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FIM Europe have tried to do a clever marketing exercise with their flagship Team competition in 2023. We have FINAL A in Gdansk on Saturday April 15th start time 1.15pm UK time - teams France, Latvia, Poland and Sweden. FINAL B is on the same day in Pardubice start time 2pm UK time- teams Czech Rep, team GB, Denmark and Ukraine GRAND FINAL is at a TBA German track on Saturday April 22nd- start time TBC The winning team from each FINAL plus the best runner up join the seeded German team in the GRAND FINAL Sounds very much like SEMI-FINALS and a FINAL

Good news regarding Ace Pijper he has now been released from hospital and although very battered and bruised, nothing is broken.

Good news regarding Ace Pijper he has now been released from hospital and although very battered and bruised, nothing is broken.

Did you nearly lose the will to live yesterday - nearly 4 hours to complete the meeting

13th and 14th are Andzejs Lebedevs and Daniel Jeleniewski

They (Poland) have also said there won’t be exclusions anymore for ‘ micro movement ‘

This was reported earlier this afternoon It's been reported that young Ace Pijper lost consciousness temporarily and is now undergoing detailed checks in Bordeaux hospital

European Championship result 1st Franz Zorn 35 2nd Luca Bauer 32 3rd Jimmy Olsen 23

Result of round 1 Marmande 4 Morizes 3 Miramont 2 La Reole 1

Ace Pijper taken to hospital in France after nasty crash in French league match- Theo looks as if he pulled out of the meeting to be with him.

Live updates https://speedwaynews.pl/relacja-na-zywo/1-runda-ligue-nationale-de-speedway-w-moriz-s-2023/?fbclid=IwAR1ZpZw5GkGToAypQCHNt_bgg85pVbRmZ3yhc5Rfq0kIk7ZwDedZs94AyfM

live updates today https://live.baansportfansite.nl/event/606/european-individual-ice-speedway-championship-final-2-sanok.html

In the 2023 regular season of the Ligue Nationale de Speedway there will be four four-legged matches, naturally each will be played on a different track. 4 points will be awarded for a win, 3 for second, 2 for third and 1 for fourth. Then the two highest-ranked teams will go to the final match (unlike the competition systems we know, it will not be a two-legged match), which will be played at the stadium of the leader of the table. The rules of selecting players for the squad in France also have their own specificity and, as in Poland, there are imposed restrictions here, which must be followed when determining the match line-up. There are five riders in one team. Each of them is assigned to one of the groups (A or B). The composition may include a maximum of two from the first group (and it includes the top 200, according to local activists, speedway riders in the world) and, consequently, from two to four from group B. In addition to them, it is obligatory to field one French rider belonging to to category B The match consists of 22 heats, the last three of which are nominated heats. In the first nineteen riders from numbers 1-4 appear on the track four times, while speedway rider no. 5 has three starts to complete.

Stadium has been given the all clear.

Start finish line is where the VIP seats are indicated- i have always sat on the 1st bend but pretty sure view is decent from anywhere.

Not for me it isn’t - for £9 per month through Fanseat i can get all Swedish and Danish( plus French league) which is approx 25 matches a month. Sign up at start and cancel at end.

Zielona Gora have signed ex Wroclaw 6/7 Michael Curzytek

Line-up confirmed- start time 3.30pm UK time Lista startowa PGE IMME 2023 im. Zenona Plecha 1.Bartosz Zmarzlik (MOTOR Lublin) 2,679 2. Patryk Dudek (FOR NATURE SOLUTIONS Apator Toruń) 2,000 3. Leon Madsen (ZIELONA-ENERGIA.COM Włókniarz Częstochowa) 2,275 4. Nicki Pedersen (ZOOLESZCZ GKM Grudziądz) 2,448 5. Martin Vaculik (EBUT.PL Stal Gorzów) 2,270 6. Maciej Janowski (BETARD Sparta Wrocław) 2,198 7. Janusz Kołodziej (FOGO Unia Leszno) 2,427 8. Mikkel Michelsen (ZIELONA-ENERGIA.COM Włókniarz Częstochowa) 2,229 9. Jakub Miśkowiak (ZIELONA-ENERGIA.COM Włókniarz Częstochowa) najlepszy junior PGEE 2022 10. Kacper Woryna (ZIELONA-ENERGIA.COM Włókniarz Częstochowa) 2,020 11. Fredrik Lindgren (MOTOR Lublin) 1,955 12. Chris Holder (FOGO Unia Leszno) 1,975 13. Dominik Kubera (MOTOR Lublin) 2,140 14. Robert Lambert (FOR NATURE SOLUTIONS Apator Toruń) 2,128 15. Anders Thomsen (EBUT.PL Stal Gorzów) 2,046 16. Wild card Reserves if anyone pulls out Jason Doyle (CELLFAST Wilki Krosno), Tai Woffinden (BETARD Sparta Wrocław) i Jarosław Hampel (MOTOR Lublin).

11th and 12th are Kacper Woryna and Wiktor Przjemski

Teams confirmed as Rzeszow Lublin Gorzow Czestochowa Torun Leszno Krosno Start time 6pm UK time

Thanks to Stewmac- this is the revised fixtures following the demise of Masarna 2023 meetings will be held on Tuesdays only, except from Rounds 10 and 12, where there will be meetings on both Tuesday AND Wednesday. May 2, 2023 (Tuesday – Round 1) Indianerna – Piraterna Vastervik – Lejonen Rospiggarna – Smederna May 09 2023 (Tuesday – Round 2) Smederna – Vastervik Lejonen – Rospiggarna Dackarna – Indianerna May 16, 2023 (Tuesday – Round 3) Rospiggarna – Dackarna Piraterna – Lejonen Indianerna – Smederna May 23, 2023 (Tuesday – Round 4) Dackerna – Vastervik Lejonen – Indianerna Smederna – Piraterna May 30, 2023 (Tuesday – Round 5) Vastervik – Rospiggarna Piraterna – Dackarna Lejonen – Smederna June 6, 2023 (Tuesday – Round 6) Vastervik – Piraterna Dackarna – Smerderna Rospiggarna – Indianerna June 13, 2023 (Tuesday – Round 7) Piraterna – Vastervik Smederna – Dackarna Indianerna – Rospiggarna June 20, 2023 (Tuesday – Round 8) Dackarna – Piraterna Rospiggarna – Vastervik Smederna – Lejonen July 4, 2022 (Tuesday – Round 9) Vastervik – Indianerna Lejonen – Dackarna Piraterna - Rospiggarna July 5, 2023 (Wednesday – Round 10) Rospiggarna – Piraterna Dackarna – Lejonen Indianerna – Vastervik July 18, 2023 (Tuesday – Round 11) Piraterna – Smederna Vastervik – Dackarna Indianerna – Lejonen July 19, 2023 (Wednesday – Round 12) Lejonen – Piraterna Smederna – Indianerna Dackarna – Rospiggarna August 1, 2023 (Tuesday – Round 13) Vastervik – Smederna Rospiggarna – Lejonen Indianerna – Dackarna August 8, 2023 (Tuesday – Round 14) Lejonen – Vastervik Piraterna – Indianerna Smederna – Rospiggarna After the regular season, teams 3-6 go to the quarter-finals, where the 3rd chooses whether they want to face teams 5 or 6 in the regular season. The winners of the quarter-finals go to the semi-finals, where teams 1-2 from the regular season await. The league winner chooses which of the quarter-final winners they want to face. The winners of the semi-finals go to the final. All playoff matches are played as double-headers where the best-placed teams choose whether to start at home or away. August 15, 2023 (Tuesday – Quarter finals 1st legs) August 22, 2023 (Tuesday – Quarter finals 2nd legs) August 29, 2023 (Tuesday – Semi finals 1st legs) September 5, 2023 (Tuesday – Semi finals 2nd legs) September 12, 2023 (Tuesday – Final 1st leg) September 19, 2023 (Tuesday – Final 2nd leg)

Confirmed that Motowizja are showing both days live from Sanok. Programme starts 12.40pm UK time both days- 1st race 1pm

Francois Ribeiro, Head of Discovery Sports, is to stand down, reports Sportowefakty. Although no official announcement as yet, it is not known who will replace him

Marmande Dimitri Bergé/ Mathieu Trésarrieu/ Philippe Bergé/ Steven Goret Ty Proctor La Réole Jordan Dubernard/ Max Dilger/ Thomas Valladon/ Hynek Stichauer Marius Hillebrand. Val de Guyenne Stéphane Trésarrieu/ Ace Pijper/ Steven Labouyrie/ Mathias Trésarrieu Théo Pijper Morizès David Bellego/ Tino Bouin/ Gaétan Stella/ Adam Ellis Lukas Fienhage.

Sportowefakty are reporting( confirmation from the FIM awaited) that the rules for the 2023 SWC have changed- now No compulsory U 21 rider at reserve- reserve can be any age. No Jokers Tac Subs when 6 behind only up to heat 16 Heats 17-20 are nominated( 17 lowest scorers, 18 2nd lowest etc, etc.