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FIM Europe reserved June 30 for the first round in Poland according to the latest info.

Results from an open meeting in Sloboskoy yesterday: 1. Max Niedermaier (2,2,2,2) 8 2. Alex Utusikov (2,1,2,2) 7 3. Pavel Taran (1,2,1,2) 6 4. Alexander Moskovka (Fd,2,2,1) 5 5. Ivan Volkov (1,1,0,1) 3 6. Tobias Busch (1,1,1,0) 3 7. Dmitri Strelkov (2,0,d,0) 2 8. Michal Kovalev (0,0,1,0) 1 9. Andrey Svitek (0,Fd,0,1) 0 It was the first meeting for Busch. ------- International open fixtures: 08.01 Weissenbach (Austria) 22.01 Champex-Lac (Switzerland) 22.01 Steingaden (Steingaden) 28.01 Sankt Johann (Austria) 31.03 Heerenveen (The Netherlands) National championships: 24.12 Togliatti (Russian championship, round 1) 25.12 Togliatti (Russian championship, round 2) 07.01 Ufa (Russian championship, round 3) 08.01 Ufa (Russian championship, round 4) 08.01 Nepomuk (Czech championship, round 1) 21.01 Champex-Lac (Swiss championship) 22.01 Opatovice (Czech championship, round 2) 29.01 Holice (Czech championship, round 3) 25.02 Hallstavik (Swedish championship) 02.03 Berlin (German championship)

We are in an appartment in the old town again

They also stage the FIM Europe 125cc meeting on the 29th in Torun, so I guess they will combine these meetings as One Sport is also involved with other youth racing.

Date slots: 30.06 – Finale 1 - TBC (PL) 15.07 – Finale 2 - TBC (DE) 05.08 – Finale 3 - TBC (SE) 16.09 – Finale 4 - TBC (PL) So I guess Torun will host the first one, then Gustrow the second. Lublin to finish it. ACU once again did not request any slots for the qualifiers, on the other hand: 22 other federations did request places

Lol John is creative Yeah it's indeed going this way. One Sport for example reduced from 6 to 4 photographers and only 3 in the pits due to Eurosport demands. Also at a longtrack race in Dingolfing earlier this year only FIM press pass holders were allowed on the infield due to the 'insurance policy' they had.

Yeah you are right with that, but it's more a side subject of this haha.... I only state FIM press passes for infield access. Speedway/grasstrack is a dangerous sport and I don't believe that locals know the ins and outs. I have seen many photographers for example laying on the ground taking pics, taking pics on the innerline, etc etc etc.

Most photographers at the GP I know never use flash at any time when the racing is on. Flash should be banned IMO, only in the pits it could be handy. The blinding isn't the issue I believe, it's more the red light which confuses the riders. I believe there should be some kind of official rule which allows max 4 photographers on the infield at all meetings (open and FIM). These photographers should have FIM press passes so local or unexperienced photographers can't get access to the infield. I've been to many meetings where I see the first corner is clogged up with photographers (hobby and pro) taking all the same pics and making it impossible for the ref to see the racing on the first bend. In the Polish Ekstraliga it's regulated that only 2 photographers are working on the infield, and they change at every trackgrading. Works pretty good is my experience

Two rounds in Poland it seems with Torun on 03.06 and Lublin on 16.09.... TBC ofcourse.

Four vans https://www.instagram.com/p/BJQZtwPh5vm/ Torun -> Togliatti

Not really http://www.speedway-landshut.de/aktuelles-detail/valentin-grobauer-zum-acl-michael-haertel-nach-wittstock.html

Landshut will host one of the rounds on 'Vatertag' 25.05.2017

Good planning by the FIM for next year 22.07 Cardiff (GP) / 23.07 Swindon (U21) 08.09 Gustrow (U21 / 09.09 Teterow (GP)

Calendar for next year: 19.05 - Quali 1 - Pardubice 20.05 - Quali 2 - Badia Calavena 20.05 - Quali 3 - Kumla 23.07 - Final 1 - Swindon 08.09 - Final 2 - Gustrow 29.09 - Final 3 - Pardubice Teams: 03.06 - Semi 1 - Pocking 03.06 - Semi 2 - Fjelsted 02.09 - Final - Rybnik

Qualifiers for 2018: 06.05 - Quali 1 - Esbjerg 06.05 - Quali 2 - Zarnovica 06.05 - Quali 3 - Lonigo 05.06 - Quali 4 - Abensberg 15.06 - Semi final 1 - Olching 17.06 - Semi final 2 - Terenzano 19.08 - Challenge - Togliatti

We had no problems at all when we went there for the SEC, by car all the way from Holland. It's cheap and good

Confirmed: April 29: Slovenian FIM Speedway Grand Prix (Krsko) May 13: Warsaw FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland (Warsaw) May 27: Latvian FIM Speedway Grand Prix (Daugavpils) June 10: Czech Republic FIM Speedway Grand Prix (Prague) June 24: Kjærgaard Danish FIM Speedway Grand Prix (Horsens) July 22: Adrian Flux British FIM Speedway Grand Prix (Cardiff) August 12: Swedish FIM Speedway Grand Prix (Malilla) August 26: Gorzow FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland (Gorzow) September 9: German FIM Speedway Grand Prix (Teterow) September 23: Stockholm FIM Speedway Grand Prix (Stockholm) October 7: Torun FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland (Torun) TBC: QBE Insurance Australian FIM Speedway Grand Prix (Melbourne)

Wonder if we will see some changes to the proposed calendar above in post 171

Daugavpils looks to be back on May 27th (tbc).

Berlin and Heerenveen for me. Inzell when the Dutch are riding. Togliatti or Almaty in consideration

Torun (together with One Sport) is hosting the 250cc Jawa Cup this weekend. Yesterday they raced in team format with riders from four different countries. Today an individual meeting is planned. I think this is a great event for the kids to gain some extra experience in this fantastic stadium Result: DK 37+3 5. Kenneth Jørgensen 11 6. Mathias Rex Hansen 9 7. Jacob Højmark 6 8. Benjamin Emil Boo Nielsen 9 18. Emil Breum 2 PL 37+2 13. Filip Nizgorski 3 14. Karol Żupiński 9 15. Wiktor Lampart 10 16. Marcin Turowski 14 20. Paweł Tyburski 1 DE 23 9. Celina Liebmann 2 10. Ben Ernst 6 11. Tim Wunderer 6 12. Maximilian Firniß 2 19. Lukas Baumann 7 CZ 20 1. Petr Chlupáč 5 2. Jan Kvěch 8 3. Filip Šifalda 3 4. Milan Dobiáš 4 Few photos here: http://www.baansportfansite.nl/nieuws/1207/denemarken-wint-de-team-wedstrijd-van-de-250cc-jawa-cup-in-torun.html

They didn't race in Torun this year....

Güstrow is likely to be hosting the first round on July 15th

Haha changed the proposed teterow date Updated Stockholm too

I think the calendar will look like this (bold is confirmed): 29.04.2017 Krsko TBC 13.05.2017 Warsaw 10.06.2017 Prague 24.06.2017 Horsens 01.07.2017 SWC Event 1 04.07.2017 SWC Event 2 07.07.2017 Leszno (SWC Raceoff) 08.07.2017 Leszno (SWC Final) 22.07.2017 Cardiff 12.08.2017 Malilla TBC 26.08.2017 Gorzow TBC 09.09.2017 Teterow TBC 23.09.2017 Stockholm TBC 07.10.2017 Torun 28.10.2017 Melbourne TBC Any ideas?