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It was only on " British Eurosport" - foreign viewers could subscribe to Fanseat.

2023 rules https://www.fim-moto.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/2023/2023_FIM_Speedway_Grand_Prix_World_Championship_rulebook.pdf?t=1677928060

Last line isn`t correct- the team managers can nominate any riders for any of the last 4 heats( 1 ride each although reserve could take more up to maximum rides allowed) Team in 4th will nominate 1st, 3rd 2nd and so on.

SWC 2023 rulebook https://www.fim-moto.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/2023/2023_FIM_Speedway_World_Cup_rulebook.pdf?t=1677925088

Hopefully the place to collate the various federation nominations as they surface- i decided that it`s best in this section Argentina- SGP qualifying Eber Ampugnani Facundo Cuello Argentina- SGP 2 qualifying Joaquin Allivellatore Alex Acuna

From the rules of the comp(translated) 4. In MPPK competitions, the pair (including the reserve ) consists of players from the club's team with the highest SI from the previous season, including no more than one foreign player.

Thanks to Stewmac 2023 team building rules: Teams are made up of 5 riders. Each rider has their own "per race average" which is their final 2022 figure, and is fixed for the 2023 season. The combined total of all 5 riders in any match must be between a minimum of 5.0 and a maximum of 6.7, and one of the riders in each team must be an U21 rider OR a rider with a maximum per race average of 0.8

All the latest team line-ups https://speedwayligaen.dk/officielle-bruttotrupper-for-2023-saesonen/

It has been confirmed that Wadim Tarasienko will be classed as a Polish rider in 2023 for Grudziadz

Luke Becker and Matias Pollestad sign for Esbjerg.

The Promoter of the Grand Final is KF Sports( Speedway Events) from Gdansk in Poland. It wouldn’t surprise me if it changes to a Polish track

Wiktor Lampart gets the wildcard slot.

The PZM have said that the Warsaw track will be altered for 2023. It will be a different wider shape to produce better racing.

Qualifier 1 Terenzano Italy Tuesday April 25th(Bank Holiday) start time 2.15pm UK time Qualifier 2 Daugavpils Latvia Saturday April 29th start time 1.15pm UK time Qualifier 3 Debrecen Hungary Monday May 1st(Bank Holiday) start time 12pm UK time Qualifier 4 Mureck Austria Monday May 1st (Bank Holiday) start time 12pm UK time Challenge final Nagyhalasz Hungary Sunday May 14th start time 1.30pm UK time Final 1 Czestochowa Poland Saturday June 17th Final 2 Gustrow Germany Saturday August 5th Final 3 Bydgoszcz Poland Saturday September 9th Final 4 Pardubice Czech Rep Friday September 22nd No permanent GP riders allowed in competition apart from any qualified from finishing in the top 5 in 2022 1st 4 in each qualifier through to the challenge final- if no Hungarian rider qualifies then 3 only from Qualifier 3 will qualify top 5 in Challenge final will qualify for finals along with the top5 from 2022 - Madsen, Kolodziej, Michelsen, Dudek and Kubera. These will be joined by 5 picks from FIM Europe/Onesport and a meeting wildcard.

The proposed rules for the competition say that each team is allowed to include just one permanent GP rider. A 5th rider can be nominated to take part- he must be U 21 and although no programmed rides can replace 1-4 at any time up to a maximum of 5 rides total. No Jokers allowed but a team 6 points behind the leading team can use 1 tac sub in heats 5-20. heat 17 is lowest scorers race heat 18 is 2nd lowest points scored race heat 19 is 2nd highest points scored race heat 20 is highest scorers race

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.