TwoMinuteWarning Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 Never heard of "FIM Europe" Is this another name for UEM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 Yes.UEM re-labelled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Seems reigning Champ Ales Dryml is having trouble with the FIM and date clashes.He is of course first reserve for the speedway GPs,qualified for the longtrack GPs and also qualified to take part in the European Championship.As he says it only takes one injury and he is in the GPs,which take precedence over other competitions,he also has a good chance of doing well in the Longtrack which is second in preference on the FIM list,but the new European Championship will be much better financially rewarded than the Longtrack.He pointed out to the FIM before the fixtures were announced that date clashes could prove a problem,but seems his worries have been ignored and at the moment continue to go unanswered http://www.speedweek.ch/art_32158.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 Guess the news that this year the Euro Championships will be bigger and better hasn't reached germany as they have nominated Tobi Busch,Christian Hefenbrock and Matze Schultz,whereas the best riders have again been nominated for the GP qualis http://www.motorsport-aktuell.com/motorrad/speedway-dmsb-nominiert-fahrer-fuer-speedwaypraedikate-6555533.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted February 5, 2013 Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 Seems reigning Champ Ales Dryml is having trouble with the FIM and date clashes.He is of course first reserve for the speedway GPs,qualified for the longtrack GPs and also qualified to take part in the European Championship.As he says it only takes one injury and he is in the GPs,which take precedence over other competitions,he also has a good chance of doing well in the Longtrack which is second in preference on the FIM list,but the new European Championship will be much better financially rewarded than the Longtrack.He pointed out to the FIM before the fixtures were announced that date clashes could prove a problem,but seems his worries have been ignored and at the moment continue to go unanswered http://www.speedweek.ch/art_32158.html Sorting out the calendars and it seems that there will be a busy day in Zarnovica, SK on July 6th. Both Flat track cup and speedway ECC. Even if held at different tracks, seems daft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 I understand that the British riders are "being withdrawn". Should we not be encouraging our riders to compete as much possible? It's begining to sound a lot like the UK Speedway Series to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdmc82 Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 Why are British riders being withdrawn? X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 Isn't it strange that the BSPA /ACU put pressure on their own riders and refusing them persmission to participate in the European Championship? Scott Nicholls is forced to withdraw from taking part in this Saturday's first qualifying round in the Ukraine. What a shame! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicar Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 This is an explanation... http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=pl&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=pl&ie=UTF-8&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportowefakty.pl%2Fzuzel%2F351800%2Fwojna-angielsko-polska-o-speedway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlata prilba Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 Isn't it strange that the BSPA /ACU put pressure on their own riders and refusing them persmission to participate in the European Championship? Scott Nicholls is forced to withdraw from taking part in this Saturday's first qualifying round in the Ukraine. What a shame! Bet the British riders involved will refuse to ride in the WTC this year as a protest of not being allowed to ride in this European Championship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 This is an explanation... http://translate.goo...lska-o-speedway Very interesting! The next step will be that either the BSPA will prevent English riders riding for Polish clubs or quite simply the Polish clubs will not employ British riders. This is one "war" the BSPA is not going to win! Bet the British riders involved will refuse to ride in the WTC this year as a protest of not being allowed to ride in this European Championship And could you blame them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 (edited) This is an explanation... http://translate.goo...lska-o-speedway Have to say my initial thought was this was done out of spite for the failure of the International league.Seems i was only partly right.It is much bigger and more spiteful than that.Shame for British speedway yet again.head in the sand Bellamy isn't bankrolling British speedway,so it is bad that they are letting themselves get involved in this fight.Of course just like we saw in Britian,the existing promoters don't take kindly to some new kid on the block coming in.Especially if they look like they might do a better job.But Bellamy's battle is probably with the FIM.And also the FIM should back the riders who want to compete in this and not let them get blackmailed Edited April 19, 2013 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 (edited) Bellamy isn't bankrolling British speedway,so it is bad that they are letting themselves get involved in this fight. Well it could well come into competition with the SGP, in terms of taking sponsors and television money and competing for venues. I were paying 1.5 million per year (or whatever) to the FIM, I'm not sure I'd be very happy if they or one of their subsidiaries started licensing a similar competition. Edited April 19, 2013 by Humphrey Appleby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 (edited) Well it could well come into competition with the SGP, in terms of taking sponsors and television money and competing for venues. I were paying 1.5 million per year (or whatever) to the FIM, I'm not sure I'd be very happy if they or one of their subsidiaries started licensing a similar competition. Which is what i said.Bellamy's problem is more with the FIM and he shouldn't be bringing others into it.Or others shouldn't allow themselves to be brought into it.No point just repeating what i have already said Bit of a dilema for you..You are not too keen on Bellamy/BSI/IMG and probably for as long as i have been on the forum we have had many discussions where you are of the opinion that UEM(as they were) competitions are a pain in the butt and of little importance.Now someone has come in and is trying to give it more importance and professionalism Edited April 19, 2013 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 it of a dilema for you..You are not too keen on Bellamy/BSI/IMG and probably for as long as i have been on the forum we have had many discussions where you are of the opinion that UEM(as they were) competitions are a pain in the butt and of little importance.Now someone has come in and is trying to give it more importance and professionalism Not really any dilemma at all. Whatever I think about BSI, I think it a complete nonsense to have a parallel European Championship to what is primarily a European-based GP series and I can quite understand BSI's annoyance at having a rival competition if they're paying for supposedly exclusive rights. If BSI are considered not to be doing their job very well, then that's something the FIM should take up with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 Not really any dilemma at all. Whatever I think about BSI, I think it a complete nonsense to have a parallel European Championship to what is primarily a European-based GP series and I can quite understand BSI's annoyance at having a rival competition if they're paying for supposedly exclusive rights. If BSI are considered not to be doing their job very well, then that's something the FIM should take up with them. Precisely.But now that the FIM have given the go-ahead for such a series they must get right behind it and not allow Federations to boycott or stop riders from entering.That will only lead to chaos and quite possibly grounds for break away series/Federations.And you will end up with international speedway being split.But we know Britain have a history of not entering such things.They now have lost a lot of the power they used to have in the sport and by such actions respect as well.Like it say's in the article you can't ask for federations to work together and then go and boycott something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manchesterpaul Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 If BSI don't like the natural law of competition maybe they should sponsor the European Championship too lol. It is pretty disgusting that the English riders can't compete. I wish it every success but agree it's a bit iffy in that the SGP is mainly Euro-based. From a sporting view it would seem that a solution would be to have it open to all riders NOT in the SGP series, but that would of course be financial suicide without the headliners. I wish it every success but not sure if it will be and it certainly needs ticket prices to be nowhere near the level of the GP meetings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 Results from Chervonograd http://www.speedway.org/speedway-em/2013/races/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 Having seen the results, I'm sure that the top 3 or 4 Brits (excluding GP rider Woffinden) would have been competitive in this field and some of the younger riders (maybe not Harris or Nicholls) would have benefited from the experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizzer Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 820 euros to winner 280 euros to 16th place That money includes travel, prize money hotels etc. distance would be round trip from UK 2800 miles licence for championship is 180 euros. insurance for championships 120 euros Just for reference guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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