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1 Tai Woffinden 2 Max Fricke 3 Maciej Janowski 4 Vaclav Milik 5 Andrej Lebedevs 6 Maksym Drabik 7 TBC Lebedevs is riding on a Polish licence and counts as the second Polish rider in the team. Damian Drozdz is standby

It's very wide but not enough banking on the turns which is what they are supposed to be doing before the season starts. There is passing but usually by home riders and even they can struggle a times to pass a fast rider.

Wroclaw were hoping to get a GP but they stuck with Gorzow and wouldn't be Suprised to see the new competition finals held here as a sort of compensation. Good race track, new stadium, big pit area and flights in and out of the city every day so perfect for multi nation competition really

No he finished as second heat leader but during the season he swapped places with Sam and Rory in the averages and was at one point fourth in the team averages. Yes he mainly rode at number four so didn't have heat 13 and had heat 14 instead but he was involved in many heat 15 rides and his average away was a vast improvement. Number one rider has to ride at number one and the next four in any position the managers wanted to put them. The two reserves were in order of average with number seven being more protected. ANY WAY BELLE VUE THREAD COOK signed as number one and even he said he thought he might be left out so pleased to be picked. It must have been tempting for Aces to recall Zagar on an 8.00 average like Vaculik comes in on but fair play keeping continuity with Cook in what will be a telling season for him at a much higher level and more pressure. Max Fricke has been leaked by Wroclaw as already signed for Aces when the Drozdz news came out and in Worrall and Tungate they have good backing and very hard to beat at the NSS. Having Bewley at reserve will be a big help but think he will move up eventually as Drozdz settles in but a solid line up if Etheridge takes the final place but think they will be inconsistent away. Still one of the better line ups announced.

They mainly had four races then though and bonus points were on averages pkus the number ones only ever met in heat one

Nicki Pedersen available to ride in Britain as he is only signed up in Denmark, Poland and the GPs and while he doesn't live here anymore, it's the same for some others who fly in, ride then move on to the next meeting. Has certainly got himself fit again and wants to prove he is still at the top of his game and possibly the best signing Kings Lynn could make to attract visiting or new fans with the right marketing.

Not sure if this is to cover Polish riders that are squad members to ride for a sister club in a lower division. If that is the case It may also cover Linus riding in two leagues in Sweden under the same federation but not sure. Would have thought Linus would be better dropping the second league in Sweden to secure the three better options

The conflict for Poland is that Linus rides not just in the Polish top flight but both levels in Sweden making it three leagues but only two countries and that is where they hope to get clearance to use him and make Britain the third country which can be resolved if need be as Swedens race nights of Tuesday and Thursday don't clash with the Polish fixtures. Thing is, if he is riding in Sweden on a Thursday do Poole get priority as its not his main contract in Sweden. More chance of this going through than Iversen getting clearance for Kings Lynn as he is already signed up in Sweden, Poland and Denmark. As as usual a strong Poole team starts the season and one of the favourites

Agreed but the teams that don't have a rider that is with a Thursday club would mainly be Thirsday matches at Swindon and ensure when they arrange that fixture it's on a night that doesn't conflict with Championship sides using the same riders.

As he is reassessed at 8.00 he could only come in to replace Thorssell so that's a no go

Wolves - Schlein and Heaps ride for Ipswich on a Thursday Leicester have King and Bates riding on Thursdays Rye House have Barker on a Thursday Thats six Monday meetings for Swindon and haven't they said it would be 50/50 so seven of the remaining eight will be Thursday's which will be Belle Vue, Kings Lynn, Poole and Somerset. Unless I have over looked any other clashes, I take it that's how Swindons fixtures would work out

So Premiership clubs would have to suffer because Swindon can't fit in with the rules the Premiership have set.. They should only be allowed to run Thursday's against teams that are not affected by clashes of dates with Championship meetings.

Belle Vue are clearly going to be one of the stronger teams in the league and with Tungate and Worrall officially named by the club and Drozdz and Fricke released by Wroclaw, they have a solid backbone of the team there leaving just three places and two likley to be reserves. Dan Bewley is obviously going to be named soon and there are rumours around about a few riders around four points joining him at reserve. That leaves just the number one slot and Craig Cook is the obvious name but surely he would have been secured before Christmas or is there anything in the stories his demands are more than others who could fill that role. Matej Zagar made it clear he would like to return and would only be on a 8.00 average while Jaroslaw Hampel has been looking at coming back as he looks to get back to the form that made him World #2 before injuries. Pretty sure it will be Craig Cook at 1 but if it isn't they are pretty good names on the waiting list and even Freddie Lindgren as he returns to fitness after a serious injury during his best season so far.

Think at KK age a loan fee would be better for Poole as loan fees were graded by averages of a loan fee of just under seven grand which could extend for a few more years would be more income than a transfer fee of roughly £12-15,000

If a track has to go to Swindon on a Thursday and they have riders that also have a Championship meeting that night, surely the Premiership clubs have to get priority otherwise this is a big advantage for Swindon facing depleted teams

it wouldn't work really as the Polish clubs are far bigger than clubs in other countries and they have addressed the main finance problems there by tracks having to clear any debts before they get a licence for the following year. plus riders in this Euro League would still need to ride for clubs so you have the clash of fixtures and with Poland having no real limits for strength these clubs would not want to give up their own National title in order to chase a Euro title and would want to do both. if they did both you would find even more riders leaving here and Sweden as they would have more meetings there and not need the other leagues for extra income. Therefore Sweden, Britain and other countries wouldn't be able to get the big riders as the money on offer there is more than double anywhere else and more like four times what is on offer here at present. Britain can't afford to try and catch up or match them and really needs to run for a few years at one level that all current Premiership and Championship tracks can compete together at and that would mean no big earners and more spaces at the other end for British riders to do the one league and National League that would hopefully keep growing the future talent required to move forward.

Considering they have already signed Damian Drozdz from Wroclaw on a 5.00 and both Bjerre and Smith not returning it's pretty much the other five plus two new faces and they now need another reserve alongside Bewley. Pickering, Etheridge and 4.00 the main names bounded around.

Would have been a big bonus if Leicester could have tempted back Syzmon Wozniak for this year as he had an average under six and is now Polish Champion and over 21. Decent team ram and good experience with Hans being a great team man and good with youngsters.

Jarek would return either on his last average here (around nine) or the assessed 8.00 as he has been a GP rider in the last three seasons. Yes he has approached three clubs but nothing has come from it due to the 8+ rule coming into effect and now Unlikley to feature here this season. KK the safe bet and showed up well for Rye House and handy for airports from Poland on the Monday morning.

Only reason there would be two in one week is catching up from rain offs or bad planning plus running one league means you can run any night you want as Monday's would only be used for Super Cup (or Wolverhampton)

Well if you only go that many times, I see your original point but for weekly fans I think both would get a good following. as for the £20 well it's 17 or 18 now so two pounds extra to see Doyle and Iversen v Woffinden and Lindgren a few times would be worth it while the one big league would be more affordable at 10-15 so give and take from the promoters and hopefully at a lower price it may attract a few more new fans who might then be interested in the big meetings too

Enough for Kasprzak or Wells

Graham - Using Swindon as an ax ample as that is your team, then Swindon would be in the one big league along with all other tracks, so hopefully 18 home and 18 away meetings from late March to mid September. As the teams would be the same strength at Swindon as it is at Redcar or Peterbourough etc then as an example only, Swindon could be a team something like Nick Morris, Tobias Musielak, Justin Sedgeman, Adam Ellis, Zach Wajtknecht, Mitchell Davey and a 2.00 NL draft. Then as they want to also compete in the Super Cup league of 6/7 home and the same away, they would name FOUR squad riders of which one must be lower ranked than the number one in the other team and these could be riders doubling up from a track not operating in the Super Cup. So Robins could name Jason Doyle, Niels K Iversen, Peter Kildemand and David Bellego and would name any two in the SC meetings while Kildemand and Bellego could cover for Morris if injured or missing and Bellego also for Tobiasz The team in the big league isn't a great deal less that what you have now and with 17/18 home meetings (should be a bit cheaper than now) I'm sure they would get the support as this is the regular action and could be one of the pace setters. Then for just 6/7 meetings through the season, you would use the top five of that team along with any two of your squad riders so it could be Doyle, Iversen, Morris, Musielak, Sedgeman, Ellis and Zach W which as its only once a month and against a top line opposition, then maybe £20 would be acceptable to many to see such a meeting and crowds should be good at both levels. If they wear a Robin are you going to turn your back on one level even though five are in the other level ?

The Super League would only include the tracks that would want to run these extra meetings and be able to finance it. Poole, Belle Vue, Wolves, Swindon and Rye House plus Leicester/Sheffield, Glasgow and Lakeside have good owners or sponsors and this could work with just 14 meetings spread over the April - September period. However it would require the sport to be running its ONE true league at a level like the Championship level as it is now but with National League / Under 21 reserves where the smaller clubs could compete on a level playing field as the big teams. The Premiership and Championship are so close to each other now it wouldn't take a lot for the Premiership clubs to scale down to that level knowing the more lucrative tracks can still operate a high level run of meetings also.

Nick Morris number one at Lakeside and Swindon Chris Harris number one at Rye House number 5 at Glasgow the difference between the two leagues is virtually swapping the number one from a Premiership team with a National League rider Both over priced really but agree the Championship is vastly over priced considering the wage bill and running costs are much more in the Premiership. £17-18 is too much in the present climate and considering other entertainments available and the standard of riders now present in Britain it's hard to see why it's over £15 and certainly not an attractive price to try and entice people into the sport. A friend end recently went to an Aston Villa match and paid £20 for a seat in a grandstand to watch 90 minutes of football then the following day had a day at the races for £10. Had he of taken his wife and kids to a speedway meeting he would have been looking at roughly £50 while a family ticket at the racing was £20.