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19 Thursday Jun 2014

Posted by laurencereade in Q

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BK Häcken, GAIS, Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, IFK Gothenburg, IP, Kim Hedwall, Nya Ullevi, Orgryte, Qviding, Sodra, Sweden, Swedish Groundhop, Ullevi, Vahalla

Saturday 14th June 2014 ko 16.00

Division 1 Södra

QVIDING F.I.F. 1 (Zhubi 90)

ÖRGYRTE I.S. 1 (Pangop 46)

Att 1,275

Entry & Programme 100 SEK

NB On the Swedish hop, the £270 cost covered entry to all games, programmes, coach travel and two nights Bed and Breakfast.

About 3 months before the Swedish hop, I received an email from organiser Kim Hedwall. It had the outline line-up for the hop but the line-up included a trip to the Gamla Ullevi to watch second-tier G.A.I.S. I responded by asking whether there was an alternative to it, this hop is there to show-case Sweden, and the grounds that you wouldn’t visit normally. After all, its not difficult to book a flight to Gothenburg and do the Gamla Ullevi under your own steam. When Kim came back to me with the news that Qviding were at home at the same time it was an easy decision to shift our attention to Valhala IP, but the influence of the Ullevi was never far away. Continue reading →

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The Engine Room (Volvo of course!)

30 Wednesday May 2012

Posted by laurencereade in S, Uncategorized

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Bilos Yonakhir, Division 1 Södra, Linus Johansson, Mårten Gustafsson, Qviding, Ronald Mukiibi, Södermalms Idrottsplats, Volvo, volvo engines

Saturday 19th May 2012 ko 16.00

Division 1 Södra

SKÖVDE AIK 2 (L Johansson 3 8) L Johansson sent off 74 (2nd Booking)

QVIDING F.I.F. 1 (Mukiibi 90)

Att 381

Entry 60sek +20sek transfer

Programme FREE

With a leisurely start to the day in Stockholm, it was a simple enough task to collect our hire car from close to the soon-to-be closing Råsunda stadium and head around 250 miles south-west to the town of Skövde, in Västra Götaland. Unusually the town is built on a grid system, a reflection on the almost total destruction of the settlement by fire in 1759. St Helena was apparently from here. Nowadays the area is best known for the production of Volvo engines, and two units of the Swedish army. Continue reading →

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