4thbender Posted Saturday at 02:58 PM Report Share Posted Saturday at 02:58 PM Does Polish speedway have a Polski equivalent to the Ben Fund for when injury causes riders to fall on hard times, or do they just pack them off back to the UK for the ever-generous British fans to take care of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted Saturday at 03:46 PM Report Share Posted Saturday at 03:46 PM 44 minutes ago, 4thbender said: Does Polish speedway have a Polski equivalent to the Ben Fund for when injury causes riders to fall on hard times, or do they just pack them off back to the UK for the ever-generous British fans to take care of? Not sure, however, the Polish teams tend to foot the bill for the riders rehab, regardless of where they were riding when they got their injuries.. And it can easily run into high five figure costs... Meaning the rider's UK team can benefit from their rider coming back quicker... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanBrannan Posted 9 hours ago Report Share Posted 9 hours ago In a word, no. The Ben Fund is the only charity in the world to offer the type of help it does. Particularly when you consider those with long term or life changing injuries, or ex riders who perhaps decades after finishing needing treatment for an issue caused by their riding days. Poland do cover a lot of expenses, and the treatment is faster, and often better as there are surgeons who understand speedway injuries. Polish clubs spend a huge amount getting a rider back fit, but there are also examples in the past of riders being paid up front for part of their polish contracts and then having to repay that money to the clubs as they missed meetings too. The Ben Fund is more about supporting riders and families while they’re not earning though with costs of bills etc. Rather than purely paying for treatment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDY69 Posted 5 hours ago Report Share Posted 5 hours ago On 7/4/2026 at 3:58 PM, 4thbender said: Does Polish speedway have a Polski equivalent to the Ben Fund for when injury causes riders to fall on hard times, or do they just pack them off back to the UK for the ever-generous British fans to take care of? No, no equivalent. I also don't think the Ben Fund is just for British riders, so what you say is true in terms of independent financial support to riders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castrolargh Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 4 hours ago, SPEEDY69 said: No, no equivalent. I also don't think the Ben Fund is just for British riders, so what you say is true in terms of independent financial support to riders. I don't think its for solely British riders either, more for incidents that occur racing in Britain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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