racers and royals

All times Polish time Round 1 Saturday March 30th Lodz v Ostrow Eleven sport 20.15 Sunday March 31st Gniezno v Gdansk Polsat Sport 14.30pm Round 2 Saturday April 6th Rybnik v Lodz Eleven sport 20.15pm Sunday April 7th Gdansk v Tarnow Polsat sport 14.30pm Round 3 Saturday April 13th Tarnow v Ostrow Eleven sport 20.15pm Sunday April 14th Gniezno v Rybnik Polsat Sport 14.30pm Round 4 Monday April 22nd(Easter Monday) Lodz v Gniezno Eleven sport start time TBA Sunday April 28th Rybnik v Tarnow Polsat Sport 14.30pm

Eleven Sport Poland. No information as yet on Foreign TV deals for Polish league as far as i`m aware so every chance Premier/Freesports will again show. The Extraleague i`m sure would like others to be interested in bidding ie BT or SKY but not sure that will happen. With all 4 matches in each round being televised live domestically in Poland- Eleven 2 on Friday`s and N sport 2 on Sunday`s it will be interesting how many matches per round they will make available or be able to sell to foreign TV stations.

Not sure if this has been posted before but " left turn" is the story of World ice speedway champion Dmitry Koltakov

" scenic horse" is right for Zmarzlik- he galloped away at the top of the averages- or you could say he won it in a canter.

Found photo here(bottom photo) http://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/31498343/photos-of-park-royal-white-city-and-charlton#flvWelcomeHeader

Round 2 world championship Day 1 Saturday February 9th Shadrinsk Russia

Keep up Bavarian - already posted on previous page by yours truly

Forgot that. Blimey practice is going to be a long affair now. It`s going to be nearly long enough for the riders required for the Extraleague fixtures to make it there.

As i say i don`t expect any sympathy but other bookmakers price up on the morning of the GP. I however being the no 1 Bookmaker betting on speedway always price up at least 7 days before them and unable to alter the spread once posted, i am therefore always sweating on riders getting injured and now no longer a random draw. I haven`t become No 1 by accident as i will prove once again in 2019

This is from the GP website " Each rider will get the option to take four practice runs in groups of three during a free practice session. The order in which riders take to the track will be predetermined by the FIM – not by the 2018 championship positions." Presumably the meeting WC gets his chance along with the 15 permanent riders to choose his start position - in which case 16 does not divide by 3 !! Edit wonder if that should have read 3 practice runs in groups of 4 ??

Not sure if you punters are going to have a lot of sympathy for the poor old bookie- but yesterday`s announcement of qualifying times setting draw positions makes my job even harder. You can be assured however that i will leave no stone unturned in ensuring it`s Bookies 1 punters 0

He is talking about the free practice before the flying laps, which determine 1 to 16 start. Presumably the slowest in free practice goes 1st in the flying laps.

Grigorij Laguta is riding for Lublin after May 15th- his suspension ends on March 11th but lublin cannot include him until the transfer window opens.

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Gorzow Zmarzlik Czestochowa Madsen,Lindgren,Zagar Wroclaw Woffinden,Janowski Torun Doyle,NKI Grudziadz Lindback,Laguta Zielona Gora Dudek,Vaculik Unaffected Sayfutdinov,Kolodziej,Hancock so 31st may 5 riders August 1st 7 riders

31st May Wroclaw v Lublin Torun v Gorzow 1st August Lublin v Czestochowa Grudziadz v Zielona Gora

I see all the promoters have pledged a £1 - see the PDF link

And get allocated the draws no one wants- Woffinden etc are going to be well pleased at that thought !!!

Who do we know that may have software that could tell us the stats from the 2018 comp as regards the most successful draw over the series down to the least successful ?

It will be interesting to see what the riders percieve to be the best draw. Hopefully this move by the FIM/BSI will mean the riders collectively ask the Extraleague to move the fixtures scheduled which clash with GP qualifying

Can’t link the article at moment but fastest times in qualifying will get choice of start position

46000 tickets sold

Official FIM film of opening round in Almaty with commentary by the excellent Alex Raby

Some great news in today`s " star" regarding Eleven sports Extraleague league coverage this season. Marcelina Rutkowska is their new presenter

Report in today`s " star " that Rye House owner Warren Scott has been declared bankrupt.