WORLD UNDER 21 SEMI FINAL
 
7 riders stood out in this round and cruised through to the next stage without too many concerns.  Karlis Vitols lead the way with Abay Khan and Michel Heyvaert, the latter pair highly fancied to challenge for the title this year, on the rostrum.  Behind them Duje Jukic and Markus Lund both impressed, recording double figures from 4 completed rides, and Tyrone York and Jay Patterson progressed with 9 points each.  It was impressive stuff from the youngsters York (just 17) and Patterson (still only 16) in a relatively experienced field at this level.  The qualifiers were completed by Hal Eaton after he beat Hedge and Ryan in a run-off.  Valentine was a little unlucky to suffer an engine failure in his final ride to deny him a chance of at least competing in the run-off for the final qualifying place.
 
  1. Karlis Vitols............. 2  3  2  3  2  12   ---   QUALIFIED
  2. Abay Khan................. 3  3  3  0  2  11   ---   QUALIFIED
  3. Michel Heyvaert........... 3  3  3  1  F  10   ---   QUALIFIED
  4. Duje Jukic................ 3  R  1  3  3  10   ---   QUALIFIED
  5. Markus Lund............... F  2  2  3  3  10   ---   QUALIFIED
  6. Tyrone York............... 1  2  0  3  3   9   ---   QUALIFIED
  7. Jay Patterson............. 2  1  2  2  2   9   ---   QUALIFIED
  8. Hal Eaton................. 0  0  3  1  3   7   ---   QUALIFIED
  9. Harvey Hedge.............. 3  0  1  2  1   7
 10. Thomas Ryan............... 2  2  0  2  1   7
 11. Henry Valentine........... 1  3  1  1  R   6
 12. Jesper Muller............. 2  2  0  1  1   6
 13. Simon Kennett............. 0  1  3  0  1   5
 14. Shane Forbes.............. 1  1  2  0  0   4
 15. Ahmed Salam............... 1  0  1  2  R   4
 16. Juraj Popluhar............ F  1  0  0  2   3
 
 No. Results
  1: Harvey Hedge, Thomas Ryan, Henry Valentine, Markus Lund (F) 
  2: Duje Jukic, Jesper Muller, Ahmed Salam, Hal Eaton 
  3: Michel Heyvaert, Karlis Vitols, Tyrone York, Simon Kennett 
  4: Abay Khan, Jay Patterson, Shane Forbes, Juraj Popluhar (F) 
  5: Michel Heyvaert, Markus Lund, Juraj Popluhar, Ahmed Salam 
  6: Karlis Vitols, Thomas Ryan, Jay Patterson, Duje Jukic (R) 
  7: Henry Valentine, Tyrone York, Shane Forbes, Hal Eaton 
  8: Abay Khan, Jesper Muller, Simon Kennett, Harvey Hedge 
  9: Abay Khan, Markus Lund, Duje Jukic, Tyrone York 
 10: Simon Kennett, Shane Forbes, Ahmed Salam, Thomas Ryan 
 11: Michel Heyvaert, Jay Patterson, Henry Valentine, Jesper Muller 
 12: Hal Eaton, Karlis Vitols, Harvey Hedge, Juraj Popluhar 
 13: Markus Lund, Jay Patterson, Hal Eaton, Simon Kennett 
 14: Tyrone York, Thomas Ryan, Jesper Muller, Juraj Popluhar 
 15: Karlis Vitols, Ahmed Salam, Henry Valentine, Abay Khan 
 16: Duje Jukic, Harvey Hedge, Michel Heyvaert, Shane Forbes 
 17: Markus Lund, Karlis Vitols, Jesper Muller, Shane Forbes 
 18: Hal Eaton, Abay Khan, Thomas Ryan, Michel Heyvaert (F) 
 19: Duje Jukic, Juraj Popluhar, Simon Kennett, Henry Valentine (R) 
 20: Tyrone York, Jay Patterson, Harvey Hedge, Ahmed Salam (R) 
 21: Michel Heyvaert, Duje Jukic, Markus Lund 
 22: Hal Eaton, Harvey Hedge, Thomas Ryan 

 

 

 

 

WORLD UNDER 21 SEMI FINAL
 
The second semi-final looked the stronger of the two, at least according to the bookies, although generally the more fancied riders qualified without too many problems.  Title favourite Teodor Patocka rode to a 15-point maximum and it's hard to see who will beat him if he hits top form in the final.  Riley Payne was not far off his pace though, scoring 14 points to finish 2nd ahead of Sweden's Alexander Bengtsson.  Payne looks a real prospect, being just 16 years of age still.  Henrijs Birkerts, Michael France and Jaan Kaljuste are experienced at this level, as is 7th placed Nicolai Arentoft, and all cruised through at least 3 points clear of the rider who eventually finished in 9th place.  Teenage Canadian Ryan Roy took the last qualifying spot with a good finish to the meeting after the interval.  There weren't any real shocks although many fancied young Oliver Courtney to at least make this year's final but he never got going and just couldn't get the points needed to ever get himself pushing for a top 8 spot, although at just 16 years of age he will surely have many more opportunities in the future.
 
  1. Teodor Patocka............ 3  3  3  3  3  15   ---   QUALIFIED
  2. Riley Payne............... 3  3  3  2  3  14   ---   QUALIFIED
  3. Alexander Bengtsson....... 2  3  3  1  2  11   ---   QUALIFIED
  4. Henrijs Birkerts.......... 1  2  2  3  2  10   ---   QUALIFIED
  5. Michael France............ 2  3  3  0  1   9   ---   QUALIFIED
  6. Jaan Kaljuste............. 3  2  2  0  2   9   ---   QUALIFIED
  7. Nicolai Arentoft.......... 1  2  1  2  3   9   ---   QUALIFIED
  8. Ryan Roy.................. 2  1  0  2  3   8   ---   QUALIFIED
  9. Daniel Brown.............. 1  2  0  3  Fx  6
 10. Bartek Jankowski.......... 3  1  1  0  0   5
 11. Oliver Courtney........... 2  1  1  1  0   5
 12. Georges Leal.............. 0  1  2  1  1   5
 13. Roy Dorum................. 0  0  2  0  2   4
 14. Ulf Nilsson............... 1  0  0  2  1   4
 15. Blair Fry................. 0  0  0  3  F   3
 16. Robert Pusey.............. 0  0  1  1  X   2
 
 No. Results
  1: Jaan Kaljuste, Alexander Bengtsson, Henrijs Birkerts, Roy Dorum 
  2: Riley Payne, Oliver Courtney, Daniel Brown, Georges Leal 
  3: Teodor Patocka, Ryan Roy, Ulf Nilsson, Blair Fry 
  4: Bartek Jankowski, Michael France, Nicolai Arentoft, Robert Pusey 
  5: Teodor Patocka, Jaan Kaljuste, Oliver Courtney, Robert Pusey 
  6: Riley Payne, Nicolai Arentoft, Ryan Roy, Roy Dorum 
  7: Michael France, Henrijs Birkerts, Georges Leal, Ulf Nilsson 
  8: Alexander Bengtsson, Daniel Brown, Bartek Jankowski, Blair Fry 
  9: Riley Payne, Jaan Kaljuste, Bartek Jankowski, Ulf Nilsson 
 10: Michael France, Roy Dorum, Oliver Courtney, Blair Fry 
 11: Teodor Patocka, Henrijs Birkerts, Nicolai Arentoft, Daniel Brown 
 12: Alexander Bengtsson, Georges Leal, Robert Pusey, Ryan Roy 
 13: Blair Fry, Nicolai Arentoft, Georges Leal, Jaan Kaljuste 
 14: Daniel Brown, Ulf Nilsson, Robert Pusey, Roy Dorum 
 15: Henrijs Birkerts, Ryan Roy, Oliver Courtney, Bartek Jankowski 
 16: Teodor Patocka, Riley Payne, Alexander Bengtsson, Michael France 
 17: Ryan Roy, Jaan Kaljuste, Michael France, Daniel Brown (Fx) 
 18: Teodor Patocka, Roy Dorum, Georges Leal, Bartek Jankowski 
 19: Riley Payne, Henrijs Birkerts, Blair Fry (F), Robert Pusey (X) 
 20: Nicolai Arentoft, Alexander Bengtsson, Ulf Nilsson, Oliver Courtney