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Svítkov Stadium
The Svítkov Stadium () is a 10,000-capacity speedway stadium in the Svítkov area of Pardubice, Czech Republic. The stadium is located in the west of Svítkov, which itself is located on the western outskirts of the city. The speedway track has a circumference of 400 metres and is home to the speedway team AMK Zlatá Přilba Pardubice. History The stadium was built in 1953 and 1954. Since 1964, the stadium has hosted the prestigious Golden Helmet of Pardubice. It moved to Svítkov after previously being held at the Velká pardubická from 1929 to 1963. The wide bends of the track allow six riders to compete in the competition. In addition to the Golden Helmet competition, the stadium has hosted significant major world championship events such as 1987 Speedway World Pairs Championship, the 1990 Speedway World Team Cup final and the 1993 Speedway Under-21 World Championship and 2008 Speedway Under-21 World Championship finals. Since 2009, the stadium has continued to host ma ...
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Pardubice
Pardubice (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 92,000 inhabitants. It is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the Elbe River. The historic centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations, urban monument reservation. Pardubice is known as the centre of industry, which represents an oil refinery or an electronic equipment plant. The city is well known for its sport events, which include the Velká pardubická steeplechase in horse racing, the Golden Helmet of Pardubice in motorcycle racing, and the Czech Open international chess and board games festival. Administrative division Pardubice consists of eight Statutory city (Czech Republic)#Differences of statutory city, self-governing boroughs. In addition, Pardubice consists of 27 municipal parts, whose borders do not respect the boundaries of boroughs (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Pardubice I (20,928) **''Bílé Předměs ...
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Motorcycle Speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only one gear and have no brakes. Racing takes place on a flat oval track usually consisting of soil, dirt, loosely packed shale, or crushed rock (mostly used in Australia and New Zealand). Competitors use this surface to slide their machines sideways, powersliding or broadsiding into the bends. On the straight sections of the track, the motorcycles reach speeds of up to . There are now both domestic and international competitions in a number of countries, including the Speedway World Cup, whilst the highest overall scoring individual in the Speedway Grand Prix events is pronounced the world champion. Speedway is popular in Central Europe, Central and Northern Europe and to a lesser extent in Australia and North America. A variant of ...
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AMK Zlatá Přilba Pardubice
Automotoklub Zlatá Přilba Pardubice is a Czech motorcycle speedway team based in Pardubice, Czech Republic. The club take its name Zlatá Přilba after the prestigious competition known as the Golden Helmet of Pardubice. History The team race at the Svítkov Stadium and were four-times champions of the former Czechoslovakia. The team started life known as KAMK Pardubice before taking the Golden Helmet name. However, in 1983 the stadium became a centre for the Svazarm and the site was known as a centre of professional sports. The team raced as SVS (Středisko vrcholového sportu) Pardubice from 1983 to 1990 before reverting to their chosen name. Pardubice and Rudá Hvězda Praha (Red Star Prague) dominated Czechoslovak speedway from 1978 until the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia The dissolution of Czechoslovakia, which took effect on December 31, 1992, was the Self-determination, self-determined Partition (politics), partition of the federal republic of Fifth Czech ...
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Golden Helmet Of Pardubice
The Golden Helmet of Pardubice (Czech: Zlatá přilba) is a motorcycle speedway competition hosted annually in Pardubice, the Czech Republic. It is the oldest motorcycle speedway race in Europe and is considered prestigious. History The race was established by three motorsport enthusiasts František Hladěna, Adolf Trnka and Ladislav Polák in 1929. The first 15 events of the Golden Helmet race were held on the long turf racetrack of Velká pardubická Steeplechase in Pardubice, from 1929 to 1963. On several occasions the event attracted more than 100,000 fans, but also five riders suffered mortal injuries competing on this dangerous grass track. Since 1964, the race has been held on the standard flat oval cinder track of the Svítkov Stadium in Pardubice. Race format In the first round, 24 riders are divided into four groups of six. Three riders advance from each group to the quarterfinal stage, where they join 12 seeded riders. In the quarterfinal, the same format sees th ...
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Velká Pardubická
Velká pardubická (Grand Pardubice Steeplechase) is a cross-country ( point to point) steeplechase run in Pardubice, Czech Republic since 1874. It takes place every year on the second Sunday in October. The length of the steeplechase is , with 31 obstacles. It usually takes 9–10 minutes to finish the course; the record is 8:56.01 set by Ribelino in 2015. Horses starting in the race must be at least six years old (before 2009, the minimum age was seven years); Czech horses must qualify by finishing at least one of four qualifying races during the season. History The race was first run in 1874 in Pardubice, a town long known in the horse racing world, as some trainers and jockeys from England came there to work. The current steeplechase course was established in 1856, however the course first took its present-day form in the years just after World War II. The course of the race has been changed several times, most recently in 1998 when the direction of the final phase of the ra ...
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1987 Speedway World Pairs Championship
The 1987 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the eighteenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia. The championship was won by host Denmark (52 points) who beat England (44 points) and United States (36 points). Semifinal 1 * KS Apator Stadium, Toruń * 6 June Semifinal 2 * Motodrom Halbemond, Norden * 6 June World final * Svítkov Stadion, Pardubice * 28 June See also * 1987 Individual Speedway World Championship * 1987 Speedway World Team Cup * motorcycle speedway * 1987 in sports References 1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ... World Pairs World Pairs {{motorcycle-speedway-competition-stub ...
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British Newspaper Archive
The British Newspaper Archive website provides access to searchable digitized archives of British and Irish newspapers. It was launched in November 2011. History The British Library's Newspapers section was based in Colindale in north London until 2013, and is now divided between the St Pancras and Boston Spa sites. The library has an almost complete collection of British and Irish newspapers since 1840. This is partly because of the legal deposit legislation of 1869, which required newspapers to supply a copy of each edition of a newspaper to the library. London editions of national daily and Sunday newspapers are complete back to 1801. In total, the collection consists of 660,000 bound volumes and 370,000 reels of microfilm containing tens of millions of newspapers with 52,000 titles on 45 km of shelves. After the closure of Colindale in November 2013, access to the 750 million original printed pages was maintained via an automated and climate-controlled storage fac ...
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1990 Speedway World Team Cup
The 1990 Speedway World Team Cup was the 31st edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. The final was staged at Svítkov Stadion, Pardubice, Czechoslovakia and the United States won their second title. First Round * 22 April 1990 * Güstrow Speedway Stadium, Gustrow * 1 May 1990 * Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana Austria to second round Second round * 20 May 1990 * Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo * 28 May 1990 * Kotka Motor Sports Center, Karhula Finland to third round. Third round * 8 July 1990 * Napos út, Szeged * 14 July 1990 * Edward Jancarz Stadium, Gorzow Australia to fourth round. Fourth round * 27 July 1990 * Olching Speedwaybahn, Olching * 25 August 1990 * Grevby Motorstadion, Mariestad USA to World final. World final * 16 September 1990 * Svítkov Stadion, Pardubice Pardubice (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 92,000 inhabitants. It is the capital city of the Pardubice R ...
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1993 Speedway Under-21 World Championship
The 1993 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship was the 17th edition of the World motorcycle speedway Under-21 Championships. The final was won by Joe Screen of England after he defeated Mikael Karlsson in a run-off for the title. World final *15 August 1993 * Svítkov Stadion, Pardubice References

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2008 Speedway Under-21 World Championship
The 2008 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship was the 32nd edition of the World motorcycle speedway Under-21 Championships. The title was won by Emil Sajfutdinov from Russia and was the first rider to win the title twice. Calendar Allocation Qualifying rounds Semi-finals Final *4 October 2008 (14:00 UTC+2) * Svítkov Stadion, Pardubice *Referee: Wojciech Grodzki *Jury President: Jörgen L. Jensen *Change: **(7) Adrian Gomólski → Vaculík Heat after heat: # Batchelor, Saifutdinov, Zengota, Sitera # Hougaard, Vaculík, Lindgren, Bridger # Holder, Pavlic, Karpow, Kus # Kononow, Risager, Lawson, Gustafsson (Woffinden - T) # Pavlic, Hougaard, Risager, Sitera # Kus, Woffinden, Bridger, Zengota # Saifutdinov, Karpow, Kononow, Vaculík # Holder, Batchelor, Lawson, Lindgren # Bridger, Sitera, Lawson, Karpow # Holder, Zengota, Hougaard, Kononow # Saifutdinov, Lindgren, Pavlic, Woffinden # Vaculík, Risager, Batchelor, Kus # Vaculík, Holder, Woffinden, ...
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Team Speedway Under-21 World Championship
The Team Speedway Under-21 World Championship is a speedway competition to determine the World Championship for national Under-21 teams (the sport's equivalent of the Under-21 World Cup in football). As of 2022, the event has been known as the Speedway of Nations 2, the Under-21 division of the Speedway of Nations. The first edition of the competition was in 2005 prior to its incorporation with the Speedway of Nations. Poland has dominated the competition winning the title record 17 times. Previous winners Team Classification Rider classification (top 10) Rules Eligibility The minimum age limit (16 years) starts on the date of the rider's birthday and the maximum age limit (21 years) finishes at the end of the year in which they reach 21 years old. Team composition The 4 competing teams shall each consist of 5 riders; there shall be no substitute rider: *Team A (Helmet colour Red): No 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 *Team B (Blue): No 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 *Team C (White): No 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 *T ...
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Speedway Under-21 World Championship
The Speedway Under-21 World Championship is an annual Motorcycle speedway, speedway event held each year organized by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) since 1977. As of 2022, the title was awarded to the winner of the SGP2 category at the FIM Speedway World Championship. History Between 1977 and 1987 the Championship was called the Individual Speedway Junior European Championship (European Speedway Under 21 Championship), open only to European riders. In 1979, the Championship began allowing riders from other continents to compete, but was renamed to the Speedway World Under 21 Championship in 1988. In 1998, Union Européenne de Motocyclisme, European Motorcycle Union (UEM) established the European Under-19 Individual Speedway Championship, Individual Speedway Junior European Championship, a new competition open only to European competitors. Originally it was called the European Under-21 Championship (from 1977-198 ...
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