Kolejarz Rawicz
Kolejarz Rawicz (nickname the Bears) | |||||||
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Club information | |||||||
Track address | Florian Kapała Stadium St. Peaceful 1 63-900 Rawicz | ||||||
Country | Poland | ||||||
Founded | 1948 (re-formed 1996) | ||||||
Team manager | Adam Skórnicki | ||||||
League | 2. Liga | ||||||
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Nickname | The Bears | ||||||
Track size | 330 metres (360 yd) | ||||||
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Kolejarz Rawicz (Railwayman Rawicz) is a motorcycle speedway team based in Rawicz, Poland. They currently race in the Polish Speedway Second League (2. Liga).[1][2][3]
History
[edit]The club competed in the inaugural 1948 Polish speedway season, under the name of Motoklub Rawicz.[4][5]
The club's first team honour was winning the bronze medal in the Team Speedway Polish Championship in 1954 and the following season they went one better after winning the silver medal in 1955.[6] Their leading rider Florian Kapała won the Polish Individual Speedway Championship in 1953 and 1956.[7]
The club was disbanded after the 1959 season and was not reformed until 1996.[8]
The club later won the Polish Speedway Second League three times in 2000, 2007 and 2012.[2][9]
In 2008, the club renamed their stadium to the Florian Kapała Stadium, named after a former rider Florian Kapała. The stadium has a capacity of 7,000 and the speedway track is 330 metres long.[10]
Teams
[edit]2023 team
[edit]Scott Nicholls
Hans Andersen
Damian Dróżdż
Nikodem Bartoch
Tomasz Orwat
Ryan Douglas
Drew Kemp
Jye Etheridge
Steven Goret
Damian Baliński
Kacper Klosok
Hubert Gasior
Kacper Klimek
Franciszek Majewski
Blazej Wypior
Previous teams
[edit]Extended content
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2022 team |
Notable riders
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Speedway from Around the Globe - Poland". Speedway Star. 10 September 2022. p. 42.
- ^ a b "METALLICA RECYCLING RAILWAYMAN RAWICZ". Speedway Fan Site. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ "Rawicz". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2023". Speedway History. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 1948". Speedway History. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 1955". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
- ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 1996". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ "Historia Drużynowych Mistrzostw Polski". Zuzeland.com. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ "Metalika Recycling Kolejarz Rawicz". Sport We Katy. Retrieved 31 December 2022.