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You know myself and HenryW will be there for sure. We have attempted to persuade the Bydgoszcz Net Fans to join in the fun as well, but I will allow Lawrence or Mateusz to confirm. Rico

Polrail site will give you the times of the trains. Not sure what time the Leszno meeting is scheduled to start and would appreciate confirmation from any of our Polish chums. Edit - Mateusz confirms an 1800 hrs start time for the Leszno v Czestochowa match. Rico

Ryanair direct from Stansted to Wroclaw, £109.99 e/w + tax. Accomodation is easy to pick up, but you can book it online through various agencies. Ryanair are the only ones to fly direct to Wroclaw from UK at the moment. There are other options like Katowice, served by WizzAir, but they will involve a bit of a train trip. At this late stage you can only expect to pay through the nose for a flight on the budget airlines. You can also buy your stadium ticket in advance - would hate to see you turn up and see "Sold Out" in Polish at the gates. Rico

Ever met a poor bookmaker ? I'm sure if you've lumped on you are at least sweating somewhat. Rico

You know of course we will meet you in Wroclaw. Looking forward to it. Exellent. Trust you will be joining us on the back straight and not going in amongst the prawn sandwich brigade. Rico

Hey Kitten, Most of us have stated where we are staying at the start of this thread. Looking forward to meeting you finally. Rico

No I don't Tommy ! I do mean 28th August, the day after the Bydgoszcz GP. Rico

Czesc Tommy, Do you know the lower league fixtures for 28th August ? Rico

Was thinking the same Subedei but as I'll be cheering the Poles on I don't want to rock the boat with our lovely hosts ! Rico

Even Rune Holta ??? Rico

It is almost certain that the Wroclaw v Tarnow match will be switched to Tarnow as there is usually something in the contract with BSI that the club are not allowed to run home matches on the Sunday. This is certainly the case with the GPs and I'd imagine the same will apply for SWC. We still await final confirmation from our Polish friends that this is the case though. Rico

Err, yes , but just to confirm I was stone cold sober at the time. Rico

Chairs outside Highlander bar, main square, after the race-off. That was easy wasn't it Rico

These are the Ekstraliga fixtures scheduled for 21 (EDITED) August (see postings below) Czestochowa or Leszno v Bydgoszcz Tarnow or Wroclaw v Torun Zielona Gora v Gdansk None of these are particularly close to Bydgoszcz. Not sure about the Division 1 or 2 fixtures scheduled for that weekend, perhaps one of our Polish chums could confirm.[/code] Rico

Myself and HenryW will be taking in the SWC play-off and final as part of a mini-tour of Poland. In answer to your questions 1. Radisson 2. on the back straight as per GP 3. Piwo, piwo, piwo and the odd vodka, doubtless be found in the Highlander bar on the main square at some point. Hopefully a meet can be arranged with Tommy and the Kitten. 4. Polska Polska Polska 5. Going to Leszno, then on to Poznan after the meeting Rico

Totally agree Tommy ! Hopefully we will see you there as it looks like the ZG visit is off and we are going elsewhere. Rico

I knew I had seen a link somewhere. Cheers Subedei. And an excellent comment re the GP name. Rico

That is some recommendation coming from a ZG fan Tommy If they got good seats in the stadium (or solid benches even) it would be perfect. Rico

Well, final league table decided. 7 August Fixtures will be Leszno v Czestochowa Tarnow v Wroclaw * * The fixture is scheduled to be in Wroclaw but assuming the usual that Wroclaw are not allowed to race at home on that day (part of BSI contract) the match will be switched. Rico

Super bargain tickets. Play-off and Final tickets together cost less than a ticket for the meeting at Swindon. Oh yes, but your pockets will be a lot lighter. Rico

Just picking ours up on the Thursday at the stadium. Never had a problem with that method. If you want to send me the message your received BB by e-mail I will get it translated for you. Rico

Tickets I believe are going on sale on e-ticket on August 11. I am sure I saw this on the website, though best just to keep an eye on the SGP site who should provide confirmation in due course once the SWC is out the way. Last year I believe it involved sending money via the banks which adds a lot to the cost, however we didn't bother pre-ordering and just picked tickets up at practice. Given it was a sell-out last year I am not quite so comfortable doing this therefore ....... This year, thanks to the kindness of Mateusz, we are leaving him some money when we meet in Wroclaw and he is going to get our tickets for us. Rico

Tommy, What does 'siema' mean. Can't find that in my dictionaries. Hopefully see you in Wroclaw, if not then definitely in ZG. We are hoping Kitten and yourself will give us a guided tour of the city (bars ). Rico

Czesc Tommy, We are going to Zielona Gora on the Sunday, but hopefully this will be in the evening after having seen a match at Leszno. We are staying in ZG for a couple of nights before heading on to Poznan. Rico

Tommy, 5th and 4th are scheduled to race that day as well, hence why I am hoping Leszno finish 5th, therefore race at home on the day after the SWC final. I wish ZKZ good fortune in their race-off ! Full schedule for the play-offs in Ekstraliga are as follows (courtesy of the WTS Wrocław site are as follows 7 August 6 - 3, 5 - 4 14 August 3 - 6, 4 - 5 28 August 4/5 - 1 (semi-final) 3/6 - 2 (semi-final) 8 - 7 4 September 1 - 4/5 (semi-final) 2 - 3/6 (semi-final) 7 - 8 11 September final 25 September final Rico