Ice Speedway 2018/19

[Schwantz34 17]

Wish they would extend the highlights package to 52mins again, so much close racing on the Saturday left out. Highly disappointing  

[Conkers 67]

On 3/5/2019 at 10:19 AM, Conkers said:

Line-up Roelof Thijs Bokaal 2019 - Heerenveen - 29 March 2019

Kevin Arzl    Austria
Luca Bauer    Germany/Italy
Tobias Busch    Germany
Pontus Fick    Sweden
Marc Geyer    Germany
Pierre Hallén    Sweden
Jimmy Hörnell    Sweden
Matti Isoaho    Finland
Jasper Iwema    Netherlands
Markus Jell    Germany
Jani Koivula    Finland
Konstantin Kolenkin    Russia
Philip Lageder    Austria
Albin Lindblom    Sweden
Andreas Lindblom    Sweden
David Lizák    Czech Rep.
Franz Mayerbüchler    Germany
Jimmy Olsén    Sweden
Simon Reitsma    Netherlands
Bart Schaap    Netherlands
Niek Schaap    Netherlands
Tomi Tani    Finland
Jimmy Tuinstra    Netherlands
Jiří Wildt    Czech Rep.

This is still a provisional line up and there could be changes between today and the end of March. 

 

The full line up for Friday night is now:

1    Jimmy Hörnell    Sweden
2    Niek Schaap    Netherlands
3    Kevin Arzl    Austria
4    Jani Koivula    Finland
5    David Lizák    Czech Rep.
6    Tobias Busch    Germany
7    Simon Reitsma    Netherlands
8    Robert Irving    United Kingdom
9    Bart Schaap    Netherlands
10    Josef Kreuzberger    Austria
11    Franz Mayerbüchler    Germany
12    Jiří Wildt    Czech Rep.
13    Pontus Fick    Sweden
14    Andreas Lindblom    Sweden
15    Philip Lageder   Austria 
16    Marc Geyer    Germany
17    Jimmy Tuinstra    Netherlands
18    Matti Isoaho    Finland
19    Luca Bauer    Germany/Italy
20    Jimmy Olsén    Sweden
21    Albin Lindblom    Sweden
22    Jasper Iwema    Netherlands
23    Markus Jell    Germany
24    Konstantin Kolenkin    Russia

Going to be good to catch up with Rob Irving again, not seen him for a couple of years and really looking forward to seeing Kolenkin ride, after watching him on the internet for a couple of years. Jesper will have live updates here https://live.baansportfansite.nl/event/352/roelof-thijs-bokaal-heerenveen.html

[Conkers 67]

Roelof Thijs Bokaal Heerenveen, 29.3.19

1 Konstantin Kolenkin (Russia), 
2 Jimmy Olsén (Sweden), 
3 Matti Isoaho (Finland), 
4 Markus Jell (Germany), 
5 Jasper Iwema (Netherlands), 
6 Jimmy Tuinstra (Netherlands), 
7 Simon Reitsma    (Netherlands), 
8 Albin Lindblom (Sweden),
9/10 Luca Bauer (Germany), Josef Kreuzberger (Austria) 
11/12 Marc Geyer (Germany), Franz Mayerbüchler (Germany), 
13/14 Jiří Wildt (Czech Rep.), Philip Lageder (Austria), 
15/16 Andreas Lindblom (Sweden), Bart Schaap (Netherlands) 
17/18 David Lizák (Czech Rep), Jimmy Hörnell (Sweden), 
19/20 Niek Schaap (Netherlands)/ Pontus Fick (Sweden) 
21/22 Jani Koivula (Finland), Robert Růžička (Czech Rep),
23/24 Robert Irving (GB), Kevin Arzl (Austria)    

Entertaining evening all round with the Dutch riders starting to make an impact at this level. Kolenkin was, as expected, unbeatable, although Jell and Olsen did challenge him in some heats. Got to feel sorry for the Schaap brothers, both suffering engine failures in knockout heats when in a position to move forward.in the meeting. Iwema fell in his semi final and failed to make the A final, Jell fell in the final, denying him a possible rostrum place. Good to see Erik Gundersen in attendance at the meeting, sat in his scooter in the press room, and enjoying the racing. Managed to get a photo of him and Nikolai Krasnikov together.

[steve69 49]

A good sized crowd for last nights meeting with Kolenkin as a worthy winner. Jimmy Olsen looking good & fast on his ex-Dmitry Khomitsevich machine. Appeared to give Jell a nudge coming out of turn 2 in the final which pushed Jell slightly off course. In my eyes Jell rightly excluded for the stoppage.

My money is on Daniil Ivanov to regain the World Championship by tomorrow evening. The track is tight & rutting up quite quickly. So a good start or a fast into pass out of turn 2 or 4 will be the order of the day. But would love to see Koltakov retain the title but 4 pts is a lot to pull back. But saying that Valeev is 2 pts clear. Really looking forward to the racing.

Nice to see the Edinburgh fans back. Don`t drink too much guys n girls. Hope I didn`t get in your way too much at the podium last night Conkers. Great pic of Simon Reitsma punching the air after a race win. Looking forward to seeing the rest on your website or through the Getty website.Also great pic of Erik G & Krasnikov. See you this evening.

Anyone thinking of INZELL 2020 I was speaking the Nikolai Krasnikov in the pits car park yesterday (think he is there helping Koltakov) & he said 1000% (yes one thousand!!!) he will be doing the Gunther Bauer meeting on the thursday before the WC weekend. So 3 meetings next year & a lovely place to visit. Quiet & beautiful.

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1 hour ago, steve69 said:

A good sized crowd for last nights meeting with Kolenkin as a worthy winner. Jimmy Olsen looking good & fast on his ex-Dmitry Khomitsevich machine. Appeared to give Jell a nudge coming out of turn 2 in the final which pushed Jell slightly off course. In my eyes Jell rightly excluded for the stoppage.

My money is on Daniil Ivanov to regain the World Championship by tomorrow evening. The track is tight & rutting up quite quickly. So a good start or a fast into pass out of turn 2 or 4 will be the order of the day. But would love to see Koltakov retain the title but 4 pts is a lot to pull back. But saying that Valeev is 2 pts clear. Really looking forward to the racing.

Nice to see the Edinburgh fans back. Don`t drink too much guys n girls. Hope I didn`t get in your way too much at the podium last night Conkers. Great pic of Simon Reitsma punching the air after a race win. Looking forward to seeing the rest on your website or through the Getty website.Also great pic of Erik G & Krasnikov. See you this evening.

Anyone thinking of INZELL 2020 I was speaking the Nikolai Krasnikov in the pits car park yesterday (think he is there helping Koltakov) & he said 1000% (yes one thousand!!!) he will be doing the Gunther Bauer meeting on the thursday before the WC weekend. So 3 meetings next year & a lovely place to visit. Quiet & beautiful.

Is this the same Edinburgh group that does ZP? If it is, they can handle it

I’m also all in for Ivanov!

[Schwantz34 17]

First blood Ivanov. Go Daniil

[Conkers 67]

Ice Speedway Gladiators Final 5.1 

Heerenveen, Netherlands 29.03.19

Daniil Ivanov (Russia) 15+3+3    21
Dmitry Koltakov    (Russia) 14+3+2    19
Dinar Valeev (Russia) 8+2+1 11
Dmitry Khomitsevich (Russia) 13+2+d 15
Stefan Svensson    (Sweden) 9+1 10    
Niclas Svensson    (Sweden) 8+1 9
Martin Haarahiltunen (Sweden) 11+0 11
Ove Ledström (Sweden) 7+0
Johann Weber (Germany) 7
Jasper Iwema (Netherlands) 7
Jimmy Tuinstra (Netherlands) 6
Max Niedermaier (Germany) 5
Charly Ebner (Austria) 3
Nikita Toloknov (Russia) 3    
Tomi Tani (Finland) 2
Bart Schaap (Netherlands) 2
Simon Reitsma (Netherlands - Res) 0

SF 1: Ivanov, Valeev, N. Svensson, Haarahiltunen

SF 2: Koltakov, Khomitsevich, S.Svensson, Ledstrom

Final: Ivanov, Koltakov, Valeev, Khomitsevich (Fd)

Danil has a 4 point lead over Koltakov, after Valeev's challenge melted away with two disqual;ifications after silly falls. 

Edited March 31, 2019 by Conkers

[Conkers 67]

ICE SPEEDWAY GLADIATORS FINAL 5.2, Heerenveen 31.3.19

Koltakov (13+3+3) 19
Valeev (13+2+2) 17
Ivanov (15+3+1) 19
Khomitsevich (13+2+d) 15
Haarahiltunen (10+1) 11
Iwema( 8+1) 9
N. Svensson (9+d) 9
S. Svensson( 7+0) 7
Niedermaier 6
Weber 6
B. Schaap 5 
Ledström 4
Ebner 4
Tuinstra 3
Tani 3
Reitsma (Res) 0
Niek Schaap (Netherlands - Res)    0
Nikita Toloknov 0

Semi Final 1: Ivanov, Valeen, Iwema, N. Svensson (d)
Semi Final 2: Koltakov, Khomitsevich, Haarahiltunen S. Svensson
Final: Koltakov, Valeev, Ivanov, Khomitsevich (d)

OVERALL (*=Wildcard)
Ivanov 172, 
Koltakov 168, 
Valeev 162,
Khomitsevich 158, 
Weber 89, 
S. Svensson 77,
 N. Svensson 74, 
Haarahiltunen 68, 
Toloknov  64, 
Ledström  58, 
Niedermaier 43, 
Shishegov 36,  
Ebner 31, 
Kolenkin*  22, 
Jell*  19, 
Zorn 19, 
Iwema 16, 
Tuinstra 13, 
Tani 9, 
Pletschacher 9, 
B. Schaap* 7, 
Serov*  2,  
Busch*  1

Not as big a crowd today, but some great racing. Danil won after his Semi Final Win, and sat back in the Final, confident of finishing. Koltakov took silver but the look on his face said it all. expect him to come out fighting next season. Good to see Valeev hauling back from a nightmare yesterday to finish with Bronze, and Khomitsevich fails to make the rostrum for the first time in eight years. Weber was the best of the Western riders but had a poor weekend compaired with Berlin and Inzell, Svensson's are just so good, and Martin Haarahiltunen showed what we missed in Inzell.

Tomi Tani retired at the end of today's meeting, along with Simon Reitsma, and both took a lap of honour, to end their careers. Simon's 12 year old son has a bike so look out for Sebastian Reitsma riding for the Netherlands in the near future. 

Plenty of old riders in attendance, including  Erik Gundersen, who is still a massive fan of the Ice. Sat in the Press room watching the racing from his scooter through the masive windows, then occasionally sitting out in the press seating for a crafty fag!

[Jacqueline 19]

Our photos from saturday and sunday are now online:

Saturday: https://photos.app.goo.gl/QnF3NVpsGmJ9fXFy6

Sunday: https://photos.app.goo.gl/92RknGbvbja44nH56

[Jacqueline 19]

our photos from the Roelof Thijs Cup are now online:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/H7WBuPNtHxTD6moH9

[Icicle 896]

Any videos at all  from Heerenveen ??

[iris123 20,937]

 

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[Conkers 67]

My pics from Heerenveen - all three meetings: http://iancharlesphotos.net 

[customhouseregular 1,651]

10 hours ago, Icicle said:

Any videos at all  from Heerenveen ??

26 minute highlight on youtube