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 |
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 |