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All the latest team line-ups https://speedwayligaen.dk/officielle-bruttotrupper-for-2023-saesonen/

It has been confirmed that Wadim Tarasienko will be classed as a Polish rider in 2023 for Grudziadz

Luke Becker and Matias Pollestad sign for Esbjerg.

The Promoter of the Grand Final is KF Sports( Speedway Events) from Gdansk in Poland. It wouldn’t surprise me if it changes to a Polish track

Wiktor Lampart gets the wildcard slot.

The PZM have said that the Warsaw track will be altered for 2023. It will be a different wider shape to produce better racing.

Qualifier 1 Terenzano Italy Tuesday April 25th(Bank Holiday) start time 2.15pm UK time Qualifier 2 Daugavpils Latvia Saturday April 29th start time 1.15pm UK time Qualifier 3 Debrecen Hungary Monday May 1st(Bank Holiday) start time 12pm UK time Qualifier 4 Mureck Austria Monday May 1st (Bank Holiday) start time 12pm UK time Challenge final Nagyhalasz Hungary Sunday May 14th start time 1.30pm UK time Final 1 Czestochowa Poland Saturday June 17th Final 2 Gustrow Germany Saturday August 5th Final 3 Bydgoszcz Poland Saturday September 9th Final 4 Pardubice Czech Rep Friday September 22nd No permanent GP riders allowed in competition apart from any qualified from finishing in the top 5 in 2022 1st 4 in each qualifier through to the challenge final- if no Hungarian rider qualifies then 3 only from Qualifier 3 will qualify top 5 in Challenge final will qualify for finals along with the top5 from 2022 - Madsen, Kolodziej, Michelsen, Dudek and Kubera. These will be joined by 5 picks from FIM Europe/Onesport and a meeting wildcard.

The proposed rules for the competition say that each team is allowed to include just one permanent GP rider. A 5th rider can be nominated to take part- he must be U 21 and although no programmed rides can replace 1-4 at any time up to a maximum of 5 rides total. No Jokers allowed but a team 6 points behind the leading team can use 1 tac sub in heats 5-20. heat 17 is lowest scorers race heat 18 is 2nd lowest points scored race heat 19 is 2nd highest points scored race heat 20 is highest scorers race

FIM Europe have tried to do a clever marketing exercise with their flagship Team competition in 2023. We have FINAL A in Gdansk on Saturday April 15th start time 1.15pm UK time - teams France, Latvia, Poland and Sweden. FINAL B is on the same day in Pardubice start time 2pm UK time- teams Czech Rep, team GB, Denmark and Ukraine GRAND FINAL is at a TBA German track on Saturday April 22nd- start time TBC The winning team from each FINAL plus the best runner up join the seeded German team in the GRAND FINAL Sounds very much like SEMI-FINALS and a FINAL

Good news regarding Ace Pijper he has now been released from hospital and although very battered and bruised, nothing is broken.

Good news regarding Ace Pijper he has now been released from hospital and although very battered and bruised, nothing is broken.

Did you nearly lose the will to live yesterday - nearly 4 hours to complete the meeting

13th and 14th are Andzejs Lebedevs and Daniel Jeleniewski

They (Poland) have also said there won’t be exclusions anymore for ‘ micro movement ‘

This was reported earlier this afternoon It's been reported that young Ace Pijper lost consciousness temporarily and is now undergoing detailed checks in Bordeaux hospital

European Championship result 1st Franz Zorn 35 2nd Luca Bauer 32 3rd Jimmy Olsen 23

Result of round 1 Marmande 4 Morizes 3 Miramont 2 La Reole 1

Ace Pijper taken to hospital in France after nasty crash in French league match- Theo looks as if he pulled out of the meeting to be with him.

Live updates https://speedwaynews.pl/relacja-na-zywo/1-runda-ligue-nationale-de-speedway-w-moriz-s-2023/?fbclid=IwAR1ZpZw5GkGToAypQCHNt_bgg85pVbRmZ3yhc5Rfq0kIk7ZwDedZs94AyfM

live updates today https://live.baansportfansite.nl/event/606/european-individual-ice-speedway-championship-final-2-sanok.html

In the 2023 regular season of the Ligue Nationale de Speedway there will be four four-legged matches, naturally each will be played on a different track. 4 points will be awarded for a win, 3 for second, 2 for third and 1 for fourth. Then the two highest-ranked teams will go to the final match (unlike the competition systems we know, it will not be a two-legged match), which will be played at the stadium of the leader of the table. The rules of selecting players for the squad in France also have their own specificity and, as in Poland, there are imposed restrictions here, which must be followed when determining the match line-up. There are five riders in one team. Each of them is assigned to one of the groups (A or B). The composition may include a maximum of two from the first group (and it includes the top 200, according to local activists, speedway riders in the world) and, consequently, from two to four from group B. In addition to them, it is obligatory to field one French rider belonging to to category B The match consists of 22 heats, the last three of which are nominated heats. In the first nineteen riders from numbers 1-4 appear on the track four times, while speedway rider no. 5 has three starts to complete.

Stadium has been given the all clear.

Start finish line is where the VIP seats are indicated- i have always sat on the 1st bend but pretty sure view is decent from anywhere.

Not for me it isn’t - for £9 per month through Fanseat i can get all Swedish and Danish( plus French league) which is approx 25 matches a month. Sign up at start and cancel at end.

Zielona Gora have signed ex Wroclaw 6/7 Michael Curzytek