Skidder1 7,637 Posted January 31, 2014 MAYBE not quite that far ... grapevine suggests the meeting (involving four champions from Denmark, GB, Poland and Sweden) might be held in Poland... where else! Lots of discussions and dis-agreements currently taking place. If it does go ahead I hope it doesn't clash with a Sky meeting otherwise we'll really be up s***creek!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manchesterpaul 447 Posted February 1, 2014 (edited) Apologies to those who want to see this competition become a reality but until it is assured that no rider would ride for more than one team i 'pray' daily it doesn't. It can only be very damaging to the sport to have the equivalent of Manchester United and Barcelona swapping players over two legs depending on where the tie is staged or any of the other scenarios that have been proposed. Even if only one club gets to use a rider the fact that he also rides for the opposing team (consisting of only seven riders) will look and be so bad. Also of course we have the very large difference in team strengths prevalent over most ties that's not going to provide any exciting racing. Outsiders will view a Champions league as being the best the sport has to offer however it certainly won't provide four riders battling in close quarters. Edited February 1, 2014 by manchesterpaul Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Pedaler 149 Posted February 18, 2014 MAYBE not quite that far ... grapevine suggests the meeting (involving four champions from Denmark, GB, Poland and Sweden) might be held in Poland... where else! Lots of discussions and dis-agreements currently taking place. The date has been set for 31 August 2014, and the venue will be Zielona Gora. No news yet about participants other than of course the hosts. Three TV stations are apparently competing for the rights to broadcast the event, SkySports NOT included. Would anyone care to speculate whether the BSPA will send the EL Champions to take part? National League reserves in the in a "Champions League" team! Should be interesting. With it being the Poles taking the initiative again no doubt one person in particular will be telling them where they can Shovlar this competition, if the BSPA don't do it for him. I'm assuming that Speedway Star will be providing us with all the updates and information about this tournament so that we won't have to rely on Google's translation of the Sportowefakty site all the time? http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/417543/trzy-telewizje-chca-pokazac-zuzlowa-lige-mistrzow Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skidder1 7,637 Posted February 18, 2014 Whats the betting it will be a 4-team, 4-rider tournament!!? If its to be on 31st August that'll make it a good SGP/Euro Cup weekend!!!!? When this competition was being talked about a couple of years ago, the question of 'who rides for whom' if certain riders represent more than one team, was going to be sorted by initially, 1. rider nationality; 2. Continuous length of club service. So, taking Poole as an example (assuming they will be taking part?) Darcy Ward would ride for Poole and not Piraterna!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rico 210 Posted February 18, 2014 Three TV stations are apparently competing for the rights to broadcast the event, SkySports NOT included. The article is talking in terms of Polish TV coverage, therefore your comment about SkySports isn't relevant. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,989 Posted February 22, 2014 (edited) Seems Eurosport will be showing it,so is it now being run by One Sport? And Poole seem to be the British team according to the Esbjerg site.Rospigarna the Swedish representatives.Esbjerg hope NKI,Mikkel Bech,rene Bach and Artem Laguta will be in their team Edited February 22, 2014 by iris123 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PHILIPRISING 7,298 Posted February 22, 2014 IS that the Poole team of 2013 (Holder, Ward, et al) or 2014? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skidder1 7,637 Posted February 22, 2014 IS that the Poole team of 2013 (Holder, Ward, et al) or 2014? I would think Holder, Ward, Pawlicki, Janowski!! They're all Poole contracted or Poole domiciled!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bavarian 767 Posted February 22, 2014 Or maybe they invite some guest riders to represent Poole Pirates - who cares - this is how it is done in British speedway anyway 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skidder1 7,637 Posted March 18, 2014 Any more news or confirmation about this?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ColinMills 1,728 Posted March 18, 2014 this look a rush job..emil owed 700,000k by polish side according to sundays daily star Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skidder1 7,637 Posted July 16, 2014 Whats the betting it will be a 4-team, 4-rider tournament!!? If its to be on 31st August that'll make it a good SGP/Euro Cup weekend!!!!? When this competition was being talked about a couple of years ago, the question of 'who rides for whom' if certain riders represent more than one team, was going to be sorted by initially, 1. rider nationality; 2. Continuous length of club service. So, taking Poole as an example (assuming they will be taking part?) Darcy Ward would ride for Poole and not Piraterna!! So all confirmed for 31st August at Zielona Gora as a 4-team, 4-rider competition. Poole to represent the BSPA with a team of Ward, Pawlicki, Janowski and 1 other(awaiting approval - likely to be Holder, subject to fitness!!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted July 16, 2014 That's awesome, first Gorzow SGP and Zielona Gora on the day after. Perfect weekend Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghostwalker 1,859 Posted July 16, 2014 So all confirmed for 31st August at Zielona Gora as a 4-team, 4-rider competition. Poole to represent the BSPA with a team of Ward, Pawlicki, Janowski and 1 other(awaiting approval - likely to be Holder, subject to fitness!!) This why CL won't work since both Ward and Holder also rides for Piraterna. For Piraterna they only have Greg and Bjarne left as well as two lower string Swedish riders. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,730 Posted July 16, 2014 This why CL won't work since both Ward and Holder also rides for Piraterna. For Piraterna they only have Greg and Bjarne left as well as two lower string Swedish riders. They have Zagar as well now. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
