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On 11/15/2021 at 3:43 PM, racers and royals said:

Increasing financial limits, a new play-off system in eWinner of the 1st League, as well as the possibility of placing a foreign junior in the 2nd Speedway League - these are some of the important regulations changes that took place before the 2022 season. Why were they introduced? The chairman of GKSŻ, Piotr Szymański, tells about it.


3 thousand PLN (per point) - 300 thousand. PLN (for signature) - this is what speedway riders who signed contracts in eWinner of the 1st League will be able to earn as much as possible. The limits of the lowest division have also increased significantly. 1.7 thous. PLN (per point) - 150 thousand. PLN (for signature). Why did GKSŻ decide on such a radical raise?

- Increasing the financial limits was a natural move. We know the market situation and we decided to adjust the rates to the knowledge we have in the field of finance. We know that in the lower leagues there are speedway riders who sign really high contracts - tells us Piotr Szymański, chairman of the GKSŻ.

Also new is the play-off system in eWinner 1. Liga. This time, not four, but six teams will advance to the decisive part of the competition. - We are trying to make the first league as close as possible to PGE Ekstraliga, which was the first to introduce changes to the play-off system. Besides, the clubs were almost unanimous and talked about the need to increase the number of matches. We have listened to these voices and we believe that the league will benefit from it. Both fans and television will be satisfied - argues Szymański.

However, the biggest changes are in the second league, where it will be allowed to start a foreign player in the junior positions. In addition, the clubs were released from the obligation to have a speedway rider under the age of 24 in the match team.

- It was a necessity, because we were afraid that after the formation of the U24 Ekstraliga an unhealthy fight for Polish juniors would start. For the same reason, we decided in the lowest league to abolish the obligation to have a speedway rider up to 24 years old in the match team. If we did not do it, the costs could be increased - summarizes the chairman of the GKSŻ.

Wow...

Over £53k for a signing on fee and over £500 a point in the SECOND tier of Polish Speedway?

And circa half that in the third tier...

Some money that for a young up and coming rider to aim for..

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Our best young talent will be hoovered up by new U24 Extraleague Legue and also D2 and D3 Clubs in Poland able to offer more than even best PL rates in UK.

They'll attract best of Australian and European talent at all levels too.

If Friday's are used more in addition to Saturday / Sunday it could marginalise UK League Speedway to Monday and Thursday in PL and an NDL level League on other nights. 

The only flip side is if Sweden continues to decline the UK Premier League could become to secondary option and bring in bigger CL Clubs like Glasgow; Leicester; Poole etc

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37 minutes ago, HGould said:

 

Our best young talent will be hoovered up by new U24 Extraleague Legue and also D2 and D3 Clubs in Poland able to offer more than even best PL rates in UK.

They'll attract best of Australian and European talent at all levels too.

If Friday's are used more in addition to Saturday / Sunday it could marginalise UK League Speedway to Monday and Thursday in PL and an NDL level League on other nights. 

The only flip side is if Sweden continues to decline the UK Premier League could become to secondary option and bring in bigger CL Clubs like Glasgow; Leicester; Poole etc

Supply and demand for the U24's has meant (forced) the second and third tier clubs to have increased their salaries..

A good time to be a better than decent young up and coming rider..

Someone suggested that Tom Brennan would have been better joining an U24 team in the top division.. 

At this stage of his career getting those type of numbers in the 2nd tier would be far better..

You can upgrade your kit quite significantly for long term progress with that type of remuneration.. 

 

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22 hours ago, mikebv said:

Supply and demand for the U24's has meant (forced) the second and third tier clubs to have increased their salaries..

A good time to be a better than decent young up and coming rider..

Someone suggested that Tom Brennan would have been better joining an U24 team in the top division.. 

At this stage of his career getting those type of numbers in the 2nd tier would be far better..

You can upgrade your kit quite significantly for long term progress with that type of remuneration.. 

 

Yeah but he won’t be getting those kinds of numbers, you’ll be lucky if he gets paid at all being a number 8 in the first division, trust me

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Translation of a Polish media article

Wolfe Wittstock still wants to start in the Polish 2nd Speedway League. However, everything indicates that there is no desire ... on the other side. The Wilków league rivals and the speedway headquarters itself were horrified to receive the team that the team was to compete in the lowest division.
 

Already in the previous season, when Wilki was the background for all league rivals, the presidents of the second-tier clubs complained about the costs generated by the meetings with the team from Wittstock.

- Looking at the composition of the German team, unfortunately you should not expect anything good in the 2022 season. This team is even worse than last year, when it did not win any game. I believe that she will not be allowed to play. Driving from Wittstock and costing you money just doesn't make sense. How many specifically? Last year, President Ładziński enumerated in your pages that it was PLN 70,000. Personally, I think that it is better to go with seven teams, not by force in eight and make costs, because someone wants to play speedway in a frivolous and picnic-like manner - one of the second-tier presidents tells us.

We turned to the speedway headquarters with the question of "what's next with Wolfe Wittstock" and as it turns out, the team from Wittstock does not have high ratings with the speedway authorities at all.

- At the moment we don't know what to do next. In fact - there is a big problem. Of course, there is a licensing process, each team has the right to join it, but it is not said that everyone will receive the requested permission to start. The league is not only made up of Wolfe Wittstock and there are different aspects to consider. Also the marketing and image as well as financial ones. Wolfe Wittstock competed in our league for two years, they received some tips and not implemented them all. Some of them were not met in any way, and no one from Germany came to certain meetings, which also sums up a serious approach to the subject. For now, we are waiting for Frank Mauer's move and for joining the licensing process, but meeting the infrastructural or financial requirements is not a consent to start - we hear in GKSŻ. So is it possible to refuse to take off? This question seems rhetorical in this case.

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1 hour ago, racers and royals said:

Translation of a Polish media article

Wolfe Wittstock still wants to start in the Polish 2nd Speedway League. However, everything indicates that there is no desire ... on the other side. The Wilków league rivals and the speedway headquarters itself were horrified to receive the team that the team was to compete in the lowest division.
 

Already in the previous season, when Wilki was the background for all league rivals, the presidents of the second-tier clubs complained about the costs generated by the meetings with the team from Wittstock.

- Looking at the composition of the German team, unfortunately you should not expect anything good in the 2022 season. This team is even worse than last year, when it did not win any game. I believe that she will not be allowed to play. Driving from Wittstock and costing you money just doesn't make sense. How many specifically? Last year, President Ładziński enumerated in your pages that it was PLN 70,000. Personally, I think that it is better to go with seven teams, not by force in eight and make costs, because someone wants to play speedway in a frivolous and picnic-like manner - one of the second-tier presidents tells us.

We turned to the speedway headquarters with the question of "what's next with Wolfe Wittstock" and as it turns out, the team from Wittstock does not have high ratings with the speedway authorities at all.

- At the moment we don't know what to do next. In fact - there is a big problem. Of course, there is a licensing process, each team has the right to join it, but it is not said that everyone will receive the requested permission to start. The league is not only made up of Wolfe Wittstock and there are different aspects to consider. Also the marketing and image as well as financial ones. Wolfe Wittstock competed in our league for two years, they received some tips and not implemented them all. Some of them were not met in any way, and no one from Germany came to certain meetings, which also sums up a serious approach to the subject. For now, we are waiting for Frank Mauer's move and for joining the licensing process, but meeting the infrastructural or financial requirements is not a consent to start - we hear in GKSŻ. So is it possible to refuse to take off? This question seems rhetorical in this case.

Not for Poland it seems is "any speedway is better than no speedway" the mission it would appear..

Quality control is high on their agenda obviously to maintain a strong product...

Although, not letting foreign teams go into the top league could also dissuade these clubs from speculating to accumulate...

Hence some may spend the minimum to have the kudos of competing..

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1 hour ago, mikebv said:

Not for Poland it seems is "any speedway is better than no speedway" the mission it would appear..

Quality control is high on their agenda obviously to maintain a strong product...

Although, not letting foreign teams go into the top league could also dissuade these clubs from speculating to accumulate...

Hence some may spend the minimum to have the kudos of competing..

Wittstock are a disgrace. Something i have said before. Landshut showed how it should be done in 2021. The shame is that the Wittstock track( in my opinion) is one of the great racing tracks in the world.

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On 11/19/2021 at 9:58 AM, mikebv said:

Supply and demand for the U24's has meant (forced) the second and third tier clubs to have increased their salaries..

A good time to be a better than decent young up and coming rider..

Someone suggested that Tom Brennan would have been better joining an U24 team in the top division.

At this stage of his career getting those type of numbers in the 2nd tier would be far better..

You can upgrade your kit quite significantly for long term progress with that type of remuneration.. 

 

I think Brennan & any other top U21 riders would be better off in the Polish 3rd tier as they can ride at reserve.

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Google translated Pobandzie article

The new year has started sadly for the player of Texom Stali Rzeszów, Kevin Woelbert. His workshop was completely burnt down on Tuesday night. Losses are estimated at around EUR 250,000.
 

The fire occurred last night near the town of Dörnitz. The garage, which was also the workshop of Kevin Woelbert, took care of the fire. A Texom Stali Rzeszów competitor lost two motorbikes, two cars and all workshop equipment in a fire. Losses are valued at EUR 250,000.

- Fire fighting was very complicated due to the liquid flammable materials that were in the garage - reports the German press.

It is also known that one of the people trying to save the belongings in the garage was slightly injured.

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