Shane in Sweden
Posted 10/08/06

After suffering a very lengthy flight delay out to Sweden due to today's increased security measures, things didn't quite go according to plan for Shane in Sweden this evening.

His Kaparna side, who started the day top of the league, were at Team Dalakraft and would have been hoping for an away win but instead were beaten by 43-23 in a meeting curtailed by heavy rain.

Shane came third in heat 3, Kaparna conceding a 5-1 from the gate, and although he led heat 5 for a while his bike seemed down on power and Dalakrafts Robert Pettersson took full advantage to pass him, Shane having to settle for second. This was followed by a third place in a shared heat 7 as conditions worsened.

Both teams battled on to the end of heat 11, the cut off point for the result standing and it was no great surprise when the meeting was called off immediately following this heat.

With Lejonen beating a Griparna side missing Kauko Nieminen and Valsarna beating Ornarna, both sides leapfrog Kaparna at the top of the league, relegating them to third.

Shane will now be facing the long wait for his flight back to the UK along with thousands of others.

Kauko pulled out of his Swedish meeting this week and our understanding from a Swedish contact is that it was due to his troublesome wrist injury although at this stage that is unconfirmed.