Rico 210 Posted October 8, 2019 On 10/6/2019 at 4:48 PM, racers and royals said: Lodz have kept their Nice Polska league status by winning 45-42 in Poznan this afternoon. A group of us went along to this and the meeting had a bit of everything. Delayed start by over 45 mins due to more grading being required. Difficult track conditions in the first few races, resulting in 2 riders falling separately in heat 2 and one being 'not under power' resulting in the 3-0 Some decent passing in a few races A good sized crowd, a lot of which left at heat 13 Some scary crashes and wild riding at times Home junior Curzytek would be GP standard if there were half lap races Despite the aggregate score getting close on occasions I didn't think there was ever much danger of Lodz not having the upper hand and when Jeleniewski (who looked a complete novice in his first ride) started scoring they were always going to have enough. Drodz tried hard but didn't perform like a number 1 against strong away heat-leaders. Huckenbeck was very competitive and justified his 'late' inclusion at the expense of Hans Andersen. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f-s-p 832 Posted October 8, 2019 5 hours ago, Rico said: A group of us went along to this and the meeting had a bit of everything. Delayed start by over 45 mins due to more grading being required. Difficult track conditions in the first few races, resulting in 2 riders falling separately in heat 2 and one being 'not under power' resulting in the 3-0 Some decent passing in a few races A good sized crowd, a lot of which left at heat 13 Some scary crashes and wild riding at times Home junior Curzytek would be GP standard if there were half lap races Despite the aggregate score getting close on occasions I didn't think there was ever much danger of Lodz not having the upper hand and when Jeleniewski (who looked a complete novice in his first ride) started scoring they were always going to have enough. Drodz tried hard but didn't perform like a number 1 against strong away heat-leaders. Huckenbeck was very competitive and justified his 'late' inclusion at the expense of Hans Andersen. So Hans missed out on Zlata Prilba having been called in by his Polish team quite late in the week to be dropped an hour before the meeting? Because thats what I understood from the CZ broadcast from Pardubice... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
topsoil 2,498 Posted October 8, 2019 11 hours ago, racers and royals said: If you are not interested- fine !! a lot of UK fans are and in my opinion the good far out-ways the bad. Apologies, in future I will tow the party line. Your opinion will also be mine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,727 Posted October 9, 2019 10 minute video of the Extraleague gala held in Warsaw on Monday evening https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/847745/gala-pge-ekstraligi-2019-kulisy-wideo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobMcCaffery 2,752 Posted October 9, 2019 16 hours ago, topsoil said: Apologies, in future I will tow the party line. Your opinion will also be mine. No, you've had your opinion opposed by expert opinion. It happens. Just avoid watching Polish racing and leave the rest of us to enjoy it. Why spoil it for others? Yes, you have the right to an opinion but using that allows others to use their equal right to oppose you. R&R does exceptional work to keep this group fully informed on what is coming up in Poland, what matches are on TV and where and how to watch them. His efforts do not deserve your childish, petulant sarcasm. There is no requirement to TOE any party line and it is deeply insulting to suggest that we are so feeble in character not to have our own points of view. You have yours. We have the right to find it foolish and ill-informed. Given the quality of your opinion and response to criticism it might be best all round if you just kept it to yourself. Why try to spoil the enjoyment of others? Does it make you feel clever or important? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobMcCaffery 2,752 Posted October 9, 2019 Anyway, back to the speedway. I've just caught up with the relegation play-off. Given the huge difference in team-building standards between the top and middle tiers there was little chance of getting a competitive match. Despite this Klindt and Walasek made it interesting to see what points they could take off the mighty Gorzow. It does show what a great season Klindt has had. It was disappointing to see Sam Masters so far off the Ekstraliga pace. The fact that Poland have this fixture shows they don't always get it right over there, although the closer standards between middle and lower tiers do make their relegation play-offs rather more competitive. Still, it gave the Gorzow fans there a chance to welcome home their new World Champion. I've seen worse speedway meetings (*cough* One Sport Best Pairs *cough*) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
topsoil 2,498 Posted October 10, 2019 17 hours ago, RobMcCaffery said: No, you've had your opinion opposed by expert opinion. It happens. Just avoid watching Polish racing and leave the rest of us to enjoy it. Why spoil it for others? Yes, you have the right to an opinion but using that allows others to use their equal right to oppose you. R&R does exceptional work to keep this group fully informed on what is coming up in Poland, what matches are on TV and where and how to watch them. His efforts do not deserve your childish, petulant sarcasm. There is no requirement to TOE any party line and it is deeply insulting to suggest that we are so feeble in character not to have our own points of view. You have yours. We have the right to find it foolish and ill-informed. Given the quality of your opinion and response to criticism it might be best all round if you just kept it to yourself. Why try to spoil the enjoyment of others? Does it make you feel clever or important? I bow to your expertise. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,727 Posted October 11, 2019 (edited) Ostrow v Gorzow teams for Sunday N Sport 4pm UK time http://www.maniak.tv/mk7 and http://www.drhtv.com.pl/drhtv-2.html Arged Malesa TŻ Ostrovia 9. Nicolai Klindt 10. Aleksandr Łoktajew 11. Tomasz Gapiński 12. Sam Masters 13. Grzegorz Walasek 14. Sebastian Szostak 15. Marcin Kościelski truly.work Stal Gorzów 1. Szymon Woźniak 2. Peter Kildemand 3. Krzysztof Kasprzak 4. Anders Thomsen 5. Bartosz Zmarzlik 6. Rafał Karczmarz 7. Mateusz Bartkowiak Edited October 12, 2019 by racers and royals Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,727 Posted October 13, 2019 Lovely day in Ostrow- not sure the stadium capacity- less than 6000 tickets left for sale Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eM_Pe 49 Posted October 13, 2019 1 hour ago, racers and royals said: Lovely day in Ostrow- not sure the stadium capacity- less than 6000 tickets left for sale It's 12k capacity. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Shovlar 10,439 Posted October 13, 2019 (edited) Neither stream seems to be working. edit. Maniac now working. Edited October 13, 2019 by Steve Shovlar Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Shovlar 10,439 Posted October 13, 2019 Men against boys. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,727 Posted October 16, 2019 Just caught up and watched Ostrow v Gorzow- what a cracking racetrack Ostrow is. Despite the gulf in class between the teams there were some excellent races i thought. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,727 Posted October 16, 2019 Artem Laguta is applying for Polish citizenship similar to what Rune Holta did Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bruno 1,790 Posted October 16, 2019 8 hours ago, racers and royals said: Just caught up and watched Ostrow v Gorzow- what a cracking racetrack Ostrow is. Despite the gulf in class between the teams there were some excellent races i thought. Just watched this one a very decent meeting, any other recommendations R&R Share this post Link to post Share on other sites