Ekstra Liga 04-09-05

[Subedei]

The first Ekstra Liga play-off meeting on 4 September, 2005, sees Jason Crump's Torun attempting to restore some honour after their hammering at Tarnow in the first leg a fortnight ago. They don't stand a chance of actually progressing into the final, do they? You've got to doubt it. In the regular season fixture Torun won 50-40, but while TR went away with the track record, the brothers Gollob had a woeful time.

 

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Torun..48 [76]

 

9..W Jagus..2,3,3,1',2' = 11+2

10..M Jagus..0,0 = 0

11..J Crump..3,1,2,1',2 = 9+1

12..A Smith..1,3,1',2,1' = 8+2

13..M Puszakowski..1,3,3,1',3 = 11+1

14..A Miedzinski..3,0,0,2',2 = 7+1

15..K Zabik..0,0,2 = 2

 

Tarnow..42 [104]

 

1..T Rickardsson..3,2,1,3 = 9

2..S Burza..1,0,0,0,1 = 2

3..J Gollob..2,1',2,0,3 = 8+1

4..G Rempala..0 = 0

5..T Gollob..3,2,0,3,0 = 8

6..M Rempala..1',2',1',3,0 = 7+3

7..J Kolodziej..2,2,1',3,0 = 8+1

 

Ht 1..Miedzinski, Kolodziej, M Rempala, Zabik 3-3 (3-3)

Ht 2..Rickardsson, W Jagus, Burza, M Jagus 2-4 (5-7)

Ht 3..Crump, J Gollob, Smith, G Rempala [Fall] 4-2 (9-9)

Ht 4..T Gollob, M Rempala, Puszakowski, Miedzinski [Fall] 1-5 (10-14)

Ht 5..Smith, Rickardsson, Crump, Burza 4-2 (14-16)

Ht 6..Puszakowski, Kolodziej, J Gollob, Miedzinski [E/F] 3-3 (17-19)

Ht 7..W Jagus, T Gollob, M Rempala, Zabik 3-3 (20-22)

Ht 8..Puszakowski, Miedzinski, Rickardsson, Burza 5-1 (25-23)

Ht 9..W Jagus, J Gollob, Kolodziej, M Jagus 3-3 (28-26)

Ht 10..M Rempala, Crump, Smith, T Gollob 3-3 (31-29)

Ht 11..Kolodziej, Miedzinski, W Jagus, J Gollob 3-3 (34-32)

Ht 12..Rickardsson, Smith, Crump, M Rempala 3-3 (37-35)

Ht 13..T Gollob, Zabik, Puszakowski, Burza 3-3 (40-38)

Ht 14..J Gollob, Crump, Smith, Kolodziej 3-3 (43-41)

Ht 15..Puszakowski, W Jagus, Burza, T Gollob [E/F] 5-1 (48-42)

 

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Notes:

 

1..Ht 6 and Kolodziej replaces G Rempala for Tarnow.

2..Ht 6 and Miedzinski is up to mischief and excluded for Torun.

3..Ht 7 and Zabik replaces M Jagus for Torun.

4..Ht 9 and Kolodziej replaces G Rempala for Tarnow.

5..Ht 10 and a 3-3 sees Tarnow hit 91 on aggregate and progress to the Grand Final.

6..Ht 11 and Kolodziej replaces G Rempala for Tarnow.

7..Ht 13 and Zabik replaces M Jagus for Torun.

8..Ht 14 and it's Smith-Crump for Torun and J Gollob-Kolodziej for Tarnow.

9..Ht 15 and it's Puszakowski-W Jagus for Torun and Burza-T Gollob for Tarnow.

 

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[ZKZ Kitten]

The crucial meeting between two teams that are at the bottom on the table. ZKZ Zielona Góra is described as a stronger team with long tradition, however GKS Gdansk proved that they want to win and can win not only on their own track. ZKZ not to lose its place in extra league have to win with one point, a draw is not an option....

 

 

 

Gdańsk - 59 [45]

 

9. Tomek Chrzanowski (3, 3, 3, 3, 3 ) =15

10. Tomek Bajerski (2*, 2*, 1, 1 ) = 6 + 2

11. Robert Kosciecha (3, 3, 3, 3, 1 ) = 13

12. Krzysztof Jablonski (1, 1, 1, 2* ) = 5 + 1

13. Bjarne Pedersen (3, 3, 3, 3, 3 ) = 15

14. Slawomir Dabrowski (0, 0 ) = 0

15. Miroslaw Jablonski (1, 1, 2*, 0, 1 ) = 5 + 1

 

 

 

Zielona Góra - 31 [45]

 

1. Rafal Okoniewski (0, 2, 1*, 2, 1, 0 ) = 6 + 1

2. Krzysztof Stojanowski (1, 0, 2, 2, fall ) = 5

3. Mariusz Staszewski (2, 1, 2, 1*, 2 ) = 8 + 1

4. Andrzej Huszcza (0, e/f ) = 0

5. Piotr Swist (2, 1, 0 ) = 3

6. Zbigniew Suchecki (3, 0, 2, 0, 0, 2 ) = 7

7. Marcin Nowaczyk (2*, 0, 0 ) = 2 + 1

 

Ht 1. Suchecki, Nowaczyk, M.Jablonski, Dabrowski 1-5 (1-5)

Ht 2. Chrzanowski, Bajerski, Stojanowski, Okoniewski 5-1 (6-6)

Ht 3. Kosciecha, Staszewski, K.Jablonski, Huszcza 4-2 (10-8)

Ht 4. Pedersen, Swist, M. Jablonski, Suchecki 4-2 (14-10)

Ht 5. Kosciecha, Okoniewski, K.Jablonski, Stojanowski 4-2 (18-12)

Ht 6. Pedersen, M.Jablonski, Staszewski, Huszcza 5-1 (23-13)

Ht 7. Chrzanowski, Bajerski, Swist, Nowaczyk 5-1 (28-14)

Ht 8. Pedersen, Stojanowski, Okoniewski, M.Jablonski 3-3 (31-17)

Ht 9. Chrzanowski, Staszewski, Bajerski, Swist 4-2 (35-19)

Ht 10. Kosciecha, Suchecki, K.Jablonski, Nowaczyk 4-2 (39-21)

Ht 11. Chrzanowski, Okoniewski, Staszewski, Dabrowski 3-3 (42-24)

Ht 12. Kosciecha, K. Jablonski, Okoniewski, Suchecki 5-1 (47-25)

Ht 13. Pedersen, Stojanowski, Bajerski, Suchecki 4-2 (51-27)

Ht 14. Chrzanowski, Suchecki, M. Jablonski, Stojanowski 4-2 (55-29)

Ht 15. Pedersen, Staszewski, Kosciecha, Okoniewski 4-2 (59-31)

 

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Notes:

 

Heat 4: M.Jablonski replaces Dabrowski

Heat 6: M.Jablonski replaces Dabrowski

Heat 7: Nowaczyk replaces Suchecki

Heat 8: M.Jablonski replaces Dabrowski

Heat 9: Swist as a tactical reserve for Huszcza

Heat 10: Nowaczyk replaces Swist

Heat 11: Okoniewski as a tactical reserve for Huszcza;

 

Game over

 

ZKZ falls to 1st league. GKS will fight for extra league in Race-offs

 

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[Subedei]

And as an added extra today, Leszno and Wroclaw are also meeting, at Wroclaw, presumably to decide who gets 5th and 6th places in the Ekstra Liga for 2006. It'll be tough for Wroclaw with GP star Jaroslaw Hampel breaking his hand in a crash at Rzeszow last night.

 

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Wroclaw..49

 

9..J Hampel [R/R]

10..R Miskowiak..1',3,3,0,3,0 = 10+1

11..K Slabon..1,1,2',2,2,3 = 11+1

12..P Swiderski..0,0,2',1',0,2' = 5+3

13..H Andersen..2,3,3,2,2',3 = 15+1

14..R Jamrozy..3,2',0,1',1 = 7+2

15..M Pacholak..1 = 1

 

Leszno..41

 

1..L Adams..3,3,3,3,1' = 13+1

2..J Rempala..0 = 0

3..L Jankowski..3,2,0,2',1 = 8+1

4..A Skornicki..2',1',1,0 = 4+2

5..K Kasprzak..1,1,3,3,0,2 = 10

6..D Balinski Jr..0,0,0,0 = 0

7..N Kosciuch..2,2',0,1,1 = 6+1

 

Ht 1..Jamrozy, Kosciuch, Pacholak, Balinski Jr [Ex/T] 4-2 (4-2)

Ht 2..Adams, Andersen, Miskowiak, Rempala [Ex] 3-3 (7-5)

Ht 3..Jankowski, Skornicki, Slabon, Swiderski [E/F] 1-5 (8-10)

Ht 4..Andersen, Jamrozy, Kasprzak, Balinski Jr 5-1 (13-11)

Ht 5..Adams, Kosciuch, Slabon, Swiderski [E/F] 1-5 (14-16)

Ht 6..Andersen, Jankowski, Skornicki, Jamrozy [E/F] 3-3 (17-19)

Ht 7..Miskowiak, Slabon, Kasprzak, Balinski Jr 5-1 (22-20)

Ht 8..Adams, Andersen, Jamrozy, Kosciuch 3-3 (25-23)

Ht 9..Miskowiak, Swiderski, Skornicki, Jankowski 5-1 (30-24)

Ht 10..Kasprzak, Slabon, Swiderski, Balinski Jr 3-3 (33-27)

Ht 11..Kasprzak, Jankowski, Jamrozy, Miskowiak [E/F] 1-5 (34-32)

Ht 12..Adams, Slabon, Kosciuch, Swiderski [E/F] 2-4 (36-36)

Ht 13..Miskowiak, Andersen, Kosciuch, Kasprzak [E/F] 5-1 (41-37)

Ht 14..Slabon, Swiderski, Jankowski, Skornicki 5-1 (46-38)

Ht 15..Andersen, Kasprzak, Adams, Miskowiak 3-3 (49-41)

 

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Notes:

 

1..Ht 1 and Balinski Jr is up to mischief at the tapes and excluded for Leszno.

2..Ht 2 and Andersen takes the R/R ride for Wroclaw.

3..Ht 2 and Rempala is up to mischief and excluded for Leszno.

4..Ht 5 and Kosciuch replaces Rempala for Leszno.

5..Ht 7 and Slabon takes the R/R ride for Wroclaw.

6..Ht 8 and Kosciuch replaces Rempala for Leszno.

7..Ht 9 and Swiderski takes the R/R ride for Wroclaw.

8..Ht 11 and Miskowiak takes the R/R ride for Wroclaw, while Kasprzak replaces Skornicki in a tactical move by Leszno.

9..Ht 12 and Kosciuch replaces Balinski Jr for Leszno.

10..Ht 13 and Kosciuch replaces Rempala for Leszno.

11..Ht 14 and it's Slabon-Swiderski for Wroclaw and Jankowski-Skornicki for Leszno.

12..Ht 15 and it's Miskowiak-Andersen for Wroclaw and Adams-Kasprzak for Leszno.

 

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Bonus points calculated per British Elite League.

 

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Edited September 4, 2005 by Subedei

[Subedei]

The second Ekstra Liga play-off meeting on 4 September, 2005, sees Bydgoszcz attempting to recover a 5 point deficit to Czestochowa. And you've got to fancy their chances of pulling it off at the Polonia stadium, especially with Czestochowa No 1 Ryan Sullivan ruled out through injury.

 

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Bydgoszcz..61 [103]

 

9..A Jonsson..3,2,3,3 = 11

10..J Krzyzaniak..1,1',2',3,3 = 10+2

11..R Sawina..3,1',3,2',1 = 10+2

12..M Robacki..2',2,2',3,0 = 9+2

13..P Protasiewicz..2,3,2,2',3 = 12+1

14..K Klecha..3,1',2',0,1 = 7+2

15..K Buczkowski..2' = 2+1

 

Czestochowa..29 [76]

 

1..S Ulamek..0,3,1,1,1,0 = 6

2..R Sullivan [R/R]

3..G Walasek..0,0,3,0,0,2 = 5

4..S Drabik..1,0,1,1' = 3+1

5..R Holta..2,3,3,1,2,1,2 = 14

6..M Piekarski..1,0,0,0 = 1

7..D Romanczuk..0,0,0 = 0

 

Ht 1..Klecha, Buczkowski, Piekarski, Romanczuk 5-1 (5-1)

Ht 2..Jonsson, Holta, Krzyzaniak, Ulamek 4-2 (9-3)

Ht 3..Sawina, Robacki, Drabik, Walasek [E/F] 5-1 (14-4)

Ht 4..Holta, Protasiewicz, Klecha, Piekarski 3-3 (17-7)

Ht 5..Ulamek, Robacki, Sawina, Piekarski 3-3 (20-10)

Ht 6..Protasiewicz, Klecha, Ulamek, Walasek 5-1 (25-11)

Ht 7..Holta, Jonsson, Krzyzaniak, Piekarski 3-3 (28-14)

Ht 8..Walasek, Protasiewicz, Ulamek, Klecha 2-4 (30-18)

Ht 9..Jonsson, Krzyzaniak, Drabik, Walasek 5-1 (35-19)

Ht 10..Sawina, Robacki, Holta, Romanczuk 5-1 (40-20)

Ht 11..Jonsson, Holta, Klecha, Walasek 4-2 (44-22)

Ht 12..Robacki, Sawina, Ulamek, Piekarski 5-1 (49-23)

Ht 13..Krzyzaniak, Protasiewicz, Holta, Ulamek [E/F] 5-1 (54-24)

Ht 14..Krzyzaniak, Walasek, Drabik, Robacki [E/F] 3-3 (57-27)

Ht 15..Protasiewicz, Holta, Sawina, Romanczuk 4-2 (61-29)

 

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Notes:

 

1..Ht 2 and Holta takes the R/R ride for Czestochowa.

2..Ht 5 and Drabik takes the R/R ride for Czestochowa.

3..Ht 6 and Ulamek replaces Drabik in a tactical move by Czestochowa.

4..Ht 8 and Walasek takes the R/R ride for Czestochowa.

5..Ht 10 and Romanczuk replaces Piekarski for Czestochowa.

6..Ht 11 and Holta replaces Drabik in a tactical move by Czestochowa.

7..Ht 12 and a 5-1 for Bydgoszcz sees them through to meet Tarnow in the Grand Final.

8..Ht 13 and Ulamek takes the R/R for Czestochowa.

9..Ht 14 and it's Krzyzaniak-Robacki for Bydgoszcz and Walasek-Drabik for Czestochowa.

10..Ht 15 and it's Sawina-Protasiewicz for Bydgoszcz and Holta-Ulamek for Czestochowa.

11..Ht 15 and Romanczuk replaces Ulamek for Czestochowa.

12..And Buczkowski gets a maximum, of sorts. Unbeaten by an opponent in his only ride.

 

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Edited September 4, 2005 by Subedei

[Subedei]

And that means a Grand Final between Tarnow and Bydgoszcz, with the first leg at Tarnow and the second at Bydgoszcz. So, will Bydgoszcz's favourite son, aTomek Gollob, return to haunt the club he spent so many years with? Or will new favourite Andreas Jonsson lead Bydgoszcz to the promised land?

[Mateusz]

WE HAVE SMASHED CZESTOCHOWA!

POLONIA BYDGOSZCZ !!!

[Subedei]

But can you smash Tarnow and TG?

And show a little concern for the poor ZKZ Kitten young fellow. Her beloved team has just dropped from the Ekstra Liga.

Edited September 4, 2005 by Subedei

[Mateusz]

But can you smash Tarnow and TG?

Smash - not. Defeat them - maybe?

Anyway, we will finish at least with the silver medal and after a season of survive (with no budget they made a poor team that luckily ended on the 6th place..) it's a fanstastic come back of the GREAT POLONIA BYDGOSZCZ, one of the most successful team in Polish speedway, that have won Ekstraliga 4 times in recent years (1997, 1998, 2000, 2002) and 7 times at all

 

And show a little concern for the poor ZKZ Kitten young fellow. Her beloved team has just dropped from the Ekstra Liga.

Earlier I sent her my words of corncern. But to be honest we all knew that Zielona Gora were almost relegated after they hadn't managed to win against Gdansk at their home track...

Edited September 4, 2005 by Mateusz

[Subedei]

Should be a couple of great meetings anyway. And the Polonia stadium will be packed for the second leg. But Bydgoszcz have to hold Tarnow at their home track. They can't let Tarnow run away from them like Wroclaw and Torun did. If it's a 10-12 point defeat at Tarnow, the Bydgoszcz meeting should be heart attack territory.

[Mateusz]

If somehow Bydgoszcz manage to gain there in Tarnow at least 38-40 points there will still be a chance to beat them at home. If less - we can only wait for a miracle here...

Anyway, I think this year's final will go down in history - mainly because of Gollob bros riding against their former home team in the final battle...

Edited September 4, 2005 by Mateusz

[Subedei]

I could be wrong, but I think the results in the regular season were:

 

Tarnow..48..Bydgoszcz..42

Bydgoszcz..48..Tarnow..42

 

It should be a super couple of meetings. Easily the best two teams in the Ekstra Liga this season up against each other in the Grand Final.

[Mateusz]

I really wanted such a final. Maybe even more than against Torun

 

Indeed, it was 48:42 for Tarnow there and 48:42 for Bydgoszcz here so no one got a bonus point! But we have to remember that Tarnow rode the 1st match (this one at their track) without T.Rick and it was easier for Bydgoszcz to do there a good result.

 

If I'd have to estimate chances of both teams it would be about 65% for Tarnow and 35% for Bydgoszcz but I must believe in our boys

Edited September 4, 2005 by Mateusz

[Subedei]

But we have to remember that Tarnow rode the 1st match (this one at their track) without T.Rick and it was easier for Bydgoszcz to do there a good result.

 

But is TR taking his racing in Poland seriously this season? Tarnow ended up having to recruit Nicholls to cover TR's absences this season. And his average is about a point down on Gollob's. In addition, early in the season Jonsson wasn't at his best for Bydgoszcz, but he's on top of his game now. This should be a classic encounter. Wish it was televised in the UK.

[Mateusz]

Yes, but no doubt T.Rick would have done better that time than Wardzala or Burza..

 

Summing it all up - In my opinion if Bydgoszcz finish in Tarnow with about 40 points we will have a fantastic final match in Bydgoszcz on 25th September 2005

[Subedei]

And hopefully it's all level on aggregate after Ht 14 in Bydgoszcz with TR, TG, AJ and Pepe in Ht 15. Think the blood pressure could cope with that?

[Leliwa]

And hopefully it's all level on aggregate after Ht 14 in Bydgoszcz with TR, TG, AJ and Pepe in Ht 15. Think the blood pressure could cope with that?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

 

Well, I wish it will be a fight till the very last heat, although I must say that during last year's final match with Wroclaw I was in serious need of cardiologist assistance so I do not know how I would survive it this time.

For the sake of my health I would say that similar results as we had at our home track in thelast round would be most welcome, for the sake of the great speedway I do hope it will be decided in Bydgoszcz.

 

pozdrówki,

[Greg]

Piotr Swist i hope not injuryed as he only had three rides

[Subedei]

And after Sunday's meetings, the top 10 in the Ekstra Liga averages are as follows (last recorded position and average in brackets):

 

1..(2)..R Sullivan..Czestochowa..9.71..(9.71)

1..(2)..N Pedersen..Zielona Gora..9.71..(9.71)

3..(1)..T Gollob..Tarnow..9.64..(9.84)

4..(5)..P Protasiewicz..Bydgoszcz..9.38..(9.32)

5..(6)..L Adams..Leszno..9.36..(9.26)

6..(4)..R Holta..Czestochowa..9.31..(9.41)

7..(7)..T Rickardsson..Tarnow..9.20..(9.21)

8..(7)..J Crump..Torun..9.14..(9.21)

9..(10)..A Jonsson..Bydgoszcz..9.00..(8.88)

10..(-)..R Sawina..Bydgoszcz..8.59..(-.--)

 

So, with neither Sullivan or Nicki P riding on Sunday they leap above TG who had a relatively poor meeting at Torun.

And as a little extra, here's a few averages that might be of interest to Elite League fans:

 

11..G Walasek..Czestochowa..8.56

12..R Kosciecha..Gdansk..8.52

13..K Kasprzak..Leszno..8.38

14..H Andersen..Wroclaw..8.11

15..G Hancock..Gdansk..7.92

23..S Ulamek..Czestochowa..7.20

35..M Puszakowski..Torun..5.37

41..A Smith..Torun..4.94

43..A Skornicki..Leszno..4.56

 

And a few riders who haven't yet raced sufficient heats to get into the "main" average listings:

 

B Pedersen..Gdansk..9.55

S Nicholls..Tarnow..9.00

L Richardson..Zielona Gora..7.04

R Miskowiak..Wroclaw..6.13

A Lindback..Wroclaw..4.36

 

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