Speed Skate World- By Peter Doucet- Online Since 1999

Check out Swiss News to find a report & results that Bill Begg put up from the 2nd Mittoch Cup- heck, I’ll copy and paste it here;

‘Round 2 of the Mittoch Cup on the Weinfelden Bank Track saw 40 top class men enter the races & 18 top class women. A good groupof local dignitaries were on hand to see some fine racing, with half the World Champions based in the Weinfelden region this year,locals are being treated, to a standard of track racing that you will not see outside of the World Championships.

The 6 rounds of the 500 meters saw the first 3 from each heat go through to the 3 Semi Finals of 6, from which the first 2 from each of the 3 semi Finals, went through to the final.

Heat 1

1/ Peter Micheal N. Z.
2/ Fabrizio Erviti Colombia.
3/ Adrian Leeman Switzerland.

Heat 2

1/ Kalon Dobbin N.Z.
2/ Andres Munoz Colombia.
3/ Carlos Prada Colombia.

Heat 3

1/ Aaron Arnd’t Canada
2/ Carlos Hernan Colombia.
3/ Christian Diazgrandos Colombia

Heat 4

1/ Nicolas Iten Switzerland.
2/ Jorge Cifuentes Colombia.
3/ Wayne Begg N.Z.

Heat 5

1/ Juan Filipe Gutierrez Colombia
2/ Alexander Bastidas Venezuela.
3/ Gerardo Herrera Colombia.

Heat 6

1/ Antonio Ruales Colombia
2/ Rueben Martinez Argentina.
3/ Ed. Dimmack Australia.

Final 500 Mens.

1/ Munoz.
2/ Dobbin.
3/ Micheal.
4/ Ruales.
5/ Iten.
6/ Cifuentes

The Ladies 500 was a bit of a rough affair, with the Final of 3 Colombian Bont IDRD skaters & 3 Argentina members of the World Inline Center Matter team.

World Marathon Champion Kelly Martinez got clear of the scrum to take the win, from Andrea Haritchelhar Argentina.

Ladies 500 Final.

1/ Kelly Martinez Colombia.
2/ Andrea Haritchelar Argentina.
3/ Kesia Panchon Colombia.
4/ Melisa Bonet Argentina.
5/ Natalia Artero Argentina.
6/ Martha Ramariz Colombia

In the ladies 10,000 elimination current World track Elimination champion Alexandra Vivas won the race, in which she had to work hard at the end, with Nicole Begg & Cecilia Baena, both suffering from Leg Injuries, the races were robbed of some of the stars, Former triple Junior World Champion Catherine Penan from Chile arrived, but did not take part.

Ladies 10,000 Elimination Final

1/ Vivas Colombia.
2/ Bonnet Argentina
3/ Ramariz Colombia
4/ Holguin Colombia
5/ Munoz Colombia.
6/ Haritchelar Colombia
7// Erviti Venezuela.
8/ Panchon Colombia.
9/ Rena Kuhn Switzerland.
10/ India Kuhn Switzerland.

In the mens 15,000 Elimination, the race was controlled right throughout by the 5 strong Matter World Inline Center team.

IfNicolas Iten had not attackedlate in the race,it could well have been thegreen mean machine taking all top 5 positions, but it was not to be.

Mens 15,000 Elimination.

1/ Munoz Colombia.
2/ Iten Switzerland.
3/ Cifuentes Colombia.
4/ Dobbin N.Z.
5/ Garzon Colombia.
6/ MichealN.Z.
7/ Erviti Colombia.
8/ Nation N.Z.
9/ Bastidas Venezuela.
10/ Guiterriz Colombia.
11/ Begg N.Z.
12/ Ruales Colombia.
13/ Hernan Colombia.
14/ Martinez Argentina.
15/ Morantes Colombia.
16/ Leeman Switzerland.
17/ Luginbuhl Switzerland.
18/ E. DiazGranados Colombia.
19/ Dimmack Australia.
20/ L. Wenger Switzerland‘