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Emil Millberg signed with Masarna.

Jerker Eriksson, Jimmy Jansson and Stefan Jarl have announced that they will continue to lead Smederna for the 2021 season. http://www.eskilstunasmederna.se/article/bvdvakhxj-21m61/lagledning-klar-for-smedernas-representationslag

the answer is no he and Jack Holder won't. https://www.oskarshamns-nytt.se/jason-doyle-och-jack-holder-tvingas-saga-nej-till-vastervik-speedway-2021/

Fixtures are usually released in mid December, don't think they'll delay it but rather have several options depending on Covid developments.

Piraterna have signed Oscar Fajfer.

Andzejs Lebedevs signed with Smederna for 2021. It will be his 6th season with Smederna. Smederna can have another three riders with an average above 0,500. Kaczmarek, Stark and William Bäckström does not count towards the rider limit.

krzyzstof kasprzak signed with Lejonen.

I don't know but he signed with Västervik so I assume that he will.

Maybe, maybe not. I just don't think the clubs/riders are in that much of a rush since the deadline is still 3,5 months away. They have more time to secure sponsorship and etc so I think it's a bit early yet to draw any conclusions. I think some teams might be a bit cautious due to Covid-19/more restricted budget due to the 2020-season but we also don't really know where things regarding the ban from the Ekstraliga clubs will develop.

No too impressed with Kaczmarek signing, gives me the impression of a Polish filler who's place better could be spent on a younger Swedish rider.

Magnus "Zorro" Zetterström has also joined the car salesman career. https://www.facebook.com/151054941442/posts/10158373775826443/

Former speedway rider Bert Lindarw has passed away today according to Stephen Zetterwall and Smederna. I don't known well know Bert is/was in Britain but he was one of the old legends in Smederna. It's only two months ago since Bert's fellow Smederna rider and legend Bernt Persson passed away. https://www.facebook.com/stephen.zetterwall/posts/3766474836709997 https://www.facebook.com/eskilstunasmederna/posts/3463557400404390?__cft__[0]=AZVG36g4LHm8UQykAdGO9hzF0IeXnHQ5Ph_LRNmiszGspKr7zhutHwhcyrakau57GZtuDB1tf3Ea9usyRCIr8ZlfPPbY3QPvF2Rm4sfe653yEv_AepqhWw5EoeSX2z2lQv_G6PmgDuIviq6sDMLilNGbpX3ufJlvpJRNp-i4i4XtofILaQOEBb4AcLQj7qWJMeo&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R

Peter Ljung, Victor Palovaara, Filip Hjelmland, Alexander Woentin and Lucas Woentin signed with Vetlanda. Rohan Tungate stays with Lejonen.

Philip Hellström Bängs stays with Masarna.

Timo Lahti stays with Rospiggarna.

Smektala stays with Västervik. https://www.oskarshamns-nytt.se/bartosz-smektala-ar-klar-for-vastervik-speedway

Smederna have signed Joel Kling. https://www.eskilstunasmederna.se/article/vguwakhg6-21m61/joel-kling-forstarker-eskilstuna-smederna

Svt made a short documentary about Antonio but unfortunately it's only available in Sweden. I'll post it anyway though: https://www.svtplay.se/video/29055502/rio-rocket-en-osannolik-speedwayresa "Speedwaysnack- hemma hos" video blog series also have three episodes with Antonio: Part 1: https://youtu.be/TJjk6PXagew Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6iDUsQ8DUo Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efifra2QDwA

Antonio says to SVT sport that he has decided to retire. https://www.svt.se/sport/speedway/svt-avslojar-antonio-lindback-avslutar-karriaren

No he is correct, it just wasn't clear when I wrote the post above. The information above is from Svemo but ESS have also posted some info, will add it later.

Lambert stays with Lejonen.

I would assume that they are planning for different scenarios, of which a full season would be one of the scenarios together with different shortened season/delayed start scenarios.

Rules for next season: https://www.svemo.se/globalassets/svemo-forbundet/dokumentcenter/protokoll/speedway/2020/beslutsprotokoll_7_track-racing_gallande-elitserien-allsvenskan_2021.pdf Elitserien 6 riders/lineup + an optional nr 7, nr 6 is considered reserve Rider nr 7 has to have a licensed issued be Svemo and the average are have to be 1.000 or lower Basically same heat schedule as this season with some minor changes (gates) Minimum 3 heats for nr 6 Maximum 6 heats for rider 1-6 + one R/R heat. Rider 7 can replace any other rider whenever team manager like. Tactical substitute allowed when 8 p down, cannot be used in heat 15. Squad size 8 riders with an average above 0,500 Line up average cap (rider 1-6) is 10.250 No average floor limit. No guest riders Teams placed 1 and 2 after all league meetings are complete are directly qualified to semi finals teams placed 3-6 will meet in the quarter finals. Team placed at nr 3 can choose between team 5 and 6 and to start home or away. No teams will be automatically demoted. Teams have 4 transfer cards, can be used from 15 April until the team has completed 75 percent of their league meetings. No limits regarding how many rear tires that can be used.

Adam Ellis stays with Piraterna för next season.

Pontus Aspgren returns to Smederna for 2021 and Fredrik Jacobsen stays with Dackarna.