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Post by schumi on Mar 3, 2009 14:39:42 GMT
Smederna's Elitserien license could be in jeopardy as the club still have huge debts outstanding. source: gd.se
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2009 16:10:05 GMT
Smederna's Elitserien license could be in jeopardy as the club still have huge debts outstanding. source: gd.seYeah, but it's the license for 2010 we're talking about.
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Post by schumi on Mar 4, 2009 17:07:02 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2009 10:45:06 GMT
Indeed not. It's written in the stars whether Smederna will race in 2009 at the moment.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2009 13:10:10 GMT
Should Smederna go under, it is ofcourse very sad for swedish speedway as a whole, however it's very hard for me to have any sympathy or empathy for Smederna, in any scenario.
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Post by schumi on Mar 11, 2009 7:20:23 GMT
It's not good news for Allsvenskan team, Ă–rnarna, either, who may have to withdraw from the 2010 league if they don't get financial support from the municipality. With SVEMO making safety fences compulsory in the Allsvenskan next year, the club say they will have to fold if they can't get extra funding to finance it. source: www.sr.seAnd it gets worse for Smederna with the news that the municipality have stopped the sale of the stadium name pending an investigation. The Elitserien club are suspected of selling the name to Ikaros in a deal worth 1.5m kr before they were granted permission from the state. The money was to be paid in equal installments over three years, with the first 500,000 to be used to pay outstanding debts to the riders and municipality. At the recent board meeting in February, the state had still not been paid, but the money from the sale is rumoured to have already been spent. source: www.ekuriren.se
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2009 9:56:51 GMT
It's not good news for Allsvenskan team, Ă–rnarna, either, who may have to withdraw from the 2010 league if they don't can't get financial support from the municipality. With SVEMO making safety fences compulsory in the Allsvenskan next year, the club say they will have to fold if they can't get extra funding to finance it. source: www.sr.seHow daft is that? Now they realise this? It's been known for a good period of time that these safety measures would be required in 2009. Unbelievable incompetence.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2009 10:01:38 GMT
On a brighter note, I attended the Swedish championship qualifyers in Ice Racing in Gustavsberg, (Stockholm) last night. Arranged by MS Getingarna, it was a bold new move to promote an Ice Racing event in that venue. And it payed off, over 2000 spectactors turned up for a great night of racing, to bolster Getingarnas coffins considerably ahead of the speedway season. Rookie of the year Fredrik Johansson impressed hugely, considering this is his first year of Ice racing, and was only beaten by maximum man and former swedish champion (2005) Torleif Burman. It will be very interesting to follow him in the Swedish final in Uppsala on March 28. Story and some pictures here; www.getingarna.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=136%3Asucce-pa-ekvallen-torleif-vann&catid=41%3Anyheter&Itemid=107&lang=sv
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Post by schumi on Mar 11, 2009 10:17:02 GMT
I hear Peter Jansson broke his little finger?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2009 12:06:23 GMT
I hear Peter Jansson broke his little finger? Really? He did take two tumbles, so it's possible. Saw him in the pits afterwards though and he looked in good spirits.
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Post by schumi on Mar 11, 2009 12:27:30 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2009 12:48:01 GMT
.......to bolster Getingarnas coffins....... It's coffers not coffins
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2009 14:33:40 GMT
.......to bolster Getingarnas coffins....... It's coffers not coffins Thank you, I should have known
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Post by schumi on Mar 12, 2009 12:10:52 GMT
The latest on Smederna in a nutshell:
Ikaros to remain sponsors, but the stadium name won't change.
Smedstadion still owned by the state, and will continue to be so called until at least 2011.
Smederna must settle their debts to the municipality within three years.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2009 11:29:06 GMT
Now there is doubt over Posas participation in the Swedish final, as his doping ban from FIM is being processed with the swedish national board of sports.
Posa was suspended from the world championship a few weeks ago after he tested positive for a preparate which hides doping, which came from the medicine he eats for his high blood pressure. Posa and Svemo had failed to fill out and hand in the necessary forms for exemption.
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