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Semi`s confirmed as Tuesday 29th September Lejonen v Masarna Vastervik v Indianerna Thursday 1st October Masarna v Lejonen Indianerna v Vastervik

Artem Laguta is riding in a test match in Poland on Tuesday

Just watched the 1st match from yesterday Rospiggarna v Vastervik, and thank goodness we won`t have to suffer any more this season from the dreadful Hallstavik track !! they have offically taken over from Vetlanda as the worst racing in the Elitserien.

Should be a decent meeting- Poland favourites but not sure how they will like Gustrow !

It could be but it would have to be the lowest ave rider who happened to be riding at that number.

Bet 365 go Lejonen --26 v Piraterna Dackarna --4 v Indianerna Rospiggarna +4 V Vastervik Vetlanda + 2 v Masarna

Saturday`s matches teams eWinner Apator Toruń: 9. Adrian Miedziński 10. Tobiasz Musielak 11. Chris Holder 12. Jack Holder 13. Wiktor Kułakow 14. Igor Kopeć-Sobczyński 15. Kamil Marciniec V Unia Tarnów: 1. Kim Nilsson 2. Daniel Kaczmarek 3. Artur Mroczka 4. Ernest Koza 5. Peter Ljung 6. Przemysław Konieczny 7 Orzeł Łódź: 9. Norbert Kościuch 10. Rohan Tungate 11. Daniel Jeleniewski 12. Marcin Nowak 13. Aleksandr Łoktajew 14. Aleksander Grygolec 15. Piotr Pióro V Abramczyk Polonia Bydgoszcz: - Batchelor dropped 1. Kai Huckenbeck 2. Grzegorz Zengota 3. 4. Dimitri Berge 5. David Bellego 6. Tomasz Orwat 7. Nikodem Bartoch Arged Malesa TŻ Ostrovia: 9. Grzegorz Walasek 10. Tomasz Gapiński 11. Adrian Cyfer 12. Jonas Jeppesen 13. Nicolai Klindt 14. Jakub Krawczyk 15. Sebastian Szostak V Car Gwarant Kapi Meble Budex Start Gniezno: 1. Adrian Gała 2. Frederik Jakobsen 3. Kevin Fajfer 4. Oskar Fajfer 5. Oliver Berntzon 6. Marcel Studziński 7.

Just watched Lejonen demolish Piraterna in Motala- the 2nd leg in Gislaved will be a complete non event. I was going to say that Lejonen are going to meet Masarna in the final- not realising that they will actually meet in next week`s semi !!

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Just watched Masarna v Vetlanda and the Avesta track continues to impress me- It`s touch a go between them and Vastervik as the best racing track in Sweden- Masarna with the addition of Nicki P are the favourites in my opinion to win the league. Philip Hellstrom-Bangs again impressive.

Thanks

Update on the rule changes for next season- Google translated One of the many final effects of the team's work is the introduction of a very important regulation change - a player up to 24 years of age, who from the 2021 season will have to be in the match line-up of each team in the PGE Ekstraliga, eWinner of the 1st Speedway League and the 2nd Speedway League. At the same time, from the 2021 season, PGE Ekstraliga will be able to use the so-called a guest only in the event of a positive result for the presence of coronavirus in a player from the team's national team. Otherwise, the visitor will only be applicable to first- and second-tier clubs and it will be allowed to be a junior up to 21 years old from both higher leagues. From the season of 2021, in each match of PGE Ekstraliga, eWinner of the 1st Speedway League and the 2nd Speedway League, each team will have to include a player up to 24 years of age in the match line-up. A competitor in the U24 category may be a foreigner or a Polish speedway rider. If he is a Pole, he will not be counted to fill the limit of Polish players in the squad (there will still be four of them - two Polish players with the numbers 6/7 and 14/15 and two with the numbers 1-5 / 9-13). The provision on the possibility of displaying a reserve rider with the number 8/16 in the U23 category (Pole or foreigner) will remain unchanged. In the regulations, the functioning of players in the U24 category will be subject to the normal rules as in the case of players entered in the squad with numbers 1-5 / 9-13. - And to those who are wondering what will happen in the event of an injury, we answer: in this position you can also appoint a junior to the team, and additionally the position of a U23 reserve player is maintained, so in fact there will be at least four young Polish and foreign players in the team. The question arises whether the clubs in the 2nd Speedway League should also have an eighth player, but I leave this topic for the meeting with the clubs - ends Piotr Szymański.

Decent racing(as always ) at Vastervik for the match against Rospiggarna.

Tonight`s preliminary line-ups here https://www.svemo.se/Sporter/Speedway/tavling/preliminaralaguppstallningar/ From around 5.30pm confirmed line-ups Dackarna v Indianerna https://ta.svemo.se/Public/Pages/Competition/DrivingSchedule/CompetitionLiveResult.aspx?Branch=Speedway&Columns=CompetitionInfo,Branch,Name,Arena,FromDateShort&Datefilter=Today&pagesize=6&CompetitionId=12249 Lejonen v Piraterna https://ta.svemo.se/Public/Pages/Competition/DrivingSchedule/CompetitionLiveResult.aspx?Branch=Speedway&Columns=CompetitionInfo,Branch,Name,Arena,FromDateShort&Datefilter=Today&pagesize=6&CompetitionId=12246 Vetlanda v Masarna https://ta.svemo.se/Public/Pages/Competition/DrivingSchedule/CompetitionLiveResult.aspx?Branch=Speedway&Columns=CompetitionInfo,Branch,Name,Arena,FromDateShort&Datefilter=Today&pagesize=6&CompetitionId=12247 Rospiggarna v Vastervik https://ta.svemo.se/Public/Pages/Competition/DrivingSchedule/CompetitionLiveResult.aspx?Branch=Speedway&Columns=CompetitionInfo,Branch,Name,Arena,FromDateShort&Datefilter=Today&pagesize=6&CompetitionId=12248

Polish junior league round 8 Zielona Gora Tuesday 22nd September

Daugavpils v Lodz is on Sunday 4th October start time 1pm UK time NOT ON TV

It certainly doesn`t mean if you don`t reach the semi`s you are not among the best 15 and deserve to be there. Zagar and Kasprzak are in it in 2021 and rightly so because they finished in the top 3 in the challenge( i know because of Covid they were nominated instead of qualifying). Lambert winning the SEC has gained his spot. I think the changes they have introduced are about right.

Couldn`t be ar$ed i would think- did a match ( or 2 ) so they could use R/R- won`t be there next week for the semi`s if they get through, because of the test match on Tuesday and won`t risk Wednesday before Torun. I just read today that he`s going to be a dad !!!

I have corrected it 5 mins ago

R/R for Zmarzlik tonight for Vetlanda

I think it`s bl**ding obvious- he only changed nationality so that Wroclaw could use him at 6 and 7( 14 and 15) as a " Polish " U 21 rider.

If he does switch back to being a Russian- Wroclaw won`t come out of it smelling like roses !!!

Whilst he remains a Polish citizen- Poland- but he has to be picked before he can ride.

Daugavpils are home to Lodz- i`m pretty sure they can beat Lodz.

Bet 365 go Indianerna --2 v Dackarna Masarna --10 v Vetlanda Piraterna +14 v Lejonen Vastervik --12 v Rospiggarna Zmarzlik not in the odds but in Vetlanda`s line-up ??