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Post by schumi on Mar 17, 2009 15:18:54 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2009 18:31:45 GMT
If that transpires to be correct, where does this leave the domestic Swedish leagues in 2009?
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Post by schumi on Mar 17, 2009 18:55:09 GMT
If that transpires to be correct, where does this leave the domestic Swedish leagues in 2009? All I know is there's another meeting in April (4th), but having read another article I don't think this is to do with the leagues. Seems to be the Nominations Committee who have resigned, whatever they're responsible for.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2009 20:42:47 GMT
Serieföreningen is a sort of lobby or interest group, working for the clubs' sporting and economical interests and to develop the sport as a whole. All swedish clubs are represented as members, and pay an annual fee to Serieföreningen to finance 80cc and U21 national teams and individual events.
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Post by schumi on Mar 21, 2009 12:48:19 GMT
Just when I thought us Brits had the monopoly on bitching and sniping, Sweden go and prove me wrong. Tempers are flaring between Hammarby and Getingarna. Some members who had moved to Getingarna were still involved at Hammarby, but they've now been told they are not welcome at the team's annual meeting on Tuesday. This stems from last year when members of Hammarby were trying to resolve issues to ensure there would be speedway in Bajen and had no reply. This eventually led to a consortium from Hammarby getting together to re-start Getingarna. Åke Bergqvist, who is one of the members now involved at Getingarna, has called Hammarby's Tommy Cederlund and Fredrik Edberg the "little mafia from Eskilstuna" and said his exclusion from the meeting is their way of silencing him. But he says the truth will come out eventually. source: www.folket.se
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Post by schumi on Mar 21, 2009 22:51:22 GMT
Smederna finally have a new chairman after Fredrik Eklund stepped down after only one day. Janne Åkerviken takes over with immediate effect, and will begin working with sponsors as soon as possible. source: www.sr.se
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2009 10:11:59 GMT
Some members who had moved to Getingarna were still involved at Hammarby, but they've now been told they are not welcome at the team's annual meeting on Tuesday. source: www.folket.seThey are not involved at Hammarby any longer, they are however still members and in their full right to attend the annual meeting. But have now been banned, because of ill lojality. Which is a joke. They had no other option but to leave when the current board and chairman completely ignored the clubs regulations and their duties last fall. The people who are now at Getingarna were demanding an extra annual meeting to de-throne the sitting chairman and board, because of the poor and immoral way the club was being run, and according to the clubs regulations the board had do accept this and hold a new annual meeting where a new board would be elected. They are however, men without dignity and honour and completely ignored this. At that point, instead of waging some kind of legal war against the criminals in charge of Hammarby, for the greater good of speedway and to ensure that there would be speedway in Stockholm at all in 2009 - the people left for Getingarna and have done a great job in reviving the old club so far. Now Cederlund, the chairman of Hammarby and others are worried sick about what these people may have to say at the annual meeting - plenty of faults and irregularities which would embarass the board and depict them as incompetent and immoral, (which they are). Therefore the Getingarna contingent of ex-Hammarby workers have been banned from the meeting.
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Post by schumi on Mar 24, 2009 8:24:47 GMT
In a further bid to cut costs, Smederna won't be having a press and practise day this year, as they can save money by not having to pay for travel and accommodation for the squad. Team manager, Bosse Jansson, isn't overly concerned. He said most of the riders know their way around Smedstadion, and they're getting practise in England and Poland anyway. source: www.ekuriren.se
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Post by schumi on Mar 26, 2009 6:59:37 GMT
Valsarna are currently without a president after Lasse Persson resigned at their annual meeting due to time constraints. There will be a meeting in the spring to choose a new president. source: www.vf.se
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Post by admin on Mar 26, 2009 19:47:52 GMT
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Post by schumi on Mar 26, 2009 20:21:29 GMT
It's a proposal from reigning champions, Lejonen. They can't force riders to change their contracts, but if they don't agree they'll have to cut down on their meetings and allow the cheaper riders to appear more often.
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Post by schumi on Mar 27, 2009 6:50:31 GMT
Following on from this, it seems Lejonen's proposal was for all clubs to follow suit, but so far none of the others are in agreement. Lejonen have lost some sponsorship this year, and need to cut costs themselves, but they were hoping this proposal would be of benefit to Swedish speedway as a whole.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2009 11:20:03 GMT
Following on from this, it seems Lejonen's proposal was for all clubs to follow suit, but so far none of the others are in agreement. Lejonen have lost some sponsorship this year, and need to cut costs themselves, but they were hoping this proposal would be of benefit to Swedish speedway as a whole. It's a bit of the wrong way around to first sign up riders and then ask them to go back on their contracts. The response from the other clubs has mainly been along the lines of "Lejonen have themselves to blame for cocking their budget up". Who could have guessed that Leigh and Nicki would be expensive.
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Post by schumi on Mar 28, 2009 17:45:52 GMT
Now that David Ruud has a agreed, all of the Lejonen riders will have their wages cut by the proposed 25%, with the only exception being the juniors.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2009 23:32:52 GMT
Now that David Ruud has a agreed, all of the Lejonen riders will have their wages cut by the proposed 25%, with the only exception being the juniors. What? How on earth did you come up with that, Schumi?
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