DIVISION ONE RESULTS
SATURDAY, JUNE 4 REGULAR SEASON: ROUND 8 GDANSK 51 Adrian Gala ......................1 3 3 3 X - - 10 Rasmus Jensen ..............2 2* 1 1* 3 - - 9+2 Jakub Jamrog ................3 3 2 3 2* - - 13+1 Viktor Trofimov ................X 1 1* 1 - - - 3+1 Timo Lahti........................3 3 3 2 3 - - 14 Milosz Wysocki................F 0 0 - - - - 0 Kamil Marciniec ..............1 0 1 - - - - 2 Piotr Gryszpinski ............dnr Team manager: Eryk Jozwiak LODZ 39 Norbert Kosciuch ............0 2 0 0 - - - 2 Marcin Nowak ................1 1* 2 2 2 - - 8+1 Brady Kurtz......................2 2 2 3 1 0 - 10 Luke Becker ....................3 0 1* 2 - - - 6+1 Niels-Kristian Iversen ....2 1 3 0 1 - - 7 Mateusz Dul ....................2* 1 0 - - - - 3+1 Aleksander Grygolec ......3 0 X - - - - 3 Nikodem Bartoch ............dnr Team manager: Michal Widera Aggregate: Gdansk 89 Lodz 90 Referee: Rafal Kobak
SATURDAY, JUNE 4 REGULAR SEASON: ROUND 8 GNIEZNO 36 Antonio Lindback ............1 3 1 1 3 2 - 11 Szymon Szlauderbach....1 2* 0 0 - - - 3+1 Michael Jepsen Jensen..0 1* 2 - - - - 3+1 Ernest Koza ....................2 2 0 0 2* - - 6+1 Oskar Fajfer ....................1* 1 3 3 1 R - 9+1 Mikolaj Czapla ................2 0 0 - - - - 2 Marcel Studzinski ..........1* 0 1 - - - - 2+1 Kacper M. Grzelak ..........dnr Team manager: Bartosz Skrzeszewski BYDGOSZCZ 54 Kenneth Bjerre ................3 3 3 2* 3 - - 14+1 Daniel Jeleniewski..........0 2* 2* 3 0 - - 7+2 Matej Zagar ....................2* 3 2 2* 1 - - 10+2 Oleg Mikhailovs ..............2* 0 1* - - - - 3+2 Adrian Miedzinski ..........3 1 2 3 1 - - 10 Wiktor Przyjemski ..........3 3 1* 3 - - - 10+1 Przemyslaw Konieczny ..0 0 - - - - - 0 Bartosz Glogowski ..........R - - - - - - 0 Team manager: Krzysztof Kanclerz Referee: Arkadiusz Kalwasinski
SUNDAY, JUNE 5 REGULAR SEASON: ROUND 8 ZIELONA GORA 56 Damian Pawliczak ..........dnr Max Fricke ......................3 2* 3 3 3 - - 14+1 Rohan Tungate ................3 3 3 2 1 - - 12 Jan Kvech........................1 2* 2* 1* - - - 6+3 Krzysztof Buczkowski ....3 2 3 1 3 - - 12 Dawid Rempala ..............3 0 0 - - - - 3 Fabian Ragus ..................X 0 1* - - - - 1+1 Mateusz Tonder ..............1 3 2* 2 0 - - 8+1 Team manager: Piotr Zyto RYBNIK 34 Patryk Wojdylo ................0 1 0 0 - - - 1 Grzegorz Zengota............0 3 1 3 0 - - 7 Nicolai Klindt ..................2 1 1* 0 1* - - 5+2 Krystian Pieszczek..........2 0 2 3 2 - - 9 Andreas Lyager ..............2 1 1 2 2 - - 8 Pawel Trzesniewski ........2 1* 0 0 - - - 3+1 Kacper Tkocz ..................1 - - - - - - 1 Lech Chlebowski ............0 - - - - - - 0 Team manager: Antoni Skupien Aggregate: Zielona Gora 111 Rybnik 69 Referee: Tomasz Fialkowski
SUNDAY, JUNE 5 REGULAR SEASON: ROUND 7 – re-arranged BYDGOSZCZ 49 Kenneth Bjerre ................2 2* 3 3 2 - - 12+1 Daniel Jeleniewski..........2* 3 1 2 1* - - 9+2 Matej Zagar ....................0 1 3 3 2 - - 9 Oleg Mikhailovs ..............3 0 1 0 - - - 4 Adrian Miedzinski ..........1 2 2 1* 1* - - 7+2 Wiktor Przyjemski ..........3 3 X - - - - 6 Przemyslaw Konieczny ..1 0 1 - - - - 2 Bartosz Glogowski ..........dnr Team manager: Krzysztof Kanclerz GNIEZNO 41 Antonio Lindback ............3 3 2 2 2 3 - 15 Ernest Koza ....................0 1 0 - - - - 1 Michael Jepsen Jensen..1 3 1 0 - - - 5 Szymon Szlauderbach....1 2* 3 1* 0 - - 7+2 Oskar Fajfer ....................2 1 2 3 3 0 - 11 Marcel Studzinski ..........0 0 0 - - - - 0 Mikolaj Czapla ................2 0 0 - - - - 2 Szymon Szwacher ..........dnr Team manager: Bartosz Skrzeszewski Aggregate: Bydgoszcz 103 Gniezno 77 Referee: Ryszard Bryla
May from Poznan, while the visitors tracked Francis Gusts who started his career in Daugavpils.
DIVISION ONE TABLE M W D L W D L F A Pts BP Tot +/Zielona Gora 8 3 1 0 3 1 0 384 286 14 1 15 98 Bydgoszcz 8 2 1 0 3 0 2 381 338 11 1 12 43 Krosno 7 2 0 2 3 0 0 314 265 10 0 10 49 Lodz 8 2 1 1 1 0 3 348 370 7 1 8 -22 Landshut 7 3 0 1 0 0 3 304 325 6 0 6 -21 Rybnik 8 2 0 2 0 1 3 342 378 5 0 5 -36 Gniezno 8 1 0 3 1 1 2 321 398 5 0 5 -77 Gdansk 8 2 0 2 0 0 4 342 376 4 0 4 -34
BYDGOSZCZ added five points to their tally last weekend when they beat Gniezno twice.
On Saturday, they raced in the first Polish capital where they took a very convincing win in which Dane Kenneth Bjerre bagged a paid maximum for Polonia.
The two sides were to meet again in Bydgoszcz the following day in a re-arranged fixture from round seven, and many anticipated a massive win for Polonia. Surprisingly, Gniezno fought hard and contributed to a fairly good match as the hosts only secured their win in Heat 14 in which Matej Zagar and Adrian Miedzinski settled behind Oskar Fajfer, who made a successful return to competitive racing after injury.
Division One leaders Zielona Gora had an easy Sunday win against Rybnik, whose resistance lasted only for the first couple of races. The feature of the meeting was some spectacular racing around the outside from Max Fricke.
Gdansk claimed only their second win of the season, while Lodz enjoyed a narrow aggregate victory after home star Adrian Gala crashed in Heat 14.
The Landshut v Krosno match was rained off.
POLISH DIVISION TWO
SATURDAY, JUNE 4 PILA 37: Artur Mroczka 15+1 (6), Marcin Jedrzejewski 11+1 (6), Mateusz Panicz 4 (5), Lars Skupien 3 (4), Tomasz Orwat 3 (5), Lukas Fienhage 1 (2), Ben Ernst 0 (2). Team manager: Ryszard Dolomisiewicz. OPOLE 53: Adrian Cyfer 14+1 (5), Oskar Polis 13 (6), Jacob Thorssell 12+3 (6), Karol Baran 6+1 (5), Jakub Krawczyk 4 (4), Petr Chlupac 4 (4), R/R for Pontus Aspgren. Team manager: Marcin Sekula. Aggregate: Pila 61 Opole 118 Referee: Pawel Michalak. TARNOW 35: Tero Aarnio 10+1 (5), Peter Ljung 10 (6), Troy Batchelor 9 (6), Oskar Bober 4+2 (5), Piotr Pioro 1 (2), Jakub Sroka 1 (4), Mateusz Gzyl 0 (2). Team manager: Tomasz Proszowski. RAWICZ 55: Josh Pickering 13+2 (5), Sam Masters 12+1 (5), Ryan Douglas 10+2 (5), Daniel Kaczmarek 8+2 (5), Steven Goret 4+1 (3), Damian Balinski 4+1 (4), Krzysztof Sadurski 4 (3). Team manager: Adam Skornicki. Aggregate: Tarnow 67 Rawicz 113 Referee: Bartosz Ignaszewski. SUNDAY, JUNE 5 DAUGAVPILS 48: Nick Morris 11 (5), Evgenyi Kostygovs 10 (5), Kjastas Puodzhuks 8+2 (5), Kevin Juhl Pedersen 8 (5), Thomas Jorgensen 4+2 (4), Adam Ellis 4 (3), Ernest Matiushonoks 3+1 (3). Team manager: Nikolaj Kokins. POZNAN 42: Rune Holta 11 (5), Robert Chmiel 9+1 (5), Jonas Seifert-Salk 9 (6), Kacper Gomolski 6 (4), Francis Gusts 5+2 (4), Kevin Fajfer 2 (3), Olivier Buszkiewicz 0 (3). Team manager: Tomasz Bajerski. Referee: Pawel Palka.
THE lowest tier raced its full programme last weekend and the two Saturday meetings both produced convincing away wins.
UNDER-24 EXTRA LEAGUE
THERE was just one meeting staged last week as Grudziadz beat local rivals Torun in a rearranged fixture from round five.
League leaders Opole triumphed at Pila in a match where only Artur Mroczka and Marcin Jedrzejewski offered any worthy opposition, while the visitors were again a very consistent team.
Norbert Krakowiak ended the meeting with a paid maximum, while Torun’s best rider was Dane Emil Portner who scored paid 12 from his six appearances.
On the same day, Rawicz Bears swept Tarnow Swallows aside as three Australians led the visitors to a massive 20-point win.
The other outstanding meeting of round five (Wroclaw v Ostrow) will be re-staged on June 20 in Opole, while Ostrow v Czestochowa in the third round will be held on June 13. TUESDAY, MAY 31 GRUDZIADZ 55: Norbert Krakowiak 14+1 (5), Emil Breum 14
In the only Sunday meeting, there was a bit more excitement as Daugavpils beat Poznan by six. The Latvians used Dane Kevin Juhl Pedersen, who they took on loan at the end of
EXTRALEAGUE TABLE M W D L W D L F A Pts BP Tot +/Lublin 7 4 0 0 3 0 0 361 269 14 0 14 92 Leszno 7 3 0 0 2 0 2 313 317 10 0 10 -4 Gorzow 7 3 0 1 1 0 2 335 295 8 0 8 40 Czestochowa 7 2 0 1 1 0 3 316 278 6 0 6 38 Torun 7 2 0 1 1 0 3 308 322 6 0 6 -14 Wroclaw 7 3 0 1 0 0 3 322 308 6 0 6 14 Grudziadz 7 2 0 2 1 0 2 295 335 6 0 6 -40 Ostrow 7 0 0 3 0 0 4 234 360 0 0 0-126
(5), Kacper Pludra 12 (5), Wiktor Rafalski 6+3 (5), Kacper Lobodzinski 4+1 (4), Jason Edwards 4 (4), Seweryn Orgacki 1 (2), Kacper Wardulinski dnr. TORUN 35: Emil Portner 10+2 (6), Krzysztof Lewandowski 8 (5), Zach Cook 7+2 (5), Denis Zielinski 6+1 (5), Jordan Palin 3 (4), Karol Zupinski 1+1 (3), Kacper Czajkowski 0 (2).
DENMARK Compiled by ERIK BUCH
SUPER LEAGUE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 THE match between Slangerup and Nordjyske was postponed due to heavy rain.
ESBJERG 49 FJELSTED 35 FJELSTED fans did not expect a lot from this match as their team have always found life tough around the Granly Arena – and so it proved once again.
The home team put pressure on right from Heat 1 and led 24-6 after five races. Jonas Jeppesen, with nine, and Niels-Kristian Iversen, with eight, from their first three races showed the way but full credit to reserve Emil Breum, who finished the night with a paid 13 score.
There were few highlights for the Fjelsted team. Andrej Lebedev began slowly with just one point from his first two races but after that put up a fight with 14 points from his last five outings. ESBJERG 49: Niels-Kristian Iversen 12+1 (6), Jonas Jeppesen 12 (6), Emil Breum 11+2 (6), Matias Nielsen 9+2 (6), Claus Vissing 5+2 (4). FJELSTED 35: Andrej Lebedev 15+1 (7), Frederik Jakobsen 12 (7), Kasper Andersen 4+1 (6), Hans Andersen 4 (5), Bastian Pedersen 0 (3).
HOLSTED 49 GRINDSTED 35 ON A perfect night for speedway with blue skies and a good crowd in attendance hoping for yet another Holsted win, things began badly for the home team with an engine failure for Nicki Pedersen – on his comeback from injury – in Heat 1.
And when the Grindsted pairing of Francis Gusts and Lukas Fienhage raced away to a 5-1 win in Heat 3, there were some nervous faces amongst the crowd.
But they need not have worried because Holsted suddenly found their form and looked unstoppable, three 5-1 wins taking the sting out of the Grindsted team.
After that, it was plain sailing to Holsted’s sixth win of the season. They remain unbeaten this season and it is difficult to see any team stopping Holsted, other than injuries affecting them badly. HOLSTED 49: Rasmus Jensen 15+3 (6), Michael Palm Toft 12
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