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2000 North American Archive of International Speedway
Message Section
June 11, 2000
From: johnlowe@callnetuk.com
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Match report: Edinburgh 43 Arena Essex 29
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 01:44:38 +0100
Edinburgh Monarchs 43: Arena Essex 29
Premier League Cup: First round Second leg
(Match abandoned after 12 heats result stands:
Edinburgh win by 85 points to 77)
Lothian Arena, Armadale
Saturday 10th June 2000
Edinburgh progressed to the second round of the cup after defeating Arena
Essex at Armadale. The match was abandoned before the 13th heat could be
run. Because 12 heats had been completed the result stands.
The match started on a cold windy but dry evening. Some rain came down
after heat 8. A major downpour during heat 12 led to the abandonment.
Blair Scott will probably feel annoyed that the abandonment cost him a good
chance to pick up a four-ride full maximum. The win was a fairly routine
one for Edinburgh with little passing until the rain made the track
treacherous.
Edinburgh were at full strength. Arena Essex had Lee Dicken guesting for
the injured Savalas Clouting.
Colin White won the toss and took gates 1 and 3 in the opening heat.
Heat 1: Robert Eriksson, Colin White, Gary Corbett, Will Beveridge [57.8]
Robert Eriksson surged ahead from the tapes for a massive win. Will
Beveridge made a fair start from gate 4 but was taken wide and Colin White
blocked his way allowing Gary Corbett to consolidate third place with some
good team riding.
(3-3) (3-3)
Heat 2: Blair Scott, Christian Henry, Jon Underwood [60.4]
Blair Scott made the gate from Barrie Evans. Christian Henry tried to go
around Evans but Blair Scott had moved out partially blocking his partner.
Evans withstood several attempts by Henry to pass on both inside and out
and seemed set for second until his engine packed up near the start/finish
line gifting a maximum to Edinburgh.
(5-1) (8-4)
Heat 3: Kevin Little, Ross Brady, Jan Pedersen, Matt Read [59.1]
Kevin Little made a blistering start from gate 4 to lead while Ross Brady
tucked in behind for another maximum.
(5-1) (13-5)
Heat 4: Peter Carr, Lee Dicken, Christian Henry, Jon Underwood [58.5]
Guest Lee Dicken was first away but Carr went around his outside on the
second bend to win easily. Christian Henry took a comfortable third place
to stretch Monarchs' lead to 10 points.
(4-2) (17-7)
Heat 5: Kevin Little, Colin White, Gary Corbett [59.2]
Colin White made a great start from gate 4 but Ross Brady went down on the
first bend. Brady stayed down expecting another chance in the re-run but
was excluded. In the re-run, Kevin Little made the start and stayed ahead
riding a wide line despite the best endeavors of Colin White riding a tight
line to pass.
(3-3) (20-10)
Heat 6: Robert Eriksson, Lee Dicken, Barrie Evans, Will Beveridge [59.2]
Eriksson made another start to lead. Beveridge was squeezed between Dicken
and the impressive Evans, and tried a second bend cutback only to fall. He
restarted to finish.
(3-3) (23-13)
Heat 7: Blair Scott, Peter Carr, Jan Pedersen [58.8]
Carr and Scott made the start. Matt Read fell at the first bend and
retired. Pedersen was not able to challenge the Monarchs' pair. Peter Carr
allowed Blair Scott to take the flag.
(5-1) (28-14)
Heat 8: Colin White, Will Beveridge, Christian Henry [60.1]
Colin White replaced Underwood as a tactical substitute. Beveridge made the
start and withstood all attempts by Colin White to pass for a couple of
laps. Then both Christian Henry and Gary Corbett seemed to fall
simultaneously on the second bend. To his credit, Corbett quickly moved to
get off the track while Henry seemed to be on the point of restarting. The
referee had stopped the race without justification and excluded Corbett.
Colin White took his chance and won the re-run.
(3-3) (31-17)
Heat 9: Lee Dicken, Barrie Evans, Ross Brady, Kevin Little [61.4]
While the riders were lining up to start a heavy shower hit the Arena. This
made the track very slippy and produced by far the best heat of the
meeting. Kevin Little missed the start and got into trouble on the second
bend dropping well back. Brady was second behind Evans, but some good
riding by the youngster allowed Dicken to come around the outside to join
him. Brady made a few attempts to get back but despite getting into second
place a couple of times, excellent team-riding by the visitors pegged him
back. He had another try and just failed to pass Evans on the line.
(1-5) (32-22)
Heat 10: Robert Eriksson, Jan Pedersen, Will Beveridge, Matt Read [61.1]
Robert Eriksson swept ahead once more with Beveridge in close attendance.
Jan Pedersen put in a challenge and passed Beveridge to take a good second
place.
(4-2) (36-24)
Heat 11: Blair Scott, Peter Carr, Colin White [60.3]
Blair Scott made another great start to hit the font with Peter Carr. Gary
Corbett fell on the second bend and Colin White could make no impression.
(5-1) (41-25)
Heat 12: Lee Dicken, Kevin Little, Barrie Evans, Christian Henry [62.1]
The rain was now really heavy and Kevin Little didn't appear to relish the
conditions as the Arena pair led. Kevin made an inside lunge that took him
into second place but he couldn't do anything about tactical substitute Lee
Dicken who picked up another heat win.
(2-4) (43-29)
At this point, the two minutes for heat 13 were cancelled because Lee
Dicken had two races in a row. The rain continued to fall and after a
waiting a few minutes to see if it was going to stop, the referee called a
halt to procedings
Edinburgh Monarchs
Robert Eriksson 3 3 3 9
Will Beveridge 0 0 2 1 3
Kevin Little 3 3 0 1 7
Ross Brady 2* X 1 3+1
Peter Carr 3 2* 2* 7+2
Blair Scott 3 3 3 9
Christian Henry 2* 1 1* 0 4+2
Arena Essex
Colin White 2 2 3 1 8
Gary Corbett 1* 1* X F 2+2
Matt Read 0 F 0 0
Jan Pedersen 1 1 2 4
Lee Dicken 2 2 3 3 10
Barrie Evans E 1* 2* 1 4+2
Jon Underwood 1 0 1
Robert Eriksson was untroubled throughout his three rides. Similarly with
Peter Carr, except that he was also able to 'ride shotgun' behind Blair
Scott in two rides. Kevin Little started with two smooth wins but faded as
the rain made the track slippy. Ross Brady also looked unhappy on the wet
track after a bright start.
Will Beveridge demonstrated how difficult the number two position can be
when you're out of form and out of luck. A last in heat one coming (as
ever!) off gate 4, a fall in heat 6 and suddenly a low score beckons. In
heat 8 he faced Colin White, in as a tactical substitute but still appeared
to have the race under control until the race was stopped when Corbett fell
and was excluded. Beveridge had to do it all again and White made the start
to win. Beveridge finished with a point in heat 10 after being passed by
Pedersen.
Christian Henry did what was expected of him and scored in his first three
rides although he found Evans a bit hot for him. Blair Scott was unlucky
not to get a four-ride maximum. He would have faced Underwood and Pedersen
in heat 14, and with no viable tactical options for Arena would have been a
hot favourite to win.
Lee Dicken put in a good stint for Arena Essex with ten points from four
rides. Colin White was not able to challenge any of the top home riders and
apart from beating Beveridge twice and Henry once, his points were at the
expense of his teammates. Gary Corbett and Matt Read both have double
figure scores at Armadale in the past but neither got going in this match.
Jan Pedersen looked competitive but only beat Beveridge of the home riders.
Underwood was off the pace but Barrie Evans was very impressive indeed and
unlucky to miss out on second place in heat two and a paid score of eight
points.
Man of the match: Blair Scott
Next meeting: v Workington, Premier League, Armadale on Friday 16th June 2000
John Lowe
http://johnlowe.net
Edinburgh Monarchs Official Website
http://www.edinburghmonarchs.org.uk/
From: anthonymcguire@dingoblue.net.au
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Terry Poole last meeting today
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 11:42:59 +1000
A sad closure in Australian speedway history today as Gosford City Speedway
runs it last meeting under long time stalwart and promoter Terry Poole,
father of Gosford rider Mick.
Terry took over Gosford in the early 90's and provided the states really
only purpose built speedway bike track and as Terry would say in his usual
laidback and laconic style, "he only done it to give the boys a place to
ride".
Terry and his band of hardworking members has over the years kept open the
track against all odds from various factions and groups that have made life
hell for him and really inhibited any improvements or upgrades that were
needed to the complex. Terry has had the honour of holding some prestigious
meetings over the years with NSW and Aussie finals, Tapp's ISMS and Ivan's
Golden Helmet series. The venue as previously posted will now be taken over
by a company headed by David Tapp.
M.A. as the governing body should recognize Terry Poole for his services to
Speedway and his promotion of the sport in some token of appreciation. There
is a end of year presentation dinner to be held in June, perhaps this would
be a good opportunity for that to occur??. No doubt M.A. will be sent a
little email regarding such a presentation to take place at this dinner?
.....Cheers Anthony
From: markku.jurmu@nokia.com
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Finnish SPW League, Round 3
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 21:53:01 +0300
Finnish SPW League, Round 3,11.06.2000, Kuusankoski:
1. Paholaiset, Pori, 41
Christer Rohlen 2 f 3 3 3 11
Juha Ristiharju 2 1 1 1 2 7
Kake Nieminen 3 3 3 3 3 15
Harri Nieminen 3 1 0 2 2 8
2. Ampiaiset, Kuusankoski, 37
Juha Moksunen 3 3 1 0 3 10
Mikael Teurnberg 3 2 2 2 1 10
Marko Hyyrylainen 1 3 2 3 2 11
Sami Lahti 2 1 0 0 3 6
3. Hanavalinta Team, Hyvinkaa, 23
Lasse Sandberg 1 2 2 1 2 8
Tomi Paavola 1 0 1 3 1 6
Toni Salmela 2 2 1 1 1 7
Markus Helin 1 - - - 1 2
4. Neva Speedway, St.Petersburg, 18
Sergei Kuzin X 2 3 2 R 7
Evegeni Epantchintsev 0 f 2 2 f 4
Johan Lilljegren 0 3 3 1 0 7
X excluded,
f fell,
R engine failure or retirement,
- dns.
1 Moksunen - Rohlen - Sandberg - Kuzin (X) 65,2
2 Teurnberg - Ristiharju - Paavola - Epantchintsev 64,5
3 K. Nieminen - Salmela - Hyyrylainen - Lilljegren 63,9
4 H. Nieminen - Lahti - Helin 67,5
5 K. Nieminen - Kuzin - Lahti - Paavola 64,0
6 Lilljegren - Teurnberg - Rohlen (f) 65,2
7 Moksunen - Salmela - Ristiharju 64,5
8 Hyyrylainen - Sandberg - H. Nieminen - Epantchintsev (f) 66,0
9 K. Nieminen - Epantchintsev - Moksunen 64,3
10 Lilljegren - Sandberg - Ristiharju - Lahti 66,0
11 Kuzin - Teurnberg - Salmela - H. Nieminen 65,4
12 Rohlen - Hyyrylainen - Paavola 64,9
13 Hyyrylainen - Kuzin - Ristiharju 66,7
14 Rohlen - Epantchintsev - Salmela - Lahti 67,0
15 Paavola - H. Nieminen - Lilljegren - Moksunen 65,0
16 K. Nieminen - Teurnberg - Sandberg 67,7
17 Lahti - Ristiharju - Helin 65,0
18 Moksunen - H. Nieminen - Paavola - Epantchintsev (f) 67,7
19 Rohlen - Hyyrylainen - Salmela - Lilljegren 65,6
20 K. Nieminen - Sandberg - Teurnberg - Kuzin (R) 65,3
Leaguetable after 3 rounds:
1. Neva Speedway, St.Petersburg 3 93 11
2. Paholaiset, Pori 2 75 9
3. Kotkat, Sein=E4joki 2 68 8
4. Ampiaiset, Kuusankoski 2 64 7
5. Hanavalinta Team, Hyvinkaa 2 35 5
6. Leijonat, Helsinki 1 21 2
From: a.geatti@xnet.it
To: "Internet Speedway Fan Club List"
Subject: Italian Championship - Round 5 - Terenzano 11.6.2000
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 22:55:09 +0200
Terenzano 11th June 2000
Stefano Alfonso won the fifth round of the Italian championship at Terenzano
on 11th June but Armando Castagna still leads the overall standing after
finishing only fourth behind Alessandro Dalla Valle and Andrea Maida.
The tiny rider, who rode for the Edinburgh Monarchs back in 96, seems to
suffer the pressure on the international scene recently, as he poorly failed
to qualify for the continental semi-finals looking not sharp enough also in
the World Team Cup qualifier last week at Lonigo. But as he comes back to
domestic commitments he seems to regain the old form that brought him the
runner-up spot in the continental final back in 1995. Finishing second after
the preliminary heats he wisely choose gate five in the grand final after
Castagna, having first choice, had opted for the second grid. After 18 heats
the outer lines proved to be the fastest at Terenzano as Alfonso led from
start to finish followed by Dalla Valle and Maida. The choice of gate two
was a costly one for Castagna who, although still leading, has seen his
margin reduced from 10 to 4 points over Alfonso.
With three rounds left and four riders in 15 points the Italian title look
still wide open.
Tadiello Simone again showed some very good glimpses of class beating both
Maida and Dalla Valle in the preliminary heats but failing completely when
the tapes went up in the grand final and managing only fifth place overall.
Francesco Ulian was the winner for the special under-23 order with Cristian
Miotello finishing second and Daniele Tessari third.
After an interval of more than two months the next round of the championship
will take place at Badia Calavena on 3rd September with Lonigo on 1st
October and the final round scheduled at Badia Calavena again on 8th
October.
Scorers:
1.Alfonso 2.Dalla Valle 3.Maida 4.Castagna 5.Tadiello 6.Ulian 7.Miotello
8.Tessari 9.Andriolo 10.Muratelli 11.Francovig 12. Franchetti 13.Spazzini
14. Barbetta 15.Grassi 16.Soattin 17.Zanetti 18.Furlan
Overall standing
1.Castagna 104 - 2.Alfonso 100 - 3.Maida 96 - 4. Dalla valle 89 - 5.Tadiello
70 - 6.Ulian 55
Regards.
Andrea Geatti
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