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Meh....

Dudley Wood Road to Loomer Road at 11:20 pm on a Sunday... 59 minutes according to Google.

I doubt you could do that from Cradley Heath to Stoke 95% of the time.

I'm sure there are more but I can only think of Lidsey who rode Ekstraliga, Eliteserien & Premiership in 2025.

But if you have a stronger #1 you can't retain the strength in depth, that's the nature of team building under a points limit.

Blodorn's favourite UK track is Leicester. Aces only lost the fixture I went to see at Beaumont Park by 2 points due to an incredible ride by Fricke to split Kurtz & Bewley (after being passed Kurtz fell to give a further point away).

You'd rather watch Kurtz ride the NSS than Bewley... go see a shrink! No finer sight in the sport than Bewley throttle jockeying the NSS... (Sorry Ipswich fans). Plus he's more likely to miss the gate than Kurtz.

Out him is harsh. I wouldn't have Blodorn prioritised as a must retain, but if his average fitted then fine. A year at another Premiership track wouldn't do him any harm, if his average didn't fit with Aces team building plans.

Not convinced Blodorn is a shoe in for Aces next year with him taking up aU24 berth in Ekstraliga with Toruń. He's not really progressed as expected.

Would imagine Musielak will be on allot of people (Stars fans aside) want list as he struggled at Perry Barr and starts 2026 on a 6.3ish average. But it's not just UK where his average has gone down, in Poland's second tier he topped the averages a few years back with in excess of 10:00 (2.26 a ride) he's now not much over 8:00 (2.07 a ride). Still in his time as a Tiger he was always unbeatable at Owlerton on my (rare) visits.

I'd love Brennan to be back in Red & Black next year but if Ipswich are losing Sayfutdinov then they'll surely retain him.

Bewley has a better away average, 8.25 compared to Kurtz 7.76, is better to watch at the NSS and is more willing to team ride. But if Aces can keep both they surely will. Absolutely no point in preserving with Zischke for a year if they are to abandon him now when he's on a 3.00 reason, but h's on a 3.00 average for a reason because the reserves were what let Belle Vue down. Would have to look at the RS list when it's published to see if there is anyone preferable to Mulford. Cairns didn't really impress in his only NSS Premiership outing. Would only consider Lidsey if Kurtz/Bewley spearhead isn't possible.

Rybnik: Kvech, Wojdyło, Je.Knudsen (U24), Lampart, Jamróg, Tkocz (j), Trześniewski (j) Bydgoszcz: Łoktajew, Huckenbeck, Andrzejewski (U24), Woźniak, Buczkowski, Pawełczak (j), Przyjemski (j) + Brennan Krosno: Doyle, Becker, Birkemose (U24), Musielak, Chmiel, Kowalski (j), Wieszczak (j) Rzeszów: Jensen, Lyager, Sadurski (U24), Fajfer, Szczepaniak, Przybyło (j), Majewski (j), Rowe (U24) Poznań: Douglas, Berge, Pludra (U24), Iversen, Smektała, Musielak (j), Teska (j), Witkowski (j) Ostrów: Woffinden, Holder, Krawczyk (U24), Jakobsen, Czugunow, Sitek (j), Seniuk (j) Łódź: Berntzon, Lahti, Nagel (U24), Nowak, Szlauderbach, Lewandowski (j), Orgacki (j) + Z.Cook Piła: Nielsen, Seifert-Salk, ??? (U24), Cyfer, Jasiński, Żurek, ??? (j)

Add Anders Rowe & Krzysztof Sadurski

Doesn't matter where you put them, if Poland are not involved the Poles will not turn up for the semi-finals. The attendance for the SoN semi's at Torun this year was derisory. When Bydgoszcz & Leszno have hosted the SWC race-off previously the attendances have been poor. I'd host the semi's & race-off elsewhere... Güstrow, Pardubice & Daugavpils if they want to keep it central Europe. Just as an example: Semi 1 (Güstrow): Germany Denmark Sweden Qualifier 1st to final, 2nd to race-off. Semi2 (Pardubice): Czech Rep Australia Great Britain Qualifier 1st to final, 2nd to race-off. Race-off (Daugavpils): Latvia 2nd Semi 1 2nd Semi 2 Highest scoring 3rd placed team from Semi 1 & Semi 2.

If you've not watched these they are worth watching. https://ekstraliga.pl/en/se/before-pgee-gala-best-races-of-the-season

Bastian Pedersen to GKM Grudziądz

Marcin Nowak to Łódź

Oskar Fajfer to Rzeszów.

Mathias Pollestad will surely take the U24 berth at Gorzów? He's 21 in a month or so, so ineligible for reserve?

I see, so Bednar could be at reserve for Gorzów

You have listed these two riders as being in the reserve positions but they're not Polish?

Kacper Pludra to Poznań. Szymon Woźniak, Kai Huckenbeck, Aleksandr Łoktajew and Krzysztof Buczkowski retained by Bydgoszcz

Mathias Pollestad to Gorzów

Ignore