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WORLD CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2009
POLISH TEAMS DOMINATE WORLD CLUB - posted 22 February 2009
Poland dominated the World Club Final staged at LeFevre with Leszno and Torun taking the major podium positions but the host club and the progressive Salisbury club will be more than pleased in reaching the final bearing in mind the level of opposition in the qualifying rounds reports Pete Barnes.
Despite their disappointment the previous evening in the World Cup event, the Polish riders "bounced back" and provided a superb display of cycle speedway. For Lezno World champion Marcin Symanski again indicated his intentions when the World individual qualifying rounds commence early next week whilst European champion Maciej Ganczarek and suprise omission from the Polish national squad, Radek Hanke, gave valuable support.
Przemek Binkowski headed the Torun scores and will be seen as a major contender for the World individual event but despite their strength in depth they could not match the performance of the victors.
LeFevre, try as they did, could not match the all round ability of the Polish clubs but they have the stars of the future and perhaps Daniel Pudney,after a heavy fall, had next week clear in his mind. Salisbury opted to give racing opportunities to other club riders underthe guidance of multi capped Australian international Brad Hoppo.
World Club Championship Final at LeFevre
Leszno 52
Marcin Symanski 14, Radek Handke 13, Maciej Ganczarek 13, Darius Pilas 12
Torun 48
Przemek Binkowski 14, Rafel Dulinski 13, Marcin Paradzinski 13, Pawel Cegielski 8
LeFevre 35
Robert Fitzpatrick 10, Cameron Crisp 9, Daniel Pudney 9, Ty Geertsen 7
Salisbury 21
Matt Matthews 5, Daniel Bax 5, Brad Hoppo 4, Tony Bax 4, Ryan Edson 3
FINAL AND SEMI-FINAL RESULTS
World Club Championship Final at LeFevre
Leszno 52, Torun 48, LeFevre 35, Salisbury 21
World Club Championship Semi Final A
Leszno 53 LeFevre 47, Wednesfield 37, Sheffield 22
World Club Championship Semi Final B
Torun 47, Salisbury 45, Leicester 41, Birmingham 27
WORLD CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP - posted 18 February 2009
Repechage Heat One
Birmingham 49
Bob Prince 13, Marcus Wadhams 16, Carl Winwood 9, Mark Winwood 11
Wednesfield 42
David Jewkes 4, Chris Jewkes 14, Dayle Peace 12, Lee Aris 12
Findon 40
Jack Spear 4, Brad Gentle 11, Ross Priest 14, Bobby McMillen 6, Craig Staunton 5
Murraylands 28
Daniel Randall 5, Kieran Ritter 5, Daniel Thompson 12, Allen Randall 6, Clifford Lillyman dnr
Repechage Heat Two
Leicester 48
Carl Jarvis 13, Norman Venson 12, Daniel Pike 11, Craig Marchant 12
Hethersett 40
Ben Collins 10, Tiffany Collins 8, Jazz Abbott 11, David Martin 11, Roy Abbott dnr
Gniezno 35
Pawel Kozlowski 14, Marcin Puk 12, Wojcicech Puk 4, Anna Kozlowski 5
Poole 35
Dave Murphy 8, Leyton Glover 10, Sam Hearn 9, Kevin Lowman 8
Birmingham, Leicester and Wednesfield progress to the semi finals at LeFevre on Sunday 22 February.
SEMI FINAL DRAW
Heat One
1 Wednesfield, 2 LeFevre, 3 Sheffield, 4 Leszno
Heat Two
1 Birmingham, 2 Leicester, 3 Salisbury, 4 Torun
REPECHAGES DRAW - posted 16 February 2009
Five teams have qualified for the World Club Championship semi-finals.
LeFevre (58), Leszno (52) and Salisbury (52) qualify as winners of today's elimination rounds together with Torun (51) and Sheffield (38) who were the highest scoring second place teams. That leaves eight teams to battle out the two repechages at LeFevre on Wednesday evening. The draws have been made as follows:
Repechage One at 7pm
1 Birmingham, 2 Findon, 3 Murraylands, 4 Wednesfield
Repechage Two at 8pm
1 Leicester, 2 Poole, 3 Hethersett, 4Gniezno
The winner of each of these repechages go to the semi-finals along with the next highest scoring team from the two heats.
SHEFFIELD BOOK PLACE IN SEMI-FINALS - posted 16 February 2009
With all the excitement of the Ashes series still reverberating around the tracks, the focus today switched to the World Club championship. Elimination rounds were held at LeFevre and Salisbury and after a hectic evening, five teams, LeFevre, Leszno, Salisbury, Torun and Sheffield have booked their places in the semi-finals.
The opening elimination round confirmed why Leszno are favourites to land the inaugural World Club title and Marcin Szymanski and Maciek Ganczarek are tipped for a top three finish in the World Individual. Both were majestic, winning all their races with comparative ease. But there was cause for celebration in the British camp when Premier League side Sheffield took second place overall, their 38 point tally seeing them into the next round as highest scoring runners-up. Jono Birks and Jamie Brown showed improved form, each winning one race apiece - a feat former national number one Lee Aris failed to achieve.
Aussie club Salisbury made easy work of the second elimination heat, easing to a comfortable victory while all the action and interest was the race for the second spot. Pommie team Hethersett put on a terrific display and came within an ace of snatching second place from the famous Findon outfit. It went down right to the wire, the final race. Unfortunately youngster Jazz Abbott found himself drawn outside the more experienced Matt Gentle, and despite how hard he tried, the young Norfolk rider couldn't find anyway past his Australian opponent. Tracking just three riders, Leicester were always up against it. Dan Pike enjoyed his best match of the tour so far, notching 14 points, but even he couldn't match the flying Chadwicks, Joel and Cody, who both went throught he card unbeaten for Salisbury.
The third and final qualifying round at Salisbury featured five teams as opposed to four. The meeting was dominated by LeFevre and Torun with the Aussie team just edging out the Poles. LeFevre look a very compact and competitive outfit and could even afford the luxury of resting Daniel Pudney in his last race, bringing in Paul White for a ride from reserve berth. Torun also look a class act with all four of their riders taking the chequered flag at least once during the evening. Despite finishing third, Birmingham found it tough going, including Marcus Wadhams who couldn't manage a win. Interestingly women's super-star Jessica Lamb was not included in the Poole line-up.
TODAY'S RESULTS - posted 16 February 2009
World Club Championships Eliminations - Heat One at LeFevre
Salisbury 52
Joel Chadwick 16, Cody Chadwick 16, Ryan Edson 11, Matt Mathews 6, Brad Hoppo 3
Findon 37
Ross Priest 12, Jack Spear 9, Brad Gentle 9, Matt Gentle 6, Craig Staunton 1
Hethersett 36
Jazz Abbott 10, Ben Collins 10, David Martin 10, Tiffany Collins 6
Leicester 27
Dan Pike 14, Norman Venson 8, Craig Marchant 5
World Club Championships Eliminations - Heat Two at LeFevre
Leszno 56
Radek Handke 14, Maciek Ganczarek 14, Marcin Szymanski 16, Krystian Gormiaczyk 8, Darek Pilas 4
Sheffield 32
Jono Birks 12, Jamie Brown 11, Leon Wild 10, Richard Husdon 5, Ian Brown dnr
Murrayland 32
Daniel Thompson 10, Brad Thompson 6, Allen Randall 6, Daniel Randall 5, Kieran Ritter 5
Wednesfield 30
Lee Aris 10, Chris Jewkes 8, Dayle Peace 8, Dave Jewkes 4
World Club Championships Eliminations - Heat Three at Salisbury
LeFevre 58
Robert Fitzpatrick 15, Cameron Crisp 15, Ty Geertsen 13, Daniel Pudney 12, Paul White 3
Torun 51
Przemek Binkowski 14, Marcin Paradninski 14, Pawel Cegielski 13, Rafel Dulinski 10, Marcin Niedzielski dnr
Birmingham 33
Marcus Wadhams 11, Carl Winwood 8, Bob Prince 7, Mark Winwood 7
Gniezno 29
Pawel Kozlowski 12, Marcin Puk 9, Wojciech Puk 4, Anna Kozlowski 4
Poole 28
Sam Hearn 8, Dave Murphy 6, Jake Williams 5, Leyton Glover 5, Kevin Lowman 4
CONFUSION OVER LAMB'S ELIGIBITY - posted 15 February 2009
With the World Club eliminations starting tomorrow at LeFevre and Salisbury, there is mounting uncertainty surrounding one of the World's top women racers and her eligibility to compete for her UK club.
Having signed up to race in the championships under her British Cycling registration, which deems her to be British and a Poole rider until April 2009, former national women's champion Jessica Lamb was amazed that officials are not allowing her to represent her already weakend Poole team in Monday's World Club Championship.
"I dont know what these officials have against me" moaned Jessica. "Firstly they tried to mess all the Scotland team stuff up and now it appears because I moved to Australia last October, I cannot represent GB or Poole. It's really upsetting when I have been part of the Poole club for 17 years now and I was going to wear my Poole shirt in the Ladies international."
Jessica looked fast and fit during racing this tour, taking on and beating Ireland's Steve Copping and her own Scotland team manager Dave Baxter during last night's Findon meeting. She also showed the other Poole riders how to get round the Le Fevre circuit today.
It was also disappointing news for Poole rider Kevin Lowman who was hoping Jess could slot into reserve for Poole on Monday as he does not feel he can complete all his rides in the hot weather.
FIRST ROUND DRAW
1 Sheffield 2 Wednesfield 3 Leszno 4 Murraylands
1 Findon 2 Hethersett 3 Leicester 4 Salisbury
1 Poole 2 LeFevre 3 Birmingham 4 Torun
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