encouraging to see hans looking reasonably quick, along with Morris who was unlucky and PK...thats what I've been waiting to see from him. Proper commitment and throwing himself all over the track....not what can be said of batchelor who again displayed why I dislike him so much. Everyone else making a poor start from gates 2 or 3 got their head down and raced. I accept there is always a degree of testing at early season individual meetings so it's not too bad seeing someone not make much of an effort to catch up from behind, but Batch instead of putting his track time to good use as a rider on his home track, decides to pull up after a lap, pull a wheelie and drop onto the centre green. Credit to all the other riders for giving it a go and putting on a show in difficult conditions. Apart from that...Zagar looked class once again (Replacement for Batch in may maybe?) Ulamek standard appearance at blunsdon, sluggish at the back...lightning in front. Bjarne did well and wasn't suprised to see him win, good on him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratton Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Good to see some speedway at last, shame about the weather and a pretty sedate crowd, didn't make for the best meeting ever, but not bad considering the conditions. Doubt gates 2 and 3 will be a major problem except for last night, probably bore the brunt of most of the packing in anticipation of rain compared to the inside and outside. Comedy moment watching Rico drop the clutch off gate 2 in the first heat, only to take a couple of seconds to make any significant encroachment to the first bend. Most of the robins looked pretty decent. Encouraging to see hans looking reasonably quick, along with Morris who was unlucky and PK...thats what I've been waiting to see from him. Proper commitment and throwing himself all over the track....not what can be said of batchelor who again displayed why I dislike him so much. Everyone else making a poor start from gates 2 or 3 got their head down and raced. I accept there is always a degree of testing at early season individual meetings so it's not too bad seeing someone not make much of an effort to catch up from behind, but Batch instead of putting his track time to good use as a rider on his home track, decides to pull up after a lap, pull a wheelie and drop onto the centre green. Credit to all the other riders for giving it a go and putting on a show in difficult conditions. Apart from that...Zagar looked class once again (Replacement for Batch in may maybe?) Ulamek standard appearance at blunsdon, sluggish at the back...lightning in front. Bjarne did well and wasn't suprised to see him win, good on him. Good to see some speedway at last, shame about the weather and a pretty sedate crowd, didn't make for the best meeting ever, but not bad considering the conditions. Doubt gates 2 and 3 will be a major problem except for last night, probably bore the brunt of most of the packing in anticipation of rain compared to the inside and outside. Comedy moment watching Rico drop the clutch off gate 2 in the first heat, only to take a couple of seconds to make any significant encroachment to the first bend. Most of the robins looked pretty decent. Encouraging to see hans looking reasonably quick, along with Morris who was unlucky and PK...thats what I've been waiting to see from him. Proper commitment and throwing himself all over the track....not what can be said of batchelor who again displayed why I dislike him so much. Everyone else making a poor start from gates 2 or 3 got their head down and raced. I accept there is always a degree of testing at early season individual meetings so it's not too bad seeing someone not make much of an effort to catch up from behind, but Batch instead of putting his track time to good use as a rider on his home track, decides to pull up after a lap, pull a wheelie and drop onto the centre green. Credit to all the other riders for giving it a go and putting on a show in difficult conditions. Apart from that...Zagar looked class once again (Replacement for Batch in may maybe?) Ulamek standard appearance at blunsdon, sluggish at the back...lightning in front. Bjarne did well and wasn't suprised to see him win, good on him. Batch to me only needs to get more race fit thats all, he had problems all night didnt look quick.When he won from the front showed what he can do last night was a night for riders to test things and then sort out there problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Robin Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Batch to me only needs to get more race fit thats all, he had problems all night didnt look quick.When he won from the front showed what he can do last night was a night for riders to test things and then sort out there problems. Good post! Batch is our no 1 and I am confident will do the "Business" during the season, the conditions were never going to produce the best racing but give the guys credit, they all gave it their "Best". I'm with you Sidney and will back our team whatever!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keef Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 (edited) Good to see some speedway at last, shame about the weather and a pretty sedate crowd, didn't make for the best meeting ever, but not bad considering the conditions. Doubt gates 2 and 3 will be a major problem except for last night, probably bore the brunt of most of the packing in anticipation of rain compared to the inside and outside. Comedy moment watching Rico drop the clutch off gate 2 in the first heat, only to take a couple of seconds to make any significant encroachment to the first bend. Most of the robins looked pretty decent. Encouraging to see hans looking reasonably quick, along with Morris who was unlucky and PK...thats what I've been waiting to see from him. Proper commitment and throwing himself all over the track....not what can be said of batchelor who again displayed why I dislike him so much. Everyone else making a poor start from gates 2 or 3 got their head down and raced. I accept there is always a degree of testing at early season individual meetings so it's not too bad seeing someone not make much of an effort to catch up from behind, but Batch instead of putting his track time to good use as a rider on his home track, decides to pull up after a lap, pull a wheelie and drop onto the centre green. Credit to all the other riders for giving it a go and putting on a show in difficult conditions. Apart from that...Zagar looked class once again (Replacement for Batch in may maybe?) Ulamek standard appearance at blunsdon, sluggish at the back...lightning in front. Bjarne did well and wasn't suprised to see him win, good on him. Giving Batch a chance as he has matured but yeah ssp I thought the wheelie was a bit out of order. Worries me that he is riding in 5 leagues. Good to see the local Purton flyer Darryl Hutchings given a chance. Edited March 19, 2012 by keef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumOldBird Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 I think you mean Daryl Ritchings. I was impressed with the way he re-mounted his bike and carried on racing after falling. He knew he didn't have a chance unless someone else fell but he gave it a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midland Robin Posted June 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 The race jackets from this meeting are now on Ebay with the proceeds going to the family of the late Lee Richardson. Please bid generously everyone. There couldn't be a more worthy cause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LagutaRacingFan Posted June 17, 2012 Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 (edited) Ryan Fisher Signed Race Jacket - http://www.ebay.co.u...=item4d02449d84 Adam Shields Signed Race Jacket (Rare) - http://www.ebay.co.u...=item4d0244a302 Chris "Bomber Harris" Signed Race Jacket - http://www.ebay.co.u...=item4d0244a765 Nicki Pedersen (Triple World Champion) - http://www.ebay.co.u...=item4d0244aa63 Bjarne Pedersen - http://www.ebay.co.u...=item4d0244b25d Troy Batchelor (Australian Ace) - http://www.ebay.co.u...=item4d0244cd19 Simon Stead (British Ace) - http://www.ebay.co.u...=item4d0244d74e Charlie Gjedde (Belle Vue Ace) - http://www.ebay.co.u...=item4d0244e00e Nick Morris (Aussie Ace) - http://www.ebay.co.u...=item4d0244f196 Seb Ulamek (Brummie Brum) - http://www.ebay.co.u...=item4d0244f69d Peter Kildemand (Danish Prospect) - http://www.ebay.co.u...=item4d0244f9e4 Matej Zagar (Gorzow Maximum Man Today) - http://www.ebay.co.u...=item4d0244fdbd Hans Andersen (Danish Delight) - http://www.ebay.co.u...=item4d02450106 Mads K (Kings Lynn Star) - http://www.ebay.co.u...=item4d02450403 Richtings (Sharp gater) - http://www.ebay.co.u...=item4d02450696 Edited June 17, 2012 by Jepsen Jensen Racing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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