GP CHALLENGE SEMI FINAL 1
 
ANDRE HAYWARD stormed to victory in this meeting, dropping points in his final race but recovering to win a run-off and book his place in the GP Challenge Final.  In the run-off he beat VACLAV RUZUCHA but the young Czech had more than done enough to guarantee his place at the final hurdle to qualify for next season's GPs.  The rostrum here was completed by ENZO INNACONE after the highly fancied Italian had ridden consistently to total 12 points.  The final qualifier for the next stage was Sweden's GOTE NORDVALL who required a run-off to confirm his place after scoring 11 points.
 
The rider to miss out in the final run-off was Pat Watkiss with the young Aussie now left to hope that his performance here might help the selection committee to look favourably on him when selecting the wild card for the GP Challenge.  These 5 looked the best quintet on show here by a bit of a distance and were not surprise qualifiers.  Of those missing out Leon Westfall and Reznik Baluch had started well backed by the bookies and performed well but didn't do enough.  Erling Troelsen was another name people were talking about but a fall in his second ride left him too much to do.  Richie Sampson was the other rider expected to challenge more than he did but he just didn't get going until a last heat win and finished well down the order in this traditionally cut and thrust round of GP qualification.
 
  1. Andre Hayward............. 3  3  3  3  1  13   ---   QUALIFIED
  2. Vaclav Ruzucha............ 3  3  2  2  3  13   ---   QUALIFIED
  3. Enzo Innacone............. 2  2  3  2  3  12   ---   QUALIFIED
  4. Gote Nordvall............. 2  3  2  2  2  11   ---   QUALIFIED
  5. Pat Watkiss............... 1  3  1  3  3  11
  6. Robbie Cormack............ 1  2  3  1  2   9
  7. Reznik Baluch............. 3  2  2  0  1   8
  8. Erling Troelsen........... 2  F  2  3  0   7
  9. Vaclav Cervenka........... 2  1  0  3  1   7
 10. Leon Westfall............. 3  0  1  1  2   7
 11. Richie Sampson............ 0  1  0  1  3   5
 12. Martin Payne.............. 0  0  3  1  0   4
 13. Jakub Burak............... 1  0  1  0  2   4
 14. Jamie Vaughan............. 1  1  1  0  1   4
 15. Boris Kravchuk............ 0  1  0  2  0   3
 16. Oliver Holmstrom.......... 0  2  0  Fx 0   2
 
 No. Results
  1: Andre Hayward, Enzo Innacone, Jakub Burak, Oliver Holmstrom 
  2: Leon Westfall, Vaclav Cervenka, Robbie Cormack, Martin Payne 
  3: Vaclav Ruzucha, Gote Nordvall, Pat Watkiss, Richie Sampson 
  4: Reznik Baluch, Erling Troelsen, Jamie Vaughan, Boris Kravchuk 
  5: Andre Hayward, Robbie Cormack, Richie Sampson, Erling Troelsen (F) 
  6: Pat Watkiss, Reznik Baluch, Vaclav Cervenka, Jakub Burak 
  7: Vaclav Ruzucha, Enzo Innacone, Boris Kravchuk, Martin Payne 
  8: Gote Nordvall, Oliver Holmstrom, Jamie Vaughan, Leon Westfall 
  9: Andre Hayward, Vaclav Ruzucha, Jamie Vaughan, Vaclav Cervenka 
 10: Robbie Cormack, Gote Nordvall, Jakub Burak, Boris Kravchuk 
 11: Enzo Innacone, Reznik Baluch, Leon Westfall, Richie Sampson 
 12: Martin Payne, Erling Troelsen, Pat Watkiss, Oliver Holmstrom 
 13: Andre Hayward, Gote Nordvall, Martin Payne, Reznik Baluch 
 14: Erling Troelsen, Vaclav Ruzucha, Leon Westfall, Jakub Burak 
 15: Pat Watkiss, Enzo Innacone, Robbie Cormack, Jamie Vaughan 
 16: Vaclav Cervenka, Boris Kravchuk, Richie Sampson, Oliver Holmstrom (Fx) 
 17: Pat Watkiss, Leon Westfall, Andre Hayward, Boris Kravchuk 
 18: Richie Sampson, Jakub Burak, Jamie Vaughan, Martin Payne 
 19: Enzo Innacone, Gote Nordvall, Vaclav Cervenka, Erling Troelsen 
 20: Vaclav Ruzucha, Robbie Cormack, Reznik Baluch, Oliver Holmstrom 
 21: Andre Hayward, Vaclav Ruzucha 
 22: Gote Nordvall, Pat Watkiss 

 

 

 

 

GP CHALLENGE SEMI FINAL 2
 
RAFAL ARANOWSKI was well backed before the meeting and duly delivered with 12 points and run-off win to claim victory and a place in the GP Challenge.  In the run-off he beat TEODOR PATOCKA but the young Czech didn't look too disappointed at that loss with his place in the next stage of the chase for a GP spot next season already wrapped up by that stage.  The final 2 places required a run-off to decide too, with 3 riders involved, and in the end EDDIE MENDOZA completed the rostrum places for the meeting with experienced STEEN ERIKSEN also claiming a qualifying spot.  It was a particularly impressive display from Eriksen who had dropped a couple of points before suffering a time exclusion before the interval but he showed that quality always finds a way to battle back and book his place in the next round.  FRANKIE YOUNG was the rider to miss out although he went from the depths of despair to party mode later in the evening as he was awarded the Wild Card place for the GP Challenge!
 
Of those missing out who went into the meeting with high hopes the experienced pair of Jens Isaksen and Ila Niemi both finished just a point off the run-off but fell just short.  Tyler Tebby won two races but two pointless rides costs him dearly whilst youngsters Arne Karlsen and Jackson Roy never got going and were somewhat surprisingly well off the pace.
 
  1. Rafal Aranowski........... 3  2  2  3  2  12   ---   QUALIFIED
  2. Teodor Patocka............ 3  3  1  2  3  12   ---   QUALIFIED
  3. Eddie Mendoza............. 2  1  3  1  3  10   ---   QUALIFIED
  4. Steen Eriksen............. 3  1  E  3  3  10   ---   QUALIFIED
  5. Frankie Young............. 2  1  3  2  2  10   ---   WILD CARD
  6. Ila Niemi................. 2  3  0  2  2   9
  7. Jens Isaksen.............. 2  2  2  2  1   9
  8. Ferdinand Neuser.......... 0  0  3  3  1   7
  9. Tyler Tebby............... 3  0  1  3  0   7
 10. Jaques Moursin............ 1  3  2  1  0   7
 11. Robbie Bell............... 1  2  1  1  1   6
 12. Dexter Last............... F  3  1  0  1   5
 13. Arne Karlsen.............. 1  2  2  0  0   5
 14. Oleg Yelesnev............. 0  0  0  1  3   4
 15. Liam Reay................. 1  0  3  0  0   4
 16. Jackson Roy............... 0  1  0  0  2   3
 
 No. Results
  1: Rafal Aranowski, Frankie Young, Jaques Moursin, Jackson Roy 
  2: Teodor Patocka, Ila Niemi, Arne Karlsen, Ferdinand Neuser 
  3: Tyler Tebby, Jens Isaksen, Liam Reay, Oleg Yelesnev 
  4: Steen Eriksen, Eddie Mendoza, Robbie Bell, Dexter Last (F) 
  5: Teodor Patocka, Rafal Aranowski, Eddie Mendoza, Oleg Yelesnev 
  6: Ila Niemi, Robbie Bell, Frankie Young, Tyler Tebby 
  7: Jaques Moursin, Arne Karlsen, Steen Eriksen, Liam Reay 
  8: Dexter Last, Jens Isaksen, Jackson Roy, Ferdinand Neuser 
  9: Liam Reay, Rafal Aranowski, Dexter Last, Ila Niemi 
 10: Frankie Young, Jens Isaksen, Teodor Patocka, Steen Eriksen (E) 
 11: Ferdinand Neuser, Jaques Moursin, Robbie Bell, Oleg Yelesnev 
 12: Eddie Mendoza, Arne Karlsen, Tyler Tebby, Jackson Roy 
 13: Rafal Aranowski, Jens Isaksen, Robbie Bell, Arne Karlsen 
 14: Ferdinand Neuser, Frankie Young, Eddie Mendoza, Liam Reay 
 15: Tyler Tebby, Teodor Patocka, Jaques Moursin, Dexter Last 
 16: Steen Eriksen, Ila Niemi, Oleg Yelesnev, Jackson Roy 
 17: Steen Eriksen, Rafal Aranowski, Ferdinand Neuser, Tyler Tebby 
 18: Oleg Yelesnev, Frankie Young, Dexter Last, Arne Karlsen 
 19: Eddie Mendoza, Ila Niemi, Jens Isaksen, Jaques Moursin 
 20: Teodor Patocka, Jackson Roy, Robbie Bell, Liam Reay 
 21: Eddie Mendoza, Steen Eriksen, Frankie Young 
 22: Rafal Aranowski, Teodor Patocka