PolskiZuzel Posted August 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 Any idea about the rules/format? Exactly the same as SWC? With jokers etc.? I don't know about jokers, but according to falubaz.com there are going to be 20 heats 1: Sundstrom, Ward, Loktaev, Kasprzak 2: Sayfutdinov, Jonsson, Iversen, Pedersen 3: Hampel, Hancock, Pawlicki, Bech 4: Janowski, Protasiewicz, Laguta, Holder 5: Adamczewski, Grajczonek, Rosen, Bach 6: Hancock, Laguta, Sayfutdinov, Loktaev 7: Jonsson, Holder, Bech, Ward 8: Iversen, Sundstrom, Janowski, Hampel 9: Pedersen, Kasprzak, Protasiewicz, Pawlicki 10: Rosen, Bach, Adamczewski, Grajczonek 11: Pawlicki, Loktaev, Holder, Iversen 12: Kasprzak, Janowski, Hancock, Jonsson 13: Ward, Pedersen, Hampel, Laguta 14: Bech, Sayfutdinov, Sundstrom, Protasiewicz 15: Bach, Rosen, Grajczonek, Adamczewski 16: Laguta, Pawlicki, Jonsson, Sundstrom 17: Loktaev, Bech, Pedersen, Janowski 18: Holder, Hampel, Kasprzak, Sayfutdinov 19: Grajczonek, Adamczewski, Bach, Rosen 20: Protasiewicz, Iversen, Ward, Hancock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandonbee48 Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 I'm just going to sit back and enjoy it as a Sunday meeting with some good names riding. I won't bother to keep a scorecard because it's meaningless who actually "wins" As long as you have riders plying their trade in different leagues any talk of a "European Champions League" is moot. I've seen all sorts of challenge 4 team tournaments over the years with all sorts of odd ball combinations put together just to get a meeting on and entertain the crowd. The only ironic thing with this one will be if someone starts claiming afterwards that they are European Champions., which I very much doubt. I hope they get a good crowd- I think they will and I hope we get some entertaining speedway. Just out of interest, did Emil ever ride AT Poole when he rode for the Bees (his only UK club)? Regards. Alan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 (edited) Poole will 100%, looks good on the cv with those who don't know lol Edited August 28, 2014 by Trees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 (edited) Just hope Puk (and everyone else) comes out of this nonsense in one piece. Edited August 28, 2014 by Gordon Bennett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krompa Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Few thoughts before tapes go up. Meeting is well promoted in Polish media, I'm pretty sure 7-10k Zielona Gora supporters will come to watch it. As much as I hate Falubaz , I need to admit that it is probably best run speedway club in the world (from marketing/PR/financial perspective). In summary, we will probably see some nice speedway event and if they prepare track with some dirt on it, it will be good. Hopefully weather will be kind as it is boring as hell in Zielona Gora when it's slick. Some ideas for the future? There must be some rules preventing guest apperances. Guests make whole story a bit of a joke but it doesn't have to be like that. Let's say it is similar format with 5 riders/team. SImple rule that all riders declared for WSL have to ride in minimum 25% of meetings in local leagues would do the trick. Or maybe 1 guest for each team allowed? Even field and rules the same for everyone. Any opinions guys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 (edited) The FIM - whatever people think of them - are keen to get this tournament established and clearly want all teams to be competitive, presumably why its being made a 4/5 man team tournament!! If it ever develops to each club hosting one round of it in future years, then maybe it will be full teams, but there could still be the issue of 'shared' riders depending on which clubs qualify?! There was also talk of a couple of other countries entering next year so expect the format to change whatever. Edited August 28, 2014 by Skidder1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewer Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Well who will be in place of ward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Looks like Benji might get the call after all 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchGrasstrack Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 What about Newman? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdmc82 Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Newman and esp Benji would really weaken Poole. What about Antonio Lindback or Davey Watt who are both Poole assets? When is Shamak due back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 So Poole look like having 2 of their own riders in a team of 5. Wheres Benji and Newman? And surely if this meeting meant anything, Milik would be there and not the EUM meeting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewer Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Tony Rickardson coming out of retirement for one off meeting :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdmc82 Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 What about THJ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdmc82 Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 @nedpayne_echo: I understand Leon Madsen will go into the Pirates line-up for Sunday's World Speedway League showdown with Piraterna and Esbjerg in Poland. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salty Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Fair play to Matt Ford. He's still giving this event the big'un. "I've always made it clear this tournament is the Holy Grail for me. This is something special" Well the Poole team reminds me a bit of that knight who keeps gettng bts lopped off him in the Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie. No Pawlicki - no problem we'll use his brother No Holder - no problem we'll use another top quality rider who has no discernible link to the club. No Ward - no problem we'll use another rider who used to ride for us but we binned. As long as we call them the Pirates nobody will care. "What a chance for this beautiful, sleepy little town on the South Coast to become world champons. In 5 or 10 years time, no-one looks at the team line -up's - just the team that won it." Hats off to the Speedway Star. Apart from the mithering from Ford they have given this ground breaking event the coverage it deserves - diddly squat. Well done!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 Just a reminder it`s live on polish TV Sunday 31st August-programme starts 4.30 pm uk time 1st race 5pm sopcast 96707 is scheduled or here as well http://pl-sport.tv/stream-4.htm http://soccer-live.pl/transmisje.php?id=motorsport http://www.meczyki.pl/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woz01 Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 I think this event could work in the long run more so if Britain embraces a squad system. Looking forward to the Bees being involved next year! Oh and try and spread it around not just in Poland every year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maneacat Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 Would have thought Matt Ford has got far more important things to worry about than this event which I can only describe as a glorified international challenge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickthemuppet Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 Emil to ride for the Pirates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topsoil Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 I'd like to see some sort of European competition introduced to speedway. Unfortunately because of the way speedway is run with riders competing for teams in up to four or five countries it looks like being very difficult to implement. Football has the Champions League, an unbelievably lucrative competition, look at the new TV deal signed with BT Sport. Rugby union has the Heineken Cup, or whatever the new competition is called. Again a very lucrative competition for the teams involved. In both sports these competitions are seen as a natural stepping stone between domestic leagues and international competitions. Any competition which brings TV exposure and money into speedway gets my backing. Just needs a bit of well thought through planning. Remember English football league clubs turned their noses up at the original European Cup back in 1956. Now it's the holy grail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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