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Championnat de France 2007

Sami @ Sunday, August 26th   [link]

Championnat de France (French SMK Championshis 2007)

As many of you know, this week there were the yearly SMK Tournaments in France with several players attending including a surprise visit by Karel! The word is at the moment that Florent Lecoanet has won the competition this year, please refer to the message boards for further details.


New GP 150cc Site

Geoffrey Ewbank has been working with other karters in the development of an improved site for the 150cc GP records. This is now active, I will inform Alex Penev to change the link as soon as possible. Here is the message from Geoffrey regarding its development:

"The new SMK GP150 web site is ready. A new website with a lot of new specifications :
- Table times and ranking for 3 category (Non-NBT, NBT and With Items) and for the 4 perso's types
- Differentiation between Mushroom Long Boost and the classic one
- History record
- Self encoding
- Last times added

Site address: www.smkgp150cc.com

To find your login, watch the Player's list and the password is the same that for the old site. If your are not register, do it yourself and complete your times in all modes because the transfer from the old site is not yet finish but for the top players it's ok!!!
Enjoy GP150cc
Thanks, Djo, Webmaster of the new GP site"


New Members

No new members this week...


New World Records

Karel van Duijvenboden was unlucky with his new WR hit on PAL though it was still a great barrier-close record on DP3 of 1'17"01


Movement

PAL Activity:

PAL World Champion, Karel van Duijvenboden improves his DP3 World Record to near the 1'17" barrier.

#4 Julien Holmiere once again edged out over Florent Lecoanet with a few PRs.

#15 Pierre Coste improved some Mushroom Cup PRs, improving his stats a little

#19 Kalle Videkull, the Champion of Sweden is back! He has hit a few Mushroom Cup times so far focusing on Non-NBT with strong results.

#20 Manuel Babjar lands a mid 1'28" time for RR with this week's efforts.

#26 Olivier Antoine did some good work on the KB tracks, maintaining his position.

#30 David Bonne did some good cuts on the GVs including some platform jumping on GV1 to assist with his PRs.

#47 Mathieu Jaspard climbs a few more ranks and is now only 2 tiny points to passing Peter Toch.

#50 Jean-Francois Schepers follows fairly close behind as he fights through Legendary French karters.

#92 Alvin van Asselt made a fat improvement on all round courses to place him well into the Top 100s with potential for more of a climb!

#150 Steve Bayliss had a strong week nailing some of the targets he was after on MC1, RR and others. He still has a lot of potential, and at 150th place can start to work towards the Top 100.

#169 Samuel Gomez hit a lot of PRs this week making a significant climb to break the Top 170. The cut by Bayliss above is enough to hold off the threat of Gomes in the next weeks.


NTSC Activity:

#7 Pierre L'Hoest improved his KB1 lap PR on NTSC to a very low 9 second lap.

#8 Anderson Barbosa dos Santos of Brazil returned to SMK with a trick lap attempt at GV1.

#15 Tyler Worley passes Seb after improving his PR on RR 5-lap.

#20 Soul Kobayashi, continues to cut his times down well and has begun an attack to take #1 in Japan from Ha Nyan. Some great results so far as Soul reaches the top 20!

#29 Toshi Miura is after a sub 1'13" time next after we thought he pushed the time far enough aready on GV3. He has done sopme spectacular driving there indeed. Well done.

#35 Michael Fried picked up the pace with a few more PRs this week and is cutting his stats down.

#66 Emeric Gosselin made a few KB1 PRs this week.

#87 Jean-Sebastien Dubois of Canada hits 5 PRs with decent cuts to take some average finish off.

#89 Pete Crawford stayed on top of things and kept the PRs flowing. He joined the Top 100s, even passing into the Top 90.

#188 Jacob Goldfinger improved through again on all of his tracks improving his stats overall. However there is still plenty of potential so expect him to climb up fast soon.

Paying Tribute to Evren, Rest in Peace my friend

Sami @ Sunday, August 19th   [link]

New Members

No new members this week...


New World Records

No World Records this week...


Movement

PAL Activity:

#2 Pierre L'Hoest set a small PR for VL2 course time on PAL.

#4 Florent Lecoanet and rival #5 Julien Holmiere had a good battle this week with Florent hitting some good times to edge out at #4 on PAL and #2 in France again.

#19 Manuel Babjar cut Rainbow Road a tiny bit once more for the 5-lap.

#30 David Bonne made two PRs, for MC2 and KB1.

#32 Guillaume Leviach continued to go strong with successful runs on VL1 and KB2 notably with a PR on MC2 also.

#33 Sean Billingsley hit a nice Rainbow lap and along with that a solid VL1 time that he was pleased with.

#49 Mathieu Jaspard of Belgium is still on a mission to pass Peter Toch on PAL World average finish and has made a good cut of near a full point this week. SF veteran Anthony Pichard stands in his way to get that extra rank closer to Peter.

#51 Jean-Francois Schepers maintains his #3 in Belgium position with a few more PRs this week and is fast approaching Pereda.

#59 Ben Allen made a significant enough cut with a few less PRs to pass Hooper for #6 in the UK. Richard O'Neill is the next target.

#108 Andreas Rudmarker of Sweden returns to SMK after an adventure in Norway including a win at the MKDD tournament but a loss to John Barber at Match Race in SMK. However Andreas is going very strong here with an excellent set of PRs on return as he climbs to #7 Sweden with Bjorndahl and Runnelid in the near distance.

#126 Gavin Mace has worked hard on a lot of his times cutting large amounts and has passed James Scrim for #1 in Tasmania. However we will see if James responds with some records next week; the battle continues!

#157 Steve Bayliss is a man on a mission again with Rainbow Road as he is going for the barrier before moving on to other tracks. He has also started on the MC1 training to push that further, and it will resume soon along with other tracks. Steve passes a few more and aims for Bhoja.

#210 Leyla Hasso gains 5 more positions following some PRs on the weaker VL tracks and a few small cuts to KB1.


NTSC Activity:

NTSC World Champion Karel van Duijvenboden sets a PR for MC3 NBT breaking the 1'26" barrier.

#7 Pierre L'Hoest drives a small PR on KB1 NBT lap.

#16 Tyler Worley continues his work on BC3 with some double PRs and an extended lead from Martin.

#18 Ha Nyan, not far behind made a great return to defend his Japanese rank and cut quite a few PRs down very well.

#21 Dan Hoernemann drove a good 5-lap for DP1, close to the 1'11 barrier.

#29 Toshi Miura did not stop on GV3 and fought his 5-lap down further with an even stronger 5-lap and 1-lap PR.

#35 Michael Fried did a good selection of PRs to cut decent average finish as he climbs to #8 in USA.

#66 Emeric Gosselin of France drives 5 PRs with focus on the KBs. A nice cut on KB1 has helped his ranking.

#93 Jean-Sebastien Dubois of Canada shows us his strengths on his return to SMK with a good average finish cut so far after passing a few rivals, Aubry and St-Louis for #17 in Canada.

#103 Pete Crawford is the next fast climber with a target to reach the Top 100s, and he has almost done it staying very active this week with PRs on nearly every track. Great potential and a USA rank of #44 so far, Pete is set to rival Dubois next week if he keeps up the pace.

Swap deal

Sami @ Sunday, August 12th   [link]

New Members

Welcome to...

Chris Balch (joining PAL), Canada (PAL 91st, Canada 1st, Veteran B)
Sami Cetin (joining NTSC), UK (NTSC 14th, UK 1st, Titan E)
Jacob Goldfinger, USA (NTSC 206th, USA 104th, Apprentice D)


New World Records

Pierre L'Hoest lowered the Choco Island 1 PAL fastlap again to 0'10"66.

Karel van Duijvenboden worked further on Mario Circuit 1 to make a crazy 5-lap improvement 0'58"48 and a WR tie with Pierre's lap at 0'11"36*.


Movement

PAL Activity:

PAL Wold Champion Karel van Duijvenboden stuck with MC1 on PAL this week and made great results with a fastlap tie with Pierre and a great new 5-lap WR.

#2 Pierre L'Hoest continued the CI1 battle on PAL, lowering his fastlap a little further this time.

#4 Julien Holmiere reaches an amazing level with several more PRs following last week and has passed Florent Lecoanet for the 2nd place spot in France. Will Florent fight back?

#7 Matthias Boucher made a few NBT PRs and maintained his position.

#15 Pierre Coste, the Champion of Paris set 5 new PRs, a mixture of NBT and Non-NBT and gained a position on the rankings.

#19 Manuel Babjar set a small cut for Rainbow Road and defends his ranking.

#21 Joe Bernier of USA resumes some PAL karting with a few excellent cuts passing a few French rivals and nearing the Swedish Champion.

#29 Bjorn Eklund of Sweden returned to SMK this week and resumed some nice Non-NBT karting with a few excellent PRs on KB1 and RR.

#30 David Bonne set some Non-NBT PRs on MC4 this week with pretty strong times as he defends his ranking at the Top 30.

#32 Guillaume Leviach continues to make some cuts on 4 of his PRs Non-NBT, closing the gap a little to Mazieres.

#51 Jean-Francois Schepers drove a sub 1'02" PR for Mario Circuit 1 this week.

#62 Ben Allen (a.k.a Team UK's secret weapon) is back! And hes already been chopping down the average finish with PRs on a few tracks. He has passed Stacy Needham for the #7 UK position. Hooper and O'Neill are not far ahead... Keep up the PRs man!

#108 Andreas Rudmarker of Sweden returns to SMK after an adventure in Norway including a win at the MKDD tournament but a loss to John Barber at Match Race in SMK. However Andreas is going very strong here with an excellent set of PRs on return as he climbs to #7 Sweden with Bjorndahl and Runnelid in the near distance.

#127 James Scrim, Tasmania Champion hit a lot of new times this week pushing his weaker times more level against his average. He is picking up good pace as he moves towards the next rivals in Australia.

#133 Gavin Mace kept up the pace well with some times the majority on Special Cup and a few BC3 PRs. Some nice cuts were made and he is also on the path towards the next rivals in Australia and soon after the Top 100.

#157 Steve Bayliss busted out a stronger set of PRs this week both with quantity and quality. This allowed him to pass some rival karters in Germany and France, notably also landing ahead of Italian Champion, Fabio Sacco.

#179 Samuel Gomez improves some of his PRs by small amounts and maintains his rank within the Top 180 of PAL.

#215 Leyla Hasso hit a good selection of PRs including a few weak tracks with Toad, then some smaller cuts with Bowser on others. These included a few Hasso family records and other nice cuts. Leyla Has passed her target Anna van Voorst on PAL average finish and also a few karters including recent entry from the Norway meet, Ygnve.


NTSC Activity:

#7 Pierre L'Hoest improves his Rainbow Road NBT lap on NTSC with good result.

#15 Sebastien Holmiere drives a few solid BC3 PRs for NTSC.

#16 Tyler Worley drove a solid lap record for BC3 fastlap.

#21 Dan Hoernemann makes a lap PR for Choco Island 1.

#24 Soul Kobayashi hits a lot of new PRs on all the tracks with an excellent climb this week. He has now passed Goto for #2 in Japan. Keep up the great karting and the Top 20 will be reached very soon.

#30 Toshi Miura took another strong cut to his Record of Japan on Ghost Valley 3.

#35 Karl Ludwigsen drove 7 new PRs Non-NBT and maintains his position from #36 Michael Fried who hits some BC1 and RR PRs with good results.

#142 Pete Crawford has enjoyed a very active week in SMK since joining last weekend. He has hit PRs on several tracks from all the cups and will continue to improve and work his way up the ladder; he has strong potential to reach the Top 100s in due course.

Belgian Championship Tournament this weekend!

Sami @ Sunday, August 5th   [link]

Belgian Tournament

As many of you know, the Belgian SMK Tournament is in motion this weekend, a really great event. Please check out the Belgian Forum for results and news, it appears Mathieu Jaspard was a strong player at this meeting, we look forward to see him and Jean-Francois continue their journey to reach Toch on the World Ranking.


New Members

Welcome to...

Pete Crawford, USA (NTSC 155th, USA 71st, Warrior A)
Emily Tucker, USA (NTSC 200th, USA 100th, Contender F)


New World Records

Pierre L'Hoest did further damage on PAL Koopa Beach World Records with 0'48"83 and 0'09"27 after hard work on this track!

Julien Holmiere tied Ghost Valley 2 fastlap at World Record on PAL at 0'11"90*.

Karel van Duijvenboden cut his Mario Circuit 1 5-lap PAL WR down a little to 0'58"64 and chipped a little off Mario Circuit 3 WR at 1'27"67.


Movement

PAL Activity:

PAL Wold Champion Karel van Duijvenboden pushed at his Mario Circuit 1 driving to cut it down, making a new WR for the 5-lap and a small cut on the fastlap. He continued on the Mario Circuit 3 busting out a new WR there in the end.

#2 Pierre L'Hoest was not stoppable this week on Koopa Beach 1 as he overtakes the rest of the French rivalry with new WR times there.

#4 Florent Lecoanet set a small PR to Choco Island 1 5-lap.

#6 Julien Holmiere reaches #3 in France with a rampage full of new times including a World Record tie for GV2 fastlap on PAL.

#7 Matthias Boucher drives a KB1 PR and a few times on BC2 to cut some average finish.

#16 Pierre Coste set two PRs, for KB1 and VL2 this week to maintain his #1 in Paris position. Harold where are you?

#19 Manuel Babjar hit Rainbow Road strong this week and his PR cuts placed him ahead of Swedish Champion Kalle Videkull within the Top 20 of PAL Worldwide.

#29 Bjorn Eklund of Sweden returned to SMK this week and resumed some nice Non-NBT karting with a few excellent PRs on KB1 and RR.

#30 David Bonne of France continued his Non-NBT work on the KBs this week with some nice results and is moving a bit coser to Eklund on the rankings.

#32 Guillaume Leviach of France made a surprise cut as he worked well on all of his weaker times and pushed them to stronger standards resulting in a solid climb up the rankings.

#33 Sean Billingsley hit some nice PRs on the VLs and GV3 extending his lead from Spanish Champion, Oleguer Limona.

#116 Alvin van Asselt moved up a few places after more PR'ing and is in range to take another Dutch position as Volkers is within sight.

#146 James Scrim battles against rival #149 Gavin Mace for the #1 spot in Tasmania. James takes the lead this week with several large cuts to his weaker records. Gavin makes some smaller cuts, but with excellent work on Bowser Castle 2 this week hits within the Top 150 also. Both karters doing great, keep improving!

#161 Steve Bayliss of the UK made his official return to PAL as he rejoins Team UK in their battle to climb the rankings. Some solid cuts to start off with and passing two more UK positions for #29 in the UK.

#178 Samuel Gomez of France set some PRs for MC1, MC2 and CI2 and improved his stats overall a little.

#215 Leyla Hasso was pleased when her uncle (cleverly) connected her snes to her new TV as she wanted to improve. After writing on a piece of paper "Train on SMK twice a day" (if she actually will do that though...) she worked on a few tracks to see if she could get her form back. Racing lines were a bit off, but GV3 looked promising for later. I suggested she play MC3 and work on a fastlap, which she hit a PR, cutting enough points to pass Boudewijn. Anna is her next target for another position on the Women's Average Finish that she is after.


NTSC Activity:

#29 Toshi Miura improved GV3 to a 1'13" 5-lap and Japanese record! He also set a nice lap time aswell. Keep improving weaker tracks and you will improve average finish greatly.

#67 Emeric Gosselin hit some good PRs and is defending his rank nicely with Bosshardt just ahead.

#177 Chuck Foster has again a large cut to his times with a lot of improvement overall as he hits within the Top 180 of NTSC.