Sir Jasper Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 Who were the other riders who refused as I believe it was both sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hackett Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 This was an incident at Ostro .... riders were not happy with the track and at 6pm were complaining about track. A little later announcement made that the meeting was on and then at 8 o/c the meeting cancelled. 200 / 300 Polish speedway fans were then trying to remonstrate with the riders but were prevented by 20 security guards and locked pit gates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Jasper Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 I have seen pictures of the track and it did not look great at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Jamie Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 just as an aside, if all riders were banned for a year, what are the clubs expected to do? sign a whole new team before their next meeting? or would any bans only kick in at the end of this season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colincooke Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 I did see a small peice in The Sun yesterday about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ipswich Jules Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 Thread on the unofficial Witches website about it from a forum member who was there, titled "Miskowiak to face lengthy ban?": http://www.witchesfans.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 (edited) just as an aside, if all riders were banned for a year, what are the clubs expected to do? sign a whole new team before their next meeting? or would any bans only kick in at the end of this season? Hmmmm. You could give up Armadale, Sainsburys get the Planning Permission early to thwart Tesco and give you megga bucks for your assistance, Monarchs to ride all their home meetings at Ostrow which means TJH would ride every week. Sorted and everyone's a winner. All it needed was a bit of lateral thinking KJ. Edited July 22, 2009 by Tsunami Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 I did see a small peice in The Sun yesterday about this. So it's true then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy den boy Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 (edited) The ref was none other than mr wojaczek,say no more,he must of had a great time pressing all the buttons in the refs box !!! I can just picture him now red excluded ,yep blue excluded and so on...... bet he even messed that up!!! Edited July 22, 2009 by speedy den boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanner47 Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 (edited) It will be a travesty if Wojaczek wins this battle. 16 riders are adamant the track is unsafe, but one arrogant twit whose never ridden a bike says it's ok. You could tell by his demeanour he was determined to get the meeting on, and he wasn't prepared to listen. Not one rider got changed and we never even heard a bike rev. The track wasn't safe and all the riders were in full agreement by what i saw, and by what bomber told us at the airport the following morning. We've had incidents in this country <newcastle v redcar last year?>where some would have been prepared to give it a go, but didnt want to get on the wrong side of the local superstar, who had told them if they stick together they wouldn't get fined, suffice to say they did get fined. But this track didn't appear to be safe, it was frustrating for those of us there, but i dont blame the riders in this case, it did look far too soft to race on. Edited July 22, 2009 by spanner47 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryW Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 The Poles don't hang about when it comes to something as serious as speedway. Decisions on the punishments have already been made and there are no suspensions for the riders. The punishments handed down are: 3000 PLN fine for each rider refusing to race. 3000 PLN fine for each club per rider who refused to race. 50,000 PLN fine for each club (suspended for 6 months) The managers of each club have been suspended for 1 month. Referee, Marek Wojaczek, has been suspended for 3 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornishman Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 The Poles don't hang about when it comes to something as serious as speedway. Decisions on the punishments have already been made and there are no suspensions for the riders. The punishments handed down are: 3000 PLN fine for each rider refusing to race. 3000 PLN fine for each club per rider who refused to race. 50,000 PLN fine for each club (suspended for 6 months) The managers of each club have been suspended for 1 month. Referee, Marek Wojaczek, has been suspended for 3 months. The riders & clubs....AND the referee? Surely it should have been one side or the other Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 The Poles don't hang about when it comes to something as serious as speedway. Decisions on the punishments have already been made and there are no suspensions for the riders. The punishments handed down are: 3000 PLN fine for each rider refusing to race. 3000 PLN fine for each club per rider who refused to race. 50,000 PLN fine for each club (suspended for 6 months) The managers of each club have been suspended for 1 month. Referee, Marek Wojaczek, has been suspended for 3 months. So the rider who said it was not safe have been punished as has the referee who said it was safe? So was it safe or not? Brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandie Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 Blimey - even the innocent are guilty!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony159 Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 Blimey - even the innocent are guilty!!! Bit like the British Elite League then . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryW Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 So the rider who said it was not safe have been punished as has the referee who said it was safe? So was it safe or not? Brilliant. From what I got from the statement, a referee is the one with the final say on whether a match goes ahead or not. For failing to take to the track when the referee declared the match was on, the riders and clubs have been punished. However, the referee failed to follow the administrative requirements in this situation, so he too has been punished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derwent Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 There's pics of the track in this newspaper report, doesn't look too rideable to me........... http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2009/07/...erbowy-skandal/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Panda Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 That track is in a far worse state than any I have seen in this country when it has been wet and the ref thought that was ridable?????????????????? It looks more like a ploughed field................... RP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hackett Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 Think the riders may of been right ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikejb Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 Think the riders may of been right ! have a look on BSF internations speedway pages on sunday 19 july "scandal in ostrow" http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/ind...showtopic=49584 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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