Ghostwalker

it is a correct assumption that the attendance is not enough to finance any of the teams. However Vetlanda have a big title sponsor which puts allot of money into Vetlanda. The latest TV-deal did not bring that much money to the teams but they only have themselves to blame for that.

I've emailed both Tony Olsson (Svemo) and Cmore. Tony replied that he didn't know and that the rights were owned by a different company. C-more haven't replied yet. I would guess that Svemo sold the rights to company X who then re-sells the rights for the international market to any company that is interested, So I think that we'll just have to wait and see.

I guess this also depends on how the rights agreement is set up, Perhaps some original rights holder might have it put into the contract that the buyer needs to broadcast a certain amount of meetings for the agreement to be valid.

Have any of you actually asked Eurosport about the matter?

It has been announced today that Hammarby will be allowed to stay in Allsvenskan, however this is not unconditional. Svemo have decided that Hammarby's future in the Swedish Speedway leagues system will be conditional of a control program which have been put together by Svemo. http://www.svemo.se/sv/Grenar/Speedway/Nyheter/HammarbySpeedway2014/ Also all 2014 league fixtures are now available in Svemo's race calendar: http://www.svemo.se/sv/Grenar/Speedway/Tavling/Tavlingskalender/

Swedish Individual Championship will be held at Svanstabanan in Nyköping at September 5th-6th. The big final will be on Friday evening with the USM (80cc) and JSM (U21) finals will be held on Saturday. http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/speedway/nykoping-vard-till-sm-helgen/ Also see this post: http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=67537&p=2028602

Do you know what riders that we could expect to see?

There will be a Finnish team called Team Finland in Swedish Div1 this season. They will have their home meetings at Svanstabanan in Nyköping. http://www.svemo.se/sv/Grenar/Speedway/Nyheter/Ettfinsktlagisvenskaserien/ http://sverigesradio.se/sida/gruppsida.aspx?programid=179&grupp=7514&artikel=5764717

Daniel Henderson have been given a spot at the European Championship final: http://www.smederna.nu/?page=news&newsid=2861

Updated with the rest of the Allsvenskan squads, Allsvenskan fixtures and Div1 teams.

Uncertain. It's a long story, too long to write here and now but in general terms it's about that they have struggled financially from day 1.

An article about Smederna's supporter group: http://www.smederna.nu/?page=news&newsid=2857

Agreed. Anyway official information will be released on Thursday, https://twitter.com/JKonikiewicz/status/424527159894355968

Smederna have been asked but no decision have been taken yet. http://www.smederna.nu/?page=news&newsid=2855 (2nd half of the article).

Santa Cup in Gävle have been cancelled due to the warm weather that have melted the ice. http://www.racemagazine.se/gavle-staller-in-santa-cup/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Daniel Henderson takes the last remaining position among the Elitserien teams, as a guest rider for Smederna. This means that the young very talented rider Mattias Thörnblom will be without an Elitserien team position for next year.

How do you know that they tell you the truth? It's hardly something they would admit is it?

I know this is what they tell you but honestly I don't believe them because BSI are the promoter of the GP series and it lies within the interest which riders that are in "their" GP-series. Although it might be FIM that runs the qualification officially I am pretty sure that BSI have some influence on the matter.

I read that Jurica Pavlic and his girlfriend became parents again today when his girlfriend gave birth to their second daughter.

This have been reported before by Iris123: http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=72610&page=29&&do=findComment&comment=2336906

JT, you can contact buczek via twitter: https://twitter.com/buczekspeed

FIM/FIm-Europe have officially withdrawn the threats and attempts to ban SGP riders in the SEC. They cite that it would be against the rights of the Europeans Union. http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/sgp/fim-drar-tillbaka-blockaden-av-forare/

It seems that things are a bit clearer now. Announcement by Svemo regarding teams and the series below Allsvenskan: http://www.svemo.se/sv/Grenar/Speedway/Nyheter/Speedwayserierna2014/ http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/vetlanda/elit-b-division-1-ungdom-lagen-2014/ According to http://speedwaymedia.speedwaymedia.se/#post815 fixtures for those series will be announced in January. Div1U and Div2 U is 80cc series,

actually i have gotten the impression that Zagar's withdrawal came several days earlier then Thursday but that it was not announced until the last minute.

I emailed Tony Olsson, who is the highest person in charge in Swedish speedway, but he couldn't give my any info at all about the Div1 and Elit-B fixtures. The only info he could give me was that they will release the fixtures as soon as they have been finalized.