racers and royals 8,717 Posted May 10, 2022 (edited) 56 minutes ago, f-s-p said: Timi Salonen Went well today in Gorzow. Edited May 10, 2022 by racers and royals Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fromafar 10,338 Posted May 10, 2022 4 hours ago, racers and royals said: Celina Liebmann is the wildcard for round 1 of the finals in Prague on Friday May 27th. Strange choice.IMO Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f-s-p 832 Posted May 10, 2022 52 minutes ago, Fromafar said: Strange choice.IMO Now if someone said it was to lure German fans to stay the weekend, I’d believe it… Cos they did the exact same thing about 20 years ago when Gerd Riss was the wild card in a gp. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,939 Posted May 11, 2022 12 hours ago, f-s-p said: Now if someone said it was to lure German fans to stay the weekend, I’d believe it… Cos they did the exact same thing about 20 years ago when Gerd Riss was the wild card in a gp. It’s all about the money, money, money. Kercheng! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
secsy1 206 Posted May 11, 2022 Attendance at Cardiff for the GP2 event will be poor. No British, Australian or American representation. If The Team GB set up is so professional and is pushing the sport and riders forward, why did no one qualify? All the talent is being coached out of them and pushed in a direction to failure. Just remember a lot of our highest sports personnel have previously stated this, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f-s-p 832 Posted May 11, 2022 54 minutes ago, secsy1 said: 1. Attendance at Cardiff for the GP2 event will be poor. 2. No British, Australian or American representation. 3. If The Team GB set up is so professional and is pushing the sport and riders forward, why did no one qualify? 4. All the talent is being coached out of them and pushed in a direction to failure. Just remember a lot of our highest sports personnel have previously stated this, 1. Was always gonna be poor and personally I think it's a stupid idea to have an U21 final at that (expensive) venue. 2. There will be a ACU licensed wild card and two reserves for the meeting 3. They were riding in a track they had no or little experince from. Gislaved especially is rubbish. Just because you can ride Wolves or Berwick dont mean you can qualify from a continental track. 4. Dont think so, U just need to get out more to ride the tracks that host the qualifiers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bagpuss 10,763 Posted May 11, 2022 1 hour ago, secsy1 said: Attendance at Cardiff for the GP2 event will be poor. No British, Australian or American representation. If The Team GB set up is so professional and is pushing the sport and riders forward, why did no one qualify? All the talent is being coached out of them and pushed in a direction to failure. Just remember a lot of our highest sports personnel have previously stated this, Please expand. I think Brennan can count himself unfortunate to be in the hardest qualifier as he'd have breezed through the others. He looks the real deal but unfortunately Kemp, Rowe, Palin, Bickley and Flint don't appear to be fully realising their potential like many before them. It's a familiar tale. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,717 Posted May 11, 2022 1 hour ago, secsy1 said: Attendance at Cardiff for the GP2 event will be poor. No British, Australian or American representation. If The Team GB set up is so professional and is pushing the sport and riders forward, why did no one qualify? All the talent is being coached out of them and pushed in a direction to failure. Just remember a lot of our highest sports personnel have previously stated this, 3-4 K i would expect( don’t forget the GP ticket holders are admitted free. point 4 and 5 is just plainly ridiculous. Things have changed for the better. Opportunities have grown with the Polish Extraleague U 24 league. Our youngsters are gaining more experience in the FIM Europe events which we were never really interested in- but it takes time and the results will be seen in the future. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
secsy1 206 Posted May 11, 2022 1 hour ago, f-s-p said: 1. Was always gonna be poor and personally I think it's a stupid idea to have an U21 final at that (expensive) venue. 2. There will be a ACU licensed wild card and two reserves for the meeting 3. They were riding in a track they had no or little experince from. Gislaved especially is rubbish. Just because you can ride Wolves or Berwick dont mean you can qualify from a continental track. 4. Dont think so, U just need to get out more to ride the tracks that host the qualifiers. 1. Totally agree, waste of money, more suited to Belle Vue. 2. That is why it would be better suited and supported at a smaller less expensive venue. 3. Apart from Sam Hagon, they all have extensive European experience. 4. They have been doing. 54 minutes ago, Bagpuss said: Please expand. I think Brennan can count himself unfortunate to be in the hardest qualifier as he'd have breezed through the others. He looks the real deal but unfortunately Kemp, Rowe, Palin, Bickley and Flint don't appear to be fully realising their potential like many before them. It's a familiar tale. Can you expand why? 52 minutes ago, racers and royals said: 3-4 K i would expect( don’t forget the GP ticket holders are admitted free. point 4 and 5 is just plainly ridiculous. Things have changed for the better. Opportunities have grown with the Polish Extraleague U 24 league. Our youngsters are gaining more experience in the FIM Europe events which we were never really interested in- but it takes time and the results will be seen in the future. Ridiculous, read the bottom line. The other riders have little experience on the qualifying tracks and are similar ages, but qualified. All excuses answered. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bagpuss 10,763 Posted May 11, 2022 1 hour ago, secsy1 said: 1. Totally agree, waste of money, more suited to Belle Vue. 2. That is why it would be better suited and supported at a smaller less expensive venue. 3. Apart from Sam Hagon, they all have extensive European experience. 4. They have been doing. Can you expand why? Ridiculous, read the bottom line. The other riders have little experience on the qualifying tracks and are similar ages, but qualified. All excuses answered. I will once you've explained your coaching remark. Just interested to know by who and in what way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
secsy1 206 Posted May 12, 2022 23 hours ago, Bagpuss said: Please expand. I think Brennan can count himself unfortunate to be in the hardest qualifier as he'd have breezed through the others. He looks the real deal but unfortunately Kemp, Rowe, Palin, Bickley and Flint don't appear to be fully realising their potential like many before them. It's a familiar tale. If you read my post yesterday at 08:42 AM, think you will find the answer. But what about your remarks? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bagpuss 10,763 Posted May 12, 2022 1 hour ago, secsy1 said: If you read my post yesterday at 08:42 AM, think you will find the answer. But what about your remarks? So you have stated that 'all the talent is being coached out of them' but aren't prepared to say how, by who, where when etc etc. IMO the five riders I've named showed huge potential at 15 and 16 but haven't really kicked on since, and I'm using Lambert, Bewley & Brennan as recent examples of the benchmark. Perhaps our expectations are too high in the first place but when riders show such potential in their first couple of seasons I think we allowed to expect them to be decent regular scorers in our leagues two or three seasons later and to be competitive in World U21 events. I understand riders can develop late but we don't see enough of our youngsters turn into internationally competitive riders IMO. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,717 Posted May 13, 2022 Draw for round 1 1 108 Mateusz Świdnicki PZM Poland 2 16 Celina Liebmann DMSB Germany 3 92 Benjamin Basso DMU Denmark 4 43 Casper Henriksson SVEMO Sweden 5 842 Mateusz Cierniak PZM Poland 6 2 Francis Gusts LaMSF Latvia 7 515 Jakub Miśkowiak PZM Poland 8 505 Wiktor Przyjemski PZM Poland 9 44 Petr Chlupac ACCR Czech Republic 10 201 Jan Kvech ACCR Czech Republic 11 47 Wiktor Lampart PZM Poland 12 196 Kevin Juhl Pedersen DMU Denmark 13 118 Gustav Grahn SVEMO Sweden 14 281 Timi Salonen SML Finland 15 408 Jonas Knudsen DMU Denmark 16 717 Daniel Klíma ACCR Czech Republic 17 17 Matous Kamenik ACCR Czech Republic 18 18 Bruno Belan ACCR Czech Republic Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,717 Posted May 20, 2022 (edited) With French open tennis looking as if it`s on both Eurosport 1 and 2 - the SGP 2 1st round next Friday evening at 6pm UK time will only be available on player/app. Live on Eurosport 2 Poland so links should be available. Edited May 20, 2022 by racers and royals Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OveFundinFan 4,137 Posted May 20, 2022 SGP2 Prague, looks like it’s available on Discovery+ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites