#RZEWIT

When the bottom two teams in the league met today in Rzeszow, the German visitors where behind 14:4 after three heats giving an indication of how this match was going to turn out.

Wittstock Wolves did manage to 2:4 heat advantages, with Slovenian, Matic Ivacic (12) leading the pack home. But otherwise it was the hosts who dominated with Patryk Rolnicki scoring a paid maximum (14+1) and experienced Australian, Sam Masters (10+3) just two points off a paid maximum himself.

The final score 62:28 but at least Australian, Fraser Bowes (3+1) was able to make his Wittstock debut.

Full scores from Zuzelend.

#OPORAW

Opole's top rider, Jacob Thorssell, could not take part in the match because he is replacing the injuried David Bellego at the SEC in Gdansk today. Rawicz brought in U21 World Champion, Jaimon Lidsey to bolster their team. And twice at the beginning of the match when the visitors took the lead it was Lidsey who was involved. However, Opole quickly replied to make the scores level after six heats, 18:18.

But this top of the table clash was decided between Heat 9-12 when the home team turned the match to their advantage.

They took four heat advantages in a row, include three 5:1s to lead 44:28 at the end of Heat 12. Although he was not the team's top scorer in the end, Mads Hansen (11+2, pictured) was the architect of the win as he was involved in three of these deciding heats scoring 6+1.

The final score was 51:39 and with that Opole take the top spot and are favourites for promotion at this halfway stage.

Lidsey, of course, top scored for Rawicz with 15+1 from six rides. However, fellow Australian, Keynan Rew was not so productive with 0 pts from his two heats.

Full scores from Zuzelend.

#DAUPOZ

Lokomotiv Daugavpils have barely started their season as and this is only their third match of the season. However two of their team today have qualified for the U21 World Championships, Francis Gusts (8+1) and Ernest Matjuszonoks (3) whilst Oleg Michailov (10+1) represented Latvia in the competition last year.

And today, despite last of EWinner 2 matches, the home team made light work of visitors, Poznań with four 5:1s in the first four heats.

The final score was 55:35 and it was PNZ’s German rider, Kevin Woelbert who top scored 11+1 whilst their Danish U21 rider, Jonas Siefert Salk gained just 4+1.

Daugavpils’ foreign riders had mixed success, with veteran, Hans Andersen scoring 4+2 whilst Tomas H Jonasson took a more impressive 10+2.

You can see full scores at Zuzelend.

Four days of speedway in Poland started tonight with two Ekstraliga matches as Lublin hosted Zielona Góra and Częstochowa took on Gorzow.

#LUBZIE

A series of heat advantages between heats 5 and 11 gave home team Lublin the win, 45:21, with four heats still to go.

Patryk Dudek, who started the season off with some of the best results of his career so far, seems to have faded and tonight took just 8 pts in six heats. Instead, it was Max Fricke who top scored for the guests with 11 pts.

But the night belonged to the home team, and Mikkel Michelsen (photo) again led out the squad with 14 pts, whilst Grigorji Laguta continued a great 2021, this time scoring 11 pts.
The final score was 58:32 and Lublin also took the bonus point as they continue to cement their peace as a top three outfit for this season.

#CZEGOR

With Częstochowa winning the first meeting between these two teams by just 44:46 in Gorzow in Round 4, there was always much to play for this match.

And until Heat 6 when the visitors’ pairing of Anders Thomsen (10) and Szymon Wozniak (9+3) won a 1:5, the home side were in the lead.

The teams then traded heat advantages and the match continued to be a close affair, was tied at 32:32 after Heat 12.

However, Gorzow found another gear for the last three heats winning every single one with a 1:5.

SGP pairing of Bartosz Zmarzlik and Martin Vaculik (11+3) did the damage in Heats 13 and 15 and the World Champions finished the match with a six heat maximum of 18 points.

The final score was 39:51 meaning that the bonus point also went home with the Gorzow’s team. They now lead the league, although second placed Wroclaw have a game in hand which they will play at Leszno on Sunday.

For Częstochowa’s Scandinavian riders it was another mixed meeting. Dane, Leon Madsen (11) was top foreign rider whilst Jonas Jeppesen scored 0 and was replaced in his last two heats by juniors, Mateusz Swidnicki (4+1). Fredrik Lindgren also seems to be missing a little je n’sa quoi finishing with a disappointing 5.

Tonight in Västervik the qualifying race for the Swedish National Championships took place. The top eight riders qualify direct to the Championship which will take place in Målilla on 13 July. The two riders who finished in ninth and tenth will be track reserves.

Results

1. Philip Hellström Bängs 13 pts

2. Ludwig Lindgren 12 pts

3. Alexander Woentin 12 pts

4. Daniel Henderson 12 pts

5. Mattias Thörnblom 10 pts

6. Filip Hjelmland 10 pts

7. Casper Henriksson 10 pts

8. Joel Andersson 9 pts

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9. Gustav Grahn 6 pts

10. Johannes Stark 6 pts

There were 343 spectators and you can see the scores for all the riders on SVEMOs homepage.

Olle Liss har varit en framträdande pjäs i Björklöven de två senaste åren.

Nu är det klart med en kontraktsförlängning, meddelar Västerbottensklubben via Instagram.

Den 28-årige artisten blir Björklöven så kallade "supporterspelare".

Liss har inte bara fina meriter från spel i HockeyAllsvenskan, utan har dessutom lirat i SHL och till och med fått chansen i Tre Kronor.

Björbo-produkten svarade för 53 poäng på 66 matcher i fjol och blev trea i Björklövens interna poängliga.

Ett flertal SHL-klubbar har som bekant presenterat positiva bokslut för den gångna säsongen.

Det gäller dock inte Djurgården.

Stockholmsklubben gick med 4,6 miljoner kronor minus, uppger klubben via hemsidan.

Det är å andra sidan ingen fara på taket, utan ekonomin är fortsatt stabil. Det egna kapitalet ligger på 24,3 miljoner kronor och likviditeten är tämligen god.

"Årets resultat innebar en operativ förlust före statliga pandemirelaterade bidrag på -25 mkr före skatt. Efter bidrag på sammanlagt 20 mkr kunde förlusten begränsas till -4,8 mkr efter skatt. Klubben redovisar ett eget kapital på 24,3 mkr. Likvida medel uppgick vid räkenskapsårets utgång till 40 mkr och pendlade under året mellan 35 och 50 mkr", skriver Djurgården på hemsidan.

Hockeyettan-klubben Forshaga presenterade en genuin tungviktsvärvning med Hockeyettan-mått mätt under fredagen.

Det handlar om Victor Berglind, som bland annat har erfarenhet från spel i den svenska högstaligan, meddelar Värmlandsklubben på hemsidan.

Den 28-årige backen kommer närmast från flera säsonger i HockeyAllsvenskan med Bik Karlskoga.

Juniorlandslagsmeriterade Berglind har i övrigt bland annat representerat Rögle och Brynäs.