Scandinavian Semi Final 1
With the experienced Fredrik Andersen out injured there was nobody to seriously challenge joint GP leader Hans E Bergestol in this and he raced to top spot with 13 points.  Wily old stager Erik Gramstad recaptured some of the form of past seasons to take 10 points before coming out on top in a series of run-offs, after 5 riders had tied on 10 points apiece, to make it a Norwegian 1-2.  The other riders to also progress to the final with double figures were the European based trio of Petri Autio, again rising to the big occasion, former World Champion Jesper Risager and Swedish pair of Halle Soderberg and 21 year old UL regular Sven Svensson.  7th spot went to another Swede in the shape of Oskar Elmander with 6 riders tied on 6 points each meaning the countback calculators were out once more!  The final conclusion was a qualifying place for Appe Mattila of Finland with one race win and victory over rival Jens Isaksen in heat 10 - perhaps with luck on his side as the young Dane suffered bike problems in that race.  There were a couple of highly fancied casualties in this one, amongst them Petter Halling who managed just 4 points and propped up the final scorechart.  Perhaps even more surprisingly GP rider Erik Davidsson, expected to be a contender for the Scandinavian title, could manage just 1 race win and 6 points whilst Jens Prydtz, another expected to progress well into the GP Qualifiers on current UL form, never fully recovered from a first race spill and 3 pointless rides meant a final score of just 5 points and an exit from the competition.
  1. Hans E Bergestol.......... 3  1  3  3  3  13   (Qualified)
  2. Erik Gramstad............. 3  3  2  2  0  10   (Qualified)
  3. Petri Autio............... 3  2  1  3  1  10   (Qualified)
  4. Jesper Risager............ 1  R  3  3  3  10   (Qualified)
  5. Halle Soderberg........... 3  2  2  1  2  10   (Qualified)
  6. Sven Svensson............. 0  2  2  3  3  10   (Qualified)
  7. Oskar Elmander............ 0  0  3  2  2   7   (Qualified)
  8. Appe Mattila.............. 2  0  1  0  3   6   (Qualified)
  9. Jens Isaksen.............. 2  3  R  0  1   6   (Reserve)
 10. Erik Davidsson............ 0  3  1  1  1   6
 11. Isto Tuimala.............. 1  1  3  0  1   6
 12. Leon Jeppesen............. 1  2  1  0  2   6
 13. Ruben Konerup............. 2  1  0  1  2   6
 14. Jens Prydtz............... Fx 3  0  2  0   5
 15. Yrjo Eskelinen............ 2  0  2  1  0   5
 16. Petter Halling............ 1  1  0  2  0   4
 17. Wallborg Matsdotter....... Did not ride
 18. Hannu Helinen............. Did not ride
 No. Results
  1: Halle Soderberg, Appe Mattila, Leon Jeppesen, Erik Davidsson 
  2: Petri Autio, Jens Isaksen, Petter Halling, Sven Svensson 
  3: Hans E Bergestol, Yrjo Eskelinen, Jesper Risager, Oskar Elmander 
  4: Erik Gramstad, Ruben Konerup, Isto Tuimala, Jens Prydtz (Fx) 
  5: Jens Isaksen, Leon Jeppesen, Ruben Konerup, Oskar Elmander 
  6: Erik Gramstad, Sven Svensson, Hans E Bergestol, Appe Mattila 
  7: Erik Davidsson, Petri Autio, Isto Tuimala, Jesper Risager (R) 
  8: Jens Prydtz, Halle Soderberg, Petter Halling, Yrjo Eskelinen 
  9: Jesper Risager, Sven Svensson, Leon Jeppesen, Jens Prydtz 
 10: Isto Tuimala, Yrjo Eskelinen, Appe Mattila, Jens Isaksen (R) 
 11: Oskar Elmander, Erik Gramstad, Erik Davidsson, Petter Halling 
 12: Hans E Bergestol, Halle Soderberg, Petri Autio, Ruben Konerup 
 13: Petri Autio, Erik Gramstad, Yrjo Eskelinen, Leon Jeppesen 
 14: Jesper Risager, Petter Halling, Ruben Konerup, Appe Mattila 
 15: Hans E Bergestol, Jens Prydtz, Erik Davidsson, Jens Isaksen 
 16: Sven Svensson, Oskar Elmander, Halle Soderberg, Isto Tuimala 
 17: Hans E Bergestol, Leon Jeppesen, Isto Tuimala, Petter Halling 
 18: Appe Mattila, Oskar Elmander, Petri Autio, Jens Prydtz 
 19: Sven Svensson, Ruben Konerup, Erik Davidsson, Yrjo Eskelinen 
 20: Jesper Risager, Halle Soderberg, Jens Isaksen, Erik Gramstad 
 Run-offs for 2nd: Jesper Risager, Erik Gramstad, Sven Svensson 
 Run-offs for 2nd: Petri Autio, Halle Soderberg 
 Run-offs for 2nd: Erik Gramstad, Halle Soderberg, Sven Svensson 
 Run-offs for 2nd: Erik Gramstad, Petri Autio, Jesper Risager, Halle Soderberg 






 Scandinavian Semi Final 2
Jonus Sandin maintained his recent improved form by strolling to victory in the second Semi Final with an untroubled 15 point maximum.  Olle Bjorn Thoresen and Rudi Juritzen both scored 11 points to join him on the rostrum - meaning that Norway managed to fill 4 of the 6 rostrum places in the Semis.  European based Finn Jukka Gustafsson found two late heat wins to take him to double figures and into the Scandinavian Final too.  The emerging young Danish pairing of Steen Eriksen and Henrik Hansen both suffered bike troubles which could have proved costly but a pair of heat wins for each of them meant totals of 8 points which were enough to see them safely into the next round.  Also on 8 points was Sweden's UL star Lennart Levin who took 7th place.  Another rider who experienced mechanical gremlins was Leon Raba but the countback system did it's job with an earlier race win vital for the experienced Norwegian enough to claim the last qualifying place as Torbjorn Petterson had to settle for a reserve spot.  Of those well known names who didn't make it Ove Dalasen recovered from a slow start to the meeting but an exclusion in his fourth race, after bringing down Joahnnes Flood, meant he missed out by a point and young Olle Runeberg was probably also hoping for better than his 5 point return and will now have to concentrate on the Under 21 title chase.
  1. Jonus Sandin.............. 3  3  3  3  3  15   (Qualified)
  2. Olle Bjorn Thoresen....... 3  1  2  3  2  11   (Qualified)
  3. Rudi Juritzen............. 3  3  3  2  0  11   (Qualified)
  4. Jukka Gustafsson.......... 2  2  0  3  3  10   (Qualified)
  5. Steen Eriksen............. 2  3  0  3  R   8   (Qualified)
  6. Henrik Hansen............. 3  1  3  R  1   8   (Qualified)
  7. Lennart Levin............. 2  2  3  0  1   8   (Qualified)
  8. Leon Raba................. 1  3  R  1  2   7   (Qualified)
  9. Torbjorn Petterson........ 0  2  2  2  1   7   (Reserve)
 10. Ila Niemi................. 2  1  2  0  2   7
 11. Ove Dalasen............... 0  1  2  X  3   6
 12. Peter Tranberg............ 1  0  1  1  3   6
 13. Olle Runeberg............. 1  0  1  2  1   5
 14. Juho Laukkanen............ 0  2  0  2  0   4
 15. Claus Kristiansen......... 1  0  1  1  0   3
 16. Carsten Ostenstad......... 2  -  -  -  -   2
 17. Johannes Flood............ 0  0  1  F  -   1 (I)
 18. Preben Olsen.............. Did not ride
 No. Results
  1: Henrik Hansen, Lennart Levin, Olle Runeberg, Torbjorn Petterson 
  2: Rudi Juritzen, Steen Eriksen, Leon Raba, Johannes Flood 
  3: Jonus Sandin, Jukka Gustafsson, Claus Kristiansen, Ove Dalasen 
  4: Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Ila Niemi, Peter Tranberg, Juho Laukkanen 
  5: Steen Eriksen, Jukka Gustafsson, Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Olle Runeberg 
  6: Rudi Juritzen, Torbjorn Petterson, Ila Niemi, Claus Kristiansen 
  7: Leon Raba, Lennart Levin, Ove Dalasen, Peter Tranberg 
  8: Jonus Sandin, Juho Laukkanen, Henrik Hansen, Johannes Flood 
  9: Rudi Juritzen, Ove Dalasen, Olle Runeberg, Juho Laukkanen 
 10: Jonus Sandin, Torbjorn Petterson, Peter Tranberg, Steen Eriksen 
 11: Lennart Levin, Ila Niemi, Johannes Flood, Jukka Gustafsson 
 12: Henrik Hansen, Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Claus Kristiansen, Leon Raba (R) 
 13: Jonus Sandin, Olle Runeberg, Leon Raba, Ila Niemi 
 14: Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Torbjorn Petterson, Johannes Flood (F), Ove Dalasen (X) 
 15: Steen Eriksen, Juho Laukkanen, Claus Kristiansen, Lennart Levin 
 16: Jukka Gustafsson, Rudi Juritzen, Peter Tranberg, Henrik Hansen (R) 
 17: Peter Tranberg, Carsten Ostenstad, Olle Runeberg, Claus Kristiansen 
 18: Jukka Gustafsson, Leon Raba, Torbjorn Petterson, Juho Laukkanen 
 19: Jonus Sandin, Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Lennart Levin, Rudi Juritzen 
 20: Ove Dalasen, Ila Niemi, Henrik Hansen, Steen Eriksen (R) 
 Run-off for 2nd: Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Rudi Juritzen 
Injury - Johannes Flood suffered a rib injury and was forced to withdraw but will be fit for next meeting