DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted January 10, 2014 (edited) The calendar for the Dutch (and Belgian) speedway meetings has been announced a few days ago. It's not entirely sure what kind of meetings will be raced, but the dates are fixed now. There is a chance that there will be quite a few Dutch Speedway league meetings in 2014 including one in Belgium, but this is all to be confirmed. April 19 - Blijham (NL) - open practice 26 - Heusden-Zolder (BE) - open practice 27 - Heusden-Zolder (BE) - Helzold Speedway ChampionshipMai 17 - Blijham (NL) - DSL, round 1 31 - Veenoord (NL) - DSL, round 2June 09 - Blijham (NL) - International speedway 21 - Heusden-Zolder (BE) - open practice 22 - Heusden-Zolder (BE) - DSL, round 3July06 - Lelystad (NL) - DSL, round 4August 23 - Heusden-Zolder (BE) - open practice 24 - Heusden-Zolder (BE) - Gouden Helm SpeedwaySeptember 27 - Veenoord (NL) - Golden helmetOctober 05 - Lelystad (NL) - Dutch Open Looks pretty promising considering last years disaster (cancellation after cancellation). More info soon! Edited May 2, 2014 by DutchGrasstrack Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted January 13, 2014 Update: 17.05 and 31.05 are now confirmed as the first 2 rounds of the Dutch Speedway League. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bavarian 768 Posted February 22, 2014 Do You know which teams participate? Last year were the Helzold Stars from Belgium, the Veenoord Rams, Blijham Eagles and Groningen Lions. Any changes, or is it the same four ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted March 15, 2014 Yes, four teams will compete. Blijham, Lelystad, Veenoord and Heusden-Zolder. Four meetings in total haven been planned (see above), should be good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Helzoldstar 1 Posted April 1, 2014 On sunday april 27 the SpeedwayClub Helzold opens the Belgian season with the Helzold Speedway Championship. In this race riders of 9 different nations will take part. Line up international class : 1) Randy Oldenziel (NL) 2) Brendan Johnson (GB) 3) Thomas Sörensen (DK) 4) Piotr Dziatkowiak (PL) 5) Patrik Nagy (H) 6) Nick Lourens (NL) 7) Lee Geary (GB) 8) Henry van der Steen (NL) 9) Adrian Gala (PL) 10) Anne Spaan (NL) 11) Roman Cejka (CZ) 12) Michell Hofmann (D) 13) Henk Koonstra (NL) 14) Andriy Kobrin (UA) 15) Xavier Muratet (F) 16) Sjoerd Rozenberg (NL) Line up national class : 17) Willy Kennis ( 18) Maurin Vochteloo (NL) 19) Paul Chester (GB) 20) Alessandro Borgia ( 21) Romano Hummel (NL) 22) Lee Springthorpe (GB) 23) Wim Kennis ( 24) Sjors de Jonge (NL) 25) Kelly Velda (NL) 26) Mike van der Maas (NL) 27) Jez Pestell (GB) 28) Marc Embsen (NL) Saturday april 26 free practice 1-5pm Sunday april 27 official practice 10am, meeting 12.30pm Entrance : € 10, free race program 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Helzoldstar 1 Posted April 18, 2014 Changes in the line-up : 1) Lars Zandvliet replaces Randy Oldenziel (NL) 5) Michal Dudek (CZ) replaces Patrik Nagy (H) 13) Anders Vad (DK) replaces Henk Koonstra (NL) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted May 2, 2014 (edited) The teams have been picked a few days ago Helzoldstars* Jannick de Jong* Randy Oldenziel* Nick Lourens* Maurin VochtelooVeenoord Rams* Dirk Fabriek* Henk Bos* Henk Koonstra* Lars ZandvlietBlijham Eagles* Henry vd Steen* Pascal Swart* Anne Spaan* Mark BeishuizenLelystad Windmills* Thomas Sörensen* Mark Stiekema* Raymon Woortman* Sjoerd Rozenberg Edited May 2, 2014 by DutchGrasstrack Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted May 19, 2014 Round one results: Lelystad 361. Romano Hummel (1,2,x,1,2) 62. Mark Stiekema (2,2,1,2,2) 93. Raymond Woortman (2,2,2,3,2,2) 134. Sjoerd Rozenberg (3,1,0,2,2) 8Heusden-Zolder 351. Mike Trzensiok (0,3,6,3,3,6) 212. Buddy Prijs (0,0,x,1,0) 13. Nick Lourens (1,3,3,1,3) 114. Maurin Vochteloo (0,1,1,0,x) 1Blijham 351. Rafal Fleger (3,x,3,3,3) 122. Pascal Swart (1,3,2,0,1,0) 73. Anne Spaan (3,1,3,x,3) 104. Mark Beishuizen (2,1,x,2,1) 6Veenoord 311. Dirk Fabriek (2,3,2,2,1) 102. Henk Bos (3,2,4,3,1,4) 173. Geert Bruinsma (0,0,1,0,0) 14. Lars Zandvliet (1,0,1,1,0) 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manchesterpaul 447 Posted May 21, 2014 Thanks for the above. Also, i think i'm correct in saying it's your website?, there is a detailed report here http://www.baansportfansite.nl/nieuws/364/prima-overture-dutch-speedway-league-.html Only worrying thing is, there was more than the 8 spectators seen in the seated section wasn't there? I do hope so as there is some fine work going on to get Dutch speedway up and running to a higher level. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted May 21, 2014 Yes this is my website My colleague was there to take the pics and write report because I was in Tampere.The Blijham club made a mess of there promotion of the event = nothing at all. Next round is in Veenoord next weekend, should be a better crowd. Avarages around 1000 every year for a national event. Heusden-Zolder should get a crowd like that as well, Lelystad will be a problem again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted May 23, 2014 Round 1, Blijham, crowd: 250 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted May 31, 2014 LIVE updates from tonight's second round in Veenoord: http://live.baansportfansite.nl/event/58/dutch-speedway-league-veenoord.html START time is around 19:00 local time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted June 2, 2014 Round two results:Helzold Stars 341. Mike Trzensiok (2,3,3,3,F) 112. Randy Oldenziel (2,3,3,3) 113. Nick Lourens (3,1,2,2) 84. Geert Bruinsma (1,1,2,0) 4Veenoord Rams 331. Dirk Fabriek (1,2,3,6,4) 162. Henk Bos (3,0,3,2) 83. Henk Koonstra (2,2,0,1) 54. Lars Zandvliet (2,2,0,0) 4Blijham Eagles 311. Henry van der Steen (3,3,2,6,6) 202. Pascal Swart (1,3,1,1,1) 73. Anne Spaan (1,1,N,N) 24. Mark Beishuizen (0,F,R,0,2) 2Lelystad Windmills 181. Romano Hummel (0,R,1,2,1,N,2) 62. Buddy Prijs (0,1,0,0,0) 13. Raymon Woortman (F,N,N,N) 04. Sjoerd Rozenberg (3,2,1,4,1) 11 Crowd: 600 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted June 10, 2014 Yesterday's international meeting in Blijham was a big success for Dutch speedway. Many people came which resulted that things like programms where sold out. Great meeting as well. 1. Wojciech Lisiecki (3,3,3,3) 122. Mariusz Staszweski (1,3,3,3) 103. Rene Deddens (3,2,3,2) 104. Jannick de Jong (3,3,2,2) 10---5. Marcel Kajzer (0,2,3,3) 86. Patrick Lykke Nielsen (2,3,1,2) 87. Randy Oldenziel (3,1,2,1) 78. Dirk Fabriek (2,2,2,1) 79. Henry van der Steen (1,2,0,3) 610. Danny Maassen (2,1,2,0) 511. Thomas Sorensen (1,0,1,2) 412. Valentin Grobauer (2,0,R,1) 313. Marcin Sekula (R,1,1,0) 214. Pascal Swart (0,1,1,0) 215. Henk Bos (1,0,0,1) 216. Geert Bruinsma (0,0,0,0) 0 Crowd: 1000 More info: http://www.baansportfansite.nl/nieuws/378/succesvolle-pinksterspeedway-in-blijham-.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
engineman 8 Posted June 21, 2014 Can anyone tell me if Nynke de Jong is still racing? The website is no. longer working. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites