Polish Speedway 2017 News,line-ups, Rumours Etc

[f-s-p]

Yes and no- don`t think they had to because they went " skint " and were then refused a licence to operate. Persumably returning with a new company formed.

This happened in 2013- they had another season in Extraleague in 2014 - missed 2015 and returned in the NICE POLSKA league this past season How they were allowed to run in 2014 when Emil`s money was owed I don`t quite know !!!

They are clubs in Poland, not companys/promotions. Probably same people that went bust started a new one, took over the reigns and so on...

 

All this is kind of a joke of the century. They have all these rules and league licenses that dont mean a turd... money rules at the end of the day and sunday EL fixture list needs a full roster.

[screm]

Stal Gorzow announce signings of Pawlicki, NKI, Kasprazak, Zmarzlik, Vaculik.

 

https://twitter.com/StalGorzow1947?lang=en-gb

[screm]

Falubaz announce signing of Jacob Thorssell.

 

https://twitter.com/?lang=en-gb

[Pepsi]

Czestochowa are back in the Extraleague for 2017 and look likely to sign leon Madsen and Rune Holta when the transfer window opens on November 1st

Add Zagar to the list...

 

http://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/643216/wlokniarz-nie-traci-czasu-czestochowianie-maja-lidera

https://twitter.com/MatejZagar55/status/794982713812013056

Edited November 5, 2016 by Pepsi

[uk_martin]

What's this "Rider in waiting" thing that Google mis-translates? Is it like a "squad rider" that can double down to a lower league, or something, and then be recalled if and when needed?

 

Whatever one of them is, Thomas H Jonasson is one of them for Stal Gorzow.

 

Additionally, the two junior berths will be contested by Stal's own juniors - Rafał Karczmarz, Kamil Nowacki, Alan Szczotka, Hubert Czerniawski & Marcel Studziński.

 

http://www.przegladsportowy.pl/zuzel/pge-ekstraliga,cala-sila-w-seniorach-czy-mistrzow-polski-stac-na-obrone-tytulu-,artykul,733441,1,984.html

[racers and royals]

What's this "Rider in waiting" thing that Google mis-translates? Is it like a "squad rider" that can double down to a lower league, or something, and then be recalled if and when needed?

 

Whatever one of them is, Thomas H Jonasson is one of them for Stal Gorzow.

 

Additionally, the two junior berths will be contested by Stal's own juniors - Rafał Karczmarz, Kamil Nowacki, Alan Szczotka, Hubert Czerniawski & Marcel Studziński.

 

http://www.przegladsportowy.pl/zuzel/pge-ekstraliga,cala-sila-w-seniorach-czy-mistrzow-polski-stac-na-obrone-tytulu-,artykul,733441,1,984.html

They have introduced a new rule for 2017 where a Polish rider who is no longer under 21 can be a squad member for a Extraleague team and also ride for a team in the other divisions- THJ is just a squad member for Gorzow.

Edited November 6, 2016 by racers and royals

[tarkens]

Motor Lublin 2017

 

Bjarne Pedersen

Daniel Jeleniewski

Pawel Miesiac

Maciej Kuciapa

Robert Lambert (2-year contract)

Patrick Hansen

 

official confirmation on 15th November

Edited November 7, 2016 by tarkens

[racers and royals]

Slight change to the start times for the Extraleague in 2017

In April, May, June and September matches will start at 4pm and 6.30 pm polish time (3pm and 5.30pm UK time)

in July and August times are 4.30pm and 7pm(3.30pm and 6pm UK time)

[PHILIPRISING]

Emil Sayfutdinov, Piotr Pawlicki and Peter Kildemand all will be lining up for Leszno again in 2017

And Nicki Pedersen

[racers and royals]

And Nicki Pedersen

Someone out of Emil, Nicki, Kildemand and the 3 Poles Zengota, Piotr Pawlicki and Kolodziej is going to be left out every week and will not be happy !!!! Edited November 8, 2016 by racers and royals

[PHILIPRISING]

Someone out of Emil, Nicki, Kildemand and the 3 Poles Zengota, Piotr Pawlicki and Kolodziej is going to be left out every week and will not be happy !!!!

STILL a pretty impressive squad!

[STEPHEN 333]

Need some help and advice from seasoned travellers, are the tracks in Poland, mainly Gorzow and Torun easily accessable by train from Germany, thinking of visiting both these tracks, using the airport at Berlin Schonfled. hope I have spelt that right.

Flights from Luton or Stansted regular go to the airport at Berlin Schonfled, and these tracks, especially Gorzow, I can see there are rail connections that go from the airport at Berlin to Poland, and after seeing the start times published above, it appears to me that a day trip if the flights allow it could be easily arranged, I am looking forward to planning and visiting some league Polish matches this season, not just the Grand Prix one's. Anyone got any advice.

Edited November 13, 2016 by STEPHEN 333

[Mama]

For Toruń GP it will be easier to fly from Stansted to Bydgoszcz (flights every day at the morning) and then by train or bus to Toruń.

[Col]

Thanks to R&R for updating. Zielona Gora, Gorzow & Lezno look strong. Wroclaw & Czestochowa could lose to a British Premiership team away

[racers and royals]

Need some help and advice from seasoned travellers, are the tracks in Poland, mainly Gorzow and Torun easily accessable by train from Germany, thinking of visiting both these tracks, using the airport at Berlin Schonfled. hope I have spelt that right.

Flights from Luton or Stansted regular go to the airport at Berlin Schonfled, and these tracks, especially Gorzow, I can see there are rail journeys that go from the airport at Berlin to Poland, and after seeing the start times published above, it appears to me that a day trip if the flights allow it could be easily arranged, I am looking forward to planning and visiting some league Polish matches this season, not just the Grand Prix one's. Anyone got any advice.

I did quite a bit of research for this thread http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=79640 some of the flight times have probably changed but very much doable.

[racers and royals]

Looks as if this is the line-up for the NICE POLSKA league in 2017

Rzeszow

Daugavpils

Lodz

Tarnow

Pila

Gdansk

Krakow

Bydgoszcz

 

 

Looks as if this is the line up for div 2 in 2017

Krosno

Rawicz

Opole

Gniezno

Lublin

Poznan

Ostrow

Edited November 9, 2016 by racers and royals

[STEPHEN 333]

I did quite a bit of research for this thread http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=79640 some of the flight times have probably changed but very much doable.

Thanks there R and R, that's brilliant, am on with the planning for next year, just waiting for the fixtures to come out and will be on my way, thanks again.

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

Call me cynical but Nicki pedersen had been rumoured to be on his way out of leszno cause basically they wanted the Nicki of old not the loved up one they got last season, he has posted on his social media that he had been in Poland having meetings with other teams , then out of the blue him and barbie announce they have split up cause "they couldn't make it work" , roll on a couple of weeks and again out of the blue leszno resign him for this season and the very next day surprise surprise him and barbie are back together

[Ghostwalker]

*never mind*.

Edited November 10, 2016 by Ghostwalker

[uk_martin]

Need some help and advice from seasoned travellers, are the tracks in Poland, mainly Gorzow and Torun easily accessable by train from Germany, thinking of visiting both these tracks, using the airport at Berlin Schonfled. hope I have spelt that right.

Flights from Luton or Stansted regular go to the airport at Berlin Schonfled, and these tracks, especially Gorzow, I can see there are rail journeys that go from the airport at Berlin to Poland, and after seeing the start times published above, it appears to me that a day trip if the flights allow it could be easily arranged, I am looking forward to planning and visiting some league Polish matches this season, not just the Grand Prix one's. Anyone got any advice.

 

Gorzow is about a 3 hour rail journey from Berlin, but add to that you need to get to Berlin Lichtenberg railway station by U/S Bahn first, as that's where that particular train departs from NOT the Hauptbahnhof that you would expect. You also have to change trains, usually, at the border at Kostrzyn. If you insist on using this route, buy a ticket from Berlin to Kostrzyn and then when you are there buy a second ticket from Kostrzyn to Gorzow. You'll save Deutsche Bahn's €20 border crossing premium. You can also get to Zielona Gora by train from Kostrzyn too. As regards thinking of it as a day trip, I wouldn't bother. The big meetings are usually 7pm starts and getting a night train after a meeting, allowing for the time you need to get between stadium and station makes that an impractical proposition. Best to book a hotel locally and head back to Berlin on the Monday. Think of a trip as a weekend break, not a day trip. Not even the speedway riders (who you'll likely bump into at the airports) fly to the UK until the Monday at the earliest.

 

Given the choice I'd opt to fly to Poznan. It's about 2hrs 20 mins by direct train to Gorzow (3ish hours if you get the connection where you have to change at Krzyz) and there are frequent flights there from Luton (Wizzair) and Stansted (Ryanair etc) One added advantage to this option is that if you fly Friday or early Saturday, you could see a Poznan home meeting on the Saturday before carrying on to Gorzow on the Sunday.

 

The train from Berlin to Torun takes about 6 hours and depending on your connection can involve between one to 4 changes of train. Most people going to Torun fly Ryanair to Bydgoszcz where it's about a 1 hour train ride to Torun. You can also fly to Gdansk and take the train or bus from there (2-3 hours) Wroclaw, Leszno and the other Extraliga tracks are not really an easy rail journey away from Berlin either. Best to look for local Polish airports. I've flown in and out of Bydgoszcz, Wroclaw, Gdansk, Szczecin, Krakow and Katowice, and they are all perfectly good airports with decent connections to the local towns. Weighing up pros and cons, Berlin will need a big feather in its cap to overcome the disadvantage of distance compared with the local airport alternatives.

 

Useful web sites:

http://www.bahn.de/

http://en.e-podroznik.pl/public/index.do?

http://www.polskibus.com/pl/index.htm

Edited November 10, 2016 by uk martin