Ghostwalker Posted September 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2017 Thankyou everyone for your assistance and entertainment during 2017 - it's been wonderful. Special thankyou to Ghostwalker for his assistance and endless stream of info - many congratulations Eskilstuna Smederna. See you in 2018! You are most welcome Dave. About 2018, do you know something I don't. At the moment there are no known information about a new tv-agreement for Swedish Elitserien for 2018. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted September 27, 2017 Report Share Posted September 27, 2017 Just caught up with the meeting and what a suprise! Thought it would be one way traffic and all over by heat 9 but Smederna had other ideas. Vetlanda clearly thought it was in the bag after last night and were complacent. Zmarzlik very naughty in one ride but his head went completely. Hampel just a gating tart nowdays. Well done Smederna. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric i Posted September 28, 2017 Report Share Posted September 28, 2017 Can't believe that result, what happened to Vetlanda they looked like the away team, was the track different to normal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted September 28, 2017 Report Share Posted September 28, 2017 (edited) Last night`s 2nd leg video all heats short version Polish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azHoIYla4r0 full coverage - Swedish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfVSwm_11vE Edited September 28, 2017 by racers and royals 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie B Posted September 28, 2017 Report Share Posted September 28, 2017 (edited) What an incredible result and what a fantastic performance from my Swedish team Smederna last night. For them to go to Vetlanda and win the Swedish league title after losing at home by 8 points in the first leg must go down as one of the finest performances by any of the speedway teams that I support. The effort and performance of all the riders and management was exceptional and just go to show that if you retain the belief that you're going to win in sport anything is possible. The team riding in heats 2 and 4 was something special and put the home-side who might have thought that they would win easily minds in doubt. I have seen this in other sports (when I was playing darts) when a team thought that they had won the league when requiring only a handful of points in their last match fail at the final hurdle due to complacency and relying on other teams members to achieve the points needed. As a Wimbledon supporter we have a direct link to Smederna not only through Tommy Jansson who must have a massive smile on his face today (just like me), but others including Bo Jansson and Stefan Salomonsson. As for Zmarzlik's exclusion it was the right decision and was uncalled for as he had the beating of Lebedevs in that race. That moment of madness by him help shift momentum back tin favour of Smederna as a 5-1 my team in that race might had started a Vetlanda fight-back. Just in case anyone states the Vetlanda were weaker without Martin Vaculik sue to illness they must remember that Smederna were without Georgi Laguta for different reasons. Lastly I must thank Dave Goddard for his excellent commentary and Free Sports and Premier Sports for screening this and other meetings from Sweden and Poland this season. plus I also must thank Ghostwalker for all of his Swedish info. Following the Swedish speedway season without this much valued information would be so much more difficult without it. Thanks for all you work each and every league season. Edited September 28, 2017 by Robbie B 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABS Posted September 28, 2017 Report Share Posted September 28, 2017 Well done Smederna and a special well done to our ex-Ace, Matej Zagar, who was truly awesome throughout the play-offs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted September 28, 2017 Report Share Posted September 28, 2017 (edited) 2 points stood out for me in the 2 legs 1 really impressed by the riding of Pontus Aspgren rode really well both meetings. 2 nice to see Lebedevs return to the form we know he is capable of- shame for Wroclaw it came 2 weeks too late Edited September 28, 2017 by racers and royals 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perton Wolf Posted September 28, 2017 Report Share Posted September 28, 2017 Excellent season of Swedish Speedway, have really enjoyed the coverage on Premier/Free Sports this season and am glad to hear it's continuing next season too. Well done Dave for being so engaging with fans on social media during the coverage too, I think Nigel/Kelvin could take a leaf out of his book if Speedway in the UK is to enter the 21st century anytime soon! And of course, well done the Blacksmiths 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted September 28, 2017 Report Share Posted September 28, 2017 Excellent season of Swedish Speedway, have really enjoyed the coverage on Premier/Free Sports this season and am glad to hear it's continuing next season too. Well done Dave for being so engaging with fans on social media during the coverage too, I think Nigel/Kelvin could take a leaf out of his book if Speedway in the UK is to enter the 21st century anytime soon! And of course, well done the Blacksmiths As Ghostie has said coverage depends on whether C More continue or another Swedish TV company takes it on- no domestic coverage= no foreign coverage/ sales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted September 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2017 I would like to point out that tv-coverage for next season is up in the air at the moment. AFAIK no new tv-contract have been signed and there is much uncertainty whether or not there will be a new tv-contract for 2018. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perton Wolf Posted September 28, 2017 Report Share Posted September 28, 2017 Would be very disappointing if it wasn't back on TV next season, most meetings are very competitive and you get to see a lot of top riders who don't race over here anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted September 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2017 Would be very disappointing if it wasn't back on TV next season, most meetings are very competitive and you get to see a lot of top riders who don't race over here anymore. I agree. However the big sports broadcasting companies are more or less bleeding money and speedway is pretty far down the pecking order after football, icehockey and the Olympics. Then, there is not much money left for the speedway rights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted September 28, 2017 Report Share Posted September 28, 2017 Ghostie- is there going to be an open bus tour by the team through Eskiltuna or some other way the fans who weren`t lucky enough to be in Vetlanda will be able to celebrate the famous victory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil The Ace Posted September 28, 2017 Report Share Posted September 28, 2017 Ghostie- is there going to be an open bus tour by the team through Eskiltuna or some other way the fans who weren`t lucky enough to be in Vetlanda will be able to celebrate the famous victory. They did have one. And a brilliant atmosphere it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted September 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2017 (edited) Ghostie- is there going to be an open bus tour by the team through Eskiltuna or some other way the fans who weren`t lucky enough to be in Vetlanda will be able to celebrate the famous victory. They did have one. And a brilliant atmosphere it was. Phil is right; we had celebrations today at noon at the main square called Fristadstorget. I was there and I filmed some (most of it). Unfortunately the lens was a bit dirty so the quality isn't the best. It isn't available right now but hopefully will be sometime during the weekend. The local news broadcasted from it: https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/sormland/firar-pa-torget-vid-12-15 https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/sormland/se-bilderna-fran-firandet-1 Edited September 28, 2017 by Ghostwalker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted September 28, 2017 Report Share Posted September 28, 2017 Phil is right; we had celebrations today at noon at the main square called Fristadstorget. I was there and I filmed some (most of it). Unfortunately the lens was a bit dirty so the quality isn't the best. It isn't available right now but hopefully will be sometime during the weekend. The local news broadcasted from it: https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/sormland/firar-pa-torget-vid-12-15 https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/sormland/se-bilderna-fran-firandet-1 Congratulations Ghostie, always sweet when your team wins against the odds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted September 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2017 Thanks Marky. Smederna wrote this on their Facebook page "Tommy Jansson är med oss" (Tommy Jansson is with us). https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1500092943417522&id=225344277559068 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted September 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 Second leg full Swedish coverage. https://youtu.be/Oc_yEmQLzTs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted October 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 (edited) A video with the celebrations at main square. It starts with Smederna presentation parade + heat 15 from leg 1 of the final: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiZGyoMl4i4 Smederna SM-gold wallpaper https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0iRCjlrrTG1b0tOQWRJQktiUHc/view?usp=sharing Edited October 2, 2017 by Ghostwalker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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