Ghostwalker 1,859 Posted March 21, 2020 No decision yet on how to handle the Covid-19 situation except that there won't be meetings run without spectators. Problems mentioned are also quarantine of riders / people that traveöl between countries. A rider cannot go ride in different countries if they have to spend a week in quarantine each time. https://www.elitspeedway.com/artikel/p8omak806-21mi1/ess-vi-kommer-inte-att-kora-utan-publik Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghostwalker 1,859 Posted March 24, 2020 There might be an announcements on Thursday on how the clubs aim to handle the Covid-19 situation. https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=86&artikel=7437052 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghostwalker 1,859 Posted March 26, 2020 The Swedish elitserien teams have decided to postpone the start of the season to 2 June (4 weeks) . There will be no quarter finals either. Other changes are an increase of number of transfer cards from 3 to 7 and the average floor limit has been powered to 8.000 from 8.500. https://www.elitspeedway.com/artikel/lfxwak87i-21mi1/framflyttad-sasongsstart-och-nya-regler-i-bauhaus-ligan-i-speedway 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghostwalker 1,859 Posted March 31, 2020 Svemo have issued a ban from riders from other countries coming to Sweden to participate in activities (mainly motocross). Apparently riders from Denmark have ignored the travel ban and travelled to Sweden to participate in activities. The same goes for Swedish riders who are not allowed to leave the country to participate in activities in other countries. https://www.svemo.se/Nyheter/forbundsnyheter/forbudforforarefrandanmarkochovrigalanderattdeltaiverksamhetisverige?fbclid=IwAR3PearbbqBwURBRkUU3pWQW8lqiy3yw8slJLetdG7PO9bUrfhbWxgEi9aU#.XoMmZhTIPQo.facebook Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smederna 8 Posted April 1, 2020 20 hours ago, Ghostwalker said: Svemo have issued a ban from riders from other countries coming to Sweden to participate in activities (mainly motocross). Apparently riders from Denmark have ignored the travel ban and travelled to Sweden to participate in activities. The same goes for Swedish riders who are not allowed to leave the country to participate in activities in other countries. https://www.svemo.se/Nyheter/forbundsnyheter/forbudforforarefrandanmarkochovrigalanderattdeltaiverksamhetisverige?fbclid=IwAR3PearbbqBwURBRkUU3pWQW8lqiy3yw8slJLetdG7PO9bUrfhbWxgEi9aU#.XoMmZhTIPQo.facebook I get the feeling there won’t be any Speedway this season. But what can one do, safety first! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghostwalker 1,859 Posted April 1, 2020 New decision today. All competive motorcycle sport (governed by Svemo) is cancelled until further notice. Training and membership/board meetings are still allowed though. https://www.svemo.se/Nyheter/forbundsnyheter/nyttbeslutfransvemosstyrelseomattalltavlingsverksamhetinomsvemostallsin?fbclid=IwAR1VwMyM94rowSuDtH1xHCgRk60-D_cyzPTqCzWEAAByfogr5ledNmsq5nA#.XoSgVN4rbX8.facebook Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghostwalker 1,859 Posted April 21, 2020 Quote Additional starting options for the Swedish speedway elite league – BAUHAUS-league The Swedish elite speedway clubs association, Elite Speedway Sweden (ESS) have already announced that the BAUHAUS-league will be delayed due to the Corona pandemic. Previously, alternatives have been presented for different start dates in June. Now the clubs have worked out even more alternatives for a later start as well. ...... At the end of March, ESS communicated different launch dates in June for the Swedish elite league, depending on the restrictions that Covid-19 imposes. For more opportunities to carry out the season, the elite clubs together have discussed additional options and come up with several different possible solutions with start dates until August 11th. https://www.elitspeedway.com/artikel/to8iak99k-21mi1/fler-startalternativ-for-bauhaus-ligan scroll down for English version. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
craigACE 91 Posted April 22, 2020 When the season gets underway, WHEN. Will it be on Freesports again ?. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghostwalker 1,859 Posted May 7, 2020 (edited) Antonio Lindbäck have broken his contract with Masarna (to circumvent starting permit ban for Poland). https://www.masarna.nu/artikel/5tydak9wg-33661/antonio-lindback-bryter-sitt-kontrakt-med-masarna https://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/8243/lindbacks-masarna-deal-terminated Edited May 7, 2020 by Ghostwalker Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghostwalker 1,859 Posted May 9, 2020 According to Dackarna's chairman Thomas Karlsson Elitserien will not start on 2 June. The clubs will have a new meeting on Monday and a new decisions or an announcement is expected on Tuesday or Wednesday. Thomas say he expects that there won't be any speedway in Sweden for entire June. https://vimmerbytidning.se/nyheter/artikel/da-kommer-det-nytt-besked-om-speedwaysasongen/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghostwalker 1,859 Posted May 13, 2020 (edited) Jerker Eriksson is sceptic about Swedish Elitserien resuming this year. He also says that in his opinion Swedish speedway shouldn't push too hard about restarting. He says that people's health is the most important and that many people have lost their jobs. https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/7472645 Edited May 13, 2020 by Ghostwalker 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghostwalker 1,859 Posted May 15, 2020 No elite speedway in June and postponed indefinitely. https://www.elitspeedway.com/artikel/n26gaka6u-21mi1/inga-speedwaymatcher-i-bauhaus-ligan-under-juni-manad 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f-s-p 832 Posted May 26, 2020 Arendal? was Kaparna’s hometrack in Göteborg. Has it been built over? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,737 Posted May 26, 2020 1 hour ago, f-s-p said: Arendal? was Kaparna’s hometrack in Göteborg. Has it been built over? Not sure what has happened to it, but i visited the arena once when i was in Sweden but didn`t see a match.- Google translation. Arendalsbanan is a speedway arena located in Arendal on Hisingen in Gothenburg. The Arendalsbanan used to be the Kaparnas home course. The arena has a length of 336 meters, a width of 12.5 meters, a radius of radius of 30 meters and a curve width of 17.5 meters. The audience record is 5,940 spectators and was set on September 24, 2002 in a match between Kaparna and Rospiggarna. The track record 60.1 was set by Tony Rickardsson for Masarna on September 24, 2004. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f-s-p 832 Posted May 26, 2020 4 hours ago, racers and royals said: Not sure what has happened to it, but i visited the arena once when i was in Sweden but didn`t see a match.- Google translation. Arendalsbanan is a speedway arena located in Arendal on Hisingen in Gothenburg. The Arendalsbanan used to be the Kaparnas home course. The arena has a length of 336 meters, a width of 12.5 meters, a radius of radius of 30 meters and a curve width of 17.5 meters. The audience record is 5,940 spectators and was set on September 24, 2002 in a match between Kaparna and Rospiggarna. The track record 60.1 was set by Tony Rickardsson for Masarna on September 24, 2004. There was some plans and controversy around it. Säve (the new track) did not happen and would be pretty typical that after a decade Arendal is still there un-used. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites