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Big news from One Sport this morning; they are going to organize a Best Pairs competition this year. In total there will be three rounds and there is 1 million dollars zloty's prize money. All rounds will be broadcasted LIVE on Eurosport.

28.03 - Round 1 - Torun (PL)

May - Round 2 - probably Landshut (DE)
May - Round 3 - Scandinavia, probably Sweden

 

 

More info here: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=nl&sl=pl&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fsportowefakty.pl%2Fzuzel%2F409862%2Ftrzy-rundy-speedway-best-pairs-milion-zlotych-w-puli-nagrod

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Big news from One Sport this morning; they are going to organize a Best Pairs competition this year. In total there will be three rounds and there is 1 million dollars zloty's prize money. All rounds will be broadcasted LIVE on Eurosport.

 

28.03 - Round 1 - Torun (PL)

May - Round 2 - probably Landshut (DE)

May - Round 3 - Scandinavia, probably Sweden

 

 

More info here: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=nl&sl=pl&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fsportowefakty.pl%2Fzuzel%2F409862%2Ftrzy-rundy-speedway-best-pairs-milion-zlotych-w-puli-nagrod

 

 

 

Eskilstuna

May - Round 3 - Scandinavia, probably Sweden

 

 

 

Smederna have been asked but no decision have been taken yet.

 

http://www.smederna.nu/?page=news&newsid=2855 (2nd half of the article).

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As the report includes a GB team does this mean BSPA have changed attitude to competition as last year refused entries in the it and the SEC

Dont think this series has anything to do with FIM Europe/former UEM. Only thing common is the promoter.

 

FIM Europe still has it's own best pairs champs with a semi in Debrecen and a final in Divisov. Thats the comp that BSPA/ACU has issues with...

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Dont think this series has anything to do with FIM Europe/former UEM. Only thing common is the promoter.

 

FIM Europe still has it's own best pairs champs with a semi in Debrecen and a final in Divisov. Thats the comp that BSPA/ACU has issues with...

 

The BSPA has issues with the FIM Europe Best Pairs competition.

The BSPA has issues with the FIM Europe SEC competition, promoted by OneSport

The BSPA will have issues with the OneSport promoted "World Best Pairs" competition - not only is the promoter of the events (OneSport) common but the BSPA and their "issues" are common too.

 

 

Presumably any rider taking part in the World Best Pairs event, if missing from an EL or PL meeting can only be replaced by an NL guest, as the BSPA won't allow any "facilities" to cover their absence? Ryan Fisher (USA) Kevin Wolbert (Germany) Kalle Katajisto (Finland) and Jason Doyle (Aus) all in PL action on the March 28th date...

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The BSPA has issues with the FIM Europe Best Pairs competition.

The BSPA has issues with the FIM Europe SEC competition, promoted by OneSport

The BSPA will have issues with the OneSport promoted "World Best Pairs" competition - not only is the promoter of the events (OneSport) common but the BSPA and their "issues" are common too.

 

 

Presumably any rider taking part in the World Best Pairs event, if missing from an EL or PL meeting can only be replaced by an NL guest, as the BSPA won't allow any "facilities" to cover their absence? Ryan Fisher (USA) Kevin Wolbert (Germany) Kalle Katajisto (Finland) and Jason Doyle (Aus) all in PL action on the March 28th date...

What has Katajisto to do with all this??

 

EDIT: And why should they get anything else than a NL rider as a replacement?? This world speedway best pairs is NOT a championship of ANY federation. It's a One Sport promoted series of pairs speedway to make money for One Sport.

 

EDIT: typo edited :oops:

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The BSPA has issues with the FIM Europe Best Pairs competition.

The BSPA has issues with the FIM Europe SEC competition, promoted by OneSport

The BSPA will have issues with the OneSport promoted "World Best Pairs" competition - not only is the promoter of the events (OneSport) common but the BSPA and their "issues" are common too.

 

 

Presumably any rider taking part in the World Best Pairs event, if missing from an EL or PL meeting can only be replaced by an NL guest, as the BSPA won't allow any "facilities" to cover their absence? Ryan Fisher (USA) Kevin Wolbert (Germany) Kalle Katajisto (Finland) and Jason Doyle (Aus) all in PL action on the March 28th date...

Ryan Fisher is not riding for Peterborough or Coventry on March 28th?

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This Speedway Best Pairs series, that that the Polish company OneSport is promting this year, is nothing more than an open invitational competiton without any official status.

 

F.I.M. Europe runs an official European Pairs Championship (Germany are the defending champions of 2013).

 

F.I.M. may give the green light to a revival of the official World Pairs Championship from 2015, promoted by rights holders IMG/BSI, and alternating bi-annually with the SWC.


The British League will not be affected that much by this Speedway Best Pairs (SBP) series.

 

How many top riders of the six seeded nations are still riding in the UK anyway? And how many of those few would be required on the set date of a SBP round also to ride in an UK fixture? Not many, if any at all, I guess.

But even if it is the case that dates/fixtures clash, any rider could always be replaced in the SBP by another man of that respective nation, since this series is not an individual, but a pairs/team competiton for nations.

 

I wonder if the BSPA will once more try to block the British riders from taking part. It would be a shame, for the series will be broadcast live on EUROSPORT, and British Speedway would miss a great opportunity to present themselves.

 

The six seeded nations are:

Poland,

Russia,

Denmark,

Sweden,

Australia,

Great Britain,

plus one alternating wild card nation for each round (Latvia in round 1, Germany in round 2 and the USA in round 3).

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For a team to be called "Great Britain" (as opposed to e.g. "A British XV XI VII IV II") does there not have to be official approval from that country's governing body? Does anyone think that a random British twosome can take part thereby implying that they are representing their country (and thereby their governing body), without approval? Well One Sport seem to think so, but what's the betting that the BSPA show them who's boss?

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