All six teams in Allsvenskan were able to race tonight with good weather in Norrköping, Nyköping and Eskilstuna.
And this week we should be treated to another match as Team Rapid host Griparna in Eskilstuna on Friday in a rescheduling of their Round 3 match.
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Norrköping Vargarna v Hagfors Valsarna #VARVAL
Form from before the match continued tonight as the visitors from Hagfors continue in winning ways, taking the tie 42:48 despite the scores being locked at 39:39 with just two heats to go. For the home side, the frustation of another near miss victory at home means they only have 2 points out of six matches so far this season.
Vargarna had been in the lead upto Heat 5 when the visitors new British signing, Leon Flint (7) took to the track for the first time ever in Sweden to lead out a 1:5 for Valsarna. And whilst the hosts drew level through a 5:1 of their own in Heat 11, they were denied a victory with two heat advantages from the visitors in the final two heats. It was Valsarna's top scorers, Victor Palovaara (14) and Finland's Jesse Mustonen (9+1) who won the Heat 15 to take the victory 42:48. They beat Vargarna's top riders, Mattias Thörnblom (12) and William Björling (11). The younger Swede put out his best performance of the year probably boosted by his excellent fourth place in the Swedish U21 finals on Saturday.
Full scores see SVEMO website.
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Nyköping Griparna v Kumla Indianerna B #GRIIND
The home side's Kim Nilsson continued to show why he is the league's top scorer, collecting a 15 pts maximum. It means he has only dropped one point in four matches for the Nyköping side and has an almost impossible average of 2.950 after racing 20 heats. In the final heat tonight he was joined by Peter Ljung, who scored his second paid maximum in two days, this time collecting 14+1.
A 5:1 in Heat 2 put the visiting Indianerna behind from the start and they never recovered. Newly crowned Swedish U21 Champion, Gustav Grahn (8+1, pictured) and Joel Andersson (9+1) twice scored heat advantages for the away team, but it was not enough and the Indians were defeated 52:38. They do however maintain the top spot in the division partly by virtue of being the only team to have played all 7 of their matches.
Full scores see SVEMO website.
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Team Rapid v Smålänningarna #TEASMÅ
Oliver Berntzon was due to start his first match for Smålänningarna, however, he was surprisingly replaced on the day by Zielona Gora's U24 rider, Damian Pawliczak for the team who are currently winless after 6 rounds. And the Polish rider showed his class top scoring for the visitors with 13 points on his Swedish debut.
However, his success did not translate to a victory for the visitors despite the fact that they lead the tie 18:24 after Heat 7. Instead it was Team Rapid who won the tight match by collecting three 5:1s in Heat 8-11 and holding on to their two point lead through the nomination heats. It was former Swedish ice racer, Daniel Henderson (13), who top scored for the Eskilstuna team as they won narrowly 44:46.
Full scores see SVEMO website.
