Line-up For Speedway GP in Auck. 15 Riders Named (Read 2,673 times)

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Nov 25, 2011 10:09:02 GMT 12 Parrot said:

2nd rider added to the series is Danish rider Hans Andersen.

Link on Andersen excepting the final wild card:

speedwaygp.com/news/article/928/hans-wild-ambition

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So the updated confirmed fifteen riders for the Speedway Grand Prix in Auckland are:

1.Greg Hancock (USA)
2.Andreas Jonsson (Sweden)
3.Jaroslaw Hampel (Poland)
4.Jason Crump (Australia)
5.Tomasz Gollob (Poland)
6.Emil Sayfutdinov (Russia)
7.Kenneth Bjerre (Denmark)
8.Chris Holder (Australia)
9.Fredrik Lindgren (Sweden)
10.Nicki Pedersen (Denmark)
11.Chris Harris (Great Britain)
12.Antonio Lindback (Sweden)
13.Bjarne Pedersen (Denmark)
14.Peter Ljung (Poland)
15.Hans Andersen (Denmark)

The 16th rider will be the winner of the 2011/12 Australia Championship raced over three meetings in January: North Brisbane (Queensland) 7th, Kurri Kurri (NSW) 14th and Gillman (South Aust) 21st.

Two reserves to be named and these are normally local riders. There was a story in these weeks Speedway Star as to why Kiwi Jade Mudgeway, who races for Berwick in the English Premier League, is supporting a New Zealander(s) in the reserves.

I will try and scan it and load on here.

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News in the lastest Speedway Star, 26 Nov, received today, has news on Darcy Ward was due to appear in the Bournemouth Courts to face a charge of sexual assault, relating from an alleged incident between 16 to 19 August, so this maybe a reason for Ward not taking up the Wild Card he was offered for the 2012 SGP.

Here is an update from The Australian newspaper:

www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/new-year-court-date-for-aussie-rider/story-fn3dxity-1226205535134