Polonia Bydgoszcz

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ŻKS Polonia Bydgoszcz
Club Information
Track Address	ul. Sportowa 2 Bydgoszcz
Country	Poland
Founded	1946
Team Manager	Zenon Plech
Team Captain	Andreas Jonsson
League	First League
Website	Official website
Club Facts
Colours	White and Red
Track size	348 m
Track record time	60.11
Track record date	20 June 1999
Track record holder	Tomasz Gollob
Major Team Honours
Club European Champion Team Polish Champion Pair Polish Champion Individual Polish Champion	3 times (lately in 2001) 7 times (lately in 2002) 11 times (lately in 2002) 8 times (lately in 2002)

ŻKS Polonia Bydgoszcz is a Polish speedway team based in Bydgoszcz who currently race in First League (2nd division). The club has won Polish Speedway League 7 times (lately in 2002) and European Team Championship 3 times (lately in 2001).

Contents 1 History 2 Management 3 Team Squad 3.1 2007 Team 3.2 2008 Team[1] 4 Competitions in Bydgoszcz 4.1 Speedway Grand Prix 4.2 Pomeranian-Kuyavian Derby 4.3 Criterium of Aces 5 Honours 6 Stadium 7 Notes 8 See also 9 External links

[edit] History

• 1920 - Creation of Klub Sportowy "Polonia" (Sport's Club "Polonia")
• 1946 - Creation of motorcycle section in Polonia
• 1948 - First start in Team Speedway Polish Championship
• 1951
  • First start in the top division (Firist League)
  • First medal in Polish Championship: Zbigniew Raniszewski - bronze in IMP
• 1955 - First Team Polish Champion title
• 1959 - Rider Mieczysław Połukard - first Polish rider to ride in the Individual World Championship Final
• 1968 - First ride in Relegation playoffs
• 1982 - First Criterium of Polish Speedway Leagues Aces
• 1985 - Mieczysław Połukard death on track
• 1991 - Tony Rickardsson and Peter Karlsson - first foreigners in Team
• 2007 - Team was relegated from the top division first time in history

[edit] Management

Polonia Bydgoszcz since 27th October 2006 is Joint stock company (pl: spółka akcyjna or S.A.).

• board of directors:
  • President: Leszek Tillinger
• supervisory board:
  • President: Bartosz Rakoczy
  • Members: Bogdan Sawarski and Roman Woźniak
• annual general meeting:
  • 80 % - BTŻ Polonia Bydgoszcz (Voluntary association)
  • 20 % - City Bydgoszcz

[edit] Team Squad

[edit] 2007 Team Coach: Zdzisław Rutecki Seniors: Andreas Jonsson (c) Rafał Okoniewski Krystian Klecha Michał Szczepaniak Mariusz Staszewski Jonas Davidsson Juniors: Krzysztof Buczkowski Marcin Jędrzejewski Emil Saifutdinov Michał Łopaczewski* Marcin Mazur* Łopaczewski and Mazur was started only in PC Junior Team and PC Junior Pair

[edit] 2008 Team[1] Coach: Zenon Plech Seniors: Andreas Jonsson (c) - 8.07 (E) Jonas Davidsson - 6.73 (E) Rafał Okoniewski - 6.56 (E) Krzysztof Buczkowski - 5.79 (E) Christian Hefenbrock - 8.67 (1) Simon Stead - 6.72 (1) Denis Saifutdinov - N Juniors: Emil Saifutdinov - 5.85 (E) Marcin Jędrzejewski - 5.39 (E) Andreas Messing - 1.67 (E) Michał Łopaczewski - 5.25 (2) Linus Sundström - N CMA in 2007 season; (E) Ekstraliga, (1) 1st League, (2) 2nd League

Polonia's capitan Andreas Jonsson.

• Statistics in 2007 Speedway Ekstraliga ^[2]

Pos	Name	Match	Heats	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	E	F	X	T	Pts	Bon	Total	Joker			CMA	Home	Away
13	Andreas Jonsson	11	58	18	23	11	4	1	1			115	6	121	8	2.017	11.00	8.07	2.065	1.963
26	Jonas Davidsson	9	41	11	9	11	8	1			1	62	7	69		1.683	7.67	6.73	1.400	1.952
29	Rafał Okoniewski	15	78	17	22	21	12	4			2	116	12	128		1.641	8.53	6.56	1.973	1.341
33	Krystian Klecha	12	45	8	10	15	9	2	1			59	9	68		1.511	5.67	6.04	1.667	1.278
36	Emil Saifutdinov	9	41	6	10	13	9		3			51	9	60		1.463	6.67	5.85	1.833	1.174
37	Krzysztof Buczkowski	13	56	12	13	13	14	2		2		77	6	83	4	1.446	6.38	5.79	1.586	1.296
38	Michał Szczepaniak	15	70	7	24	14	23	1		1		83	15	98		1.400	6.53	5.60	1.632	1.125
41	Mariusz Staszewski	11	42	6	6	20	9	1				50	7	57		1.357	5.18	5.43	1.632	1.130
42	Marcin Jędrzejewski	13	49	5	1	18	13			1	1	55	11	66		1.347	5.08	5.39	1.762	1.036

[edit] Competitions in Bydgoszcz

[edit] Speedway Grand Prix

Polonia Bydgoszcz hosts the Speedway Grand Prix of Poland in the Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium (1998-99, since 2001). In 2000 Polonia hosts Speedway Grand Prix of Europe. Tomasz Gollob won in Bydgoszcz SGP 6 times.

[edit] Pomeranian-Kuyavian Derby

The Pomeranian-Kuyavian Derby is the name given to speedway matches between Polonia Bydgoszcz and Unibax Toruń.

[edit] Criterium of Aces

Main article: Mieczysław Połukard Criterium of Polish Speedway Leagues Aces

The Mieczysław Połukard Criterium of Polish Speedway League Aces (Polish: Kryterium Asów Polskich Lig Żużlowych im. Mieczysława Połukarda) usually referred to as the Criterium of Aces (Kryterium Asów) is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the Polonia Bydgoszcz.

The Criterium of Aces held in the Polonia Stadium in Bydgoszcz. It is seen by riders and fans as the official opening of the new season. First staged in 1982, although a similar meeting was held in the 1951 as Criterium of Aces (Criterium Asów).

The best rider in Criterium history is Tomasz Gollob (former Polonia's rider). He won Criterium 14 times between 1990 and 2008.

On March 30, 2008 Criterium of Aces won Tomasz Gollob.

[edit] Honours

Competitions	Total	Golden medals		Silver medals		Bronze medals
		Total	Years	Total	Years	Total	Years
Team (DMP) (since 1948)	25	7	1955, 1971, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002	7	1951, 1953, 1972, 1986, 1987, 1993, 2005	11	1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2006
Team U-21 (MDMP) (since 1978)	7	1	1976, 1989	3	1986, 1988, 1992	3	1977, 1978, 1987, 2002
Pairs (MPPK) (since 1974)	17	11	1974, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002	6	1979, 1992, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2006
Pairs U-21 (MMPPK) (1980 U-23; since 1983)	7	1	1980	4	1985, 1986, 1987, 2006	2	1988, 2001
Individual (IMP) (since 1948)	18	8	1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002	5	1953, 1985, 1998, 1999, 2003	5	1951, 1955, 1972, 1990, 1997
Individual U-21 (MIMP) (since 1967)	12	8	1970, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992	1	1987	3	1969, 1976, 1988
Total Polish Championship medals: 86		Gold: 36		Silver: 26		Bronze: 24
Competitions	Total	Golden medals		Silver medals		Bronze medals
		Total	Years	Total	Years	Total	Years
European Club (KPE) (since 1998)	3	3	1998, 1999, 2001
Team Cup (DMP) (?)	0
Individual Cup (IPP) (?)	0
Golden Helmet (ZK) (since 1961)	16	10	1981, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002	4	1967, 1972, 1996, 2002	2	2002, 2005
Silver Helmet U-21 (SK) (since 1966)	13	6	1984, 1986, 1987, 1999, 1992, 2007	2	1968, 1988	5	1966, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988
Bronze Helmet U-19 (BK) (1976-81; since 1983)	10	2	1984, 2002	4	1985, 1988, 1995, 1996, 2000	4	1991, 1999, 2005, 2006

[edit] Stadium

Main article: Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium

The stadium is located on ulica Sportowa 2 (Sports Street). It contains 20,000 seats. The track is 348 metres long and has a granite surface.

The track record was made by Tomasz Gollob (60.11 sec on June 20, 1999).

[edit] Notes

[edit] See also

• Speedway in Poland
• Bydgoszcz

[edit] External links

• Polski Official website
• Polski Official website of voluntary association Polonia

v • d • e 2008 Polonia Bydgoszcz squad Seniors: Jonsson • Davidsson • Okoniewski • Buczkowski • Hefenbrock • Stead • D.Saifutdinov Juniors (U-21): E.Saifutdinov • Jędrzejewski • Messing • Łopaczewski • Sundström Coach: Plech

v • d • e Polish speedway teams Extraleague: (1) Leszno • (2) Toruń • (3) Wrocław • (4) Rzeszów • (5) Częstochowa • (6) Tarnów • (7) Zielona Góra • (N↑) Gorzów Wlkp. First League: (N↓) Bydgoszcz • (2) Ostrów Wlkp. • (3) Gdańsk • (4) Rybnik • (5) Poznań • (6) Grudziądz • (N↑) Rawicz • (N↑) Daugavpils (LVA) Second League: (N↓) Lublin • (N↓) Gniezno • (3) Łódź • (4) Opole • (5) Miskolc (HUN) • (6) Krosno • (7) Prague (CZE) Formers: Piła • Świętochłowice • Kraków

v • d • e Mieczysław Połukard Criterium of Polish Speedway Leagues Aces seasons 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 Mieczysław Połukard • Polonia Stadium • Polonia Bydgoszcz