Subedei Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 Looks to me like the non-blood Pole Rune Holta could be making way for Damian Balinski Snr in the Polish team for the race-off. That would make three Unia Leszno riders in the Polish team, with Krzysztof Kasprzak and Jaroslaw Hampel already in the team. Balinski and the mad Russians should make the race-off a very interesting meeting indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Turner Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 That news might even make me watch it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mateusz Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 If it was up to me I'd put Dobrucki instead of Balinski in. But Balinski instead of Holta is not a bad idea either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Rob Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 Sounds like a logical decision on 2 fronts 1) As you say, Balinski is a Leszno rider. Holta isn't 2) Holta isn't even Polish and shouldn't even be in the team in the first place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehone Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 2) Holta isn't even Polish and shouldn't even be in the team in the first place <{POST_SNAPBACK}> are you a fan of England cricket team? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 All these Poles - they seem much of a muchness these days. Can't tell one from the other since Gollob's powers dipped slightly. Whichever side they put out they look good for a solid team performance capable of winning the World Cup. Holta is a Polish citizen I believe. If so then he's Polish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Rob Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 are you a fan of England cricket team? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes and I know Kevin Pietersen is from South Africa Holta is a Polish citizen I believe. If so then he's Polish. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Still sounds dodgy if you ask me. Didn't Matej Ferjan become a Hungarian citizen and get slated for it???? Oh hang on. He only got slated for it coz he rode for Poole at the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 Still sounds dodgy if you ask me. Didn't Matej Ferjan become a Hungarian citizen and get slated for it???? Oh hang on. He only got slated for it coz he rode for Poole at the time <{POST_SNAPBACK}> No he got slated because it was all a con.What is it now?3 years on and he still hasn't got his passport!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Rob Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 No he got slated because it was all a con.What is it now?3 years on and he still hasn't got his passport!!!!! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> So he can only ride for Slovenia then????? And I take it the Slovenian's don't want him??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 (edited) He hasn't ridden for Hungary in the SWC yet.Why he doesn't ride for Slovenia i don't know.Either he doesn't want to or they don't want him.Tomazpozrl didn't know the answer either last time he was asked.Maybe he has more info now? Edited July 17, 2007 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomazpozrl Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 What is it now?3 years on and he still hasn't got his passport!!!!! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> He should have it by the end of this week. From what my sources are telling me, his passport is going to print as we speak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 He should have it by the end of this week. From what my sources are telling me, his passport is going to print as we speak. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I guess they are not used to having people apply for citizenship in Hungary.Came as a bit of a shock to them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 Hungary? That's next to Russia isn't it? Bet he's a frigging Russian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Bee Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 Hungary? That's next to Russia isn't it? Bet he's a frigging Russian. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That was comical Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mateusz Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 (...) Holta is a Polish citizen I believe. If so then he's Polish. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> But we don't want him! And I think he's still hated in Leszno because of the Kasprzak case that happened two or three years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomazpozrl Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 (edited) He hasn't ridden for Hungary in the SWC yet.Why he doesn't ride for Slovenia i don't know.Either he doesn't want to or they don't want him.Tomazpozrl didn't know the answer either last time he was asked.Maybe he has more info now? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> We (at http://www.speedway.si) did some interviews with Ferjan, slovenian team manager and slovenian speedway comission president last year and this is what we were told. He was invited into Slovenian team by our team manager, so I don't think that our federation didn't want him. From what we were told, he first agreed to ride for Slovenia in the SWC qualifier, but then didn't show up in Miskolc. Apparently he wanted our federation to make an agreement with hungarian federation, but Hungarians informed our federation that Ferjan doesn't have hungarian passport so he can't ride for them anyway. Ferjan then demanded our federation to get permission from his hungarian club to allow him to ride for Slovenia. Which of course is a complete nonsense - why should a hungarian club prevent rider with slovenian citizenship to ride for Slovenia? And there was no meeting with that club involved during that weekend anyway. At the end, Ferjan didn't come to Miskolc and we had to use other rider. Slovenian federation took his non-appearance very seriously and started an internal disciplinary case against Ferjan (please be aware that although Ferjan rides on hungarian licence, hungarian federation has to get permission from our federation to be allowed to issue Ferjan a hungarian licence - this is because he is still a citizen of Slovenia and according to FIM rules needs permission for foreign licence). Our federation even tried to prevent Ferjan from riding until the case is finished, but FIM rejected this request and Ferjan was allowed to continue with riding. I'm not quite sure how this saga ended, but one of slovenian tabloids later reported that Ferjan was thinking of filing a lawsuit against our federation. I haven't heard anything about that since. Edited July 17, 2007 by tomazpozrl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Hamilton Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 All these Poles - they seem much of a muchness these days. Can't tell one from the other since Gollob's powers dipped slightly. Whichever side they put out they look good for a solid team performance capable of winning the World Cup. Holta is a Polish citizen I believe. If so then he's Polish. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Didn't Andy Smith get Polish Citizenship? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 (edited) Sounds like a logical decision on 2 fronts 1) As you say, Balinski is a Leszno rider. Holta isn't 2) Holta isn't even Polish and shouldn't even be in the team in the first place <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I agree with you, im not polish but why use an oldie like Holta when there are lots of young native riders who has been riding pretty well? Edited July 17, 2007 by Ghostwalker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 Didn't Andy Smith get Polish Citizenship? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I believe so. I vaguely recall him riding in a Polish Select team earlier this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 Thanks for the info Tomaz.Very interesting as ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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