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FIM say it`s Gustrow

Massive increase for the league in this new contract in 2022 from 20 M ZL a season to 60 M ZL a season. It will be really interesting to see what happens with all this extra money. Will the clubs be sensible and use it to help with their profit margins or will the riders think it`s Christmas day and immediately seek large wage increases Also news today that QF`s will be back from 2022- meaning more teams will take part in play-offs. Google translation of article On the occasion of information about the new contract for television rights to PGE Ekstraliga, it was announced that the game formula has changed from the 2022 season. After the main round and before the semi-finals, three 2 leg quarter-finals are to be held. There has been some speculation about the changes to the game format, now we have an official confirmation. - From the 2022 season, speedway fans will be able to get excited about as many as 70 matches a season. This is due to the addition of three additional 2 leg quarter-final matches to the PGE Ekstraliga schedule.

Article on Sportowefakty about the new 4 year TV contract, where it appears to be as you were with N Sport and Eleven Sport providing the joint coverage with N sport the prime broadcaster. 242 M Zl over 4 years compared to 60 M ZL over 3 years on the current contract. PGE Ekstraliga with a record TV contract! We know the details There has never been such money in Polish speedway. A record contract, but the same TV broadcaster in PGE Ekstriga - Canal +. The Meeting of Shareholders of the company managing the games of the best speedway league in the world is taking place in Warsaw. As we have unofficially established, during the meeting with the clubs, the president of PGE Ekstraliga, Wojciech Stępniewski, told activists that a new TV contract had been signed with Canal + for the years 2022-2025. We were the first to inform about it in December. There has never been such a lucrative contract in Polish speedway. The contract amounts to PLN 242 million! This means that PLN 60.5 million will be distributed annually to all partners in PGE Ekstraliga. Let us recall that the current three-year contract is worth a total of approximately PLN 60 million. The financial leap is therefore huge. Canal + is still at the stage of negotiations with Eleven Sports as a TV sub-licensee, but as WP SportoweFakty found out, it is only a formal issue. There are many indications that the matches will still be broadcast by two TV stations from 2022. On Fridays at Eleven Sports, and on Sundays at nSport +. Eleven is likely to buy some of the rights from Canal +, which will continue to be the main broadcaster with priority in selecting the first two matches in each round. PGE Ekstraliga matches can also be watched via Canal + online on the Internet. Let us recall that 2021 is the last year of the old contract with PGE Ekstraliga, and from April all PGE Ekstraliga matches will be broadcast on Eleven Sports (two games on Fridays) and nSport + (two games on Sundays). The inauguration of the season was scheduled for April 3 and 4 and there are no signs that it will be postponed. At the end of last year, PGE Ekstraliga concluded a three-year contract with the title sponsor of the tournament - PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna. It guarantees PLN 10.5 million for distribution to EŻ shareholders in the years 2021 - 2023

It has been announced that the 2021 Australian championships will be in December over just one or two meetings at the same track on December 3rd/4th https://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/8814/2021-aussie-championship-dates-revealed

On Tuesday, a meeting of the presidents of all PGE Ekstraliga clubs was held, at which the most important regulatory changes before the upcoming season were presented. A lot of space was devoted to the telemetry system, which is to apply from the first round. The clubs have learned the exact cost of this system and have to find in their budgets about PLN 7,000 for each home game during which new equipment will be used. In practice, this means that each club must find an additional PLN 50-60 thousand during the tournament, because this is the amount of costs of applying new solutions. The authorities of PGE Ekstraliga, however, ensure that the system will be so expensive only in the initial years of service, and over time it will be possible to use it much cheaper. This system is comprehensive "The new system is to help not only in resolving disputable situations on the finish line, but will also show average and maximum speeds of players, the number of meters traveled, lap times, etc."

Another day 2 decent all races video

final 1 Bydgoszcz June 12th final 2 Gustrow June 26th final 3 TBA July 3rd ( Vojens maybe) final 4 Rybnik July 10th

Might know the venues tomorrow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x4pcMxIsNw

Earlier start for day 2 tomorrow 10am UK time.

Not sure how many meetings were held at the Wembley Arena, but i definitely attended one plus one at the NEC Birmingham.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn_k9yNNaK0

Hopefully live video coverage of today`s 1st round- meeting starts at 12pm UK time. Will post nearer start time.( fingers crossed) This is a live fixed camera in Togliatti stadium https://tv.ivideon.com/camera/100-e6b4c73769a6c4c42635e05152ca9b55/0?lang=ru&fbclid=IwAR2AN-S-lyK0V15YERXoSCcdGR1Vgn7WbmpYpcNh36xAYk6RxY6j69kx91M

French league has been delayed until May at the earliest.

That’s one hell of a trip to get to Krosno for the next day- 650 KM new date Friday August 27th ??

Onesport have taken over as promoters for this event in 2021- which is good news as that should mean that it will be televised live(probably Eurosport)

Gorzow in June almost certainly.

If it was April 1st i could believe it !!!

Sadly never going to happen. There is just not the money in the sport worldwide to entertain this. Sponsors are not exactly queuing up even for the GP`s. To make it meaningful each team would need to meet each other( at least once). The cost of staging 2 meetings in Australia would be astronomical.

Thanks for the info- that date is the day before the 2nd round of the World U 21 individual championships in Krosno. A decent weekend of U 21 action in prospect.

Have you been on the sauce ? PL= Premiership CL= Championship. Last time i looked Poole were in the CL. Have i missed something ??

I`m not sure a refund will be as easy in 2021 as it was in 2020- don`t forget they ran 2 meetings back to back in 2020. If a full house is allowed in October 2021 then in my opinion ticket refunds will be extremely difficult to obtain.

Bruce Penhall i reckon

Yes- meeting start times are UK times Saturday 13th February 12noon Sunday 14th February 10am

If nothing unexpected happens, the French league will start again in Europe. According to the published schedule, the Ligue Nationale de Speedway will start on February 28, and the French will know the champion of the country on April 18 at the latest. In 2020, the fight for the French championship also began in February. After the outbreak of the pandemic, however, the games had to be stopped and they did not return until August. If the plans of the French authorities succeed, this season the champion of the country will be able to emerge much faster, because the last round of the Ligue Nationale de Speedway was scheduled for April 18. The title will be defended by Moto Club Réolais La Réole, which suffered only one defeat last season. It is the clash of the Southwestern France team that will kick off the season. The country's champions will travel to Morizès, who finished last in the LNdS last season. The other two teams are MC Lamothe-Landerron and MC Marmande. Schedule of the Ligue Nationale de Speedway: February 28: Morizès Moto Club - Moto Club Réolais La Réole March 7: Moto Club Lamothe-Landerron - Morizès Moto Club Moto Club Lamothe-Landerron - Moto Club Réolais La Réole March 14: Moto Club Lamothe-Landerron - Moto Club Marmande March 20: Moto Club Marmande - Moto Club Lamothe-Landerron March 27: Marmande motorcycle - Moto Club Réolais La Réole Moto Club Marmande - Morizès Moto Club April 4: Moto Club Réolais La Réole - Morizès Moto Club April 11: Morizès Moto Club - Moto Club Lamothe-Landerron Morizès Moto Club - Moto Club Marmande April 18: Moto Club Réolais La Réole - Moto Club Marmande Moto Club Réolais La Réole - Moto Club Lamothe-Landerron