Conkers

RUSSIAN INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 2, SHADRINSK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7TH & SUNDAY, JANUARY 8TH 2017 ROUND 3, SATURDAY Igor Kononov 15, Dmitri Koltakov 14, Dmitri Khomitsevich 12, Eduard Krysov 12, Vasilli Nesytyh 11, Andrei Ivanov 8, Vladimir Bobin 8, Dmitri Bulankin 7, Andrei Shishegov 7, Sergei Makharov 6, Mikhail Litvinov 4, Evgeny Sharov 4, Nikita Toloknov 3, Igor Saydullin 3, Maxim Korchemakha 2, Artem Akulov 2, Yuri Oleynik (Reserve) 0 ROUND 4, SUNDAY Koltakov 15, Kononov 13, Khomitsevich 13, Nesytyh 10, Toloknov 10, Krysov 10, Bobin 8, Makharov 7, Bulankin 7, A. Ivanov 6, Sharov 5, Litvinov 3, Akulov (Reserve) 3, Oleynik 2, Korchemakha 0, I. Saydullin DNR FINAL STANDINGS (Best Three Scores count, actual score in brackets) Koltakov 43+3 (57), Kononov 43+2 (56), Khomitsevich 40 (52), Krysov 31 (39), Nesytyh 29 (33), Dinar Valeev 24 (2 rounds only), Danil Ivanov 21 (2 rounds only), Shishegov 21 (27), Bulankin 21 (22), Toloknov 21 (24), Bobin 19 (22), I. Saydullin 19 (19), A. Ivanov 18 (21), Makharov 17 (21), Korchemakha 9 (9), Sharov 9 (2 rounds only), Litvinov 8 (9), Akulov 5 (2 Rounds only), Chichkov 3 (1 round only), Oleynik 2 (2 Rounds only), E. Saydullin 1 (2 rounds only)

ICE SPEEDWAY GLADIATORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QR 1, Ylitornio, Finland, Saturday 7.1.17 Danil Ivanov (Russia) 12+3 (3,3,3,3,d) Max Niedermaier (Germany) 12+2 (2,2,2,3,3) Dinar Valeev (Russia) 11+3 (d,3.3.2.3) Jan Klatovsky (Czech Rep) 11+2 (3,2,2,2,2) Stefan Pletschacher 10+3 (2,2,3,2,1) Stefan Svensson (Sweden) 10+2 (3,1,1,3,2) --------------------------------------------------------------- Harald Simon (Austria) 10+1 (3,3,d.2,2) Niclas Svensson 9 (d,3,d,3,3) Charly Ebner 8 (2,1,0,2,3) Josef Kreuzberger (Austria) 5 (2,1,0,1,1) Tomi Tani (Finland) 5 (R,2,1,1,1) Matti Isoha (Finland) 4 (1,0,3,0,N) Jan Klauz (Czech Rep) 4 (1,0,2,1,0) Tobias Busch (Germany) 4 (1,1,1,1,0) Tomi Norola (Finland) (Res) 2 (0,2) Miko Ronkainen (Finland) 2 (1,0,1,N,N) Rami Systa (Finland) (res) 1 (0,1) Jussi Nyronen (Finland) 0 (d, 0,0,0,N) Top 6 go through to ISG Series. Simon and Niclas Svensson now sweating on a wild card place? Thanks to Jesper (Dutch Grass Track) and his http://baansportfansite.nl live updates for the results. QR2 is next Saturday (14.1.) in Stromsund, Sweden.

I have tried to find a video link for the Russian Final 2 in Shadrinsk this weekend, but they don't appear to have one. However if you have access to Periscope, some fans plan to use that. There doesn't appear to be a link for that but if you have periscope and know how to use it (which I don't) then the final can be found there. If anyone else finds a link, please post it.

RUSSIAN INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 1, TOGLIATTI, SATURDAY DECEMBER 24 & SUNDAY DECEMBER 25 RESULTS: ROUND 1, SATURDAY Dmitri Koltakov (Yaroslavl) 14+3, Igor Kononov (Togliatti) 14+2, Dmitri Khomitsevich (Kamensk Ural) 14+1, Dinar Valeev (Kamensk Ural) 12, Eduard Krysov (Yaroslavl) 9, Danil Ivanov (Togliatti) 8, Nikita Toloknov (Togliatti) 8, Igor Saydullin (Togliatti) 8, Andrei Shishegov (Sterlitamak) 7, Maxim Korchemakha (Novosibirsk) 5, Sergei Makharov (Lukhovitsy) 4, Vasilli Nesytyh (Kamensk Ural) 4, Alexei Ivanov (Sterlitamak) 3, Vladimir Bobin (Kamensk Ural) 3 , Ivan Chichkov (Ufa) 3, Dmitri Bulankin (Neftekamsk) 1, Mikhail Litvinov (Reserve)(Togliatti) 1, Evgeny Saydullin (Reserve)(Togliatti) 0 ROUND 2, SUNDAY Kononov 14+3, Koltakov 14+2, D. Ivanov 13, Valeev 12, Khomitsevich 12, Krysov 8, Nesytyh 8, I. Saydullin 8, Bulankin 7, Shishegov 6, A. Ivanov 4, Makharov 4, Toloknov 3, Bobin 3, Korchemakha 2, Litvinov 1, E. Saydullin 1, Chichkov DNR, STANDINGS (After 2 Rounds): ( * = Wild Card) Koltakov 28, Kononov 28, Khomitsevich 26, Valeev 24, D. Ivanov 21, Krysov 17, I. Saydullin 16*, Shishegov 13, Nesytyh 12, Toloknov 11, Makharov 8, Bulankin 8, Korchemakha 7, A.Ivanov 7, Bobin 6, Chichkov 3, Litvinov 1, E. Saydullin 1. Next rounds 7th/8th January 2017 at Shadrinsk

The first day of the Russian Individual Championship Final 1 is live on You Tube on 24.12.16. Takes place at 15.00hrs Moscow Time which is around noon here. If you need the link it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmsZVU6egKM&feature=youtu.be and there is a countdown timer in case you tune in early.

RUSSIAN INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI FINALS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16 & SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17 Semi Final 1 - Shadrinsk Dmitri Koltakov 30 (15 + 15), Igor Kononov 28 (14+14) Nikita Toloknov 23 (12+11), Eduard Krysov 22 (10+12), Vasili Nesytyh 20 (11+9) --------------------------- Igor Saydullin 18 (10 +8). Evgeny Saydullin 18 (10 + 8), Konstantin Kolenkin 15 (8 + 7) Artem Akulov 13 (7+6), Alexander Kozyrev 11 (5 +6), Yuri Oleynik 10 (5 + 5), Andrei Zhdanov 8 (2 + 6), Ivan Khuzhin 8 (3 +5), Alexei Utusikov 6 (5 + 1), Rodion Verhoturtsev 4 (1 + 4), Mikhail Kovalev 14 (1+3), Nikita Kolyabin 0 (NS + 0), Dmitri Zverev 0 (NS + 0) Semi Final 2 - Ufa Daniil Ivanov 29 (14 + 15), Ivan Chichkov 28 (15 + 13), Dinar Valeev 27 (13 + 14), Vladimir Bobin 23 (11 + 12), Andrei Shishegov 20 (11 + 9), ---------------------------------------- Sergei Baltachev 17 (7 + 10), Mikhail Litvinov 17 (8 + 9), Nikita Shadrin 17 (8 + 9), Ivan Bolshakov 14 (9 + 5), Nikita Bogdanov 9 (3 + 6), Alexander Moskovka 8 (5 + 3), Alexei Kolganov 8 (2 + 6), Pavel Taran 6 (4 + 2), Mikhail Afanasyev 6 (2 + 4), Alexei Dmitriev 4 (2 + 2), Dmitri Strelkov 1 (1 + 0), Artem Afanasyev 1 (NS + 1) Semi Final 3 - Neftekamsk Dmitri Khomitsevich 30 (15 +15), Maxim Korchemakha 27 (13 + 14), Dmitri Bulankin 25 (11 + 14), Alexei Ivanov 20 +3 (11 + 9), Sergei Makharov 20+2 (12 + 8), ---------------------------------------- Evgeny Sharov 20 +1 (13 + 7), Nikita Tarasov 18 (9 + 9), Vadim Svinuhov 17 (7 + 10), Alexei Abroskin 11 (5+6), Dmitri Lotorev 10 (1 + 9), Dmitri Solyannikov 10 (3 + 7), Anton Sozykin 9 (6 + 3), Andrey Shajkin 7 (4 + 3), Maxim Karpuhin 6 (5 + 1), Maxim Maslikov 5 (2 + 3), Vladimir Bashmakov 2 (2 + 0), Ivan Volkov 1 (0 + 1), Pavel Masalov 0 (0+ NS) Final 1 is next weekend (24/25 December) in Togliatti. It will be live on the Mega Lada YouTube channel EDIT: Forgot to say thanks to Jesper (DutchGrassTrack) who complied the results on his site, and saved me loads of time with the translator

RUSSIAN SUPER LEAGUE, ROUNDS 1 & 2, KAMENSK URAL, SATURDAY 10 DECEMBER AND SUNDAY 11 DECEMBER 2016 RESULTS: Round 1 Saturday Kamensk Ural 45 (Dinar Valeev 13, Dmitri Khomitsevich 13, Vasilli Nesytyh 12, Evgeny Sharov 7) Togliatti 42 (Igor Kononov 15, Nikita Toloknov 11, Danil Ivanov 11, Igor Saydullin 5) Ufa 17 (Ivan Chichkov 7, Ove Ledstrom 4, Nikita Shadrin 3, Nikita Bogdanov 3) Sterlitamak 14 (Andrei Shishegov 5, Alexei Ivanov 4, Dmitri Solyannikov 3, Vadim Svinuhov 1, Nikita Tarasov 1) Round 2 Sunday Togliatti 46 (Kononov 15, D. Ivanov 13, Toloknov 13, Saydullin 5) Kamensk Ural 37 (Khomitsevich 11, Valeev 10, Sharov 8, Nesytyh 8) Sterlitamak 19 (A. Ivanov 7, Shishegov 4, Solyannikov 4, Svinuhov 3, Tarasov 1) Ufa 18 (Chichkov 9, Ledstrom 5, Shadrin 3, Bogdanov 1) Standings: Togliatti 8 (3+5), 88 Kamensk Ural 8 (5+3), 82 Ufa 3 (2+1), 35 Sterlitamak 3 (1+2) 33 Interesting to see Ove Ledstrom turning out for Ufa. Also, with CSKA Moscow out, Dmitri Koltakov appears to be without a team. If you know of any fixtures and/or results please feel free to add them to this thread.

I admire your restraint! Any travel plans for 2017? I'm at Berlin, Inzell and Heerenveen myself.

And as we speak I have received this from the Berlin Organisers: Thursday, March 2, 2017, Training & Race Eisspeedway-DM Admission: 10:00 am 12,00 € Start training: 10:00 am Start of race: 5 pm End: approx. 20:00 hours Friday, March 3, 2017, Training Ice World Championships Admission: 12:00 pm 10.00 € Beginning Training: 1:00 pm End: approx. 15:00 hours Saturday, March 4, 2017, Race Ice World Championships (GP7 2017) Admission: 14:00 hours 19,00 € - 38,00 € Opening: 16:40 hrs Start: 5 pm End: approx. 20:00 hours Sunday, March 5, 2017, Race Ice World Championships (GP8 2017) Admission: 11:00 am 19,00 € - 38,00 € Opening hours: 1: 40h Start: 2 pm End: approx. 17:00 hours "Berlin-Ticket", Thursday to Sunday, 2 - 5 March 2017 DM, World Cup Training, GP7 2017, GP8 2017 € 79.00 - € 89.00 Bit of a cheek to charge for Practice IMHO but there you go.

As far as I'm aware it probably will be the Thursday before. But as their website is being reconstructed, there is no information. However, there is a countdown clock which works out to end at 5pm on 2nd March, which is usually the start time for the German Championship. Hope this helps.

I was in touch with their press officer, Erik this week, they will stage the Roelof Thijs meeting on 31/3, with the ISG 1/2 April. Obviously, a mistake on the provisional list then.

Please note this is the Provisional Calendar. Krasnagorsk is out as per DutchGrassTracks post, but I'm sure everyone who follows the sport will be surprised with Shadrinsk being the new venue on the Tour. It's in the Kurganskaya region and 2,000 Km East of Moscow. It's also home to the Torpedo Shadrinsk side. FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship 07 January SML Qualif. Round 1 Ylitornio Finland 14 January SVEMO Qualif. Round 2 Strömsund Sweden 04-05 February MFR Final 1 Togliatti Russia 11-12 February MFR Final 2 Shadrinsk Russia 18-19 February AMFK Final 3 Almaty Kazakhstan 04-05 March DMSB Final 4 Berlin Germany 31 March/01April KNMV Final 5 Heerenveen The Netherlands FIM Team Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship 11-12 March DMSB Team Final Inzell Germany

I believe the Stadium is built on the site of the previous track. If memory serves me correct, the track was open air, but I'm sure DutchGrassTrack will confirm this

At the moment I'm looking at finances. I'm doing Berlin, Inzell and Heerenveen though

Someone better tell Travel Plus........

Any reason given? It's usually so well attended.

Whilst the dates have not been confirmed, Travel Plus are already advertising a trip to Almaty from Thursday 9th - Tuesday 14th February 2017, which indicates the round will be 11th/12th February. However none of the dates are confirmed by the FIM at this stage.

They should be out in October time, but provisional dates I'm aware of are Berlin: March 5th/6th, Inzell (Team Final): March 11th/12 and Heerenveen: April 1st/2nd. Traditionally, Krasnagorsk is around the last weekend in January/First weekend of February, and if the second round is in Togliatti, it will be a week later, with Almaty mid February.

It looks like The Ice Rink Thialf, in Heerenveen, Netherlands will stage the Ice Speedway Gladiators evert in 2017. Subject to an FIM inspection in August, the Motorclub Assen hope to stage Ice Racing on 31st March to 2nd April. They will stage the Roelof Thijs Bokaal on 31/3/17 and the Ice Speedway Gladiators on 1-2/4/17 Theres a press release here: http://www.ijsspeedway-assen.nl/en/nieuws/556-ijsspeedway-welkom-in-ijsstadion-thialf-in-heerenveen You can see the Stadium here: http://www.netherlands-tourism.com/thialf-ice-arena-spend-day-ice/ If you've been to Inzell then the inside resembles the Max-Aicher-Arena, and with a capacity of 12,500 it looks a cracking venue. If the FIM approve the track, then they will stage Ice Speedway from 2017 - 2019.

World Ice Speedway Champion Dmitri Khomitsevich has been involved in a serious Motocross crash in the Krasnodar Region. He had been training with the TSTVS Kamensk-Ural club, when he had his accident. According to Witnesses, he landed badly after taking one of the jumps on the track. He was taken to Hospital in Krasnodar, suffering head injuries and a suspected broken pelvis. He has spent some time in Intensive Care but I understand he is now on a general ward, where it is reported he is out of danger. Information is somewhat sketchy at the moment as the information is on a Kamensk Ural website, although they do say he is expected to recover in time for the new Ice Speedway Season in December.

Yes you were quite right. Ive amended it now. For some reason I kept missing him out all season and usually spotted it. Yesterday was the exception it appears

ASTANA EXPO FIM ICE SPEEDWAY GLADIATORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 5, Inzell, Germany, Saturday and Sunday March 19 & 20 SATURDAY (Russia unless stated) Igor Kononov 21 (15+3+3), Dmitri Koltakov 17 (13+2+2), Danil Ivanov 15 (12+2+1), Dmitri Khomitsevich 17 (14+3+X), Egor Myshkovets 12 (11+1), Franz Zorn (Austria) 11 (10+1), Niklas Svensson (Sweden) 8 (8+0), Gunther Bauer (Germany) 8 (8+0), Stefan Svensson (Sweden) 7, Max Neidermaier (Germany) 6, Jan Klatovsky (Czech Rep.) 5, Stefan Pletschacher (Germany) 5, Daniel Henderson (Sweden) 3, Luca Bauer (Germany) 2, Ove Ledstrom (Sweden) 2, Antonin Klatovsky (Czech Rep) 2, Markus Jell (Germany - Reserve) 0 Semi Final 1: Kononov, Ivanov, Zorn, N. Svensson Semi Final 2: Khomitsevich, Koltakov, Myshkovets, G. Bauer Final: Kononov, Koltakov, Ivanov, Khomitsevich (XT) SUNDAY Koltakov 18 (13+2+3), Kononov 16 (12+2+2), Khomitsevich 19 (15+3+1) Ivanov 17 (14+3+0), Zorn 12 (11+1), Myshkovets 11 (10+1), N. Svensson 8 (8+0), Henderson 7 (7+0), G. Bauer 7, J. Klatovsky 7, S. Svensson 7, Neidermaier 4, A. Klatovsky 3, Pletschacher 2, Ledstrom 1, L. Bauer 0 Semi Final 1: Khomitsevich, Kononov, Myshkovets, N. Svensson Semi Final 2: Ivanov, Koltakov, Zorn, Henderson Final: Koltakov, Kononov, Khomitsevich, Ivanov FINAL STANDINGS: (* = Wildcard) Khomitsevich 174, Koltakov 173, Ivanov 165, Kononov 158, Myshkovets 117.5, Zorn 114, S. Svensson 68, Ledstrom 60, G. Bauer 59.5, N. Svensson 57, Henderson 41, J.Klatovsky 39 Krasnikov * 33, Seifter 28, Neidermaier 28, Pletschacher 28, Aakko 16, A. Klatovsky 4, Stellingwerf * 2, Weber * 2, L. Bauer * 2, Slepuchin * 0. Well done to Dima Khomitsevich on winning the World Championship by a single point in the last race of the season. After 4 consecutive bronze medals, I bet he thought he'd never get the Gold. I'm told the racing wasn't as good as Assen, but I'll watch out for the highlights and make my own mind up. See you all in November.

It appears Antti Aakko has pulled out of the Inzell Meeting, and will be replaced by Antonin Klatovsky. I can see the image captions now, Bauer.G, Bauer.L, Klatovsky.J, Klatovsky.A, Svensson N, Svensson S..............

ROELOF THIJS BOKAAL, Assen, Friday March 11 Result 1. Viktor Svensson (Sweden), 2. Miko Jetsonen (Finland), 3. Martin Haarahiltunen (Sweden), 4. Charly Ebner (Austria), 5. Hans Weber (Germany) 6. Simon Reitsma (Holland), 7. Lukas Volenik (Czech Rep), 8. Joachim Soderstrom (Sweden) 9/10. Sebastian Gegenbauer (Germany), Anders Bergstrom (Sweden), 11/12. Reinhard Griesel (Germany), Hans-Olov Olsen (Sweden), 13/14. Radek Hulta (Czech Rep), Miko Ronkainen (Finland), 15/16. Michel Bolt (Holland), Bart Schaap (Holland), 17/18. Robert Ruzicka (Czech Rep), Claude Gadeyne (Belgium), 19. Erwin Schuster (Austria) Only 19 riders took part due to injuries, so one or two riders had more rides. ASTANA EXPO FIM ICE SPEEDWAY GLADIATORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 4 ASSEN, Saturday March 12 and Sunday March 13 RESULTS: SATURDAY (Russia Unless stated) Dmitri Khomitsevich 21 (15+3+3), Dmitri Koltakov 18 (13+3+2), Danil Ivanov 17 (14+2+1), Igor Kononov 11 (9+2+X), Franz Zorn (Austria) 13 (12+1), Egor Myshkovets 11 (10+1), Ove Ledstrom (Sweden) 10 (10+0), Stefan Pletschacher 8 (8+0), Gunther Bauer (Germany) 7, Daniel Henderson (Sweden 6), Niklas Svensson (Sweden) 4, Max Neidermaier (Germany) 3, Jan Klatovsky (Czech Rep) 3, Stefan Svensson (Sweden) 3, Antti Aakko (Finland) 1, Rene Stellingwerf (Holland) 1 Semi Final 1: Khomitsevich, Kononov, Zorn, Ledstrom Semi Final 2: Koltakov, Ivanov, Myshkovets, Pletschacher Final: Khomitsevich, Koltakov, Ivanov, Kononov (X) SUNDAY Khomitsevich 19 (14+2+3), Koltakov 20 (13+3+2), Ivanov 17 (13+3+1), Myshkovets 12 (10+2+0), Zorn 13 (12+1), Kononov 12 (11+1), Ledstrom 8 (8+0), G.Bauer 7 (7+0), S.Svensson 7, N.Svensson 6, Henderson 4, Klatovsky 4, Neidermaier 4, Pletschacher 3, Stellingwerf 1, Aakko 0, Simon Reitsma (Holland - Res) 0, Luca Bauer (Germany - Res) 0 Semi Final 1: Koltakov, Myshkovets, Zorn, Ledstrom Semi Final 2: Ivanov, Khomitsevich, Kononov, Bauer Final: Khomitsevich, Koltakov, Ivanov, Myshkovets OVERALL (* = wildcard) Khomitsevich 138, Koltakov 138, Ivanov 133, Kononov 121, Myshkovets 95.5, Zorn 91, Ledstrom 57, S. Svensson 54, G. Bauer 44.5, N. Svensson 41, Krasnikov * 33, Henderson 31, Seifter 28, Klatovsky 27, Pletschacher 23, Neidermaier 18, Aakko 16, Weber * 6, Stellingwerf * 2, Slepuchin * 0 It's really going to the wire in Inzell. Shame I can't be there but National Speedway Stadiums only have one Grand Opening Meeting. Shame to see the end of Assen, I've been going there regularly for the last 31 years, and this weekend's meeting was a fitting end, with three cracking meetings! It was good to catch up with you too. Lets not leave having a drink so long in future!

ASTANA EXPO FIM ICE SPEEDWAY GLADIATORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 3, BERLIN, GERMANY March 5-6 Saturday R5 (Russia unless stated) Dmitri Khomitsevich 20 (14+3+3), Dmitri Koltakov 17 (13+2+2), Igor Kononov 15 (12+2+1), Danil Ivanov 18 (15+3+f), Franz Zorn (Austria) 12 (11+1), Egor Myshkovets 11 (10+1), Niklas Svensson (Sweden) 8 (8+0), Jan Klatovsky (Czech Rep) 6 (6+0), Gunther Bauer (Germany) 6, Stefan Svensson (Sweden) 6, Ove Ledstrom (Sweden) 4, Antti Aakko (Finland) 4, Daniel Henderson (Sweden) 3, Stefan Pletschacher (Germany) 3, Max Neidermaier (Germany) 3, Hans Weber (Germany) 2 SF1: Ivanov, Kononov, Myshkovets, N. Svensson SF2: Khomitsevich, Koltakov, Zorn, Klatovsky FINAL: Khomitsevich, Koltakov, Kononov, Ivanov (f) Sunday R6 Kononov 18 (13+2+3), Khomitsevich 18 (13+3+2), Ivanov 16 (12+3+1), Myshkovets 13 (11+2+0), Zorn 13 (12+1), S.Svensson 9 (8+1), Koltakov 14 (14+fx), Ledstrom 6 (6+0), N. Svensson 6, Pletschacher 5, Neidermaier 4, Bauer 4, Klatovsky 4, Aakko 3, Weber 3, Henderson 1 SF1: Ivanov, Myshkovets, Svensson, Koltakov (fx) SF2: Khomitsevich, Kononov, Zorn, Ledstrom FINAL: Kononov, Khomitsevich, Ivanov, Myshkovets Standings (after 6 Rounds. • = Wildcard) Koltakov 100, Ivanov 99, Khomitsevich 98, Kononov 98, Myshkovets 72.5, Zorn 65, S. Svensson 44, Ledstrom 39, Krasnikov* 33, N. Svensson 31, Bauer 30.5, Seifter 28, Henderson 21, Klatovsky 20, Aakko 15, Neidermaier 12, Pletschacher 12, Weber* 5, Slepuchin* 0