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SON 2022 27th-30th July Vojens Denmark live on TV


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26 minutes ago, TTT said:

Proud of the GB boys. Another great showing despite the defeat in the final.

The Poles will be thrilled to hear that the World Cup will be making a return next year on a throttle jockey Polish track in an attempt to salvage their reputation after consistent failure in the SON.

World Cup??? ... what's that ?   Seriously though...If we are talking about team championship then each team (country) should have enough riders to make up a team, not a pair. If there is only two riders from each country then it is pairs championships...not a team.

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21 minutes ago, mikebv said:

The UK, The Swedes and the Poles should run it over a 3 year cycle..  ..

Decent crowds in those countries for World Team events..

I’d go along with that. The old WF worked fine on that basis. 

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2nd place is still very good for GB. Would like to see a rerun of the last race but with GB on gate 2-4 and Bewley on gate 4. Might have been different…..we will never know.

Amazing the track held together after 4 meetings and 3 practices within 4 days.

Poland 6th (out of 7).

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1 minute ago, PolskiZuzel said:

World Cup??? ... what's that ?   Seriously though...If we are talking about team championship then each team (country) should have enough riders to make up a team, not a pair. If there is only two riders from each country then it is pairs championships...not a team.

Hurting Buddy?.. :D

You've won enough....;)

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15 minutes ago, DJC said:

Some big lessons learnt when it comes to gate choices at the crunch over the weekend but to be the only nation to come with a medal in both events is not to be overlooked! 
after the first 2 heats in semi 1 a silver seemed impossible! 

A few great performances across the board and great seeing the Poles taken down a peg or two! 
Can Tai get Brennan in at Wrocław next season for some practice?

Maybe as a No8....?;)

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15 minutes ago, mikebv said:

Hurting Buddy?.. :D

You've won enough....;)

Anything more than one is a team. Also, each country was allowed to use 3 riders, which is a bigger team than a pair.

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27 minutes ago, PolskiZuzel said:

Of course is hurting...but you are not responding to my point. In speedway ( as I know it) two riders don't make a team, but a pair.

Three men teams rather than four men teams and a U21 reserve....?

Not much difference...

Maybe Kolodziej, Kubera and Drabik would have done better? 

Or Wozniak and Woryna? 

Plenty to choose from to put a decent three man TEAM together...

You just chose the wrong TEAM....

 

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I enjoyed that.

Yes the racing wasn't great but it just shows how the sport can work on different levels. Yes there wasn't much passing, the semi final was the only top drawer heat, but there are not many world championships where 5 nations are still in with a chance with 15 minutes to go. Again it would help if the commentary team reported it in that fashion. Surely someone on the production team could have told them when the Poles were eliminated and that GB v SWE was effectively a run off to go straight to the final.

The crowd was abysmal so I guess the promoters won't bother reapplying and I doubt Discovery Sports would entertain it.  Maybe the late switch of venues was to blame?

However, I'm not sure the SON warrants a week long event anyway, especially if the home team doesn't rock up until the final. Given that the knockout nature of the semi final produced the best action why not have a one off Final with 16 countries where each heat is effectively a knock out, finish last and you're out. There'd need to be a repecharge and maybe a shield contest for those teams knocked out early to make sure each country appears at least 3 times and generate enough heats.  On the basis that the pairs format allows 6 (or 7 if Russia return) possible winners with a genuine benefit to team riding (in a knockout scenario) it has the potential to be a spectacular event, if held at the right venue.   

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6 minutes ago, JCookie said:

Whoever is better than Bewley should've been there tonight then.

None of them are.. Bewley, Lambert and Woffinden are the clear top 3 right now what happens Monday will make no difference to that 

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4 minutes ago, JCookie said:

Whoever is better than Bewley should've been there tonight then.

Makes no difference. GB topped the scoreboard so no team would have been better. With a sensible format GB have the gold medals. A one-off final is always a lottery as previous winners and losers would confirm.

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I’ve not read through all the thread so maybe missed it, but why is no one slagging off Mark Lemon for not using Jason Doyle, in the same way that some tore into Neil Vatcher for not using Flint last night? The under 21s did a great job and chose not to change the pairings, same as Australia did tonight. 

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2 minutes ago, Ace no.5 said:

Gobsmacked that we chose 1&3 in the Final. Not to mention the fact that the Aussies looked very dangerous off 2 and 4, look at GB results through the course of the night... Bewley off gate 3... 0 0 2. Bewley off gate 4... 4 4 4. Surely you have to back Lambert to get over one of Fricke and Holder from gate 2. I really do feel like the team managers have thrown that away big time.

 

I dod think 2 and 4 was the shout BUT if they had done that and the Aussies still won they would of been hammered 

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