racers and royals

R and R bookmakers are delighted to announce that the competition is back for a 6th year, and thanks to the generosity of the last 4 winners I have been able to donate the winners prize to Speedway charities. last seasons winner Mickthemuppet asked for the prize to go to the " kim Jansson fund" sadly I have not been able to do this as twice(via PM) I have requested from Mick details on where to send the cheque to- this information has not been forthcoming. If I don`t hear shortly , I will send the money off to the BEN fund. I and all the other major bookies have enjoyed a month with the sun on our backs in Barbados and am now back raring to get stuck into my yearly battle with you "speedway punters" RULES Each contestant MUST place bets in all 10 rounds -in the event of having no money left they are out of the competition Each player starts with £400. MAXIMUM BET PER GP IS £200.minimum bet per GP is £20(or total balance if less than £20) minimum bet per rider is £10. All bets can be edited upto the advertised starting time of the meeting. If a rider is injured before a round starts then the bet is voided on that rider, or bets can be amended upto the meeting start time. If a rider starts a meeting but is injured and cannot continue THE BET STANDS but any points scored by the reserves count towards the injured riders score. If any rider is excluded for a starting offence the reserve points scored do not get added. To ensure fair play bets for the final round may be required to be PM`d to me instead of normal posting. If a meeting is called off at heat 16 then the spread will be adjusted to 4/5th`s of the original. If a meeting is called off at or after 20 heats the spreads stand. HOW TO PLAY One must bet on a rider to score MORE OR LESS than the spread-the HIGHER figure is taken for MORE bets and the LOWER for LESS bets-the mid between the two is what I expect them to score-and they add up to 138 which is the total points available in a GP EXAMPLE These might be 3 of the spreads for the 1st GP of the season Woffinden 10 - 12 .Hancock 7 - 9 Cook 3 - 5 Player 1 might think Woffinden will score more than 12 in Warsaw so bets £100 MORE. If Woffinden scored 15 he would win (15-12 =3) X £100 which is £300. If he only scored 8 he would LOSE (12-8=4) X £100 which is £400 and be out of the competition. Player 2 might think Hancock will score less than 7 and bets £200 LESS Hancock scored 5 so wins (7-5=2) X £200 which is £400. If he scored 11 he would LOSE (11-7=4) X £200 which is £800 and he would be out of the competition. Player 3 might think Cook will have a stormer and bet £200 MORE than 5 . if he scored 8 he would win (8-5=3) X £200 which is £600. however if Cook scored the mid-spread of 4 he would LOSE (5-4=1) x £200 which is £200 . As soon as the wildcard is announced and I have some 2018 form to go on I will post the spread for the opening GP in the Polish capital Warsaw on Saturday May 12th

So you wouldn`t have watched it even if it had started at 7.30pm UK time !!!! I will ask BSI if they resurrect the Australian GP can they run it in the morning local time- so that it`s evening our time !!!!

Just set the SKY box or equivalent and record it, don`t check any scores and watch it "delayed live" in the evening. Sorted !!!!!!

Pretty sure there is a tradition of running German bank holiday meetings during the daytime-as it`s the final round I expect a decent crowd in Landshut.

From the SBP website " In this year's edition, six sponsor teams will take part in the competition. Teams' roster are filled with riders, who gained international successes last year. Fans will witness racing by guys like Greg Hancock, Emil Sayfutdinov, Patryk Dudek or Andzejs Lebedevs. Each of the three rounds will consist 15 heats of the main series (5 rounds of starts, each team against each other), 2 semi-finals and final heat. What's interesting, comparing it to the last years, winner of the main series will not secure their spot in the final heat. In the semis, we'll have teams from positions 1-4. This team, which will win the main series, will have an option to choose their rival in the semi-final (from positions 2-4). Winners of the semis go straight to the final." After the end of the round, general classification will be filled according to positions with points: 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1. 1st 2 team squads announced FOGO POWER Emil Sayfutdinov Piotr Pawlicki Jarek Hampel MONSTER Greg Hancock Chris Holder Pawel Przedpelski Jack Holder Definitely on Eurosport again this season.

Offical FIM TV video of Togliatti 17th/18th February

Thanks- the 6 months deal isn’t over expensive. Probably will take out early April

What did you pay ? and is it a stream to say a laptop ?

Togliatti video 17th February day 1 Togliatti video 18th February day 2

Looks as if they still have Polsat and Eleven so will have the 2 Nice Polska league matches on every week, so still might be worth considering. I`m just hoping that the Poles won`t be clamping down as much on the streamers as they have in the UK recently- what streams there are for N sport will obviously be used more with Wizja gone.

That`s a good question- it looks as if the Canal plus group channels have been removed. Maybe a deal can`t be agreed. There have been questions on the Wizja tv facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pg/wizjatv-135821620148166/community/?mt_nav=0 and one I translated, the punter wasn`t happy. A Polish speaker might be able to add more information- Pawel or Roman ?

FIM official video Astana 3rd/4th Feb FIM official video Shadrinsk 10th/11th feb

This might have been asked before - does anybody know of anyone still alive who attended that first meeting 90 years ago this weekend ?

Just had a look and it appears to be working ok.

Round 2 announced for Rzeszow Friday April 20th start time 7.15 pm UK time

Martin Vaculik and ANO for Slovakia

Top 15 in the rankings- don’t think there will be a qualifying meeting. In the SWC they have had 12 countries - so shouldn’t be a problem finding another 3

Yes i know that but after 21 races on day 1 nothing whatsoever is decided- if they are selling tickets seperately for the 2 days i think the Polish fans will turn up( in the main ) on the 2nd day

What is there to gain by having the final over 2 days- apart from making a weekend of it ? Will any Polish fans turn up on the 1st day ??

The Extraleague are sorted and should not change from the opening post. The Nice league will probably decide on the Sat/Sun fixtures in blocks of about 6 weeks- all to do with the tv requirements of Polsat and Eleven. Polsat are Sunday’s and Eleven Saturday. I would think the 1st block should be through by early March. The 2nd division clubs are talking about the possibility of streaming a match a week- whether that is free or pay per view has yet to be decided.

240 miles- it would have to be over 1000 for me to consider Finland instead !!!!!

4th August at Leszno(IMP)- not a bad weekend for watching Speedway in Poland !!!!

Not really because they were hoping the "Racino " would fund most of the build. plus the lease was running out.

Do you mean the Dore family when they sold it to Stadia UK ? If so they had hardly spent a penny on it for many a year and it needed a lot of money spent- which Stadia UK did spend.

Ticket details for the meeting( IMME) start time 6pm local have been announced- Google translation The sale of tickets for the PGE Individual International Ekstraliga Championship has begun, which will take place on August 5 at 18:00 at the Speedway stadium. Zbigniew Podlecki at ul. Players 1. This is the fifth edition of the championships, and the third competition in a row in Gdansk. Again, it promises to be a great, cinder holiday during the holiday season. This time the competition will take place earlier than last year, but still during the Dominikański Fair (28/07/2018 - 19/08/2018), which is a big attraction on the Coast. Tickets for the competition can be purchased online http://speedwayevents.kupbilet.pl/sport/zuzel/sw0273, as well as speedway-shop.pl; or directly - shop kibicfanshop.pl in Gdańsk, ul. Marynarki Polskiej 98 from Monday to Friday from 8.00 - 16.00, Empik stores and STS points throughout Poland. • Grandstand: PLN 50 in pre-sale until 22.07, 60 PLN from 23.07 • Normal: PLN 22 in pre-sale until 22.07, PLN 30 from 23.07 • Children up to 12 years of age: PLN 15 • Program: 15 PLN • Children up to 4 years of age: PLN 1 • Hospitality & VIP Tickets: PLN 299 for pre-sale, up to 22.07, PLN 399 for 23.07 (place in the best part of the stadium vis a vis start and finish, program of events, dedicated set of gifts, entrance to the park before and after the tournament, opportunity to take photos with players, parking, catering).