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SIM SPEEDWAY 2019

WORLD PAIRS QUARTER FINAL

ENGLAND started this meeting as favourites and progressed in the competition with very few worries, Hayden Wood leading the way with a brilliant 17 and receiving quality support from Steve Edgar. IRELAND were very much outsiders but the host nation used all their track knowledge with a fine team performance seeing them through - Alan Connor started well but when he did slip his partner rose to the occasion with Sam McCurdy adding 8 points and reserve Shane Dwyer coming in to pick up a point when called upon. The Final qualifying spot was a much tighter one with every side in the running but eventually JAPAN progressed, thanks to a run-off win from top man Hideto Kisaka and clever use of their reserve after introducing Masahiko Miyama who added a useful supporting score of 5+2.

The run-off losers, in this meeting of shocks, other than for the English, were two-times winners Russia for whom Federenko lost to Kisaka in the crucial decider. Both Federenko and Dvoynev scored solidly but neither could find the consistency required to get them across the line and into the Semi Finals (the results from the other meetings confirming their 17 points weren't enough for one of the best 4th placed nations qualifying places). Sweden were well led by Svensson but he was offered very little support as the Scandinavian side, who most expected to be likely Finalists, dipped out before the Semi Final stage. As Ireland and England progressed their neighbours, Wales and Scotland, both relied too heavily on one rider and ended a couple of points short. Szczygiel was excelled for the Welsh but his partners added just 2 points to his 13+1 return and although Cormack scored well for Scotland his support started and finished well but offered no points in between which is never going to be enough for a side at this standard of competition.

ENGLAND 26 --- QUALIFIED

1. Steve Edgar............... 1* 2* 2* 1 1 2* 9+4

2. Hayden Wood............... 2 3 3 3 3 3 17

3. Ray France................ Did not ride

IRELAND 20 --- QUALIFIED

1. Sam McCurdy............... 1 1 1 3 2 0 8

2. Alan Connor............... 3 3 3 N2 0 2 11

3. Shane Dwyer............... 1 - - - - - 1

JAPAN 17 --- QUALIFIED

1. Hideto Kisaka............. 2 2 3 2 3 R 12

2. Takumi Nomura............. 0 0 - - - - 0

3. Masahiko Miyama........... 2* 0 2* 1 - - 5+2

RUSSIA 17

1. Nikita Federenko.......... 1* 3 0 1* 3 1 9+2

2. Boris Dvoynev............. 2 1 2 2 1 0 8

3. Mikhail Federenko......... Did not ride

SWEDEN 16

1. Sven Svensson............. 3 1 F 3 3 2 12

2. Gote Nordvall............. 0 0 - - - - 0

3. Alexander Bengtsson....... 1 1 1 1* - - 4+1

WALES 15

1. Richie Sampson............ R 2 X 0 - - 2

2. Rhodri Szczygiel.......... 3 1* 2 3 1 3 13+1

3. Davie Langfield........... 0 0 - - - - 0

SCOTLAND 15

1. Luke Treadwell............ 2 0 0 3 - - 5

2. Robbie Cormack............ 0 3 1 2 2 2* 10+1

3. Mark Briggs............... 0 0 - - - - 0

No. Results

1: Alan Connor, Hideto Kisaka, Sam McCurdy, Takumi Nomura

2: Sven Svensson, Boris Dvoynev, Nikita Federenko, Gote Nordvall

3: Rhodri Szczygiel, Hayden Wood, Steve Edgar, Richie Sampson (R)

4: Alan Connor, Luke Treadwell, Sam McCurdy, Robbie Cormack

5: Nikita Federenko, Hideto Kisaka, Boris Dvoynev, Takumi Nomura

6: Hayden Wood, Steve Edgar, Sven Svensson, Gote Nordvall

7: Robbie Cormack, Richie Sampson, Rhodri Szczygiel, Luke Treadwell

8: Alan Connor, Boris Dvoynev, Sam McCurdy, Nikita Federenko

9: Hideto Kisaka, Masahiko Miyama, Alexander Bengtsson, Sven Svensson (F)

10: Hayden Wood, Steve Edgar, Robbie Cormack, Luke Treadwell

11: Sam McCurdy, Rhodri Szczygiel, Shane Dwyer, Richie Sampson (X)

12: Hayden Wood, Hideto Kisaka, Steve Edgar, Masahiko Miyama

13: Rhodri Szczygiel, Boris Dvoynev, Nikita Federenko, Richie Sampson

14: Sven Svensson, Robbie Cormack, Alexander Bengtsson, Mark Briggs

15: Hayden Wood, Sam McCurdy, Steve Edgar, Alan Connor

16: Hideto Kisaka, Masahiko Miyama, Rhodri Szczygiel, Davie Langfield

17: Nikita Federenko, Robbie Cormack, Boris Dvoynev, Mark Briggs

18: Sven Svensson, Alan Connor, Alexander Bengtsson, Sam McCurdy

19: Luke Treadwell, Robbie Cormack, Masahiko Miyama, Hideto Kisaka (R)

20: Hayden Wood, Steve Edgar, Nikita Federenko, Boris Dvoynev

21: Rhodri Szczygiel, Sven Svensson, Alexander Bengtsson, Davie Langfield

22: Hideto Kisaka, Nikita Federenko

WORLD PAIRS QUARTER FINAL

POLAND were the big favourites, the host nation and expected to qualify with ease, which they did! Both Boguslaw Kryznowek and Jacek Klecha added 12 points to the total and, as always, they look like one of the sides to beat in this year's world title charge. Behind them NORWAY turned in a similarly impressive pairs display with both Carsten Ostenstad and Olle Bjorn Thoresen recording double figure returns. HUNGARY finished 3rd on 19 points, led by the impressive Jakub Fekete to also qualify without the need to check out the scorers from the other Quarter Final meetings. Behind them BULGARIA were placed 4th due to having 2 bonus points in the meeting, to Germany's 1 and this proved enough to reward the impressive displays of Petar Bosilek and Rumun Dimotrov with a Semi Final spot once all the Quarter Final results were in.

It was harsh on Germany but they relied too heavily on Benkarth. The other pairings never really challenged with both the Netherlands and Brazil struggling to make a consistent enough impact although all their riders did show flashes and they were not out of their depth.

POLAND 24 --- QUALIFIED

1. Boguslaw Kryznowek........ 3 0 3 0 3 3 12

2. Jacek Klecha.............. 2* 3 1 3 2* 1 12+2

3. Maciej Tercjak............ Did not ride

NORWAY 21 --- QUALIFIED

1. Carsten Ostenstad......... R 2* 2 3 1 3 11+1

2. Olle Bjorn Thoresen....... 1 3 0 1 3 2* 10+1

3. Anders Solberg............ Did not ride

HUNGARY 19 --- QUALIFIED

1. Jakub Fekete.............. 2* 3 3 0 2 2 12+1

2. Zoltan Benko.............. 3 1 1 2 F 0 7

3. Attila Papp............... Did not ride

BULGARIA 18 --- QUALIFIED

1. Petar Bosilek............. 2 1 F 3 2 2 10

2. Rumun Dimotrov............ 1* 3 2 1 0 1* 8+2

3. Ilija Ormandiev........... Did not ride

GERMANY 18

1. Ferdinand Neuser.......... 3 0 1* 0 0 - 4+1

2. Hans Benkarth............. 1 2 2 2 3 3 13

3. Uwe Asche................. 1 - - - - - 1

NETHERLANDS 14

1. Henk Knapke............... 2 R 1 1 1 1 6

2. Abe Zevenbergen........... 0 2 3 3 0 0 8

3. Alex Van Maurik........... Did not ride

BRAZIL 12

1. Marco Bellini............. 0 0 2 3 - - 5

2. Emerson Santos............ 1 1 2 2 1* F 7+1

3. Lucio Vilanova............ 0 0 - - - - 0

No. Results

1: Boguslaw Kryznowek, Jacek Klecha, Emerson Santos, Marco Bellini

2: Zoltan Benko, Jakub Fekete, Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Carsten Ostenstad (R)

3: Ferdinand Neuser, Henk Knapke, Hans Benkarth, Abe Zevenbergen

4: Jacek Klecha, Petar Bosilek, Rumun Dimotrov, Boguslaw Kryznowek

5: Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Carsten Ostenstad, Emerson Santos, Marco Bellini

6: Jakub Fekete, Abe Zevenbergen, Zoltan Benko, Henk Knapke (R)

7: Rumun Dimotrov, Hans Benkarth, Petar Bosilek, Ferdinand Neuser

8: Boguslaw Kryznowek, Carsten Ostenstad, Jacek Klecha, Olle Bjorn Thoresen

9: Jakub Fekete, Emerson Santos, Zoltan Benko, Lucio Vilanova

10: Abe Zevenbergen, Rumun Dimotrov, Henk Knapke, Petar Bosilek (F)

11: Jacek Klecha, Hans Benkarth, Ferdinand Neuser, Boguslaw Kryznowek

12: Abe Zevenbergen, Emerson Santos, Henk Knapke, Lucio Vilanova

13: Carsten Ostenstad, Hans Benkarth, Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Ferdinand Neuser

14: Petar Bosilek, Zoltan Benko, Rumun Dimotrov, Jakub Fekete

15: Boguslaw Kryznowek, Jacek Klecha, Henk Knapke, Abe Zevenbergen

16: Hans Benkarth, Marco Bellini, Emerson Santos, Ferdinand Neuser

17: Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Petar Bosilek, Carsten Ostenstad, Rumun Dimotrov

18: Boguslaw Kryznowek, Jakub Fekete, Jacek Klecha, Zoltan Benko (F)

19: Marco Bellini, Petar Bosilek, Rumun Dimotrov, Emerson Santos (F)

20: Carsten Ostenstad, Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Henk Knapke, Abe Zevenbergen

21: Hans Benkarth, Jakub Fekete, Uwe Asche, Zoltan Benko

WORLD PAIRS QUARTER FINAL

There were 4 very powerful looking sides in this meeting and 3 of them led the way with relatively straightforward qualification. Kenni Algreen and Steen Eriksen led DENMARK to the win in this meeting but defending champions the CZECH REPUBLIC, with Vaclav Ruzucha and Petr Marko impressive, almost matched them every step of the way and Jack Hagen scored 14 to ensure the USA didn't have any slip ups. Italy were predicted by many to get through with no problems and Australia were expected to be in the mix too but it was host nation SOUTH AFRICA who took what proved to be the all-important 4th place. Andre Hayward used all his track knowledge to race to a 14+1 score and a late cameo from Ian Jacques was vital in taking them to 18 points which is enough to see them into the Semi Finals as one of the highest scoring 4th placed nations.

Australia were always going to provide a solid challenge and did through Pierce and Tebby but they needed a little extra spark and the former faded in the meeting wihlst the latter didn't record a race victory and it left them short. The big shock was the disappointing display of the Italians - Innacone scored 9+2 but any support was hit and miss at best and they were some way short. Lesnik battled hard for Croatia but they were never on the pace with little support for his 9+1 return.

DENMARK 23 --- QUALIFIED

1. Steen Eriksen............. 2* 1* 0 3 R 2* 8+3

2. Kenni Algreen............. 3 2 3 1 3 3 15

3. Leon Jeppesen............. Did not ride

CZECH REPUBLIC 22 --- QUALIFIED

1. Vaclav Ruzucha............ 3 3 1* 2* 3 1* 13+3

2. Petr Marko................ 0 2* 2 3 Fx 2 9+1

3. Tibor Nemecek............. Did not ride

USA 20 --- QUALIFIED

1. Ricky Antunovich.......... 1* 0 2* X 3 0 6+2

2. Jack Hagen................ 2 3 3 2 1 3 14

3. Eddie Mendoza............. Did not ride

SOUTH AFRICA 18 --- QUALIFIED

1. Andre Hayward............. 3 2 2 3 1* 3 14+1

2. Jannie Devine............. 0 1* 0 0 - - 1+1

3. Ian Jacques............... 2 1 - - - - 3

AUSTRALIA 16

1. Tyler Tebby............... 0 2 1 2 1* 1 7+1

2. Korey Pierce.............. 3 1* 3 0 2 0 9+1

3. Rickie Keyse.............. Did not ride

ITALY 14

1. Lorenzo Turati............ 0 0 - - - - 0

2. Enzo Innacone............. 1 1 1* 3 2 1* 9+2

3. Giovanni Donati........... 2 1 0 2 - - 5

CROATIA 13

1. Zeljko Lesnik............. 1* 3 1 1 0 3 9+1

2. Roberto Asanovic.......... 2 0 0 - - - 2

3. Eugen Ilijas.............. 0 2 0 - - - 2

No. Results

1: Andre Hayward, Jack Hagen, Ricky Antunovich, Jannie Devine

2: Korey Pierce, Roberto Asanovic, Zeljko Lesnik, Tyler Tebby

3: Kenni Algreen, Steen Eriksen, Enzo Innacone, Lorenzo Turati

4: Vaclav Ruzucha, Andre Hayward, Jannie Devine, Petr Marko

5: Jack Hagen, Tyler Tebby, Korey Pierce, Ricky Antunovich

6: Zeljko Lesnik, Kenni Algreen, Steen Eriksen, Roberto Asanovic

7: Vaclav Ruzucha, Petr Marko, Enzo Innacone, Lorenzo Turati

8: Korey Pierce, Andre Hayward, Tyler Tebby, Jannie Devine

9: Jack Hagen, Ricky Antunovich, Zeljko Lesnik, Roberto Asanovic

10: Kenni Algreen, Petr Marko, Vaclav Ruzucha, Steen Eriksen

11: Andre Hayward, Giovanni Donati, Enzo Innacone, Jannie Devine

12: Steen Eriksen, Jack Hagen, Kenni Algreen, Ricky Antunovich (X)

13: Enzo Innacone, Tyler Tebby, Giovanni Donati, Korey Pierce

14: Petr Marko, Vaclav Ruzucha, Zeljko Lesnik, Eugen Ilijas

15: Kenni Algreen, Ian Jacques, Andre Hayward, Steen Eriksen (R)

16: Ricky Antunovich, Enzo Innacone, Jack Hagen, Giovanni Donati

17: Vaclav Ruzucha, Korey Pierce, Tyler Tebby, Petr Marko (Fx)

18: Andre Hayward, Eugen Ilijas, Ian Jacques, Zeljko Lesnik

19: Jack Hagen, Petr Marko, Vaclav Ruzucha, Ricky Antunovich

20: Kenni Algreen, Steen Eriksen, Tyler Tebby, Korey Pierce

21: Zeljko Lesnik, Giovanni Donati, Enzo Innacone, Eugen Ilijas

WORLD PAIRS QUARTER FINAL

Some less obvious big names in the last of the Quarter Finals but NEW ZEALAND (Paul Laing and Fillippe Chong both scoring 12 for their nation) and CANADA (Jean-Marc Struthers with 12 and Jackson Roy also reaching double figures) were tipped to lead the way and encountered little in the way of serious challenge to their progression in the competition. The field behind looked very even and it was LATVIA who stood up to be counted with a fantastic display from Leonid Izotov and Henrijs Birkerts seeing both record double figure returns that gave them 2nd in the meeting.

The rest were some way off on the day. Helinen did pretty well for Finland but Niemi was struggling and the fine display from Pahlman in the second half of the meeting wasn't enough as the damage had been done by that stage with their 17 points not enough to put them as one of the highest scoring 4th places across the four Quarter Finals. Estonia produced a solid pairs performance but didn't have the standout consistency needed to get out of a Quarter Final at world level and a similar story could be said for Slovenia too. Belgium were always going to need top man Joossens to really perform but he had an off day and that was always going to make it too difficult a task for them.

NEW ZEALAND 24 --- QUALIFIED

1. Paul Laing................ 1 2* 2* 1 3 3 12+2

2. Fillippe Chong............ 0 3 3 3 2* 1 12+1

3. Oliver Lang............... Did not ride

LATVIA 23 --- QUALIFIED

1. Henrijs Birkerts.......... 1 3 0 2* 2* 2* 10+3

2. Leonid Izotov............. 3 0 1 3 3 3 13

3. Vadim Lebedev............. Did not ride

CANADA 22 --- QUALIFIED

1. Jean-Marc Struthers....... 2* 2 0 3 3 2 12+1

2. Jackson Roy............... 3 1* 3 2* 1 0 10+2

3. Carter Fortin............. Did not ride

FINLAND 17

1. Ila Niemi................. 1* 0 0 - - - 1+1

2. Hannu Helinen............. 2 1 3 0 3 1 10

3. Keijo Pahlman............. 1 2* 3 - - - 6+1

ESTONIA 15

1. Vahur Puosepp............. 2* 2 1* 0 2 1 8+2

2. Leonhard Riisik........... 3 0 2 2 0 0 7

3. Jaan Kaljuste............. Did not ride

SLOVENIA 14

1. Jernej Keglovits.......... 3 1 2 1 0 2 9

2. Jaroslav Zechy............ 0 3 1* 0 1 0 5+1

3. Marko Bohovic............. Did not ride

BELGIUM 11

1. Louis Joossens............ 0 1 1* 3 0 1 6+1

2. Michel Heyvaert........... 2 0 2 0 1 0 5

3. Guido Keusters............ Did not ride

No. Results

1: Leonid Izotov, Michel Heyvaert, Henrijs Birkerts, Louis Joossens

2: Jackson Roy, Jean-Marc Struthers, Paul Laing, Fillippe Chong

3: Jernej Keglovits, Hannu Helinen, Ila Niemi, Jaroslav Zechy

4: Leonhard Riisik, Vahur Puosepp, Louis Joossens, Michel Heyvaert

5: Henrijs Birkerts, Jean-Marc Struthers, Jackson Roy, Leonid Izotov

6: Fillippe Chong, Paul Laing, Hannu Helinen, Ila Niemi

7: Jaroslav Zechy, Vahur Puosepp, Jernej Keglovits, Leonhard Riisik

8: Jackson Roy, Michel Heyvaert, Louis Joossens, Jean-Marc Struthers

9: Fillippe Chong, Paul Laing, Leonid Izotov, Henrijs Birkerts

10: Hannu Helinen, Leonhard Riisik, Vahur Puosepp, Ila Niemi

11: Louis Joossens, Jernej Keglovits, Jaroslav Zechy, Michel Heyvaert

12: Leonid Izotov, Henrijs Birkerts, Keijo Pahlman, Hannu Helinen

13: Jean-Marc Struthers, Jackson Roy, Jernej Keglovits, Jaroslav Zechy

14: Fillippe Chong, Leonhard Riisik, Paul Laing, Vahur Puosepp

15: Hannu Helinen, Keijo Pahlman, Michel Heyvaert, Louis Joossens

16: Leonid Izotov, Henrijs Birkerts, Jaroslav Zechy, Jernej Keglovits

17: Jean-Marc Struthers, Vahur Puosepp, Jackson Roy, Leonhard Riisik

18: Paul Laing, Fillippe Chong, Louis Joossens, Michel Heyvaert

19: Leonid Izotov, Henrijs Birkerts, Vahur Puosepp, Leonhard Riisik

20: Keijo Pahlman, Jean-Marc Struthers, Hannu Helinen, Jackson Roy

21: Paul Laing, Jernej Keglovits, Fillippe Chong, Jaroslav Zechy