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MOTUL FIM ICE SPEEDWAY GLADIATORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 1, Krasnagorsk, Russia, Saturday 31st January and Sunday 1st February 2015 Sunday: Krasnikov 20 (14+3+3), Koltakov 20 (15+3+2), D. Khomitsevich 15 (12+2+1), Ivanov 11 (9+2+0), Kononov 12 (11+1), V. Khomitsevich 12 (11+1), Zorn 8 (8+0), J. Klatovsky 8 (8+0), A. Klatovsky 8, Bauer 6, Weber 4, Svensson 3, Jarf 2, Lindstrom 1, Pletschacher 0 SF1: Koltakov, Ivanov, Kononov, Zorn SF2: Krasnikov, D. Khomitsevich, V. Khomitsevich, J. Klatovsky Final: Krasnikov, Koltakov, D. Khomitsevich, Ivanov Overall Standings: (* indicates Wild Card) Krasnikov*41, Koltakov 35, D.Khomitsevich 29, V. Khomitsevich 28, Kononov 27, Ivanov 22, Zorn 17, J. Klatovsky 16, A. Klatovsky 15, Simon 14, Bauer 9, Weber 8, Svensson 6, Jarf 5, Pletschacher 2, Lindstrom 1 Krasnikov again. But going into Togliatti next weekend, it is Koltakov who will be the one to watch.

Krasnikov retired from the World Championships after his 8th win in 2012. He continues to ride in Russia as Rider/Coach of Ufa, and intends to contest the European Championship this year as he has never won that - his best is 2nd in 2002 and 2013. He rides as a wild card this weekend as he won the Russian Championship last month. He will ride in Berlin as part of the Russian Team in the Team Final, and still rides in open meetings as his presence gets the bums on seats as they say. But he is without a doubt the greatest rider ever.

Krasnikov is only in this round, but will ride in the European Championships. As for a live feed, it appears that the Stadium have blocked it today.

MOTUL FIM ICE SPEEDWAY GLADIATORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 1, Krasnagorsk, Russia, Saturday 31st January and Sunday 1st February 2015 RESULTS: (Russia unless stated) Saturday: Nikolai Krasnikov 21 (15+3+3), Vitalli Khomitsevich 16 (12+2+2), Dmitri Khomitsevich 14 (11+2+1), Dmitri Koltakov 15 (12+3+0), Igor Kononov 15 (14+1), Daniil Ivanov 11 (10+1) Franz Zorn (Austria) 9 (9+0), Jan Klatovsky (Czech Rep.) 8 (8+0), Antonin Klatovsky (Czech Rep) 7, Harald Simon (Austria) 6, Johann Weber (Germany) 4, Stefan Svensson (Sweden) 3, Gunther Bauer (Germany) 3, Mats Jarf (Finland) 3, Stefan Pletschacher (Germany) 2, Per-Anders Lindstrom (Sweden) 0 SF1: Krasnikov, V. Khomitsevich, Ivanov, Zorn SF2: Koltakov, D. Khomitsevich, Kononov, J. Klatovsky FINAL: Krasnikov, V. Khomitsevich, D. Khomitsevich, Koltakov Krasnikov becomes the first Wild Card to win a round in the competition as afr as I can tell. And what a way to do it. He was unstopable this afternoon. There will be a live feed again tomorrow from 10am but it's not the best, but you get the gist of what's happening.

Draw for Krasnagorsk: 1. (6) Jan Klatovsky (Czech Republic) 2. (12) Hans Weber (Germany) 3. (5) Stefan Svensson (Sweden) 4. (16) Nikolai Krasnikov (Russia) 5. (11) Vitalli Khomitsevich (Russia) 6. (7) Günter Bauer (Germany) 7. (1) Daniil Ivanov (Russia) 8. (14) Antonin Klatovsky (Czech Republic) 9. (10) Franz Zorn (Austria) 10. (3) Dimitri Khomitsevich (Russia) 11. (8) Stefan Pletschacher (Germany) 12. (13) Mats Järf (Finland) 13. (15) Harald Simon (Austria) 14. (2) Dimitri Koltakov (Russia) 15. (9) Per-Anders Lindström (Sweden) 16. (4) Igor Kononov (Russia) 17. Reserve 1 Sergei Makarov (Russia) 18. Reserve 2 Aleksei Kolganov (Russia)

DOSAAF CUP, BLAGOVESHCHENSK, RUSSIA FRIDAY 28TH & SATURDAY 29TH NOVEMBER 2014 RESULT: Friday: Amur Region 27 (Pawel Tschajka 12, Eduard Krysov 8, Sergei Logachev 7), Irkutsk 19 (Maxim Baraboshkin 18, Nikita Kuznetsov 1), Far East 18 (Roman Akimenko 14, Alexander Turovets 4, Roman Knyazev 0), Trans-Baikal 16+3 (Hans Weber 9, Vladimir Momont 6, Alexei Kosarev 1), Primoyre 16+X (Alexander Kotlyar 10, Vladimir Matyas 5, Evgeny Yukhnov 1), Sakha Yakutia 16 (Harald Simon 15, Alex Eleky 1), Khabarovsk 13 (Andrei Selifonov 8, Ilya Panteleyev 4, Evgeny Kuznetsov 1) Saturday: Amur Region 27 (Tschajka 12, Logachev 11, Krysov 4), Primoyre 19+3 (Kotlyar 11, Matyas 6, Yukhnov 2), Far East 19+2 (Akimenko 15, Turovets 4, Knyazev 0), Trans-Baikal 17 (Weber 12, Momont 5, Kosarev NS), Khabarovsk 15 (Selifonov 11, Panteleyev 4, E.Kuznetsov 0), Irkutsk 15 (Baraboshkin 15, N.Kuznetsov 0), Sakha Yakutia 14 (Simon 12, Eleky 2) Table (After 2 rounds): Amur Region 16 (8+8), Far East 10 (5+5), Primoyre 9 (3+6), Irkutsk 8 (6+2), Trans-Baikal 8 (4+4), Khabarovsk 4 (1+3), Sakha Yakutia 3 (1+2) Thanks to DutchGrassTracks Website for the results

From The Russian Forum: RUSSIAN ICE SPEEDWAY FIXTURES 2014/15 Individual Championship: Dec 20/21 - Semi Finals: Novosibirsk, Shadrinsk, Sterlitamak, Ufa Dec 27/28 - Final 1 - Moscow Region Jan 10/11 - Final 2 - Ufa MFR Cup Feb 7/8 - Rounds 1/2 Sterlitamak Mar 7/8 - Rounds 3/4 Krasnokamsk Cup Of Russia Feb 7/8 - Rounds 1/2 Vyatskie Polyana Mar 7/8 - Rounds 3/4 Novosibirsk Junior Championship Jan 24/25 - Semi Finals: Novosibirsk, Lukhovitsy Jan 31/Feb 1 - Final: Shadrinsk Super League: Dec 13/14 - Round 1/2, Kamensk Ural Jan 24/25 - Round 3/4, Ufa Feb 21/22 - Round 5/6, Moscow Region Major League Feb 14/15 - Round 1/2 Kumertau Feb 21/22 - Round 3/4 - Glazov Feb 28/Mar 1 - Round 5/6 - Lukhovitsy Junior Team Championship Jan 17/18 - Final: Kamensk Ural

I've just heard that Antonin Svab died on the 21st November aged 82. He was the first non-Soviet rider to win the World Ice Speedway Championship in 1970, and was an acomplished Motorcyclist in several disciplines, representing the Czechoslavakia. His son, Antonin Svab Jr. was a speedway rider who rode in Poland and the UK, but was injured in 2006 and forced to retire.

Reading between the lines, the Ice Plant is just one factor. I'm guessing the owners DeBonte Wever want shut of the venue, as it gets in the way of running their Hotel. After all, they are saying they are making 'substantial losses' by having it. On a positive note, I spoke to some people from the club, and they are 'Actively seeking' a new venue. It's quite possible the venue may change in 2016, but Ice Speedway is not lost to the Netherlands, yet!

Spent the day chasing this story but as DGT says, the Assen event will go ahead but it will be the last event at this venue. The club are actively looking for a new venue but as I was told, "Ice Speedway is expensive to stage, and the rules may not allow some of the stadiums to be used for it." So if you've never been to Assen, next year may be your last chance!

This does not sound good: dvhn.nl/nieuws/drenthe… The Assen track is to close! (You may need to translate this page from the Dutch)

This year is my 30th covering Ice Speedway which started at Assen in 1985. Been there almost every year since. If you want a stadium seat, then book early, but if you like to stand, you can get really close to the action. The track is covered, and whilst the track is 400mtrs, the Stadium itself is quite compact. The stadium is on the edge of town and easily reached from the Station, and if you are driving its quite close to the A28 main highway. If you want to stay in Assen, there are a few Hotels (which book up early) and a number of B&Bs where you can stay, or stay in Groningen, 30 minutes on the train away, and with the last trains around 11.30, it's only a 15 minute walk from track to Station. There are three nights of racing and the Friday meeting, the Roloef Thijs Bokaal, is a chance to see riders who are outside the World Championship, yet are just as spectacular, with some very unpredictable racing. Both Travel Plus and Eurorider do trips from the UK, staying in Groningen, although The Netherlands is quite easy to get to. As DutchGrassTrack says, you are only a 2 hour train ride from Amsterdam. In the last few years I've done the plane/train route - off the plane and onto the train. Hope this helps.

If you are in Berlin Doug, perhaps we could ask him (I'm Planning for Berlin, Assen and Inzell this season!)

Khazakstan staged the 1989 Ice Speedway Individual Final which was won by the late Nikolai Nitschenko, and Kazakstan also staged a round of the 1994 Ice Speedway Grand Prix series. On both occasions the meetings were held in the Medeo Stadium, which I understand will be the venus this year. A team from Khazakstan rode in the 1994 Team final consisting of Stanislav Kusnetsov, Vladimir Cheblakov and Nikolai Popov. If I remember correctly, they were Russians who rode on Kazakstan licences, as after the break up of the Soviet Union, Russian riders started to migrate to where they could get licences. I do have a provisional fixture list for the forthcoming season: Individual: Challenge Meeting: TBC Halstavik, Sweden R1/2 Jan 31/Feb 1 Krasnagorsk, Russia R3/4 Feb 7/8 Togliatti Russia R5/6 Feb 15/16 Alma Ata, Khazakstan R7/8 Mar 7/8 Assen, Netherlands R9/10 Mar 14/15 Inzell, Germany Team Final Feb 28/Mar 1 Berlin, Germany European Feb 21/22 Lukhovitsy, Russia This will be confirmed as soon as I know it, and I will post a Russian Fixture list when I know it.

BUXTON'S home National League match against Kent on Sunday has been postponed due to a waterlogged track. A new date is to be confirmed.

In the same week when Ice Speedway had already lost Russia's Andrei Gavrilkin, Poland's No. 1 Ice Racer is also killed. RIP Grzegorz.

Russian Ice Speedway fans are mourning the loss of Andrei Gavrilkin, of Samara Ice Knights. He died following a road accident near his home in Saransk on 16th June, just days before his 24th Birthday. Gavrilkin was considered one of the best up and coming riders in Russia, winning the European Championship in 2009, aged 19. He was second in 2012, and has won the Cup of Russia for the last three years. Gavrilkin was born in Saransk, and started his career with his local club, before joining Samara in 2012. Reports from Russia say that Andrei was returning home from Togliatti, having signed a contract to ride for Mega-Lada in the 2014/15 season, when a truck collided head on with his car, and he was pronouced dead at the scene. His funeral will be held in Saransk on Wednesday 18th June.

Didn't realise Jayne had posted at the same time as me. Can we delete this topic please?

MOTUL FIM ICE SPEEDWAY GLADIATORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 4, INZELL, GERMANY, Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd March 2014 RESULT: SATURDAY: Dmitri Koltakov (Russia) 19 (14+2+3), Sergei Makharov (Russia) 16 (12+2+2), Dmitri Khomitsevich (Russia) 17 (13+3+1), Danil Ivanov (Russia) 18 (15+3+0), Igor Kononov (Russia) 12 (11+1), Stefan Svensson 10 (9+1), Johann Weber (Germany) 8 (8+0), Gunther Bauer (Germany) 8 (8+0), Stefan Pletschacher (Germany) 7, Jan Klatovsky (Czech Rep) 6, Max Niedermaier (Germany) 5, Grzegorz Knapp (Poland) 5, Sven Holstein (Netherlands) 3, Per-Anders Lindstrom (Sweden) 2, Tomi Tani (Finland) 1, Markus Jell (Germany) 0, Franz Mayerbuchler (Germany) 0 Semi Final 1: Ivanov, Makharov,Svensson, Weber Semi Final 2: Khomitsevich, Koltakov, Kononov, Bauer Final: Koltakov, Makharov, Khomitsevich, Ivanov SUNDAY: Ivanov 21 (15+3+3), Khomitsevich 19 (14+3+2), Koltakov 16 (13+2+1), Makharov 14 (12+2+0), Kononov 11 (10+1), Svensson 11 (10+1), Bauer 9 (9+0), Niedermaier 7 (7+0), Weber 7, Knapp 5, Lindstrom 4, Pletschacher 4, Tani 45, Klatovsky 4, Jell 1, Harald Simon (Austria) 1, Holstein 0, Mayerbuchler 0 SF1: Ivanov, Makharov,Svensson, Bauer SF2: Khomitsevich, Koltakov, Kononov, Niedermaier FINAL: Ivanov, Khomitsevich, Koltakov, Makharov Overall: (* indicates wild card) Ivanov 151, Koltakov 140, D. Khomitsevich 126, Kononov 107, Makharov 102, Svensson 73, Klatovsky 44, Bauer 40, Pletschacher 34, Knapp 31, Lindstrom 30, V. Khomitsevich * 30, Aakko 28, Tschajka* 27, Niedermaier 25, Stellingwerf 21, Weber* 15, V. Kosov 14, Tani 12, Holstein 10, Logachev 10, Simon 9, Werkman 9, Reitsma * 3, Schukken 3, E. Kosov 3, Jell 1 And that's it for 2014.

Draw for Inzell Ballot N. Riding N°Name FMN Country 1 11 Sergey Makarov MFR Russia 2 7 Günther Bauer DMSB Germany 3 8 Grzegorz Knapp PZM Poland 4 9 Jan Klatovsky ACCR Czech Republic 5 16 Johann Weber (Wild Card) DMSB Germany 6 14 Per-Anders Lindström SVEMO Sweden 7 1 Daniil Ivanov MFR Russia 8 20 Tomi Tani SML Finland 9 10 Stefan Pletschacher DMSB Germany 10 21 Sven Holstein KNMV The Netherlands 11 3 Dimitri Khomitsevich MFR Russia 12 5 Harald Simon OeAMTC Austria 13 19 Max Niedermaier DMSB Germany 14 15 Igor Kononov MFR Russia 15 6 Stefan Svensson SVEMO Sweden 16 2 Dimitry Koltakov MFR Russia Reserve 1 17 Markus Jell DMSB Germany Reserve 2 18 Franz Mayerbüchler DMSB Germany So Jesper, as you predicted, Weber gets the Wild Card. Should be interesting!

CUP OF RUSSIA FINAL 3, KRASNOKAMSK, Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th March 2014 Result: Andrei Shishegov (Sterlitamak) 27 (13+14), Yegor Myshkovets (Ufa) 25 (12+13), Igor Saydullin (Togliatti) 23 (11+12), Andrei Gavrilkin (Samara) 22 (10+12), Eduard Krysov (Kamensk Ural) 18 (9+9), Nikita Toloknov (Samara) 18 (11+7), Dmitri Bulankin (Ufa) 16 (6+10), Evgeny Sharov (Sterlitamak) 16 (10+6), Sergei Karachintsev (Togliatti) 15 (2+13), Artem Novik (Kamensk Ural) 15 (11+4), Vyacheslav Svitek (Kamensk Ural) 12 (8+4), Kirill Popov (Kamensk Ural) 10 (6+4), Vasilli Nesytyh (Togliatti) 10 (3+7), Mikhail Dmitrishin (Kamensk Ural) 4 (4+0), Ayrat Khabibullin (Sterlitamak) 4 (3+1), Yegor Pershin (Samara) 2 (0+2) Final Standings (Best 5 scores count): Gavrilkin 61, Karachintsev 55+3, Krysov 55+2, Saydullin 54, Shishegov 52, V.Khomitsevich 52, Myshkovets 49, Dmitrishin 45, Sharov 41, Bulankin 39, Novik 33, Toloknov 31, Svitek 27, Golosheykin 18, Popov 17, Krasnikov 12, Nesytyh 10, Khabibullin 9, Pavlenko 7, Pershin 2 GERMANY GERMAN ICE SPEEDWAY CHAMPIONSHIP BERLIN, Friday 14th March 2014 Ran over 12 Heat + 3 Finals Result (Germany unless stated, Heat scores in Brackets) A Final: Stefan Pletschacher (12), Max Niedermaier (9), Markus Jell (8), Hans Weber (9)(f/x) B Final: Charly Ebner (Switzerland) (6), Franz Mayerbuchler (5), Ronny Haring (Switzerland) (6), Martin Glarner (Switzerland) (6)(f/x) C Final: Tomi Norola (Finland) (3), Thomas Wiest (3), Jens Budden (1) BERLIN ICE SPEEDWAY CHALLENGE BERLIN, Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th March Result: Nikolai Krasnikov (Russia) 28+3 (15+13), Danil Ivanov (Russia) 28+X2M (13+15), Dmitri Koltakov 27 (14+13), Harald Simon (Austria) 24 (11+13), Jan Klatovsky (Czech Rep) 18 (11+7), Antonin Klatovsky (Czech Rep) 16 (8+8), Antti Aakko (Finland) 15 (11+6), Max Niedermaier (Germany) 15 (6+9), Grzegorz Knapp (Poland) 13 (4+9), Stefan Pletschacher (Germany) 13 (7+6), Sven Holstein (Netherlands) 13 (6+7) Tomi Tani (Finland) 10 (6+4), Hans Weber (Germany) 7 (0+7), Martin Leitner (Austria) 6 (2+4), Josef Kreuzberger (Austria) 4 (4+0), Markus Jell (Germany) 3 (2+1), Miroslaw Daniszewski (Poland) 0, Tomi Norola (Finland) 0 Just a footnote, this weekend is the Final Round of the Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship in Inzell. If you can't get to the Max Aicher Arena, the Eurosport 1 are showing both days at 8pm Saturday and Sunday (although you should check in case it changes). The meetings themselves are at 5pm CET Saturday and 1.30pm Sunday. If you are going to be in Inzell, I'll see you there!

Wondered why Bangma was tootling around at the back. You've answered that. I still think Ruben and Dirk are two to watch though, they both impressed me both times Ive seen them. I got the impression that Johnny was happy to lend them bikes. I understand Dirk rides in Berlin next weekend, so that should be interesting and it's a pity I have to earn otherwise I'd be there.

MOTUL FIM ICE SPEEDWAY GLADIATORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 3, ASSEN, HOLLAND, Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th March 2014 RESULTS: Saturday: Danil Ivanov (Russia) 20 (15+2+3), Dmitri Koltakov (Russia) 17(12+3+2), Dmitri Khomitsevich (Russia) 18(14+3+1), Igor Kononov (Russia)15 (13+2+fx), Sergei Makharov (Russia) 12 (11+1), Stefan Svensson (Sweden) 11 (10+1), Jan Klatovsky (Czech Rep) 8 (8+0), Grzegorz Knapp (Poland) 6 (6+0), Gunther Bauer (Germany) 6, Max Niedermaier (Germany) 6, Antti Aakko (Finland) 5, Sven Holstein (Holland) 3, Dirk Werkman (Holland) 3, Stefan Pletschacher (Germany) 3, Rene Stellingwerf (Holland) 2, Tomi Tani (Finland) 2, Gerrit Schukken (Holland) 1, Simon Reitsma (Holland) 0 SF 1: Koltakov, Ivanov, Svensson, Klatovsky SF 2: Khomitsevich, Kononov, Makharov, Knapp Final: (Re-Run) Ivanov, Koltakov, Khomitsevich, Kononov (fx) Sunday: Ivanov 20 (14+3+3), Koltakov 20 (15+3+2), Khomitsevich 16 (13+2+1), Kononov 12 (10+2+0), Makharov 11 (10+1), Svensson 11 (10+1), Aakko 9 (9+0), Klatovsky 7 (7+0), Knapp 6, Werkman 6, Niedermaier 4, Pletschacher 4, Holstein 4, Reitsma 3, Tani 2, Schukken 2, Bauer 0 SF 1: Koltakov, Kononov, Svensson, Aakko SF 2: Ivanov, Khomitsevich, Makharov, Klatovsky Final: Ivanov, Koltakov, Khomitsevich, Kononov (ef) Overall: (* denotes wildcard) Ivanov 112, Koltakov 105, D. Khomitsevich 90, Kononov 84, Makharov 72, Svensson 52, Klatovsky 34, V Khomitsevich* 30, Aakko 28, Tschajka* 27, Lindstrom 24, Bauer 23, Pletschacher 21, Knapp 21, Stellingwerf 21, V Kosov 14, Niedermaier 13, Logachev 10, Werkman 9, Simon 8, Tani 7, Holstein 7, Reitsma* 3, Schukken 3, E. Kosov 3 ROELOF THIJS BOKAAL, ASSEN, HOLLAND FRIDAY 7TH MARCH 2014 Result: 1. Ove Ledstrom (Sweden) 2. Daniel Henderson (Sweden) 3. Dirk Werkman (Holland) 4. Martin Posch (Austria), 5. Niklas Kallin Svensson (Sweden) 6. Lukas Volejnik (Czech Rep) 8. Andrei Divis (Czech Rep) 9/10. Josef Kreuzberger (Austria), Lukas Hutla (Czech Rep) 11/12. Johann Weber (Germany), Markus Jell (Germany) 13/14. Simon Gartmann (Switzerland), Mikael Flodin (Sweden) 15/16. Thomas Wiest (Germany), Charly Ebner Jnr (Austria) 17/18. Miko Jetsonen (Finland), Ronny Haring (Switzerland) 19/20. Miroslaw Daniszewski (Poland), Michal Knapp (Poland) 21/22. Jens Budden (Germany), Gerrit Schukken (Holland) 23/24. Robert Jan Bangma (Holland), Ruben deJong (Holland) (deJong withdrew from the meeting after a crash in practice which wrecked his machine) Hope you all enjoyed the Eurosport coverage, which I'll be watching later after I finish my work (still sorting out my pictures and reports from a long busy weekend). From the comments people have sent me on facebook, they finally realised what I've been banging the drum about for years. Some news about the injured riders: Both Rene Stellingwerf and Gunther Bauer are out for the rest of the season. Bauer shoved Stellingwerf into the fence on Saturday night, going for a gap that wasn't there, and Rene has a broken foot, and the spikes shredded part of his muscle, but I spoke to his wife on Sunday, and he wanted to ride, but the Doctors said no . However he is in good spirts and will make a full recovery. He should be home now. Bauer suffered a puncture which caused his fall on Sunday, and he has suffered a broken thumb, which rules him out of the German Championship, and the last round in Inzell. Also watch out for the name Dirk Werkman. He is a spectacular rider with bags of talent, and with Ruben deJong (who didn't ride in Assen after smashing his machine up in practice) the Dutch now have two young riders who are capable of going to the top of the pile in a few seasons!

I suspect Saturday's coverage will be on a time delay, as although it says "Live..." on the EPG, the meeting starts at 7pm CET, whereas the Sunday coverage will be shown 'as live' possibly editing out the track prep periods. Either way, it's been a long time since they showed Ice Racing on Eurosport, and even longer since they showed it in prime time, so it's long overdue such good coverage! I've also been told that both days from Inzell will be shown too, over the weekend of 22nd/23rd March

It's the three day Assen meeting this weekend, with the Roelof Thijs Bokaal on Friday 7th, followed by the Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship Final 3 on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th. Dutch Grasstrack, Jacqueline and myself will be there (along with a few others from the forum) and if you are going have a good time. We hope to have updates or at least the result as soon after the last heat depending on how good the WiFi is in the Press Room for those of you who aren't going but are interested in the results. Friday's RTB meeting line up has been finalised and here it is (courtesy of the http://ijsspeedway-assen.nl site) 1. Ruben de Jong (Netherlands) 2. Markus Jell (Germany) 3. Ronny Haring (Switzerland) 4. Lukáš Volejník (Czech Republic) 5. Mikko Jetsonen (Finland) 6. Robert-Jan Bangma (Netherlands) 7. Charly Ebner jr (Austria) 8. Daniel Henderson (Sweden) 9. Mikael Flodin (Sweden) 10. Thomas Wiest (Germany) 11. Dirk Werkman (Netherlands) 12. Mirosław Daniszewski (Poland) 13. Michał Knapp (Poland) 14. Lukáš Hutla (Czech Republic) 15. Simon Gartmann (Switzerland) 16. Gerrit Schukken (Netherlands) 17. Martin Posch (Austria) 18. Simon Reitsma (Netherlands) 19. Niclas Svensson Kallin Sweden 20. Andrej Diviš (Czech Republic) 21. Johann Weber (Germany) 22. Jimmy Olsen (Sweden) 23. Ove Ledström (Sweden) 24. Josef Kreuzberger (Austria) The top two Dutch riders from Friday night will be the reserves for the ISG Meeting, and if last years meeting is anything to go by, then this years should be a cracker! Niklas Svensson defends his title, and Reuben de Jong is also riding. If you've never seen him ride he is a phenomenal talent, finishing second in last years meeting. DeJong could have won had the final not been re-run, as he was leading Svensson, when Ove Ledstrom fell.