Kent Kestrel

I'd like to see a tournament similar to the ice hockey world championship structure. Have nations of comparable strength split into divisions. For instance:- World Championship Division - Poland, Denmark, Australia, England, Sweden and Czech Republic Division 1 - USA, Russia, Finland, Germany, Slovenia, Hungary. Division 2 - Latvia, Norway, Italy, Scotland, France, Croatia Division 3 - Ukraine, Austria, Wales, Argentina, Holland, Canada Division 4 - Slovakia, New Zealand, South Africa, Romania, Malaysia, Estonia, Bulgaria. Annual tournaments, six man teams, two groups of three, race each other once. Top two from each group battle it out for the medals with semis/final and the two nations who finish bottom of the division raceoff with the victors staying in the division and the losers being relegated to the division below. With the winners of the lower division winning promotion. So you'd have a week long event for all the divisions, with a separate country hosting each tournament. The logistics of the lower nations competing could prove problematical due to finance, etc. A few of the nations would struggle to find six riders but i'd be interested to know if it would work.

Will Tomasz Gollob be leaving Tarnow? or has their financial situation improved? Be interesting to see whether Marcin Rempala and Kolodziej stay. The sportsboard forum suggest Protasiewicz, Holta and Miedzinski could all be on the move. On another note, i thought the authorities were expanding the league to 10 teams, does anybody know when they will confirm the additional teams?

Can anyone tell me where I can find a list/webpage of all the latest transfers? I've looked on a few of the polish sites but have had no joy mainly because i can't understand polish.

Will Poznan or any new clubs be racing in 2006? Is there any truth in Walasek moving to Zielona Gora? I can't see why he would want to drop down a division, especially when i thought his main sponsors had connections with Czestochowa.