DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted September 29, 2015 On the 18th of october Lelystad will stage the Dutch Open championship of 2015. 30 riders have signup sofar:1. Henry van der Steen3. Sjoerd Rozenberg6. Lars Zandvliet11. Buddy Prijs12. Henk Bos16. Kelvin Bos24. Kelly Velda25. Nick Lourens33. Mark Helmhout44. Henk Koonstra45. Anne Spaan46. Sandro Wassermann (DE)47. Geert Bruinsma48. Steven Mauer (DE)49. Dominik Möser (DE)50. Martin Hansen (DK)51. Niclas Nielsen (DK)52. Arslan Fayzulin (RU)53. Onno Rykena (DE)54. Sascha Stumpe (DE)55. Mathias Bartz (DE)56. Kevin Glorie57. Maja Aamund (DK)58. Mark Frimuth (DK)59. Patrik Bjerregaard (DK)60. Jason Jorgensen (DK)61. Ferry Mulder63. Dave Meijerink84. Romano Hummel99. Mika Meijer I think this is awesome that so many riders are interested in racing in The Netherlands, and especially because there is (sadly) no money to pay the riders. The riders will be split in an A and B group. If there are any riders on this forum and fancy a little weekend away please send me a PM asap Lelystad is very close to Amsterdam so perfect to see our capital as well So a perfect season finisher I think Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
customhouseregular 1,651 Posted September 29, 2015 My wife and I and our young (at the time) children holidayed in Lelystad in 1983. Not much there then. The next year we went to Middelharnis which was rather nice. We do have rather a soft spot for the Netherlands and Belgian Flanders. It would be good if this meeting was well supported . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Humphrey Appleby 13,970 Posted September 30, 2015 My wife and I and our young (at the time) children holidayed in Lelystad in 1983. Not much there then. I'm surprised there was anything there in 1983 as Lelystad as only recently been developed into something approaching a town. The Flevopolder is still a pretty dull place though, but luckily quite close to Amsterdam. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
customhouseregular 1,651 Posted September 30, 2015 It was pretty remote although the new town was being built. We had a unit on a holiday park booked through Olau Line, sailing from Sheerness to Vlissingen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Triple.H. 1,988 Posted September 30, 2015 I thought The Hague was the capital or is my brain addled from watching the speedway tonight and the other 2 Manchester teams in the champions league at the same time in the pub Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Humphrey Appleby 13,970 Posted September 30, 2015 I thought The Hague was the capital or is my brain addled from watching the speedway tonight and the other 2 Manchester teams in the champions league at the same time in the pub The Hague is the seat of government, but Amsterdam is the capital. Typical Dutch compromise... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2ndBender 28 Posted October 1, 2015 Still looking for a programme from Lelystad if any kind-hearted forum members are going.......... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted October 15, 2015 This event is sadly cancelled due to the bad weather during the past days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
customhouseregular 1,651 Posted October 15, 2015 This event is sadly cancelled due to the bad weather during the past days. That's a shame...must be some heavy waterlogging though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 21,044 Posted October 16, 2015 That's a shame...must be some heavy waterlogging though. All those tears cried after they didn't make the European Football Finals 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
customhouseregular 1,651 Posted October 16, 2015 Like it iris, like it. I was looking at all the photos of Lelystad on Google images. The place has changed dramatically since i was there in 1983. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted October 17, 2015 The event will be restaged on 08.11.2015 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f-s-p 832 Posted October 17, 2015 The event will be restaged on 08.11.2015 Why not just do it as a Santa Claus Open in Dec! = ) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arnieg 3,662 Posted November 9, 2015 The event will be restaged on 08.11.2015 result: 1 Jason Jorgensen (Den) 15+3+3 2 Theo Pijper 14+3+2 3 Tim Sorensen (Den) 11+2+1 4 Mark Fr. Pedersen (Den) 8+2+0 5 Pascal Swart 12+0 6 Seb. Mortensen(Den) 10+1 7 Romano Hummel 10+1 8 Nick Lourens 9+0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted November 11, 2015 Full results here: http://live.baansportfansite.nl/event/118/onk-speedway-lelystad.html Very well run and positive event. The event was run very quickly (check the times) with some great racing. Very impressed by the group of young Danes that came over. They seem to loved it and will come back in the future, even for just a practice day. The KNMV (Dutch fed) was very happy with it, and we had no complains or whatever from anyone. The Lelystad club has now some new people in the organisation, including me, and we are working hard on getting the speedway back on track. New plans are made and we look forward to 2016 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
