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Most likely they would. You must remember that the current situation concerning speedway worlwide, and the UK particulary is due to the current political situation. In the 50'/60' there was still the Iron Curtain and it would not possible for the likes of Briggs, Moore, Fundin or Mauger to ride in the Polish League on the daily basis. Only thanks to Solidarnosc and the collapse of Iron Curtain Hans Nielsen was allowed to ride for Lublin in Poland, thus showing others the way.

You're not the only one. Emil Sayfutdinov thinks the same and for the 2nd year running will not compete for the World title. The Russian rider believes that he is not adequately prepared to battle for the GP medals at the world championships. - "The Grand Prix is a special game. To ride in it you have to have arranged everything accordingly. This applies to mental issues, logistics and equipment base. To obtain a good results, tone also needs a bit of luck. GP cycle is difficult to compare with the SEC, where there are only four rounds. The Grand Prix have twelve of them and one practically has to be focused just on them running from one GP competition to another. For me, it's too tiring. When I competed in it, there was always a moment when I was sick of seeing a motorcycle. Last season was different for me. I was focused only on the league and on the SEC appearances. I had more time for myself, I was able to relax between events. Thanks to this I managed to get satisfying results, and being on a bike brought me only joy - said Emil Sayfutdinov in an interview with the Polish newspaper "Glos Wielkopolski".

found on Yahoo speedway group : "The inaugural round of the Grand Prix 2015 will be held in April at the National Stadium in Warsaw. Information on the organisation of the competition has been revealed in an interview with „ Tygodnik Zuzlowy” ( Speedway Weekly) by the president of the Polish Automobile Association (PZMot) Mr. Andrzej Witkowski. The first round of the 2015 cycle is to be held on April 25th. The organiser of the competition for Individual Speedway World Championship at Poland's National Stadium in Warsaw will be the PZMot, and the agreement with the BSI, promoters of the cycle, will apply for the next three years. The Warsaw round of the Grand Prix wild card will go to Tomasz Gollob. The press conference, which will present all the details of the planned event, is to be held on November 13th at the National Stadium and will be attended, among others, by Tomasz Gollob. "

Yes indeed... good old Wikipedia...what I found out here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_countries_by_average_wage is that the average UK monthly wage was $3460.00 while in Poland $945.00

You forgot to mention that 5 pounds in Poland goes five time longer than in the UK

Interesting... KK when asked by the Polish interviewer what he thought about his and Nicki Pedersen's clash - replied: -Nicki Pedersen nie szanuje innych. Inni też go nie będą szanować. -Nicki does not respect others. Others will also not respect him.

Oh no, he had not... he is testing new engines :-

According to sportowefakty.pl it looks like this: heat 1 Bartosz Zmarzlik Jason Doyle Jarosław Hampel Dakota North heat 2 Peter Kildemand Piotr Pawlicki Andreas Jonsson Tomasz Gollob heat 3 Kacper Woryna Grigorij Łaguta Krzysztof Kasprzak Matej Zagar heat 4 Jason Doyle Tomasz Gollob Dakota North Piotr Pawlicki hat 5 Krzysztof Kasprzak Peter Kildemand Kacper Woryna Andreas Jonsson heat 6 Grigorij Łaguta Jarosław Hampel Matej Zagar Bartosz Zmarzlik heat 7 Kacper Woryna Dakota North Krzysztof Kasprzak Jason Doyle heat 8 Andreas Jonsson Bartosz Zmarzlik Peter Kildemand Jarosław Hampel heat 9 Piotr Pawlicki Matej Zagar Tomasz Gollob Grigorij Łaguta hat 10 Dakota North Jarosław Hampel Jason Doyle Bartosz Zmarzlik heat 11 Tomasz Gollob Andreas Jonsson Piotr Pawlicki Peter Kildemand heat 12 Matej Zagar Krzysztof Kasprzak Grigorij Łaguta Kacper Woryna --- heat 13 - nominated --- heat 14 - nominated --- heat 15 - nominated

I don't know about jokers, but according to falubaz.com there are going to be 20 heats 1: Sundstrom, Ward, Loktaev, Kasprzak 2: Sayfutdinov, Jonsson, Iversen, Pedersen 3: Hampel, Hancock, Pawlicki, Bech 4: Janowski, Protasiewicz, Laguta, Holder 5: Adamczewski, Grajczonek, Rosen, Bach 6: Hancock, Laguta, Sayfutdinov, Loktaev 7: Jonsson, Holder, Bech, Ward 8: Iversen, Sundstrom, Janowski, Hampel 9: Pedersen, Kasprzak, Protasiewicz, Pawlicki 10: Rosen, Bach, Adamczewski, Grajczonek 11: Pawlicki, Loktaev, Holder, Iversen 12: Kasprzak, Janowski, Hancock, Jonsson 13: Ward, Pedersen, Hampel, Laguta 14: Bech, Sayfutdinov, Sundstrom, Protasiewicz 15: Bach, Rosen, Grajczonek, Adamczewski 16: Laguta, Pawlicki, Jonsson, Sundstrom 17: Loktaev, Bech, Pedersen, Janowski 18: Holder, Hampel, Kasprzak, Sayfutdinov 19: Grajczonek, Adamczewski, Bach, Rosen 20: Protasiewicz, Iversen, Ward, Hancock

disclocated shoulder. Nicki is being taken to the Tarnow hospital

Yes. 2 top one direct to the grand final. the other 8 in two semi finals. Winners to the grand final

To make it more clear I'd like to add that originally in The ExtraLeague Individual Championship two riders from each Polish clubs were to take part. One Polish and one overseas rider with the highest CMA following the 10th round of the ExtraLeague competition. However, due to clashes with other tournaments, Niels Kristian Iversen, Andreas Jonsson, Michael Jepsen Jensen and Pawel Przedpełski will be missing. Earlier, due to injury Peter Kildemand and Gregory Walasek had to withdraw. Their place will be taken by Emil Sajfutdinow, Adrian Miedzinski, Piotr Protasiewicz and Matej Zagar. The Russian starts in place of Jepsen Jensen, because in the Częstochowa line-up there is no more foreign riders. Thus, Torun will have three representatives in the competition. In contrast, Zielona Gora will have two Poles. The tournament in Tarnow will be conducted according to the new formula. After the main round of 20 heats, two of the best riders will advance directly to the great final. In turn, riders with placed 3-10 will compete in two semi-finals. The winners of these two semis will start in the decisive race of the day .

There is no talk about "performance enhancing", or "recreational drugs" - these terms are used in the UK. We are talking about the presence of prohibited substances. Acording to reports these substances are prohibited in Poland but not - or example - in Sweden, where Dudek was also tested.

Trees, pull another one. How come you don't care about the comp, if you comment on it.

We all know that speedway riders whilst riding on all kind of tracks are exposed to danger. To minimise it some years ago air filled fences were introduced to protect them. It seems that not everywhere. When you look here: https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t1.0-9/p180x540/10417659_4234433356754_2752396118744457455_n.jpg one wonders who gave permission to stage a speedway meeting on such a venue. My sincere condolences to Grzegorz's family (wife and small daughter) R.I.P.

...and Andy "Whoosh" Huszcza, both used to ride for Hackney Hawks. Those were the days...

Nice to see in the comentator,s box two ex-hawks, Super Zenon and andy "whoosh" Huszcza

Gapinski instead of Linus sundstroem

I don't know how old you are, but it seems that you've never seen Zenon Plech in action at the Wick, or elsewhere.

I just can't believe what I'm reading. "A DECENT wage in Poland would be 600/900 zlotys." Mr. Rising you've chosen wrong people to talk to. People who know a little bit more than Polish speedway mechanic would tell you that THE MINIMUM wage in Poland stands at 1'600 PLN. It's not much, I know, but nowhere near 600/900 zl. I read elsewhere that there is a certain "propaganda" beamed from Polish sources allegedly close to OneSport. What would you call your posts? Was the Eurosport TV truck in Togliati hijacked and stripped bare? or is it another piece of propaganda? Mr. Rising, I am not interested in "floating stories". From the person of your status I would expect confirmed facts.

The soap opera called „Speedway Grand Prix in Russia” is likely to have a new episode. Speedway venue in Togliati has been ready to organize the GP tournament, for years, but the BSI was not. It looks as though they have finally arrived at their senses. Talks about the SGP event in Russia have been going on for years. Russian promotors want to organize speedway with the best riders in the world. Russian fans want to see them in action on their home soil. How great is the demand for this type of event, was in evidence during last year SEC event in Togliati. Head of speedway in Togliatti, a longtime vice president of the local speedway club Mega-Lada, Alexei Stepanov is a man who over the years was engaged in talks with BSI. They (the BSI) were very categorical. They agreed to see us because we asked them to do so. Unfortunately, they did not accept our proposals. The situation mentioned by Stepanov took place in July 2011, during the SWC final in Gorzow .The talks lasted for some time afterwards and finally were broken. They said that if we wanted the Grand Prix in Russia, we had to put at their disposal two planes, pay unimaginable amounts of money and things like that- said the Russian promoter. After last year SEC event organized by us in Togliatti the attitude towards us from the BSI people has noticeably changed - he added. After the European Championship tournament they have probably realized that no planes are needed, that after all we can be reached by road.The most famous speedway riders came to compete on our track and I did not hear any complaints- said the Russian. The broken talks are to be resumed in late May, at the Grand Prix in Prague. We have received an invitation from the BSI to continue our talks about the organization of one of their tournaments.On the 31st of May we're flying to Prague. How it will end? I'm not really able to predict - said Alexei Stepanov. source: sportowefakty.pl

Well said New Science ! The thing is that BSI overestimated Polish fans cash-flow. Tickets for over 100 PLN are not for ordinary Polish fan.

I would argue that the SGP is no longer the crowd puller it once was. BTW where did you hear about Bydgoszcz basketball team as a crowd puller Sayfutdinov's is disappointed you say? First time I hear that. Daria on Polish TV asked him straight whether he is disppointed, or not. And he answered that he is not. So your story is just not true.

Easter Monday ExtraLiga fixture at Torun has been completely sold out. Over 15 thousand fans will be supporting the local Angels against Wroclaw. The entry tickets were sold in a few minutes. The price - 1.00 PLN roughly £0.20 each (!) If you wonder why so cheap? the answer is - part of the Torun's punishment for walking out of the last year play off final return match at Zielona Gora