iris123 Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 New horizons for the FIM World Speedway League We are only 9 weeks away from the FIM World Speedway League, which will be held in Berlin. It is going to be a historical event, because it is the last time when the champion teams will meet in a European country, as from the next year the competition will go to new horizons and open a new exciting era in speedway. - “In next years the FIM World Speedway League will take place in March and it will be always outside Europe.” - sai...d the President of PZM and Vice-President of the FIM, Andrzej Witkowski for Tygodnik Żużlowy. It has been said that the FIM World Speedway League 2017 will take place somewhere in Middle East/Gulf area. “Qatar? It is possible.” - said Witkowski and emphasised that the clubs don't have to worry about expenses, because each team will receive from the promotor of the FIM WSL €10,000 as travelling costs and the prize money. The prize amount for first place will be €35.000, second place will be €18,000, third place will be €13.000 and the fourth place will be €9.000. From 2018 the prize amounts will increase. Now the FIM World Speedway League is held as a one final event per year, but it can change in the future. “There will be 6 teams competing. I don't rule that it will be also a qualification system, but it will take place in Europe.” - said the Vice-President of the FIM. - “Of course we have to stay within the limits of rationality. We know how some of the SWC rounds look like, where the competing teams consist of “old dogs” and bring nothing new.” www.fimworldspeedwayleague.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 New horizons for the FIM World Speedway League We are only 9 weeks away from the FIM World Speedway League, which will be held in Berlin. It is going to be a historical event, because it is the last time when the champion teams will meet in a European country, as from the next year the competition will go to new horizons and open a new exciting era in speedway. - “In next years the FIM World Speedway League will take place in March and it will be always outside Europe.” - sai...d the President of PZM and Vice-President of the FIM, Andrzej Witkowski for Tygodnik Żużlowy. It has been said that the FIM World Speedway League 2017 will take place somewhere in Middle East/Gulf area. “Qatar? It is possible.” - said Witkowski and emphasised that the clubs don't have to worry about expenses, because each team will receive from the promotor of the FIM WSL €10,000 as travelling costs and the prize money. The prize amount for first place will be €35.000, second place will be €18,000, third place will be €13.000 and the fourth place will be €9.000. From 2018 the prize amounts will increase. Now the FIM World Speedway League is held as a one final event per year, but it can change in the future. “There will be 6 teams competing. I don't rule that it will be also a qualification system, but it will take place in Europe.” - said the Vice-President of the FIM. - “Of course we have to stay within the limits of rationality. We know how some of the SWC rounds look like, where the competing teams consist of “old dogs” and bring nothing new.” www.fimworldspeedwayleague.com 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 How dare you laugh!!!! Did we laugh when we heard year after year that the Prague track would be better next time?Did we laugh when BSI said they were taking the sport to big new cities like,........ well Teterow? Did we laugh when they said the track in Finland looked good?Did we laugh when they told us the shale was stored scientifically? Did we laugh when they told us the poor attendance at Bydgoszcz was down to a womens basketball game?Did we laugh at the on track-off track farce at that big city stadium in Poland last year? How jolly well dare you!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 How dare you laugh!!!! Did we laugh when we heard year after year that the Prague track would be better next time?Did we laugh when BSI said they were taking the sport to big new cities like,........ well Teterow? Did we laugh when they said the track in Finland looked good?Did we laugh when they told us the shale was stored scientifically? Did we laugh when they told us the poor attendance at Bydgoszcz was down to a womens basketball game?Did we laugh at the on track-off track farce at that big city stadium in Poland last year? How jolly well dare you!!!! Because after all the things you say happened, someone still has the balls to say WSL will grow to 6 teams and their price money will grow. If thats a reality in 2020 and my own track plans have worked out (we already have planning permission granted a month ago), I'll have a taxi pick you (as in iris123, not the lot of you... ) up at home, fly you to Tampere and make you ride speedway and drink beer like never before. All paid. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 I am all for that deal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 I am all for that deal So start cheering so WSL then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 So start cheering so WSL then! If I have nothing planned then I might drive over to Wolfslake,but I bloody well ain't going to any middle eastern country to watch it.I'll leave that to nutcases like Jesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark.1 Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 4 of us going and flights booked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchGrasstrack Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 If I have nothing planned then I might drive over to Wolfslake,but I bloody well ain't going to any middle eastern country to watch it.I'll leave that to nutcases like Jesper Hahaha just landed in Kazakhstan for the icespeedway, another nice country See you in Wolfslake 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 From WSL homepage. The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) and Team Player Management Co Ltd (TPM) recently signed an agreement to be able to sign a 10-year deal so that TPM will become the Promotor of the FIM World Speedway League. The competitions will be held in the years 2016-2025 as one final event per year. The FIM World Speedway League is a competition for elite Speedway Club Teams. To qualify the team must be the reigning national champions of their respective Speedway Leagues in the four eligible countries. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 From WSL homepage. The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) and Team Player Management Co Ltd (TPM) recently signed an agreement to be able to sign a 10-year deal so that TPM will become the Promotor of the FIM World Speedway League. The competitions will be held in the years 2016-2025 as one final event per year. The FIM World Speedway League is a competition for elite Speedway Club Teams. To qualify the team must be the reigning national champions of their respective Speedway Leagues in the four eligible countries. That is unless the champs decide they don't want to be in,so they ask another team You can't force a team to be in I guess.Just like you can't force a rider to be in the GPs..... Don't think they want it to be any more than a 1 meeting final,just that they might open it up to maybe Germany and Czecho and then have a quali meeting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuxtonTiger Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 Any trip going from Belle Vue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob B Posted March 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 Any trip going from Belle Vue? Nothing official, but few of us going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 That is unless the champs decide they don't want to be in,so they ask another team You can't force a team to be in I guess.Just like you can't force a rider to be in the GPs..... Don't think they want it to be any more than a 1 meeting final,just that they might open it up to maybe Germany and Czecho and then have a quali meeting... Story in last weeks Spar, Poole were asked multiple times to take part in this years WSL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_martin Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 Story in last weeks Spar, Poole were asked multiple times to take part in this years WSL. If it can't be engineered for Poole to in the thing, then they won't want to play. Simples. It's all well and good them being a big fish in a little pond, calling the shots and twisting the BSPA round their fingers, but in the WSL they will be up against much bigger fish than them and they obviously don't like it up them, Mr Mainwaring... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woz01 Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 2 years in a row Coventry wasn't asked. Got to the final in 2014 then finished 2nd in the League last year..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 2 years in a row Coventry wasn't asked. Got to the final in 2014 then finished 2nd in the League last year.....Why should have they been? Only mandatory to ask the champion, after that just who ever seems suitable. My previous post was about this new promoter sayin daft things in public regarding Poole's inclusion... Depends who you believe though as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 What's the point of travelling abroad to an event with little chance of competing equally if you are missing members of your regular team (Hans on this occasion) and cannot replace them with one of your own assets? Its strange that very few raise an eyebrow at KL wanting to strengthen their team against Wroclaw with first Doyle and then Nicholls - despite stating that they want to support the 'doing away with guests' in domestic meetings?! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 Why should have they been? Only mandatory to ask the champion, after that just who ever seems suitable. The whole thing seems a bit pointless. There was an opportunity here to stage some sort of embryonic European Super League over a few meetings, whether using a 4TT or Pairs format, that could have boosted the profile of league racing. Instead we get a 'Champions League' that doesn't include champions and isn't actually a league, and a European Pairs series with made-up teams that no-one identifies with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 What's the point of travelling abroad to an event with little chance of competing equally if you are missing members of your regular team (Hans on this occasion) and cannot replace them with one of your own assets? Its strange that very few raise an eyebrow at KL wanting to strengthen their team against Wroclaw with first Doyle and then Nicholls - despite stating that they want to support the 'doing away with guests' in domestic meetings?! This is surely just an interesting, international challenge?? Nothing to do with our 'domestic' league ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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