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Wow! that must be a big surprise. After all these promises that he will never ride in Poland again. He said on the Lublin website that he was tempted with offers from Polish clubs which he rejected over the last few years. What mattered to him - apparently - was the right conditions, and money was not one of them. I wonder what he meant by 'right conditions'

No chance ! Jerzy Dudek, Liverpool's and Poland's football national team goalkeeper tops the table with earning of 2 500 000 British Punds. Tomasz Gollob, with 260 000 GBP has been ranked as the 38th highest earner in Polish sport. The other speedway riders in the top 100 are Jarek Hampel - 55 (176 000 GBP), Piotr Protasiewicz - 60 (148 000 GBP), Rune Holta - 68 (126 000 GBP) and Janusz Kolodziej - 98 (75 000 GBP ) .

It looks as though Czestochowa's management went for a kill. :-(... and I won't believe a word of it untill I hear Holta's statement.

Polish medias published some detailed reports regarding this infamous conference, and here is what I managed to pick up from them. Czestochowa's chairman, Mr Maslanka, said that the money for 2006 season at his disposal is not the same as in the past season, and his riders had to accept cuts. But Rune was offered a litle more than last year. When other club entered the bargaining and offered him more money, Czestochowa could not even match it. So in an amicable way we had say good buy to each other - said Maslanka. After his speech it was turn for Rune Holta, who for this conference had specially prepared written text. Once he started to read it the atmosphere within the conference room has changed completely. Holta began with claims and accusations directed straight at the management. The management of the club knew that I was ready to sign the contract immediately after the end of season. I gave them only two conditions. Before I was going to sign a new contract I wanted to be paid money I earned in the 2005 season, and that they should choose between me and another rider. We shook hands and Mr. Mslanka promised me that he won't be signing that other rider. What's happened? Without any telephone call or any other communication with me, the agreement with that other rider was signed. I am still waiting for the money that I earned in more than 10 matches. It is not nice to tell people that I wanted "crazy" money (to sign the new contract). Money never has been an issue. After all I have been loyal to this club for the last seven years. If this was not the case, and if I was thinking only about the money, I would leave this club few years earlier. I have had the offers from other clubs which I've turned down." Rune then thanked Czestochowa fans for seven years spent with them. "In the end, he said - when I realized that one thing is said and another is being done, I decided that the best step forward for me will be changing the club. I believe that Rzeszow is well organized, young and prospective club with a future, but nobody knows what the future will bring. I am sure one thing. Nobody should ring me up from Czestochowa until the club will change its management. I simply lost confidence and trust towards the people now in control. I will always remember marvelous fans and they always will have a special place in my heart. I thank all my friends, all those who have been with me and supported me. For that special period in my live I say "thank you" to them. As one can imagine "a storm" erupted after Holta concluded his prepared speech. Claim and contra claims began flying across the conference table. During that time the name of that "other" rider (Sebastian Ulamek) has been mentioned by someone in the audience. It is worth mentioning that Holta is not the first rider who complained about Ulamek. Few years ago the same claims were raised by Slawomir Drabik, Ryan Sullivan and Grzegorz Walasek At that time Holta revealed also the amount owned to him by Czestochowa - 40 000 Euros. The Conference's atmosphere was thickening minute by minute when finally the Czestochowa's chairman decided enough is enough and called it off.

[B]And I was lead to believe that foreigners cannot buy properties in Poland. Not yet anyway:-). Where was this function held ? The pictures are great, as usual - keep posting[/b]

Hi Tony, Sure, I can put you in touch with the person(s) who took pictures at the unveiling ceremony. Just drop me a line at chrom@btinternet.com regards RomanC Ps. For anyone interested in more pictures from the ceremony go to: http://www.stalgorzow.pl/galeria/albumy/2o...carza/index.php

Wimbledon's fans of the 70's will no doubt remember Eddie Jancarz, one of the best ever speedway riders from Poland gracing British tracks. 'Steady Eddie" , at the club level, apart from Wimbledon, rode only for one club in his home country, Gorzow. The town he was born in and where he learned to ride speedway. In those days when one spoke about Gorzow it meant speedway, and if it was speedway then it meant Jancarz and his Stal Gorzow Club. Last Sunday the people of Gorzow, headed by Zenon Plech, the other half of the Gorzow speedway pair that made the name of their town famous worldwide, unveiled Jancarz's monument This unique tribute ( is there anywhere in the world another monument devoted to a speedway rider) was conceived by his former friends and colleagues and the funding came from the public collection . pictures at: http://www.sportowefakty.pl/index.phpdysc_...1&news_id=93210

In my understanding , once Poland joined the EU, the opening of the Polish clubs to the foreign 'invasion' was bound to happened. Polish speedway may come to regret it, but the decision had been taken elsewhere. And not today, but sometime in the past.

the new date for Polish Golden Helmet is Friday, October 14th

Well, nobody told me as such. I just two (Pecyna) and two (Wolf Cry) together :-)

Well, I don't know who TNT133 is, but little bird tells me he got his information from Pecyna himself :-)

... is that all ? :-)

Yes, he did...and the appeal body could not establish beyond any doubt that he did kick Holta, so they let him off. What a farce it turned out to be. To be honest I have had just enough ! One farce chasing another. How anyone can take speedway seriously. I can't anymore.

Polish Tv can be had (free of charge) through digital (FTA free to air) satellite receiver costing around 50.00 GBP. You will also need a bigger dish than SKY, abouth 85cm, and an attachment to that dish, called LNB. Direct your dish on 13.0 degree East where you'll find Hiot Bird satellite, through which you will have literally hundreds free channels. Among them there will be Polsat TV channel which since beginning of this season has been covering Polish EkstraLiga speedway matches. Admittely the matches Polsat TV is showing are the re-runs at about 11.30 pm on Sundays. The original, live coverage is done through Polsat Sport, and for that you have to pay (in Poland) an annual fee. If you don't mind watching Polish speedway few hours later than the live show then Hotbird FTA satellite receiver is for you. Pitty that the season is coming to the end though.

...and, what i failed to add, Torun will be witout Crump and Smith who will ride for Belle Vue in the Elite League play-offs.

Yes it is !

I agree ! BTW, why is it called 'Conference League' ?What 'Conference" has to do with it ?

(...) Andy Smith (Torun) and Rune Holta (Czestochowa) who ride on Polish licences. I am afraid you're wrong. They are both Polish citizens, i.e., hold Polish passports. So acording to the Law they are both Polish and have the same rights, and duties, as other Poles.

Results: 1. Jason Crump 3-2-0-3-3 = 11 2. Robert Miskowiak 0-1-3-2-1 = 7 3. Maciei Kuciapa 1-2-1-1-3 = 8 4. Wieslaw Jagus 2-0-0-3-EF = 5 5. Piotr Paluch 1-1-0-2-1 = 5 6. Tomasz Chrzanowski 2-2-2-1-EF = 7 7. Kamil Brzozowski 0-0-2-0-0 = 2 8. David Ruud 3-1-2-0-2 = 8 9. Hans Andersen 1-3-0-2-2 = 8 10. Michal Rajkowski 0-0-1-0-1 = 2 11. Leigh Adams 2-3-1-3-3 = 12 12. Damian Balinski 3-2-1-2-2 = 10 13. Mark Loram F-0-3-1-1 = 5 14. Tony Rickardsson 2-3-3-1-2 = 11 15. Pawel Hlib 1-1-2-F-EF = 4 16. Rune Holta 3-3-3-3-3 = 15 Final Crump, Holta, Adams, Rickardsson