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RUSSIAN SUPER LEAGUE ROUNDS 5 & 6 TOGLIATTI, SATURDAY 1ST & SUNDAY 2ND MARCH 2014 RESULTS: SATURDAY: TOGLIATTI 24+3 (Danil Ivanov 15, Sergei Karachintsev 5, Igor Saydullin 4+3) UFA 24+2 (Nikolai Krasnikov 13, Dmitri Koltakov 7, Vladimir Bobin 4+2) KAMENSK URAL 21+3 (Artem Novik 14, Mikhail Dmitrishin 5+3, Rustam Akumbaev 2) SAMARA 21+2 (Dmitri Khomitsevich 8, Vitali Khomitsevich 7, Andrei Gavrilkin 6+2) STERLITAMAK 17 (Igor Kononov 9, Andrei Shishegov 4, Evgeny Sharov 4) BLAGOVESHCHENSK 11 (Pawel Tschajka 9, Sergei Logachev 2, Danil Goloshekin 0) TOGLIATTI-2 7 (Sergei Agaltsov 4, Ivan Bolshakov 2, Mikhail Litvinov 1) SUNDAY: UFA 26 (Bobin 13, Koltakov, 9, Dmitri Bulankin 4) KAMENSK URAL 24+3: (Novik 11, Dmitrishin 10+3, Akumbaev 3)] TOGLIATTI 24+ef: (Ivanov 14+ef, Karachintsev 7, Saydullin 3) BLAGOVESHCHENSK 14: (Logachev 8, Tschajka 3, Golosheykin 3) STERLITAMAK 13+3: (Shishegov 6, Sharov 6+3, Kononov 1) SAMARA 13+2: (D. Khomitsevich 7, Gavrilkin 3, Nikita Toloknov 3+2) TOGLIATTI-2 8: (Agaltsov 4, Bolshakov 3, Litvinov 1) FINAL TABLE: UFA 46 (8,8,8.8.6,8) TOGLIATTI 35 (5,6,5,6,8,5) SAMARA 28 (6,5,6,5,4,2) KAMENSK URAL 21+3 (2,3,3,2,5,6) STERLITAMAK 21+2 (3,4,4,4,3,2) BLAGOVESHCHENSK 17 (4,2,2,3,2,4) SHADRINSK 4 (1,1,1,1,NS,NS) TOGLIATTI-2 2(NS,NS,NS,NS,1,1) RUSSIAN PREMIER LEAGUE ROUNDS 3 & 4 NOVOSIBIRSK, SATURDAY 1ST & SUNDAY 2ND MARCH 2014 RESULTS: SATURDAY KAMENSK URAL 32 (Eduard Krysov 16, Artem Akulov 8, Kirill Popov 8) NOVOSIBIRSK 29 (Maxim Korchemakha 21, Andrei Zhdanov 4, Evgeny Yagodkin 4) KUMERTAU 25 (Yegor Myshkovets 17, Alex Vitrek 7, Bogdan Farvazov 1) IZHEVSK 18 (Evgeny Urakov 17, Andrei Shajkin 1, Ivan Zyryanov 0) SARANSK 16 (Maxim Karpuhkin 11, Maxim Maslikov 5, Alexander Zolotarev 0) SUNDAY KAMENSK URAL 30.5 (Krysov 16, Akulov 9.5, Popov 5) KUMERTAU 30 (Vitrek 14, Myshkovets 13, Farvazov 3) NOVOSIBIRSK 29 (Korchemakha 21, Zhdanov 5, Utusikov 3) SARANSK 17.5 (Karpuhkin 10.5, Maslikov 6, Zolotarev 1) IZHEVSK 13 (Urakov 11, Shajkin 1, Zyryanov 1) FINAL TABLE: Kamensk Ural 24 (6,6,6,6) Kumertau 23 (8,8,3,4) Novosibirsk 12 (3,2,4,3) Saransk 9 (5,1,1,2) Samara 9 (4,5,NS,NS) Izhevsk 7 (1,3,2,1) Lukhovitsy 6 (2,4,NS,NS) Vladimir Paznikov Memorial Trophy (held after main meeting) SF1: Korchemakha, Maslikov, Shajkin, Yagodkin (ef) SF 2: Krysov, Vitrek, Utusikov Zhdanov Final: Krysov, Korchemakha, Vitrek, Maslikov

RUSSIAN SUPER LEAGUE, ROUNDS 3 & 4, UFA, SATURDAY 22ND & SUNDAY 23RD FEBRUARY 2014 ROUND 3 (Saturday) UFA 25 (Dmitri Koltakov 12, Nikolai Krasnikov 10, Dmitri Bulankin 3) SAMARA 24 (Dmitri Khomitsevich 9, Vitalli Khomitsevich 9, Andrei Gavrilkin 6) TOGLIATTI 21 (Danil Ivanov 13, Sergei Karachintsev 6, Igor Saydullin 2) STERLITAMAK 18 (Andrei Shishegov 9, Igor Kononov 6, Evgeni Sharov 3) KAMENSK URAL 16 (Artem Novik 10, Vyacheslav Svitek 4, Rustam Akumbaev 2) BLAGOVESHCHENSK 13 (Pawel Tschajka 9, Sergei Logachev 4, Danil Golosheykin 0) SHADRINSK 8 (Danil Belonogov 4, Konstantin Kolenkin 4, Stanislav Stukov 0) ROUND 4 (SUNDAY) UFA 26 (Krasnikov 11, Koltakov 11, Vladimir Bobin 4) TOGLIATTI 24 (Ivanov 13, Karachintsev 7, Saydullin 4) SAMARA 22 (Gavrilkin 10, D. Khomitsevich 8, V. Khomitsevich 4) STERLITAMAK 16+3 (Kononov 9, Shishegov 7+3, Sharov 0) BLAGOVESHCHENSK 16+2 (Tschajka 11+2, Goloshekin 3, Logachev 2) KAMENSK URAL 15 (Novik 12, Akumbaev 2, Svitek 1) SHADRINSK 7 (Belonogov 4, Kolenkin 3, Stukov 0) STANDINGS: Ufa 32, Togliatti 22, Samara 22, Sterlitamak 15, Blagoveshchensk 11, Kamensk Ural 10, Shadrinsk 4 Final Round 1st & 2nd March at Togliatti

FIM-EUROPE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP, KAMENSK URAL, RUSSIA SATURDAY 22ND & SUNDAY 23RD FEBRUARY 2014 SATURDAY RESULT (Heat Scores in brackets) A FINAL: Vasilli Nesytyh (Russia) (13), Yegor Myshkovets (Russia) (12), Jimmy Olsen (Sweden) (13), Max Niedermaier (Germany) (9) B FINAL: Stefan Pletschacher (Germany) (8), Yegor Kazeneyi (Russia) (8), Josef Kreuzberger (Austria) (8), Jussi Nyronen (Finland) (7) C FINAL: Kirill Popov (Russia) (5), Timo Kankkunen (Finland) (7), Daniel Henderson (Sweden) (6)(FX),Mikhail Dmitrishin (Russia) (6) (NS) D FINAL: Martin Glarner (Switzerland) (3), Radek Hutla (Czech Rep) (5), Claude Gadeyne (France) (3), Lukas Volenik (Czech Rep) (3) Also Rode: Joe Saetre (Norway) (2), Lukas Hutla (Czech Rep) (1) SUNDAY A FINAL: Nesytyh (14), Myshkovets (13),Dmitrishin (15), Pletschacher (11) B FINAL: Olsen (10), Niedermaier (9), Kreuzberger (6), Glarner (5) C FINAL: Henderson (4), Kankkunen (5) L. Hutla (5), R Hutla (3) D FINAL: Kazenyi (3), Popov (3), Volenik (4), Nyronen (4) Also Rode: Gadeyne (3), Saetre (0) OVERALL RESULT: Nesytyh (32), Myshkovets (30) Olsen (26), Pletschacher (25) Niedermaier (24), Kreuzberger (20), Dmitrishin (19), Kazenyi (15), Henderson (14), Kankkunen (14), Glarner (13), Popov (11), Nyronen (10), R. Hutla (8), L. Hutla (6), Volenik (3), Gadeyne (2), Saetre (0) The Scoring System was 16 for first in the A Final down to 1 for last in the D Final. After two days the Final scores were added up, and in the case of a tie outside the top 3, heat scores decided positions.If there had been a tie in any of the Top 3 positions, it would have been decided by run offs. Seems FIM-Europe like to make things easy.

MOTUL FIM ICE SPEEDWAY GLADIATORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 2 BLAGOVESHCHENSK, RUSSIA, SATURDAY 15TH & SUNDAY 16TH FEBRUARY 2014 Saturday (Russia unless stated) Dmitri Koltakov 18 (12+3+3) Danil Ivanov 19 (14+3+2) Pawel Tschajka 15 (12+2+1) Sergei Makharov 13 (11+2+0) Dmitri Khomitsevich 14 (13+1) Igor Kononov 13 (12+1) Stefan Svensson (Sweden) 8 (8+0) Per Anders Lindstrom (Sweden) 8 (8+0) Grzegorz Knapp (Poland) 6 Rene Stellingwerf (Holland) 6 Gunther Bauer (Germany) 5 Stefan Pletschacher (Germany) 5 Jan Klatovsky (Czech Rep.) 4 Max Niedermaier (Germany) 3 Tomi Tani (Finland) 1 Sergei Logachev 0 Roman Akimenko 0 Harald Simon (Austria) 0 Semi Final 1: Ivanov, Makharov, Kononov, Svensson Semi Final 2: Koltakov, Tschajka, Khomitsevich, Lindstrom Final: Koltakov, Ivanov, Tschajka, Makharov Sunday Ivanov 17 (11+3+3) Kononov 19 (15+2+2) Tschajka 12 (10+2+D) Koltakov 16 (13+3+fx) Makharov 12 (12+fx) Logachev 11 (10+1) Khomitsevich 10 (9+1) Svensson 8 (8+0) Bauer 6 Lindstrom 6 Klatovsky 6 Pletschacher 5 Knapp 3 Tani 2 Stellingwerf 1 Neidermaier 0 Semi Final 1: Ivanov, Kononov, Logachev, Svensson Semi Final 2: Koltakov, Tschajka, Khomitsevich, Makharov (fx) Final: Ivanov, Kononov, Tschajka (D), Koltakov (fx) Overall: Ivanov 72 Koltakov 68 D. Khomitsevich 58 Kononov 58 Makharov 49 V. Khomitsevich (WC) 30 Svensson 28 Tschajka (WC) 27 Lindstrom 25 Klatovsky 20 Stellingwerf 17 Bauer 16 Pltschacher 15 Aakko 14 V. Kosov 14 Logachev 11 Knapp 9 Simon 8 Neidermaier 3 Tani 3 E. Kosov 3 Zorn 0

We're all on the Facebook Group f-s-p MOTUL FIM ICE SPEEDWAY GLADIATORS TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP, TOGLIATTI, RUSSIA, Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th February 2014 RESULT: RUSSIA 58 (28+30) Dmitri Koltakov 21 (9+12), Danil Ivanov 20 (10+10), Sergei Makharov 17 (9+8) SWEDEN 43 (22+21) Stefan Svensson 22 (10+12), Per-Anders Lindstrom 12 (6+6), Niklas Svensson 3 (0+3) FINLAND 36 (18+18) Mats Jarf 32 (16+16), Tomi Tani 3 (1+2), Antti Aakko 1 (1 +DNR) AUSTRIA 33 (18+15) Harald Simon 26 (14+12), Josef Kreuzberger 7 (4+3) GERMANY 33 (16+17) Gunther Bauer 22 (10+12), Stefan Pletschacher 10 (6+4), Max Niedermaier 1 (0+1) CZECH REP. 27 (13+14) Jan Klatovsky 24 (12+12), Lukas Volenik 2 (0+2), Andrei Divis 1 (1+0) POLAND 21 (10+11) Grzegorz Knapp 18 (7+11), Michal Knapp 3 (3+0), Miroslaw Daniszewski 0 (0+0) RUSSIAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP UFA, Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd February 2014 Result: Igor Saydullin (Togliatti) 29 (14+15), Yegor Myshkovets (Ufa) 27 (13+14), Vasilli Nesytyh (Togliatti) 22 (10+12), Yegor Kozenyi (Lukhovitsy) 20 (9+11), Kyrill Popov (Kamensk Ural) 18 (8+10), Nikita Toloknov (Samara) 17 (13+4), Artem Akulov 17 (11+6), Alex Vitrek (Ufa) 16 (6+10), Vladimir Bobin (Ufa) 13 (12+1), Sergei Logachev (Blagoveshchensk) 13 (5+8), Mikhail Litvinov (Togliatti) 11 (7+4), Roman Pavlenko (Shadrinsk) 10 (4+6), Sergei Agaltsov (Togliatti) 7 (3+4), Konstantin Kolenkin (Shadrinsk) 6 (2+4), Stanislav Stukov (Shadrinsk) 4 (2+2), Yuri Oleynik (Shadrinsk) 3 (0+3), Bogdan Farvazov (Ufa) 1 (0+1) According to Jouni Seppanen, Aakko withdrew after his second ride with broken ribs sustained in Krasnagorsk. Aims to be fit for Assen Interesting article that the Amur Governmant paid 4 Million Rubles (€90,000) to transport all the riders, bikes, spares and mechanics out to Blagoveshchensk today,in two transporter planes. The return journeys will be on Monday (for those in the European Championship and Elite League) and Wednesday for the rest. It's in German so you'll need to use a translator if you can't read German http://www.speedweek.com/eisspeedwaygp/news/51590/Blagovestschensk-GP-9000-km-bis-nach-China.html.

Thanks. Yes, it was a really good cross section and reminded me of when I first started to going to Speedway. That's bad news, and means that it puts pressure on the others to try and match the Russians. Which on the evidence of the first rounds is going to be hard

Makharov rides for Moscow Suburbs Lukhovitsy, and quite a few people in the crowd were from there. The Kosovs are being hailed as The next big thing from Russia. The Novelty value of Twins riding in the same race had a few of the 'Togs trying to get them in the same frame whilst racing (have a look on the Saturday pics on my site). And the fact that apart from Dmitri K, who was seeded, Samara had the Wild Card AND the two reserves. They have a bit of clout at the moment. On a personal note, I had a great time in Moscow, despite being ripped off by a Taxi Driver on my first night. Still, I'm going back next year, as I managed to get from my Hotel to the Stadium easily enough, and still managed to wire my reports and pics. I took the bare minimum of gear, so it looked like a tourist rather than a working 'tog. Racing was great, and my pics are up on my site now http://iancharlesphotos.net/Image_Gallery/Image_Gallery.html and I made friends with fans from Togliatti and Lukhovitsy, as well as seeing some of my Russian Friends whom I generally only see in Assen. Things to remember for next time: 1) Don't get a taxi from the airport 2) Remember to take a spare LiOn battery for the camera and the charger (Thank you Good Shoot for the use of your charger in the press room on Sunday!) 3) Remember to take the hand warmers out of the bag for the aircraft hold and put them in the Camera Bag before going to the Stadium. 4) Find out the dates for 2015 as soon as possible

CUP OF RUSSIA (FINAL 1), SHADRINSK, Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th January, 2014 Result: Vitalli Khomitsevich (Samara) 27 (13+14), Eduard Krysov (Kamensk Ural) 25 (12+13), Igor Saydullin (Togliatti) 20+3 (10+10), Mikhail Dimitrishin (Kamensk Ural) 20+2 (11+9), Evgeny Sharov 20 +ef (11+9), Sergei Karachintsev (Togliatti) 19 (9+10), Yegor Myshkovets (17 (7+10), Andrei Shishegov (Sterlitamak) 17 (11+6), Andrei Gavrilkin (Samara) 11 (DNR+11), Vyacheslav Svitek (Kamensk Ural) 11 (5+6), Dmitri Bulankin (Ufa) 11 (3+8), Nikita Toloknov (Samara) 10 (5+5), Roman Pavlenko (Shadrinsk) 7 (4+3), Artem Novik (Kamensk Ural) 6 (6+DNR), Danil Goloshykhyn (Blagoveshchensk) 6 (4+2), Kyrill Popov (Kamensk Ural) 5 (3+2), Stanislav Stukov (Shadrinsk) 4 (3+1), Konstantin Kolenkin (Shadrinsk) 2 (2+0) Managed to watch most of the Sanok cup too. Most of those watching were chatting on the Ice Speedway facebook group. Looked quite a good meeting. I'm in Moscow next weekend for my first trip to watch Russian Ice Speedway. I'll try and post results here next weekend

RUSSIAN JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP, SATURDAY 18TH & SUNDAY 19TH JANUARY 2014 SEMI FINAL 1, NOVOSIBIRSK Result: Kyrill Popov (Kamensk Ural) 29+3 (14+15), Artem Akulov (Kamensk Ural) 29+2 (15+14), Roman Pavlenko (Shadrinsk) 26 (13+13), Konstantin Kolenkin (Shadrinsk) 20 (9+11), Stanislav Stukov (Shadrinsk) 20 (10+10), Eugene Yagodkin (Novosibirsk) 17 (8+9), Yuri Olejnik (Shadrinsk) 17 (8+9), Bogdan Farvazov (Ufa) 16 (9+7), Ivan Chichkov (Ufa) 15 (9+6), Mikhail Myasnikov (Shadrinsk) 11 (8+3), Alexei Elenski (Blagoveshchensk) 10 (3+7), Emil Shabanov (Ufa) 10 (5+5), Maksim Siderov (Shadrinsk) 9 (3+6), Vladislav Morov (Ufa) 9 (3+6), Alexander Varyukhin (Kemerovo) 3 (1+2), Dmitri Varyukhin (Kemerovo) 2 (1+1) Vyacheslav Dubinan Memorial Trophy: Final: Akulov, Popov, Pavlenko, Kolenkin SEMI FINAL 2, LUKHOVITSY Result: Yegor Myshkovets (Ufa) 30 (15+15), Yegor Kozenyi (Lukhovitsy) 26 (13+13), Alex Vitrek (Ufa) 24 (12+12), Mikhail Litvinov (Togliatti) 24 (12+12), Sergei Agaltsov (Togliatti) 20 (9+11), Roman Kholodov (Samara) 18 (12+6), Dinar Valeev (Izhevsk) 17 (7+10), Vladislav Khramov (Penza)17 (6+9), Yegor Pershin (Samara) 12 (8+4), Alexander Zolotarev (Glazov) 9 (5+4), Dmitri Lotorev (Lukhovitsy) 8 (4+4) Ivan Zyryanov (Glazov) 7 (4+3), Alexei Kalganov (Lukhovitsy) 7 (2+5), Ivan Bolshakov (Togliatti) 4 (4+DNR), Valentin Drachyov (Lukhovitsy) 0 (0+DNR) The Russian Junior Final takes place at Ufa on the weekend of the 8th/9th February.

You are spot on Doug, the promoters can make money if they stage their annual meeting as fans will go, although a few 'names' in the line up attract the fans from further afield - Krasnikov will race the odd meeting here and there and pull the punters in who want to see him, same with Zorn and Bauer, who will pull in their fans. The FIM want Ice Racing, but then appear to be doing little to promote it.

RUSSIAN INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 2, Ufa, Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th January 2014 Results: Danil Ivanov (Togliatti) 28 (13+15), Dmitri Koltakov (Ufa) 25 (13+12), Sergei Makharov (Lukhovitsy) 23 (11+12), Igor Kononov (Sterlitamak) 23 (12+11), Dmitri Khomitsevich (Samara) 20 (13+7) Andrei Gavrilkin (Samara) 20 (9+11), Vitalli Khomitsevich (Samara) 17 (7+10), Igor Saydullin (Togliatti) 17 (8+9), Andrei Shishegov (Sterlitamak) 13 (5+8), Eduard Krysov (Kamensk Ural) 12 (6+6), Yegor Myshkovets (Ufa) 10 (6+4) Evgeny Sharov (Sterlitamak) 7 (6+1), Eugene Kosov (Samara) 7 (3+4), Vasilli Kosov 7 (4+3) Pawel Tschajka (Blagoveshchensk) 6 (2+4), Danil Goloshykhyn (Blagoveshchensk) 2 (2+0) Overall: (Best 3 scores count) Ivanov 40+3, Koltakov 40+f, Makharov 34+3, Kononov 34 +2, D. Khomitsevich 33, Gavrilkin 32, V. Khomitsevich 27, Sharov 26, Saydullin 22, Krysov 21, Tschajka 18, Shishegov 15, Myshkovets 14, E. Kosov 13, V. Kosov 9, Goloshykhyn 2 Danil Ivanov is the new Russian Champion Makharov and Kononov will represent Russia in the Challenge in Austria FIM Europe got their fingers burned last year when half the riders in the final took places in the semi final just to make up the numbers. I suspect thats why they have changed it for this year. Perhaps if they thought about where they stage it it might attract a few more riders.

Russian Junior Team Championship, Kamensk Ural, 4th/5th January 2014 Ufa - 26 3. Yegor Myshkovets (1 3 2 2 1 3) 12 4. Vladimir Bobin (3 2 3 1 3 2) 14 16. Ayrat Khabibullin NS Samara - 22 9. Roman Kholodov (2 2 3 0 1 0) 8 10. Nikita Toloknov (X 3 2 3 3 3) 14 19. Yegor Pershin NS Blagoveshchensk - 20 11. Sergei Logachev (3 3 2 3 2 3) 16 12. Vladislav Khramov (X 1 X 0 0 1) 4 20. Alexei Elenski NS Togliatti - 20 5. Igor Saydullin (3 1 1 2 3 2) 12 6. Vasily Nesytyh (2 0 2 1 2 1) 8 17. Ivan Bolshakov NS Kamensk Ural - 19 1. Kirill Popov (X 0 3 2 1) 6 2. Artem Akulov (2 3 3 1 2 X) 11 15. Dinar Valeev (2) 2 Shadrinsk - 13 7. Konstantin Kolenkin (X X X X) 0 8. Roman Pavlenko (1 1 1 3 3 2) 11 16. Stanislav Stukov (0 2) 2 Izhevsk - 6 13. Ivan Zyryanov (1 0 0 0 0 0) 1 14. Alexander Zolotarev (0 1 1 1 1 1) 5 Togliatti - 28 5 . Igor Saydullin (3 2 3 3 2 3) 16 6. Vasily Nesytyh (2 3 2 2 1 2) 12 17. Ivan Bolshakov NS Ufa - 24 3 . Yegor Myshkovets (2 3 3 3 3 1) 15 4 . Vladimir Bobin (3 1 1 2 0 2) 9 16. Ayrat Khabibullin NS Kamensk Ural - 21 1. Kirill Popov (2 2 1 1 2 3) 11 2 . Artem Akulov ( 3 1 3 0 0) 7 15. Dinar Valeev (3) 3 Samara - 19 9. Roman Kholodov (0 0 0 2 3 1) 6 10 . Nikita Toloknov (1 3 2 3 2 2) 13 19. Yegor Pershin NS Blagoveshchensk - 17 11. Sergei Logachev (3 2 1 2 3 3) 14 12. Vladislav Khramov (1 0 0 0 2 0) 3 20. Alexei Elenski NS Shadrinsk - 11 7. Konstantin Kolenkin (X 0 1) 1 8. Roman Pavlenko (2 1 3 1 1) 8 16. Stanislav Stukov (0 0 0 2) 2 Izhevsk - 6 13. Ivan Zyryanov (0 1 0 0 1 1) 3 14. Alexander Zolotarev (X 1 1 1 0 0) 3 Final 1. Ufa - (26 + 24) 50 2. Togliatti - (20 + 28) 48 3. Samara - (22 + 19) 41 4. Kamensk Ural - (19 + 21) 40 5. Blagoveshchensk - (20 + 17) 37 6. Shadrinsk - (13 + 11) 24 7. Izhevsk - (6 + 6) 12 Results from Bahnsportfansite, Holland

RUSSIAN INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 1 TOGLIATTI, TUESDAY 24TH DECEMBER & WEDNESDAY 25TH DECEMBER 2013 Dmitri Koltakov (Ufa) 27 (14+13) Danil Ivanov (Togliatti) 23 (12+11) Andrei Gavrilkin (Samara) 21+3 (9+12) Sergei Makharov (Lukhovitsy) 21+2 (10+11) Igor Kononov (Sterlitamak) 21+ef (10+11) Evgeny Sharov (Sterlitamak) 20 (7+13) Dmitri Khomitsevich (Samara) 20 (10+10) Vitalli Khomitsevich (Samara) 16 (10+6) Eduard Krysov (Kamensk Ural) 15 (7+8) Pawel Tschajka (Blagoveshchensk) 14 (7+7) Igor Saydullin (Togliatti) 9 (4+5) Eugene Kosov (Samara) 9 (4+5) Yegor Myshkovets (Ufa) 5 (4+1) Danil Goloshykhyn (Blagoveshchensk) 5 (4+1) Vasilli Kosov (Samara) 3 (2+1) Andrei Shishegov (Sterlitamak) 2 (0+2) Sergei Karachintsev (res) 2 (DNR+2) Final 2 is at Ufa on the 11th &12th January 2014

RUSSIAN INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI FINALS SATURDAY 21ST DECEMBER AND SUNDAY 22ND DECEMBER SF 2 - Ufa: Danil Ivanov (Togliatti) 28 (15+13) Pawel Tschajka (Blagoveshchensk) 26+3 (13+13) Igor Saydullin (Togliatti) 26+2 (13+13) Yevgeny Sharov (Shadrinsk) 25 (12+13) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Dmitri Bulankin (Ufa) 24 (11+13) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Kyrill Popov (Kamensk Ural) 19 (10+9) Airat Khabibullin (Sterlitamak) 15 (9+6) Alex Vitrek (Ufa) 14 (7+7) Alexei Ivanov (Izhevsk) 12 (4+8) Dinar Valeev (Izhevsk) 10 (4+6) Maxim Karpuhkin (Saransk) 9 (4+5) Bogdan Farvazov (Ufa) 8 (2+6) Vasilli Nesytyh (Togliatti) 7 (7+DNR) Maxim Maslikov (Saransk) 5 (2+3) Vyacheslav Bibek (Kumertau) 5 (2+3) Emil Shabanov (Ufa) 2 (1+1) Vladislav Morov (res) 2 (0+2) SF 3 Sterlitamak Andrei Gavrilkin (Samara) 28 (13+15) Igor Kononov (Sterlitamak) 26 (13+13) Andrei Shishegov (Sterlitamak) 23 (11+12) Sergei Makharov (Lukhovitsy) 22 (13+9) --------------------------------------------------------------- Sergei Karachintsev (Togliatti) 21 (11+10) -------------------------------------------------------------- Sergei Baltachev (Izhevsk) 21 (10+11) Roman Akimenko (Blagoveshchensk) 17 (8+9) Alexei Abroskin (Saransk) 16 (9+7) Yegor Kozenyi (Lukhovitsy) 15 (7+8) Mikhail Litvinov (Togliatti) 13 (5+8) Sergei Agaltsov (Togliatti) 12 (7+5) Vladislav Templov (Penza) 9 (4+5) Evgeni Sotnikov (Penza) 6 (4+2) Alexei Kalganov (Lukhovitsy) 4 (2+2) Dmitri Lotorev (Lukhovitsy) 3 (0+3) Alexei Dmitriev (Meleuz) (Res) 1 (1+DNR) SF 4 Shadrinsk Dmitri Khomitsevich (Samara) 28+3 (15+13) Eduard Krysov (Kamensk Ural) 28+2 (13+15) Vitalli Khomitsevich (Samara) 25 (11+11) Yegor Myshkovets (Ufa) 22 (11+11) --------------------------------------------------------------- Artem Novik (Kamensk Ural)) 21 (11+10) --------------------------------------------------------------- Vladimir Bobin (Ufa) 19 (10+9) Alexi Utusikov (Novosibirsk) 19 (9+10) Artem Akulov (Kamensk Ural) 17 (8+9) Danil Belonogov (Shadrinsk) 13 (7+6) Rustam Akumbaev (Kamensk Ural) 13 (7+6) Eugene Urakov (Izhevsk) 12 (6+6) Stanislav Stukov (Shadrinsk) 7 (4+3) Konstantin Kolenkin (Shadrinsk) 5 (2+3) Mikhail Myasnikov (Shadrinsk) 4 (1+3) Maksim Sidorov (Shadrinsk) 2 (1+1) Yuri Oleynik (Shadrinsk) 1 (1+DNR)

Craig Ackroyd told me that the Russians prefer to hold the meetings during the day as it can get 'a bit nippy' once the lights go. Considering he was telling me it was -20 during the meeting, I think it was a bit of an understatement! Looking forward to my first trip to Russia for racing - just need to sort my press accreditation out!

RUSSIAN INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP, SEMI FINAL 1, NOVOSIBIRSK, SATURDAY 14th DECEMBER & SUNDAY 15th DECEMBER 2013 RESULTS: Dmitri Koltakov (Ufa) 30 (15+15), Eugene Kosov (Samara) 24 (11+13), Danil Goloshykhyn (Blagoveshchensk) 23+3 (11+12), Vasilli Kosov (Samara) 23+2 (9+14) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Vyacheslav Svitek (Kamensk Ural) 22 (11+11) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Nikita Toloknov (Samara) 18 (10+8), Mikael Dmitrishin (Kamensk Ural) 18 (10+8), Roman Kholodov (Samara) 17 (9+8), Sergei Logachev (Blagoveshchensk) 15 (+8), Andrei Zhdanov (Novosibirsk) 14 (8+6), Roman Pavlenko (Shadrinsk) 10 (3+7), Eugene Yagodkin (Novosibirsk) 9 (5+4), Innokent Andreev (Krasnoyarsk) 7 (5+2), Alexander Varyukhin (Kemerovo) 6 (3+3), Maxim Korchemakha (Novosibirsk) 0 (0+DNR), Juri Ivanov ( Krasnoyarsk) DNR

Looks like the warn winter Russian Weather is playing havoc with the fixtures - well at -5'C it's warm for a Russian Winter . Last weekend's Premier League Meeting in Novosibisrk was called off and moved to March (much to the annoyance of two of my friends who went there!). The Russian Championship Semi Finals in Ufa, Sterlitamak and Shadrinsk have all been moved to the weekend of 21/22nd December. The Semi Final in Novosibirsk will go ahead this weekend (14/15th December) as practice was today, and all went well according to the Russian Forum. No news as to a TV link yet, but I'll post one if I find one.

RUSSIAN SUPER LEAGUE ROUND 1, SATURDAY 30TH NOVEMBER & ROUND 2 SUNDAY 1ST DECEMBER, BLAGOVESHCHENSK SATURDAY: UFA 28 (Dmitri Koltakov 17, Nikolai Krasnikov 7, Dmitri Bulankin 4) SAMARA 23+3 (Dmitri Khomitsevich 9+3, Andrei Gavrilkin 9, Vitalli Khomitsevich 5) TOGLIATTI 23+2 (Danil Ivanov 16+2, Igor Saydullin 5, Sergei Karachintsev 2) BLAGOVESHCHENSK 18 Pawel Tschajka 12, Sergei Logachev 5, Danil Goloszekin 1) STERLITAMAK 14+3 (Igor Kononov 9, Evgenei Sharov 4 +3, Andrei Shishegov 1) KAMENSK URAL 14+N (Mikael Dmitrishin 5+ef, Arten Novik 5, Vyacheslav Svitek 4,) SHADRINSK 6 (Ilya Panteleev 5, Aleksei Elenski 1, Andrei Selifonov 0) SUNDAY: UFA 28 (Koltakov 14, Krasnikov 10, Bulankin 4) TOGLIATTI 25 (Ivanov 15, Karachintsev 8, Vasilli Nesythyh 2) SAMARA 24 (D.Khomitsevich 14, V. Khomitsevich 6, Gavrilkin 4) STERLITAMAK 17 (Sharov 7, Shishegov 7, Airat Khabbibulin 3) KAMENSK URAL 12 (Dmitrishin 5, Novik 4, Svitek 3) BLAGOVESHCHENSK 11 (Tschajka 7, Logachev 4, Harald Simon 0) SHADRINSK 8 (Panteleev 5, Selifonov 2, Elenski 1) LEAGUE TABLE: UFA 16 (8+8) SAMARA 11 (6+5), TOGLIATTI 11 (5+6), STERLITAMAK 7 (3+4), BLAGOVESHCHENSK 6 (4+2), KAMENSK URAL 5 (2+3), SHADRINSK 2 (1+1)

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Thanks for all the advice, both for independent and organised travel. I'm doing it half and half in that I will be making my own way to Moscow, and staying with the Travel Plus group, who will arrange my Visa too. Now looking forward to going to Russia. The Ice Speedway Gladiators Series will now have 4 Rounds/8 Meetings, as the Speedway Amur Club will host Final 2 over the weekend of 15/16th February at the Cupid Stadium, Blagoveshchensk. For those of you who don't know, Blagoveshchensk is in the Amur region, and stands on the where the Amur and Cupid rivers meet. Across the Amur River is Northern China, and the City is a 1,000 Miles NW of Vladivostok. The riders will have to leave Togliatti straight after the Team Final the previous weekend, in order to get there. I understand that the regional government together with the club are paying for the riders and officials to travel there. The riders/mechanics/officials/bikes/vehicles are expected to travel by train. If they drive, it's only 4,250 miles (6857 km) with a driving time of 83 hours ,

I'm thinking of doing the same this year, although a few of us are talking about travelling together. I too would welcome advice, although I was chatting to a few Russians in Manchester for the City - Moscow match and all said it wasn't able to be reached by Metro, but was easy to get to. I'm assuming they have a rail system which runs in conjunction with the Metro.

I'm basing it on the information posted on several site including the Assen Site and the Russian Forum. The Russians tend to release their fixtures AFTER the FIM ones. At present I can't help you, but I understand they will be Friday Night and Saturday Afternoon as usual. As soon as I get the schedule I'll post it It was just a general comment Doug, as Flims, St Johann, Weißenbach and Flims are natural tracks, who rely on the cold weather. But Berlin would be nicer if it was cold and dry rather than their March Rainy season Oh, and the Assen tickets are available here: http://www.ijsspeedway-assen.nl/en/tickets-2014.html

Few Additional Fixtures: Jan 5th - Steingaden, Germany Jan 24-26th Sanok, Poland Mar 7th - Roelof Thijs Bokall Assen, Netherlands There are also meetings planned in Berlin, Austria and Flims Switzerland. Just hope there is a good cold winter

FIM FIXTURES 2014 Motul Oil FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship January 18th - Ice Speedway Gladiators Challenge Meeting - St. Johann, Austria February 1st/2nd - Final 1, Krasnagorsk, Russia March 8th/9th - Final 2, Assen, Netherlands March 15th/16th - Final 3, Inzell, Germany (According to the Russian forum, there is a possibility of another round being added at Blagoveshchensk, Amur Region in the Far East of Russia. But seeing as the MFR are making the Amur Club pay the travel costs of ALL the clubs in the Super League meeting I don't see it happening) Motul Oil FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators Team Championship February 8th/9th - Togliatti, Russia FIM Europe European Championship. February 15th - Semi-Final, Kamensk Ural, Russia February 16th - Final, Kamensk Ural, Russia RUSSIAN FIXTURES Russian Team Championship Super League 30.11-01.12 - Blagoveshchensk (Rounds 1 & 2) 22.02-23.02 - Ufa (Rounds 3 & 4) 01.03-02.03 - Togliatti (Rounds 5 & 6) Teams: Togliatti, Ufa, Sterlitamak, Kamensk Ural, Blagoveshchensk, Samara, Sterlitamak Premier League 07.12-08.12 - Novosibirsk (Rounds 1 & 2) 15.02-16.02 - Lukhovitsy (Rounds 3 & 4) TBA (Rounds 5 & 6) Teams: Saransk, Novosibirsk, Lukhovitsy, Samara II, Kumertau, Izhevsk, Russian Individual Championship 14.12-15.12 Semifinal - Novosibirsk 14.12-15.12 Semifinal - Shadrinsk 14.12-15.12 Semifinal - Sterlitamak 14.12-15.12 Semifinal - Ufa 24.12-25.12 Final 1 - Togliatti 11.01-12.01 Final 2 - Ufa Russian Junior Team Championship 04.01-05.01 Final - Kamensk Ural Russian Junior Individual championship 18.01-19.01 Semifinal - Novosibirsk 18.01-19.01 Semifinal - Samara 18.01-19.01 Semifinal - Lukhovitsy 01.02-02.02 Final - Ufa Cup of Russia 25.01-26.01 - Samara (Rounds 1 & 2) 08.02-09.02 - Shadrinsk (Stage 3 & 4) 08.03-09.03 - Novosibirsk or Krasnokamsk (Stage 5 & 6) MFR Cup 25.01-26.01 - Sterlitamak (Rounds 1 & 2) 08.02-09.02 - Vyatskie Polyany (Rounds 3 & 4) 08.03-09.03 - Kumertau or Izhevsk (Rounds 5 & 6) Other Competitions 05.02 - Samar Region Governors Cup (Togliatti ) 22.02-23.02 - Vladimir Tsybrova Memorial Meeting ( Lukhovitsy) Samara have signed Dmitri Khomitsevich from Togliatti to lead their Super League challenge All the Russian Fixtures come from the Ice Speedway UK Facebook group. Please feel free to add any other Ice Racing fixtures you know of to the thread. I'm hoping to get to Assen and Inzell in 2014, with a possibility of the Russian Round or team final (Dependant on finances and Mrs C's decorating plans for me!)

THE ACTUAL PRESS RELEASE NEWSFLASH MANCHESTER City Council today gave the go-ahead for the Belle Vue Sports Village which will include a custom-built new stadium for the Belle Vue Aces. It will now go to the planning permission stage with the Rentruck Aces targeting an opening date of March 2014. Delighted David Gordon, the club’s Chief Executive Officer, said: “This is a red letter day in the long history of the club. It marks the start of a new era and gives speedway in Manchester a massive future.” Chris Morton, the Chief Operations Officer, said: “I have dreamed of the Aces having a new stadium ever since the one at Hyde Road closed in 1987. This is a brilliant day and the reward for so much hard work.” Richard Frost Chief Press Officer Belle Vue Speedway Manchester