Agrotron Posted January 27, 2018 Report Share Posted January 27, 2018 Is this lad still riding I thought he was quite a good rider that had potential? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 (edited) Looks like he was still riding in Germany in 2016 but can't find anything for 2017. He last rode in the UK in 2011 for Somerset and Poole I think. Can he still be called a lad at nearly 33? Edited January 28, 2018 by Gemini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 He's still riding, but his results are well below the level he was at 5-10 years ago. See here http://www.aktuellspeedway.se/tyskland/forare/christian-hefenbrock/# 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 His male modelling career seems to be going quite well though - when he's not injured!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 Not sure if he is still riding.I saw something a week or so ago,that he was doing an officiating job next season.Looking after German youngsters or something like that. Maybe I got the wrong end of the stick though and he is still going to carry on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 Team lists out for the 2nd tier league and all the usual suspects named apart from Hefenbrock,so maybe my assumption was right Teams und Aufstellungen: Black Forest Eagles Daniel Spiller Ethan Spiller David Pfeffer Maximilian Pongratz TM Sönke Petersen TM Reiner Armbruster Meißen Hornets Martin Smolinski Jonas Jensen Ronny Weis Richard Geyer Lukas Wegner Mathias Rex TM Maik Pilz TM Henry Schumann MSC Olching Valentin Grobauer Michael Härtel Philip Schmuttermayr Tim Wunderer Erik Bachhuber TM Stephan Wunderer Emsland Speedway Team Kevin Wölbert Kai Huckenbeck Geert Bruinsma Jörg Tebbe Fabian Wachs Kenneth Jürgensen Jason Jörgensen Timo Wachs Jan Meyer TM Tobias Kroner TM Wolfgang Geiler Güstrow Torros Tobias Busch Hannes Gast Lukas Baumann Leon Arnheim Max-Wilhelm Kruth Ben Ernst TM Hannes Heider TM Maurice Mörke Diedenbergen Rockets Mathias Bartz Marius Hillebrand Leon Maier Maximilian Pott Henk Koonstra Julian Bielmeier Celina Liebmann TM Andreas Schumacher TM Steffi Schumacher Landshut Young Devils Stephan Katt Sandro Wassermann Jonas Wilke Maximilian Troidl Mario Niedermeier TM Klaus Zwerschina TM Johannes Gradl Neuenknicker Hexen Sascha Stumpe Steven Mauer Darrel de Vries Marc Leon Tebbe Fabien Neid Maximilian Firniß TM Mirco Korte MSC Cloppenburg Fighters René Deddens Lukas Fienhage Niels Oliver Wessel Kevin Lück Jonny Wynant Jason Sobolewitsch Michelle Köhler TM Manfred Bäker TM Thore Weiner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 Iris - what would be your assessment of Haertel? Us Witches fans are looking forward to seeing him. How does he compare to the Riss brothers and Huckebeck in your eyes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny the spud Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 Lot of English names there ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 2 hours ago, Jonny the spud said: Lot of English names there ..... ...and your point is ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 12 hours ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: Iris - what would be your assessment of Haertel? Us Witches fans are looking forward to seeing him. How does he compare to the Riss brothers and Huckebeck in your eyes? Difficult for me to say.Live I have only seen him in 1 heat in which he fell and was out for the rest of the meeting Remember watching him on tv in a Euro meeting I think from Landshut and he looked a great prospect a few years ago,but his progress seems to have stalled a bit.Here's hoping he is a good 'un Have to say,i never rated Kroner much.He always seemed to be a bit behind Smoli,Hefenbrock,Wölbert and Matze Schultz at the time,but he had a decent career and Schultz didn't achieve very much,so what do I know 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 Cheers Iris - I was expecting you may have seen a bit more of him than me! There is that question mark over him - as you say highly rated from a young age but very quiet in the last vouple of years (certainly in speedway terms anyway) If he replicates Tobi he will do fine. Tobi is still very popular with many Ipswich fans having fond memories of his time as a Witch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 When Christian was riding for Arena Essex he done quite well and was a very popular rider, his maximum at Oxford back in the day lives long in the memory, he obviously liked Sandy Lane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 I do remember that exciting first heat of the Gelsenkirchen GP when the crowd went wild as Hefe came home ahead of Zagar,Gollob and Harris.That must have been one of the highlights of his career Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickthemuppet Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 1 hour ago, iris123 said: I do remember that exciting first heat of the Gelsenkirchen GP when the crowd went wild as Hefe came home ahead of Zagar,Gollob and Harris.That must have been one of the highlights of his career I backed him at 16/1. Easy money especially as I knew he had already won. The first four heats were recorded on Sky but the bookmakers never knew that. Bloody awful meeting despite a good crowd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 (edited) 8 minutes ago, mickthemuppet said: I backed him at 16/1. Easy money especially as I knew he had already won. The first four heats were recorded on Sky but the bookmakers never knew that. Bloody awful meeting despite a good crowd I was going to say the first heat was the highlight of the meeting and it went downhill after that not only for Hefenbrock.We did have the excitement of Scott and Chris going into a run-off with Holta for a GP place.But we then had the hype of the big money final being fixed......and that was it for Gelsenkirchen I was at least lucky to go to the right GP.My friend from Manchester went the year after,and we all know what a disaster that was!!! Edited February 17, 2018 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 6 hours ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: Cheers Iris - I was expecting you may have seen a bit more of him than me! There is that question mark over him - as you say highly rated from a young age but very quiet in the last vouple of years (certainly in speedway terms anyway) If he replicates Tobi he will do fine. Tobi is still very popular with many Ipswich fans having fond memories of his time as a Witch. Don't worry about Härtel, he is a good one ! I have seen him ride here in Bavaria since he was a schoolboy. He won the German U21 title three years in a row, and was a world U21 finalist. His progress was held back by a few unneccessary crashes in the last couple of years ago, but he is now back on track and I expect him to become a top class international performer. As a 20 y/o Härtel is already a world class rider in long-track, he was runner-up in the World L-T Championship last year. In Speedway I'd currently rate him roughly the same class as the Riss brothers. He will need a little bit of time to adopt to British Speedway in his first year, but Härtel is certainly a good signing for the WItches ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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