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Nicki is the only rider who agree`s with you, which is why last years 3 has been changed to his new ranking position of 12

Riding numbers confirmed-taken from SGP website 2017 FIM SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX RIDER NUMBERS (in ranking order): 45 Greg Hancock (USA) 108 Tai Woffinden (Great Britain) 95 Bartosz Zmarzlik (Poland) 23 Chris Holder (Australia) 69 Jason Doyle (Australia) 777 Piotr Pawlicki (Poland) 85 Antonio Lindback (Sweden) 88 Niels-Kristian Iversen (Denmark) 55 Matej Zagar (Slovenia) 71 Maciej Janowski (Poland) 66 Fredrik Lindgren (Sweden) 12 Nicki Pedersen (Denmark) 692 Patryk Dudek (Poland) 54 Martin Vaculik (Slovakia) 89 Emil Sayfutdinov (Russia) SUBSTITUTES 25 Peter Kildemand (Denmark) 84 Martin Smolinski (Germany) 46 Max Fricke (Australia)

You should know by now that everything in world speedway revolves around Poland- so a meeting called off in a notorious thunder storm area in summer in Sweden would cause a complete close down of the Sunday programme in Poland- causing misery to thousands. If you have travelled out as a punter it is reasonable to expect you might be slightly pi$$ed off- what`s the saying " better forewarned than forearmed"

R and R bookmakers are delighted to announce that the competition is back for a 5th year, and thanks to the generosity of the last 3 winners I have been able to donate the winners prize to either the BEN fund or Darcy Ward foundation. With the 2017 series boasting the best line-up for many a year, it looks as if the advantage for once ! could be with the poor old bookmaker- so I will be going all out to ensure that there will be NO winners- only losers !!. RULES Each contestant MUST place bets in all 12 rounds-in the event of having no money left they are out of the competition Each player starts with £400. MAXIMUM BET PER GP IS £200.minimum bet per GP is £20(or total balance if less than £20) minimum bet per rider is £10. all bets can be edited upto the advertised starting time of the meeting. If a rider is injured before a round starts then the bet is voided on that rider, or bets can be amended upto the meeting start time. If a rider starts a meeting but is injured and cannot continue THE BET STANDS but any points scored by the reserves count towards the injured riders score. If any rider is excluded for a starting offence the reserve points scored do not get added. To ensure fair play bets for the final round may be required to be PM`d to me instead of normal posting. If a meeting is called off at heat 16 then the spread will be adjusted to 4/5th`s of the original. If a meeting is called off at or after 20 heats the spreads stand. HOW TO PLAY One must bet on a rider to score MORE OR LESS than the spread-the HIGHER figure is taken for MORE bets and the LOWER for LESS bets-the mid between the two is what I expect them to score-and they add up to 138 which is the total points available in a GP EXAMPLE These might be 3 of the spreads for the 1st GP of the season Dudek 7 - 9 Zmarzlik 10 - 12 Lindback 6 - 8 Player 1 might think Dudek will score more than 9 in Slovenia so bets £100 MORE. If Dudek scored 12 he would win (12-9=3) X £100 which is £300. If he only scored 5 he would LOSE (9-5=4) X £100 which is £400 and be out of the competition. Player 2 might think Zmarzlik will score less than 10 and bets £200 LESS Zmarzlik scored 7 so wins (10-7=3) X £200 which is £600. If he scored 14 he would LOSE (14-10=4) X £200 which is £800 and he would be out of the competition. Player 3 might think Lindback will have a stormer and bet £200 MORE than 8 . if he scored 12 he would win (12-8=4) X £200 which is £800. however if Lindback scored the mid-spread of 7 he would LOSE (8-7=1) x £200 which is £200 . I`m sure you know that the R and R stands for Reckless and Revolutionary so where I lead the other bookmakers follow so in mid-April(when the wild-card is known) and I have done my research on the 2017 form I will post the spread for the 1st GP of the season in Krsko Slovenia on April 29th.

Although not 100% confirmed, it looks as if it will be a 3 year contract Polsat will have- and the good news is that 2 matches are going to be shown from each round.

Right opposite where the entrance to the pits are is a FREE carpark. If you get there early enough you will get in there. Beer sales and food are all situated just outside the stadium.

I get his joke- re-read what you wrote and he highlighted I like a nice bust as well

I will answer question 4 already for you- in previous years BSI/IMG have used Kings Lynn for the SWC. in 2016 they did a deal with Belle Vue. In 2017 they are returning to Lynn. Switching doesn`t come into it.

Have rooms available direct with Accor http://www.accorhotels.com/gb/united-kingdom/index.shtml

What I mean is it`s one big hassle- some do have some English translation but I have found it stops just when you want it to continue. plus they want social security numbers etc- which is fine for Polish people but real problem for foreigners.There ticket sales are rarely set up for non- Polish purchases. Personally I would just buy on the day- unless you are trying for tickets for Gorzow v Zielona Gora or Grudziadz v Torun.

All the Extraleague clubs do and some of the other league teams do- checkout their websites for info. However availability of tickets isn't normally a problem- it's the actual completion of the purchase. Lack of English version and credit/debit card facilities being a big problem for non-Poles

A guesstimate would be about 8 weeks before-sent you a pm

Biggest local derby(and hatred) in Speedway !!!! forget buying a ticket on the day. Your only chance will be from Zielona Gora when the match tickets go on sale.

I'm not sure- on the Lodz website there is a clock counting down to the stadium completition. I work this out to early September so it could be the opening meeting at the new stadium.

Looks as if the Nice Polska league(2nd of the 3 leagues) will move from being shown on TVP to Polsat. this is expected to be confirmed soon.

Definitely not- however I`m sure there are systems and viewing cards around the UK which would be available to buy.

All 8 matches in the opening 2 rounds of the 2017 extraleague season will be televised live on N sport Easter Sunday 16th April Czestochowa v Rybnik and Leszno v Wroclaw Easter Monday 17th April Zielona Gora v Grudziadz and Torun v Gorzow Saturday 22nd April Rybnik v Wroclaw and Zielona Gora v Torun Sunday 23rd April Czestochowa v Leszno and Grudziadz v Gorzow

Sorry to keep going on- but the time has passed for Messrs Gordon and Morton- they could have sold before the BSPA stepped in but their situation was so bleak the BSPA pulled the plug which left them with no assets. Hopefully Tsunami might be able to explain more(as an ex-promoter).

When they became promoters they would have signed something to the effect that if they effectively went skint -they the BSPA would remove their licence to operate and that they would therefore lose the right to be the promoters of speedway in Manchester.

The company means nothing if they haven`t got a licence from the BSPA to be promoters.

5th or 6th it says.

Nice Polska fixtures I runda: 9 kwietnia 2017 Renault Zdunek Wybrzeże Gdańsk - Lokomotiv Daugavpils Orzeł Łódź - Speedway Wanda Kraków Unia Tarnów - Polonia Bydgoszcz Stal BETAD Leasing Rzeszów - Polonia Piła II runda: 16 kwietnia 2017/17 kwiecień 2017 Polonia Piła - Orzeł Łódź Polonia Bydgoszcz - Renault Zdunek Wybrzeże Gdańsk Speedway Wanda Kraków - Unia Tarnów Lokomotiv Daugavpils - Stal BETAD Leasing Rzeszów III runda: 22 kwietnia 2017/23 kwiecień 2017 Polonia Piła - Polonia Bydgoszcz Orzeł Łódź - Renault Zdunek Wybrzeże Gdańsk Unia Tarnów - Lokomotiv Daugavpils Stal BETAD Leasing Rzeszów - Speedway Wanda Kraków IV runda: 29 kwietnia 2017/30 kwietnia 2017 Renault Zdunek Wybrzeże Gdańsk - Unia Tarnów Polonia Bydgoszcz - Stal BETAD Leasing Rzeszów Speedway Wanda Kraków - Polonia Piła Lokomotiv Daugavpils - Orzeł Łódź V runda: 7 maja 2017 Polonia Piła - Lokomotiv Daugavpils Orzeł Łódź - Unia Tarnów Polonia Bydgoszcz - Speedway Wanda Kraków Stal BETAD Leasing Rzeszów - Renault Zdunek Wybrzeże Gdańsk VI runda: 21 maja 2017 Renault Zdunek Wybrzeże Gdańsk - Speedway Wanda Kraków Orzeł Łódź - Stal BETAD Leasing Rzeszów Unia Tarnów - Polonia Piła Lokomotiv Daugavpils - Polonia Bydgoszcz VII runda: 28 maja 2017 Polonia Piła - Renault Zdunek Wybrzeże Gdańsk Polonia Bydgoszcz - Orzeł Łódź Speedway Wanda Kraków - Lokomotiv Daugavpils Stal BETAD Leasing Rzeszów - Unia Tarnów VIII runda: 3 czerwca 2017/4 czerwca 2017 Renault Zdunek Wybrzeże Gdańsk - Polonia Piła Orzeł Łódź - Polonia Bydgoszcz Unia Tarnów - Stal BETAD Leasing Rzeszów Lokomotiv Daugavpils - Speedway Wanda Kraków IX runda: 10 czerwca 2017/11 czerwca 2017 Polonia Piła - Unia Tarnów Polonia Bydgoszcz - Lokomotiv Daugavpils Speedway Wanda Kraków - Renault Zdunek Wybrzeże Gdańsk Stal BETAD Leasing Rzeszów - Orzeł Łódź X runda: 18 czerwca 2017 Renault Zdunek Wybrzeże Gdańsk - Stal BETAD Leasing Rzeszów Unia Tarnów - Orzeł Łódź Speedway Wanda Kraków - Polonia Bydgoszcz Lokomotiv Daugavpils - Polonia Piła XI runda: 9 lipca 2017 Polonia Piła - Speedway Wanda Kraków Orzeł Łódź - Lokomotiv Daugavpils Unia Tarnów - Renault Zdunek Wybrzeże Gdańsk Stal BETAD Leasing Rzeszów - Polonia Bydgoszcz XII runda: 16 lipca 2017 Renault Zdunek Wybrzeże Gdańsk - Orzeł Łódź Polonia Bydgoszcz - Polonia Piła Speedway Wanda Kraków - Stal BETAD Leasing Rzeszów Lokomotiv Daugavpils - Unia Tarnów XIII runda: 30 lipca 2017 Renault Zdunek Wybrzeże Gdańsk - Polonia Bydgoszcz Orzeł Łódź - Polonia Piła Unia Tarnów - Speedway Wanda Kraków Stal BETAD Leasing Rzeszów - Lokomotiv Daugavpils XIV runda: 5 sierpnia 2017/6 sierpienia 2017 Polonia Piła - Stal BETAD Leasing Rzeszów Polonia Bydgoszcz - Unia Tarnów Speedway Wanda Kraków - Orzeł Łódź Lokomotiv Daugavpils - Renault Zdunek Wybrzeże Gdańsk Runda finałowa: niedziela, 20 sierpnia 2017: 1. runda finałowa - Półfinały (4-1, 3-2) niedziela, 3 września 2017: 2. runda finałowa - Półfinały, rewanże (1-4, 2-3) niedziela, 10 września 2017: 3. runda finałowa - Finał niedziela, 17 września 2017: 4. runda finałowa - Finał, rewanże niedziela, 1 października 2017: Baraż niedziela, 8 października 2017: Baraż, rewanż Runda finałowa: niedziela, 20 sierpnia 2017: 1. runda finałowa - Półfinały (4-1, 3-2) niedziela, 3 września 2017: 2. runda finałowa - Półfinały, rewanże (1-4, 2-3) niedziela, 10 września 2017: 3. runda finałowa - Finał niedziela, 17 września 2017: 4. runda finałowa - Finał, rewanże niedziela, 1 października 2017: Baraż niedziela, 8 października 2017: Baraż, rewanż Division 2 fixtures I runda niedziela, 9 kwiecień 2017: TŻ OSTROVIA SA Ostrów Wlkp. - KSM Krosno niedziela, 9 kwiecień 2017: GTM Start Gniezno - TS KOLEJARZ Opole niedziela, 9 kwiecień 2017: PSŻ Poznań - RKS Kolejarz Rawicz KM CROSS Lublin pauzuje II runda sobota, 15 kwiecień 2017: RKS Kolejarz Rawicz - TŻ OSTROVIA SA Ostrów Wlkp. poniedziałek, 17 kwiecień 2017: TS KOLEJARZ Opole - KM CROSS Lublin poniedziałek, 17 kwiecień 2017: KSM Krosno - GTM Start Gniezno PSŻ Poznań pauzuje III runda sobota, 22 kwiecień 2017: KM CROSS Lublin - TŻ OSTROVIA SA Ostrów Wlkp. sobota, 22 kwiecień 2017: PSŻ Poznań - KSM Krosno niedziela, 23 kwiecień 2017: TS KOLEJARZ Opole - RKS Kolejarz Rawicz GTM Start Gniezno pauzuje IV runda sobota, 29 kwiecień 2017: TŻ OSTROVIA SA Ostrów Wlkp. - PSŻ Poznań sobota, 29 kwiecień 2017: RKS Kolejarz Rawicz - GTM Start Gniezno niedziela, 30 kwiecień 2017: KSM Krosno - KM CROSS Lublin TS KOLEJARZ Opole pauzuje V runda sobota, 6 maj 2017: KM CROSS Lublin - PSŻ Poznań sobota, 6 maj 2017: GTM Start Gniezno - TŻ OSTROVIA SA Ostrów Wlkp. niedziela, 7 maj 2017: TS KOLEJARZ Opole - KSM Krosno RKS Kolejarz Rawicz pauzuje VI runda sobota, 20 maj 2017: KM CROSS Lublin - GTM Start Gniezno sobota, 20 maj 2017: PSŻ Poznań - TS KOLEJARZ Opole niedziela, 21 maj 2017: KSM Krosno - RKS Kolejarz Rawicz TŻ OSTROVIA SA Ostrów Wlkp. pauzuje VII runda sobota, 27 maj 2017: RKS Kolejarz Rawicz - KM CROSS Lublin sobota, 27 maj 2017: GTM Start Gniezno - PSŻ Poznań niedziela, 28 maj 2017: TS KOLEJARZ Opole - TŻ OSTROVIA SA Ostrów Wlkp. KSM Krosno pauzuje VIII runda sobota, 3 czerwiec 2017: TŻ OSTROVIA SA Ostrów Wlkp. - TS KOLEJARZ Opole sobota, 3 czerwiec 2017: KM CROSS Lublin - RKS Kolejarz Rawicz sobota, 3 czerwiec 2017: PSŻ Poznań - GTM Start Gniezno KSM Krosno pauzuje IX runda sobota, 10 czerwiec 2017: RKS Kolejarz Rawicz - KSM Krosno sobota, 10 czerwiec 2017: GTM Start Gniezno - KM CROSS Lublin niedziela, 11 czerwiec 2017: TS KOLEJARZ Opole - PSŻ Poznań TŻ OSTROVIA SA Ostrów Wlkp. pauzuje X runda sobota, 17 czerwiec 2017: TŻ OSTROVIA SA Ostrów Wlkp. - GTM Start Gniezno sobota, 17 czerwiec 2017: PSŻ Poznań - KM CROSS Lublin niedziela, 18 czerwiec 2017: KSM Krosno - TS KOLEJARZ Opole RKS Kolejarz Rawicz pauzuje XI runda niedziela, 9 lipiec 2017: KM CROSS Lublin - KSM Krosno niedziela, 9 lipiec 2017: PSŻ Poznań - TŻ OSTROVIA SA Ostrów Wlkp. niedziela, 9 lipiec 2017: GTM Start Gniezno - RKS Kolejarz Rawicz TS KOLEJARZ Opole pauzuje XII runda niedziela, 16 lipiec 2017: TŻ OSTROVIA SA Ostrów Wlkp. - KM CROSS Lublin niedziela, 16 lipiec 2017: RKS Kolejarz Rawicz - TS KOLEJARZ Opole niedziela, 16 lipiec 2017: KSM Krosno - PSŻ Poznań GTM Start Gniezno pauzuje XIII runda sobota, 29 lipiec 2017: TŻ OSTROVIA SA Ostrów Wlkp. - RKS Kolejarz Rawicz sobota, 29 lipiec 2017: KM CROSS Lublin - TS KOLEJARZ Opole sobota, 29 lipiec 2017: GTM Start Gniezno - KSM Krosno PSŻ Poznań pauzuje XIV runda sobota, 5 sierpień 2017: RKS Kolejarz Rawicz - PSŻ Poznań niedziela, 6 sierpień 2017: TS KOLEJARZ Opole - GTM Start Gniezno niedziela, 6 sierpień 2017: KSM Krosno - TŻ OSTROVIA SA Ostrów Wlkp. KM CROSS Lublin pauzuje Runda finałowa: niedziela, 20 sierpień 2017: 1. runda finałowa - Półfinały (4-1, 3-2) niedziela, 3 wrzesień 2017: 2. runda finałowa - Półfinały, rewanże (1-4, 2-3) niedziela, 10 wrzesień 2017: 3. runda finałowa - Finał niedziela, 17 wrzesień 2017: 4. runda finałowa - Finał, rewanże niedziela, 1 październik 2017: Baraż niedziela, 8 październik 2017: Baraż, rewanż

Gustrow confirmed July 15th

The re-vamped Olympic stadium in Wroclaw is hosting the world games in 2017 20th july- 30 th July - the date change could have something to do with stadium availability or they are looking to cash in on foreign fans wanting to see a match on the Sunday- something we have accused the Poles of not doing in the past.

People keep quoting my post- which wasn`t exactly serious !! I was at the stadium that night and if anyone thinks that if the starting gate was working properly the meeting would still have been called off then they are living in cloud cuckoo land.