GB squad for SWC.

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GREAT Britain boss Neil Middleditch has named his eleven-man squad for the World Cup - with an emphasis on youth.
Middleditch has known since the first week of the season that he would be without former World Champion Mark Loram due to injury, and his team will again be led by Grand Prix regular Scott Nicholls.
The basis of the squad involves riders who went well in the recent British Final, and the manager has some interesting decisions ahead as he nears on his final selections, which this year require six riders to be named for each meeting.
Middleditch said: "The old guard have served me fantastically over the years and I'm grateful to all of them for doing what they have done riding for Great Britain while I have been team manager.
"But they have all done their stuff and it is now time for the youngsters to step up to the plate. They are the future of British Speedway."
GB SQUAD: Scott Nicholls (captain), Chris Harris, Lee Richardson, David Howe, Edward Kennett, Joe Screen, Simon Stead, Olly Allen, Richard Hall, Lewis Bridger, Daniel King.

From: www.speedwayworld.tv

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No surprises there, I guess. Except possibly the inclusion of Joe Screen. Why's he there?
Anyway, no mistakes can be allowed in the Coventry meeting, or it'll be a mighty effort required to make the final. By common consent, the Coventry meeting is easier than the Vojens meeting and Team GB can't afford to miss out on a straight passage to the final.
Denmark should easily negotiate a route straight to the final via Vojens, which, if Team GB don't produce the goods, willl leave them up against, potentially, Australia and Poland in the Leszno race-off.
I'd expect to see a few changes in the Polish team between Vojens and Leszno, with track experts Krzyzstof Kasprzak and Damian Balinski making appearances at Leszno.

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The starting positions draw for Events 1 and Event 2 of the 2007 FIM Speedway World Cup has been made:

Event 1: Vojens, Denmark, 14th July 2007

Team A RED Finland
Team B BLUE Poland
Team C WHITE Australia
Team D YELLOW Denmark

Event 2: Coventry, Great Britain, 16th July 2007
Team A RED Great Britain
Team B BLUE USA
Team C WHITE Russia
Team D YELLOW Sweden

The individual members of each of the teams will be announced later this week.

The winners of Event 1 and 2 qualify directly to the Final on 21 July at Smoczyk Stadium, Leszno, Poland. The two runners-up from Vojens and Coventry go through to the Race Off on 19 July - that is also held at Smoczyk Stadium, Leszno, Poland.

From: www.speedwayworld.tv

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Just looked at the "Roll of Honour" for the SWC on speedwayworld.tv and was astonished to find that Poland's victory in 2005 didn't come, as I thought it had, in their homeland at Wroclaw, but at Poole. And Denmark's victory last season, which I thought had been achieved at Reading, was in fact achieved at Wroclaw in Poland.
Don't believe me? Check it out:

www.speedwayworld.tv/en/swc/a2595

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And it seems that the managerial genius that is Middlo has already selected his team for the Coventry round of the SWC. And it's as follows:

S Nicholls
C Harris
L Richardson
E Kennett
S Stead
D Howe (R)

The Poles have also selected their team for the Vojens round of the SWC, with manager Marek Cieslak naming the following riders:

T Gollob
R Holta
G Walasek
J Hampel
K Kasprzak
D Balinski (R)

So, no place in the Polish team for GPer Wieslaw Jagus, with Cieslak citing uncertainty over Jagus' wrist injury as the reason. However, Cieslak hasn't ruled Jagus out of the race-off, which he believes Poland will find themselves in, or the final, both of which are held at Leszno in Poland.

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Who from the Weird world is coming to the British Leg at Brandon? Myself and Couteau are going ( but we're fortunate enough to live near the Stadium) , as it's a Monday night it will be difficult for some, at least it's on Sky..

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I'll be there but easy for me too as I live in Rugby!

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Has anyone heard who Sweden and Russia have named as their #6's?

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WHITE: RUSSIA
1 Denis Gizatullin (c)
2 Roman Povaznhy
3 Emil Sayfutdinov
4 Roman Ivanov
5 Renat Gafurov
RES TBC

YELLOW: SWEDEN
1 Fredrik Lindgren
2 Peter Karlsson
3 Antonio Lindback
4 Andreas Jonsson (c)
5 Jonas Davidsson
RES TBC

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Just an update for anyone who hadn't seen that Olly Allen replaces David Howe who picked up a collarbone injury whilst riding at reserve in Lonigo.

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It will be interesting to see who Middlo puts in at Brandon on Monday? Eddie struggled around Brandon again last night

Someone was talking last night about the situation with the reserves. Can anybody tell me what the score is here..ie If the reserve comes into the Team do they have to be in for the whole meeting?

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I think the reserve can only be used in the event of an injury to one of the main team. They can't be used otherwise.

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Thanks Schumi. I bloody hope Ed can up his game then. I am so looking forward to this one,it would be good to see the stadium full aswell ;D

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schumi said:

I think the reserve can only be used in the event of an injury to one of the main team. They can't be used otherwise.

Not sure you're right on that one schumi, I believe the non-riding reserve can replace another rider, but once he replaces someone, he must replace them in all their remaining rides.

That's my understanding anyway, but not 100% sure.

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kevh said:

schumi said:

I think the reserve can only be used in the event of an injury to one of the main team. They can't be used otherwise.

Not sure you're right on that one schumi, I believe the non-riding reserve can replace another rider, but once he replaces someone, he must replace them in all their remaining rides.

That's my understanding anyway, but not 100% sure.

Someone better tell Stekkers then

This is what the Danish team manager wrote:

Hi guys,

"According to the 2007 FIM SWC rules, the reserve/stand by rider can only
come into play if one of the 1-5 riders get injured, and the Chief Medical
Officer (doctor!) rules him out for the rest of the meeting........"

....Best wishes

Jan

(From Yahoo)