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European Individual Grass Track Championship - SF2 : next stage the final! From left: 2nd place Paul Hurry, winner James Shanes and 3rd place Kenneth Kruse Hansen The semi-final 2 of the European Individual Grass Track Championship was raced on 23rd June at Leamington Spa, Great Britain. In a very hot contested meeting riders from six federations competing for the top nine qualification places for the European Final, that will be held at Bad Hersfeld in Germany on 17th August. Following completion of the qualifying heats, the English riders dominated the top places with Zach Wajtknecht and James Shanes tied on points for 1st and 2nd place and Paul Hurry and Richard Hall tied for 3rd place going through to the A Final. With Shanes flying from the tapes in the Final, closely chased by Wajtknecht, this was going to a hard race. Unfortunately, Wajtknecht crashed during the second lap.

EMX 65 / EMX 85 European Championship South East zone and EMX Open European Championship: the race in Serbia dav The fourth round of the EMX 65/EMX 85 SE zone and the fifth of the EMX Open was race this weekend in Globare, Serbia. EMX 85 Qualifying practice Croatian rider Luka Kunic was fastest in qualifying practice in EMX 85 class. Second best was Hristian Giorghiev from Bulgaria and Hungarian Zoltan Ordog was third fastest. Race 1 Qualifying winner Luka Kunic let no surprise. He was fastest at start and wins first moto with safe gap to second Hristian Georghiev and Zoltan Ordog on third. Race 2 Same as the first: Luka Kunic lead from the beginning to the end, Hristian Giorghiev finished second and third was Zoltan Ordog. Overall classification: 1. Luka Kunic; 2. Hristian Giorghiev; 3. Zoltan Ordog Overall SE Zone classification: 1. Luka Kunic; 2. Dino Loncar,

European U19 Speedway Pairs Cup: the final The final stage of the European U19 Speedway Pairs Cup was raced in Plzen, Czech Republic on 22nd June. The race took place with difficult conditions with heavy rain in the second half. Denmark won all its heats and lost no points. Second place for Latvia and third for Sweden, which due to technical problems and the fall of Philip Helström Bängs in the Semi-final did not participate to the final.

European Supersport Cup 600: Italian win for Smith at Misano Seventh round of the European Supersport Cup 600 at Misano Circuit, Italy. Together with the Supersport World Championship, two riders fight for the European title: first position for Kyle Smith (Team Pedercini Racing) and second for Michael Canducci (Dk Motorsport). Next race is scheduled on 05th-08th July at Donington Park, England.  

Motoball European Championship: the finals Pictures by Ray Kun Russia U18 2-5 France U18. Final. To watch the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0xw_IZImnQ France 8-1 Netherlands. 3rd place game. To watch the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJZ_Azon5Lw Germany 5-7 Russia. Final. To watch the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOAKMz9iwP8 The final classification: Germany Russia France The Netherlands Belarus To watch all the games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV1Ip3Wx_V4

Motoball European Championship: day 6 matches Pictures by Ray Kun Germany U18 3-4 Lithuania U18. 3rd place match. To watch the game:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzN81nfulpk   Germany 8-1 Netherlands. Semi-final. To watch the game:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIYygptvX7Y   Russia 7-1 France. Semi-final. To watch the game:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0vu60Ivruw   To watch the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv4ZUAokndo Click here for more info: https://motoball-em2019.de Stay tuned! Watch the game! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV1Ip3Wx_V4

Motoball European Championship: day 5 matches Pictures by Ray Kun RUSSIA U18 7-6 LITHUANIA U18 To watch the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSRlmwp2XfY FRANCE U18 3-2 GERMANY U18 To watch the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb7n2eBHgQQ NETHERLANDS 3-4 FRANCE To watch the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBLE2IPQl8k GERMANY 3-1 RUSSIA To watch the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv4ZUAokndo Click here for more info: https://motoball-em2019.de Stay tuned! Watch the game! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV1Ip3Wx_V4

FIME European Solo semi-final at Royal Leamington SPA #93 – Ex Double European Champion James Shanes - Pictures by Jesper Veldhuizen Midshires Grass Track Club are set to host one of the biggest Grass Track events in UK this Sunday as they play host to the second FIME European Individual Grass Track Semi Final, where some of Europe’s best Grass Track racers are set to do battle at the Midland venue, near Royal Leamington Spa. From the 18 competitors taking part in the event on Sunday, just the top nine will qualify for the European Final, which will be held in Bad Hersfeld, Germany on 17th August. With three English riders already safely through to the Final from the first semi-final held at the beginning of the month, British hopes are extremely high for this year’s competition being held on home turf with seven British riders hoping to flood August’s

European Races of the weekend 22-23/06/2019

Motoball European Championship: day 4 matches Pictures by Ray Kun LITHUANIA U18 0-4 RUSSIA U18 To watch the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwLG6L9xY10 GERMANY U18 0-1 FRANCE U18 To watch the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN8ZKw8bwKY NETHERLANDS 5-3 BELARUS To watch the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS5DVZReWtk GERMANY 6-2 FRANCE To watch the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01ThXofV59E   Click here for more info: https://motoball-em2019.de Stay tuned! Watch the game! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV1Ip3Wx_V4