iris123 Posted June 22, 2017 Report Share Posted June 22, 2017 In the next issue (81) of Backtrack, Martin Rogers will be looking back at the Polish riders who competed in British League in the 70s & 80s and the memories they created. Alongside the main piece will be a column of supporters' comments about the Poles who raced in the UK during that era, so please either post your personal recollections, anecdotes, memories or opinions here or email us at: editorial@retro-speedway.com Max Rech in the early 1950s was the first Pole to ride in British speedway. He was associated with Fleetwood and St Austell in a career that was ended by a serious injury. THE arrival of the Sparta team at Wimbledon on Good Friday April 19 1957 virtually drove promoter Ronnie Greene 'up the pole.' Oh dear gustix despite being a journalist proves he cannot read plain english Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 22, 2017 Report Share Posted June 22, 2017 (edited) Oh dear gustix despite being a journalist proves he cannot read plain english I understand fully the point you are making. However, the 'clever trend' on the BSF these days is it seems to take items off topic. And that's what I did as related to your preceding thread. Go to GENERAL DISCUSSIONS for an example. There's a thread there originally about feeding birds - when I last looked there were items about fishing. insects, etc. That's why I had no qualms about the items relating to Max Rech and the Sparta team at Wimbledon appearing in this thread. The Sparta item even managed a LIKE, so obviously nobody apart from yourself seemingly is too upset about going off topic! Oh, and there should be a capital E in your reference to English! Edited June 22, 2017 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyMac Posted June 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2017 I understand fully the point you are making. However, the 'clever trend' on the BSF these days is it seems to take items off topic. And that's what I did as related to your preceding thread. Go to GENERAL DISCUSSIONS for an example. There's a thread there originally about feeding birds - when I last looked there were items about fishing. insects, etc. That's why I had no qualms about the items relating to Max Rech and the Sparta team at Wimbledon appearing in this thread. The Sparta item even managed a LIKE, so obviously nobody apart from yourself seemingly is too upset about going off topic! Oh, and there should be a capital E in your reference to English! John, FFS, iris is right. Please, do us all a favour. Aren't there a thousand other threads you can hijack and leave this one to the relevant 70s/80s period? Why not start your own forum? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted June 23, 2017 Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 Oh dear gustix despite being a journalist proves he cannot read plain english Can we talk about flat-track here??? After all, this is the BFTF according to gustix... Steve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 23, 2017 Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 Can we talk about flat-track here??? After all, this is the BFTF according to gustix... Steve Flat Track racing is already catered for on the BSF in the section Grasstrack, Sidecar, Short Track and Cycle Speedway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 23, 2017 Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 Oh dear gustix despite being a journalist proves he cannot read plain english I am NOT a journalist. I WAS a journalist. But that aspect of my life ceased when I retired in August 1997. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryce Posted June 23, 2017 Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 I think of the poles who rode over here in the Backtrack period, surely Zenon Plech is the undisputed top dog. A total legend for Hackney fans. Perhaps only Jancarz at Wimbledon could be said to be held in such high regard by British fans. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 23, 2017 Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 Agree, Plech played a pivotal role in Hackney almost winning the 1980 BL. Steady Eddie was popular but never seemed to arrive before July in his later seasons with us.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted June 23, 2017 Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 I think i have posted before,but in that era of the 5 best season averages for a polish rider,Eddie finished 4 times in the top 5 and probably Plech it was who was the rider who stopped him having the top 5 spots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted June 23, 2017 Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 Flat Track racing is already catered for on the BSF in the section Grasstrack, Sidecar, Short Track and Cycle Speedway Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolskiZuzel Posted March 21, 2018 Report Share Posted March 21, 2018 On 6/21/2017 at 4:57 PM, gustix said: (...) THE arrival of the Sparta team at Wimbledon on Good Friday April 19 1957 virtually drove promoter Ronnie Greene 'up the pole.' Plough Lane boss Greene had been expecting the Polish national side and was far from happy to find his visitors were only a Warsaw-based league team. Their appearance in the capital that day is still very much a talking point. Where did you get "a Warsaw based league team" from, Gustix? You're right that it was Polish League team called "Sparta", but "Sparta" is, and always has been, based in WROCLAW, not Warsaw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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