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SIM SPEEDWAY 2019

WORLD PAIRS SEMI FINAL

The Czech Republic, the defending champions, started the meeting as favourites and duly qualified for the World Pairs final without any real worries, led by Petr Marko who was ably supported by Tibor Nemecek. Latvia may seem like surprise qualifiers but Leonid Izotov used all his experience and Henrijs Birkerts is a rising young star and they overcame some bad luck too as they progressed to the final. The rostrum was completed by Canada, for whom Jackson Roy was excellent and both his partners produced points when needed which proved enough. The USA hosted this semi final but were left sweating on the result from the other Semi after finishing 4th. In the end the 14+2 return from Jack Hagen ensured they had enough points to progress as highest scoring 4th placed side.

The rest showed well in patches but never really looked like having enough. Andre Hayward had little support for South Africa with Japan and Ireland not having the outstanding performance that marked out the nations above them.

CZECH REPUBLIC 23 --- QUALIFIED

1. Tibor Nemecek............. 0 1 1* 2 2* 2* 8+3

2. Petr Marko................ 3 3 2 1* 3 3 15+1

3. Vaclav Ruzucha............ Did not ride

LATVIA 21 --- QUALIFIED

1. Henrijs Birkerts.......... 1* 2 2* F 1* 2* 8+4

2. Leonid Izotov............. 2 R 3 3 2 3 13

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

CANADA 20 --- QUALIFIED

1. Jackson Roy............... 1* 2* 1 3 3 2* 12+3

2. Jean-Marc Struthers....... 2 3 F 0 - - 5

3. Carter Fortin............. 0 3 - - - - 3

USA 18 --- QUALIFIED

1. Eddie Mendoza............. 0 0 - - - - 0

2. Jack Hagen................ 3 3 3 1* 3 1* 14+2

3. Ricky Antunovich.......... 0 2 R 2 - - 4

SOUTH AFRICA 17

1. Andre Hayward............. 3 3 3 3 3 1 16

2. Jannie Devine............. 0 1 0 0 - - 1

3. Ian Jacques............... 0 0 - - - - 0

JAPAN 15

1. Hideto Kisaka............. 1* 2 2* 2 1 0 8+2

2. Takumi Nomura............. 2 Fx 3 1* 0 1 7+1

3. Masahiko Miyama........... Did not ride

IRELAND 12

1. Alan Connor............... 2 0 0 - - - 2

2. Sam McCurdy............... 1* 1 1 2 2 1 8+1

3. Shane Dwyer............... 1* 1* 0 - - - 2+2

No. Results

1: Jack Hagen, Leonid Izotov, Henrijs Birkerts, Eddie Mendoza

2: Petr Marko, Jean-Marc Struthers, Jackson Roy, Tibor Nemecek

3: Andre Hayward, Alan Connor, Sam McCurdy, Jannie Devine

4: Jack Hagen, Takumi Nomura, Hideto Kisaka, Eddie Mendoza

5: Petr Marko, Henrijs Birkerts, Tibor Nemecek, Leonid Izotov (R)

6: Jean-Marc Struthers, Jackson Roy, Sam McCurdy, Alan Connor

7: Andre Hayward, Hideto Kisaka, Jannie Devine, Takumi Nomura (Fx)

8: Jack Hagen, Petr Marko, Tibor Nemecek, Ricky Antunovich

9: Leonid Izotov, Henrijs Birkerts, Jackson Roy, Jean-Marc Struthers (F)

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

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

12: Leonid Izotov, Sam McCurdy, Shane Dwyer, Henrijs Birkerts (F)

13: Andre Hayward, Tibor Nemecek, Petr Marko, Jannie Devine

14: Jackson Roy, Hideto Kisaka, Takumi Nomura, Jean-Marc Struthers

15: Jack Hagen, Sam McCurdy, Shane Dwyer, Ricky Antunovich (R)

16: Andre Hayward, Leonid Izotov, Henrijs Birkerts, Ian Jacques

17: Petr Marko, Tibor Nemecek, Hideto Kisaka, Takumi Nomura

18: Jackson Roy, Ricky Antunovich, Jack Hagen, Carter Fortin

19: Leonid Izotov, Henrijs Birkerts, Takumi Nomura, Hideto Kisaka

20: Petr Marko, Tibor Nemecek, Sam McCurdy, Shane Dwyer

21: Carter Fortin, Jackson Roy, Andre Hayward, Ian Jacques

WORLD PAIRS SEMI FINAL

This looked like the toughest of the Semi Finals on paper and so it proved with a couple of well fancied nations dropping out of the title chase. Denmark are many people's title favourites and they justified that tag with both Steen Eriksen and Kenni Algreen hitting double figure returns as they won by a comfortable margin. Norway and England are both former winners of the competition and they will be in the final again, led through by Olle Bjorn Thoresen and Hayden Wood respectively, with their supporting partner both scoring well too.

New Zealand finished 4th but quickly found out America had outscored them in the other Semi Final and their 17 points would not be enough - as expected the pressure to score heavily fell on Fillippe Chong, who notched 11+1 but they would have hoped for more from him if they wanted to qualify. The real shocker was the failure of Poland for whom Jacek Klecha did well but the support was not enough and they finished 5th in the meeting as they desperately missed their injured number 1 Boguslaw Kryznowek, out with a thigh injury. Home nation Hungary battled well but couldn't find enough support for Jakub Fekete (12) and Bulgaria ended the meeting bottom of the pile as they failed to back up the impressive Petar Bosilek (10).

DENMARK 27 --- QUALIFIED

1. Kenni Algreen............. 1 1* 2* 2* 3 2* 11+4

2. Steen Eriksen............. 3 2 3 3 2* 3 16+1

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

NORWAY 21 --- QUALIFIED

1. Olle Bjorn Thoresen....... 3 2 3 1 3 1 13

2. Anders Solberg............ 0 1* 2* 3 2* 0 8+3

3. Carsten Ostenstad......... Did not ride

ENGLAND 19 --- QUALIFIED

1. Steve Edgar............... 3 3 1* 0 1 0 8+1

2. Hayden Wood................ 1 0 2 2 3 3 11

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

NEW ZEALAND 17

1. Paul Laing................ 2 0 0 - - - 2

2. Fillippe Chong............ 0 3 3 3 1* 1 11+1

3. Oliver Lang............... 2* 2 0 - - - 4+1

POLAND 16

1. Jacek Klecha........ 2 1* 2 1 2 3 11+1

2. Rafal Aranowski.............. 1* 2 0 0 - - 3+1

3. Maciej Tercjak........... 0 2* - - - - 2+1

HUNGARY 15

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

2. Zoltan Benko.............. 0 1 1 1 0 0 3

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

BULGARIA 11

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

2. Rumun Dimotrov............ R 0 0 1* - - 1+1

3. Ilija Ormandiev........... 0 0 - - - - 0

No. Results

1: Steve Edgar, Jakub Fekete, Hayden Wood, Zoltan Benko

2: Steen Eriksen, Paul Laing, Kenni Algreen, Fillippe Chong

3: Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Jacek Klecha, Rafal Aranowski, Anders Solberg

4: Jakub Fekete, Petar Bosilek, Zoltan Benko, Rumun Dimotrov (R)

5: Steve Edgar, Steen Eriksen, Kenni Algreen, Hayden Wood

6: Fillippe Chong, Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Anders Solberg, Paul Laing

7: Petar Bosilek, Rafal Aranowski, Jacek Klecha, Rumun Dimotrov

8: Steen Eriksen, Kenni Algreen, Zoltan Benko, Jakub Fekete

9: Fillippe Chong, Hayden Wood, Steve Edgar, Paul Laing

10: Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Anders Solberg, Petar Bosilek, Ilija Ormandiev

11: Jakub Fekete, Jacek Klecha, Zoltan Benko, Rafal Aranowski

12: Anders Solberg, Hayden Wood, Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Steve Edgar

13: Steen Eriksen, Kenni Algreen, Jacek Klecha, Rafal Aranowski

14: Fillippe Chong, Oliver Lang, Petar Bosilek, Ilija Ormandiev

15: Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Anders Solberg, Jakub Fekete, Zoltan Benko

16: Hayden Wood, Jacek Klecha, Steve Edgar, Maciej Tercjak

17: Kenni Algreen, Steen Eriksen, Petar Bosilek, Rumun Dimotrov

18: Jakub Fekete, Oliver Lang, Fillippe Chong, Zoltan Benko

19: Hayden Wood, Petar Bosilek, Rumun Dimotrov, Steve Edgar

20: Steen Eriksen, Kenni Algreen, Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Anders Solberg

21: Jacek Klecha, Maciej Tercjak, Fillippe Chong, Oliver Lang