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Dackarna have signed Wojdylo and Chris Holder and Drabik.

The SEC Challenge in Lonigo on Saturday 13th June start time 6pm UK time is available on PPV from Fanseat for £7.49 https://www.fanseat.com/en/livestream?id=s-sec-challenge-lonigo-sglbo&

Very much the World Championship for 125cc - looks as if there are 3 Brits in the 20 rider field. Meeting starts at 3.15pm This is followed on the Sunday by the European 125cc Championship start time again 3.15pm. Should imagine 20 riders again in the meeting.

The more that comes out the more pathetic the whole thing is. Tapes up TV are streaming on PPV 2 of the 3 SGP 2 qualifying rounds on Saturday 27th June in Pardubice and Fjelsted.

Let's surmise WBD signed a 10 year contract with the FIM for ( i assume) promoting and showing the GP’s SWC, SON SON 2 and SGP 2 and SGP 3 which they did for 5 years before bailing out. What interests me is what agreement is now in place between them,( FIM) and Mayfield Sports and where does the TV output sit within that contract. I would doubt that the FIM would have agreed for the SGP’s, SWC and SON only to be shown on TV. What we don’t know and probably won’t find out is 1/ Are Mayfield Sports contracted to provide TV production for SON 2 , SGP 2 and SGP 3. 2/ are WBD ( HBO) contracted to show SON 2, SGP 2 and SGP 3 in addition to the GP’s and SWC/SON. If either are true then someone is breaking a contract.

Janowski is the wildcard

Thank you for a very reasoned reply.

Bewley and Kubera have officially withdrawn from the Manchester GP’s and are replaced by Thomsen and Kvech respectively.

Following on from last week’s debacle over the SON 2 non TV coverage, Richard Coleman of Mayfield Sports has issued a statement which appears in this week’s Speedway Star, out today. There is also a section on the Social media outrage over the meeting. Would he have said anything if a reporter hadn’t contacted him ? Doubtful in my opinion. So thousands of Speedway fans worldwide won’t be able to watch the FIM flagship junior Speedway finals, which we are used to seeing. 3 SGP 2 and the SGP 3 final in 3 weeks. The SGP 3 final in recent years has produced some superb Speedway from the youngsters on their 250cc bikes. If Coleman knew last year that the SON 2 meeting would not be filmed by Mayfield Sports it’s a shame he didn’t have the balls to tell anyone !! I think of the streaming we have currently- BSN, Sweden and Denmark 4 live matches per week and of course Poland where many meetings are on TV, or streamed. One such meeting is this afternoon - the Bronze Helmet produced for the live showing on the Motowizja channel by Sabmar TV. Even the FIM have a streaming channel along with their partner Tapes up TV. So where does that leave the FIM ? I suspect angry and disappointed. There is i would hope time for the powers that be to sort something out for the SGP 2 finals coverage as the 1st final is not until the 10th July.

I reckon they ought to do Saturday’s on Friday’s result - ie the winner 1st pick 2nd 2nd pick etc, however they just do a ballot at the end of Friday’s GP.

Sunday’s matches line-ups Gdansk v Opole start time 3pm UK time Gdansk 9 Thorssell 10 Pieszczek 11 Lahti 12 Wysocki 13 Sorensen 14 Wardulinski 15 Kaminski 16 Opole 1 Legowik 2 Jeppesen 3 Milik 4 Pearson 5 Polis 6 Stepien 7 Ruminski 8 Swietochlowice v Krakow start time 3pm UK time Swietochlowice 9 Tonder 10 11 Trofymov 12 Boncinelli 13 Gala 14 Kubica 15 Brenski 16 Krakow 1 Lawson 2 K Lobodzinski 3 Melnychuk 4 Rempala 5 Levishyn 6 Grzeszczyk 7 Duda 8 Gniezno v Daugavpils start time 4pm UK time Gniezno 9 Krakowiak 10 Grmek 11 Masters 12 Ellis 13 K Fajfer 14 Latala 15 Juskowiak 16 Daugavpils 1 Kostigovs 2 3 Bellego 4 Mihailovs 5 Kolodinskis 6 Rimicans 7 Filimonovs 8

Sunday’s matches line-ups Rzeszow v Bydgoszcz start time 12pm UK time Rzeszow 9 R Jensen 10 Pickering 11 Szczepaniak 12 Gusts 13 O Fajfer 14 Majewski 15 Borowiak 16 Bydgoszcz 1 Wozniak 2 B Nowak 3 Huckenbeck 4 Loktayev 5 Buczkowski 6 Pawelczak 7 Andrzejewski 8 Rybnik v Krosno start time /.15pm UK time Rybnik 9 Klindt 10 Wojdylo 11 Jamrog 12 Jesper Knudsen 13 Kvech 14 Wyczyszczok 15 Zurek 16 Krosno 1 Becker 2 Birkemose 3 Doyle 4 Chmiel 5 Musielak 6 R Kowalski 7 Wieszczak 8

Sunday’s matches line-ups Torun v Gorzow start time 4pm UK time Torun 9 Dudek 10 Lambert 11 Blodorn 12 Michelsen 13 Sayfutdinov 14 Duchinski 15 Kawczynski 16 Gorzow 1 Jack Holder 2 Szymko 3 Przedpelski 4 Chatlas 5 Thomsen 6 Paluch 7 Bednar 8 Zielona Gora v Lsszno start time 7pm UK time Zielona Gora 9 Rudolf 10 Lebedevs 11 Prem Pawlicki 12 M Curzytek 13 Madsen 14 Hurysz 15 McDiarmid 16 Leszno 1 Zengota 2 Kolodziej 3 B Cook 4 Rew 5 Piotr Pawlicki 6 Parnitskyi 7 Mania 8

Both Belle Vue GP’s confirmed as being on TNT Sports 2 at 6.30pm both nights( 1st race 7pm). qualifying and Sprint on Friday 5th June will be on HBO Max start time 2pm. No qualifying takes place for Saturday’s GP.

Dackarna have signed Andreas Lyager

Sorry didn’t realise Friday was planned.

Go to the SGP 3 on the Friday night in Wroclaw- cracking meeting with the youngsters giving it everything.

All revealed tomorrow.

Round 9 dates and timings announced Thursday 18th June Pila v Lodz start time 5pm UK time Canal + Sport 5 Rzeszow v Poznan start time 7.30pm UK time Canal + Sport 5 Sunday 21st June Ostrow v Krosno start time 12pm UK time Canal + Sport 5 Bydgoszcz v Rybnik start time 2.15pm UK time Canal + Sport 5

Round 9 dates and timings announced Friday 19th June Czestochowa v Leszno start time 5pm UK time Canal + Sport Gorzow v Grudziadz start time 7.30pm UK time Canal + Sport Sunday 21st June Zielona Gora v Wroclaw start time 4pm UK time Canal + Sport Torun v Lublin start time 6.30pm UK time Canal + Sport

Change of dates for 2 Round 11 matches Friday 3rd July now Czestochowa v Zielona Gora Sunday 5th July now Lublin v Gorzow

Round 1 Saturday 2nd January Mildura Round 2 Monday 4th January Gillman Round 3 Thursday 7th January Wodonga Round 4 Saturday 9th January Western Sydney Speedway

2 semi’s on Saturday 20th June Semi 1 Debrecen start time 3pm UK time Semi 2 Plzen start time 2.15pm UK time Final Saturday 5th September Krsko

250cc U 16 Championships 2 Semi’s in Pardubice on Tuesday 16th June and Wednesday 17th June start times 5.15pm UK time - Final is in Wroclaw on Friday 19th June start time 6pm UK time.

2 crashes tonight in Sweden which will effect the Extraleague. Kubera broken collar bone Laguta broken wrist