SEMI FINAL 1
 
Fillippe Chong won this one as expected and was joined in making the final by Anders Solberg, Bjorn Haagensen, Bart Williamson and Olle Nyman, who all recorded double figure returns.  Vaclav Ruzucha surprised a few in the crowd with a fine 9 point return to finish 6th whilst highly fancied Poles Rafal Aranowski and Norbert Pakiet were made to work hard to qualify, the pair beating Jack Hagen in a runoff for the final places.  A few riders will have been a little disappointed by their displays with Reznik Baluch (6 points) certainly hoping to make the final while Nelson, Bonham-Wells and Ruuska were all expected to do better in the pre-meeting betting.  The final takes place in 3 weeks' time and the big question now is can anybody produce the meeting of their career so far and upset huge favourite Fillippe Chong?
 
  1. Fillippe Chong............ 3  3  2  3  3  14
  2. Anders Solberg............ 2  3  3  3  2  13
  3. Bjorn Haagensen........... 3  2  3  1  1  10
  4. Bart Williamson........... 3  2  0  2  3  10
  5. Olle Nyman................ 1  1  3  2  3  10
  6. Vaclav Ruzucha............ 2  3  1  2  1   9
  7. Rafal Aranowski........... 3  2  0  1  2   8
  8. Norbert Pakiet............ 0  1  2  3  2   8
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  9. Jack Hagen................ 1  3  1  2  1   8
 10. Brett Harkins............. 1  1  1  0  3   6
 11. Reznik Baluch............. 2  0  2  0  2   6
 12. Hunter Nelson............. 1  1  0  3  0   5
 13. Tristan Bonham-Wells...... 2  2  0  1  0   5
 14. Sepp Manzbach............. 0  0  3  1  0   4
 15. Lasse Ruuska.............. 0  0  2  0  1   3
 16. Brage Moller-Bech......... R  0  1  0  0   1
 17. Vaclav Cervenka........... Did not ride
 18. Joonas Aikio.............. Did not ride
 
 No. Results
  1: Bart Williamson, Vaclav Ruzucha, Jack Hagen, Lasse Ruuska 
  2: Bjorn Haagensen, Reznik Baluch, Olle Nyman, Brage Moller-Bech (R) 
  3: Fillippe Chong, Anders Solberg, Brett Harkins, Sepp Manzbach 
  4: Rafal Aranowski, Tristan Bonham-Wells, Hunter Nelson, Norbert Pakiet 
  5: Vaclav Ruzucha, Rafal Aranowski, Brett Harkins, Brage Moller-Bech 
  6: Anders Solberg, Bjorn Haagensen, Norbert Pakiet, Lasse Ruuska 
  7: Fillippe Chong, Bart Williamson, Hunter Nelson, Reznik Baluch 
  8: Jack Hagen, Tristan Bonham-Wells, Olle Nyman, Sepp Manzbach 
  9: Bjorn Haagensen, Fillippe Chong, Vaclav Ruzucha, Tristan Bonham-Wells 
 10: Sepp Manzbach, Lasse Ruuska, Brage Moller-Bech, Hunter Nelson 
 11: Olle Nyman, Norbert Pakiet, Brett Harkins, Bart Williamson 
 12: Anders Solberg, Reznik Baluch, Jack Hagen, Rafal Aranowski 
 13: Norbert Pakiet, Vaclav Ruzucha, Sepp Manzbach, Reznik Baluch 
 14: Fillippe Chong, Olle Nyman, Rafal Aranowski, Lasse Ruuska 
 15: Anders Solberg, Bart Williamson, Tristan Bonham-Wells, Brage Moller-Bech 
 16: Hunter Nelson, Jack Hagen, Bjorn Haagensen, Brett Harkins 
 17: Olle Nyman, Anders Solberg, Vaclav Ruzucha, Hunter Nelson 
 18: Brett Harkins, Reznik Baluch, Lasse Ruuska, Tristan Bonham-Wells 
 19: Bart Williamson, Rafal Aranowski, Bjorn Haagensen, Sepp Manzbach 
 20: Fillippe Chong, Norbert Pakiet, Jack Hagen, Brage Moller-Bech 
 
 Runoff for 3rd: Bjorn Haagensen, Bart Williamson, Olle Nyman 
 Runoff for final 2 qualifying places: Rafal Aranowski, Norbert Pakiet, Jack Hagen 

 

 

 

 

 

SEMI FINAL 2

One huge shock in this although 6 of the pre-meeting favourites to qualify did make it through - in the shape of Eddie Mabo, meeting winner with 14 points, fellow rostrum finishers Rumum Dimotrov & Hasse Blomqvist and Boris Kravchuk, Jakub Baran and Henk Knapke.  The biggest surprise on the day was the display of Eugene Burkes who finished 6th with 8 points, despite an engine failure in heat 10, to make it to the final.  The final place was taken by Kenneth Krogh when he beat Leo McFarlance in a runoff.  McFarlane was expected to get through without too many problems but his non-qualification wasn't the biggest shock of the day.  That was the display of in-form Russian tipped Mikhail Federenko, who many expected to go on and at least challenge for a rostrum place in the final itself; he started well but a fall in his second race seemed to knock him and when he failed to register in two other heats it meant he was out.  The final takes place in 3 weeks' time and the big question now is can anybody produce the meeting of their career so far and upset huge favourite Fillippe Chong?
 
  1. Eddie Mabo................ 3  3  3  2  3  14
  2. Rumun Dimotrov............ 2  2  3  3  3  13
  3. Hasse Blomqvist........... 1  3  2  3  3  12
  4. Boris Kravchuk............ 3  3  3  N2 1  10
  5. Jakub Baran............... 2  2  2  0  3   9
  6. Eugene Burkes............. 3  2  R  1  2   8
  7. Henk Knapke............... 1  X  3  2  2   8
  8. Kenneth Krogh............. 2  1  0  3  1   7
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  9. Leo McFarlane............. 0  2  2  3  0   7
 10. Hannes Ulriksen........... 1  3  1  0  1   6
 11. Gote Nordvall............. 0  1  1  2  2   6
 12. Mikhail Federenko......... 3  Fx 2  0  0   5
 13. Hans Benkarth............. 2  F  1  1  1   5
 14. Dusan Galuska............. 0  0  0  2  2   4
 15. Jacek Klecha.............. 1  Fx 1  1  0   3
 16. Rhett Hodge............... 0  1  0  1  0   2
 17. Finn Grodas............... 0  -  -  -  -   0
 18. Josh Montsach............. Did not ride
 
 No. Results
  1: Eugene Burkes, Hans Benkarth, Jacek Klecha, Rhett Hodge 
  2: Eddie Mabo, Jakub Baran, Hannes Ulriksen, Leo McFarlane 
  3: Boris Kravchuk, Rumun Dimotrov, Hasse Blomqvist, Dusan Galuska 
  4: Mikhail Federenko, Kenneth Krogh, Henk Knapke, Gote Nordvall 
  5: Hannes Ulriksen, Rumun Dimotrov, Henk Knapke (X), Hans Benkarth (F) 
  6: Eddie Mabo, Eugene Burkes, Gote Nordvall, Dusan Galuska 
  7: Hasse Blomqvist, Leo McFarlane, Rhett Hodge, Mikhail Federenko (Fx) 
  8: Boris Kravchuk, Jakub Baran, Kenneth Krogh, Jacek Klecha (Fx) 
  9: Eddie Mabo, Hasse Blomqvist, Hans Benkarth, Kenneth Krogh 
 10: Boris Kravchuk, Mikhail Federenko, Hannes Ulriksen, Eugene Burkes (R) 
 11: Rumun Dimotrov, Jakub Baran, Gote Nordvall, Rhett Hodge 
 12: Henk Knapke, Leo McFarlane, Jacek Klecha, Dusan Galuska 
 13: Leo McFarlane, Gote Nordvall, Hans Benkarth, Finn Grodas 
 14: Hasse Blomqvist, Henk Knapke, Eugene Burkes, Jakub Baran 
 15: Kenneth Krogh, Dusan Galuska, Rhett Hodge, Hannes Ulriksen 
 16: Rumun Dimotrov, Eddie Mabo, Jacek Klecha, Mikhail Federenko 
 17: Jakub Baran, Dusan Galuska, Hans Benkarth, Mikhail Federenko 
 18: Rumun Dimotrov, Eugene Burkes, Kenneth Krogh, Leo McFarlane 
 19: Eddie Mabo, Henk Knapke, Boris Kravchuk, Rhett Hodge 
 20: Hasse Blomqvist, Gote Nordvall, Hannes Ulriksen, Jacek Klecha 
 
 Runoff for final qualifying place: Kenneth Krogh, Leo McFarlane