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RUSSIAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL, VYATSKIE POLYANY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY JANUARY 20/21 Nikita Bogdanov (Ufa) 27.5 (14+13.5) Nikita Tarasov (Kamensk Ural) 26.5 (13+13.5) Dmitri Solyannikov (Kamensk Ural) 26 (14+12) Evgenei Saydullin (Togliatti) 25 (12+13) Ivan Khuzhin (Kamensk Ural) 19 (9+10) Herman Khanmurzin (Salavat) 18 (9+9) Vadim Svinukhov (Togliatti) 17 (10+7) Alexander Kozyrev (Kamensk Ural)16 (9+7) Nikita Shadrin (Ufa) 14 (5+9) Dmitri Borodin (Shadrinsk) 11 (5+6) Ivan Volkov (Glazov) 11 (5+6) Dmitri Strelkov (Kamensk Ural) 11 (4+7) Danil Lushnikov (Saransk) 6 (4+2) Dmitri Zverev (Shadrinsk) 5 (4+1) Elisey Vydrin (Ufa) 3 (1+2) Artem Afanasyev (Ufa) 3 (2+1) Turns out this was the final, and not the Semi after all.

Thanks for that, I was using Google Translate. I have corrected it.

If you are planning to go, avoid buying tickets on Kurve 2, as unless you take a pair of binoculars, you are some distance from the track.

RUSSIAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL, VYATSKIE POLYANY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY JANUARY 20/21 DAY 1 RESULT: Nikita Bogdanov (Ufa) 14 Dmitri Solyannikov (Kamensk Ural) 14 Nikita Tarasov (Kamensk Ural) 13 Evgenei Saydullin (Togliatti) 12 Vadim Svinukhov (Togliatti) 10 Herman Khanmurzin (Salavat) 9 Ivan Khuzhin (Kamensk Ural) 9 Alexander Kozyrev (Kamensk Ural) 9 Nikita Shadrin (Ufa) 5 Ivan Volkov (Glazov) 5 Dmitri Borodin (Shadrinsk) 5 Dmitri Strelkov (Kamensk Ural) 4 Danil Lushnikov (Saransk) 4 Dmitri Zverev (Shadrinsk) 4 Artem Afanasyev (Ufa) 2 Elisey Vydrin (Ufa) 1 I understand there may have been a live feed for the match on YouTube. If its there tomorrow, I'll post the link.

CUP OF RUSSIA, Final 1, Yugorsk, Tuesday 16th January 2018 Igor Kononov (Togliatti) 28 (15+13), Nikita Toloknov (Togliatti) 23 (10+13), Vasilli Nesytyh (Kamensk-Ural) 22 (9+13), Evgeni Sharov (Kamensk-Ural) 22 (10+12), Dmitri Solyannikov (Kamensk-Ural) 21 (11+10), Eduard Krysov (Vyatskieye Polyany) 20 (10+20), Andrei Shishegov (Ufa) 19 (8+11), Igor Saydullin (Samara) 17 (11+6), Mikhail Litvinov (Togliatti) 13 (7+6), Evgenei Saydullin (Togliatti) 13 (9+4) , Nikita Tarasov (Kamensk-Ural) 11 (4+7), Artem Akulov (Shadrinsk) 11 (5+6), Vadim Svinukhov (Togliatti) 7 (5+2), , Konstantin Kolenkin (Shadrinsk) 4 (3+1), Herman Khanmurzin (Salavat) 3 (0+3), Vladimir Bobin (Kamensk-Ural) 3 (1+2) 2nd Round today, caught the last few heats on YouTube more by luck than judgement. Looked like some good racing.

CUP OF RUSSIA, Round 1, Yugorsk, Monday 15th January 2018 Igor Kononov (Togliatti) 15, Dmitri Solyannikov (Kamensk-Ural) 11, Igor Saydullin (Samara) 11, Eduard Krysov (Vyatskieye Polyany) 10, Evgenei Sharov (Kamensk-Ural) 10, Nikita Toloknov (Togliatti) 10, Evgenei Saydullin (Togliatti) 9, Vasilli Nesytyh (Kamensk-Ural) 9 Andrei Shishegov (Ufa) 8, Mikhail Litvinov (Togliatti) 7, Artem Akulov (Shadrinsk) 5, Vadim Svinukhov (Togliatti) 5, , Nikita Tarasov (Kamensk-Ural) 4, Konstantin Kolenkin (Shadrinsk) 3, Vladimir Bobin (Kamensk-Ural) 1, Herman Khanmurzin (Salavat) 0 Round 2 is tomorrow, but it's not being shown live, unless you are able to follow it on Periscope.

I'd say, he's very unassuming.

Bauer going to throw his toys out of the Pram if he doesn't get a WC?

Iwema certainly impressed last year in Heerenveen, and yes a Wild Card would be good for him. I would suggest that the series Wild cards should be Iwema and Stefan Svensson as both finished 7th on 9, although I think Bauer may try to claim a place on his past record. On the plus side, EisHans and Martin Haarahiltunen qualifying is good. (mind you I'm glad I use Photo Mechanic for captioning my pics as I can't even pronouce Haarahiltunen's name, let alone keep spelling it!)

FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship 13.1.18 QR1 Yiltornio, Finland 1 Sergei Karachintsev (Rus) (3 3 3 3 2) 14 2 Dinar Valeev (Rus) (3 3 3 3 1) 13 3 Ove Ledstrom (Swe) (2 2 2 3 3) 12 4 Martin Haarahiltunen (Swe) (3 3 F 2 3) 11 5 Jan Klatovský (CzR) ( 2 3 Fd 3 3) 11 6 Harald Simon (Aut) (3 2 3 1 2) 11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Jasper Iwema (NL) (2 2 1 1 3 ) 9 8 Stefan Pletschacher (D) ( 2 2 2 2 1) 9 9 Max Niedermaier (D) (1 1 1 2 2) 7 10 Tobias Busch (D) (1 1 3 R 1) 6 11 Matti Isoaho (Fin) ( R 0 2 1 2) 5 12 Bart Schaap (NL) (1 1 1 2 0) 5 13 Timo Kankkunen (Fin) (0 1 2 1 0) 4 14 Jo Saetre (Nor) (1 0 0 0 1) 2 15 Mikko Mäkinen (Fin) (1) 1 16 Claude Gadeyne (Bel) (0 0 0 0 N) 0 17 Andrew Barrett (Aus) ( T R T 0 0) 0 18 Rami Systä (Fin) (0 0 ) 0 (Result from http://baansportfansite.nl) QR2 Ornskoldsvik, Sweden 1 Dmitri Khomitsevich (Rus) 15 2 Daniil Ivanov (Rus) 14 3 Frank Zorn (Aut) 13 4 Niclas Svensson (Swe) 11 5 Johann Weber (D) 11 6 Jimmy Olsén (Swe) 9+3 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 Stefan Svensson (Swe) 9+d 8 Günther Bauer (D) 9+R 9 Charly Ebner (Aut) 6 10 Josef Kreuzberger (Aut) 6 11 Simon Reitsma (NL) 4 12 Jussi Nyrönen (Fin) 4 13 Andrej Diviš (CzR 4 14 Lukáš Hutla (CzR) 3 15 Luca Bauer (D) 2 16 Tomi Kirilov (Fin) 0 FIM Result

He'll probably scowl at everyone. Oh hang on that's his normal expression!

Russian Final Round 4, Saturday Januray 6th, Kamensk Ural Koltakov (2, 3, 3, 3, 3) 14 Ivanov (1, 3, 3, 2, 3) 12 Khomitsevich (d, 3, 3, 3, 2) 11 Kononov (3, 2, 1, 2, 3) 11 Nesytyh (3, 3, 2, 1, 2) 11 Karachintsev (3, 1, 3, Fd, 3) 10 Shishegov (2, 2, 2, 2, 1) 9 Valeev (1, R, 2, 3, 2) 8 Toloknov (2, 2, 0, 1, 2) 7 Sharov (0, 1, 1, 3, 1) 6 Shadrin (3, 0, 1, 0, 1) 5 Solyannikov (1, 1, 1, 1, 0) 4 Litvinov (0, 2, 0, 0, 1) 3 Makharov (1, d, 2, d, R) 3 Tarasov (2, R) 2 Eduard Krysov (2) 2 Bobin (0, 0, 0, 0, Fd) 0 Evgeny Saidullin (d, 0) 0 No run off for 3rd,4th & 5th, awarded on Countback Overall: Koltakov 55 Ivanov 47 Khomitsevich 46 Valeev 43 Karachintsev 42 Kononov 42 Nesytyh 33 Sharov 32 Toloknov 27 Shishegov 24 Solyannikov 22 Shadrin 17 Makarov 16 Tarasov 13 Litvinov 10 Bobin 3 Krysov 2 Saidullin 0 Koltakov is seeded to the Ice Speedway Gladiators as defending Champion, so the next 4 are nominated as Russia's representitives in the Qualifiers. There was a run off between Karchintsev and Kononov, where Kononov crashed, and was excluded. Karachintsev is now in the ISG, whilst Kononov should be the nomination for the European Championship along with the winner of the U-21 Championship.

RUSSIAN FINAL ROUND 3, Kamensk Ural Friday January 5 1 Dmitri Koltakov (3 3 3 3 3) 15 2 Daniil Ivanov (3 3 3 1 3) 13 3 Dmitri Khomitsevich (2 3 3 2 3) 13 4 Igor Kononov (d 3 2 3 2) 10 5 Vasili Nesytyh (1 2 2 2 3) 10 6 Dinar Valeev (2 1 3 3 Fd) 9 7 Sergei Karachintsev (3 d 2 2 2) 9 8 Dmitri Solyannikov (3 1 1 1 1) 7 9 Evgeny Sharov (0 2 2 2 1) 7 10 Andrei Shishegov (2 0 1 1 2) 6 11 Nikita Toloknov (1 Fd 0 3 1) 5 12 Nikita Shadrin (0 2 1 0 1) 4 13 Sergei Makarov (1 d 1 0 2) 4 14 Nikita Tarasov (2 0 0 1 0) 3 15 Vladimir Bobin (0 2 0 0 0) 2 16 Mikhail Litvinov (1 d 0 d 0 ) 1 There should have been a run off for second, but they didn't run it. Danil Ivanov gained second on Countback Overall (After 3 Rounds) Koltakov 41 Khomitsevich 35 Ivanov 35 Valeev 35 Karachintsev 32 Kononov 31 Sharov 26 Nesytyh 22 Toloknov 20 Solyannikov 18 Shishegov 15 Makarov 13 Shadrin 12 Tarasov 11 Litvinov 7 Bobin 3 The final round is at 8am GMT Saturday, and it will be live on YouTube. I'll post a link when I get it

Link to watch this morning’s racing: https://youtu.be/YJTP1G_dSQ4

Russian Final Rounds 3 & 4, Kamensk Ural January 5/6 Draw: 1 Nikita Shadrin 2 Andrey Shishegov 3 Dmitry Koltakov 4 Sergey Makharov 5 Dmitry Khomitsevich 6 Evgeny Sharov 7 Vasily Nesytyh 8 Sergey Karachintsev 9 Nikita Toloknov 10 Daniil Ivanov 11 Dinar Valeev 12 Igor Kononov 13 Mikhail Litvinov 14 Dmitry Solyannikov 15 Nikita Tarasov 16 Vladimir Bobin R17 Evgeny Saydullin R18 Eduard Krysov The final starts at 8am GMT on Friday and Saturday, and I'm hoping Kamesk Ural will have a live feed both days. Soon as I know any links I'll post them here. If you aren't able to watch it, then you can follow DutchGrassTrack's updates for Friday here: https://live.baansportfansite.nl/event/261/russisch-kampioenschap-ijsspeedway-ronde-3-kamensk-uralsky.html and Saturday here: https://live.baansportfansite.nl/event/262/russisch-kampioenschap-ijsspeedway-ronde-4-kamensk-uralsky.html With Koltakov seeded to the Ice Speedway Gladiators series as defending champion, the battle is on for the remaining qualifying places. Should be a good couple of meetings, and as I'm only snapping at Chorley v Harrogate Town on Saturday, I should be able to watch all of Saturday's coverage!

Russian Final 2. Togliatti 30.12.17 Kononov 3,3,3,3,2 14 Koltakov 2,2,3,3,3 13 Karachintsev 2,3,3,3,2 13 Valeev 1,3,3,2,3 12 Khomitsevich 3,1,2,2,3 11 Sharov 3,2,2,2,1 10 Ivanov 3,1,1,3,1 9 Toloknov 2,2,2,1,2 9 Nesytyh 2,3,1,0,0 6 Shishegov 1,0,2,2,d 5 Solyannikov 0,0,1,0,3 4 Makharov 0,2,0,d,2 4 Tarasov 1,1,F,1,1 4 Shadrin 1,Fd,1,1,0 3 Litvinov 0,1,0,0,1 2 Bobin 0,0,0,1,0 1 Koltakov was declared second on countback as the run off was cancelled due to the poor Ice condition OVERALL (after 2 rounds) Koltakov 26 Valeev 26 Karachintsev 23 Khomitsevich 22 Ivanov 22 Kononov 21 Sharov 19 Toloknov 15 Nesytyh 12 Solyannikov 11 Shishegov 9 Makharov 9 Tarasov 8 Shadrin 8 Litvinov 6 Bobin 1 Final 3 & 4 are on Friday and Saturday 5th/6th January 2018 at Kamensk Ural. I had to stop watching after heat 12, so many thanks to DutchGrassTrack's website for the full results.

Russian Final 2 starts 11.00 GMT

Russian Final 1. Togliatti 29.12.17 Dinar Valeev (3,3,3,3,2) 14 Dmitri Koltakov (3,1,3,3,3) 13+3 Danil Ivanov (3,3,1,3,3) 13+2 Dmitri Khomitsevich (2,2,1,3,3) 11 Sergei Karachintsev (2,3,3,d,2) 10 Evgeni Sharov (3,3,2,f,1) 9 Igor Kononov (1,0,2,2,2) 7 Dmitri Solyannikov (2,2,1,1,1) 7 Vasilli Nesytyh (2,0,0,1,3) 6 Nikita Toloknov (1,1,1,2,1) 6 Nikita Shadrin (0,1,0,2,2) 5 Sergei Makharov (1,2,2,ef,0) 5 Nikita Tarasov (0,0,3,FD,1) 4 Mikhail Litvinov (0,2,FD, 2,0) 4 Andrei Shishegov (1,1,2,0,0) 4 Vladimir Bobin (0,0,0,0,0) 0 Not the best meeting I've ever watched, but see if they run tomorrow. There are the other two rounds at Kamensk Ural next weekend first, but Valeev was doing well this week

Russian Final 1 from Togliatti on this link now. Starts at 14.00hrs GMT

RUSSIAN INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 1 & 2, TOGLIATTI, Friday 29th & Saturday 30th December 1. Dmitry Koltakov 2. Nikita Shadrin 3. Nikita Toloknov 4. Sergei Karachintsev 5. Daniel Ivanov 6. Michael Litvinov 7. Basil Nesytyh 8. Andrei Shishegov 9. Nikita Tarasov 10 Yevgeny Sharov 11. Dmitri Solyannikov 12. Igor Kononov 13. Dmitri Khomitsevich 14. Vladimir Bobin 15. Dinar Valeev 16. 17. Evgeny Saydullin 18. Edward Krysov 19. Sergey Makharov No.16 will be decided after practice by a match race between the three 6th places riders. The winner will take the Final spot, whilst the other two will be reserves. In previous years the Final has been shown live on Mega Lada's YouTube Channel, and they are plugging the meeting there, so I think they will be showing it. Russian Forum says the Friday meeting starts at 1700hrs Moscow Time (UK 1400hrs), Saturday at 1300hrs (UK 1000hrs) If I don't post the link I'm sure someone will. Should be a good meeting.

RUSSIAN INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI FINALS SATURDAY 23RD & SUNDAY 24TH DECEMBER 2017 SEMI FINAL 1 - SHADRINSK Dmitri Koltakov 29 (14+15), Sergei Karachintsev 28 (14+14), Vasilli Nesytyh 24+3 (12+12), Evgeny Sharov 24+2 (12+12), Dmitri Khomitsevich 22 (13+9) --------------------------------------------------------- Evgeny Saydullin 19 (10+9), Igor Saydullin 16 (9+7), Konstantin Kolenkin 16 (8+8), Artem Akulov 14 (4+10), Ivan Khuzhin 13 (6+7), Yuri Oleynik 12 (5+7), Rustam Akumbaev 9 (6+3), Dmitri Borodin 6 (3+3), Anatoli Maslov 4 (2+2), Viktor Yaroslavtsev 3 (2+1), Evgeny Maksimov 1 (0+1) SEMI FINAL 2 UFA Andrei Shishegov 29 (14+15), Danil Ivanov 27 (15+12), Dmitri Solyannikov 25 (12+13), Vladimir Bobin 23 (11+12), Nikita Shadrin 21 (11+10) ---------------------------------------------------- Sergei Makharov 20 (11+9), Herman Khanmurzin 16 (8+8), Nikita Bogdanov 15 (6+9), Vadim Svinukhov 14 (8+6), Evgeny Urakov 11 (7+4), Andrei Zhdanov 10 (5+5), Eilsey Vydrin 10 (4+6), Alexander Moskovo 8 (3+5), Artem Afanasyev 4 (2+2), Vyacheslav Rogozhin (Res) 3 (DNR+3), Nikita Pavov 2 (2+0), Nikita Makharov 1 (1+0) SEMI FINAL 3 NEFTEKAMSK Dinar Valeev 29 (14+15), Igor Kononov 28 (14+14), Nikita Tarasov 24 (13+11), Mikhail Litvinov 23 (11+12), Nikita Toloknov 23 (13+10), ------------------------------------------------------ Eduard Krysov 20 (10+10), Alexei Ivanov 17 (8+9), Dmitri Bulankin 17 (7+10), Maksim Karpuhin 12 (9+3), Maksim Masilov 12 (6+6), Ivan Volkov 8 (2+6), Anton Sozykin 8 (4+4), Alexander Kozyrev 7 (5+2), Dmitri Strelkov 7 (1+6), Vladimir Bashmakov 3 (2+1), Danil Lushnikov 2 (1+1) Final 1 & 2 will be held at Togliatti on Friday 29th & Saturday 30th December Finals 3 & 4 to be held at Kamensk Ural on Friday 5th & Saturday 6th January 2018.

Great heat 17 today, when Toloknov battled with the Ufa riders. Lost it on the final turn when he spun out, gifting a 5-1 to Ufa. Once they drew Heat 19, Ufa were winners, but I bet Toloknov is kicking himself allowing Ufa to win. Despite it being basic coverage, it was a brilliant picture and no breaks in transmission.

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Its tells you something about Global Warming when even the Russians are having mild weather in November but they have had to put December's fixtures back a week so they can try to build the tracks. Training will start on 4th December to 13th December, at Kumertau The first Round of the Super League will be at Kamensk Ural 16-17.12.17 Russian Championship Semi Finals at Shadrinsk, Ufa and Neftekamsk are 23-24.12.17 Russian Championship Final 1 at Togliatti is now 29-30.12.17 The FIM Dates are confirmed: 13 January FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators Qualifying Round 1 Ylitornio Finland 13 January FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators Qualifying Round 2 Örnsköldvsik Sweden FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship 03-04 February FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators Final 1 Astana, Kazakhstan 17-18 February FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators Final 2 Togliatti, Russia 03-04 March FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators Final 3 Berlin, Germany 17-18 March FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators Final 4 Inzell, Germany 07-08 April FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators Final 5 Heerenveen, Netherlands FIM Team Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship 10-11 February FIM Team Ice Speedway Gladiators Shadrinsk, Russia

I was speaking to Roger Newton at Buxton before the end of the speedway season. Provisionally he intends to go to practice in Sweden, however this all depends on some family matters, which could change his plans. I believe Rob Irvine will be riding again, although I haven't spoken to him for a while. He rode in Switzerland and at Heerenveen last season. As for anyone else, its a case of wait and see. If a couple of the ex-motocross lads who have dabbled in speedway had a go, I think they may do well, as many of the Russians are motocrossers during the summer. It would be interesting to see them have a crack on the ice. I did jokingly say to Aiden Collins he should have a go on the Ice. He'd love to have a try, but the cost puts him, and I suspect a lot of potential riders, off. As for your other question, I don't have any information about that.