Woz01 3,589 Posted January 7, 2016 We thought British Speedway was a farce.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skidder1 7,637 Posted January 7, 2016 Now confirmed that div 1 and 2 will be amalgamated in 2016-however it is all a bit of a farce as there will be 11 clubs but Rawicz and Opole will only race at home (10 matches)and away at the other club. more news when I have tried to fathom it all out !!!!! Just to be clear - and for the uninitiated - does that mean the ExtraLeague (tier 1) stays as is and it is tiers 2 & 3 that are combining? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,737 Posted January 7, 2016 Yes-8 teams in extraleague as listed on OP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
uk_martin 1,606 Posted January 7, 2016 I am given to understand that the main fixtures will be out Thursday afternoon. Thank you. In installments apparently. Anyone with a 3-day InterRail ticket for Poland will have a whale of a time on the weekend of 8-10 April. The rest though, we'll have to wait for. Friday 8th April = Leszno v Stal Gorzow Saturday 9th April = Grudziadz v Tarnow Sunday 10th April = Ribnik v Torun & Mickey Mouse v Sparta Poznan Wroclaw Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LagutaRacingFan 1,936 Posted January 7, 2016 Interesting Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,737 Posted January 7, 2016 (edited) Extraleague fixtures http://speedwayekstraliga.pl/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/terminarz2016.pdf 7 Friday matches I see-Polish clubs flexing their muscles Edited January 7, 2016 by racers and royals Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,997 Posted January 7, 2016 (edited) To be honest it is all foolish working against each other.Typical of speedway.We once had Teterow and Güstrow doing the same.Just 30km or so apart but running meetings on the same night.I remember leaving Teterow early one meeting and on my way home came past Güstrow and their meeting was still running.Thought of stopping, and popping in,but only for a few seconds then rode on The trouble is even in Poland their muscles are getting weaker as we have seen this winter.Poland is also a country in something of a crisis and TVP are also a media company in a crisis.A number of top journalists have left in the past few days in protest at political interference.....Speedway isn't strong enough to have one league fighting against another.That does though largely mean the UK reducing the number of nights/days they want to run meetings As I said on the Champions league thread a new promotion company coming into the sport could well end up with even more in fighting,although it seems they want to keep the CL as a one off meeting at the moment,so any possible conflicts are at a minimum Edited January 7, 2016 by iris123 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,737 Posted January 7, 2016 This is I think what is happening with the amalgamated div 1 and 2 in 2016 Rzeszow Bydgoszcz Lodz Pila Daugavpils Gdansk Krakow Czestochowa Krosno Rawicz Opole these are the 11 teams taking part-the first 9 teams listed are riding each other home and away(16 matches) plus riding away at Rawicz and Opole thus making in total 18 matches in the regular season for each of these 9 teams. Rawicz and Opole will race 10 home matches(against each team once) plus Rawicz will ride at Opole away and Opole will ride at Rawicz-so Rawicz and Opole will ride a regular season of 11 matches each. The 9 teams (excluding Rawicz and Opole) will be given a 40-0 victory and 2 match points for the non-home meetings against Rawicz and Opole. ARE YOU STILL WITH ME I still can`t work out the play-offs format- however I do know that the winning finalist will be invited into the extraleague in 2017 the losing finalist will have a race off with the 2nd from bottom team in the Extraleague teams 1-8 will form div 1 in 2017 teams 9-11 will form basis of div 2 in 2017 along with any new licence teams. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arnieg 3,651 Posted January 7, 2016 So are we basically saying that Rawicz and Opole can't afford to field competitive teams so they are being allowed to compete because PZM need the teams but aren't allowed to ride away because they would be thrashed and be bad box office for the other tracks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,737 Posted January 7, 2016 So are we basically saying that Rawicz and Opole can't afford to field competitive teams so they are being allowed to compete because PZM need the teams but aren't allowed to ride away because they would be thrashed and be bad box office for the other tracks. Yes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobMcCaffery 2,752 Posted January 8, 2016 This does rather prove that even with large gates and plenty of income it's still possible to thoroughly screw-up speedway. Regarding the Extraleague use of Fridays - it does suggest that they are making sure that if Britain goes for a two night race week, then they'll do the same, and they'd rather like Fridays. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenit 15 Posted January 8, 2016 I must admit that this is stupid idea for two night race week. They are going to destroy Ekstraliga, just like happened with Eliteleague. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,737 Posted January 8, 2016 I must admit that this is stupid idea for two night race week. They are going to destroy Ekstraliga, just like happened with Eliteleague. Actually 3 days for 1st 2 rounds-Friday,Saturday and Sunday- great for us TV/stream viewers, all the matches shown(4) in each round. Happy days !!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trees 2,814 Posted January 8, 2016 Are some of these Fridays before a GP on the Saturday? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,737 Posted January 8, 2016 Are some of these Fridays before a GP on the Saturday? Obviously not nor are they before the SEC rounds or GP qualification or u21 comps-in other words about the only 7 free Friday`s of the season Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
