racers and royals

1st 2 rounds tomorrow and Thursday( rounds 2 and 3) Wednesday August 19th meetings at Gorzow, Wroclaw, Tarnow and Torun Thursday August 20th meetings at Leszno, lodz, Rybnik and Grudziadz Daugavpils are not staging a home round- it is at Lublin

We move on to round 8 next weekend Saturday August 22nd Ostrow v Gdansk start time 3.30pm N Sport Saturday August 22nd Lodz v Tarnow start time 6.15pm pm N Sport Sunday August 23rd Torun v Bydgoszcz programme start time 12.40pm 1st race 1pm N Sport Monday August 24th Daugavpils v Gniezno start time 3pm NOT ON TV

We move on to round 11 next weekend. Friday August 21st Leszno v Grudziadz start time 5pm Eleven Sports 1 and Freesports (5pm) Friday August 21st Czestochowa v Gorzow start time 7.30pm Eleven Sports 1 and Premier Sport 2 (7.30pm) Sunday August 23rd Rybnik v lublin programme start time 3pm 1st race 3.30pm N Sport Sunday August 23rd Zielona Gora v Wroclaw programme start time 5.45pm 1st race 6.15pm N sport

Extraleague table after tonight`s match- all ridden 10 matches 1 Leszno pts 19 + 88 2 Zielona Gora pts 17 +47 3 Lublin pts 13 +42 4 Czestochowa pts 13 +44 6 Wroclaw pts 11 +10 6 Gorzow pts 11 --14 7 Grudziadz pts 8 --32 8 Rybnik pts 2 --185

I woke suddenly at 4am this morning- rather frightening !!!!! with the thought that teams are not racing each other twice apart from the " derby" rounds 7 and 8 where they meet one team twice !! I can confirm that there are no bonus points for aggregate score in Sweden this season

Yes it normally is the best, but not today.

Maniak is ok

People have been moaning about not being able to watch it- so the FIM have listened and you don`t like it !!!

League table after tonight`s match - all ridden 7 1 Torun pts 14 + 154 2 Lodz pts 8 + 22 3 Gdansk pts 8 + 14 4 Gniezno pts 8 +7 5 Tarnow pts 8 --8 6 Ostrow pts 6 --47 7 Daugavpils pts 2 --49 8 Bydgoszcz pts 2 -- 93

Teams confirmed in Gorzow. Gorzow 9 Wozniak 10 Zmarzlik 11 Klindt 12 Thomsen 13 NKI - R/R(ZZ) 14 Jasinski 15 Karczmarz 16 Pytlewski Wroclaw 1 Janowski 2 Drabik 3 Berntzon 4 Fricke 5 Woffinden 6 Chugunov 7 M Curzytek

I`m on Maniak- it`s good.

Brilliant racing so far- Bydgoszcz giving it a right go !!

Batchelor joining Bydgoszcz.

Wasn`t selected under the following listing In accordance with the Regulations of the Competition for the Golden, Silver and Bronze Helmet, the following were nominated for the final competition for the Silver Helmet: - 10 players appointed to the junior national team for 2020 and - 6 players under 21 appointed by the coach of the national junior team, - 2 reserve players up to the age of 21 appointed by the coach of the national junior team

I have also been told by someone who should know that the meeting will also be livestreamed.

Teams confirmed in Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz 9 Huckenbeck 10 Brzozowski 11 Lyager 12 Ivacic 13 Lampart 14 Orwat 15 Bartoch 16 Blazykowski Torun 1 Kulakov 2 Musielak 3 Miedzinski 4 J Holder 5 C Holder 6 Marciniec 7 Kopec- Sobczynski 8 Rydlewski

Bet 365 go Gorzow --2 v Wroclaw Back to R/R for NKI tonight by the looks of it.

Line-up TBA- live on N sport

line-up Obsada:1. Karol Żupiński (Zdunek Wybrzeże Gdańsk)2. Przemysław Liszka (Betard Sparta Wrocław)3. Mateusz Świdnicki (Eltrox Włókniarz Częstochowa)4. Damian Stalkowski (Car Gwarant Kapi Meble Budex Start Gniezno)5. Wiktor Trofimow (Motor Lublin)6. Mateusz Cierniak (Unia Tarnów)7. Jakub Miśkowiak (Eltrox Włókniarz Częstochowa)8. Wiktor Lampart (Motor Lublin)9. Szymon Szlauderbach (Fogo Unia Leszno)10. Igor Kopeć-Sobczyński (eWinner Apator Toruń)11. Dominik Kubera (Fogo Unia Leszno)12. Marcin Turowski (MrGarden GKM Grudziądz)13. Rafał Karczmarz (Moje Bermudy Stal Gorzów)14. Norbert Krakowiak (RM Solar Falubaz Zielona Góra)15. Damian Pawliczak (RM Solar Falubaz Zielona Góra)16. Mateusz Tonder (RM Solar Falubaz Zielona GóraR1. Tomasz Orwat (Abramczyk Polonia Bydgoszcz)R2. Kamil Nowacki (PGG ROW Rybnik)

Bydgoszcz + 24 at home to Torun with Bet 365 Huckenbeck over 6 ??- he should get 6 rides

The Worlds top speedway bookmaker has to lead and i have been burning the midnight oil to come up with the spread for the 1st GP of the season. Please can everyone entering read the rules thoroughly. I have included both NKI and Smolinski in the spread in the hope they will be fit to take their place. This spread is only for the 1st round in Wroclaw on Friday August 28th start time 6pm UK time- i will issue the leader-board and spread for the 2nd GP in Wroclaw on Saturday August 29th as soon as possible certainly by 9 am Saturday. NB THIS SPREAD IS GP POINTS NOT HEAT/SEMI`s /FINAL POINTS Zmarzlik 15 - 17 Madsen 15 - 17 Sayfutdinov 13 - 15 Woffinden 13 - 15 Vaculik 11 - 13 A laguta 10 - 12 Zagar 8 - 10 Doyle 8 - 10 Janowski 8 - 10 Dudek 8 - 10 Lindgren 7 - 9 Fricke 4 - 6 NKI 3 - 5 lindback 3 - 5 Chugunov 2 - 4 Smolinski 2 - 4

Yes- it`s been reported that Tungate refused to sign as it would have probably been just the 1 meeting- because you cannot guest for more than one team.

This weeks matches Tuesday August 18th Vastervik v Vetlanda TV match Lejonen v rospiggarna Dackarna v Indianerna Piraterna v Masarna Thursday August 20th Indianerna v Lejonen TV match Vetlanda v Piraterna Masarna v Dackarna Rospiggarna v Vastervik

Klindt rides for Gorzow tonight.