racers and royals Posted May 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 Batchelor has agreed terms with Rybnik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickie Head Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 Just listened to the Ward, Watt and Holder conversation aired after their video last night. Interesting to hear from Holder that his visa situation has been resolved, he is now living in Ferndown (near Poole / Bournemouth) with a new partner and is planning to base himself in Poland shortly and continue at Toruń in Lge 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 On 4/26/2020 at 10:41 PM, iris123 said: Tbh I would rather like to see the FIM get a kick up the backside. Maybe what is needed is a real breakaway and the control being in the hands of the big boys in the sport, rather than being run by the minnows? The various Speedway World Championship should be run by an international association of professional leagues, whether under the umbrella of the FIM or not. The events should be run for the benefit of the sport with the majority of (any) profits being shared amongst the tracks running professional speedway, perhaps with an agreed percentage going to develop grass roots speedway. With respect to Poland, whilst I'd generally say that the sport in any one country shouldn't just run in isolation without consideration to anyone else, I think there's little choice in the current circumstances if any speedway is to be run. Borders are closed, or at least quarantine measures are being imposed, so it's simply not going to be practical for international competitions to be run in 2020, and certainly not have riders travel back-and-forth from league-to-league. So it's pretty obvious that riders are going to focus on the most lucrative league, and if Poland can get going and can still afford to run behind closed doors, then you have to be fair and let the riders try to earn some money this year. The SGP isn't going to be paying the bills, and frankly should be amongst the lowest priorities at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 15 hours ago, Dickie Head said: Just listened to the Ward, Watt and Holder conversation aired after their video last night. Interesting to hear from Holder that his visa situation has been resolved, he is now living in Ferndown (near Poole / Bournemouth) with a new partner and is planning to base himself in Poland shortly and continue at Toruń in Lge 1. I assume Jack is also doing the same as his brother?! Chris did also say he wants to ride in British Speedway again, but the visa came through a bit too late for 2020. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted May 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2020 Anders Thomsen has agreed to ride for Gorzow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted May 9, 2020 Report Share Posted May 9, 2020 from his club - I confirm that Emil Sayfutdinov has signed a financial annex to the two-year contract in force on the terms proposed by the Club. I would like to emphasize that together with the Management Board and the Shareholders of the Club, we wanted to prevent the situation that Emil would not be able to compete in the Polish league. We urged him for a long time to sign a Warsaw contract or an annex and not block his driving in the Polish league, which was associated with suspension. After long talks and rethinking our proposal by Emil, the Russian signed on the terms proposed by the club. At the moment, as I clearly point out, Emil is not taken into account when determining the match composition of Unia Leszno. He has important contact with Unia Leszno, and whether he will compete in our colors will turn out in the future. Loans or other terms of cooperation may be involved, but this topic will concern further talks. At the moment we are finishing our agonizing about Emil and his staying in the FOGO Unia Leszno team - said Piotr Rusiecki, President of the Board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted May 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2020 (edited) Sportowefakty article- who said there is no money in Speedway !!!! " Three-time world champion, associated for years with Betard Sparta Wrocław, flew to the capital of Lower Silesia by a private jet. His teammates Daniel Bewley and Max Fricke took on board with him." photo https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/881482/zuzel-zagraniczne-gwiazdy-zaczynaja-kwarantanne-w-polsce-mistrz-woffinden-przyle Edited May 9, 2020 by racers and royals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPNY Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 Is there going to be anyway to watch the Polish League racing once its up and running? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted May 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 33 minutes ago, RPNY said: Is there going to be anyway to watch the Polish League racing once its up and running? There are always " small rivers " (Phil has asked me not to use the other word) however they can be a bit iffy. For the last couple of seasons i have taken out a 6 month subscripition with Goldvod. which has Eleven Sport and N Sport. A friend of mine also recommends POLonTV, which i think could be dearer than Golvod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPNY Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 12 minutes ago, racers and royals said: There are always " small rivers " (Phil has asked me not to use the other word) however they can be a bit iffy. For the last couple of seasons i have taken out a 6 month subscripition with Goldvod. which has Eleven Sport and N Sport. A friend of mine also recommends POLonTV, which i think could be dearer than Golvod. Thank you. Is it easy to subscribe to these from outside of Poland tho? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted May 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 (edited) 53 minutes ago, RPNY said: Thank you. Is it easy to subscribe to these from outside of Poland tho? Certainly Goldvod was fairly easy with a BACS payment(under £30 for the 6 months) I`m sure you could google Polish TV in the USA and probably some suggestions will be on forums etc. Edited May 11, 2020 by racers and royals 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 It seems to have gone very smooth in Poland with quarantine, full teams, no major arguments. Shows what can be done when everyone is positive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted May 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 7 minutes ago, Mark said: It seems to have gone very smooth in Poland with quarantine, full teams, no major arguments. Shows what can be done when everyone is positive. Although Leszno seem confident he will ride, i don`t think Piotr Pawlicki has agreed terms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted May 21, 2020 Report Share Posted May 21, 2020 Any practice matches announced yet ? Can start from 28/05/20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted May 21, 2020 Report Share Posted May 21, 2020 (edited) Nothing on the Polish websites yet. Sportowe Fakty normally carry the dates. Talking of SF, they're carrying the story below. It's no surprise but the Poles are abusing the Covid-19 crisis to flex their muscles. Decent of them. There's also a headline claiming Poland is ready to fight the FIM. Unfortunately that story is on video so out of range of Google Translate. Link: https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/883079/zuzel-szykuja-sie-by-powiedziec-zawodnikom-chcesz-jechac-w-polsce-o-innej-lidze- Slag. They are getting ready to tell the players: you want to go in Poland, forget about another league In PZM there is a growing group of supporters of options - one player, one league. Who knows if from the 2022 season the rule will not come into force that speedway riders wanting to compete in Poland will have to commit that they will not go in any other league. It's all getting very messy. Money talks. Edited May 21, 2020 by RobMcCaffery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted May 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 Sabmar TV have put on their facebook page several Polish matches from a bygone era !! well worth watching i would imagine https://www.facebook.com/sabmartv/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 20 hours ago, RobMcCaffery said: Nothing on the Polish websites yet. Sportowe Fakty normally carry the dates. Talking of SF, they're carrying the story below. It's no surprise but the Poles are abusing the Covid-19 crisis to flex their muscles. Decent of them. There's also a headline claiming Poland is ready to fight the FIM. Unfortunately that story is on video so out of range of Google Translate. Link: https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/883079/zuzel-szykuja-sie-by-powiedziec-zawodnikom-chcesz-jechac-w-polsce-o-innej-lidze- Slag. They are getting ready to tell the players: you want to go in Poland, forget about another league In PZM there is a growing group of supporters of options - one player, one league. Who knows if from the 2022 season the rule will not come into force that speedway riders wanting to compete in Poland will have to commit that they will not go in any other league. It's all getting very messy. Money talks. Can only think this kind of thing is inevitable.. And the extra ace up their sleeve may now be this... They now know riders will ride for 50% less than they did so what's to stop them saying that next year "you ride over here exclusively and we will give you 100% money".. Effecively a 100% pay rise... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Richard Weston said: Riders will have to choose. The option of jetting across Europe is disappearing over the horizon. Less money in Poland and ride there and nowhere else looks like becoming the 'deal'. Britain will not need to worry about the riders who go Polish. GB should ride on the night it suits the club...Monday and Thursday is not the night in many cases (exceptions noted). Isolation from Poland is sadly inevitable for both Britain and Sweden. Rather than be at the mercy of PZM's bulying both have to accept that it is not possible to use riders who race in the Polish Leagues and resource their leagues from those who don't. Already the needs of Poland, and BSI have crippled British speedway. It can only get worse. It's time to rebuild employing riders who will be allowed to race freely here. Let the Poles do their thing, even if it means having to say goodbye to some of our own riders. We cannot go on this way. Poland isn't going to change as long as the money's flowing in. We have to. Edited May 22, 2020 by RobMcCaffery 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 3 hours ago, mikebv said: Can only think this kind of thing is inevitable.. And the extra ace up their sleeve may now be this... They now know riders will ride for 50% less than they did so what's to stop them saying that next year "you ride over here exclusively and we will give you 100% money".. Effecively a 100% pay rise... Riders do not have the other leagues to pay in 2020 but in 2021 they could be back. It would be hard to a rider to have onbly 4 rides each week and remain in top form. A few bad meetings and the pay scale goes very wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric i Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 2 hours ago, RobMcCaffery said: Isolation from Poland is sadly inevitable for both Britain and Sweden. Rather than be at the mercy of PZM's bulying both have to accept that it is not possible to use riders who race in the Polish Leagues and resource their leagues from those who don't. Already the needs of Poland, and BSI have crippled British speedway. It can only get worse. It's time to rebuild employing riders who will be allowed to race freely here. Let the Poles do their thing, even if it means having to say goodbye to some of our own riders. We cannot go on this way. Poland isn't going to change as long as the money's flowing in. We have to. Well said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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